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Film

The Oscars This Year Were Actually Kind of Good

With Glenn Close dancing to 'Da Butt' and Yuh-Jung Youn's snarky acceptance speech, the Academy Awards were a fitting celebration for a pandemic year.
Bettina Makalintal
4.26.21
qanon

QAnon Is Using a Security Researcher’s Death From Diabetes to Spread Anti-Vax Content

Dan Kaminsky, one of just seven people in the world who could restart the internet after a “catastrophic event,” had been a vocal promoter of getting vaccinated.
David Gilbert
4.26.21
Censorship

Indians on Twitter Are Desperate for COVID Help. They’re Getting Censored.

Among the posts their government censored were images of cremations.
Pallavi Pundir
4.26.21
Games Features

How Respawn and the Medal of Honor Games Just Won an Oscar with 'Colette'

A tough veteran of the French Resistance revisits the events around the arrest and death of her brother.
Rob Zacny
4.26.21
Tech news

‘Everyone Loses’: The Government Is Rationing Water at the California-Oregon Border

A major drought has forced farmers and Indigenous tribes to compete for water in a situation nobody ever wanted.
Madeleine Gregory
4.26.21
Fleshlight

Meet the Fleshlight Artist Who's Making Sex Toys Out of Shrek's Ear

Malek Lazri, better known as the guy who made a Bug's Life themed Fleshlight, has sharpened his skills on new toys.
Samantha Cole
4.26.21
Games Opinion

Auto-Battle Is the Best Version of Combat in the New 'NieR Replicant'

Letting the AI take over put me in the director's seat of a high intensity post-fantasy anime, and I'm never going back.
Dia Lacina
4.26.21
WALMART

Walmart’s Gig Workers Are Struggling to Survive

The rapid expansion of Walmart delivery operations during the pandemic has translated to fierce competition among its gig workers for lucrative orders.
Lauren Kaori Gurley
4.26.21
china

How a Russian Man Is Forced Into Stardom in China

Chinese fans have taken joy in watching a Russian man reluctantly rise to stardom.
Viola Zhou
4.26.21
chernobyl

Haunting Photos of Ukraine’s Ghost Town Marking 35 Years Since Chernobyl

Priests, artists and other Ukrainians assembled in the deserted town of Pripyat to mark exactly three and a half decades since the fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded.
Simon Childs
4.26.21
Oscars

Asian Talent Won Big at the Oscars. Here’s Why That’s Important.

Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” took home Best Director and Best Picture awards while veteran South Korean actor Youn Yuh-jung won Best Supporting Actress for her role in “Minari.”
Koh Ewe
4.26.21
japan

Surreal Photos of an ‘Underground Temple’ That Keeps Tokyo From Flooding

As climate change worsens extreme weather events, Japan’s cavernous underground tunnels are more crucial than ever to preventing flooding.
Hanako Montgomery
4.26.21
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