A conspiracy theory claiming 5G can spread the coronavirus is making the rounds on social media. The myth supposedly gained traction when a Belgian doctor linked the “dangers” of 5G technology to the virus during an interview in January.
It’s no surprise Australians are using home internet more than ever with many working from home or being restricted to the home in light of the coronavirus outbreak. The figures released by NBN highlight just how our lives have changed since February 2020.
Cruises were a dubious proposition before coronavirus, but now they’re in far worse shape. That’s understandable, given the worldwide pandemic that has had some passengers trapped on ships for weeks. Almost everywhere cruise lines look these days, the news isn’t good.
Inclinometers, also known as tilt gauges, horizon gauges, land meters, pitch-and-roll gauges… do you know what I’m talking about yet? These little dongles ostensibly warn you when a car’s about to roll over. In reality, they rarely work. But they’re really fun and it is my pleasure to explain why.
It may be a weird time for podcasts, and more”are moving full steam ahead…online. And the 2020 nominees are here!
Automobile benchmarking company Munro & Associates is well known for having criticised the Tesla Model 3, with founder Sandy Munro calling the car’s quality flaws similar to “A Kia In The “90s.” But now Munro has a Tesla Model Y, and after looking at it and talking with Munro experts,…
Right now, the world is producing way, way too much oil. We just have too much of the stuff. This is causing some very serious political and economic headaches right now, but it’s a boom for oil traders storing oil in tankers all over the world’s oceans.
She was a common black hawk. He was a red-shouldered hawk. They weren’t in the same genus, let alone the same species, and they normally don’t even live in the same part of the continent. But in a strange twist of fate, none of that mattered: It was love at…
Even though technology is allowing for plenty of ways to try and keep your tabletop and boardgame groups going during social distancing, the fact of the matter is it’s really hard right now to actually play tabletop RPGs. That doesn’t mean you can’t spend some of your free time engaging…
This week, Washington state governor Jay Inslee announced that the U.S. state’s schools would remain closed for the remainder of the school year, mandating that the state’s more than 1 million K-12 students would be learning from home through the end of June. These students are in good company: To…
New York City’s covid-19 death toll is likely higher than reported, due to the fact that the medical examiner doesn’t test the bodies of people who’ve died at home for the virus. A report from WNYC has found that, while the daily rate of deaths at home has increased nearly…
Globally, renewable energy sectors including wind, solar, and hydropower are booming. The world is using more renewable energy than ever before. Over one third of the world’s electricity comes from renewable sources, according to data released by the International Renewable Energy Agency, or Irena, on Monday.
Social distancing is trying something new. Why not try a little workout while you watch?
The coronavirus pandemic does not end when you can leave your house or when scientists develop a vaccine. It ends when we have recovered. And as with any destructive hurricane, tornado, earthquake, oil spill, or terrorist attack, a recovery from this pandemic will happen.
A group of engineers from Princeton University think that giant concrete umbrellas could help deflect storm surge and rising seas. In a new study published this month in the Journal of Structural Engineering, the researchers laid out preliminary designs for these structures.
Universal sets its sights on the movie may happen sooner than you’d think. Plus, what’s to come on Westworld, and a couple of new looks at Black Widow. Spoilers now!
Little did we all know just how much time would be spent in video conference calls as part of work from home life. Creative Technologist Matt Reed has already reached his capacity for Zoom meetings, so he created an AI-powered digital twin that can sit in on calls for him,…
With the COVID-19 pandemic causing a great deal of anxiety, we might come to think people are irrational, selfish or downright crazy. We see people showing up to public venues en masse or clearing supermarket shelves of toilet paper.
Martin Shkreli, the hedge fund and pharmaceutical executive best known for acquiring the rights to and jacking up the price of HIV drug Daraprim before scoring seven years in a cell for securities fraud, is trying to get out of prison by claiming he might be of use in the…
Last year a brand new streaming service called Quibi was announced in the U.S. Short for ‘Quick Bites’ it’s different to competitors like Netflix or Stan because each episode of every show is less than 10 minutes long and can only be streamed on a mobile device. It just launched…
I’ve been doing unpaid promotional work for the Honda Fit (I own one) for a while now, even though Honda can get fucked since it hasn’t brought the new generation to the U.S. Still, Honda’s early returns on the fourth-generation Fit are very, very good.
Vodafone has just announced a temporary $10 a month ‘Stay Connected Cap Plan’ for Australians suffering financial hardships due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
If new streaming service Quibi’s show “Memory Hole” looks familiar to you, you’re not alone. According to the video and performance collective Everything Is Terrible (EIT!), which has been around since 2007, Quibi’s show bears more than a coincidental resemblance to its 2014 show by the same name. In a…
Earlier this year Parasite made Oscars history by becoming the first ‘foreign language’ film to ever win Best Picture. Not only that, it also took out the Best Director and Best Original Screenplay categories. At the time you could only watch it in Australia in theatres or by renting a…
Following new guidance issued last week by the U.S. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention that people in the U.S. wear masks in public settings to mitigate the spread of covid-19 between individuals who may be asymptomatic—and as available masks are desperately needed by health workers on the front lines…
Fighting forest fires inside Chernobyl’s dreaded exclusion zone sounds awful, but that’s exactly what nearly 150 emergency responders had to contend with this past weekend, as a pair of blazes broke out near the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster.
Until recently, Ezra Miller was best known for their acting—in the Fantastic Beasts movies, and in the DCEU films, a series which has long been promising Miller’s Flash character their own standalone chapter. Miller’s also known for red-carpet fashion flair. But now they’re making headlines for the wrong reasons.
In the half-decade since he descended from Trump Tower’s escalator into every American’s brain, almost nothing has been able to dislodge Trump from the centre of the public imagination. Technically, the coronavirus hasn’t either, as the outcome of this nightmare in large part depends”has already depended”on his response to it….
New research and surprising developments are teaching us more about covid-19 and the coronavirus that causes it.
As reports of security issues surrounding the video conferencing app Zoom continue to mount and accounts of video “bombing” grow increasingly disturbing, New York City has taken the extraordinary measure of banning the service from the city’s classrooms. New York City Mayor de Blasio said this week that the city…
The ongoing nightmare of coronavirus has made commonplace what was once unthinkable, a growing list of eroded norms that now includes potentially burying the staggering number of recently deceased New Yorkers in the city’s public parks.
Last October, Jane Fonda received the 2019 Stanley Kubrick award for excellence in film, a prestigious honour from the British Academy of Television Film and Arts. Regrettably, the then-81-year-old actress was too busy getting arrested on Capitol Hill to accept the award in person.
If you’ve found the first three episodes of season three to be a slow burn, good news—Dolores just tossed on some gas. Her plan kicked into high gear tonight, but we also got the long-awaited return of the Man in Black, some of the season’s big secrets were revealed, and…
