Science

Deepest ice hole ever, but can you fish in it? https://gizmodo.com/record-setting-ice-hole-drilled-in-antarctica-1832019743

SpaceX readying for February launch of crew capsule: https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/24/spacex-crew-dragon-test/

Technology

Internet cable cut, entire island must use satellite internet: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/01/undersea-cable-damage-wipes-out-most-internet-access-in-tonga-islands/

No button phone: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/1/23/18194178/meizu-zero-phone-trends-hole-ports-buttons

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Can you roast coffee beans with space technology: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/01/how-much-would-you-pay-for-coffee-roasted-in-space/

What happens when you eat a bunch of fish and chips: https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/01/englanders-greasy-fish-and-chips-blamed-for-64-meter-long-fatberg/

Science

You smartphone can now detect Lead in water: https://www.techbriefs.com/component/content/article/tb/features/whos-who/33586

First time ever a seed sprouted on the moon, and died: https://gizmodo.com/seeds-have-sprouted-on-the-moon-for-the-first-time-1831767708

Technology

Huge password data dump, change your passwords now: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/01/hacked-and-dumped-online-773-million-records-with-plaintext-passwords/

Nightmare on cybersecurity street: https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/18/us-ballistic-missile-system-cybersecurity/

Microsoft killing off Windows Phone: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/01/microsoft-windows-10-mobile-support-to-end-so-use-android-or-ios-instead/

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Are racing Sims better than the real world? A guy trained on video games just beat a Formula 1 driver on a real world http://flip.it/WYaZ65

Little more than chicken in your chicken nuggets: https://gizmodo.com/thousands-of-recalled-frozen-chicken-nuggets-may-contai-1831872011

Porn funded wall: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/01/pay-for-trumps-border-wall-with-20-online-porn-fee-ariz-lawmaker-says/

Science

The most dangerous SpaceX mission yet? https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/01/spacex-demo-flight-a-month-away-will-be-especially-dangerous-musk-says/

What's on the far side of the moon? https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/01/china-makes-history-by-landing-on-the-far-side-of-the-moon/

Technology

Dell is a public company again: https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/28/dell-public-company-new-york-stock-exchange/

AT&T is rolling out fake 5G: https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/07/att-faux-5g-icon-rolls-out/

Is G-sync vs Freesync over: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/01/07/ces-2019-nvidia-g-sync-ultimate/

Other Cool/Weird Shit

Tesla vs pickup: https://jalopnik.com/aggrieved-tesla-owners-can-just-tow-trucks-blocking-the-1831430208

Musk opens a boring tunnel in LA: https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/18/boring-company-test-tunnel-opening-LA/?utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=morningafter

Science

SpaceX Starship to fly this year:https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-big-falcon-rocket-spaceship-hopper-vehicle-launches-2018-12

Drone delivers vaccines to a remote island: https://gizmodo.com/baby-on-island-nation-of-vanuatu-receives-vaccines-deli-1831168618

Technology

AT&T begins rolling out "5G" https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2018/12/18/att-opens-its-5-g-network-december-21-starting-12-cities/2339042002/

Kroger will deliver groceries by driverless car: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/12/kroger-owned-grocery-store-begins-fully-driverless-deliveries/

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The one package you won't want to steal: https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/18/18146089/mark-rober-porch-pirate-bait-package-glitter-bomb-fart-spray

Amtrak passengers get stuck, have to use cardboard portapotties: https://jalopnik.com/stalled-amtrak-passengers-offered-luxury-of-pooping-in-1830658385

Science

Faster air travel, yes please, quiet supersonic airplanes: https://www.engadget.com/2018/11/20/lockheed-martin-quiet-supersonic-jet-nasa/

Black holes are on hold for 2 years: https://gizmodo.com/why-the-large-hadron-collider-is-shutting-down-for-two-1830907854

Technology

Project Fi (Google Fi) now available on more phones: https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/27/18114662/google-project-fi-apple-iphone-samsung-oneplus-rumor

No encryption for you Australia: https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/07/australia-access-assistance-bill-now-a-law/

Other Cool/Weird Shit

Musk says he has no idea how to smoke weed: https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-i-have-no-idea-how-to-smoke-pot-1830937805

Fake robot learns to dance: https://gizmodo.com/russian-state-tv-shows-off-robot-thats-actually-a-man-i-1831038858

Science

What's at the center of your galaxy lollipop?: https://www.engadget.com/2018/11/02/scientists-evidence-black-hole-galaxy-center/

Osiris-rex finds water on asteroid: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-newly-arrived-osiris-rex-spacecraft-already-discovers-water-on-asteroid

Technology

Do you need more PhysX? nVidia open sources PhysX: https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/03/nvidia-physx-open-source/

MS Edge gets the chrome treatment: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/12/report-microsoft-is-scrapping-edge-switching-to-just-another-chrome-clone/

Other Cool/Weird Shit

It's ok to shoot down drones: https://gizmodo.com/congress-gives-feds-the-ok-to-shoot-down-drones-1829530565

Escalator failure, ride from hell: https://gizmodo.com/catastrophic-escalator-failure-in-rome-sends-crowd-spee-1829954495

Musk opening a new tunnel: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/10/elon-musk-tweets-a-date-for-the-opening-of-his-first-los-angeles-tunnel/

Science

Super ice growth: https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/10/weird-water-phase-ice-vii-can-grow-as-fast-as-1000-miles-per-hour/

Plane flies with no moving parts: https://www.engadget.com/2018/11/21/mit-ionic-wind-aircraft-flies/

Technology

DRM for chargers: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/10/drm-for-chargers-google-pixel-3-locks-fast-qi-charging-to-its-own-79-stand/

US has the two fastest supercomputers: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/11/12/18087470/ibm-summit-sierra-supercomputer-us-fastest

Other Cool/Weird Shit

Who wants some fire: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/us/gender-reveal-arizona-fire.html

Seamonsters are real: https://gizmodo.com/geologists-joke-about-sea-monster-after-mysterious-30-m-1830738921

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Science

Nasa lands on Mars again: https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/11/heres-how-nasa-will-attempt-to-land-on-the-red-planet-monday/

The Kilogram is no more, long live the Kilogram: https://www.engadget.com/2018/11/16/kilogram-officially-redefined/

Technology

Discs are so old school: https://www.engadget.com/2018/11/16/microsoft-disc-free-xbox-one-rumor/

MOAR power, electric cars might be able to store energy in carbon fiber frames: http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/chalmers/pressreleases/carbon-fibre-can-store-energy-in-the-body-of-a-vehicle-2765716

Other Cool/Weird Shit

Free Tesla Model 3 recharging, get a tow: https://jalopnik.com/tesla-model-3-owner-recharges-car-by-having-it-towed-1830422030

Elon Musk is moving to Mars: https://www.engadget.com/2018/11/26/elon-musk-70-percent-chance-moving-to-mars/

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Science

They're here to remodel your home!: https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/1/17923442/aist-japan-humanoid-robot-drywall-hrp-5p-construction

Have you tried turning it off and back on again? NASA did: https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/24/nasa-hubble-gyroscope-fix/

Technology

Are robocallers too much for you? https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/5/18066436/robocalls-fcc-take-action-against-carriers-call-authentication

You can now fix your electronics without breaking DMCA: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/10/25/18024332/us-copyright-office-right-to-repair-dcma-exemptions

Motorola and iFixit team up to repair your cell phone: https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/23/motorola-and-ifixit-repair-kits/

Other Cool/Weird Shit

Self-transforming robot, can this make Silas' iron man suit work? https://gizmodo.com/self-transforming-robot-takes-us-a-step-closer-to-actua-1830096404

Cars, a man's best friend: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/11/musk-new-tesla-summon-feature-will-follow-you-like-a-pet/

Musk: 420 tweet "worth it" https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-claims-420-tweet-with-20-million-sec-fine-wa-1830050362