Canadian Wildfire Smoke Blows Into U.S., Setting Stage for Another Miserable Summer (gizmodo.com)
Orcas Sink 49-Foot Yacht in Mystifying Trend Around the Strait of Gibraltar (gizmodo.com)
An unknown number of orcas sunk a sailing yacht in Moroccan waters in the Strait of Gibraltar on Sunday, according to Spain’s maritime rescue service. While orcas are typically peaceful, this is the latest in a string of attacks that have hit the region in the past four years....
NASA's Proposed Plasma Rocket Would Get Us to Mars in 2 Months (gizmodo.com)
Last week, NASA announced it is working with a technology development company on a new propulsion system that could transport humans to Mars in only two months – down from the current nine month journey required to reach the Red Planet. Gizmodo reports:...
California Forever CEO Defends Decision to Sue Local Farmers (gizmodo.com)
Bumble Founder Shares Odd Future of Dating: Your AI Dates My AI (gizmodo.com)
224 Injured After Glitchy Diabetes App Drains Insulin Pump Batteries (gizmodo.com)
Bumble Founder Shares Odd Future of Dating: Your AI Dates My AI (gizmodo.com)
Bumble Founder and Executive Chair Whitney Wolfe Herd defended her dating app’s new AI feature on stage in San Francisco on Thursday. She went on to describe a version of the future where “AI-dating concierges” message each other on a human’s behalf.
Powerful New Chatbot Mysteriously Returns in the Middle of the Night (gizmodo.com)
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....