Trump Orders CDC, FDA, and Other Health Agencies to Go Dark

The Washington Post first broke news of Trumps sweeping directivelate Tuesday evening. Staff at these agencies have been reportedly ordered to cease external communication for the time being. Gizmodo reached out to the HHS for comment but did not hear back by the time of publication. An exterior view of the David J. Sencer CDC Museum at the Edward R. Roybal campus, the headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia....

January 22, 2025 · 1 min · 128 words · James Fitzgerald

Trump Pardons Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht

Convicted on 7 counts, the judgesentenced him to life in prison. Trump pardoned Ulbricht on Tuesday and now hes a free man after more than 10 years in custody. He was given two life sentences, plus 40 years. Cards featuring images of former US President Donald Trump and Ross Ulbricht, creator of Silk Road, displayed for sale at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Tennessee, US, on Saturday, July 27, 2024....

January 22, 2025 · 2 min · 248 words · John Higgins

Trump’s DHS Guts Board Investigating Chinese Hacking Group Salt Typhoon

To outgoing advisory board members, you are welcome to reapply, thank you for your service. Chris Krebs, the Chief Intelligence Officer of SentinelOne, served on the board but resigned on January 18th. He should be drawn and quartered. © Getty Taken out at dawn and shot, one of Trumps lawyerssaid of Krebsat the time. During her confirmation hearing last week,Noem saidthat CISA had gotten far off mission. Noems specific complaint is that CISA was doing too much work fighting misinformation and disinformation online....

January 22, 2025 · 1 min · 148 words · Robert Brown

AI-Generated Junk Science Is a Big Problem on Google Scholar, Research Suggests

The researchers then investigated the extent to which those questionable papers were distributed and hosted across the internet. The researchers outlined two main risks brought about by this development. Artificial intelligence isexacerbating the issue. A phone on Google Scholar’s landing page.Photo: University of Borås Frontiersretracted the paperseveral days after its publication. But AIs impact can be as positive or negative as the human that wields it. News from the future, delivered to your present....

January 21, 2025 · 1 min · 86 words · Nancy Brewer

Amid Criticism, IMDb Founder Col Needham Steps Down as CEO After 35 Years

Col Needham will be succeeded by Nikki Santoro, who has been IMDbs chief operating officer since 2021.Varietyearlierreportedthe news. Amazon bought IMDb back in 1998, and the company claims to have more than 250 million monthly users. Nobody wants to tell their boss the job is done and there is no more work to do. Col Needham, founder of IMDb, has stepped down as CEO after 35 years.Rich Polk/Getty Eventually that leads to a bloated product with features users do not really need....

January 21, 2025 · 1 min · 207 words · Tina Moody

Apple Deadnamed the Gulf of America and Conservatives Are Triggered

So upset that he tagged Apple CEO Tim Cook on X and said hed filed a complaint. Hey @tim_cook, just noticed Apple Maps still calls it the Gulf of Mexico. Sent a report through the app, but thought youd want to know! © Liliana Dawson/Pexels said the former Navy Seal. Hes so upset that he did a cringe post in the style of a suburbanite upset at Target. Crenshaw is posting cringe and doubling down on the culture war....

January 21, 2025 · 2 min · 298 words · Steven Mills

Being a Manga Letterer Is More Than Having a Fun Job

When peoplereadmanga, they often focus on the Instagram caption-worthy one-liners and larger-than-life illustrations that fill their pages. Letterers are localizing everything from restaurant signs to handwritten love letters. If the reader is meant to read it, then the letterer has to localize it. “The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn’t a Guy at All” by Sumika Arai, lettering by Brandon Bovia.© Yen Press The kinds of things we have to localize vary from genre to genre, Linsley said....

January 21, 2025 · 3 min · 624 words · Kristine Harrison

CouldAhsokaSeason 2 Bring Back AnotherStar WarsPrequels Star?

Charlie Cox reflects on NetflixsDaredevilcancellation asBorn Againdraws near.Teacupwill not return for season 2. Plus, get a look at Clive Barkers kooky family animated horror,Night of the Zoopocalypse. Aside from that, further details are not available at this time. © Lucasfilm I got word that [showrunner Dave] Filoni is really trying hard to get this one character back. Silo TV Linereports Jessica Henwick and Ashley Zuckerman have joined the cast ofSilos upcoming third season....

January 21, 2025 · 1 min · 116 words · Jasmine Olsen

Elon Musk Admits to Paying People to Play Video Games for Him

According to Musk, everyone at the highest level is doing it so its fine. At the beginning of the year, Musk did a livestream of hisPath of Exile 2character on X. And his account had tell-tale signs of a guy whod paid to have someone else level it. © Samuel Corum/Getty Images The gamers called him out and Musk began to publicly fight the allegations. Two days ago, NikoWrex posted a YouTube video that he said cleared the whole thing up....

January 21, 2025 · 2 min · 284 words · John Bird

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s DOGE Becomes Elon Musk’s DOGE

Im confident that Elon & team will succeed in streamlining government. Ill have more to say very soon about my future plans in Ohio, Ramaswamy said Monday. Trump transition officials have also sought to cast the abrupt departure in a favorable light. © Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Vivek Ramaswamy played a critical role in helping us create DOGE, saidtransition spokesperson Anna Kelly. However, other reports have been much less charitable about the situation....

January 21, 2025 · 1 min · 185 words · Mary Moyer

Federal Website on Reproductive Rights Taken Down on Trump’s First Day

So of course, thats gone now. This shouldnt come as much of a surprise. Luckily, if you ignore it, it does justgo away…right? A screenshot of an archived version of the Reproductiverights.gov website© Reproductiverights.gov via Archive.is The Spanish-language pages for the White Househappened to come down yesterday, too, as didpages referencing LGBTQ rights. News from the future, delivered to your present. Trump Plans Private Dinner for Largest Buyers of $TRUMP Crypto Trump’s corruption knows no bounds....

January 21, 2025 · 1 min · 76 words · John Thompson

First-Ever Documented Supersonic Winds Are Ripping Through This Exoplanet

This signal shows us that there is a very fast, supersonic, jet wind around the planets equator. Ever since its discovery, scientists have been probing the planet to learn more about its weather patterns. The results revealed the presence of water vapor and carbon monoxide molecules in the planets atmosphere. Artist’s Impression Of Supersonic Winds On Wasp 127bESO/L. Calçada This is something we havent seen before, Nortmann said. With more than 5,000 exoplanets discovered so far, weve still got a lot of learning to do....

January 21, 2025 · 1 min · 104 words · Michael Mayer

How to Watch the Rare Planet Parade Twinkle Across the Night Sky

In reality, the two planets are hundreds of millions of miles apart. The planetary alignment will likely be most visible about 30 to 60 minutes before sunrise. The streaming begins at 12:30 p.m. A rare planetary alignment will be visible in the night skies in late January.NASA/Night Sky Network ET (5:30 p.m. UTC) on January 25. News from the future, delivered to your present. And I couldnt prove it wrong."...

January 21, 2025 · 1 min · 84 words · Thomas Walls