Новости за 19.02.2020

Pranksters can fool a Tesla cruise-control system into speeding up by 50 mph — and all it takes is a small piece of tape, researchers have found. Many Tesla vehicles are equipped with cameras that read speed limit signs to help the cars’ automated cruise control set an appropriate speed. But physical alterations to the...

Two Jetstar flight passengers in Australia wrapped themselves in plastic sheets amid fears of the coronavirus, viral footage shows. The unidentified germaphobes were wearing face masks along with their plastic outfits, which contained holes for their arms and faces. “Currently behind me on the plane. When you super scared of #coronavirus #COVID2019,” tweeted another passenger,...

Accused bike path terrorist Sayfullo Saipov threatened to decapitate a federal corrections officer for repeatedly waking him while he’s locked up at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, a new court filing detailing a trove of the government’s evidence against him alleges. Saipov, who’s accused of killing eight people during his 2017 Halloween terror attack on the...

Jack Sock broke down in tears after an emotional first win since 2018. Sock, the No. 8 player in the world just two years ago, hadn’t won on the ATP Tour since the Paris Masters in November 2018. His two years of agony finally ended on Wednesday with an emotional victory over Radu Albot in...

On the Leiter side, this was quite a collegiate debut. Jack Leiter, the son of former Yankees and Mets pitcher Al Leiter, struck out 12 of the 16 batters he faced over five no-hit innings in his first start for Vanderbilt in a 3-0 win over South Alabama on Tuesday night in Nashville. “I don’t...

Whitney Houston, Nine Inch Nails, The Notorious B.I.G. are among this year's inductees.

The coronavirus outbreak would likely throw a wrench in the Tokyo Olympics if the games were to be held there now, a respected Japanese virologist said Wednesday. Dr. Hitoshi Oshitani, a professor of Virology at Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine in Sendai, said that “we need to find the best way to have a...

The high-tech weapon has been dubbed Gunslinger.

There are lots and lots of space rocks hanging out in our solar system. Most of them will never pose a threat to our planet, but a very tiny percentage will indeed come close. Inevitably, Earth will be on a collision course with a dangerous asteroid at some point in the future and identifying the...

Viking raiders were high on hallucinogenic herbal tea that made them hyper-aggressive and less able to feel pain as they ran naked into battle, according to new discoveries. The legendary raids conducted by the vicious Vikings play a huge part in European and British history as they looted and pillaged in their famous longboats. The...

"You balance your life better than I balance mine," the pup's owner tells her.

The former "Love Island" star was found dead in her apartment on Saturday.

A Diamond Princess evacuee under quarantine at a California military base has been confirmed to be the lastest case of the coronavirus, officials said. The patient, who was identified as Marianne Obenchain, tested positive Monday for coronavirus and was placed in isolation at Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa, news station WTHR reported....

He also has a cat — named Hitler.

A winter vacation has turned a New York high school student into a minor internet celebrity. Twitter user @Captainderk talked to The Post on Wednesday morning after his trolling of the Astros at their spring training facility in West Palm Beach went viral this week. The student, who wished to remain anonymous, posted videos of...

He was 20 years old.

"When literally anything would be better on a bun than their beef,"

Scientists from Duke University have revealed that World War I helmets perform remarkably well against shock waves compared to their modern high-tech counterparts. One helmet, the French Adrian design, even performed better than a modern design in terms of protection from overhead blasts, according to the Duke biomedical engineers’ research. A paper on the research...

A man’s foot was chopped off after he accidentally toppled onto the train tracks and got stuck between two subway cars in Brooklyn, police said Wednesday. The 32-year-old was standing on the platform at the J/M/Z Myrtle Ave. station in Bed Stuy at around 11:40 p.m. when he fell between two subway cars as the...

Missing Georgia college student Anitra Gunn was found dead days after her disappearance — as her boyfriend was named a person of interest in the case, according to authorities and a local report. The Fort Valley Department of Public Safety said that a female body was recovered near the Peach and Crawford County lines Tuesday...

“Exercise alone is not always the most effective way to lose weight,” said the authr of a new study out of Brigham Young University.

Michael Bloomberg has qualified for his second Democratic primary debate as he prepares to take the stage and face his rivals for the first time Wednesday night. The former Big Apple mayor met the qualification requirements thanks to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal national poll released Tuesday that placed him in third with 14 percent...

TAMPA — DJ LeMahieu wants to keep being a part of it. The Yankees’ most valuable player of 2019 has a contract taking him through this season. Yet the infielder said Wednesday morning that he’d be open to discussing an extension with Brian Cashman and company. There have been no such conversations to date, LeMahieu...

While SpaceX has been working hard to deliver a safe, reliable method of transporting astronauts into space for NASA, there’s always been the question of how long it would take before any company, including SpaceX, embraced space tourism. There’s not a whole lot going on in the space tourism market at the moment, aside from...

The third and last teen suspect in the fatal stabbing of Barnard College student Tessa Majors has been arrested, law enforcement sources told The Post Wednesday.