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The Apple Watch, the Galaxy Fold, the iPad, VR headsets, voice assistants, and a whole lot more exciting tech has been birthed over the last 10 years, and we’re thankful for almost all of it. The transformative effect they’ve had on our lives cannot be overstated, blah, blah, blah. Singing the praises, again, of all these great innovations is all well and good, but what about the flip side? What happened in the technology industry that generated scandals worthy of the tabloids, caused potential business-ending disasters, cost companies millions, or turned executives red in the face?...

Asmart lockis often one of the first types of smart tech someone encounters, and for the past few years, CES has been a treasure trove of smart lock technology from a dozen different companies. This year is no different at CES 2021. One company that continues to deliver iterative smart locks is Lockly, the same company thatwowed many last year(including us) with its smart lock and video doorbell combo, theLockly Vision....

Man fights women after girlfriend starts massive brawl at Luke Combs concert A brutal fight broke out at Luke Combs concert in Philadelphia when a man stepped in after his girlfriend was getting clobbered. Brawls have been happening all over the United States amid theongoing heatwave, with some fights taking place in the most unlikely of places, such as a movie theater showingThe Barbie Movie. While concerts can be rough – with fans moshing in pits and bands calling for walls of death – you’d hardly expect to see such chaos at a country music show, but that’s exactly what went down....

If you currently ownMichael B. Jordanstock, buy more. Amazon MGM Studios clearly listened, as Jordan’s next directorial effort has a release date. PerDeadline, the studio is set to release Jordan’s reimagining ofThe Thomas Crown Affairin theaters and IMAX on July 23, 2025. Jordan directs and stars alongside Taylor Russell in the heist film based on Norman Jewison’s 1968 movie of the same name.The Fall Guy’sDrew Pearce penned the screenplay after Wes Took and Justin Britt-Gibson authored a previous draft....

Summary While shinobi are popularly viewed as polar opposites to samurai, a new piece of officialNarutoart shows Konoha’s Team 7 having no problem playing the role of an ancient Japanese warrior when the situation or mission requires it, making fans imagine what would happen if creator Masashi Kishimoto was ever to retell the iconic ninja tale as a samurai classic. The artwork presented as a background for a May 2024 calendar was posted toNaruto’s official X account,@NARUTO_into-en, and offered toNarutofans as a gift....

NASA’s InSight lander set its heat probe, called the Heat and Physical Properties Package (HP3), on the Martian surface on February 12.NASA/JPL-Caltech/DLR The InSight lander on Mars has run into trouble this week with its project to drill down into the surface to measure heat from inside the planet. The lander is equipped with a probe, part of the Heat and Physical Properties Package, or HP3 instrument, that was to digup to 16 feet downinto the surface so it could collect accurate data ontemperatures....

As the spiritual successor to the originalLand Rover Series I, the next-generation Defender needs to prove its off-road chops. Land Rover has already subjected the new SUV tosome tough tests, but the Defender’s latest adventure also helped a worthy cause. Land Rover gave a prototype Defender to wildlife conservation group Tusk, which used the vehiclefor lion-conservation operationsat the 35,000-acre Borana Conservancy in Kenya. Automakers often wrap prototype vehicles in camouflage to disguise them from prying eyes, but this Defender needed it more than ever....

Waymo’s test fleet of self-driving cars hascovered more than 8 million mileson public roads, and the company is implementing ambitious plans tobulk up that fleetandlaunch a public ridesharing servicein Arizona later this year. But Waymo’s autonomous-driving tech may not be ready for prime time, according to a new report. The Informationtalked to Arizona residents who live in areas where Waymo tests its autonomous cars. They said the Waymo cars seem to have difficulty in certain traffic situations, such as making left turns across lanes with fast-moving traffic, and merging onto highways in heavy traffic....

Humanlungtissue arrived at the International Space Station via a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft yesterday. Astronauts aboard the ISS willnow attempt to grow a functioning lung in microgravity, using the tissue as a kind of seed. If the experiment is successful, researchers will use the lung to study how lung tissue is affected by long-term spaceflight. The project may have big implications forregenerative medicineand could help keep future space travelers healthy during a trip to Mars....

The latest PlayStation beta, announced Wednesday, will be introducing a bunch of in-progress features that better personalize yourPlayStation 5experience, including adaptive charging support for controllers — but only for the latest models. Sony laid out the beta updates in ablog, but noted that adaptive charging, which will work onPS5-era controllers(although not thePlayStation Portal) and can adjust the power sent to them based on battery level, will only be available for thenewest PS5 model, which is slimmer and has a larger internal SSD for more storage....

Pokemon Scarlet & Violet datamines hint Mewtwo is coming to Tera Raids Dataminers have been sinking their teeth into Pokemon Scarlet and Violet’s recent patch and appear to have revealed a future seven-star Tera Raid. Information discovered via modded playtesting suggests that Mewtwo could be a future challenge for the post-game. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet’s Tera Raids are a core post-game feature and one of the main reasons players keep up with the titles this far from the games’ release....

Maybe the recent death ofAnthony Bourdainwarrants a look at how and where we eat, but the future of home-cooked meals isn’t looking good at the moment. A report from investment firm UBS titled“Is the Kitchen Dead?”suggests to investors that a new future approaches, one in which kitchens have been abandoned for takeout food made by robots and delivered by drones. It’s all a bit hard to take seriously but the report suggests that the majority of meals now cooked at home — no more bone marrow on toast, chicken pot pies, or Sunday roasts — could be replaced with takeout meals from vendors like McDonald’s and Taco Bell....

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobylis the latest video game to adopt blockchain technology and NFTs. Players will be able to spend cryptocurrency to get unique items, as well as scan themselves into the dystopian action game as a non-playable character (NPC). The news comes just a week after Ubisoft announced its own NFT integration, calledUbisoft Quartz, which will bring NFTs intoTom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Breakpoint.S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2‘s blockchain integration ismuch more in-depth, though it raises more questions as well....