Inverse - 🌎 #ExxonKnew

Jan. 13, 2023

Back in 2015, a report from Inside Climate News revealed what many people already knew: The oil company ExxonMobil knew the link between fossil fuels and global warming far before they publicly acknowledged it. Now, a new study out in Science this week shows more glaring evidence for the gap between what the oil company was telling the public and what they knew internally.

The new report reveals that this internal knowledge came from both outside researchers and ExxonMobil's scientists themselves. Even more surprising, the internal reports that the company had showed that the scientists had predicted when climate change would begin with incredible accuracy. Read on to understand how much ExxonMobil knew about climate change, what they did and didn't tell the public, and what will happen now.

What’s New
WHAT THEY KNEW
This oil giant accurately predicted global warming — and still lied about it

New research finds ExxonMobil's internal research accurately projected global warming, even as their public messaging downplayed climate change.

A 2015 report by Inside Climate News took direct aim at ExxonMobil, finding the company’s own internal research linked fossil fuels to global warming, despite their public statements downplaying climate change. Fury emerged over the oil giant’s history of climate change misinformation, and the hashtag #ExxonKnew became an activist rallying cry around the world.

Now, scientists have released a paper on ExxonMobil’s internal projections on global warming — and the findings may just provide the most concrete data yet on the glaring gap between the company’s internal global warming research and its public statements. The paper was published Thursday in the journal Science.

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Innovation
Historic Virgin Orbit satellite mission fizzles out

Today, U.S. companies largely call the shots in the private space industry — but that could soon change. Entrepreneurs from around the world hope to catch up, including British billionaire Richard Branson. He founded the massive Virgin Group, which began as a mail-order record retailer in 1970 and has more recently set its sights on British space domination.

Virgin Orbit’s latest move isn’t going as planned: On January 10, what would become the first satellite mission from European soil failed to launch aimed to deliver satellites from commercial and government customers into low-Earth orbit on the LauncherOne rocket. The launch event, which included a silent disco tent, drew over 2,000 spectators.

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THE INVERSE INTERVIEW
'Skinamarink' director Kyle Edward Ball knows what haunts our nightmares

Growing up, there was nothing more terrifying to than your own home in the dark of night.

Skinamarink director Kyle Edward Ball knows that. In fact, he made it a point to play on that collective fear and take it to the next level, warping it into something so sinister it becomes unrecognizable.

The viral horror sensation, releasing in theaters on January 13, tells the tale of Kevin and Kaylee, two children who wake in the middle of the night to discover that their father has completely disappeared. Soon, the windows and doors of the home start vanishing too. To cope with the unexplainable, the siblings take solace in a living room sleepover complete with blankets, toys, and somewhat eerie vintage cartoons playing on a loop. But a voice starts calling out to them from the darkness, and it isn’t long before reality goes liminal and something monstrous surfaces.

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Gear
Why Apple is working on touchscreen Macs after years of denial

Touchscreen MacBooks may be on the horizon. Apple is reportedly working on adding touchscreens to its Macs, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. If this turns out to be true, this represents a serious change in direction for Apple’s design philosophy.

While the late Steve Jobs was famously against touchscreens for laptops, calling them “ergonomically terrible,” it looks like Apple may be reconsidering that idea. Combining the clear failure of its Touch Bar design with the rising competition from other touchscreen laptops like the Surface Pro 9 and Surface Laptop 5, Apple may be reacting to the market with this design change.

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Gaming
Ubisoft's latest financial update paints a portrait of a company in crisis

Cancellations, delays, and low sales mark a troubling start to 2023 for Ubisoft, a company struggling to find itself amidst changing trends.

In a financial update released January 11, Ubisoft said it was “facing major challenges” in part due to the underperformance games like Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope and Just Dance 2023.

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IT'S MORPHIN TIME
Japanese superheroes set their sights on the West

Beginning with 'Shin Ultraman' in theaters, the year 2023 may be the year that tokusatsu entertainment takes over the English-speaking world.

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