Image by TollFreeForwarding.com You know that “research” going around saying humans are going to evolve to have hunchbacks and claws because of the way we use our smartphones? Though our posture could certainly use some work, you’ll be glad to know that it’s just lazy spam intended to juice search engine results. Let’s back up.… Continue reading That “Research” About How Smartphones Are Causing Deformed Human Bodies Is SEO Spam, You Idiots
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Jeff Bezos’ Housekeeper Says She Had to Climb Out the Window to Use the Bathroom
Image by Getty Images/Futurism Jeff Bezos’ former housekeeper is suing the Amazon founder for workplace discrimination that she says forced her to literally climb out out the window of his house to use the bathroom. In the suit, filed this week in a Washington state court, the former housekeeper claimed that she and Bezos’ other… Continue reading Jeff Bezos’ Housekeeper Says She Had to Climb Out the Window to Use the Bathroom
Hackers Just Took Down One of the World’s Most Advanced Telescopes
Why would they do that? Observatory Offline The Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) Observatory in Chile has been hit with a cyberattack that has taken its website offline and forced it to suspend all observations, authorities there said. Even email services were limited in the aftermath, illustrating the broad impact of the hack. Nested high… Continue reading Hackers Just Took Down One of the World’s Most Advanced Telescopes
Huge Drone Swarm to Form Giant Advertisement Over NYC Skyline
“I think it’s outrageous to be spoiling our city’s skyline for private profit.” Droning On Someone thinks it’s a great idea to fly 500 drones over New York City to create a huge ad in the sky on Thursday evening. Because New Yorkers certainly don’t have any historical reason to mistrust unknown aircraft over their… Continue reading Huge Drone Swarm to Form Giant Advertisement Over NYC Skyline
US Gov to Crack Down on “Bossware” That Spies On Employees’ Computers
“Close, constant surveillance and management through electronic means threaten employees’ basic ability to exercise their rights.” Spying @ Home Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic drove a wave of working from home, companies have been relentless in their efforts to digitally police and spy on remote employees by using what’s known as “bossware.” That’s the pejorative… Continue reading US Gov to Crack Down on “Bossware” That Spies On Employees’ Computers
Elon Musk Meeting With Advertisers, Begging Them Not to Leave Twitter
Advertisers are fleeing Twitter in droves now that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has taken over control. Ever since officially closing the $44 billion deal, Musk has been busy gutting the company’s executive suite and dissolving its board. Senior executives, as well as Twitter’s advertising chief Sarah Personette, have departed as well. After all,… Continue reading Elon Musk Meeting With Advertisers, Begging Them Not to Leave Twitter
Scientists Spot “Stripped, Pulsating Core” of Star Caused By Horrific Accident
That’s not normal. Core Dump Scientists studying a group of stars made an astonishing but “serendipitous” discovery when they realized that Gamma Columbae, a fairly average celestial body, might actually be the “stripped pulsating core of a massive star,” according to a study published this week in Nature Astronomy. If true, that means Gamma Columbae… Continue reading Scientists Spot “Stripped, Pulsating Core” of Star Caused By Horrific Accident
Scientists Use Actual Lunar Soil Sample to Create Rocket Fuel
The process could work autonomously as well, no astronaut required. Fill ‘Er Up A team of Chinese researchers say they managed to convert actual lunar regolith samples into a source of rocket fuel and oxygen — a potential gamechanger for future space explorers hoping to make use of in-situ resources to fuel up for their… Continue reading Scientists Use Actual Lunar Soil Sample to Create Rocket Fuel
Twitter Working on Plan to Charge Users to Watch Videos
Now that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken over Twitter, the billionaire has been frantically shuffling through ambitious plans to turn the ailing social media platform into a revenue-driving business. Case in point, according to internal email obtained by The Washington Post, Musk is plotting for Twitter to charge users to view videos posted by… Continue reading Twitter Working on Plan to Charge Users to Watch Videos
There’s Something Strange About How These Stars Are Moving, Scientists Say
Astronomers are puzzled by the strange behavior of certain crooked clusters of stars, which appear to be violating our conventional understanding of gravity. Massive clusters of stars usually are bound together in spirals at the center of galaxies. Some of these clusters fall under a category astrophysicists call open star clusters, which are created in… Continue reading There’s Something Strange About How These Stars Are Moving, Scientists Say