Kate Knibbs, Author at Gizmodo

Bow Down, Bitches: An All-Beyoncé Soundtrack for Bey’s Birthday

Every day is Beyoncé day, really. The goofballs who still question if women can have it all tend to ignore the fact that Beyoncé exists. But only one day a year is Beyoncé’s actual birthday, and that day is today. Or at least we think it is. She might also be an alien from planet…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

Twitter’s Making Twitpic Shut Down

Twitpic, the photo-sharing service, is shutting down rather than fighting against Twitter’s recent demands. Founder Noah Everett explained Twitpic’s unexpected demise: A few weeks ago Twitter contacted our legal demanding that we abandon our trademark application or risk losing access to their API. This came as a shock to us since Twitpic has been around…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

The Final Version of the Oculus Rift Could Be As Cheap As $200

The version of the Oculus Rift that you or I might buy could sell for as cheap as $200, according to Oculus founder Palmer Luckey. Luckey told Eurogamer that Oculus plans to sell its eventual consumer version for between $200 and $400, though he noted that may change based on scale, pre-orders, and a number…

Social Media Kate Knibbs

The Silliest Way Apple Could Make an Unhackable iPhone 6

The iPhone 6 is coming out soon. People are already lined up. It’s a big deal. The only thing distracting from Apple’s Next Big Thing is Apple’s recent Big iCloud Nightmare. The real iPhone 6 will do a lot more than let you call your parents, and it will certainly have the iCloud. Still, this…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

There Is an App Named Steven

A former Twitter chief scientist just debuted a bizarre emoji-based app called Steven. Steven. No last name. Just Steven. Not even STEPHEN, the superior spelling. According to the app’s FAQ, Steven is a cat (shown above). He is chill. This does not explain why he has an app named after him, but you know what?…

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Mobile Payment App Isis Changed Its Name Because of the Other ISIS

Isis is now Softcard. But probably not the Isis you’re thinking about. The militant Iraq-based Islamic extremist group is still ISIS. In 2010, AT&T, T-Mobile USA, and Verizon joined forces to create Isis, a group devoted to popularizing mobile payments through an e-wallet service. Since then, the mobile payments Isis has been overshadowed in the…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

Watch Out for the Identity-Stealing Spambots of Instagram

The latest crop of spambots on Instagram are employing a trick even slimier than just buying fake followers: They’re stealing profiles. As The Verge reported today, some Instagram users are getting followed by their bot doppelgängers, profiles made up entirely from their ripped-off images. This goes down because Instagram bot makers are lazy (not to…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

The Samsung Gear S Gets a Smartwatch Keyboard You Might Actually Use

Fleksy has created a keyboard to work with the upcoming Samsung Gear S. Will it make typing on a tiny smartwatch screen anything other than completely awkward? It’s too soon to say. The Gear S is set to be the first smartwatch with a data connection, and Samsung intends users to send messages from the…

Gadgets Kate Knibbs

Banks Say Home Depot Just Experienced a Major Credit Card Breach

If you just bought a new screwdriver, check your Visa card for strange charges. Several banks are reporting that Home Depot has experienced a credit card breach that may rival or exceed last fall’s Target fiasco. “I can confirm we are looking into some unusual activity and we are working with our banking partners and…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs

NASA Is Making a Traffic Control System for Drones

NASA is not down with drones flying around town all willy-nilly and potentially electrocuting North West. The space agencyis developing an air traffic control network near Moffett Field, California for unmanned aircrafts at 400 to 500 feet meant to put regulations in place. As the New York Times pointed out, this would “in effect be…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

Here’s A Close-Up Look at Counterfeit Money

Security researcher Brian Krebs gets sent some pretty weird stuff from fans. His latest in bizarre snail mail booty: A packet full of fake cash. Krebs was given four fake $100 bills and two fake $50 bills. He doesn’t know who sent them, but spent time examining them to illustrate what some pretty decent (but…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

You Won’t Have a Long Face If You Watch BoJack Horseman

BoJack Horseman, the latest Netflix original series, is a good show. Unlike Netflix breakouts like Orange is the New Black and House of Cards, it’s not getting a ton of attention… but it deserves a wide viewership, or at least as wide a viewership a droll adult animated comedy can get. The cast is dynamite.…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

Ferguson Police Are Wearing Body Cameras

Police in Ferguson, Mo., started wearing body cameras this Saturday during the most recent protest following the killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown Jr. by one of the city’s police officers, Darren Wilson. Two companies, Safety Vision and Digital Alley, donated 50 body cameras about a week ago, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

You Can Pay $200,000 to Replace Your Blood With Antifreeze

Death is unfathomable and terrifying. We try to stave it off with vitamins, checkups, and exercise, to diminish the awful permanence with beliefs in afterlives and miracles. For some people, that’s not enough. There will be no accepting mortality for believers in cryonics, the process of preserving human bodies at low temperatures with hopes of…

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Apple Is Investigating the Celeb Nude Leaks

Apple is investigating several iCloud account violations that may have resulted in hackers spreading leaked photos of naked female celebrities online. “We take user privacy very seriously and are actively investigating this report,” an Apple spokesperson told Recode. Apple has not commented on how exactly hackers got their pathetic, pervy hands on the private photos…

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Mystery (Partially) Solved: Stonehenge Was a Complete Circle

One of the mysteries of Stonehenge has been solved because someone was too lazy to get a longer hose. Usually, the grass around the puzzling collection of Neolithic stones is watered by stewards, but this year, the hose used was too short, and didn’t reach the entire grounds. The unwatered grass dried out. It looked…

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The Russian Space Sex Lizards Are Dead

I hope you’re sitting down on a piece of comfortable patio furniture this Labor Day, for I have tidings of great sorrow: the Russian space sex lizards have died. The plight of the five geckos sent into orbit to engage in lizard coitus so scientists could study zero-gravity reproduction first captured our attention in late…

Space & Spaceflight Kate Knibbs

This Tiny Audio Mixer Would Let You Turn Smartphones Into Turntables

Want to mix music in a hurry or on the go? You’ll like the sound of Openmix, a teensy new audio mixing tool being developed right now. With it, you can connect your iPhone to a Walkman with a cassette of rare bongo concerts, or switch between your laptop and tablet. It’s just a super…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

A Porn Sound Guy Shows Us the True Meaning of Happiness

Meet Grant Meyers. A man passionate about sound, he can pull meaning from cacophony. He works as a foley artist (someone who recreates the ambient sounds in film) for porn movies. He LOVES it. He is also very fake, as this is a Humor Video for Laughs. But guess what, America. He is a goddamn…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Lattes™ have no pumpkin in them [Updated]

Update 9/2015: Due to pressure from the anti-science blogger known as the Food Babe (whom we hold in extremely high regard around these parts), Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Lattes™ now have pumpkin in them. But we maintain that they are still an affront to humanity. Starbucks is rolling out pumpkin spice lattes, starting with an early…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

Kate Knibbs

Bow Down, Bitches: An All-Beyoncé Soundtrack for Bey’s Birthday

Twitter’s Making Twitpic Shut Down

The Final Version of the Oculus Rift Could Be As Cheap As $200

The Silliest Way Apple Could Make an Unhackable iPhone 6

There Is an App Named Steven

Mobile Payment App Isis Changed Its Name Because of the Other ISIS

Watch Out for the Identity-Stealing Spambots of Instagram

The Samsung Gear S Gets a Smartwatch Keyboard You Might Actually Use

Banks Say Home Depot Just Experienced a Major Credit Card Breach

NASA Is Making a Traffic Control System for Drones

Here’s A Close-Up Look at Counterfeit Money

You Won’t Have a Long Face If You Watch BoJack Horseman

Ferguson Police Are Wearing Body Cameras

You Can Pay $200,000 to Replace Your Blood With Antifreeze

Apple Is Investigating the Celeb Nude Leaks

Mystery (Partially) Solved: Stonehenge Was a Complete Circle

The Russian Space Sex Lizards Are Dead

This Tiny Audio Mixer Would Let You Turn Smartphones Into Turntables

A Porn Sound Guy Shows Us the True Meaning of Happiness

Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Lattes™ have no pumpkin in them [Updated]

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Amazon Slashes 50% Off Keurig K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker, Now a Budget Alternative to Breville and Nespresso Espresso Machines

Sun’s Latest Outburst Complicates Planned Launch of Artemis 2

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets