Don’t swallow your gum; it might be recyclable for science

Plus, a black hole that’s pretty (deadly). ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   ͏   [// The HP printer your WFH setup has been missing »]( [Welcome To The Futurist]( [Welcome To The Futurist]( [Advertise]( | [Talk to Us](mailto:letschat@getthefuturist.com) | [Shop]( | [Unsubscribe]( [The Futurist is your daily tech, cosmic, and science (both weird or otherwise) newsletter with articles and content curated just for you. Love The Futurist? 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Developers with small teams showing smaller games get more time to shine when they’re not sat next to a giant PlayStation or Xbox booth, and that means we saw a handful of really cool projects in the works or in early access.” [// Kotaku »]( [/yikes] [April Fools' Day: 8 brands that dropped cringey online pranks | Mashable]( [April Fools' Day: 8 brands that dropped cringey online pranks]( “April Fools' Day is meant to be light-hearted and fun, but nothing takes the winds out of its sails than the onslaught of bad brand jokes. Thus to our torture, and to save you some time, we've gathered some of the worst April Fools Day tweets made by companies that are supposedly worth millions of dollars. 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