Enlarge / A road sign in Bursa, Turkey, warns drivers of the presence of dung beetles, stating “Attention! It may come out, don’t crush it please!” (credit: Ugur Ulu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) If the TV series Dirty Jobs covered animals as well as humans, it would probably start with dung beetles. These hardworking critters…
Monthly Archives: November 2022
DeviantArt By now, you’ve probably seen the vibrant swirls of mythic castles and fantasy lands generated by AI art tools like DALL-E. You might have even been fooled by images that looked like they were painted from the brush of Matisse or van Gogh but were, in fact, created by a computer that was fed…
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is an epic emotional story of two worlds, Talokan and Wakanda, fighting to control their future kingdoms. However, amid all the emotional moments in the much-anticipated Black Panther sequel, the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s most profound revelation hits in the mid-credit scene. There, we meet T’Challa and Nakia’s son Toussaint T’Challa (played…
Things for Twitter have gone from bad, to worse, to awful, to… What’s worse than awful? Everything is borderline apocalyptic on the app. Well, guess what? Hop in losers, we’re posting at the end of the world. OK, not the end of the world, but the (maybe) end of Twitter. Thanks to new Chief Twit…
We’re starting to get a better idea of what the Google Pixel 7a is going to bring with it at some point during 2023, and the latest leak in regards to the handset covers the screen, the battery charging capabilities, and the camera. According to some digging done by developer Kuba Wojciechowski, who has a…
Amazon has revealed that it helped law enforcement agencies take down three major counterfeiting operations in China, thanks to intelligence provided by the company’s Counterfeit Crimes Unit (CCU). Nearly a quarter of a million fake goods were seized in the provinces of Guangdong and Jiangxi as a result of Amazon’s cooperation. The brands imitated included…
Vacation mindset is something that can be cultivated, and it can have a positive effect on both personal and workplace relationships. Jasmina007/Getty Images Business coach Melody Wilding says a “vacation mindset” at work can help you deal with stress. Letting your brain roam and channeling your playful side are a few ways to develop the…
Elon Musk at a 2022 Halloween party. Taylor Hill/Getty Images A Twitter employee told Insider it’s been “brutal” since Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover. They said colleagues are having to search Slack to see who has been laid off and who’s still there. “We have all gone through all stages of grief. The Twitter we…
GOP gubernatorial candidate Gregg Youngkin (L), Former President Donald Trump (R). Getty Images Trump hit out at Gov. Youngkin, taking credit for his political rise and claiming his name “sounds Chinese.” There has been speculation that Youngkin might run for president in 2024. Trump has been lashing out at political rivals amid hints of his…
An ancient lice comb, believed to be from around 1700 BCE, has on it the oldest known sentence written in first alphabet. Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority An engraving on an ancient lice comb is potentially the oldest known sentence written using an alphabet. The ivory comb bears a sentence in an early Canaanite script,…