Over 190 Countries Pledges To Protect 30% Of Earth’s Land and Water Ecosystems Photo: fenkieandreas/Depositphotos In a landmark victory for the planet, over 190 countries agreed to a sweeping agreement to protect 30% of Earth’s land and water by 2030. The historic deal was announced at the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD-COP 15) in Montreal. The […]
Day: December 20, 2022
Cézanne Self-Portrait Hidden Under a Still Life Is Discovered After Almost 160 Years
Cézanne Self-Portrait Hidden Under a Still Life Is Discovered After Almost 160 Years Photos: Cincinnati Art Museum During a routine inspection of the Cincinnati Art Museum’s cherished Paul Cézanne work titled Still Life with Bread and Eggs, chief conservator Serena Urry noticed something “odd.” What she found lying beneath the surface is a secret that […]
Geohot resigns from Twitter
George Hotz is moving on from his Twitter internship. | Photo by Michael Zelenko / The Verge George Hotz, known for being the first person to carrier-unlock an iPhone and jailbreaking the PS3, both under his hacker alias “geohot,” has resigned from his Twitter internship, he announced Tuesday evening on Twitter. “Appreciate the opportunity, but […]
Elon Musk isn’t serious about giving power to a new CEO
Instead, he’ll run other teams at the company. | Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Elon Musk said Tuesday that he’ll still be in charge of Twitter’s software and server teams after he resigns his CEO seat to “someone foolish enough to take” it. He broke the news in a response to a poll […]
Drone Captures Amazing Views of Crowds Celebrating World Cup Win in Argentina
Drone Captures Amazing Views of Crowds Celebrating World Cup Win in Argentina Ver esta publicación en Instagram Una publicación compartida por ALE PETRA (@alepetra_) Few countries are as passionate about soccer as Argentina. As the home country of some of the best players in the world, Argentina showed up to the Qatar 2022 […]
Two men indicted for hacking a dozen Ring cameras and livestreaming swatting attacks
Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Two men have been accused of hacking into Ring doorbells and using their cameras to livestream swatting attacks, according to the Department of Justice. Kya Christian Nelson, 21, James Thomas Andrew McCarty, 20, and unnamed others allegedly spent a week using stolen Yahoo email addresses and passwords to […]
The police want to talk to Elon Musk’s security team over the alleged ‘stalking’ incident
Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Police are looking to question a member of Elon Musk’s security team after he allegedly hit the car of a person who Musk later claimed was a threat to his family. The December 13th incident took place at around 9:51PM on the 700 block of Mission Street in […]
The EV tax credit rules are being delayed until March 2023 — here’s what that means for you
Photo by Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge Besides its more obvious stated goal of reducing inflation, the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was designed to force profound changes in the electric vehicle market. The legislation revises EV tax credit rules as it seeks to build up domestic battery manufacturing so that the US […]
Anker’s Eufy breaks its silence on security cam security
Image: Eufy On the last episode of “Will Anker ever tell us what’s actually going on with its security cameras rather than lying and covering its tracks,” we told you how Eufy’s customer support team is now quietly providing some of the answers to the questions that the company had publicly ignored about its smart […]
Dog Stuck in Shelter for Over a Year Is Caught Smiling Himself to Sleep After Finally Getting Adopted
Dog Stuck in Shelter for Over a Year Is Caught Smiling Himself to Sleep After Finally Getting Adopted There are so many sweet souls in animal shelters that are just waiting for their person to find them and take them home. Sadly, bigger and older dogs are usually overlooked in favor of smaller pups. Some […]