The EPA Is Cracking Down on the Carcinogen Used to Sterilize Medical Equipment

This story was originally published byGrist. The Environmental Protection Agency has finally taken notice. Still, regulators and community advocates alike hailed the change. Photo: Getty Images/Grist (Getty Images) The medical sterilization industry has recently warned that too stringent regulations risk disrupting the supply of medical equipment. The decision will come as a disappointment, he said, to residents who hoped for more immediate relief. Ethylene oxide emissions from the warehouses where medical equipment is stored after sterilization are a growing concern....

March 19, 2024 · 2 min · 269 words · Aaron Wells

The Greatest App of All Time Day 19: Vine vs. YouTube

Welcome back to Gizmodos March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time! Google Maps enjoyed a decisive victory against iMessage in yesterdays tournament. Today, we have the two best video apps duking it out. Graphic: Gizmodo Beast create videos that cost millions of dollars. Its also become a paid broadcast television platform and a babysitter for millions of kids with an iPad. It is simply the video platform....

March 19, 2024 · 1 min · 133 words · Kyle Russell

The Upcoming Total Solar Eclipse Is Totally Stressing Me Out

Im suffering from an acute case of solar eclipse anxiety; maybe you’re free to relate. The realization hit too late, leaving me with instant regret. That something is that something might go wrong. Image: NASA/Twemoji Project/Gizmodo Whats that old saying about the best-laid plans? High stakes Ive been looking forward to this eclipse for years, and for good reason. Its trajectory will extend from Texas and pass through states to the northeast, reaching into several Canadian provinces....

March 19, 2024 · 1 min · 165 words · April Knapp

Threads Adds ‘Trending’ Page, Moving Ever Closer to Old Twitter

The page appears to link to the most popular topics on the platform of the day. Politics are trending despite Metas firm stance thatThreads is not the placefor it. The social media app is still missing a few key features that would make it just like Twitter. Illustration: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (Getty Images) Threads also has yet to integrate DMs into the platform. However, Meta seems to be updating the app to make it more like Twitter every couple of weeks....

March 19, 2024 · 1 min · 95 words · Alexis Garcia

UK Royals Busted for Another Manipulated Photo Taken by Kate Middleton

Queen Elizabeth died in September 2022. The photo was also sent to agencies like Getty. The agencies only allow minimal editing in the photos they distribute. These are the edits I could find. The Queen’s skirt doesn’t line up and the couch also doesn’t line up with the fabric dimples. Prince Louis, the small boy on the far right, also looks like his head was cut out from another photo.Photo:The Prince and Princess of Wales / X...

March 19, 2024 · 1 min · 188 words · Phillip Evans

Viral Movie Posters ofThe Land Before TimeRemake From Disney Are Totally Fake

At least not in the foreseeable future. Get ready to embark on a prehistoric escapade like never before! Brace yourself for a January 2025 release a dino-mite adventure awaits! Fake movie posters for a remake of The Land Before Time, falsely billed as upcoming releases from Universal and Disney/Pixar respectively.Screenshot: Facebook / TikTok The last in the series was released in 2016 and is titledJourney of the Brave. If people have strong feelings about the film series, that certainly counts for something....

March 19, 2024 · 1 min · 95 words · Sandra Gardner

WhyGhostbusters: Frozen EmpireHas a 2-Year Time Jump

WhenGhostbusters: Afterlifeends, it really ends. What exactly was next for the Spengler family wed been following for an entire film? How did they feel havingencountered the ghost version of Egon? The beginning of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.Image: Sony Pictures We never find out. And that tarp was flapping and you see sort of Ecto-1 behind it. That was our way of hooking it into the events that Frozen Empire was going to be delving into....

March 19, 2024 · 2 min · 214 words · Cassandra Brown

X-Men ’97‘s Director Talks Mutant Circuits, Morph, and More

[Wolverine and Gambits team-up] wasnt originally in the script, Castorena revealed to io9 over Zoom. That was something that was added in to make canon later on [while making] episode one. But that was an original storyboard in my pitch just to get the job. Gif: Marvel We all love it, Castorena added. Thats just part of the show. The creative process is never really done, theres always an avenue to push and push....

March 19, 2024 · 1 min · 137 words · Michael Bowman

‘CARCOSA’: Pentagon Gives Cyber Program Same Name asTrue DetectivePedophile Temple

The Pentagon recentlyreleasedits fiscal year 2025 budgetary estimates. Interesting choice, guys! Carcosa cyber technology aims to provide warfighters in the field with enhanced situational awareness of their immediate battlespace. Image: Know Your Meme Its not totally clear what that means but it sounds boring. Chambers, himself, appears to have taken Carcosa from a 19th-century short story by Ambrose Bierce. So, uh, hypothetically, DARPAs codename progenitors could have been referencing one of those sourceshypothetically....

March 19, 2024 · 1 min · 106 words · Wayne Hicks

‘Cyberflasher’ Gets a Year in Prison Under New Dick Pic Law

The teen girl was left overwhelmed and crying according to theGuardian. Its not and I ask those who think it is acceptable to reflect on their behavior. U.S. laws about cyberflashing vary by state, though the potential penalties dont include jail time. Photo: Twenty47studio (Getty Images) News from the future, delivered to your present.

March 19, 2024 · 1 min · 54 words · Natasha Sellers

A CT Scan Shows Where the Lead Is Located in Stanley Cups

The lead is covered by a stainless steel cover, which Stanley says makes it inaccessible to customers. In the end, though, lead exposure might come down to a matter of luck. Stanleysays it uses a lead pelletto seal the vacuum insulation at the bottom of the cup. The red dot in the CT scan represents the lead pellet used to seal the vacuum insulation layer in Stanley’s popular Quencher model.Image:Courtesy of Lumafield...

March 18, 2024 · 1 min · 190 words · Sarah Lee

Apple Can’t Build AI, So It’s Reportedly Asking Google Gemini to Power Siri

However, CEO Tim Cook promiseda major AI announcement this year, largelyexpected at WWDC in June. Google Gemini, or potentially another competitors AI chatbot, is in discussion to power Siri and other apps. Apple released anopen-source machine-learning frameworkat the end of 2023, and anAI image editorin February. Photo: Jack Taylor (Getty Images) However, these discussions come asGoogle Gemini has largely been pausedfor its inability to answer controversial questions. An Apple partnership in AI would give Google a huge advantage over American competitors such as OpenAI and Anthropic....

March 18, 2024 · 1 min · 124 words · Albert Gordon

Congressman Apologizes After Voting for TikTok Ban, Would Like the Yelling to Stop

Congressman Jeff Jacksons latest TikTok video starts simply: I apologize. Last week, the House of Representatives passed a bill that could ultimately ban TikTok from the US. For many, it turned Jackson into enemy number one. Screenshot: TikTok / Gizmodo Now, Jackson deleted a video celebrating the bill and is desperately trying to salvage his online reputation. And I get it. If I were in your shoes, I would probably feel the same way....

March 18, 2024 · 2 min · 331 words · William Shaw