Protecting Your Online Privacy Has Never Been So Affordable With This Amazing Black Friday Deal

Very few cheap providers are even remotely good. Well, Private Internet Access begs to differ and bends the rules with its fresh 2-year deal. Dont think Private Internet Access will wait forever. © Gizmodo.com The deal is time-limited and even we dont know when itll end. The unlimited gear VPN protection can be yours at an exclusive price. Find out how to get this deal and save plenty with Gizmodo....

November 22, 2024 · 2 min · 293 words · Edwin Lopez

Senators Say TSA’s Facial Recognition Program Is Out of Control, Here’s How to Opt Out

News from the future, delivered to your present. How Much Do I Need to Change My Face to Avoid Facial Recognition? A hat and sunglasses may not be enough to fool the most sophisticated facial recognition algorithms. TSA has said it wants to expand facial recognition to 430 airports and make biometric verification a requirement of travel.© Robert Alexander/Getty Images

November 22, 2024 · 1 min · 60 words · Rickey Hernandez

Teslas Are Involved in More Fatal Accidents Than Any Other Brand, Study Finds

In other words, Teslas may not have any particular features that make them more dangerous. It may be that drivers of Teslas are just more prone to crashing or being involved in crashes. Gizmodo has not independently verified the findings of the report. We reached out to Tesla and the NHTSA for comment. The research into Teslas safety issues is ongoing and doesnt paint a particularly coherent picture. Like iSeeCars, EpicVIN cited data from the NHTSAs FARs to make these claims....

November 22, 2024 · 1 min · 137 words · Ryan Pacheco

The E. Coli Carrot Outbreak Has Gotten Bigger

Carrot-lovers beware: theres still a chance your chilled vegetables could contain dangerousE. Federal health officials last weekendannouncedthe outbreak, which has affected people across 18 states so far. The cases have been traced to organic carrots sourced from one specific supplier, Grimmway Farms. At least 39 people have gotten sick and one person has died from eating tainted carrots.© Feifei Cui-Paoluzzo via Getty This week, the list of products recalled by the company and others has expanded....

November 22, 2024 · 2 min · 252 words · Darryl Hebert

This Nebula Blasts Particles Into Space. Also, It Looks Like a Guitar

ThinkMad Max: Fury Road, but in space. The findings are detailed in astudypublished inThe Astrophysical Journal. Theres a lot going on here, and its mostly due to the extreme nature of pulsars. Astronomers nicknamed the structure around PSR B2224+65 the Guitar Nebula because of its rockin' shape.X-ray: NASA/CXC/Stanford Univ./M. de Vries et al.; Optical: (Hubble) NASA/ESA/STScI and (Palomar) Hale Telescope/Palomar/CalTech; Illustrated outline: NASA/CXC/K. DiVona; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare The pulsar and its guitar are flying through space, colliding with denser regions of gas....

November 22, 2024 · 1 min · 111 words · Steven Owens

WhySkeleton CrewBrought a Kids’ Perspective toStar Wars

But what does it actually mean to have children lead aStar Warsstory? Forseries creators Jon Watts and Chris Ford, the reality was as interesting as the fantasy. Theres a part of growing up thats learning about the dangers of the real world. © Lucasfilm And we thought that was a really interesting story to tell in theStar Warsgalaxy. No, its called StarWars. Its kind of a bad place to go!...

November 22, 2024 · 1 min · 127 words · Billy Nielsen

Wicked‘s Director Says Nailing ‘Defying Gravity’ Was ‘Hell on Earth’

In all ofWicked,one moment rises above all the rest. And she does it by singingthe song Defying Gravity. Unlike the stage show though, audiences wont see Part Two in 20 minutes. Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba in Wicked.Image: Universal Pictures Itll be a year. It was hell on Earth, Chu told io9 about finding that balance. And, in fact, he keyed into one moment in particular. Chu with his stars – Universal...

November 22, 2024 · 3 min · 444 words · Lauren Harris

AI Has Enshittified America’s Advanced Stealth Fighter

Artificial Intelligence has enshittified the F-35, Americas long-embattled 5th generation stealth fighter jet. The pitch was that ALIS would keep the F-35 in flying shape cheap and easy. The reality has been the opposite. An F-35 during an engine test class on July 15, 2024.© U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jose Miguel T. Tamondong ALIS is the backbone of maintenance support for the F-35 aircraft. The 382-page report is an in-depth indictment of the F-35 from the DoD itself....

November 21, 2024 · 2 min · 284 words · Joseph Medina

AvowedIs Much More Than Just Obsidian’s Take onSkyrim

Obsidians legacy is so locked with Bethesdas efforts over the past 10 years. The developer must know these comparisons will come up. But then, this game feels more in Obsidians wheelhouse than any possible comparison you could make. © Image: Obsidian Entertainment Its world and characters are bathed in a bright, ultraviolet (and occasionally ultra-violent) kind of nuance. Still, beyond that, Avowed is a game that simply plays better than many of its contemporaries....

November 21, 2024 · 3 min · 612 words · Marissa Taylor

Dan Da DanPaid Homage toShin Godzillain the Raddest Way Possible

It has become no secret that were pretty sweet onDan Da Dan. While their classmates and teachers are nowhere to be found, the trio arent alone in this liminal space. Much to Momos horror, shes being stalked by the Loch Ness Monster. © Netflix However, this isnt the familiar Loch Ness Monster. Much like its manga counterpart, this creature is heavily inspired by Hideaki Annos 2016Shin Godzillafilm design. Much of Momos encounter with the Loch Ness Monster goes by as it does in the manga....

November 21, 2024 · 1 min · 204 words · Tyler Williams

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy Promise New Podcast to Discuss Destruction of U.S. Government

But the two men dont have any official authority to do those things. At least not yet, according to longstanding norms. Elon and I, were not politicians. Donald Trump greets Elon Musk at a test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas.© Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images Were not going in as government bureaucrats or even employees. Were outside volunteers, Ramaswamy said in avideo posted Wednesday to YouTube....

November 21, 2024 · 2 min · 356 words · Jessica Byrd

Feds Say Google Must Sell Chrome Browser to End Its Search Monopoly

Its next nearest competitor, Apples Safari net surf tool, serves around 20 percent of the market. Billions of devices worldwide, from multiple manufacturers, run Googles Android operating system. They further proposed the creation of a technical committee that would investigate and monitor Googles implementation of the sanctions. Chrome is by far the most dominant search engine with more than 60 percent of market share.© SOPA Images/Getty Images It would break a range of Google productseven beyond Searchthat people love and find helpful in their everyday lives....

November 21, 2024 · 1 min · 109 words · Andrew Brown

First Detailed Image of a Star Outside Our Galaxy Is Out of This World

160,000 light-years away, a star 2,000 times the size of the Sun is dying. Now, that star has been imaged as never beforeextremely up-closerevealing details of the stars activity and surrounding structure. The teams analysis of the VLTI data waspublishedtoday inAstronomy & Astrophysics. An artist’s concept of the star.Illustration: ESO/L. Calçada We discovered an egg-shaped cocoon, in which the star is hidden, surrounded with a ring. This means that the dying star is ejecting a lot of material....

November 21, 2024 · 1 min · 154 words · Jonathan Blanchard