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Tether and Luna’s Plunge Could Lead to Global Crypto Regulators

On Thursday, the chair of an international financial watchdog said that he expects there will be a global cryptocurrency regulatory body within the next year. In light of recent panicked freefall of multiple “stable” coins, we probably need one. “I would not expect that to be the same time next year. I think that [lack […]

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Entertainment

The Orville Season 3 Releases New Hulu Trailer

Hey, they missed us too! After such a drought of new Orville content, things are finally heating up as the show long awaited return (Y debut on hulu!) fast approaching. Today that means a brand new trailer that gives a glimpse of what to expect from the show’s third season. The Orville: New Horizons. Looks […]

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Movies

Avatar’s Aliens Use Tentacles for Sex and Controlling Animals

screenshot: 20th Century thanks to a recent re-releaseJames Cameron’s 2009 CG megahit Avatar you have toppled Avengers: Endgame to regain the #1 spot as the highest-grossing movie of all time. Chances are end game will get a revival eventually, and then Avatar will have another, and the two films will trade places back and forth […]

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The MCU’s Phase 4 Doesn’t Have a Big Connection, and That’s Great

In its first 10 years of moviemakingMarvel Studios established something of a myth that persists to this very day: “In Feige We Trust,” fans would exult, as if a prayer to ward against evil rather than a parasocial relationship with a man worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The idea that marvel’s movies were all […]

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Part 2 as Emperor Shaddam

photo: Stephane De Sakutin (Getty Images) The Legendary and Warner Bros. dunes franchise you have found its Emperor Shaddam. Deadline reports that Christopher Walken has been cast in Denis Villeneuve’s highly anticipated sequel for the sci-fi series. Walken joins recently announced cast members Florence Pugh, who’ll play the Emperor’s daughter, Princess Irulan, and Austin Butler, […]

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Technology

Teenage Engineering Makes the Op-1 a ‘Hundred Times’ Better

Teenage Engineering has recently been in the spotlight for helping Panic create its Playdate handheld, but the company is best known for its brilliant OP-1 portable synth and sequencer. It’s been a beloved electronic instrument for musicians for 11 years now, so instead of completely reinventing it, the company has instead given it some major […]

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Android Auto Makeover Lets You Watch YouTube in Your Car

Android Auto’s refresh will make it easier to mind your maps and messages while driving. picture: Google Android Auto in the dash is getting a much-needed refresh. During a session at its developer conference, Google introduced to revised interface coming to the Android-based car software. It includes a new split-screen mode that’s more scalable across […]

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Chris Pratt on Star-Lord in Thor 4 vs. Guardians of Galaxy 3

Chris Pratt as Star-Lord in Thor: Love and Thunder.screenshot: Marvel Studios He may have been dusted into oblivion for five years, but Star-Lord is now back with a vengeance. After reappearing in Avengers: Endgame along with his fellow Guardians of the Galaxythe pop-music obsessed Terran will next be seen both in this summer’s Thor: Love […]

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Elon Musk Faces SEC Probe Over Twitter Stock Buys: Report

The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Elon Musk’s failure to disclose his massive March Twitter share purchase in a timely fashion, according to to report by the Wall Street Journal. The richest man in the universe took too long to file the required public form while in the process of buying up 9.2% of […]

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The FCC Wants to Put Wi-Fi on School Buses

Including Wi-Fi on school buses could help the 17 million K-12 students who have unreliable access to internet at home.photo: Olivier Doulier (Getty Images) A new proposal by the Federal Communication Commission would allow the use of government funding to include Wi-Fi onboard school buses across the country in an attempt to bridge the digital […]