12 Jan 04:03
by Julie Muncy on io9, shared by Alyse Stanley to Gizmodo

The second season of Batwoman will represent a soft reboot for the series, a beginning of a rebuilding effort after the first star, Ruby Rose, left the show. With Javicia Leslie as the new Batwoman, the show is geared up to begin anew. But what’s it going to be like?
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01 Jan 04:34
by James Whitbrook on io9, shared by Andrew Couts to Gizmodo

Spider-Man’s costume is one of the most recognisable pop culture iconographies of all time. While Peter and his fellow Spiders have worn variants over the years, and got updates to that classic look, that red and blue, that black webbing, those reality-defying eye pieces, they’re burned into our collective…
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27 Dec 04:32
by CNN
Millions of jobless gig-workers and independent contractors, as well as long-term unemployed Americans, will lose their unemployment benefits after this weekend if U.S. President Donald Trump doesn't sign the US$900 billion relief package Congress passed earlier this week.
14 Dec 04:52
by Brooklyn Neustaeter
The head of Ontario's COVID-19 vaccine task force says the province is ready to begin its first vaccinations on Tuesday ahead of the arrival of 30,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine across the country.
14 Dec 04:50
by Brooklyn Neustaeter
Health Canada continues to expand its growing recall of hand sanitizers sold in Canadian stores that the agency says may pose certain health risks.
12 Dec 07:33
by Eric Mack, Jackson Ryan
It flew high and then came back down with a bang.
12 Dec 07:31
by Lucas Matney
Today, Twitter announced that it is acquiring Squad and that the team from the screen-sharing social app will be joining Twitter’s ranks. Squad’s co-founders, CEO Esther Crawford and CTO Ethan Sutin, and the rest of the team will be coming aboard inside Twitter’s design, engineering, and product …
06 Dec 08:58
by Mason DePatie
The Manitoba courts have ruled that a Winnipeg church cannot hold drive-in services.
06 Dec 05:54
Scientists have recently revealed, both theoretically and experimentally, that germanium atoms can arrange themselves into a 2-D "bi-triangular" lattice on zirconium diboride thin films grown on germanium single crystals to form a "flat band material" with an embedded "kagome" lattice. The result provides experimental support to a theoretical prediction of flat bands emerging from trivial atomic geometry and indicates the possibility of their existence in many more materials.
28 Nov 20:53
by CNN
As Thanksgiving week draws to an end, more experts are warning the COVID-19 pandemic will likely get much worse in the coming weeks before a possible vaccine begins to offer some relief.
28 Nov 20:51
by The Associated Press
Police are looking for a gunman who shot and killed two teens at a Northern California mall in the midst of Black Friday, sending shoppers running for safety, authorities said.
17 Nov 22:32
by M.G. Siegler
Apple just killed Intel, and Windows laptops are on life supportLet’s start at the end. I’m sorry if I’m spoiling this for anyone, but it has been …
17 Nov 22:30
by Sam Shead
LONDON – The U.K. government introduced new rules this week that are designed to protect Britain's best and brightest companies from being gobbled up …
12 Nov 16:22
by Jackie Dunham
As U.S. President Donald Trump's time in the White House nears its end, experts explain how he can use his presidential powers to pardon himself for crimes he hasn't even been charged with yet.