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Stop What You’re Doing and Update Windows Right Now
Stop What You're Doing and Update Windows Right Now The National Security Agency disclosed a major vulnerability in the latest version of Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 to Microsoft, which released a fix for the issue on Tuesday, the MIT Technology Review reported.Read more... Go to Source
Google Is Buying the World’s Most Boring (but Useful) Startup
Google Is Buying the World's Most Boring (but Useful) Startup You know how sometimes when you Google a store, you get a pop-out sidebar containing info about products that store currently has in stock? Well, in a deal announced today, Google has agreed to purchase the startup responsible for making those sidebars possible. Read more... Go to Source
A Man’s Worm Infection Left Him with a ‘Stony Hard’ Testicle
A Man's Worm Infection Left Him with a 'Stony Hard' Testicle There’s no good place for parasitic worms to wreak havoc in the human body, but doctors in India say their 80-year-old patient developed a particularly unfortunate case. The man’s worm infection left him with a massively swollen, calcified right testicle.Read more... Go to Source
HBO Invited Us to a Westworld Dinner Party, Where We Were the Ones Roasted
HBO Invited Us to a Westworld Dinner Party, Where We Were the Ones Roasted “Ms. Cranz, would you prefer a tequila or vodka shot? Don’t worry. We know the difference.” With one question a Westworld “robot” had roasted me to a cinder and brought into relief everything cool and terrifying about HBO’s Westworld “activation” at CES. Read more... Go to Source
Dating Apps Caught Sharing Your Details With ‘Dozens’ of Third Parties: Report
Dating Apps Caught Sharing Your Details With 'Dozens' of Third Parties: Report If you’re one of those people who’s a bit unnerved by your phone’s apps tracking your every move, I have some bad news—it turns out dating apps are just as guilty as the rest of them. But unlike other apps, they also know what makes you horny. Read more... Go to Source
Taint Band-Aid ‘Doesn’t Hurt’ to Remove, Bandage Maker Promises
Taint Band-Aid ‘Doesn’t Hurt’ to Remove, Bandage Maker Promises Last week at CES 2020, whilst surveying the state of sex tech at the show, I stumbled upon a humble wearable prototype for premature ejaculation. The ‘device’ was the brainchild of Morari Medical, and I maturely dubbed it the taint band-aid in a write-up. CES has since ended, but lo, this morning I opened up my inbox…Read more... Go to Source
Tuesday’s Best Deals: PNY Memory Products, Quest Protein, TCL TV, Neck Massagers, and More
Tuesday's Best Deals: PNY Memory Products, Quest Protein, TCL TV, Neck Massagers, and More A PNY Gold Box, an Expandable Dish Drying Rack, and a Naipo Shiatsu Back and Neck Massager lead off Tuesday’s best deals from around the web.Read more... Go to Source
Apple Pushes Back on DOJ Claims That Company Won’t Unlock iPhones Belonging to Shooter
Apple Pushes Back on DOJ Claims That Company Won't Unlock iPhones Belonging to Shooter Following comments by U.S. Attorney General William Barr that Apple has not provided “substantive assistance” in its investigation related to the shooting last month at a naval airbase in Pensacola, Florida, Apple has addressed the issue by stating that there’s “no such thing as a backdoor just for the good guys.”Read more... Go to Source
Extreme Heat Is Another Legacy of Segregation
Extreme Heat Is Another Legacy of Segregation Racism has consequences, especially in an era of climate change. Read more... Go to Source
Has Hubble Detected Rogue Clumps of Dark Matter?
Has Hubble Detected Rogue Clumps of Dark Matter? Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered evidence of small clumps of dark matter warping the light from distant quasars. Read more... Go to Source
Today’s PNY Gold Box Is Here For All of Your Storage Needs
Today's PNY Gold Box Is Here For All of Your Storage Needs PNY Gold Box | AmazonRead more... Go to Source
Australian Open Tennis Players Struggle to Breathe as Climate Crisis Makes Air Hazardous
Australian Open Tennis Players Struggle to Breathe as Climate Crisis Makes Air Hazardous Tennis players at practice sessions for the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia today struggled to breathe as smoke from nearby bushfires choked their lungs. Slovenian Dalila Jakupović even collapsed on the court in a coughing fit while simply trying to inhale the smoke-filled air, which had an Air Quality Index…Read more... Go to Source
Dungeons & Dragons Is Taking Critical Role to the Next Level
Dungeons & Dragons Is Taking Critical Role to the Next Level One of the things that’s made Critical Role such a smash hit with both diehard Dungeons & Dragons fans and newcomers alike is the way the series’ voice actors infuse their campaigns with the kind of vibrant energy that you usually have to use your imagination to conjure up while playing the game. Now, Wizards of the…Read more... Go to Source
Report: 51 Members of Congress and Their Spouses Collectively Own Millions in Defense Stocks
Report: 51 Members of Congress and Their Spouses Collectively Own Millions in Defense Stocks 51 members of Congress or their spouses own between $2.8 million to $5.3 million worth of stock in the top 30 defense contractors worldwide, Sludge reported on Monday, thus placing them in a position to potentially profit from the U.S. military contracting process or wars waged with the firms’ equipment.Read more... Go to Source
Concept Art Comes to Life in Sleek Sci-Fi Animation Migrants
Concept Art Comes to Life in Sleek Sci-Fi Animation Migrants High above Mars, the terraformers of short film Migrants go through a well-polished routine, knowing that they’re not preparing for their own futures on the planet, but for children in the generations to come.Read more... Go to Source
These Are the Last Pair of Leggings You’ll Ever Need
These Are the Last Pair of Leggings You'll Ever Need I bet you already have a dozen leggings crammed in your closet, but trust: you need one more. You need the Ridge Merino Crowley Tights. Do not pass go, do not collect $100; instead just find yourself some internet and order up a pair faster than you can say, “Thank me later.”Read more... Go to Source
Alert Warning of ‘Emergency’ at Canadian Nuclear Plant Sent by Mistake, Officials Say
Alert Warning of 'Emergency' at Canadian Nuclear Plant Sent by Mistake, Officials Say Canadian officials have demanded an explanation after an inaccurate alert was sent out to cell phones stating staff were responding to an incident at Pickering Nuclear Generating Station near Toronto on Sunday, the BBC reported.Read more... Go to Source
Luggage Startup CEO Accused of Creating Toxic Workplace Won’t Go Away After All
Luggage Startup CEO Accused of Creating Toxic Workplace Won't Go Away After All After a controversial story last year exposed a toxic workplace atmosphere at luggage startup Away, the company’s chief executive Steph Korey was reported to be stepping down from the role while taking on a new title of executive chairman. But that decision evidently didn’t stick, and Korey will resume the CEO role…Read more... Go to Source
The Spider-Verse Connections in Morbius Are Confusing as Hell
The Spider-Verse Connections in Morbius Are Confusing as Hell Morbius’ first trailer has arrived, and while it mostly focuses on laying out the origin story of its titular vampire, it also suggests that the movie’s going to have some rather direct and significant ties to Spider-Man, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and...perhaps Sony’s excellent Spider-Man game. It’s all a little…Read more... Go to Source
Investigation Finds Widespread Rule-Breaking in Reporting of U.S. Clinical Trials
Investigation Finds Widespread Rule-Breaking in Reporting of U.S. Clinical Trials Universities, drug companies, and government agencies are breaking the law and not turning in their science homework, according to a new report out Monday. It shows that many of these entities aren’t reporting the results of their research to the government’s database of clinical trials as legally mandated, while the…Read more... Go to Source
The Dream of a Common Charger Is Alive—Despite Apple’s Complaining
The Dream of a Common Charger Is Alive—Despite Apple's Complaining The European Parliament is fed up with e-waste—in particular, charging cables. To fix the problem, lawmakers are debating a binding measure that would force gadget makers to use a standardized charging port. Read more... Go to Source
Folding laptops are here… and we have some thoughts
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Morbius’ First Trailer Is Here and Jared Leto Is Out For Blood
Morbius' First Trailer Is Here and Jared Leto Is Out For Blood Wild as it is to believe, Sony really meant what it said when the studio announced its plans to move forward with a movie about Morbius, Marvel Comics’ most famous vampire who isn’t Blade. While Morbius might not have been the Spider-Man villain one would expect to make it to the big screen so quickly, it’s definitely…Read more... Go to Source
Anker’s Super Convenient PowerPort Cube Is Down to Just $19
Anker's Super Convenient PowerPort Cube Is Down to Just $19 Anker PowerPort Cube | $19 | AmazonRead more... Go to Source
A Hotter Climate Will Kill Americans in Unexpected Ways, Study Finds
A Hotter Climate Will Kill Americans in Unexpected Ways, Study Finds The world is gonna get a lot warmer. The unusually warm winter weekend that just ended for those of us in the Northeast is a reminder of what that’ll look like. Sure, it was kinda nice to spend some time outside in a t-shirt in January. But a new study has found that warmer days could be more deadly, even in winter.Read more... Go to Source
Coke Energy Made Me Realize Other Energy Drinks Taste Like Ass
Coke Energy Made Me Realize Other Energy Drinks Taste Like Ass I’ll admit I’m a sucker when it comes to weird and wild junk food flavors. When I’m traveling and stumble into a new flavor of Doritos, KitKats or other trash I can’t get at home, I just have to try it. So a couple of months ago when I was in Japan and saw a can with a familiar logo and the words Coke Energy written…Read more... Go to Source
A New Machine Keeps Livers Alive Outside the Human Body for an Entire Week
A New Machine Keeps Livers Alive Outside the Human Body for an Entire Week A new system is capable of maintaining a human liver outside the body for seven days, during which time the damaged organ can be repaired and prepared for transplantation. Read more... Go to Source
White House Tweets ‘First Snow of the Year’ On Same Day It Hits 70 Degrees in Washington D.C.
White House Tweets 'First Snow of the Year' On Same Day It Hits 70 Degrees in Washington D.C. The White House tweeted out this photo last night, declaring “First snow of the year!” The tweet confused a lot of people to say the least, largely because it didn’t snow at all in Washington, D.C. yesterday. In fact, it reached 70 degrees on Sunday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.Read more... Go to Source