Новости за 07.12.2019

Put it on a postcard.

We can't guarantee a perfect photo opp from our fixed vantage point of the floating space rock called Earth. Space is vast, and three-dimensional. Things don't always line up as well as NGC 5468 does in this image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Image: ESA/Hubble & NASA, W. Li et al. Acknowledgements: Judy Schmidt (Geckzilla)

The spiral galaxy that NASA highlighted in a Friday post is situated over 130 million light-years away from the point in space we call home. Читать дальше...

We all walk and text, but maybe we shouldn't.

At least, one could reasonably come to that conclusion after checking out a new study from Rutgers University. The study found that head and neck injuries as a result of cell phone use, whether it came from being hit by a phone or distracted walking or driving, steadily rose between 1998 and 2017.

The full study was published in the journal AMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery. Author Boris Paskhover said he was inspired to examine this phenomenon after... Читать дальше...

One of the first high-profile wearables is finally about to kick the bucket, several years after a short rollercoaster ride atop the tech news cycle.

Greta is getting impatient. 

On Friday, a reported 500,000-person climate change action protest swelled in the streets of Madrid. The protesters – many of them skipping school as part of the "School Strike for Climate" movement – were there to pressure world leaders attending the COP25 conference to take meaningful action on climate change. 

This wasn't a kumbaya protest. Thunberg and her fellow youth activists seem frustrated by sluggish and ineffectual efforts of adults, and are... Читать дальше...

What if one of the random non-playable characters in the big, open Grand Theft Auto-style video game du jour suddenly attained sentience?

Documents at the heart of an important debate in the upcoming UK general election may have leaked from Russia, according to Reddit.

Fortnite is going to make the long wait for the next Star Wars just a little bit easier.

Try explaining any of this to your grandkids in 50 years.

In recent days, the internet started working off all that Thanksgiving food by hollering about a deeply unsettling TV ad for Peloton's luxury exercise bikes. A new ad featuring the same actress emerged on Friday and went viral, thanks to Ryan Reynolds of all people.

In the ad for Aviation Gin, actress Monica Ruiz gives a dead-eyed stare at a bar for several seconds before declaring that the gin she's drinking is "very smooth."... Читать дальше...

In 1960, Henry Lee Lucas murdered his mother, Viola. After serving 15 years in prison, Lucas claimed to have murdered hundreds of people all across the country between his release in 1975 and his arrest for the murder of Kate Rich in 1983. 

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TBH, we're all a little shocked at how well-received AirPods Pro have been since they launched. They're a mega-popular gift this holiday season; so popular, in fact, that most online stores (even Amazon!) have zero in stock. And for the few with them still in stock, the delivery date is well after Christmas day.

Everyone has someone in their life with Rachel Green energy. Not because they're sporting a great haircut, but because they're a chronic gift exchanger. And like Rachel, it's probably not because they have a personal vendetta against the giver, but because they'd rather have something they would use on the regular.

TL;DR: The Poolcandy Splash Runner 2.0 is a motorized pool float that retails for $229.99, and it's the only thing we want this year.

Elon Musk, "pedo guy."

While the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and the Boring Company has decidedly not been accused of anything that would merit the rather distasteful moniker, Musk did just win a defamation trial about his calling someone else a "pedo guy" on Twitter. And, in celebration of that fact, the internet is returning the favor. 

Immediately following the ruling, "fans" of Mr. Musk shared in his joyous victory by calling the CEO a "pedo guy" on Twitter. 

@elonmusk is a pedo guy. Читать дальше...

The president made a bizarre claim that people flush their toilets "10 times, 15 times" per visit, and now the internet is concerned about his digestive system. 

I knew my mission was dangerous, but I didn’t think it would go sideways so quickly. 

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Microsoft has discovered 44 million user accounts are using usernames and passwords that have been leaked through security breaches.

On the whole, games almost always tell stories of people with power.

That doesn't mean that protagonists don't start off weak (like Link in Legend of Zelda or really any RPG), or aren't presented as powerless. But as a general rule, video game narratives are power fantasies, requiring main characters to grow increasingly badass through inhuman strength, abilities, or literal superpowers.

One of the many boundary-pushing accomplishments that sets apart Life is Strange 2 (which just... Читать дальше...

It looks like Magic Leap's sales numbers are just as disappointing as their early demos. 

Back in the 1980s, the Arctic's Chukchi Sea would have been largely frozen over by early December. But times, and climes, have changed.

Well, color us shocked. 

A new Instagram feature, billed as a boon to users' well-being, might in fact — purely coincidentally, we're sure — increase the amount users post. Who could have ever possibly seen that coming?

According to a Dec. 6 story from CNBC, former employees of the Facebook-owned Instagram have speculated that the plan to hide likes might have a side effect that, for some unknowable reason, remained unheralded by company executives. 

"There’s also a hypothesis... Читать дальше...