Science

From the lab to your body: https://www.engadget.com/2020/01/29/lab-grown-heart-muscles-transplant-human-first/

Bandages to help you get better: https://www.engadget.com/2020/01/29/color-changing-bandages-antibiotic-resistance/

Technology

Blackberry dies a slow death...again: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/02/blackberry-android-phones-will-cease-sales-in-august-2020/

How to create a road block: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/02/artist-creates-virtual-traffic-jam-with-cart-full-of-phones/

Other Cool/Weird Shit

Cybertruck phone: https://interestingengineering.com/cybertruck-inspired-iphone-will-set-you-back-thousands-of-dollars?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Article&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=Jan30

Billionaire chooses his girlfriend for space: https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/29/21114712/yusaku-maezawa-space-girlfriend-not-happening

Science

Next vacation, the ISS: https://www.engadget.com/2020/01/27/nasa-picks-commercial-module-for-iss/

DirecTV satellite is going to blow up: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/directv-races-to-decommission-broken-boeing-satellite-before-it-explodes/

Technology

Would you vote on your smartphone: https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/22/21077358/seattle-king-county-smartphone-voting-mobile-supervisors-board-election

I got my virus's from the US government: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/us-government-funded-android-phones-come-preinstalled-with-unremovable-malware/

Other Cool/Weird Shit

Soy sauce and balls: https://gizmodo.com/tiktok-teens-are-dipping-their-balls-in-soy-sauce-and-l-1841177712

Japanese billionaire seeks girlfriend for ride to space: https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/12/21062584/spacex-yusaku-maezawa-japan-billionaire-starship-girlfriend-contest-moon

Science

Set your calendar: https://gizmodo.com/if-you-make-it-to-2083-you-could-witness-two-stars-col-1840896340

Boobs for men: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/12/plant-based-burgers-will-make-men-grow-boobs-livestock-news-reports/

Technology

Bluetooth update just might blow your mind - https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/tech/bluetooth-le-update/?utm_source=daily-carnage&utm_medium=email

Look out Tesla, there's a new EV on the road - https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/6/21054270/sony-vision-s-electric-concept-car-ev-announcement-ces-2020

Other Cool/Weird Shit

$100,000 "Sticky" bandits get caught - https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/us/mississippi-men-fake-lottery-ticket-glue-trnd/index.html?utm_source=CNN+Five+Things&utm_campaign=4beae32136-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_01_08_03_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6da287d761-4beae32136-108766081

Did your Tesla just talk to me? https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/13/21063350/tesla-talk-to-pedestrians-elon-musk-sentry-mode-farts

Science

Is Betelgeuse going to explode: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/12/27/is-betelgeuse-one-skys-brightest-stars-brink-supernova/?utm_campaign=first_reads&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=Newsletter&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1

Buildings made of bones: https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/06/bones-inspire-stronger-building-materials/

Technology

Sonos is bricking old speakers to "recycle" them: https://www.theverge.com/2019/12/30/21042871/sonos-recycle-mode-trade-up-program-controversy

Would you like an xbox with that: https://www.polygon.com/2020/1/6/21052200/origin-big-o-gaming-pc-ps4-pro-xbox-one-s-price-size

Other Cool/Weird Shit

A stroller for adults: https://gizmodo.com/segway-makes-a-self-balancing-stroller-for-adults-1840683024

The Cybertruck is already available: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/12/a-cybertruck-goes-on-sale-for-10800-in-russia/

Science

Finally, water: https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/12/nasa-ice-surface-mars/

Coffee to car parts: https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/04/ford-mcdonalds-coffee-bean-husks-car-parts/

Technology

Levitating Pixels: https://www.core77.com/posts/91456/Researchers-Create-a-Levitating-3D-Pixel-That-Can-Move-Fast-Enough-to-Draw-Images-With-Light?utm_source=core77&utm_medium=from_tile_image

Going old school for music: https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/04/sega-genesis-cartridge-music-analogue-hyperdub-mega-sg/

Other Cool/Weird Shit

Man fails to steal domain name, goes to prison: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/12/failed-plot-to-steal-domain-name-at-gunpoint-brings-14-year-prison-term/

The new pringles gaming headset: https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/26/pringles-hunger-hammer-headset-feeds-you-chips/

Science

The cold makes more than your nuts shrink: https://gizmodo.com/antarctic-explorers-brains-shrunk-during-a-14-month-pol-1840316244

Turns out everything gives you cancer: https://gizmodo.com/yet-more-research-links-even-light-drinking-to-a-higher-1840324572

Technology

A hotel in space, but not for humans: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/robot-hotel-launching-to-the-international-space-station

Europe runs out of IP addresses: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/11/europe-is-fresh-out-of-ipv4-addresses/

Other Cool/Weird Shit

Hoverboard dentist: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/12/dentist-who-rode-hoverboard-while-pulling-tooth-faces-patients-in-court/

Elon Musk takes the cybertruck out for a night on the town: https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-hits-traffic-pylon-with-new-cybertruck-after-1840307783

Science

Walt Disney isn't frozen: https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/20/human-patient-put-in-suspended-animation-for-the-first-time/

Star link satellites block view of the sky: https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-s-starlink-satellites-are-already-causing-a-h-1839926662

Technology

Twitter will delete your old account: https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/26/twitter-will-start-removing-inactive-accounts-in-december/

Wait for the textures to load, Tesla cybertruck: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/11/tesla-wants-to-reinvent-the-pickup-with-the-39900-cybertruck/

Other Cool/Weird Shit

VR for Cows? https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/26/cows-with-vr-headsets/

I guess they didn't need that: https://www.foxnews.com/travel/inflatable-emergency-slide-delta

Science

Google has achieved supremacy: https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/23/google-says-its-achieved-quantum-supremacy/

da Vinci bridge actually works: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/testing-leonardo-da-vincis-bridge-his-design-was-stable-study-finds/

Technology

Flip phones are back: https://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-razr-first-foldable-phone-i-actually-want-buy

Google starts rolling out RCS texting: https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/14/google-rolls-out-rcs-to-android-in-us/

Other Cool/Weird Shit

Lube it up: https://gizmodo.com/the-state-of-the-art-in-toilet-technology-is-lube-1839929587

Next vacation destination: https://gizmodo.com/chernobyls-infamous-reactor-4-control-room-is-now-open-1838828529

Science

The end of an era: the EU approves Ebola vaccine: https://www.engadget.com/2019/11/11/eu-approves-ebola-vaccine-ervebo/

Supersonic car is back on track: https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/7/20951850/bloodhound-lsr-supersonic-car-500-mph-land-speed-record

Technology

Microsoft agrees to honor the California Privacy Policy nationwide: https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/11/20960113/microsoft-ccpa-privacy-law-california-congress-regulation

T-mobiles flaunts new cheap mobile plans...if Sprint merger goes thru: https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/7/20953314/t-mobile-connect-plan-budget-price-data-gb-amount-unlimited-talk-text

Other Cool/Weird Shit

Not your dad's flight simulator: https://gizmodo.com/honestly-a-video-game-that-strands-you-on-a-boring-six-1839717598

Good Guy Obsidian: https://www.polygon.com/2019/10/31/20941823/outer-worlds-free-obsidian-fallout-2-epic-games-store-exclusive

Science

Voyage to the edge of space: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/a-bonanza-of-data-from-the-second-voyager-to-reach-the-solar-systems-edge/

Collision creates new planet: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/collision-liquified-the-4th-largest-astroid-turning-it-into-a-dwarf-planet/

Technology

Take your next driving test on your phone: https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-made-a-smartphone-app-that-can-administer-dri-1839467075

Australia wants to watch your face while you watch porn: https://www.engadget.com/2019/10/30/australia-porn-verify-user-age-face-scanning/

Other Cool/Weird Shit

Grass digger: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/marijuana-smuggled-in-mans-nose-and-forgotten-for-18-years-turned-to-stone/

Help make poop better: https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/29/20937108/poop-database-ai-training-photo-upload-first-mit