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Anonymous Hacker Sentenced After Dropping USB While Throwing Molotov Cocktail

If you’re going to commit crimes in public, it’s probably smart to secure anything on your person that connects you to other crimes. A Belgium hacker was found out because he dropped a USB drive during or after throwing a Molotov cocktail at a Crelan Bank in the town of Rumbeke, reports the Belgian newspaper…

Privacy & Security Jennings Brown Jun 24

A Potentially Record Setting Heat Wave Is About to Scorch Europe

Last year’s climate change-fueled European heat wave shrunk mountains and and revealed ancient history. So it’s with great trepidation that Europe is bracing for another scorching heat wave to descend this week. Monthly records could fall in many locations, with the most intense heat centered on France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, and Belgium according to national…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Jun 24

Researchers Send Fake Presidential Alerts to Stadium of 50,000 Using LTE Vulnerability

Researchers figured out a way to exploit the system that sends presidential emergency alerts to our phones, simulating their method on a 50,000 seat football stadium in Colorado with a 90 percent success rate. Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder published a paper this month that details how they were able to spoof attack…

Privacy & Security Melanie Ehrenkranz Jun 24

How Scientists Filmed a Giant Squid in North American Waters for the First Time

Scientists spotted an elusive giant squid in its deep-ocean habitat in American waters for the first time. These titanic, whale-battling beasts are rarely seen, so this sighting is a thrill for biologists and regular folk alike. Giant squids are 30- to 43-foot cephalopods that inhabit the ocean at depths of 980 to 3,280 feet, where…

Biology Ryan F. Mandelbaum Jun 24

The Lion King Soundtrack Listing Reveals Chiwetel Ejiofor Will Sing ‘Be Prepared’ After All

Be prepared to get completely wrapped up in a list of songs. Disney just released the (mostly) full soundtrack listing for Jon Favreau’s upcoming remake of The Lion King, and there’s a lot to take in. First of all, all of the songs from the original movie are there, including “Be Prepared,” which early rumors…

Movies Germain Lussier Jun 24

America’s Leading Medical Groups Declare ‘Public Health Emergency’ Over Climate Change

Climate change is set to make us sicker. There are wildfires and their air pollution; insects and the diseases they spread. There’s drought and the consequences of water shortages, as we’re seeing in Chennai, India. Heatwaves will likely kill thousands. The impacts go on and on. All this is why health professionals spanning over 70…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Jun 24

Hacker Used Raspberry Pi to Steal Sensitive NASA Docs

Turns out a tiny Raspberry Pi was at the source of a big headache for NASA. An audit released by the NASA Office of Inspector General on June 18 reveals that an early 2018 cyberattack utilizing one of these mini-computers resulted in a hacker making off with restricted documents. If you’re not familiar with Raspberry…

Privacy & Security Victoria Song Jun 24

Disneyland’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Is Now Open to All

If you’re reading this, you can now go to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. Though the Star Wars-themed section of Disneyland in Anaheim, California has been open for a few weeks, up until today, you needed a reservation to enter—and those reservations sold out in two hours two months ago. From now on, though, that’s no…

Movies Germain Lussier Jun 24

Sony’s Cheaper Noise-Cancelling Headphones Are an Instant Classic

Sony just released a more affordable set of noise-canceling headphones called the WH-XB900N. The new wireless headphones sell for $250 and are an update to the company’s popular MDR-XB950BT Extra Bass headphones. At the same time, they also represent a cheaper version of Sony’s excellent $350 WH-1000XM3noise-canceling headphones. From afar, Sony’s more affordable new noise-canceling…

Headphones Adam Clark Estes Jun 24

The New Raspberry Pi Is Basically a $35 Desktop Computer

It’s rare to come across a bespoke gadget or a cleverly hacked device that doesn’t have a tiny Raspberry Pi inside it. It’s long been one of the easiest and cheapest ways to power a custom creation, but the new Raspberry Pi, announced earlier today, packs significant upgrades that could let it finally pass as…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jun 24

A New Report Says Toys ‘R’ Us Could Be Coming Back This Year

Don’t count Geoffrey the Giraffe out just yet. A new report in Bloomberg says Toys “R” Us is making plans to come back this holiday season with a new website and half a dozen stores across the country. You may recall that last year, Toys “R” Us kids (and kids at heart) suffered a loss…

Toys & Collectibles Beth Elderkin Jun 24

The 5 Biggest US ISPs Actually Think They’re Ready for Streaming Games

In a lot of ways, game streaming services like Google Stadia and Microsoft xCloud could be great solutions for casual gamers. Instead of needing to buy new consoles or upgrade their computers every few years, people can run games on servers in the cloud hosted by Google or Microsoft and play them on practically any…

Games Sam Rutherford Jun 24

Toy Story 4 Bested at Chinese Box Office by…Spirited Away?

Sorry, Woody. Not even one of the most delightful existential crises of the year (so far) can compare with the might of a Miyazaki classic. Variety reports that Toy Story 4 opened to box office record success this past weekend across the world. It took top nods for the largest three-day opening for an animated…

Movies James Whitbrook Jun 24

Sony Still Has Plans for Silver Sable and the Black Cat

Also, in the least surprising news, Tom Hardy will be back for Venom 2. The remake of The Craft has found a member of its coven. Josh Gad continues to deny his involvement in The Batman. Space Jam 2 rustles up some top basketball talent. Plus, what’s to come on Fear the Walking Dead, and…

Television James Whitbrook Jun 24

Jay Inslee’s Latest Climate Plan Would Be the Beginning of the End For Fossil Fuels

Jay Inslee entered the presidential race as the climate candidate and on Monday, he released his most aggressive plan to deal with the crisis yet. His so-called Freedom from Fossil Fuel plan shows how the U.S. government could go toe-to-toe with the fossil fuel industry and start to wind it down. The plan includes ending…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Jun 24

Is There a Fifth Dimension?

Imagine a world where you can only move forwards and backwards along a line. You’d see nothing but single points in front of you, and nothing but single points behind you—a one-dimensional world. Now expand this to a second dimension—you can move forwards and backwards, and also left and right, experiencing the world as flat…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum Jun 24

Australian Court Rules Media Orgs Are Liable for Defamation Posted to Facebook by Random Users

An Australian Court has ruled that media organizations are liable for anything defamatory that’s published to the public Facebook pages of those media companies, even if it’s just posted by a random Facebook user. The Supreme Court of New South Wales ruled today that Facebook pages controlled by the Australian media companies Fairfax, Nationwide News,…

Tech News Matt Novak Jun 24

Ravelry Bans Users Who Publicly Support the Trump Regime and the President’s White Supremacist Ideology

Ravelry, a knitting and crocheting community with over 8 million registered members, announced over the weekend that it was banning support of the Trump regime. Anyone expressing support for President Donald Trump on the website will be banned, but project data for those users will not be deleted. Ravelry specifically called out the Trump regime’s…

Tech News Matt Novak Jun 24

A Narwhal-Beluga Hybrid, Hong Kong Protests, and Jean-Luc Picard: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

Another week, another crisis—The U.S. is reportedly launching cyberattacks on assets tied to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps, including a group of hackers believed to spy on ships passing through the Gulf of Oman and on computer-controlled rocket and missile launchers, in retaliation for a series of allegedly Iranian attacks on tankers passing through the region.…

Tech News Tom McKay Jun 23

Report: Trump Admin Considering Ordering All US 5G Gear Be Made Outside of China

Donald Trump’s administration is considering issuing requirements that would mandate all 5G telecommunications equipment installed in the U.S. be manufactured outside China, according to a Sunday report in the Wall Street Journal. That would be a significant step above and beyond moves already taken by the White House which is locked in a trade war…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay Jun 23

Anonymous Hacker Sentenced After Dropping USB While Throwing Molotov Cocktail

A Potentially Record Setting Heat Wave Is About to Scorch Europe

Researchers Send Fake Presidential Alerts to Stadium of 50,000 Using LTE Vulnerability

How Scientists Filmed a Giant Squid in North American Waters for the First Time

The Lion King Soundtrack Listing Reveals Chiwetel Ejiofor Will Sing ‘Be Prepared’ After All

America’s Leading Medical Groups Declare ‘Public Health Emergency’ Over Climate Change

Hacker Used Raspberry Pi to Steal Sensitive NASA Docs

Disneyland’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Is Now Open to All

Sony’s Cheaper Noise-Cancelling Headphones Are an Instant Classic

The New Raspberry Pi Is Basically a $35 Desktop Computer

A New Report Says Toys ‘R’ Us Could Be Coming Back This Year

The 5 Biggest US ISPs Actually Think They’re Ready for Streaming Games

Toy Story 4 Bested at Chinese Box Office by…Spirited Away?

Sony Still Has Plans for Silver Sable and the Black Cat

Jay Inslee’s Latest Climate Plan Would Be the Beginning of the End For Fossil Fuels

Is There a Fifth Dimension?

Australian Court Rules Media Orgs Are Liable for Defamation Posted to Facebook by Random Users

Ravelry Bans Users Who Publicly Support the Trump Regime and the President’s White Supremacist Ideology

A Narwhal-Beluga Hybrid, Hong Kong Protests, and Jean-Luc Picard: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

Report: Trump Admin Considering Ordering All US 5G Gear Be Made Outside of China

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