United Airlines, once the aviation industry’s leading figure in vaccine requirements, has given up on its goal of a completely vaccinated workforce.
Source: io9 – United Welcomes Back Unvaxxed Employees, Citing COVID ‘Endemic Phase’
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Elon Musk’s Latest Plans for Useless Money Pits Target Miami and Texas
Poor performance and even poorer public perception have forced Elon Musk’s Boring Company to largely pivot away from its most ambitious projects and opt instead to prioritize more politically friendly locals. Now, Musk reportedly has his sights set on Texas and Miami for the company’s near future.
Source: io9 – Elon Musk’s Latest Plans for Useless Money Pits Target Miami and Texas
It's Official: Y: The Last Man is Dead
Back in October, FX on Hulu canceled Y: The Last Man just a few weeks before the end of its first season. Based on Brian K. Vaughn and Pia Guerra’s 2005 Vertigo comic, the post-apocalyptic series starred Ben Schnetzer as Yorick, the last surviving cis male on the planet (and his pet monkey) as they travel the new…
Source: io9 – It’s Official: Y: The Last Man is Dead
Tsunami Warnings Raised Following Tonga Volcanic Eruption
A major volcanic eruption has rocked the small island nation of Tonga, causing tsunami warnings to go up across the Pacific from Australia to the U.S.
Source: io9 – Tsunami Warnings Raised Following Tonga Volcanic Eruption
Supreme Court Blocks Workplace Vaccine Mandate, Says Covid Not an Occupational Hazard
The Supreme Court, ruling 6-3 on a predictable partisan axis, has tossed out Joe Biden’s federal coronavirus vaccine mandate for large employers. But it will allow the administration’s less sweeping vaccine requirements for health care workers at federally funded facilities to move forward.
Source: io9 – Supreme Court Blocks Workplace Vaccine Mandate, Says Covid Not an Occupational Hazard
Someone Made a Seatbelt for Bags, and It’s Actually Kind of Genius
If you’ve ever lost even a single precious French fry as a result of a fast food bag tipping over during the ride home from the drive-through, you’ll appreciate the understated brilliance of the BAGO: a seatbelt that keeps all sorts of bags upright even if you’ve got a lead foot or are hard on the brakes.
Source: io9 – Someone Made a Seatbelt for Bags, and It’s Actually Kind of Genius
FTC to Companies: Patch Log4j ASAP or Suffer Our Wrath
The Federal Trade Commission has a message for companies that aren’t taking the threat posed by log4j to heart: Patch up or lawyer up. Consider yourselves warned.
Source: io9 – FTC to Companies: Patch Log4j ASAP or Suffer Our Wrath
U.S. Covid-19 Hospitalizations Hit 100,000 as Omicron Rages On
The U.S. has once again reached an ignoble pandemic milestone, with more than 100,000 Americans currently hospitalized with covid-19. The rise in hospitalizations follows a dramatic surge in cases fueled by the emergence of the Omicron variant. But there are several considerations that will make this peak in illness …
Source: io9 – U.S. Covid-19 Hospitalizations Hit 100,000 as Omicron Rages On
California's Epic Snowstorms Are Great News
A series of winter storms in California over the Christmas weekend dumped snow all over the Sierra Nevada mountains. This is good water news for the upcoming year following a bone-dry summer that set several worrying new records for water scarcity.
Source: io9 – California’s Epic Snowstorms Are Great News
Tesla’s Gift to the World Allows Anyone to Turn Their Car Into a Light Show Machine
Here comes Tesla with the gift you never knew you wanted (or don’t really want but hey, you know what they say about looking a gift horse in the mouth). Last Christmas, it gave its cars the ability to fart and bleat like goats. Apparently feeling more generous this year, Tesla decided that everyone needed a feature to…
Source: io9 – Tesla’s Gift to the World Allows Anyone to Turn Their Car Into a Light Show Machine
The Tragically Human End of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
At the end of September, an ornithological bombshell 54 years in the making finally dropped: The ivory-billed woodpecker, a symbol of southern biodiversity and the largest woodpecker in the U.S., was to be removed from the endangered species list. The reason? Extinction.
Source: io9 – The Tragically Human End of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
Make the Notch on Your MacBook Pro More Festive With the Notchmeister App
Apple’s newest MacBook Pros made quite an entrance this year. While the machines were lauded for their performance and features, the small, black notch at the top of the devices received outsized attention and created waves of controversy. You may love it. You may hate it. Whatever your stance is, now you can decorate…
Source: io9 – Make the Notch on Your MacBook Pro More Festive With the Notchmeister App
FAA Says Jeff Bezos Counts as an Astronaut After All
Citing the rise of space tourism, the Federal Aviation Administration has decided to end its Commercial Space Astronaut Wings Program, the regulator announced in a press release last Friday. Launched in 2004, the program was intended to bring attention to commercial space flight and to certify the pilots of commercial…
Source: io9 – FAA Says Jeff Bezos Counts as an Astronaut After All
Microsoft Offers Pirates a Discount to Get Them to Use Microsoft 365
Microsoft is using an unconventional method to make an ally out of a longtime enemy: offering people who use pirated copies of its Office suite apps a 50% discount on a legitimate version.
Source: io9 – Microsoft Offers Pirates a Discount to Get Them to Use Microsoft 365
Razer’s New MagSafe Cooling Fan Brings RGB to Your iPhone, Because Why Not
Leave it to Razer to turn your iPhone into a gamer’s dream. The gaming hardware maker’s latest colorful creation is the Razer Phone Cooler Chroma (I kid you not), an RGB-illuminated cooling fan that mounts to the back of your iPhone.
Source: io9 – Razer’s New MagSafe Cooling Fan Brings RGB to Your iPhone, Because Why Not
15 Star Wars Characters We'd Love to See Black Series Figures Of
Way back in the early 1980s, Star Wars put movie-themed action figures on the map. The toys were so successful, they basically created a whole new industry, and to this day, the link between Star Wars and toys remains one of the franchise’s most enduring legacies. Over the years though, as the kids that originally…
Source: io9 – 15 Star Wars Characters We’d Love to See Black Series Figures Of
Now You Can Store Private Images in a Locked Google Photos Folder on Any Android Phone
Over the summer, Google introduced the ability for Pixel users to effectively “lock away” photos in a vault to keep them hidden from prying eyes. The featured is called—what else?—Locked Folder, and anything stored there is protected by the device’s lock screen passcode. Locked photos won’t show up in the Photos grid,…
Source: io9 – Now You Can Store Private Images in a Locked Google Photos Folder on Any Android Phone
Mammoth Tusk Found at the Bottom of Pacific Ocean Stuns Scientists
Marine biologists expect to find all sorts of strange stuff in the deep sea, but a mammoth tusk ain’t one of them.
Source: io9 – Mammoth Tusk Found at the Bottom of Pacific Ocean Stuns Scientists
AOC: 'America's Back' as a Leader on Climate
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — Less than a week after standing with her progressive counterparts against the bipartisan infrastructure bill, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is presenting a united front with Democrats at the UN climate talks in Glasgow. The Congresswoman is in Scotland as part of a delegation of U.S. House…
Source: io9 – AOC: ‘America’s Back’ as a Leader on Climate
Fired #AppleToo Organizer Files Labor Charge Against Apple
One of the key leaders of the growing #AppleToo movement has filed a charge with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board, claiming Apple fired her in retaliation for organizing, according to documents seen by Reuters. The charge brought by former Apple Maps program manager Janneke Parrish swells the total count of…
Source: io9 – Fired #AppleToo Organizer Files Labor Charge Against Apple