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Working for Amazon, a Net Neutrality Mess, and ‘Unlimited’ Plans: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
Photo: Angelica Alzona (Gizmodo), AP, AT&T Amazon is one of the biggest companies in the world, is owned by the richest human on earth, and is creating tons of jobs with every new Fulfillment Center that it opens. But as we found out this week, the company’s brutally efficient supply chain often puts warehouse workers…
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June 18 in history: the first flight from Moscow to Vancouver without landing a record transmission distance of Wi-Fi and the release of Microsoft Surface tablet
18 Jun 1937, Soviet pilots flew the ANT-25 from Moscow to get to Vancouver without any one landing. The crew consisted of three people: the commander V. P. Chkalov, co-pilot G. F. Baidukov and Navigator-A. V. Belyakov. On June 20 had made a successful landing in Vancouver (Washington). The length of the flight was 9130…
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FTC Puts Tech Support Scammer Who Stole Millions from Consumers Out of Business
A headset hangs on a cubical wall after the last telemarketing shift at Spectrum Marketing Services, Inc. September 26, 2003 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Photo: Getty The Federal Trade Commission reached a settlement this week with a notorious scammer who worked with telemarketers to pose as large technology firms and offer fake tech support services to the…
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MoviePass Bought a Stake in Gotti, Which Might Be the Worst Movie of the Year
Gotti.Screenshot: Gotti (YouTube) MoviePass, the movie-ticketing startup whose whole business model is essentially subsidizing enough impossibly cheap tickets with investors’ money that it gains leverage over theaters, is fast hemorrhaging cash. But with the firm possibly running out of funds by the end of next month (or turning to a line of credit) and trying…
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Oh Cool, Amazon is Peddling Conspiracy Theories Now
A general view of atmosphere during the Amazon Prime Summer Soiree hosted by Erin and Sara Foster held at Sunset Towers on July 16, 2015 in West Hollywood, California.Photo: Getty Amazon Prime Video, the streaming service you turn to when Netflix doesn’t have what you’re looking for, is best known for shows like Transparent, The…
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Word Salad President Demands ‘Really Long Strike’ Against Jeff Bezos
Trump shaking hands with Bezos at a White House event in 2017.Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images) In between bragging, retweeting himself, and managing to repeat the phrase “Russian Collusion” four times in one tweet, Donald Trump found the time on Sunday to rev back up his ongoing feud with billionaire Jeff Bezos, who controls two…
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A Paper Straw Factory Is Opening Up in Britain Before a Planned UK Single-Use Plastics Ban
A plastic McDonald’s straw.Photo: AP The first paper straw factory in the “last several decades” in Britain is planning to launch in Wales as fast-food chains prepare for a planned ban on single-use plastic products throughout the UK, the Guardian reported, with some chains already preparing their own plans to phase out plastic in favor…
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Google Translate Can’t Provide Consent for a Police Search, Judge Rules
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Silicon Valley Invents Shoes
Screenshot: Vimeo Silicon Valley firms crunched their hardest in 2017 to rebrand ordinary merchandise long produced by other industries as uniquely innovative product lines. Some of them were pretty obnoxious, like Lyft’s totally-not-just-a-bus shuttle service, or WeLive’s attempt to market living in communal housing as a lived experience, or the company selling a “private pop-up…
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A new form of matter may be beyond the periodic table
Currently, the heaviest element on the periodic table is ohannesson with an atomic mass of 294. He received the official title in 2016. As every element on the periodic table, Oganessian all of its mass is from the protons and neutrons (baryons), which are themselves composed of three quarks each. Important detail all known baryonic…