Adidas Has One More Star Wars Shoe in Store for 2019
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The adidas Speedfactory AM4 x Star Wars “The Force” hits retailers on Dec. 20. (Photo Credit: Sneaker Bar Detroit / Twitter)
If we’ve learned anything from Star Wars over the last twenty years or so, it’s that it’s never really over. Gi
Time Magazine Brings MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech to Life in VR
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Travel back in time to the 1963 March on Washington to experience Martin Luther King Jr.'s «I Have a Dream» speech—in virtual reality (via AFP/Getty Images)
Most people know Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic “I Have a Drea
In a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, engineers observed the first driving test for the Mars 2020 rover (via NASA/JPL-Caltech)
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover has passed its first (and last) driving test. Rolling and pirouetting aroun
Disney Screens ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ For Deployed Troops
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'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' (via Lucasfilm Ltd)
Christmas has come early for 10,000 service members deployed in the Middle East and Afghanistan. No, they’re not being reunited with family and friends. But they do get to see a free s
IBM Researchers Extract Battery Materials From Seawater
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IBM Research Battery Lab members test unique materials and formulations for more sustainable battery technologies (via IBM Research)
An IBM Research team discovered the chemistry for a new battery that does not use heavy metals or other unsustain
Amazon, Apple, Google Team Up For Smart Home Standard
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Three of the top tech titans are teaming up to develop a smart home standard. Apple, Google, Amazon and the Zigbee Alliance have partnered to launch the new networking group “Project Connected Home […]
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Here are the states that love (and dislike) Baby Yoda the most. (Photo Credit: Disney / Lucasfilms)
Baby Yoda, the tiny alien that stole the show in Disney’s The Mandalorian, is loved by many fans across the U.S., but where do people adore
The Nike Kyrie 5 'Squidward' and other basketball shoes topped the charts for geeky footwear this year.
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If 2019 taught us anything, it’s that you can never have too many sneakers. How could you with a great new pair drop
‘Black Panther’s’ Wakanda Is Real According to USDA’s Tariff Tracker
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Chadwick Boseman in Avengers: Infinity War (Photo: Screenshot via Marvel/YouTube)
Spoiler alert for a Marvel movie that made over a billion dollars, but at the end of Black Panther King T’Challa makes the radical decision to break from traditi
Venomous Snake Caught ‘Chilling Out’ in Bathroom Vanity
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This eastern brown snake found a cozy spot in someone's bathroom vanity...(Photo Credit: Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7 / Facebook)
What would you do if you were looking for your razor or face cleanser and suddenly discovered a deadly snake
It has taken decades, but at last gamers have risen up. Or least that’s what countless companies seem to think given the sheer amount of new “gamer-friendly” versions of otherwise mainstream things. You’ve […]
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‘The Mandalorian’ Season 1 Episode 7 Recap: The Plot Strikes Back
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Pedro Pascal (via Lucasfilm/Disney)
Disney doesn’t want anything to distract from the new Star Wars movie coming out this weekend. Not even other Star Wars. So, they’re putting out this week’s episode of The Mandalorian a few
Digimon Mod for ‘Pokemon Sword and Shield’ Breaks the Laws of Nature
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If you were a nerdy kid in the late 1990s you had an embarrassment of riches to choose from when it came to “loveable anime monsters you collect and power up into cooler […]
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Critics Have Mixed Feelings About ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’
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'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' received mediocre scores from critics. (Photo Credit: Lucasfilm Ltd)
Critics’ reviews are rolling in for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and most are saying it’s a mediocre end to the Skywalker saga
Thousands of Perfectly Good Beers Dumped After Utah Passes New Law
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In a tragic scene last week, thousands of perfectly drinkable beers were unceremoniously dumped by authorities in Utah. Instead of being enjoyed at holiday office parties or family get-togethers they were poured into […]
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UK’s First Zero-Emissions Street to Open Next Year in London
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The U.K.’s first 24/7 zero-emission street is expected to open to vehicles*, cyclists, and pedestrians by spring 2020. For 18 months next year, Beech Street—much of which runs under the Barbican Estate apart
Researchers Extract Complete Human Genome From Ancient ‘Chewing Gum’
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Artistic reconstruction of «Lola,» the woman who chewed the birch pitch (via Tom Björklund/University of Copenhagen)
Scientists at the University of Copenhagen successfully extracted a complete ancient human genome from 5,700-year-ol
Google is using AI to find where the wild things are (via Google/Wildlife Insights)
Millions of wildlife photos are wasting away on hard drives across the globe as conservationists struggle to collect the world’s camera trap images. Enter W
New ‘Layout’ Tool Adds Collages to Instagram Stories
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Strike a pose. And another pose. And then another (via Instagram)
Instagram’s new Stories feature lets you post multiple photos or videos at once. With none of its usual pomp and circumstance, the social network this week launched Layout, a
Endangered Mountain Gorilla Population On the Rise
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A silverback mountain gorilla in Uganda (via Skylar Bishop/Gorilla Doctors)
Africa’s mountain gorilla population is on the rise, much to conservationists’ delight. Survey results from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda and th
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Christmas Movies, the proper-noun version, are often defined by naked sentimentality. They dare us to – during a season often used as an excuse for families and loved ones to come together, for [
We Must Fight Back Against This Awful Office Efficiency Toilet
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Everything is political, from video games to tech to comic books. But I admit that spending a lot of time on Twitter dot com also tends to increase the political temperature when it […]
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First ‘Rise of Skywalker’ Reactions Hit Twitter After Hollywood Premiere
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker had its Hollywood premiere Monday night, ahead of its release later this week. And while official reviews are under embargo until Wednesday, that hasn’t stopped attendees from […]
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ESO Telescope Helps Astronomers Uncover Milky Way’s Past
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HAWK-I view of the Milky Way’s central region. (Photo Credit: ESO / Nogueras-Lara et al.)
ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) recently spotted the Milky Way’s central region and revealed new details about our galaxy’s rich hist
It’s 2019 and GOG Has Resurrected ‘Blade Runner’ for PC
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Last month everyone couldn’t help but notice that we’ve officially caught up with the timeline of Ridley Scott’s dark sci-fi classic Blade Runner. While the November 2019 of today may look a little […]
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One of the wildest turning points in gaming history has to be when Nintendo suddenly called off its partnership with Sony in favor of the Philips CD-i debacle. Instead of developing a CD […]
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The Marvel universe isn’t stopping anytime soon, whether it’s in comic books or cartoons or movies. However, Avengers: Endgame earlier this year did give us some sense of closure for the Marvel Cinematic […]
It’s kind of insane to think that the Star Wars saga as George Lucas originally envisioned it will be… done after the release of The Rise Of Skywalker this week. Yeah, we know […]
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Ahsoka Tano is an interesting exercise in duality. A powerful force wielder, but not a Jedi or Sith. At first unpopular, but now a top-seller. The only canon character other than Luke to […]
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While employees enjoy flirtation with coworkers, it is less appreciated from supervisors (via John P. Johnson/New Line Productions)
There is a fine line between casually flirting with colleagues and being slapped with a sexual harassment claim. A
Blue Origin Will Fly Auction Winner’s Item to Outer Space
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Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft (Photo Credit: Blue Origin/YouTube)
You’ll probably never make it to outer space. But an item of your choosing can. For a price. Jeff Bezos’s aerospace company Blue Origin partnered with Charitybuz
‘His Dark Materials’ Season 1 Episode 7 Recap: No Jawbreakers
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Dafne Keen in 'His Dark Materials.' (Photo Credit:: Alex Bailey / HBO)
Another week, another His Dark Materials moment I’ve been intensely curious about since the series began. After last week’s harrowing, action-filled trip to Bolv
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Social media is not the place to look for your daily dose of reality. Between altered images, bots, paid influencers, and trolls, it’s increasingly difficult to know what
Instagram Warns Users Before They Post Offensive Captions
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Instagram's new feature notifies people when their captions may be considered offensive (via Instagram)
Instagram is using artificial intelligence to guilt users into writing nicer captions. A new feature will notify folks of potentially offensiv
Hulu is set to release a documentary about Greta Thunberg in 2020 (via Michael Campanella/The Guardian)
Freshly minted Time Magazine Person of the Year 2019 Greta Thunberg is the subject of a documentary set to premiere on Hulu next year. Accordi
Feast Your Eyes on 4K Remaster of a Wham! Christmas Classic
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Merry Christmas: Sony remastered Wham!'s iconic holiday music video in 4K (via Sony Music Entertainment/Vevo/YouTube)
Last Christmas, you were still watching the music video for Wham!’s “Last Christmas” in its original formattin
Watch SpaceX Try to Catch Rocket Nose Cone Parts Tonight
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SpaceX will try to recover both halves of a rocket nose cone tonight after a satellite launch. (Photo Credit: SpaceX / Twitter)
SpaceX will attempt to recover both halves of a rocket nose cone tonight and you can watch the event live online. The
Guy Accidentally Blows Up Car After Forgetting Air Freshener Is Flammable
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The interior of a car can get a little stank. Smoking cigarettes doesn’t help the situation. In fact, it can make things a whole lot worse. Spraying air freshener can improve things a […]
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‘Superman: Red Son’ Trailer Gives the Man of Steel Good Politics
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Watchmen just wrapped up its first (and hopefully) only season on HBO and folks seem to dig it! The adaptation continues the heady themes of the original acclaimed DC comic book by adding […]
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We’ve known about various impressive specs for Sony’s and Microsoft’s upcoming next-gen video game consoles for months now. But recently at the Game Awards we got the first real look at the Xbox […]
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