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Virgin Galactic plans to open a commercial spaceport in Italy
Engadget - 7 Jul 2018 02:20
Virgin Galactic announced today that it has partnered with two Italian aerospace companies with the aim to bring commercial space flight to Italy in the future, The Verge reports. Alongside Altec, which is owned in part ...
Record-Breaking Heat in California Led to Home-Destroying Wildfires
Gizmodo - 7 Jul 2018 06:00
Record-setting heat plagued much of southern California Friday, with temperatures touching as high as 117 degrees during the day. The unseasonably hot weather sparked a number of brush fires that swept across hundreds of...
Twitter is Suspending More Than One Million Accounts Per Day in Latest Purge
Gizmodo - 7 Jul 2018 03:15
Apparently sick of being criticized by everyone from US Congress to Seth Rogan for not doing enough to purge its platform of bots, trolls, and malicious foreign actors, Twitter has started liberally dropping the ban hamm...
Thanos subreddit culling is not the typical online fan movement
Engadget - 7 Jul 2018 16:00
Online communities are a beautiful thing. Not only are they places for you to squee about beloved characters and plot twists on your favorite shows, but they're also powerful forces that can change storylines and resurre...
Gigapixel timelapse captures a day in the life of London
Engadget - 7 Jul 2018 05:16Virgin Galactic plans Italy spaceport for future space travelers
Slash Gear - 7 Jul 2018 02:00
Richard Branson’s space company Virgin Galactic has announced a new deal that with bring spaceflights to Italy, where the company plans to build a spaceport for future suborbital launches. The company is keeping its he...
Stylish extension pulled after tracking users' full web browsing habits
Slash Gear - 7 Jul 2018 00:27
A popular extension downloaded more than two million times has been pulled from browser app stores after a major security issue was discovered. The app, called Stylish, was used to modify the design of websites, such as ...
DJI's next Mavic drone might have 360-degree obstacle awareness
Engadget - 7 Jul 2018 23:33
Now that DJI has made its semi-pro drone technology more accessible through the Mavic Air, what's it going to do for operators who prefer the Mavic Pro line? Check off a few of their bigger wish list items, apparently. D...
A Bunch of Props From the Power Rangers Movie are Going to Be Up for Auction Soon
Gizmodo - 7 Jul 2018 22:45
If you've ever wanted to be a teen with attitude, now's the time.
Facebook Stock Hits All-Time Record High Despite Ongoing Screw-Ups
Gizmodo - 7 Jul 2018 22:30
Facebook's Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which the social media giant gave access to the data of up to 87 million users to an app partnered with an ultra-sketchy election data firm, still isn't totally resolved, with n...
Watch VW's electric racer destroy the Pikes Peak record
Engadget - 7 Jul 2018 22:01
When VW smashed Pikes Peak's all-time record with an electric car, there was one lingering question for those who couldn't see it live: where's the footage? You've got it now. VW has posted uninterrupted aerial footage o...
The UK Wants Its Own Version of FOSTA/SESTA That Could Push Sex Workers Off the Internet
Gizmodo - 7 Jul 2018 22:00
The passage of the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) and the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA)--two well-intentioned but ultimately deeply-flawed laws--have been devastating for sex workers in the United S...
Gloo wireless charging station is elegantly understated
Coolest Gadgets - 7 Jul 2018 21:00
When it comes to charging up our mobile devices, we have different avenues to choose from these days, mainly between wired and wireless charging. Of course, the former is the most popular for the simple fact that it is t...
An Anime Based on Ingress, the First Game by the Creators of Pokémon Go, is Coming to Netflix
Gizmodo - 7 Jul 2018 20:30
Ingress: The Animation will be coming to Netflix in October.
NASA's Kepler Space Telescope Is Running Out of Fuel and May Not Have Much More Time
Gizmodo - 7 Jul 2018 19:35
NASA's storied Kepler Space Telescope--the craft which has discovered thousands of exoplanets since its launch in 2009--is entering the retirement phase of its lifespan. NASA announced on Friday that Kepler staff had "re...
FCC Refuses to Back Down From Plan to Strip Phone and Internet Subsidies for American Indians
Gizmodo - 7 Jul 2018 19:15
Late last year, the Federal Communications Commission under Ajit Pai voted to make it harder for American Indians to receive subsidies for broadband internet service. Despite legal challenges, the commission decided this...
Recommended Reading: Self-driving cars still have a lot to learn
Engadget - 7 Jul 2018 19:00
Self-driving cars are headed toward an AI roadblock Russell Brandom, The Verge It's no secret that the auto industry is racing towards production of fully autonomous vehicles. A number of companies say they can achieve t...
HIV vaccine delivers promising results in human tests
Engadget - 7 Jul 2018 17:31
A Harvard-led team of scientists has made important progress in the quest to prevent HIV infections. They've had early success testing a multi-strain vaccine in humans -- everyone who received the drug produced at least ...
Outlook.com the latest site to copy Ars, offer "dark mode"
Ars Technica - 7 Jul 2018 17:00
We've been doing this for years.
Ant-Man and the Wasp's Director Dissects One of the Movie's Huge Fights
Gizmodo - 7 Jul 2018 16:45
Making a fight scene for a big superhero movie is complicated. Making a fight scene where the heroes are constantly shrinking and growing is even more complicated.
How to Walk
Gizmodo - 7 Jul 2018 16:00
A girl falls into a manhole, another lady face-plants on some stairs, and one guy almost gets mauled by a goddam bear. At this point, we're way past ridiculous, and it's all happening simply because people are walking ar...
The Best Value TVs of 2018 Just Got Their First Significant Discounts
Gizmodo - 7 Jul 2018 15:02
TCL's inexplicably excellent 4K TVs got even better this year, and Amazon's running the first real deals on the brand new 2018 6-series sets.