To celebrate this three-day weekend, we’re going to share some pretty adorable news: Wolf puppies can play fetch. Isn’t that cool? Yes, I know, these are wolf puppies. They’re probably a lot more dangerous when they grow up when compared to normal puppies, but the idea of cute little wolf puppies playing fetch still makes me go “aww.”
(Although that doesn’t mean I’ll play fetch with them.)
Besides the wolf puppies, this week has been full of important and interesting stories at Gizmodo. Tinder made headlines this week because someone stole more than 70,000 photos of women on its platform and put them on an online cyber-crime forum. DoorDash also caught our eye when a study found that its contractors make approximately $1.45 an hour.
On a lighter note, we explained what Coke Energy tastes like and wondered if the rumors regarding Colin Trevorrow’s version of Star Wars: Episode IX were true. We also asked what every one of us with a bilingual or trilingual friend or colleague has wondered: Why are some people better at learning multiple languages than others? We have answers for you.
Check out these great blogs and more below.
70,000 Tinder Photos of Women Just Got Dumped on a Cyber-Crime Forum
More than 70,000 photos of Tinder users are being shared by members of an online cyber-crime forum,
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The Villain Always Wins
Courier service DoorDash—the company that’s managed with some success to dream up multiple…
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The FBI Broke Into an iPhone Just a Few Months Ago, Why Does It Need Apple Now?
Federal officials have called on Apple to unlock a phone belonging to a shooter who killed three…
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DoorDash Contractors Earn Less Than Dogshit, Study Finds
Delivery platform DoorDash has been at the top of the public’s most hated gig economy value…
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‘Remarkable’ Mathematical Proof Describes How to Solve Seemingly Impossible Computing…
You enter a cave. At the end of a dark corridor, you encounter a pair of sealed chambers. Inside…
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Surprising Experiment Suggests Wolf Puppies Can Play Fetch
Scientists in Sweden have shown that some wolf pups, like dogs, are capable of playing fetch with…
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Cancer and Heart Disease Could Be Contagious Through Our Microbiomes, Scientists Argue
It’s a science lesson you probably learned in grade school: You can only catch certain illnesses,…
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Bushfires Are ‘Obliterating the Cultural Memory’ of Australia’s Aboriginal People
The deadly, ongoing bushfires in Australia have been burning for months. Around Christmas, however,
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Extreme Heat Is Another Legacy of Segregation
Racism has consequences, especially in an era of climate change.
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Why the Climate Movement’s Next Big Target Is Wall Street
Climate activists are taking on a new pipeline: The one that funnels money from Wall Street into…
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Teen Climate Strikers Have Capitalists Shook
For the first time ever, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has declared environmental issues as the…
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io9’s Essential Guide to 2020’s Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Superhero TV
It turns out there is such a thing as too much good television because this preview list is simply…
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Colin Trevorrow’s Alleged Star Wars Episode IX Ending Features Some Familiar Themes
The worst thing about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker not being universally beloved is it makes…
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The Story Behind One of Star Wars‘ Most Recognizable Posters
If two people made one of the most iconic Star Wars posters ever in less than two days, wouldn’t…
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io9 Roundtable: Excitable Screaming About Crisis on Infinite Earths‘ Messy, Gleeful Finale
Crisis has ended. The event teased pretty much since The Flash began, the end of all things, has…
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Coke Energy Made Me Realize Other Energy Drinks Taste Like Ass
I’ll admit I’m a sucker when it comes to weird and wild junk food flavors. When I’m traveling and…
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Maybe We Shouldn’t Go Bananas Over Smart Contacts Just Yet
Imagine plopping a contact lens in your eye, and instead of just seeing better, you could see an…
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Windows 7 Is Officially Dead, So You Really Need to Upgrade
As of today, Microsoft is no longer supporting Windows 7. That means no more software updates,…
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The Last Vestige of Internet Explorer Dies Today
Microsoft has been teasing big changes to Microsoft Edge for nearly a year. Two years ago, the…
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Why Are Some People Better at Learning Multiple Languages Than Others?
Some people pick up languages like colds, or sunburns—without effort, through simple immersion in…
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