Your smartphone is a remarkable feat of engineering. It’s half a dozen or more gadgets packed into a single slab, and many of its coolest feats are accomplished with a wide range of sensors ” but what are they and what do they all actually do?
In a few short years, neural-network-powered automated face swaps have gone from being eerily believable. But through new research from Disney, neural face-swapping is poised to become a legitimate and high-quality tool for visual effects studios working on Hollywood blockbusters.
In a bizarre interview with Fox News last night, President Trump stood next to a sculpture in the Oval Office that he said depicts former president Teddy Roosevelt, and explained that statues are vital to learning about history. Trump went on to complain that some people want to tear down…
James Glickenhaus brought Steve McQueen’s Baja Boot back to life last year, recreating it as something he could drive to the race, win the race, and drive home in it too. Then he actually won the Baja 1000 in it. This is that story.
Before it was the Britsh Touring Car Championship, it was the Saloon Car Championship. The regs in place were FIA Group 2 and the field was diverse. Very diverse. Just check out what Crystal Palace looked like back in 1971.
Everything about the name “Antarctic Snow Cruiser” fires up my imagination. This long-forgotten behemoth was so ahead of its time and so doomed for failure that I was surprised to find that, somehow, Gizmodo’s never really delved deep into this fascinating vehicle.
Has there ever been a more important duty? (heh… duty)
Some people in the U.S. are throwing fits over having to wear face masks in public, despite the fact they have more coronavirus cases than any other country in the world. Now, some people are going beyond selfish whining and committing straight–up fraud in order to get out of a…
After K-pop stans took credit for the embarrassingly low turnout at Trump’s rally in Tulsa last week, the president waits to see what humiliation will befall the campaign next. The TikTok troops are plotting to claim more territory on donaldjtrump.com: the webstore.
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In 1985, Paramount Pictures released a film called D.A.R.Y.L. About a computerised superintelligence in the form of a ten-year-old boy, it starred the child actor Barret Oliver alongside Mary Beth Hurt and Michael McKean. It did not sell particularly well, nor did it review particularly well. Regardless, TBS are making…
The mayor of St. Louis is being put on blast for reading out the full names and street addresses of demonstrators who want to defund the police during a Friday briefing on Facebook Live. She’s since apologised for what was either an unbelievably boneheaded move or a thinly veiled intimidation…
Leveraging FOMO to get people to donate to meaningful causes is the best thing to come out of 2020 yet.
The Trump administration, home to some of the most prominent voices that cry wolf about supposed politically biased censorship online, is calling on some of the biggest names in tech and social media to crack down on how users post about ongoing racial-justice protests.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has pulled a massive 180 — at least on his public rhetoric — and said at a town hall meeting and Facebook post on Friday that the company will start affixing labels to or taking down posts from public figures like Donald Trump that violate its…
Lighting usually lasts for a couple seconds at most. Except for when it really, super doesn’t. On March 4, 2019, there was a lightning flash in Argentina that lasted for 16.73 seconds.
A recent study making the rounds everywhere is certainly unnerving: It found that previously infected people can lose almost all of a type of antibody to the coronavirus within three months. But the study’s findings are far too limited to assume that immunity to the virus is so short-lived.
Betelgeuse — a gigantic star in the final stages of its life — has been acting weird lately, exhibiting dramatic drops in brightness. New research attributes enormous star spots to Betelgeuse’s flaky appearance, though on a scale never seen before.
So we’re really doing this, huh?
After began reopening stores last month in May. But now, due to a recent spike in covid cases, Apple has decided to reclose 10% of its stores, primarily in southern states such as Florida.
I’ve spent a good portion of my time inside during lockdown sifting through the best Instagram Live workouts, but working out at home isn’t really my thing. The global covid-19 pandemic ” and subsequent gym closures ” forced me to reevaluate that stance. Free streaming workouts are fine and all,…
Australia’s health minister has postponed the proposed import ban of e-cigarettes and vaping refills until the start of 2021. Minister for Health Greg Hunt announced in a media release late on Friday afternoon the government would postpone the proposed ban on vaping importations until January 1, 2021. Hunt said the…
In 1973, in a dry salt lake bed in South Australia’s remote desert, the skeleton of a pre-historic mammal was stumbled upon. It took 47 years but the remains have now finally been identified as a previously undiscovered wombat, weighing in at a hefty 150 kilograms. The chonky wombat, called…
The upper eyelid is larger, longer and has deeper roots so it can support more luscious lashes. All mammals have this feature, but why have the eyes developed this way? The most significant reason is to protect our eyeballs. But having longer top eyelashes can also help us express our…
It’s the EOFY which means there’s some good cheap phone plans floating around. So far Vodafone is taking the crown by offering a massive 40GB data for $40 a month. It used to offer just 10GB for the same price, so this is a big deal. Literally. This deal can…
Netflix is framing this Dark recap video as a useful tool for viewers who’ve decided to just go ahead and jump on into the hit show’s third and final season when it debuts on Friday. However, even the most ardent Dark fans could benefit from this crash refresher course, because Dark can…
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Disney’s Splash Mountain is about to get a big change, perhaps due in part to continued discussions around racist entertainment. Disney just announced the popular log flume ride will be rethemed.
Twitter does not have to stop a merry cow from dunking on California Republican Congressperson and Trump bootlicker Devin Nunes, a court has ruled. She will mock him until her last breath. Which will not be today. To greet the arrival of the good news, the cow squirted celebratory milk…
Some Tesla workers who were originally informed they were not “obligated” to show up for shifts at the company’s Fremont, California production facility as it reopened during the coronavirus pandemic have in fact received termination notices, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.
It only took 84 years but someone involved with distributing Gone With the Wind has finally acknowledged that its glorification of the antebellum south is racist and that it perhaps should not be disseminated to audiences without some kind of warning.
