If you’re reading this from Europe, congratulations on making it through this week’s ridiculously scorching heatwave! A similar one roasted the United States earlier this month, but next week marks the beginning of August which we all know means…likely even more warm temperatures. You know what, forget I said anything.
This week brought some closure for the 147 million people affected by Equifax’s massive breach in 2017 as the company agreed to pay victims as much as $20,000 for putting them through all that crap. In other good news, a new house bill proved that one of the few things Democrats and Republicans can agree on is their mutual hatred for robocalls. And after months of complaints about DoorDash’s tip-skimming scheme, its CEO announced changes to its compensation model in a series of tweets that completely failed to apologize for it. Finally, if you missed any of our reporters’ San Diego ComicCon coverage, have no fear: it’s all here in one handy link.
All this and more, below:
https://gizmodo.com/doordash-says-it-s-very-sorry-you-noticed-its-tip-skimm-1836652047
https://gizmodo.com/a-bipartisan-bill-that-could-end-our-robocall-hell-just-1836675610
https://gizmodo.com/heres-why-facebooks-ftc-settlement-is-a-joke-1836662330
https://gizmodo.com/equifax-agrees-to-pay-data-breach-victims-up-to-20-000-1836601719
https://gizmodo.com/fbi-finds-bucket-of-heads-cooler-of-penises-sewn-fran-1836697819
https://gizmodo.com/undead-tree-stump-is-being-kept-alive-by-neighboring-tr-1836693364
https://gizmodo.com/preview/how-did-we-miss-this-weeks-shockingly-close-asteroid-fl-1836729398?rev=1564162296554
https://gizmodo.com/scientists-have-created-a-prosthetic-arm-that-lets-pati-1836669048
https://gizmodo.com/cuban-sonic-attack-study-finds-brain-differences-in-vic-1836632207
https://gizmodo.com/europes-heat-wave-threatens-record-melting-of-greenland-1836728186
https://gizmodo.com/brutal-heat-wave-breaks-temperature-records-across-euro-1836695482
https://gizmodo.com/house-dems-try-to-squash-green-new-deal-with-bogus-alte-1836660665
https://gizmodo.com/heres-all-our-san-diego-comic-con-2019-coverage-in-one-1836579816
https://gizmodo.com/gemini-man-is-attempting-a-once-thought-to-be-impossibl-1836704365
https://gizmodo.com/breaking-down-the-familiar-faces-and-new-reveals-of-the-1836608419
https://gizmodo.com/house-of-x-just-made-marvels-omega-level-mutants-intere-1836679454
https://gizmodo.com/who-protects-earth-from-asteroids-1836193730
https://gizmodo.com/ikeas-100-sonos-speaker-breaks-the-mold-1836668364
https://gizmodo.com/this-rc-ducati-motorcycle-is-packing-some-surprisingly-1836390814
https://gizmodo.com/the-galaxy-fold-is-back-heres-what-samsung-fixed-1836674951
https://gizmodo.com/sony-s-wearable-air-conditioner-should-be-ready-for-nex-1836691714
https://gizmodo.com/youtube-said-it-was-getting-serious-about-hate-speech-1836596239
https://gizmodo.com/this-new-twitter-is-the-best-new-twitter-yet-actually-1836706280
https://gizmodo.com/doordash-is-proof-of-how-easy-it-is-to-exploit-workers-1836729119
https://gizmodo.com/what-technology-is-most-likely-to-become-obsolete-durin-1836542777
