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Amazon Is Expanding Locker Delivery

Good news—Amazon has expanded its locker delivery service in New York, Seattle, Washington D.C., and London. How convenient! [The Verge]

The live-action He-Man movie might actually happen

Due to The Avengers scaring all other movies back to 2013, Jon M. Chu — director of G.I. Joe: Retaliation — is freed up to make the much-fabled Masters Of The Universe movie (as soon as he’s done converting Retaliation into 3D, that is). https://gizmodo.com/g-i-joe-retaliation-pushed-back-to-march-2013-for-3d-5912819 Deadline reports that Sony and toymaker Mattel are hot for…

Standing Electric Trike Looks Like a Really Fun Way To Die

Just as the streets were crowded with crazy contraptions as man made the transition from the horse drawn carriage to the automobile, the same seems to be happening with the glacially slow transition to electric vehicles. The Segway set the pace, and this Tribey electric trike follows suit as another eco-friendly way to break your…

The World’s Biggest Wind Turbine Blades Are So Long Their Tips Spin at 180 MPH

For off-shore wind farms to become an economically feasible alternative energy source, each turbine needs to be big. Like, really big. That’s why the latest turbine blade from Siemens is gigantic—just a hair shorter than the wingspan of an Airbus 380. The B75 turbine blade itself is 75 meters long, while the entire rotor assembly…

All the American Flags On the Moon Are Now White

NASA has finally answered a long-standing question: all but one of the six American flags on the Moon are still standing up. Everyone is now proudly talking about it. The only problem is that they aren’t American flags anymore. They are all white. The debate on the Moon flags has been going on for decades.…

William Shatner and Wil Wheaton narrate NASA’s two new Mars rover videos!

NASA just gave Curiosity the Star Trek treatment. In anticipation of the rover’s upcoming landing, the Agency has released two versions of a video entitled “Grand Entrance.” The first is narrated by William Shatner, the second by Wil Wheaton. I think I speak for just about everyone in saying “oh hell yes.” “Shatner and Wheaton…

The Cashtag Arrives to Pollute Your Twitter Feed With Stock Info

Twitter now officially supports the cashtag, which sounds very close to Cash Cab but is actually way less fun. Going forward you can click stock abbreviations with a $ in front of them to get financial information about the company. So for example, when you search $FB, you’ll see relevant tweets about Facebook stock doing…

Facebook Will Change Your Profile to Timeline This Fall, Like It or Not (Updated)

Timeline, Facebook’s hypergraphical profile triumph, has been around for almost a year—and there are still people either ignorant of or averse to the redesign. Tough pokes, says FB: you’re getting switched before the year is over. https://gizmodo.com/facebook-timeline-review-this-is-the-greatest-thing-fa-5843354 TechCrunch reports all of Facebook’s Timeline holdouts will soon see a message prompting them to prepare for the…

Google Maps Mercifully Now Shows NYC Subway Alerts

Google wants to relieve New Yorkers of one of the Subway’s biggest annoyances: Planned service changes you didn’t know about. Now, whenever you click on a Subway station in Google Maps, the information box that pops up will display detailed service advisories like the ones the MTA posts on its website and in stations. The…

What in the Hell Do You Use Pennies For?

This morning, Gizmodo HQ ended up in a conversation over the utility of pennies. We all agree that they’re pretty useless. For the most part, they just end up in pockets and drawers and jars. It costs more than a penny to produce a penny. And trying to pay for something in pennies will net…

Is the birth of Bane hidden in Tom Hardy’s Star Trek: Nemesis screen test?

Before Tom Hardy was the exuberant Bane, he was but a clone of Captain Picard in Star Trek: Nemesis. A recently unearthed screen test of Hardy and Patrick Stewart going toe-to-toe shows the early beginnings of the would-be Bat-villain (and the early, elaborate accents). Confession time: we kind of like the screen test Shinzon better…

1846: The Year We Hit Peak Sperm Whale Oil

Energy experts predict that the global production of oil will soon start to decline, what’s referred to as peak oil. Now while we may not be there yet, there was a time in our history when we did reach a similar plateau, but it was a very different kind of energy source — one that…

Grow a Tiny Garden in a Tiny Ikea Greenhouse

Good news if you’ve got a green thumb and limited space—Ikea now sells mini-greenhouses. And they’re only $20 a pop. You might need a couple of them to fit your garden, because at about 18-inches by 9-inches by 14-inches, they’re little (and adorable). But it’s the perfect size for your desk or your small pad.…

The World’s Tallest Five-Story Shower Fountain Makes a Leaking Roof Beautiful

Located at the Lotte Department Store in Busan—the second largest city in South Korea—this mesmerizing fountain actually plummets five stories from the ceiling. And as the water drops tumble towards a small pool on the ground, they create complex designs and even spell out words like “Busan” and “Lotte.” The ten minute show, which runs…

The Best Proof Yet That Apple’s Next iPhone Will Look Completely Different

Assembled new iPhone components and pretty new iPhone renders are helpful, but they can only get you so far. After all, they’ve been wrong before. But now we’ve finally got hard evidence that Apple’s next handset is going to be an entirely different animal, along with a strong suggestion that the iPad Mini is no…

Hulu Plus Just Made Apple TV a Million Times Better

Hulu Plus is on Apple TV now. Hulu just confirmed to us and in an official blog post that its streaming service is now available on Apple’s set-top box. It’s actually a pretty big deal. Hulu appearing on Apple TV is a major concession from Apple. To this point, it had blocked other content providers,…

Just when will Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man start filming? Plus Dredd secrets from Karl Urban!

Marvel’s Ant-Man movie could start sooner than anyone dared hope. Steven Moffat reveals why a Doctor Who movie will only happen with his permission. Misha Collins explains why Supernatural will be more mature. Plus Game of Thrones and American Horror Story set photos! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Game of Thrones. Ant-Man…

Facebook Wants to Be Your Instapaper Now, Too

It must be flattering to be Marco Arment, creator Instapaper and pioneer of putting articles aside to read in the bathroom. His app’s imitators are legion, and have grown by a very intimidating one: Facebook. Its “save for later” feature is no Instapaper. But it may not have to be. The new service, just rolling…

Androids Can Funnel Spotify’s Free Radio Now

Good news for Android users who’ve had to stare with envy at their iOS counterparts enjoying free Spotify radio on their iPhones and iPads for the past month. The Android Spotify app has been updated to include the free radio streaming and is now available on the Google play store. Go get it. https://gizmodo.com/spotify-is-now-free-on-the-iphone-and-ipad-sort-of-5919500 The…

The head of an independent, Koch-funded study on climate change says humans are behind global warming, in a recent N.Y. Times op-ed.