It hasn’t been a great week for tech giants, a few of whom were taken to task for all manner of questionable ethics or decision-making. Facebook, reliable nuisance that it is, knew that tracking who you call is messed up but did it anyway. Tumblr announced a ban on porn, which will invariably lead to further stigmatization and alienation of sex workers online. And Uber’s restrictive arbitration contract came back to bite it in the ass thanks in part to a group of 12,501 clever drivers, though that one’s arguably a win for the little guy.
But beyond all that, however, we covered some other super interesting stuff as well. For example, we dug into what happens when two black holes collide. We laid out what we hope for the future of Apple’s AirPods, rumors swirling as they are. And we rounded up the best science stories we’ve written all year, which you can check out right here. Also, how about some robot dogs and space gardening?
As a nice closer before we head into a new week, check out these reads and more in our roundup of the best Gizmodo stories of the week below.
https://gizmodo.com/what-happens-when-two-black-holes-collide-1830709233
https://gizmodo.com/ubers-arbitration-policy-comes-back-to-bite-it-in-the-a-1830892372
https://gizmodo.com/facebook-was-fully-aware-that-tracking-who-people-call-1830884585
https://gizmodo.com/tech-giants-wake-up-to-eu-copyright-plan-that-threatens-1830861206
https://gizmodo.com/ajit-pai-says-its-fact-russian-accounts-filed-net-neutr-1830855844
https://gizmodo.com/tumblrs-porn-ban-further-stigmatizes-and-alienates-sex-1830860956
https://gizmodo.com/the-biggest-science-stories-of-2018-1830693592
https://gizmodo.com/catastrophic-oil-spill-in-the-peruvian-amazon-pits-stat-1830834033
https://gizmodo.com/this-new-nasa-mission-will-create-an-unprecedented-3d-1830822860
https://gizmodo.com/frances-gas-tax-disaster-shows-we-cant-save-earth-by-sc-1830877858
https://gizmodo.com/carol-danvers-is-a-noble-warrior-hero-in-the-new-captai-1830828417
https://gizmodo.com/nightflyers-cast-and-crew-share-why-sci-fi-and-horror-a-1830774791
https://gizmodo.com/marvels-daredevil-writer-i-thought-it-was-too-big-to-f-1830776220
https://gizmodo.com/punisher-war-zone-director-lexi-alexander-on-the-curio-1830877179
https://gizmodo.com/consumer-robots-had-a-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-1830832094
https://gizmodo.com/this-is-what-i-actually-want-from-apples-future-airpods-1830877385
https://gizmodo.com/qualcomms-snapdragon-855-is-here-what-that-means-for-ne-1830858569
https://gizmodo.com/seedling-on-magic-leap-is-the-most-relaxing-space-garde-1830864913
https://gizmodo.com/boses-fancy-home-speaker-might-be-the-best-sounding-ech-1830877241
