This Murky Liquid Is the Oldest-Known Wine, With a Horrifying Extra Ingredient

The urn was found in a tomb in Carmona, southern Spain, in 2019. The teams research waspublishedthis week in the Journal of Archaeological Science. The team confirmed the mystery liquid was wine by identifying its polyphenols, which are biomarkers found in wines. The white wine, turned red by 2,000 years of chemistry, in a burial urn.Photo: Juan Manuel Román It yielded seven polyphenols that are present in modern wine-making regions in Spain....

June 18, 2024 · 1 min · 196 words · Breanna Carroll

TikTok Is in SomeMinority Report-Style Legal Trouble

So, were letting you know that they think you should know. Its unclear if this complaint against TikTok is related or if the investigation found other violations. TikTok is not in the best spot right now, although its still incredibly popular. Image: QubixStudio (Shutterstock) In April, President Joe Biden signed a bill requiring thedivestment of TikTok or else face a U.S. ban. Maybe he found a dance that he liked watching on the app....

June 18, 2024 · 1 min · 96 words · Shannon Martin

Watch the $300 Sci-Fi Short That LaunchedAlien: RomulusDirector Fede Alvarez Into Hollywood

(it’s possible for you to still watch the original versionhere.) It forever changed my life and opened the Hollywood doors. Here is is, remastered and upscaled. Screenshot:Fede Alvarez YouTube Alien: Romulus bursts out of chests and onto the screen August 16; watch Dont Panic! Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present. CouldAlien: Romulus Sequel Bring Back Another Familiar Face? Plus, get another creepy look atYellowjackets' return....

June 18, 2024 · 1 min · 71 words · Steven Leblanc

Your Apple Watch Will No Longer Punish You For Taking Naps

The new OS will finally feature automatic sleep detection when it rolls out in the fall of this year. It will be able to detect that on its own and start recording your sleep data. This will be incredibly helpful for short, unplanned naps. Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo Considering how game-changing this feature will be, its a surprise Apple did not mention it during WWDC. The public beta rolls out in July....

June 18, 2024 · 1 min · 134 words · Raymond Williams

AI Turns Classic Memes Into Hideously Animated Garbage

Have you ever wondered what your favorite memes might look like if they were animated? Well, wonder no longer. And they look like absolute dogshit. Gif: Twitter But it was thePicard Facepalmmeme that really caught our eye. The image comes from the TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation, season three, episode 13. But something is very, very wrong. Screenshot: Twitter As Brown tweeted, Who is this imposter??! And imposter is right....

June 17, 2024 · 2 min · 262 words · Veronica Sullivan

Apple Pay Later Is Dead, Your Debt Is Not

However, Apple did not provide a reason for its sudden retreat from the companys first in-house banking service. Apple did not immediately respond to Gizmodos request for comment. Now, just eight months later, the service is inexplicably shutting down. Tim Cook pitching Apple’s banking push on stage.Photo: Michael Short (Getty Images) Apple first announced Apple Pay Later at WWDC 2022 and was part of Apples then-promising push into financial services....

June 17, 2024 · 1 min · 139 words · Daniel Herring

Cybertruck Customers Report Delivery Delays Due to Windshield Wiper Problem

And its not just the Cybertruck. Tesla wipers on other models have historicallyhad problems. My wiper has not worked for a while was told to wait for few weeks for a wiper motor. A Cybertruck owner demonstrates the “girthy and limpy” wiper on his vehicle.Screenshot: YouTube / i1 Tesla Option was they keep the truck or I reschedule. Took the truck back. My wiper never worked. Took 2 weeks to get the part....

June 17, 2024 · 1 min · 199 words · Morgan Melendez

Doctor WhoWaits for Death, and Not Much Else

Doctor Who, of course, is king of the cliffhanger. The Legend of Ruby Sunday, the penultimate episode ofthe current season, has that. And its really good. Image: BBC/Disney Its just got a pretty muddled episode before all that. It just needs you to know that Susan Twist is Also Here. But in plenty others, its largely frustrating. Image: BBC/Disney with increasingly higher percentages to remind you this is all building to something....

June 17, 2024 · 1 min · 166 words · Christopher Wood

Feds Sue Adobe for ‘Trapping’ Customers in Long, Expensive Subscriptions

The U.S. government sued Adobe on Monday for allegedly trapping customers in its default, most lucrative subscription plan. The APM plan allows users to pay the lowest amount on the day they sign up. Adobe then deters cancellations by employing an onerous and complicated cancellation process. Photo: JHVEPhoto (Shutterstock) Customers who cancel their APM plans will be charged 50% of the remaining contract obligation. according to Adobes terms and conditions....

June 17, 2024 · 1 min · 162 words · Robert Lopez

Get Ready for a Thinner iPhone

The screens on Apples iPhones keep getting bigger as the bezels shrink. Well, the iPad Pro with M4 at 13 inches was 5.1 mm. The iPhone 15 Pro, by comparison, is 8.25 mm. Remember when we all thought Apple was going to add thin-as-hell taptic buttons to the iPhone 15?Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo The new iPad is so thin its just a hairs breadth wider than its singular USB-C port....

June 17, 2024 · 2 min · 219 words · Tyler Wallace

Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: Can You Solve These ‘Relative’-ly Simple Brainteasers?

I hope you all had a nice time yesterday celebrating any fathers in your lives. The first one is an old chestnut that caused a hearty debate between my dad and me. Id prefer not to share which one of us had it right. Photo: Nikaletto (Shutterstock) Did you miss last weeks puzzle? Check it outhere, and find its solution at the bottom of todays article. Be careful not to read too far ahead if you havent solved last weeks yet!...

June 17, 2024 · 2 min · 294 words · Jacqueline Blanchard

House of the DragonReturns With Grief, Fire, and Fury

Martins source material Fire & Blood in a creative new way. We open in a place familiar to Game of Thrones faithful: Winterfell. Jace jokes as the young men ride the elevator to the top of the Wall amid snow flurries. Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) is not in a happy place.Photo: Theo Whitman/HBO What is this then, that falls from the sky and shivers my bones? All jokes stop when Jace beholds what lies beyond the Wall....

June 17, 2024 · 3 min · 528 words · Joseph Ramirez

McDonald’s Ditches AI Drive-Thru Partnership With IBM

The worlds largest fast-food company is reportedly pulling the technology later in July. One customer watched in disbelief as the AI system malfunctioned andordered 2,510 McNuggets Meals, totaling $264.75. McDonalds also says it will make a decision on the future of AOT by the end of this year. Photo: rzoze19 (Shutterstock) The comment suggests McDonalds will partner with another AI provider on drive-thru technology, potentially Google. McDonalds is one of many fast-food leaders attempting to automate employee jobs....

June 17, 2024 · 1 min · 128 words · Stephen Mccarthy