Pornhub Drops Texas, Time to Unplug Your Laptop, Bad Royal Photoshops, Franken-Sheep and More
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Fans of porn, Andrew Tate, and the British royal family had a rough time this week. And as always, today is a day ending in “y” meaning that once again, Elon Musk proved how much of a hypocrite he is. Check out the rest of the big tech stories of the week.
Pornhub Bans Texas
It’s going to be a little harder to find porn in the Lone Star State. Pornhub is no longer available to Texas residents thanks to a lawsuit from the state’s attorney general. - Oscar Gonzalez Read More
Unplug Your Laptop Now, or It Will Stay Plugged in Forever
Do you want to be chained to an outlet for the rest of your life? Of course not. That’s why you got a laptop in the first place. Somewhere down the line, many of us got the idea that our laptops should always be plugged in to improve their performance. This is a myth that’s slowly killing your laptop. Once your laptop is charged, you need to unplug it, or you might be tethered to the wall forever. - Maxwell Zeff Read More
Mix-Up With Tesla Touchscreen Killed Angela Chao: Report
This article originally appeared on Jalopnik.
Angela Chao — billionaire sister of former Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao and sister-in-law of Mitch McConnell — died last month when her Tesla Model X sank in a manmade pond on her 900-acre Texas ranch. She was trapped in the car as it flooded, unable to open the unpowered doors, as friends and rescue crews tried to find a way to break in. Now, a report from the Wall Street Journal claims the Tesla’s touchscreen-based shifting interface may have contributed to her getting in the water to begin with. - Steve DaSilva Read More
Montana Man Pleads Guilty to Creating Massive Franken-Sheep With Cloned Animal Parts
An 80-year-old man in Montana pleaded guilty Tuesday to two felony wildlife crimes involving his plan to let paying customers hunt sheep on private ranches. But these weren’t just any old sheep. They were “massive hybrid sheep” created by illegally importing animal parts from central Asia, cloning the sheep, and then breeding an enormous hybrid species. - Matt Novak Read More
This New Robot Is So Far Ahead of Elon Musk’s Optimus That It’s Almost Embarrassing
- Gif: Figure / YouTube
As if Elon Musk needed yet another reason to hate OpenAI. Figure, a startup that partnered with OpenAI to develop a humanoid robot, released a new video on Wednesday. And it’s truly heads above anything Tesla has demonstrated to date with the Optimus robot. - Matt Novak Read More
Andrew Tate Arrested Thanks to His Streamer Friend’s Big Mouth
Andrew Tate, the social media influencer with a huge following of teenage boys, has found himself in legal trouble again, and it’s for the dumbest reason. - Oscar Gonzalez Read More
Kate Middleton Says Sorry, Admits She Photoshopped the Viral Photo of Her and Her Kids
Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, wants everyone to chill out about the photo of her and her kids, which has caused an international firestorm after being pulled by some of the world’s biggest photo agencies for being “manipulated.” According to Middleton, that is correct. In fact, she Photoshopped it herself. - Jody Serrano Read More
Scientists Say They Can Fix Your Internet Connection With 3D Wi-Fi
You’ve probably noticed that your wi-fi slows down when more people or devices use the network. The same goes for larger systems. If you get too many people congregating in one area, the cell phone towers can’t handle the influx. With the number of connected devices growing exponentially and the coming wave of AI poised to make the problem even worse, there are major wireless traffic jams on the horizon. Now, scientists at the University of Florida have a potential solution: just make the chips 3D. - Thomas Germain Read More
Kara Swisher on All the Nonsense in the Tech Industry
Journalist Kara Swisher chats with Gizmodo about the tech industry. Burn Book is out now in stores and online.
Elon Musk Cancels Don Lemon’s Show on X After Being Asked About Drug Use
Elon Musk canceled Don Lemon’s new exclusive TV show on X before it even started, according to a statement from Lemon on Wednesday. The former CNN host says Elon Musk didn’t like his interview with Lemon, so Musk canceled their partnership just hours after the conversation concluded. - Maxwell Zeff Read More
