Category: Weird
Wagner Mutiny Puts Russia’s Military Bloggers on a Razor’s Edge
On other parts of the app, silence spread through normally vocal accounts. That applied to more conventional propagandists, such as Margarita Simonyan, editor of state…
Instagram Is Removing Sex-Positive Accounts Without Warning
On the morning of June 22, Karl Verboten tried to log into the Instagram account for Klub Verboten, his London kink space and fortnightly party,…
At Last, There’s Evidence of Low-Frequency Gravitational Waves
The NANOGrav team was essentially able to turn the Milky Way into a giant gravitational wave detector by measuring the signals from these pulsars to…
How Bad Is the Smoke in the Midwest? Check Out This Map
Right now, Detroit, Chicago, and Minneapolis have the unhealthiest air in the world, save for Dubai. Canadian wildfires are spewing smoke that’s wafting south, blanketing…
Elon Musk Seeks Support Against Rules on Free Speech Online
When Elon Musk arrived at VivaTech, a leading technology conference in France, his presence had an immediate effect, as event founder Maurice Levy of Publicis…
HiPhi Z 2023 Review: Fast but Flawed
A decade ago, the number of Chinese car brands finally seemed to be reducing. Then along came EVs, and every producer decided they needed at…
How to Install ‘Diablo IV’ on Your Steam Deck
First things first, turn on your Steam Deck, press the Steam button, and scroll down to Power, press A, and then select Switch to Desktop….
How to Tackle AI—and Cheating—in the Classroom
This past spring, as I closed out my 18th year of teaching, I felt anxiety that I’d never before felt at the end of a…
Amazon Fire Max 11 Review: An OK Tablet With Bad Software
The Fire Max 11 is Amazon’s newest, largest, and most powerful tablet. It’s also a tablet no one wants or needs. Amazon has departed from…
Scientists Are Gene-Editing Flies to Fight Crop Damage
In 2008, a fruit fly known as the spotted-wing drosophila made its way from Southeast Asia to the continental US, likely hitching a ride on…