Wingsuits normally create a wide surface area of fabric between a skydiver’s legs and from their legs to their arms, substantially slowing their fall. But to create a buzz for the unveiling of BMW’s new iX3 electric SUV, the company’s creative consultancy Designworks “has partnered up with Austrian stuntman Peter Salzmann to unveil a wicked-cool new electric powered wingsuit that can…
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Rare squid with ‘elbow’ tentacles baffles Australian scientists in spooky new footage
Researchers found and measured a group of rare Bigfin Squids congregating off the Australia coast for the first time ever. Source: https://www.livescience.com/rare-bigfin-squid-sighting-australia.html
Netflix Targets Critical ‘Cuties’ Tweets With Copyright Takedown Requests
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Every week, Netflix sends out thousands of takedown requests, most of which target pirated copies of its movies and TV-shows. Yesterday, however, we spotted a series of copyright infringement notices with a different and rather uncomfortable theme. The streaming giant asked Twitter to remove dozens of tweets that included footage from the French…
Police Will Pilot a Program To Live-Stream Amazon Ring Cameras
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation: This is not a drill. Red alert: The police surveillance center in Jackson, Mississippi, will be conducting a 45-day pilot program to live stream the Amazon Ring cameras of participating residents. Now, our worst fears have been confirmed. Police in Jackson, Mississippi, have started a pilot program that would allow…
First ever footage of rare squid species revealed
Researchers exploring the ocean off Australia have captured the ram’s horn squid on film for the first time. Last week we reported that a Schmidt Ocea… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/340455/first-ever-footage-of-rare-squid-species-revealed…
‘I’m Not Drunk, It’s My Car.’ Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ Gets Mixed Reviews
CNN describes the reactions posted online by six beta testers of Tesla’s “full self-driving” software, saying they “appear to be both delighted and alarmed by what they’ve experienced so far.” “Turn left. Come on. What are you doing?” said one frustrated Tesla owner as his car appeared slow to change lanes during a trip he posted on YouTube last week. “I…
‘How 30 Lines of Code Blew Up a 27-Ton Generator’
After the U.S. unveiled charges against six members of the Sandworm unit in Russia’s military intelligence agency, Wired re-visited “a secret experiment in 2007 proved that hackers could devastate power grid equipment beyond repair — with a file no bigger than a gif.” It’s an excerpt from the new book SANDWORM: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the…
Strange creatures filmed in Argentina and Brazil
Two videos have recently emerged showing unidentified creatures lurking around in the darkness. Little is known about the footage other than that it w… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/340372/strange-creatures-filmed-in-argentina-and-brazil…
1st-ever footage of giant pandas mating in the wild is not ‘cute and cuddly’
Filmmakers spent three years following pandas in China’s Qinling Mountains, capturing never-before-seen footage of males competing over females. Source: https://www.livescience.com/panda-courtship-seen-first-time.html
3 TB of Private Webcam/Home Security Video Leaked on Porn Sites
schwit1 quotes Input: A hacking group that has yet to identify itself found and stole more than 3 TB of private video from around the world — mainly collected from Singapore — and shared it on porn sites, according to reports from local media like The New Paper. While some of the footage was indeed pornographic in nature, other videos are…