Новости за 25.08.2019

All aboard for the galaxy far, far away.

On Sunday at D23 Expo, Disney unveiled new details about Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, the much-hyped Star Wars resort and experience coming to Disney World in Florida. 

In essence, it's a Star Wars hotel on steroids. Guests sign up for a two-day, two-night itinerary aboard the Halcyon, a "glamour starliner" with views of space out of every window — including those in each room. (For the sake of the claustrophobic, I do hope there will... Читать дальше...

If you've ever wanted to visit the Marvel universe, now's your chance.

On day 12, the waves picked up.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg's wind-powered journey across the Atlantic Ocean hit a particularly stormy stretch on Sunday. Thunberg and her sailing team, en route to a U.N. Climate Action Summit (and Mashable's Social Good Summit) in New York City, hit rough seas some 300 miles from Canada's Nova Scotia. She noted this in a brief Twitter video update, soon after a wave crashed over the boat. 

"It's very rough with very high waves," Thunberg said. Читать дальше...

Andrew Finch was shot dead by police on Dec. 28, 2017. Officials hope a new system will prevent a similar death from ever happening again. 

The OA was something special, and its fans are now finding ways to rep both the show and its big ideas in their daily lives.

Kaboom.

Somewhere beneath the waters of the tropical Pacific Ocean, likely around the island of Tonga, a volcano recently erupted. The proof lies in a sprawling raft of extremely lightweight volcanic rock called pumice, which is so porous that it floats. NASA posted satellite images of the drifting mass on Aug. 23, though the geologic display was first spotted in mid-August. 

"Many of the world’s volcanoes are shrouded by the waters of the oceans," wrote NASA. "When they erupt, they... Читать дальше...

Andrew Luck, the first pick in the 2012 NFL draft and star quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts, announced his retirement on Saturday.

When I first stumbled upon the trailer for Brittany Runs A Marathon, I was worried. A narrative that centers around a woman in her pursuit of weight loss via an enormous physical feat, i.e. a marathon, has the potential to be extremely tone deaf and surface level if not executed with the right amount of sensitivity and care. The film is funny, and Jillian Bell soars, but my suspicions were unfortunately somewhat correct.

A new exhibit now on view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) highlights the sounds we unthinkingly produce when sending Snapchat videos back and forth. Called "Sound Stories," it uses the sounds of snaps to comment on themes like social media's effect on self expression, the nature of art, and interconnectedness. 

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Well, dearest Mashable readers, another week has come and gone. One where the heavy-hitters of the fast food game warred over chicken sandwiches and tons of celebrities fell for an Instagram privacy hoax. Yes, a lot can happen in seven days on the internet.

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Where the hell is Jesse Pinkman?

That's what cops want to know in the first teaser for the forthcoming Breaking Bad story, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.  And Skinny Pete isn't saying a word.

"In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse must come to terms with his past in order to forge some kind of future," a release from Netflix explains.

The thriller is written and directed by Vince Gilligan, the creator of Breaking Bad, and will star Aaron Paul. 

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie hits Netflix Oct.

Even if he's out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Tom Holland's time as Spider-Man isn't done.

Better late than never, I guess. 

YouTube, everyone's favorite place to become radicalized, announced this week that it will no longer allow videos targeted at children that have specific types of disturbing content. This move follows years of criticism that the video hosting site allowed bad actors to put violent and otherwise troubling content in front of kids. 

"[Content] that contains mature or violent themes that explicitly targets younger minors and families in the title, description... Читать дальше...