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ISPs Need to Just Kill Data Caps Already

Internet usage has peaked as more folks stay at home to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus—and in the UK, all major telecom companies this weekend struck a deal with the government to lift all data caps on fixed broadband services. That’s in addition to the companies introducing generous mobile and landline packages,…

Tech News Victoria Song Mar 30

SpaceX Rival OneWeb Files for Bankruptcy, Citing Covid-19 as a Factor

Telecommunications firm OneWeb has filed for bankruptcy, leaving the status of its orbital internet constellation, which currently consists of 74 satellites, in doubt. The debt-stricken company said it failed to secure required funding on account of the covid-19 pandemic. OneWeb announced on Friday that it is filing for bankruptcy protection, the same day the firm…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Mar 30

Van Gogh Painting Stolen Amid Coronavirus Shutdown, Museum Director ‘Incredibly Pissed’

On Monday, a Dutch museum announced that a painting by Vincent Van Gogh was missing after thieves broke into the building in an early-morning raid. Lentetuin, painted by Van Gogh in the spring of 1884, was on loan to the Singer Laren museum, which closed its doors earlier this month due to the risks of…

Tech News Hudson Hongo Mar 30

Astrophysicist Gets Magnets Stuck in His Nose While Trying to Invent Face-Touching Alarm

Men on the forefront of scientific discovery do not fear risking life and limb, be it drinking the vomit of a sick man or dosing themselves with LSD. One astrophysicist followed in their footsteps in the name of covid-19 health research and ended up with magnets up his nose, at risk of a horrifying and…

Tech News Whitney Kimball Mar 30

Where to Get a Laptop Under $300 Right Now

If you’re a student who has suddenly found themselves attending classes remotely, or a person stuck working from home for a company reluctant to provide equipment, it goes without saying that you’ll need a reliable computer. Whether you need a new laptop or just need something to do some quick word processing, they usually don’t…

Gadgets Joanna Nelius Mar 30

Big Leak Reveals the OnePlus 8’s Design and Specs Ahead of Launch

Recently, OnePlus has started hyping up its next big phone—the OnePlus 8. And now, a big leak has just revealed a ton of critical info about the design and features of OnePlus’ next flagship handset. Based on official-looking product renders and specs discovered by noted leaker Roland Quandt and German site Winfuture.de, it seems OnePlus…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Mar 30

Westworld‘s Episode 4 Teaser Poses a Question About Free Will

Now that Westworld Hosts like Dolores and Maeve are out and about in the “real” world, they’re in a unique position to tear asunder the human ruling class’ assumptions about the nature of their shared reality. It’s easy enough for a human to dismiss a Host as a mindless automaton whose thoughts and feelings are…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 30

Locusts Are Ravaging the Horn of Africa—the Coronavirus Is Making Things Worse

For months, hundreds of millions of locusts have been flying across East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the Middle East, forming the largest swarms seen in decades. New swarms are continuing to spread from Kenya to Iran, and the worst swarms—those over the Horn of Africa—are multiplying quickly. The bugs pose an unprecedented threat to…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Mar 30

Internet Pioneer Vint Cerf Tests Positive For Covid-19

Tech pioneer Vint Cerf, one of the co-creators of the modern internet, has tested positive for covid-19, according to a tweet Cerf sent out Monday morning. The 76-year-old tweeted out a clip from HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver about the U.S. response to the global pandemic. “I tested positive for COVID-19 and am…

Tech News Matt Novak Mar 30

JODI’s Chaotic Websites Are a Break from the WWW Hellscape

The covid-19 museum closures have made abundantly clear that accession committees and the web’s corporate overlords don’t have much love for net art. While museums spent the past decade and hundreds of millions of dollars colonizing the earth and sky to make space for hoards of painting and sculpture, the web’s billboard-plastered renovations have threatened…

Tech News Whitney Kimball Mar 30

Even Decapitated, Alpha’s Still a Major Threat on The Walking Dead

Alpha may be dead, but the leader of the Whisperers hasn’t quite finished her reign of terror. Come on, did you guys really think it was going to be that easy? Carol and Negan sure did, but it turns out Alpha’s severed head casts a long shadow even after Carol (Melissa McBride) sticks the Whisperer’s…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken Mar 30

Build This Soap Pump Speaker That Automatically Plays 20 Seconds of Your Top Spotify Songs

We’ve all suddenly discovered there’s something even more tedious than watching paint dry: washing our hands for 20 whole seconds. To make the necessary but excruciating process feel like it doesn’t drag on forever, this soap pump speaker swaps Happy Birthday for tracks from your Spotify account. The Scrubber was created by the hardware hackers…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Mar 30

Could Another Clone Wars Legend Appear in The Mandalorian?

Paul Scheer teases Don Cheadle’s role in Space Jam 2. Another Hanna-Barbera icon is making an appearance in Scoob. Michael Chabon teases the new directions Star Trek: Picard could go in in season two. Plus, excellent Castlevania news, what’s to come on The Walking Dead, and a look at Future Man’s final season. Spoilers, away!…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson Mar 30

How to Use Your iPad With a Trackpad or Mouse

Apple has been promoting its iPads as laptop replacements for a long time now—with docks, and split screen views, and drag and drop operations—and the latest push comes with the arrival of iPadOS 13.4 and proper support for mice and trackpads. Any iPad that can run iPadOS 13.4 can now work with a mouse or…

Gadgets David Nield Mar 30

Fast and Furious Joins the Lego Family With Dom’s Dodge Charger

Lego has always been a family-friendly toy and now it’s getting friendly with a franchise that’s all about family: Fast and Furious. Here’s the 1,077-piece replica of Dominic Toretto’s iconic 1970 Dodge Charger R/T, taken straight from the Fast and Furious films. It’s a Technic set, which means instead of just being cool for display,…

Toys & Collectibles Germain Lussier Mar 30

Which Superstitions Are Based on Facts?

Superstitions—passed down through generations, or developed spontaneously on certain online forums—gobble up thousands of productive hours yearly. But it would be wrong to say that all that time spent avoiding ladders or cracks in the sidewalk is wasted. For one thing, we’d probably just be spending that time on some equally useless activity, like working.…

Tech News Daniel Kolitz Mar 30

DOJ Reviewing Stock Trades Made by Lawmakers Before Covid-19 Market Crash: Report

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have started to review the sale of stock by lawmakers like Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina before the markets crashed over concerns about covid-19, according to a new report from CNN. Burr and other Republican senators received a closed-door briefing about the…

Tech News Matt Novak Mar 30

Westworld Begins to Amp Up With a Charlotte Hale Mary

It’s been an uncharacteristically slow, straightforward start for Westworld’s newest season, but the series is finally returning to its strengths by leaning hard into one of the show’s biggest mysteries: Who the hell is in Delos director Charlotte Hale’s body? No, we don’t get an outright answer, although in classic Westworld-style we get a lot…

io9 Rob Bricken Mar 29

Cocaine Hippos, A New Mexico Raptor, and One Weird Cat: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

We’re heading into the last week of March, though it may not seem that way since 2020 feels like it’s lasted a few decades at this point. A worldwide pandemic will do that. Here’s to hoping that on April Fool’s Day, we’ll all wake up to find this has just been an elaborate, communal dream sequence…

Tech News Alyse Stanley Mar 29

Facing Shortages, Feds Give Green Light to Decontaminate Used N95 Masks

Confronted by a severe shortage of respirator masks and countless stories of healthcare workers on the front lines reusing face masks or using bandanas when they have none, the U.S. federal government is trying a new approach. If it can’t get enough new face masks, it will decontaminate used ones. The Food and Drug Administration…

Health Jody Serrano Mar 29

ISPs Need to Just Kill Data Caps Already

SpaceX Rival OneWeb Files for Bankruptcy, Citing Covid-19 as a Factor

Van Gogh Painting Stolen Amid Coronavirus Shutdown, Museum Director ‘Incredibly Pissed’

Astrophysicist Gets Magnets Stuck in His Nose While Trying to Invent Face-Touching Alarm

Where to Get a Laptop Under $300 Right Now

Big Leak Reveals the OnePlus 8’s Design and Specs Ahead of Launch

Westworld‘s Episode 4 Teaser Poses a Question About Free Will

Locusts Are Ravaging the Horn of Africa—the Coronavirus Is Making Things Worse

Internet Pioneer Vint Cerf Tests Positive For Covid-19

JODI’s Chaotic Websites Are a Break from the WWW Hellscape

Even Decapitated, Alpha’s Still a Major Threat on The Walking Dead

Build This Soap Pump Speaker That Automatically Plays 20 Seconds of Your Top Spotify Songs

Could Another Clone Wars Legend Appear in The Mandalorian?

How to Use Your iPad With a Trackpad or Mouse

Fast and Furious Joins the Lego Family With Dom’s Dodge Charger

Which Superstitions Are Based on Facts?

DOJ Reviewing Stock Trades Made by Lawmakers Before Covid-19 Market Crash: Report

Westworld Begins to Amp Up With a Charlotte Hale Mary

Cocaine Hippos, A New Mexico Raptor, and One Weird Cat: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

Facing Shortages, Feds Give Green Light to Decontaminate Used N95 Masks

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