These three charts show who is most to blame for climate change

Leaders at the annual UN climate conference are still in the thick of negotiations, working to chart a path forward to cut emissions, as well as to address climate impacts that are already occurring.  Part of this second goal includes discussions about establishing funding for “loss and damage” caused by climate change, which richer countries…

Watch an iFixit employee shoot a battery with a nail gun to teach us all about safety

Image: iFixit Repair specialists iFixit have released a new video of themselves stabbing and, ultimately, nail gunning a series of batteries in the name of teaching the world about battery safety. The takeaway? Despite the high profile examples of battery explosions that occasionally crop up in the news, modern lithium ion batteries are generally very…

New Twitter accounts will have to wait 90 days before buying a subscription

Twitter has published a policy change saying that newly-created Twitter accounts will have to wait 90 days before being allowed to subscribe to the new Twitter Blue plan and get verified. This is likely to avoid impersonation and spam from verified accounts. “Newly created Twitter accounts will not be able to subscribe to Twitter Blue…

Daylight, the LGBTQ+ neobank, raises cash to launch subscription plan for family planning

A day after a bill that would codify same-sex marriage in the U.S. cleared a key hurdle in the Senate, Daylight, a digital bank that pitches itself as LGBTQIA+-friendly, closed a $15 million Series A round led by Anthemis Group with participation from CMFG Ventures, Kapor Capital, Citi Ventures and Gaingels. Daylight Co-founder and CEO…

‘Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths’ review: Alejandro González Iñárritu goes deep and trippy

Award season is rushing toward us, and with it comes a string of semi-autobiographical dramas inspired by their director’s lives and trials. Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans reimagines his post-WWII childhood with warm nostalgia, mother-son melodrama, and a giddy love of cinema. Meanwhile, James Gray’s boyhood story, Armageddon Time, pitches us into chilly Reagan-era America while…

‘She Said’ review: A technically proficient, too-slick prestige pic

Has enough time passed for us to reflect on the immensity of the Harvey Weinstein story? It’s been five years since New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor uncovered the tip of the iceberg that was the heralded Hollywood producer’s long list of alleged crimes, which included sexual harassment, assault, and rape. Weinstein…