Great, Now Invasive ‘Murder Hornets’ Are a Thing to Worry About
Great, Now Invasive 'Murder Hornets' Are a Thing to Worry About Hey 2020, can you chill for, like, five minutes?Read more... Go to Source
Science, Tech and Gadgets
White House Offers Members of Congress 5-Minute Coronavirus Tests, But Pelosi and McConnell Say ‘No, Thanks’
White House Offers Members of Congress 5-Minute Coronavirus Tests, But Pelosi and McConnell Say ‘No, Thanks’ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, came together to issue a strange bipartisan message to the Trump administration: No, thank you.Read more... Go to Source
NOS4A2 Is Back to Be Weirdly Obsessed With Christmas Again in This New Teaser
NOS4A2 Is Back to Be Weirdly Obsessed With Christmas Again in This New Teaser If Dracula has taught us anything, it’s that evil vampires have a really hard time staying dead. It just doesn’t stick. So, of course Charlie’s back. Call it a Christmas miracle. Read more... Go to Source
Marvel Comics Is Publishing Comic Books Again Starting in Late May
Marvel Comics Is Publishing Comic Books Again Starting in Late May Good news, true believers. Marvel’s going to be shipping comics again, though it’s not clear how many people are going to be out and buying. Read more... Go to Source
Snake Pass, Urban Trial Playground, and the New Fallout 76 Wastelanders Bundle Are Now Free on Twitch Prime
Snake Pass, Urban Trial Playground, and the New Fallout 76 Wastelanders Bundle Are Now Free on Twitch Prime Free 30-Day Trial | Twitch PrimeRead more... Go to Source
This Adventure Time Distant Lands Teaser Takes BMO on a Grand Adventure
This Adventure Time Distant Lands Teaser Takes BMO on a Grand Adventure BMO, everyone’s favorite sentient Game Boy analogue, is also the focal point of the first Adventure Time Distant Lands special. We can’t wait to play. Read more... Go to Source
Zoë Bell Fights Nearly Every Famous Woman in Hollywood in This Quarantine Fight Scene
Zoë Bell Fights Nearly Every Famous Woman in Hollywood in This Quarantine Fight Scene One big gap in all of our nerd lives during the drought in Hollywood releases brought on by the pandemic is the lack of good fight choreography. Crunchy, thrilling, silly, engaging fight scenes are some of my biggest delights in genre fiction, and oh, do I miss them. So does stuntwoman, actress, and stunt…Read more... Go to Source
These Coronavirus-Fighting Smart Glasses Can ‘See’ Your Temperature
These Coronavirus-Fighting Smart Glasses Can 'See' Your Temperature Chinese startup Rokid has found a unique and somewhat terrifying market foothold for its AI and augmented-reality tech amid the coronavirus pandemic: smart glasses that clock the temperature of those around you.Read more... Go to Source
New York City Plan to Close Streets Is Weak As Hell
New York City Plan to Close Streets Is Weak As Hell New York City is finally rolling out its open streets initiative with a vision of eventually closing off 100 miles to vehicles to help promote health and access to the outdoors amid the coronavirus pandemic. Its first phase kicks off Monday, but few of the streets being closed are actually, well, streets. Rather, 4.5…Read more... Go to Source
Saturday’s Best Deals: Twitch Prime, Graphic Cards, Shawls, and More
Saturday's Best Deals: Twitch Prime, Graphic Cards, Shawls, and More A great looking shawl, a deal on craft and hobby ebooks, a tortilla blanket, Twitch Prime rewards, and more lead the pack for Saturday’s best deals.Read more... Go to Source
Siberian Wildfires Have Burned an Area More Than Three Times the Size of Delaware
Siberian Wildfires Have Burned an Area More Than Three Times the Size of Delaware It’s spring in an era of rapid climate change so that means Russia is being lit up by monster fires. But in an era of coronavirus, a confluence of factors has made the wildfires even worse.Read more... Go to Source
Say There Were a Black Hole in Our Solar System: How Would We Find It?
Say There Were a Black Hole in Our Solar System: How Would We Find It? Last year, scientists published a paper with an iconic diagram: a black circle representing, to scale, a 5-solar-mass black hole—and the size of the hypothetical Planet Nine if it were a black hole instead of a planet. So, if Planet Nine really is a black hole, how would we find it?Read more... Go to Source
Kickstarter Prepares to Shed ‘Up to 45-Percent’ Of Staff
Kickstarter Prepares to Shed 'Up to 45-Percent' Of Staff Kickstarter has been transparent that, as a result of the pandemic, the number of fundraising projects on the platform is nowhere near normal. Today, the company confirmed to Gizmodo that shrinking revenues have forced it to drastically reduce staff. Read more... Go to Source
Grim Reaper Educates Florida Beachgoers On the Benefits of Social Distancing
Grim Reaper Educates Florida Beachgoers On the Benefits of Social Distancing A few Florida beaches reopened this week despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, prompting one Florida lawyer, scythe in hand, to help beachgoers gain a better understanding of why that’s such a dumb idea.Read more... Go to Source
Elon Musk Is Wrong About Claimed 400-Mile Tesla Model S Test: EPA
Elon Musk Is Wrong About Claimed 400-Mile Tesla Model S Test: EPA The Environmental Protection Agency has refuted claims made by Tesla CEO Elon Musk that a recent test should have resulted in a 400-mile range result for the Tesla Model S, but was limited by a user error on the part of the Agency. Read more... Go to Source
A Mint Condition iPhone 8 From Back Market Killed My Fear of Buying Refurbished
A Mint Condition iPhone 8 From Back Market Killed My Fear of Buying Refurbished My name is Quentyn, and I suffer from refurbaphobia. Yes, I made that term up, but I’m submitting it to Merriam-Webster for consideration and you can’t stop me.Read more... Go to Source
TikTok Is Full of Guns
TikTok Is Full of Guns TikTok’s community guidelines would appear to be pretty clear on the subject of guns. The house rules state that users may not post content that “displays firearms, firearm accessories, ammunition, or explosive weapons,” with exceptions for cops, educational and fictional settings, military parades, and “safe and…Read more... Go to Source
You Should Probably Skip Buying a New Xbox or PlayStation This Year
You Should Probably Skip Buying a New Xbox or PlayStation This Year Now that both Sony and Microsoft have released the official specs of their upcoming consoles, there’s plenty to get excited about this coming holiday season—maybe. In a recent interview with CNBC, Microsoft Xbox chief Phil Spencer said that, while he expects Xbox Series X production to remain on schedule, the covid-19…Read more... Go to Source
Google’s Fighting a Losing Battle Against Coronavirus Scammers
Google's Fighting a Losing Battle Against Coronavirus Scammers Among all of the other ills currently dumped on us by the current pandemic, swindlers and scam artists have come out in full force. And while we can’t speak to how many hucksters are out there trying to profiteer off the pandemic, now we have something of an idea.Read more... Go to Source
Shell: OK, We May Actually Be Fucked This Time
Shell: OK, We May Actually Be Fucked This Time The coronavirus has sent oil demand plummeting, and it may never return to where it once was. In a stunning admission, Shell CFO Jessica Uhl told investors she sees “major demand destruction that we don’t even know will come back.”Read more... Go to Source
Elon Musk Tries to Stop Reporter’s Covid-19 Question During NASA Call, Saying ‘Move On’
Elon Musk Tries to Stop Reporter's Covid-19 Question During NASA Call, Saying 'Move On' SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attempted to deflect a reporter’s question during a NASA press conference yesterday, saying “move on.”Read more... Go to Source
Rons Perlman, Ranked
Rons Perlman, Ranked Like many character actors, Ron Perlman (who marked his 70th birthday in April!) has a lengthy resumé filled with roles that span a huge range—he’s done comedies, crime dramas, comic book movies, many TV shows, and many more animated voices. For the purposes of this list, we’ve narrowed it to our 14 favorite…Read more... Go to Source
Reddit Furiously Backpedals on Chat Feature After Fierce Backlash
Reddit Furiously Backpedals on Chat Feature After Fierce Backlash Earlier this week, Reddit announced it was introducing chat rooms to some of its subreddit communities. Then roughly a day later, that new feature was rolled back due to “several errors” and pissed off moderators.Read more... Go to Source
Get a Decked out DJI Osmo Mobile 3 for $140 in This Mother’s Day Gift Box
Get a Decked out DJI Osmo Mobile 3 for $140 in This Mother’s Day Gift Box DJI Mother’s Day Gift Box | $140 | DJIRead more... Go to Source
GDC’s Rescheduled Summer Live Show Goes ‘Fully Digital’
GDC's Rescheduled Summer Live Show Goes 'Fully Digital' The Game Developers Conference Summer is still taking place August 4th through 6th, but will now be entirely online, organizers announced in a statement Thursday. When GDC had to nix its live show at the last minute in March, organizers initially planned for a rescheduled in-person event this summer, no doubt hoping…Read more... Go to Source
LinkedIn Now Has an AI to Help With Your Interview Game
LinkedIn Now Has an AI to Help With Your Interview Game As a record number of Americans grapple with unemployment in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic, LinkedIn’s rolled out some AI-powered tools to help job seekers prepare for the nightmare fuel that is the interviewing process.Read more... Go to Source
Apple Has A Bright Future
Apple Has A Bright Future Apple, a technology company you may remember from such hits as the iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, and Apple Watch, has announced that it expects to remain in business through 2020.Read more... Go to Source
The Best Inexpensive Watch Bands for Your Smartwatch
The Best Inexpensive Watch Bands for Your Smartwatch One of my favorite things about smartwatches is their ability to morph their appearance depending on the day. Between all the watch faces on the Play Store, you’re covered for whatever look you want to achieve. You might not realize it, but the same applies to watch bands, too.Read more... Go to Source
NYPD Arrests QAnon Conspiracist Who Allegedly Threatened to Kill Joe Biden, Had Car Full of Knives
NYPD Arrests QAnon Conspiracist Who Allegedly Threatened to Kill Joe Biden, Had Car Full of Knives The New York City Police Department arrested a conspiracy theorist who issued death threats against former Vice President and current Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and allegedly traveled to the city carrying over a dozen knives, the Daily Beast reported. The suspect also live-streamed her own arrest on…Read more... Go to Source
The Courts Are Failing Us on Climate Change
The Courts Are Failing Us on Climate Change As governments have failed to take necessary action to contain the climate crisis and more evidence has become available showing that oil companies have spent decades lying to the public and shareholders, climate lawsuits have become increasingly common. Despite this, a new report from the Environmental Law Institute…Read more... Go to Source