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Good News, Rich People! Garmin’s New Nav System Will Land Your Private Plane for You

Good News, Rich People! Garmin’s New Nav System Will Land Your Private Plane for You

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Good News, Rich People! Garmin's New Nav System Will Land Your Private Plane for You Those worried about the safety of autonomous vehicles might be surprised to hear that most commercial aircraft can already fly and even land themselves. To date, it’s a feature that’s only been available on larger aircraft, but Garmin is now bringing it to smaller private planes with its new Autoland system. Thing is,…Read more... Go to Source
How To Spot Fake Classic Video Games

How To Spot Fake Classic Video Games

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How To Spot Fake Classic Video Games Fake classic games are everywhere: At the flea market, in your local game store, on eBay, and maybe even mixed in with your own collection. The bootleggers who make them are churning them out, meaning that the market will only become more saturated with them as the years go by. If you’re going to collect games, you’ll…Read more... Go to Source
Twitter’s Struggles With Moderating Online Abuse Continue

Twitter’s Struggles With Moderating Online Abuse Continue

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Twitter's Struggles With Moderating Online Abuse Continue Twitter has thrown a lot at its rampant harassment problem over the years, from slapping on more abuse filters to purchasing an entire company to help them wrangle its online hellscape. But apparently abiding by that old adage “see something, say something” is one step too far for good ol’ Jack. Read more... Go to Source
How To Play Games Sober

How To Play Games Sober

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How To Play Games Sober Games lend themselves surprisingly well to drinking, even though your hands are full most of the time. Drink while tweaking your settings. Drink during the opening cutscene (it’s always too long anyway.). Drink during load screens. Drink when characters on the screen drink. Drink before you even start playing. Come…Read more... Go to Source
WeWork, Former CEO Adam Neumann Accused of Rampant Pregnancy and Gender Discrimination

WeWork, Former CEO Adam Neumann Accused of Rampant Pregnancy and Gender Discrimination

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WeWork, Former CEO Adam Neumann Accused of Rampant Pregnancy and Gender Discrimination WeWork and its chief investor, SoftBank, recently paid out WeWork co-founder and self-declared candidate for “President of the World” Adam Neumann to the tune of $1.7 billion just to get his ass out the door amid the company’s disastrous collapse. And he’s left quite a mess behind, with a proposed class-action…Read more... Go to Source
The Teens Are Making History on TikTok

The Teens Are Making History on TikTok

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The Teens Are Making History on TikTok In 1911, the San Francisco Examiner published a guide titled: “How to Make Really Funny Jokes.” According to author Professor Korski, a true joke is a “very pleasant absurdity contrasting with one’s habitual expectation.” A joke does not “merely cause laughter.” “Falling downstairs” is not a joke. A joke is not…Read more... Go to Source
Scientists Say New Research Tracing the Origin of Modern Humans to Botswana Is Deeply Flawed

Scientists Say New Research Tracing the Origin of Modern Humans to Botswana Is Deeply Flawed

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Scientists Say New Research Tracing the Origin of Modern Humans to Botswana Is Deeply Flawed A new paper claiming that modern humans originated in northern Botswana some 200,000 years ago is being criticized by experts, who say the researchers relied on unproven and outdated techniques while also excluding competing lines of evidence. Alarmingly, the paper is also being criticized for its colonial undertones. Read more... Go to Source
This Perfect Shitstorm Crystallizes the Climate Crisis We Face

This Perfect Shitstorm Crystallizes the Climate Crisis We Face

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This Perfect Shitstorm Crystallizes the Climate Crisis We Face On Wednesday, Chile announced it would no longer host an international climate conference despite it being a little more than a month out. The move comes as protests over inequality roil the country. The only reason the conference was scheduled in Chile in the first place is that Brazil backed out of holding it after…Read more... Go to Source
Open Channel: Let’s Talk About the Big Social Media News of the Month

Open Channel: Let’s Talk About the Big Social Media News of the Month

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Open Channel: Let's Talk About the Big Social Media News of the Month It’s been an absolutely bonkers month for social media companies like Facebook and Twitter, with Facebook admitting that it allows politicians to lie in ads on the platform and Twitter opening the floodgates to show users more ads than ever. Just yesterday, Twitter even announced that it was banning all political ads,…Read more... Go to Source
What’s In Your Cart, Maurice Cherry?

What’s In Your Cart, Maurice Cherry?

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What's In Your Cart, Maurice Cherry? Welcome back to What’s In Your Cart, where we ask noteworthy creators, athletes, and celebrities about their favorite products, their shopping habits, and their deal hunting acumen. If you or someone you know would like to be featured, shoot an email at deals@gizmodomedia.com with the subject line “What’s In Your…Read more... Go to Source
Jack Dorsey Takes Obvious Opportunity to Backstab Facebook With Twitter Political Ad Ban

Jack Dorsey Takes Obvious Opportunity to Backstab Facebook With Twitter Political Ad Ban

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Jack Dorsey Takes Obvious Opportunity to Backstab Facebook With Twitter Political Ad Ban Twitter on Wednesday announced a blanket ban on all political and issue-based advertising across its site, with CEO Jack Dorsey stating in a series of tweets that the company had decided to do so because “paying for reach” forces “highly optimized and targeted political messages on people.”Read more... Go to Source
A Radio Enthusiast Was Livestreaming Sensitive Medical Patient Information Being Sent to Pagers

A Radio Enthusiast Was Livestreaming Sensitive Medical Patient Information Being Sent to Pagers

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A Radio Enthusiast Was Livestreaming Sensitive Medical Patient Information Being Sent to Pagers Pagers used within the United Kingdom’s National Health Service are leaking sensitive patient information, and an amateur radio enthusiast has been broadcasting some of that medical data on a webcam livestream, a security researcher has found. Read more... Go to Source
I Miss the OLPC, a Little Laptop That Dreamed Bigger Than It Could Deliver

I Miss the OLPC, a Little Laptop That Dreamed Bigger Than It Could Deliver

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I Miss the OLPC, a Little Laptop That Dreamed Bigger Than It Could Deliver It never came close to realizing its creators’ aspirations of developing a cheap $50 laptop that could introduce kids from all over world—even those in developing nations—to the personal computer. But the OLPC XO-1, the first device released by the One Laptop Per Child organization, remains one of the most fascinating…Read more... Go to Source
Deep Learning Is Making Video Game Characters Move Like Real People

Deep Learning Is Making Video Game Characters Move Like Real People

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Deep Learning Is Making Video Game Characters Move Like Real People As video games give players more freedom to explore complex digital worlds, it becomes more challenging for a CG character to naturally move and interact with everything in it. So to prevent those awkward transitions between pre-programmed movements, researchers have turned to AI and deep learning to make video game…Read more... Go to Source
What It’s Like to Work in a Flying Smoke Laboratory

What It’s Like to Work in a Flying Smoke Laboratory

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What It’s Like to Work in a Flying Smoke Laboratory Most scientists’ labs don’t fly. Most scientists’ labs are also not packed in the interior of a DC-8 jet doing loopy maneuvers at low altitudes. This joint NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) mission, though, is not a typical science lab. And it’s not doing typical experiments.Read more... Go to Source