800-Year-Old Story of Guy Thrown in Well Proven True by Archaeologists

Get ready for your daily dose of tech excitement! [View this email in your browser]( The Future Is Here October 26, 2024 --------------------------------------------------------------- [800-Year-Old Story of Guy Thrown in Well Proven True by Archaeologists]( By Isaac Schultz on Oct 25, 2024, 11:00 am [[The remains of a man thrown in a well about eight centuries ago.] A skeleton found in a well in 1938 appears to be the exact individual mentioned in a centuries-old text, complicating researchers' understandings of the genetics of southern Norwegians.]( [Read More »]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Ford CEO Has Been Driving a Xiaomi EV for 6 Months and ‘Doesn’t Want to Give It Up’]( By Thomas Maxwell on Oct 25, 2024, 11:10 am [[Xiaomi's SU7 electric car displayed in a showroom, with individuals standing around it taking pictures.] Xiaomi's SU7 looks like a Porsche, starts at just $30,000, and is selling like hotcakes in China.]( [Read More »]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The ‘Interactive Documentary’ Tetris Forever Falls Into Place With the Rest of Tetris History]( By Kyle Barr on Oct 26, 2024, 8:00 am [[An image from Tetris Forever showing a version of Tetris from Japan] The Digital Eclipse version of Tetris Forever includes 15 distinct versions of Tetris, but it does more than just recount 40 years of gaming history.]( [Read More »]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Largest Commercial Satellites Unfurl, Outshining Most of the Night Sky]( By Passant Rabie on Oct 25, 2024, 5:05 pm [[Ast Spacemobile Bluewalker Satellite] Trust me, we're not happy about it either.]( [Read More »]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Physicists Spot Possible Breeding Grounds for Dark Matter]( By Isaac Schultz on Oct 26, 2024, 6:00 am [[A neutron star at the heart of the Crab Nebula.] Axions—a popular dark matter candidate—may be floating around dense stellar remnants in a haze, and even be detectable to some telescopes.]( [Read More »]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Nobody Can Rent Twister, the Last DVD Trapped in Redbox’s Dead Video Business]( By Lucas Ropek on Oct 25, 2024, 4:30 pm [[A person renting a movie at a Redbox dispenser] Hardware nerds just want to see Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt outrun a tornado. Why isn't that possible?]( [Read More »]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [I Hate the Tesla Drive-In Because It Looks So Damn Cool]( By Matt Novak on Oct 25, 2024, 3:30 pm [[Elon Musk's new Tesla Diner & Drive-In, currently under construction along the Historic Route 66 stretch of Santa Monica Blvd on August 16, 2024 in Hollywood, California.] What happens when a fascist billionaire makes something you like?]( [Read More »]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Father-Daughter Duo Cracks Coded ‘Alien’ Signal From Mars]( By Passant Rabie on Oct 25, 2024, 2:05 pm [[Alien Signal Decoded Pillars] After a year-long effort, a father-daughter duo decoded the simulated extraterrestrial message from another planet.]( [Read More »]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Gizmodo on X]( [Gizmodo on Facebook]( [Gizmodo on YouTube]( Copyright © 2024 Gizmodo USA LLC, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Gizmodo USA LLC 41E 11th St, 11th FlNew York, NY 10003 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.