August 31, 2020 SpaceX makes first polar orbit launch from Florida in ‘decades’ While SpaceX didn’t pull off a doubleheader Sunday launch like it planned, the company still managed a rare feat. Instead of launching eastward like…
August 31, 2020 Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket makes a successful return to flight Rocket Lab has made a successful return to flight following a failure last month. The company’s Electron rocket launched a 100 kg (220 pound)…
August 31, 2020 Bounce Music and Why Social Distancing Is Complicated: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week It might not seem like it since time is all out of whack during the pandemic, but in a few short weeks, it will…
August 30, 2020 Stingy Slack Paid Researcher $1,750 for Finding ‘Critical’ Bug At times, we’ve come to you with stories about security researchers being paid thousands—and in some cases hundreds of thousands—of dollars by companies for…
August 30, 2020 Companies have long embraced job ‘ownership,’ but there’s a better model Asssigning people to priority projects as needed — rather than having them ‘own’ a project — is an antifragility measure companies need to survive…
August 30, 2020 How we adapted Tetris for the cloud GUEST: I remember it fondly … long road trips with my family and hours in the car, with Tetris on my brother’s Game Boy…
August 30, 2020 SpaceX launches the first south-bound rocket from Florida in decades This evening, SpaceX launched another rocket from Florida, but this vehicle took a very different kind of path than most flights from the East…
August 30, 2020 Eleven Elephants Were Found Dead in Zimbabwe And No One Knows Why Park authorities in Zimbabwe are investigating the mysterious death of 11 elephants in the western region of the country after ruling out cyanide poisoning…
August 30, 2020 New Mutants Made $7 Million at the Box Office, Which Is a Lot, Considering Considering, y’know, the coronavirus. Read more… via Gizmodo Check out the Finding Your Identity Podcast
August 30, 2020 Chinese Government Decides to Throw Wrench Into Potential TikTok U.S. Deal China has something to say about the potential deal to sell TikTok’s U.S. operations: not so fast. Read more… via Gizmodo Check out the…