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No, youre not seeing double. The pair of solar flares are also indicative of the Suns temperament. Forecasters at NOAA are anticipatingminor geomagnetic stormsthat may have an impact on Earth on January 25-26. NASA’s SDO captured this rare moment of two solar flares erupting at the same time.Gif: NASA/Solar Dynamic Observatory News from the future, delivered to your present.

Everybody, at one time or another, has wanted something they cant have. Often its somethingother people can buy,but youre not able get your hands on. As an adult, maybe its ahigh-end carlike a Ferrari. Did you want, or have, any of these?Image: Hasbro, WWE, Playmates As a teenager, maybe its thelatest video game system. And, when youre a kid, its usually a toy. We all had those toys. Well, not had them literally, but figurately....

In the doldrums of pubescence, of course. My absolute ceiling was $500. It was a paltry sum, but I made every part count. This 16-year-old PC has survived two moves with me. I promised myself I’d find a use for its parts. For some reason, I just can’t seem to let it go.Photo: Kyle Barr / Vicky Leta / Gizmodo I had to acquaint myself with technical terms I had never heard before....

Starting in May, Twitch is opening its revenue-sharing Partner Plus program to Affiliates as well as Partners. To mark the change, the revenue sharing scheme is now simply being called the Plus Program. Twitch previouslyintroduced a $100,000 capon who would get thefabled 70 / 30 revenue-sharing splitfrom subscriptions. Break out the spreadsheets, as you’re going to need them to understand Twitch’s changes to its revenue-sharing program.Photo: Stanislav Kogiku/SOPA Images/LightRocket Starting immediately, theres no longer a $100,000 cap for savor the 70% share....

A commercial partnership also allowed paying customers to send their mementos to the Moon. But what does that mean, both ethically and legally? It ran intofatal fuel issuesshortly after being launched on Vulcan Centaur rocket from Cape Canaveral. Conceptual view of Astrobotic’s Peregrine lander on the Moon.Image: Astrobotic On board were vanity canisters. The idea arosein a partnershipbetween the firm and global freight company DHL. Apart from size, there were a few other limitations on what each package could contain....

In the grim darkness ofWarhammer 40,000s future, there is only one thing: war. Suffice to say, its been a long time coming, and eagerly anticipated among Warhammer fans. This creates a perfect storm of headaches for the invested Warhammer fan. Image: Games Workshop And if they dont? They face having to pay quadruple or more on the aftermarket. Naturally, fans were miffed. Screenshot: eBay Our tech-savants arent revealing their methods, but needless to say they are not to be trifled with....

But there is a chance that the experiment will only end up causing more bird cussing. The zoo eventually erected a sign about the unfriendly language in front of their exhibit. Not normal swear words, these were proper expletives, Steve Nichols, the parks chief executive,toldCNN. Two African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) perching on something.Photo: LocHuynh (Shutterstock) For a time, the situation was manageable enough. And there is the chance that the zoos experiment could go hilariously wrong....

The brand was confident this equipment upgrade would lead to better quality sandwiches that would entice more customers. The company also notes the equipment was added to restaurants at no cost to the franchisees. Subway workers on Reddit have echoed these sentiments. Photo:Dennis Lee Some point out that cleaning the slicer equipment leads to even more work than before. Subway has noted the slicers are still very new to its restaurants operations....

The year also brought a pair of standout ghost stories. could actually work to their advantage. A physical villain never appears; we never see the Blair Witch in any form. Screenshot: Artisan Entertainment But the feeling that a malevolent force is out there clings to the edge of every frame. We know now none of it was ever real. But in that moment, even watching it 25 years later, it still feels like it could be....

We are all the sledgehammer, Apple does like to tell its fans. As silly as it is to say, Apple was right. We didnt win some nebulous liberation, exactly. We all want to feel like the sledgehammer, but most of us are merely the screen.Gif: Apple / YouTube We won awhole different soup of tech-based dystopia. Today, tech companies pander to peoples worst impulses to siphon as much money from their users as possible....

Acer Nitro V 15 A budget gaming laptop with reasonable specs for its price. Its all about give and take for a low-price, portable laptop. You want portability, but you need quality performance. The Acer Nitro V 15 gaming laptop packs a fair bit of power in its frame for less than $1,000 MSRP, but you’ll still need to play it plugged in.Image: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo The Acer Nitro V 15 has a fair few positive qualities for its price tag....

The Apple Car wont make its debut until 2028, according to a report fromBloombergTuesday. Planning for the Apple Car, codenamed Project Titan, started in 2014 with apossible release happening in 2025. The Apple Car saga has been intriguing for such a secret project. Photo: withGod (Shutterstock) That Apple has seemingly abandoned rumored fully autonomous features should not come as much of a surprise these days. The robo-taxi company Cruise was in the spotlight late last year after adriverless vehicle dragged a pedestrian....