October 19, 2021 The 12 Best (or at Least the Most Reasonable) Halloween Costumes of 2021 Whenever we write our annual round-up of the Worst Halloween Costumes of the Year, we try to make clear we’re never trying to shame…
October 19, 2021 DC’s Arrowverse Faces Armageddon in Its New Crossover Trailer Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) is no stranger to saving the world or impending deadlines of doom. But in the Flash-centric crossover that will kick…
October 19, 2021 15 Winning Photos From the 2021 Close-Up Photographer of the Year Competition The annual Close-up Photographer of the Year contest asks us to slow down and view the world through a more discerning lens. It’s sage…
October 19, 2021 Google Is Making It Impossible to Buy a Pixel Today Google finally took the wraps off the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro today, and you can officially buy the company’s new Android flagships. But…
October 19, 2021 An Animal Rights Nonprofit Is Suing YouTube Over Animal Abuse Videos An animal rights nonprofit is suing YouTube for failing to take down videos of animal abuse, and often allegedly profiting from them by selling…
October 19, 2021 Instagram Finally Lets You Post From Your Desktop Instagram users everywhere, rejoice (I know I am). The social network is finally allowing folks to post photos and videos through a browser rather…
October 19, 2021 Everything You Need to Remember About Locke & Key Before Season 2 Locke & Key season two arrives on Netflix on Friday, and since it’s been what feels like a pop culture eternity since its first…
October 19, 2021 Deepfaking Genitalia Into Blurred Porn Leads to Man’s Arrest in Japan Another intriguing and lucrative use case exploring the potential of deepfake technology: dicks, unblurred. On Monday, police in Japan arrested a man who admitted…
October 19, 2021 Here’s Why Y: The Last Man Was Canceled Brian K. Vaughan’s beloved Vertigo comic Y: The Last Man did not have an easy road to its live-action adaptation. Over the course of…
October 19, 2021 The Dream of Scooping Plastic From the Ocean Is Still Alive—and Problematic This week, one of the world’s most-watched plastic clean-up projects will announce victory. The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit that has set out to solve…