DJI Just Made My New Favorite Gimbal

Some YouTube channels always have buttery smooth video, even when the person is walking around. Other YouTubers struggle to keep the camera steady when they're sitting still. The difference between the two lies in a device called a gimbal, a tri-axis device that tilts, pans, and pitches to compensate for shaky hands and body movement.…

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Gaming’s #MeToo Moment and the Tyranny of Male Fragility

The videogames industry is having its #MeToo moment, and the backlash against it has been fast and brutal. Developers and creators are bravely going public about decades of exploitation, including at the hands of respected figures who have contributed to beloved franchises. The response has been moral outrage—not that there's an epidemic of men hurting…

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India’s Chandrayaan-2 Is Ready to Touch Down Near the Moon’s South Pole

For the last two weeks, India’s Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft has been lowering its orbit around the moon as it prepares for India’s first attempt at a lunar landing. On Monday, the Vikram lunar lander separated from the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, in the last major maneuver before the scheduled landing on Friday. If everything goes as planned, India…

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Retreat? Pish. Democrats Dare Not Speak Climate Change’s ‘R’ Word

“Retreat, hell!” Major General Oliver Prince Smith once said during the Korean War. “We're not retreating, we're just advancing in a different direction.”Retreat is not a concept Americans take lightly, whether in wartime or during CNN’s climate town hall Wednesday night. There the topic was managed retreat or strategic retreat, a deliberate pulling back from…

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