Neuralink Co-Founder Suggests He Left Elon Musk's Company Over Safety Concerns (gizmodo.com)
Trippy NASA Visualization Takes You Inside a Black Hole (gizmodo.com)
The animation, which simulates the view of someone falling into a black hole, demonstrates how the bizarre objects warp light and space as you approach them.
Early review: Doctor Who's Latest Era Is a Burst of Regenerative Energy (gizmodo.com)
Boeing Admits That Its Employees Falsified Aircraft Records for 787 Dreamliner (gizmodo.com)
The Federal Aviation Administration revealed on Monday that it was conducting a new probe into the embattled airplane manufacturer—this one focused on whether records related to the company’s 787 Dreamliner had been falsified, as first reported by the Wall Street Journal. Not long afterward, the Seattle Times reported that...
Robot Makers Try to Reassure Public They're Legit After Elon Musk Fudged Demo (gizmodo.com)
Elon Musk became the butt of more than a few jokes after internet users pointed out Tesla’s robot demo wasn’t all it appeared to be. As it turns out, a video the billionaire posted of Optimus, the company’s much-hyped humanoid robot, was actually being controlled by a human slightly off-screen. And it’s interesting to...
Hasbro's Star Wars Day Celebration Is a Prequels Party (gizmodo.com)
‘Twas the afternoon before Star Wars Day, and all through the internet, Hasbro was stirring our wallets with yet another big stream of reveals from the galaxy far, far away. Appropriately, given that 2024’s Star Wars Day coincides with the 25th anniversary of The Phantom Menace, many of these goodies are celebrations of the...
'This Will Ruin My Life and Career': Cheating Site Ashley Madison Is Overflowing With Sextortionists (gizmodo.com)
Alpaca Sex Is Even Weirder Than You Think (gizmodo.com)
Elon Musk Laid Off Supercharger Team After Taking $17 Million in Federal Charging Grants (gizmodo.com)
Elon Musk Laid Off Supercharger Team After Taking $17 Million in Federal Charging Grants (gizmodo.com)
Despite its CEO railing against Biden, Tesla was more than happy to take the administration’s money.
Deepest Blue Hole in the World Discovered. Scientists Still Haven’t Found the Bottom (gizmodo.com)
Florida Dolphin Dies of Bird Flu as Alarm Grows Over Species Spread (gizmodo.com)
Florida scientists have reported the first known and fatal case of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in a bottlenose dolphin.
Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone (gizmodo.com)
Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone (gizmodo.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14799233
Chaturbate Owes Texas $675,000 for Not Verifying the Age of Users (gizmodo.com)
Texas originally sought a $1.78 million fine against Chaturbate, calculated by the 178 days the company didn’t have age verification after the law was passed on September 1, 2023, according to the Laredo Morning Times. That figure was reduced to the $675,000 figure announced Friday in the settlement. Chaturbate, which did not...
Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone (gizmodo.com)
Are there any legal experts that want to weigh in on this....
Plato's Burial Place and Details of His Last Night Revealed in Carbonized Scroll From Herculaneum (gizmodo.com)
Ritual Offerings, Hallucinogenic Plant Found Under Ancient Maya Ball Court (gizmodo.com)
A baseball player may tap his helmet three times before stepping up to the plate, and an Argentina supporter may burn incense in front of a portrait of Diego Maradona as the Albiceleste kick off. Now, a team of archaeologists have found evidence that the ancient Maya blessed their ball courts with ritual offerings, an indicator...
AI Can Tell Your Political Affiliation Just by Looking at Your Face, Researchers Find (gizmodo.com)
How Dark Matter Aims to Ground High-Concept Sci-Fi With Real-World Emotions (gizmodo.com)
Apple TV+'s adaptation of the Blake Crouch novel stars Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly, and premieres May 8.
Injury Rates at SpaceX Soar Above Industry Norms (gizmodo.com)
How Scientists Are Preparing for Apophis's Unnervingly Close Brush With Earth (gizmodo.com)
The potentially hazardous asteroid is on its way for an uncomfortably close flyby of Earth in 2029....
AI Can Tell Your Political Affiliation Just by Looking at Your Face, Researchers Find (gizmodo.com)
Construction on America's First High-Speed Rail Has Begun (gizmodo.com)
Ground was broken today on what is said to be America’s first high-speed rail. The project, which is designed to connect Los Angeles and Las Vegas via a 218-mile stretch of track that will be built across the Mojave desert, will be completed within the next four years, its backers say....