This New Species Is Named After the Plastic Inside It
Some species are named after beloved teen activists or Lady Gaga. Others are named after plastic. Before science even discovered this deep-sea crustacean, plastic...
Haven’t Grabbed Your Apple Store Pickup Yet? You’re Screwed Until Further Notice
Though all Apple retail locations outside of China technically closed on March 14 in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the company provided customers...
Google Assistant Now Sings You Through the Proper Way to Wash Your Hands
As part of a collab with the World Health Organization, Google announced a new Assistant command Friday to walk (or, rather, sing) users through...
Netflix Pledges $100 Million to Help Entertainment Workers Impacted by the Covid-19 Pandemic
As social distance and shelter-at-home orders continue to force the entertainment industry to suspend production and cancel or shift scheduled premieres, workers from all corners...
Reddit’s Imaginary Maps Show Us It Could Always Be Worse
We’ve all mapped out some mental image of the world we live in, and it’s not great. Whatever our doomscape looks like, though, we...
MovieFone Sells for Just $1 Million as MoviePass Owner Liquidates Remaining Failures
Film listing service MovieFone just sold for a paltry $1 million in Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings for owner Helios & Matheson, the company behind...
At Least One Computer Chip Can Now Smell
Loihi, a neuromorphic research chip developed by Intel, has learned to smell, according to a recent report from PCWorld. Intel teamed up with Cornell...
Google I/O 2020 Just Went From Being Online-Only to Totally Canceled
When info regarding the spread of covid-19 began circulating, Google decided to reformat its annual developer conference—Google I/O—into an online-only event. But now, due...
Hubble Telescope Detects Unthinkable Quasar Tsunamis
Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have detected quasars sending outbursts of energy roaring through their galaxies, according to new research.Read more...
Former Google Engineer Anthony Levandowski Escapes 32 of 33 Charges in Waymo Theft Plea...
Anthony Levandowski, the ex-Google autonomous vehicle engineer slapped with 33 charges of theft and attempted theft of trade secrets last year, has struck a...
