You might not know it from certain conspiracy-minded corners of the Internet or 1990s-era chain emails , but aspartame is one of the most well-studied food additives ever . And yes, it is safe. Pepsi’s decision today to replace aspartame with, oh, another chemical sweetener may be a canny PR move—but it’s really a win for widespread misinformation. Read more…
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Pepsi Is Ditching Aspartame. So What?
An anonymous reader writes: With news that Canada intends to extend the term of copyright for sound recordings and performers, the recording industry is now pushing the change by arguing that works entering the public domain is not in the public interest. It is hard to see how anyone can credibly claim that works are “lost” to the public domain and that the public interest in not served by increased public access, but if anyone would make the claim, it would be the recording industry. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Music Industry Argues Works Entering Public Domain Are Not In Public Interest
On April 23rd, 2005, YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim uploaded a masterpiece of mundanity to YouTube, his newly launched video portal. Behold. Read more…
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The Gloriously Inane First YouTube Video Was Uploaded 10 Years Ago Today
Calbuco , a stratovolcano in southern Chile, began erupting yesterday at 7pm local time. First spewing massive ash clouds then, at 10pm, erupting explosively as its fragile structure collapsed inwards. Here’s all the stunning imagery and video; we’ll keep it updated as this develops. You can see it from space! Read more…
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An Absolutely Massive Volcano Is Exploding In Chile Right Now
Thanks, Obama! Wait, no, seriously—that’s who Republicans really are blaming for the massive shortage in customer service help from the IRS this season, during which hang-ups on the IRS’s tax helpline rose from 360, 000 last year to 8 million in 2015. Read more…
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The IRS Hung Up on 8 Million People This Tax Season
When Elon Musk makes his next big announcement later this month he won’t be joined by an electric car or a space-bound capsule. Tesla will finally be passing along details on its long-awaited batteries designed for home use, plus a “utility-scale” battery as well—both of which will likely be manufactured in its new Gigafactory in Nevada. Read more…
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Tesla’s Next Big Product Is Coming On April 30: Batteries
Today, Google announced that it is entering the mobile MVNO carrier field with a service called Project Fi. The service will use Sprint and T-Mobile’s network in conjunction with Wi-Fi to make one, big, seamless carrier. Read more…
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Google Just Became a Cellphone Carrier with Project Fi
Waze works by requiring its users to manually report what they see on the road: traffic jams, potholes, speed traps. Now the City of Los Angeles will ask its Wazers to be vigilant about reporting one more thing: The vehicles possibly involved in hit-and-run collisions. Read more…
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LA Is Turning Wazers Into Hit-and-Run Vigilantes
Most people like a drink—even the ancient Egyptians, it seems. While sifting through ancient texts, researchers have found a reference to a “drunken headache cure” that was used 1, 900 years ago. Read more…
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Why Not Try This Newly Discovered 1,900-Year-Old Hangover Cure?
This recently published photo of an F-35B going supersonic during twilight testing is stunning. The blue-hour moment, the burning colors of the setting sun, the ragged high altitude clouds—and the afterburner, with about ten shock diamonds . Magical. [ Lockheed Martin ] Read more…
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Shock Diamonds Are a Pilot’s Best Friend