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Has Fox officially given up on Daredevil? Plus Keanu Reeves reveals secrets of Bill & Ted 3!

The Borg Queen joins Thor: The Dark World. Hugh Jackman promises The Wolverine won’t be anything like Wolverine. Has a description of the first Iron Man 3 trailer leaked? Plus the latest encouraging reactions from Cloud Atlas test screenings! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Cloud Atlas. The Wolverine Hugh Jackman confirms once…

Google+ Gets Custom URLS (For Companies and Famous People)

Google+ is now letting some users pick their own vanity URLs. But it’s not for you. Because your name doesn’t happen to be Britney Spears. Unlike Facebook, it’s only for verified accounts, which means it’s only for famous people and brands. In you haven’t been to your Google+ page in a while, the address is…

Is This the New iPhone Screen Technology?

There are plenty of rumors circulating about a super-thin screen for the new iPhone which could boost battery life. Now, an Apple patent has appeared which describes exactly the kind of screen technology the rumors have been speculating about. https://gizmodo.com/wsj-iphone-5-will-use-super-thin-screen-technology-5926565 Apple Insider points out a new Apple patent which describes different ways in which the…

Scientists Invent Healthy Chocolate Made With… Fruit Juice?

While there’s some evidence that chocolate is good for you, the fact remains that it’s so full of fat and sugar that binging on it will make you fat. Now, though, scientists have developed a healthier version of chocolate using fruit juice—but how the hell does it work? https://gizmodo.com/chocolate-keeps-you-slim-5896690 In fact what they’ve done is…

A Movable Field Kitchen For Nomadic Cooks

For a lot of folks, the kitchen is the heart of the home. But if meals tend to be more of a moveable feast for you, take a look at Critter: it’s a moveable field kitchen that packs all the kitchen basics into a single bench which can be moved from indoors to the backyard—or…

What’s More Important: Phone or Provider?

As part of the Apple-Samsung legal dispute, Apple has revealed a survey which it undertook in January 2011 before the iPhone appeared on Verizon. It revealed that 48 percent of people would choose Android over iPhone if it allowed them to stay with their carrier. Now, that number may or may not be accurate, but…

Samsung Challenges Apple Pinch-to-Zoom Patent With 2001 Tech

As the courtroom battles continue, Samsung yesterday went for Apple by arguing that several iOS-wide UI features were actually developed well before the iPhone came into existence. The Verge is reporting that, in particular, Samsung pointed to the DiamondTouch device—developed in 2001 at the Mitsubishi Electronic Research Laboratory—which included predecessors of both pinch-to-zoom and Apple’s…

You can now add “Expecting a Baby” to your Facebook timeline. Worried? Then banish babies from your feed. [Facebook]

Terry Gilliam will finally reveal the meaning of existence

For the past five years, Terry Gilliam has been trying to make a mysterious film called The Zero Theorem, about a cubicle-dwelling man who’s trying to solve an equation that holds the purpose of existence. (Or lack thereof.) We’d thought Zero Theorem was dead in the water back in 2009, when Billy Bob Thornton was…

Foursquare-Type Check-In Service Facedeals Uses Your Facebook “Like” History to Sweeten the Deal

Facedeals may still only be in its trial period, but the Foursquare-like deals program that uses facial-recognition software to check you in on Facebook when you enter participating businessed is sure to incite all manner of responses when it’s rolled out for the general user. Relying on the preauthorization of its proprietary app via your…

Visit Mars and Take a Tour of the Gale Crater, Right Now, With This Interactive Panorama

If you’ve suffering from a touch of the Mars Fever, fear not: you can now take a 360-degree panorama tour of the Red Planet over at 360cities.net. The current panorama up for Earthling exploration is of Curiosity Rover’s Martian solar day 2. [BI]

How Is It Possible That Olympic Athletes Keep Breaking World Records?

The Olympics are over. Athletes have been crowned. GIFs have been made. And World records have been broken. In four years, we’ll do the same thing all over again. And world records will continue to be broken. How is that possible? How do Olympic athletes keep getting better and keep breaking records? Will it ever…

How Rumors Spread Online

We at Gizmodo do our very best to weed out the fakes and hoaxes from the real deal. Most of the time, we’re right, and we can pat ourselves on the shoulder and move onward. But what about the story of the hoax itself? Last week, an image was floated around of what someone on…

The Stoner Channel: Flipped Out Farmers, Playful Porpoise Pods, and the Wizard of Meh

The Pig Farmer – Nick Cross Boy, that escalated quickly. I mean, that really got out of hand fast! Latin America Is Redefining Terms of the Drug War America’s War on Drugs has, by most independent measures, been an utter clusterfuck since its inception in the 1970s. You can still by cocaine more easily than…

The Subtitles of Chinese Bootleg Movies Are Even More Unbelievably Hilarious Than We Thought

When we saw the subtitles of a bootleg copy of The Avengers, we couldn’t believe how outrageous they were. The subtitles butchered the English language to the point that it felt like a whole different movie. Turns out, a lot of bootleg movies have subtitles that bad. Just check these out. https://gizmodo.com/watching-a-chinese-bootleg-copy-of-the-avengers-with-su-5932791 Funny or Die…

Become the next Mr. Snuffleupagus at the Sesame Street open auditions

Can we tell you how to get to Sesame Street? Indeed, we can — simply go to New York City’s Roseland Ballroom on August 20 between the hours of 10 AM and 2 PM and secure your place in the pantheon of legendary children’s entertainers. Just think, centuries from now your visage will be carved…

Do You Sext?

Maybe you compose dirty prose. Maybe you snap nude shots to send to your crush. Maybe you have a few faves you keep on hand in the event that a dirty pic is needed ASAP. Maybe you do all of the above—or maybe you do none of it. Do you sext? And if yes, in…

Video Shows Syrian Jet Fighter Shot Down By Rebel Forces

After claiming the kill of an attack helicopter a few days ago, Syrian rebel forces have posted this video showing a MiG-23 being shot down over Al Muhassan, a small town near Dayr az-Zawr, 280 miles northeast of the capital Damascus and west of the country’s Iraqi border. The state media is claiming the plane…

The Kisai Upload Securely Stores Your Secret Files

Laptops gets stolen, hard drives fail, and thumb drives disapparate with unrelenting regularity. But with the Kisai Upload, you can keep your most precious power point presentations (read: porn) safely strapped to your wrist. The Upload is Tokyo Flash’s latest user-submitted design offering. It features a low-angle, tilt-to-read LCD screen that’s surprisingly easy to decipher…

Burton Wants to Help You Snowboard with Shorter Boards, Dial Lacing Boots and More

It still might be scorching hot but winter is coming (I swear) and you’re soon going to swap out shorts and flip flops for jackets and boots. Burton is showing off its latest gear for the snowboarding season and it’s heavy on the technology to make it easier on the slopes. Burton is bringing more…