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Indoor Climbing Gyms Might Be Chock Full of Toxic Rubber Additives, Study Finds

Climbing gyms might be teeming with toxic rubber particles, recent research suggests. The study found high levels of rubber additives in the air and dust of two climbing gyms, likely coming from the soles of specialized climbing shoes worn by gym goer…

Leprosy in Medieval England Probably Came From Red Squirrels

Medieval residents of Winchester, England, probably got their leprosy from red squirrels in the area, according to a team of archaeologists and geneticists that studied remains from two archaeological sites in the city.Read more…

Of Course Universal Studios’ New Fast & Furious Coaster Is Called Hollywood Drift

Universal Studios Hollywood is gearing up to get its first-ever high speed outdoor roller coaster with Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift in 2026—based, of course, on the Fast & Furious franchise. The release sent out by Universal Parks shared the coaster…

A ChatGPT Outage Briefly Broke the Rabbit R1

Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu defended the Rabbit R1 for the last week, telling Gizmodo and other outlets that it’s “not an Android app.” Now, he may have to defend the next fatal claim for an AI device: that it’s not just a ChatGPT wrapper. The push-to-talk fe…

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft may finally take its first crewed flight next week

Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule, which has been plagued by years of setbacks and cost overruns amounting to roughly $1.5 billion, is about to take its first flight with humans on board. Boeing was chosen 10 years ago alongside SpaceX to develop a space…

Kevin Feige Told Hugh Jackman Not to Come Back as Wolverine

Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine has defined the Fox era of X-Men movies. His storied tenure from the 2000 film all the way up to Logan gave us perhaps one of the most definitive live-action superhero performances of our lifetime. That makes the temptation of …

Here’s What to Expect from Apple’s May 7 iPad Event: New Pros, Bigger Airs, Maybe New Chips

Good news, everyone. Apple made money, or more specifically it made most of its cash this quarter with services like its Apple Savings Account. Its hardware, on the other hand, has been a fair bit more diluted, leading to an overall 4% decline year-ove…

The Exorcist Reboot Might Have Found an Intriguing New Director

Furiosa contains a teeny tiny Mad Max cameo. Louis Letterier is heading to sci-fi for his next project. New Boys posters herald a political dust up. Plus, even more casting for Zach Cregger’s Weapons. To me, my spoilers!Read more…

Google says Epic’s Play Store demands are too much and too self-serving

Epic Games won its antitrust lawsuit against Google in December when a federal jury found that the latter violated US antitrust laws with regards to how it runs the Play Store. A few months later, the gaming developer submitted its list of demands, whi…

Boom’s XB-1 supersonic jet has been authorized to break the speed of sound

Boom's supersonic XB-1 test jet has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval to fly past Mach 1, the company announced. Tests are slated to take place later this year at the Black Mountain Supersonic Corridor in Mojave, CA, and the r…