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Just How Big Is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is greater than we ever thought. And by greater, I mean worse. According to research published last month, it’s “increasing exponentially and at a faster rate than in surrounding waters.” The slurry of trash and seawater loosely held together by Pacific currents spans 617,762 square miles, roughly twice the size…

Conservation Brian Kahn Apr 10

New Study Makes Clear Just How Risky It Is to Be a Security Researcher

New research from the Center for Democracy and Technology aims to help security researchers decide what level of risk is acceptable for them and their work. “The intent is to provide some guidance as to activities that are lower-risk or that may need more careful design to mitigate risk,” the CDT explains. “Although we mention…

Privacy & Security Kate Conger Apr 10

How to Watch Mark Zuckerberg’s Senate Testimony Live on YouTube, Facebook, and VR

Mark Zuckerberg is on the hot seat today. The billionaire CEO of Facebook will testify on Capitol Hill about the privacy scandals that have rocked his company, including the theft of data from over 87 million Facebook users by the political research firm Cambridge Analytica. [Update: If you’re looking for Day 2 of the testimony,…

Social Media Matt Novak Apr 10

Federal Court Awards California Woman $6.45 Million in Revenge Porn Lawsuit

A California federal district court has awarded a woman, identified in court documents as Jane Doe, who claimed a man named David K. Elam II posted revenge porn of her online $6.45 million in damages. According to CNN Tech, Doe’s lawyers say it is the second-largest payout ever awared in a revenge porn case not…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay Apr 10

Facebook’s Largest Black Lives Matter Page Was Allegedly an Australian Scam

What appeared to be the biggest “Black Lives Matter” page on Facebook was actually “a scam with ties to a middle-aged white man in Australia,” CNN Tech reported on Monday, and it managed to raise over $100,000 while sending some of that money to Australian bank accounts. Just as troubling, CNN reported that Facebook initially…

Social Media Tom McKay Apr 9

Jason Statham Versus the ‘Largest Shark That Ever Existed’ Sounds Like a Damn Good Time at the Movies

The first trailer for The Meg, Jason Statham’s awesomely silly-looking summer action movie about the sudden appearance of a modern-day megalodon, has just arrived—and at long last, it looks like we have a worthy, stupendously toothy successor to 1999’s Deep Blue Sea. Plus, is that a bonus giant squid we see? The Meg—directed by Jon…

Trailers Cheryl Eddy Apr 9

Some Racist Weirdo Is Putting Neo-Nazi Propaganda Into Boxes of Diapers at Target [Update: They Caught Him]

Awful people who have yet to be identified are allegedly slipping white supremacist propaganda in the form of “IT’S OKAY TO BE WHITE” cards into packages of diapers sold by Target. [See update below.] The Anti-Defamation League first received reports of the cards making their way into boxes of diapers opened by customers in DC…

Tech News Tom McKay Apr 9

There’s More to Westworld‘s Mysterious Shōgun World Than Meets the Eye

The brief glimpse of Delos’ other parks besides Westworld was one of the most surprising moments of Westworld’s first season and more than enough reason to get hype for the second. According to the series’ showrunners, one park in particular holds a personal significance for them both. In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, co-showrunners…

Television Charles Pulliam-Moore Apr 9

Your Playlist Will Rule the Universe With This $4,000, 53-Pound, Infinity Gauntlet Bluetooth Speaker

Ahead of Avengers: Infinity War’s official release in just a few weeks, China’s Brando has revealed the penultimate collectible for fans of Thanos’ rise to power. Why buy a simple life-size replica of his infamous Infinity Gauntlet when you could buy this superior life-size replica made from actual copper, with glowing Infinity Stones, and sitting…

io9 Andrew Liszewski Apr 9

Hot Wheels Used Lando Calrissian to Prove That Cars With Capes Are a Wonderful Idea

All my life I’ve been told that a car with a cape is an incredibly stupid idea. Magnificent childhood doodles were critiqued for being “aerodynamically-challenged,” and “downright dangerous to other vehicles on the road.” But 35 years after I abandoned my crayons, Hot Wheels and Star Wars have finally proven that a car with a…

io9 Andrew Liszewski Apr 9

These Real-Life Walking Mech Suits Are Finally a Reason to Visit Disney’s Avatar World

Sure, Avatar made $2.78 billion during its box office run almost a decade ago, but did anyone really walk out of the theater wanting to visit James Cameron’s Pandora? We still can’t figure out why “The World of Avatar” was built at Walt Disney World, but now that the park has these towering mechs walking…

io9 Andrew Liszewski Apr 9

Here’s a Bingo Card to Play While Mark Zuckerberg Spews Bullshit on Capitol Hill

On Tuesday, Mark Zuckerberg will make the first of his back-to-back appearances on Capitol Hill. He’s reportedly been getting lots of coaching from normal humans, so we can expect a lot of canned answers pulled from Facebook’s greatest hits. To help you navigate the proceedings we’ve gamified the experience. Collected below you’ll find likely predictions,…

Social Media Rhett Jones Apr 9

Feds Praise Backpage Takedown as Sex Workers Fear for Their Lives

Justice Department officials on Monday praised the actions of the FBI and other law enforcement agencies seizing Backpage.com, the popular classifieds website long accused of enabling sex traffickers and profiting off criminalized sex work. Sex worker rights advocates, meanwhile, say the loss of Backpage and the US government’s other efforts to shutter similar sites is…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron Apr 9

World’s Hottest Pepper Sends Man to the ER With Thunderclap Headaches

For one brave man, eating one of the hottest peppers in the world came with an unexpected side effect: Days of splitting headaches that prompted a trip to the emergency room. The unusual case, detailed in The BMJ on Monday, began immediately after the 34-year-old man took part in a chili pepper eating contest. He…

Health Ed Cara Apr 9

Colton Haynes Is Returning to Arrow, Which Seems Odd, Doesn’t It?

Just when Arrow fans thought Roy and Thea were going to ride off and save the world together (and cuddle along the way), news of actor Colton Haynes, who plays Roy, coming back as a series regular has shaken things up. But that, along with new comments from executive producer Marc Guggenheim, may suggest it’s…

Television Germain Lussier Apr 9

Westworld‘s Showrunners Offer to Reveal the Entire Season Two Plot to Help Protect Its Biggest Spoilers [Updated]

After Reddit and other fan communities pretty much predicted the entire first season of Westworld, showrunners Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy made headlines by promising to work with online theorists in the second season. Now, we might know how: Spoil absolutely everything. During a Reddit AMA, Nolan shared a controversial plan to safeguard the biggest…

Television Beth Elderkin Apr 9

Northrop Grumman Blamed for Loss of Mysterious Zuma Spy Satellite

The loss of a multi-billion-dollar satellite this past January is being attributed to engineering and testing errors made by aerospace and defense firm Northrop Grumman Corporation, according to a recently concluded investigation. As the Wall Street Journal reports, a payload adapter modified by Northrop Grumman failed to operate properly during deployment, causing the $3.5 billion…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Apr 9

Thank God, Christina Hodson Is the New Writer of the Batgirl Movie

Warner Bros. is “bat” at it again. After a few months of uncertainty, it’s just hired Christina Hodson to write a brand new script for a Batgirl movie. Joss Whedon was previously attached to the project but admitted he didn’t have a story and left the film back in February. Hodson, who wrote the upcoming…

Movies Germain Lussier Apr 9

The Weirdest Rumors About the Marvel Cinematic Universe That Never Came True

This month, years of meticulous movie planning will culminate in the release of Avengers: Infinity War, smashing together heroes from a decade’s worth of some of the biggest films on the planet. The road to Infinity War has been paved with a decade of reporting around it—some of it leading to some very bizarre rumors…

Movies James Whitbrook Apr 9

Antarctica Is Getting Snowier

The world’s largest hunk of ice, the Antarctic ice sheet, holds enough frozen water to put cities like Miami several hundred feet under. How much Antarctica shrinks in the future will depend on the balance between what’s melting away, and what’s being added when it snows. A new study published in the journal Climate of…

Earth Science Maddie Stone Apr 9

Just How Big Is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?

New Study Makes Clear Just How Risky It Is to Be a Security Researcher

How to Watch Mark Zuckerberg’s Senate Testimony Live on YouTube, Facebook, and VR

Federal Court Awards California Woman $6.45 Million in Revenge Porn Lawsuit

Facebook’s Largest Black Lives Matter Page Was Allegedly an Australian Scam

Jason Statham Versus the ‘Largest Shark That Ever Existed’ Sounds Like a Damn Good Time at the Movies

Some Racist Weirdo Is Putting Neo-Nazi Propaganda Into Boxes of Diapers at Target [Update: They Caught Him]

There’s More to Westworld‘s Mysterious Shōgun World Than Meets the Eye

Your Playlist Will Rule the Universe With This $4,000, 53-Pound, Infinity Gauntlet Bluetooth Speaker

Hot Wheels Used Lando Calrissian to Prove That Cars With Capes Are a Wonderful Idea

These Real-Life Walking Mech Suits Are Finally a Reason to Visit Disney’s Avatar World

Here’s a Bingo Card to Play While Mark Zuckerberg Spews Bullshit on Capitol Hill

Feds Praise Backpage Takedown as Sex Workers Fear for Their Lives

World’s Hottest Pepper Sends Man to the ER With Thunderclap Headaches

Colton Haynes Is Returning to Arrow, Which Seems Odd, Doesn’t It?

Westworld‘s Showrunners Offer to Reveal the Entire Season Two Plot to Help Protect Its Biggest Spoilers [Updated]

Northrop Grumman Blamed for Loss of Mysterious Zuma Spy Satellite

Thank God, Christina Hodson Is the New Writer of the Batgirl Movie

The Weirdest Rumors About the Marvel Cinematic Universe That Never Came True

Antarctica Is Getting Snowier

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