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Flowbee Haircuts, Abominable Cruises and Self-Driving Telescopes: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

Flowbee Haircuts, Abominable Cruises and Self-Driving Telescopes: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

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Flowbee Haircuts, Abominable Cruises and Self-Driving Telescopes: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week Yes, dear readers, another week has gone by. I’m just as amazed as you are. Although time has just about thrown me for a loop, I’ve been taking comfort in checking out what my favorite cats on Instagram are up to. It’s soothing to see them sleep the days away and play with their toys as if nothing was happening. I bet…Read more... Go to Source
Eager for Manufacturing Independence, Feds Eye Bringing Chip Production Stateside: Report

Eager for Manufacturing Independence, Feds Eye Bringing Chip Production Stateside: Report

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Eager for Manufacturing Independence, Feds Eye Bringing Chip Production Stateside: Report The coronavirus pandemic has kicked the Trump administration’s concerns regarding America’s dependence on Asian factories for supplying critical technology into overdrive. According to a new Wall Street Journal report, officials are in talks with several semiconductor companies about potentially building chip…Read more... Go to Source
The Nation’s Top Health Leaders Are In Coronavirus Quarantine

The Nation’s Top Health Leaders Are In Coronavirus Quarantine

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The Nation’s Top Health Leaders Are In Coronavirus Quarantine Some of the nation’s top health leaders are in coronavirus quarantine, including its leading infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, a worrying sign that the virus is managing to spread between the people in charge of making highly important decisions about the pandemic.Read more... Go to Source
Michael Dougherty Made a Video Tribute to All of the Horror Movies Moments Guiding Him Through the Pandemic

Michael Dougherty Made a Video Tribute to All of the Horror Movies Moments Guiding Him Through the Pandemic

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Michael Dougherty Made a Video Tribute to All of the Horror Movies Moments Guiding Him Through the Pandemic One pretty common response to awful events in real life like the pandemic, and the illness causing it, covid-19, is to relate it to movies. For those of us who are more privileged, media is a key way we brush up with our biggest, most primal terrors. So when authentically scary things happen in reality, it feels,…Read more... Go to Source
After Screaming About Discrimination, Ex-Google Engineer James Damore Silently Asks Court to Dismiss Lawsuit

After Screaming About Discrimination, Ex-Google Engineer James Damore Silently Asks Court to Dismiss Lawsuit

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After Screaming About Discrimination, Ex-Google Engineer James Damore Silently Asks Court to Dismiss Lawsuit More than two years later, the battle between ex-Google engineer James Damore and the company is over, although we won’t know much about how it ended. Earlier this week, Damore and three other men asked a California court to dismiss the lawsuit, which claimed that the company discriminated against conservative white…Read more... Go to Source
Here’s a First Look at the Tech Behind Sony’s Finger-Tracking VR Controllers

Here’s a First Look at the Tech Behind Sony’s Finger-Tracking VR Controllers

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Here's a First Look at the Tech Behind Sony's Finger-Tracking VR Controllers Thanks to a few patent filings that have surfaced over the last two years, we’ve had an idea that Sony’s been tinkering with finger-tracking technology for a line of new VR motion controllers. It’s still unclear whether these controllers are intended to be a successor to PlayStation Move or part of the kit for the…Read more... Go to Source
Tesla Sues California Health Officials After Elon Musk Threatens To Move Factory [UPDATED]

Tesla Sues California Health Officials After Elon Musk Threatens To Move Factory [UPDATED]

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Tesla Sues California Health Officials After Elon Musk Threatens To Move Factory [UPDATED] A mere five days after welcoming his son, little X Æ A-12, into the world, Elon Musk went on a tear on Twitter, angry that officials in the state of California won’t be signing off on getting Tesla factories up and running in the middle of a pandemic after all. Read more... Go to Source
Mike Flanagan Is Returning to the Stephen King Well With an Adaptation of Revival

Mike Flanagan Is Returning to the Stephen King Well With an Adaptation of Revival

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Mike Flanagan Is Returning to the Stephen King Well With an Adaptation of Revival Mike Flanagan is one of the most successful modern-day adapters of Stephen King, managing to turn Doctor Sleep, a pretty messy novel by any standard, into a fascinating and thoughtful consideration of The Shining and its legacy as a story and a film. So he’s doing the only natural thing and going back for more. Read more... Go to Source
All California Voters Will Get Mail-In Ballots for November Election Amid Coronavirus Concerns

All California Voters Will Get Mail-In Ballots for November Election Amid Coronavirus Concerns

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All California Voters Will Get Mail-In Ballots for November Election Amid Coronavirus Concerns California’s 20 million-plus registered voters will be issued mail-in ballots for the upcoming November election, Governor Gavin Newsom announced Friday. In-person voting will remain available, albeit with new restrictions due to public health concerns regarding the covid-19 pandemic.Read more... Go to Source
I Asked a Linguist to Pronounce X Æ A-12. He Couldn’t

I Asked a Linguist to Pronounce X Æ A-12. He Couldn’t

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I Asked a Linguist to Pronounce X Æ A-12. He Couldn't In the days following the birth of X Æ A-12, a human baby recently born to Grimes and fathered by Elon Musk, I have tried my best to just ignore the fact that two wealthy people have procreated and saddled that progeny with a code from a rejected Dan Brown novel rather than a name. But upon hearing both parents’…Read more... Go to Source
NYPD’s Prejudiced Law Enforcement Doesn’t Take a Break During the Coronavirus Pandemic

NYPD’s Prejudiced Law Enforcement Doesn’t Take a Break During the Coronavirus Pandemic

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NYPD’s Prejudiced Law Enforcement Doesn’t Take a Break During the Coronavirus Pandemic The New York Police Department hasn’t let the coronavirus pandemic go to waste when it comes to pulling the same racist bullshit: The agency issued 374 criminal summonses related to alleged violations of the city’s social distancing guidelines between March 16 and May 5—and over 81 percent of them went to New Yorkers…Read more... Go to Source
GOLD Apple Watch Under Water for 9 MONTHS! – Can i Fix it?!

GOLD Apple Watch Under Water for 9 MONTHS! – Can i Fix it?!

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http://youtu.be/pU4iFVR3RCg We finally found the 24 carat GOLD Apple watch that Dan lost 9 months ago. His Apple watch has been soaking in deep water for almost a YEAR. Can the apple watch survive being under water for that long? Can an Apple Watch marinate in a marina for 9 months and still live? The only way to find out for sure is by tearding it down and seeing what needs to be replaced. Our first failed attempt to find the watch: https://youtu.be/SYSikYS92_U Scuba Jake FOUND IT here: https://youtu.be/Mm8RfyKqZ3s Dan surprising me: https://youtu.be/XWmWckwG6HU Dipping an Apple Watch in Gold with Casey: https://youtu.be/wFnzFZvD3tM HUGE Thanks to my buddy FIXD for helping me with the repair and spare parts: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoBTIuhduIoXk3x81trUnzQ *Follow me for upd...
UK Scientists Cry Foul After Government Redacts Criticism of Its Response in Key Coronavirus Report

UK Scientists Cry Foul After Government Redacts Criticism of Its Response in Key Coronavirus Report

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UK Scientists Cry Foul After Government Redacts Criticism of Its Response in Key Coronavirus Report The government of the United Kingdom has sparked a strong backlash from many in the scientific community by redacting large portions of a Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies report advising ministers on the coronavirus pandemic, the Guardian reported Friday.Read more... Go to Source
Advice for Surviving Lockdown, From a Woman Who Spent Two Years in a Closed Glass Structure

Advice for Surviving Lockdown, From a Woman Who Spent Two Years in a Closed Glass Structure

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Advice for Surviving Lockdown, From a Woman Who Spent Two Years in a Closed Glass Structure Botanist Linda Leigh was among the eight specialists who spent two years in effective quarantine as part of the notorious Biosphere 2 experiment of the early ’90s. The heavily hyped experiment sought whether life could thrive in a closed system. The so-called “bisopherians” had access to several biomes within the…Read more... Go to Source