There’s nothing more 2022 than this. Point of Sale There’s truly nothing that feels more 2022 than purchasing a $75 NFT and — as an oh-so-incidental gift at purchase — receiving a nice lil’ baggie of weed. Which, per Curbed, you can apparently do now at an unnamed gallery on New York City’s Rivington Street.… Continue reading Geniuses Selling NFTs That Just Happen to Come With Free Weed
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Hackers Send “Incredibly Offensive” Alert to Apple News Users
With a “ridiculously easy” password, they say. Kick Rocks Hackers gained access to Apple News push notifications via a business magazine — and sent out a trollish, racist push notification that’s as juvenile as it is offensive. Both Apple News and Fast Company, the site in question, acknowledged in Twitter statements issued that the magazine had… Continue reading Hackers Send “Incredibly Offensive” Alert to Apple News Users
Anonymous Declares War on Bored Ape Yacht Club Over Alleged Nazi Symbolism
The amorphous hacktivist group Anonymous appears to be back at it again — and this time, they’re claiming that the Bored Ape Yacht Club is smuggling the worst kind of ideologies into broad daylight. In a nearly nine-minute video released this week, the hacker collective accused Yuga Labs, the organization behind the BAYC non-fungible token (NFT)… Continue reading Anonymous Declares War on Bored Ape Yacht Club Over Alleged Nazi Symbolism
Experts Say Leaking Russian Pipeline Likely Huge Environmental Disaster
If “these pipelines fail, the impact to the climate will be disastrous and could even be unprecedented.” Pipe Left It’s almost hard to wrap your head around just how bad the Nord Stream pipeline leaks in the Baltic Sea are — but scientists are trying hard to figure it out. Earlier today, Bloomberg reported that a… Continue reading Experts Say Leaking Russian Pipeline Likely Huge Environmental Disaster
Scientists Trick Mosquitoes Into Vaccinating Against Malaria by Biting
Image by Getty / Futurism It sounds vaguely like something from a horror movie, but it’s for a good cause — scientists are now using mosquitoes like tiny flying syringes in the hopes they can deliver life-saving malaria vaccines. Last week, NPR reported that clinical trial participants put their arms inside mesh containers filled with… Continue reading Scientists Trick Mosquitoes Into Vaccinating Against Malaria by Biting
Journal Retracts Study on Room Temperature Superconductors
“The process of going from the raw data to the published data was incredibly opaque.” Drama Conductor Back in 2020, the major scientific journal Nature published what was believed to be a groundbreaking study on room temperature semiconductors. But now, in an eyebrow-raising twist, the publication is retracting that same research — and you could say there’s… Continue reading Journal Retracts Study on Room Temperature Superconductors
20,000 Gallons of Oil Just Leaked Into Louisiana Marshlands
“Not certain if that was criminal damage to property or theft.” Big Spill On Sunday, a massive oil leak was detected in Louisiana’s Saint Bernard Parish. Local news outlet FOX 8 reported that the leak spilled around 20,000 gallons of oil into nearby marshlands and at least one waterway from an Entergy substation, and may have… Continue reading 20,000 Gallons of Oil Just Leaked Into Louisiana Marshlands
Best Printers Under $100 in 2022
“Do I really need a printer?” is a question you’ve probably asked yourself sometime in the past year, and our answer is an emphatic “yes!” Keeping your documents and photos in the digital world is convenient, but every once in a while you’ll need to print something out. It’s better to have a printer around… Continue reading Best Printers Under $100 in 2022
Elon Musk Cropped The Credit Out of Our Cartoon and Tweeted It Out
For a captain of industry, Elon Musk sure has interesting ideas about intellectual property. This week, the world’s richest man tweeted a black and white comic that depicted Nintendo’s Mario and Peach characters sitting on the roof of a building discussing life. “Of course,” the text reads, “there’s no way to prove we’re living in… Continue reading Elon Musk Cropped The Credit Out of Our Cartoon and Tweeted It Out
Russia’s Main Pipelines Leak Natural Gas Into Sea After Apparent Explosions
It doesn’t look good, folks. Nordic Nonsense Russia’s Nord Stream gas pipelines, which supply Europe with most of its natural gas, have sprung leaks after apparent explosions, leading to concern that the equipment might have been intentionally sabotaged as an escalation in Russia’s Ukrainian conflict. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the pipeline pair act as… Continue reading Russia’s Main Pipelines Leak Natural Gas Into Sea After Apparent Explosions