It seems like every year there’s a new — or old but resurfaced— social media challenge that coaxes kids into putting their health at risk. This one, though, may take the cake. NyQuil chicken, also known as “Sleepytime Chicken,” is now bubbling back up on the sordid depths of platforms like TikTok, where impressionable kids are encouraged —… Continue reading FDA Warns Americans to Stop Cooking Chicken in NyQuil
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Best Laptops for Music Production
Music production is one of the creative tasks that has been democratized by the rise of consumer technology. Tasks like editing and adding effects to multitrack recordings once required a room’s worth of equipment, but can now be done from an airplane seat by someone with a laptop and headphones. Don’t get us wrong, the… Continue reading Best Laptops for Music Production
James Webb Targets Mars, Showing Catastrophic Ancient Damage
“We weren’t expecting that.” Mars Scars The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first images of Mars, providing crisp new observations of a damaged planet. Using the scope’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), astronomers got a new look at the Hellas Basin, believed to have formed some four billion years ago when an unknown object of gargantuan proportions… Continue reading James Webb Targets Mars, Showing Catastrophic Ancient Damage
Jetpack Pilot Leaps Incredible Gaps Between Platforms, Like Mario
Boing! It’s-a Me! A video of Gravity Industries founder — and jetpack inventor — Richard Browning performing some daring stunts at this year’s International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago went viral over the weekend. Instead of simply zipping back and forth over a desolate mountainside, city river, or lake, Browning mixed it up this time,… Continue reading Jetpack Pilot Leaps Incredible Gaps Between Platforms, Like Mario
US Military Annoyed When Facebook and Twitter Removed Its PSYOP Bots
“‘Guys, you got caught. That’s a problem.’” Inspector Gadget If spy literature has taught us anything, it’s that covert operators sure do love their toys. They also, apparently, really don’t like when you threaten to take their toys away. Case in point: per The Washington Post, the Pentagon is to conduct a “sweeping audit” of the US… Continue reading US Military Annoyed When Facebook and Twitter Removed Its PSYOP Bots
Scientists Have Grim News for Southern Florida
“The tide is coming in and eventually it’s not going to go back out.” Miami Plans If you’re planning a trip to Miami or the Florida Keys, you may want to book tickets sooner rather than later. Experts are warning that if climate change continues unchecked, most of Florida’s southern coast will be underwater in… Continue reading Scientists Have Grim News for Southern Florida
Chinese Company Launching Solar Panels to Space, Where They’ll Beam Energy Down to Earth
This could be a big deal. Beam Me Down A leading Chinese solar power company says it’s sending panels to orbit in an effort to establish a 24/7 operation harvesting the bright solar energy up there and beaming it back to Earth. As Bloomberg reports, the Xi’an-based Longi Green Energy Technology Company’s proposal is garnering interest… Continue reading Chinese Company Launching Solar Panels to Space, Where They’ll Beam Energy Down to Earth
As Deadline Looms, Elon Musk Re-Assigns Autopilot Team to Humanoid Robot
There are plenty of reasons to be skeptical. Optimus Time Tesla CEO Elon Musk is doubling down on the company’s efforts to develop a working prototype of its much-hyped and much-criticized Optimus humanoid robot — so much so that he’s willing to borrow workers from the carmaker’s Autopilot department to speed things up. “Note, Autopilot/AI… Continue reading As Deadline Looms, Elon Musk Re-Assigns Autopilot Team to Humanoid Robot
Save $50 and Protect Your Home with Eufy’s Security Video Doorbell and Other Great Deals
Nobody wants to think about installing a video doorbell because the implication is you’re worried about someone breaking into your home, but there are plenty of other useful (and not scary) reasons to get one. A video doorbell can tell you when a package arrived, and allow you to keep an eye on it until… Continue reading Save $50 and Protect Your Home with Eufy’s Security Video Doorbell and Other Great Deals
We’re Absolutely Fascinated by These Glow-in-the-Dark Lane Markings
Now that’s cool. Light Itself Images of glow-in-the-dark lane markings have gone viral this month, accumulating nearly 100,000 shares on Facebook, according to News.com.au — and they’re fascinating to look at. The photoluminescent markings are part of a recently completed “trial run” by Tarmac Linemarking, a road construction company based in Victoria, Australia that’s gotten… Continue reading We’re Absolutely Fascinated by These Glow-in-the-Dark Lane Markings