Man Dies, Wife Critical From Chloroquine After Hearing Trump Tout Unproven Covid-19 Treatment

An Arizona man has died and his wife is in critical condition after listening to Donald Trump promote anti-malarial drug... [Gizmodo]( March 24, 2020 [Man Dies, Wife Critical From Chloroquine After Hearing Trump Tout Unproven Covid-19 Treatment]( [An Arizona man has died and his wife is in critical condition after listening to Donald Trump promote anti-malarial drug chloroquine as a treatment for the novel coronavirus and deciding to take some themselves, CNN reported on Monday evening.]( [labor]( [Uber CEO Decides Driver Safety Isn't His Problem]( [Gig workers pose a clear danger where the continued spread of covid-19 is concerned. As to the open question of how to responsibly address this massive vector of workers, who are often uninsured and can’t afford not to work in spite of the risks, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has apparently...]( [Conservation]( [Pablo Escobar's Cocaine Hippos Are Filling Ecosystem Roles in Colombia That Have Been Vacant for Thousands of Years]( [Generally speaking, scientists are not down with Pablo Escobar’s hippos.]( [Privacy and Security]( [Microsoft Says Critical Vulnerability in Windows Is Already Being Used in 'Limited Targeted Attacks']( [Microsoft said on Monday that it has discovered a flaw in Windows 10 and other versions of the operating system that has already resulted in “limited targeted attacks.” There is as of yet no patch for the vulnerability, though Microsoft ranks it as a “critical” flaw.]( [blogs]( [Now Is the Time to Do the Dumb Stuff]( [Quarantine, shelter in place—whatever you’re calling it wherever you are—is horrifying. If hell is other people, being forced to keep all people outside a six-foot perimeter makes a strong case for purgatory-on-Earth. But in the fleeting moments where I’m feeling pollyannaish about this catastrophe, social isolation is also strangely liberating.]( [Physics]( [Scientists Find a Superconductor in Bits of Meteorite]( [Scientists have detected trace amounts of superconducting material inside one of the world’s largest meteorites, according to a new study.]( [Gadgets]( [The Never-Ending Death of Smart Home Gadgets]( [I got my smart TV in early November 2016. It was a 50-inch Samsung—the largest size I could convince my then skeptical roommate to shell out for. We scored a modest deal. At roughly $600 split between two poor millennials, it wasn’t half-bad. (Though, in retrospect, I should have waited...]( [Privacy and Security]( [Unplug Your Smart Speakers While You're Working From Home]( [Whether you just started working from home or have been for a few weeks now, it’s a good idea to turn off your smart speakers sooner rather than later; your Alexa or Google Home could be listening in on all those confidential work calls. Smart home devices not only listen...]( YOU MAY ALSO LIKE [Jezebel]( [Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard Outed As Landlords]( [All sorts of celebrities have interesting hobbies and revenue streams that keep them occupied off-screen and away from prying eyes. Some are completely harmless, with no environmental impact whatsoever—like RuPaul’s 60,000 acre fracking empire in Wyoming! Others, however, are a tad more insidious. Among the stars of today lurk a...]( [Kotaku]( [Doom Eternal: The Kotaku Review]( [2016’s Doom reimagined the classic shooter into a frantic but modern mold. The bloody escapades of the Doom Slayer were rife with bullets and guts. It was a grimy video game hamburger. Doom Eternal is bigger and bloodier, almost to the point of excess. It’s the same hamburger dipped into...]( [Jalopnik]( [You All Hated The Honda Civic's Butt So Much Someone Fixed It For You]( [Good lord. I knew the rear end on the current-gen Honda Civic was “polarizing” but I guess didn’t quite grasp how woefully inadequate that word was for describing your reactions following Friday’s Honda Civic Hatch review. Luckily for you, a reader read your rage and did something about it.]( [The Inventory]( [Tuesday's Best Deals: Home Workout Gear, Electric Tea Kettle, Air Fryer, Snack Coupons, $1 Kindle Books, and More]( [A set of $12 push-up handles, an electric tea kettle, a refurbished PowerXL air fryer, and more head up some of Tuesday’s most compelling offers.]( [Jalopnik]( [Latest Coronavirus Relief Draft Bill Includes Suspending Car Payments]( [The federal government may freeze your car payments, automakers are shifting production to health equipment for Coronavirus relief, dealerships aren’t sure if they should stay open, we don’t know where to park all the planes, and a lot more in The Morning Shift for Tuesday, March 24, 2020.]( You made it to the end. Thanks for reading our newsletter! [Visit Gizmodo]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [Terms of Use]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Profile Center]( © 2020 Gizmodo Media Group 1540 Broadway, 27th Floor New York, NY 10036