Even Under a Coal-Loving Leader, Australia Is Leading the Charge for Renewables

In Australia, record-breaking rooftop solar installations are helping the country increase its renewable energy generation. By 2030, renewables could make up more than half the electricity generated in the land down under, according to an analysis out Wednesday from a team of researchers.

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Happy Belated Birthday, Bing!

Microsoft’s Bing—a search engine that literally bribes people to use it and still (still!) can’t seem to grow its witheringly small 4 percent market share—has been around for an entire decade. As of yesterday. We forgot its birthday and seemingly so did virtually everyone else.

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42 Million Dating App Records Exposed Online, Leaking User IP Addresses and Location Data

A database containing records of tens of millions of users of various dating apps has been found publicly accessible, according to a researcher who says it remains unclear who amassed the data.

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Jordyn Woods To Appear As Guest Star On ‘Grown-ish’ In Her Acting Debut

Woods is set to play Dee, “a sweet soul with a soft spoken and sincere vulnerability,” a spokesperson for Freeform said.

That ‘Always Be My Maybe’ Sex Scene Is Based On Randall Park’s First Time

Park, who stars in the movie with Ali Wong, revealed that art was imitating his real life.

Waymo resumes testing self-driving trucks in Arizona

Waymo — Alphabet’s autonomous vehicle company — announced that it would resume testing its trucks on Phoenix freeways. The company had pulled its Class 8 trucks off the road back in 2017, after some brief tests in the state. Tests of the self-drivi…

Gogo is working on a 5G network for planes in the US and Canada

In-flight Internet company Gogo is developing a 5G network for aviation, it announced on Wednesday, with the stated goal of commercial availability in the US and Canada in 2021. Gogo is working on a new air-to-ground (ATG) network intended to serve commercial regional jets, as well as smaller mainline jets operating in North America and business aircraft. If everything goes … Continue reading

The Director of Godzilla: King of the Monsters Talks Making Shit Biblical

“The Godzilla Sequel Will Feature Mothra, Rodan, And King Ghidorah!” That was a headline here on io9 back in 2014 when Legendary Pictures first announced the film that would become Godzilla: King of the Monsters, which, after five long years, finally hits theaters this week.

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Ukraine Ex-President Accused of Ripping Out Sensitive Servers From Situation Room Before Leaving Office

The staff of Ukraine’s new President Volodymyr Zelensky made a curious discovery several days after the administration began its term—a situation room where the president meets to discuss national security affairs was void of any equipment.

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Google Maps Is Going to Piss Off Cops Around the Globe With Its Latest Update

Folks, I’ve got some great news if you’re a driver and some bad news if you’re a cop: Google has confirmed it’s rolling out the ability to see speed and mobile cameras, as well as speed limits, in more than 40 countries in Maps.

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