Source: Google News | A Rush to Block Downloadable Plans for 3-D Printed Guns
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to bite into a gummy pizza with a 6-foot diameter? No? Me neither, but hey, here we are.
Vat19 created was it calls the world’s largest pizza, along with its own handcrafted box. Derek “The Gummy Bear Guy” and Jamie spend the first three minutes of the video constructing the mold for one slice of the pizza gummy, before filling it with different colors and flavors of gelatin.
After waiting 12 hours for the gummy to set they they pull the candy away from its mold to reveal a gigantic, wiggly slice of pizza.
“Oh snap,” says Jamie, upon seeing the final product. Read more…
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Source: Mashable | Someone created a 250-pound gummy pizza for some unknowable reason
Just days before the blueprints for 3D printable guns get released to the public, several U.S. states have jointly filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in a bid to stop the release.
Washington, Oregon, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., are all joining together to seek a restraining order and an injunction to halt the release of the 3D printable gun files. They argue that these blueprints would allow criminals easy, unfettered access to firearms.
In June, the State Department reached a settlement with Defense Distributed, a nonprofit that develops digital firearm blueprints for 3D printing. The settlement would allow Defense Distributed to legally release downloadable gun blueprints as of Wednesday. Read more…
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Source: Mashable | U.S. states sue Trump administration over lift of 3D printable guns ban
Undercover TSA agents began watching people at US airports and on planes 9 years after the Sept. 11 attacks
July 30, 2018Source: Google News | Undercover TSA agents began watching people at US airports and on planes 9 years after the Sept. 11 attacks
Bursts of solar energy severed radio communication during 2017's hurricane mayhem
July 30, 2018While three hurricanes swirled in the Caribbean and Atlantic Oceans on September 6, 2017, the sun blasted off a powerful flare of energy, which soon smacked into Earth and severed radio communications across half the planet for hours.
Just four days later, another solar flare — an intense burst of radiation from the sun — hit Earth and again disrupted communications, as major storms continued to churn toward land.
This confluence of tempestuous weather both on Earth and in space was recently described by scientists in the journal Space Weather, the research led by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) researchers. Read more…
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Source: Mashable | Bursts of solar energy severed radio communication during 2017's hurricane mayhem
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It’s been a whirlwind few days for MoviePass subscribers. There was the Thursday service outage, the Friday revelation that said outage was due to financial difficulties, the Saturday hype-pology, and continuing headaches all weekend.
Now, on Monday afternoon, the service is acting funny once again, and in a way that suggests larger troubles for the company. Users attempting to look up screenings are reportedly finding very few options to choose from.
Even in the busy borough of New York City’s Manhattan, Mashable entertainment editor and MoviePass subscriber Erin Strecker found only two theaters with screenings available: The Landmark at 57 West and Cinépolis Chelsea. Read more…
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Source: Mashable | MoviePass is down again. Is this the end?
Back in April, New York relinquished its unreasonable ban on electric-assist bicycles within the city. And now the first bike-share fleets featuring e-bikes have arrived.
Jump Bikes, which ironically started in New York City, finally arrived in the Big Apple after riding into San Francisco; the nearby beach town of Santa Cruz, California; Washington, D.C.; and other cities more recently.
This weekend the e-bikes available through the Uber app (Uber acquired Jump earlier this year) were newly rentable in Staten Island, and on Monday, the bikes made a debut in the Bronx. Jump still also has its own standalone app, which lets you rent bicycles for $2 for 30 minutes, the same price via the Uber app. Read more…
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Source: Mashable | NYC gets its first e-bikes, with Jump bikes in the Bronx and Staten Island
Twitter just began the hardest part of its cleanup effort.
The company announced Monday that it had selected academic partners who will help study “healthy conversation” as part of its ongoing effort to make Twitter less toxic.
The researchers will tackle some of Twitter’s toughest problems. One group, led by Leiden University political science professor Dr. Rebekah Tromble, will study echo chambers, “uncivil discourse,” and intolerance. The goal, according to Twitter, is to “develop two sets of metrics: how communities form around political discussions on Twitter, and the challenges that may arise as those discussions develop.” Read more…
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Source: Mashable | Twitter asks researchers to help make site less toxic