Animal Agriculture Could Cause the Next Public Health Crisis
Image: Getty Covid-19 is a zoonotic virus, meaning it spread to humans from an animals. Scientists aren’t sure which animal spread it to us, though they think snakes or bats…
Freedom of Information Is Disintegrating (Faster) Under the Coronavirus
US President Donald Trump leaves after a press conference in New York, September 25, 2019, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Photo: Saul Loeb (Getty Federal lawmakers…
Covid-19 Reached Europe in December, New Evidence Suggests
A subway station in Paris, France, May 5, 2020.Image: AP In late December 2019, a 42-year-old man with pneumonia-like symptoms was admitted to a Paris hospital. Shockingly, a test of…
Adam Neumann Is Evidently WeHurt Over Failed $3 Billion Dollar WeWork Bailout Deal
Photo: Getty Adam Neumann, the controversial co-founder and former chief executive of spectacular startup failure WeWork, is suing Softbank over that failed multibillion-dollar bailout deal and claims that the company…
Darth Names, Ranked
Someone mention some Darths?Image: Lucasfilm Star Wars, a franchise barely anyone talks about these days, is primarily known for three things: stars, the existence of wars among them, and some…
Adult Cam Site CAM4 Exposed 10.88 Billion Records Online
It’s all too common for companies to leave databases chock full of sensitive information exposed to the great wide internet. But when that company operates an adult livestreaming service, and…
GoDaddy Was Apparently Hacked Last Year, So Check Your Hosting Account Credentials
Photo: GoDaddy If you have a domain through GoDaddy, you might want to take a minute to reset your password and PIN and enable two-factor authentication if you haven’t already.…
Nest Is Making Two-Factor Authentication Mandatory
Photo: Getty Maybe one of the greatest ironies of Google’s Nest security cameras—and the Nest line of products in general—is just how dang insecure they are. In the past, we’ve…
Our Exclusive First Look at the New Back to the Future Game Is Also Our Last Look, That’s How Time Travel Works Right?
A look at the gorgeous cover artwork for Back to the Future: Dice Through Time. All photos: Beth ElderkinPhoto: Beth Elderkin Great Scott! Ravensburger is getting “heavy” with its latest…
What to Know About That New Paper Claiming the Coronavirus Is Becoming More Contagious
The NYC Parks Department distributing free cloth masks.Photo: Getty Images A preliminary scientific paper on covid-19—detailed by the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday—is sure to unnerve people. It argues that…