Category: Shorts

IBM has pulled its advertising presence from X #shorts #Elon Musk #IBM #ADL #X IBM has pulled its advertising from X, formerly Twitter, as Elon Musk continues to endorse far-right talking points and posts this week that promote antisemitism and support white pride. Earlier this year, Musk threatened to sue the Anti-Defamation League over its…

You’ve Been Washing Rice Wrong Your Whole Life #shorts #rice #pre-washing rice #recent study #amount Chefs say you should wash rice to reduce starch and make it less sticky. But a new study shows that’s not true. The type of rice, not washing, is what makes it sticky. You should still wash your rice though.…

You Won’t Believe How Old The Oldest City In The World Is! #shorts #inhabited city #BCE #Jericho #humans Y’all, it’s hard to say for sure which city is the oldest in the world, ’cause people have been living in places for a long time. But there are a few contenders, like Jericho, which is famous…

Astronomers Discover New Planet That’s Closer to Neptune Than Mercury! #shorts #planets #Mercury #distance #closest planet Did you know that Mercury is actually the closest planet to Earth? That’s right, even closer than Venus! How did this happen? Well, it turns out that scientists have been using a flawed assumption about the average distance between…

Your photos and videos will never look the same again! #shorts #Meta #users #text descriptions #image generation Mark Zuckerberg is at it again! This time he’s giving us two new AI-powered creative tools that will let us edit our photos and make “high-quality” videos using text descriptions. With “Emu Edit” you can turn a dog…

Your PC just got a personal AI assistant that can help you with everything #shorts #Windows #Copilot #Microsoft #support Microsoft is bringing its AI-powered Copilot to Windows 10, even though Windows 10 is about to reach end-of-support. “It’s a key opportunity for us to bring Copilot value to more customers,” explains Aaron Woodman, vice president…

Listen To The Earth’s Terrifying Warning Signs #shorts #sonic data #impending eruption #island’s Reykjanes Peninsula #magma intrusion Iceland’s geology is acting up right now. The Fagradalsfjall volcano is gearing up to erupt, and hundreds of earthquakes are rocking the Reykjanes Peninsula each day. You can hear the creaking and clattering of the seismic forces beneath…

Asteroid to Block Betelgeuse and Reveal Its Secrets, Next Month #shorts #Betelgeuse #Leona #occultation #path On December 12th, asteroid 319 Leona will pass in front of Betelgeuse, briefly blocking its light. This is a rare opportunity to study Betelgeuse, and astronomers are asking for your help! If you live in the right place, you can…

Elon Musk’s American History X #shorts #Musks X #hatred #white people #Jewish people Elon Musk just committed a very serious faux pas on Twitter. He agreed with an appalling anti-semitic claim about Jewish people that goes beyond any of his prior flirtations with anti-woke bigotry . The X team on the platform argued that Jews…

Bumblebees Are Dying Because They Can’t Taste Poison #shorts #bees #pesticides #new study #lethal concentrations Bumblebees are in danger, folks. A new study found that they can’t taste pesticides, even when they’re at lethal concentrations. That means they’re basically drinking poison and they don’t even know it. It’s like if you were eating a bowl…