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If You Blinked, You Probably Missed the Instagram Bug That Let Android Users See Anyone’s Private Photos

Instagram 3.0 might be the best way to browse your friends’ photos, but for Android users, it was briefly a great way to browse anyone’s photos, even the private ones. Fortunately Instagram managed to patch the hole in record time. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-instagram-3-the-single-coolest-way-to-browse-5935384 The bug, uncovered by Cult of Mac, gave Android users universal access to other…

An exclusive first look at the upcoming R.I.P.D. comic book!

You may have heard of the upcoming film adaptation of R.I.P.D., the Dark Horse comic book about dead cops who solve supernatural crimes for the beyond-the-grave Rest In Peace Department. https://gizmodo.com/upcoming-science-fiction-and-fantasy-movies-that-arent-5921089 And come November, the publisher is returning to the R.I.P.D. universe with R.I.P.D.: City of the Damned, a miniseries that sees the series’ spectral…

AT&T is allowing FaceTime over your data plan, but only on Mobile Share plans.

The Awakening is possibly the worst movie I have seen in years

Every once in a while, a movie comes along that is heinous precisely because it shows so much promise and then squanders it in an astonishingly terrible way. Such is the case with BBC film The Awakening, hitting US theaters today. Beautifully acted, it begins as movie about a skeptic who debunks seances and ghost…

Catch Up on the Past 9 Billion Years of the Universe’s Existence in 80 Seconds

Ever wonder what the universe was really up to 5.5 billion years ago? It was almost certainly expanding, but now with a new Harvard-developed technology called Arepo, you can watch the beautiful, violent unfolding of the universe for yourself. Just don’t think too hard about it. You might suffer a nervous breakdown trying to justify…

First teaser for American Horror Story: Asylum has zero masturbating ghosts

The first ever teaser trailer for American Horror Story: Asylum is both creepy and confusing — much like the whole first season of this horror show. Actors Jessica Lange, Evan Peters, Zachary Quinto, Sarah Paulson, and Lily Rabe have all been confirmed for the second season, but since this is set in a different time…

Watch the first 10 minutes of Starship Troopers: Invasion

The new animated Starship Troopers movie is the closest thing to a true sequel to the Verhoeven film — and it’s the nearest thing we’ve seen yet to Heinlein’s original vision. And now you can see for yourself — here’s an exclusive look at the first 10 minutes of Starship Troopers: Invasion. https://gizmodo.com/the-cg-animated-sequel-to-starship-troopers-is-the-clos-5926653 Watch Carmen…

How To Shred On a Guitar With Your Foot

A group of students in Japan is trying to develop a machine that lets you pluck guitar strings with your foot. The technology could one day help people who only have one arm play guitar. Some day we might have a world of Rick Allen-like guitar players. DigInfo reports on the Guitarion, which most guitar…

Pittacus Lore, the Ancient Alien Who Likes to Write About Teenage Heavy Petting, Reveals His Favorite TV Shows

Pittacus Lore is an Elder of the Lorien civilization, who for some reason enjoys writing books where he painstakingly documents the make-out sessions of the teenagers of his race. (Actually, Pittacus Lore was originally a pseudonym for James Frey and his co-author Jobie Hughes — who did the bulk of the writing on I Am…

You’ll Never Recognize These 12 Rebuilt Cities

Regardless of the severity of the damage, a city rarely stays destroyed—even Chernobyl will be resettled eventually. And if these 12 reconstructed urban landscapes are any example, when it does get rebuilt, you’ll want to double check the address. You’ll also want to double check these walled cities, a real-life Gotham, and these 12 abandoned…

Why does this still image appear to move?

I think we’ve proven, through various optical illusions, that your eyes know precisely nothing about anything. And yet it’s still creepy when a still image is crawling across your screen. Check out a couple of reasons why people think this happens. There’s not much to be said, here. The image is moving. I see it.…

How to Deal with Someone Unfriending You

Facebook friendship is fleeting and borderline meaningless. But that doesn’t mean rejection and betrayal don’t sting. Getting dumped is horrible, painful, and guaranteed to happen. Here’s how to handle a devastating digital breakup. Factors to consider It’s possible you’re really goddamn annoying on Facebook—lots of stupid shared “joke pictures,” confrontational political statements, mundane check-ins—in which…

Did OnLive Just Shutter Its Cloud Gaming Service and Fire All Its Employees?

Michael McWhertor over at Polygon is reporting that OnLive, best known for its cloud gaming service (and also it’s ‘streaming’ version of Windows), is closing up shop and giving all its employees the boot. McWhertor says an email was forwarded to Polygon from an OnLive source: According to e-mails forwarded to Polygon from anonymous, supposedly…

It’s official: the Sun is the most perfect natural sphere ever measured

The Earth is not round, but the Sun — contrary to long-standing scientific belief — is a different story. To be clear: the Earth certainly isn’t flat, but it’s definitely not a perfect sphere. Technically speaking, it’s an oblate spheroid — a sphere that’s been squashed, such that the distance from Earth’s center to sea…

I Want This Toy Star Fighter Poster

Fab toy photographer Avanaut has made this beautiful poster made with his childhood old spaceships. They look beautiful: A while ago I ran into a box of old spaceships of mine in our cellar, I photographed a few of them and thought it would be nice to document them all while at it. I found…

10 Reasons to be Excited About Pop Culture This Fall

There are just four months and change left to 2012 — and even if we don’t get destroyed by a solar Maya neutrino asteroid, we’ll still end the year with a bang. The final third of 2012 is going to be an exciting time to be a science fiction and fantasy lover — with tons…

This Kotobukiya Darth Vader Statue Is The Most-Impressive Deal of the Day

There’s something special about Star Wars. Despite the setting and the story and the age, it’s a concept that invades every facet of pop culture. Even at Gawker, you can find amazing Star Wars references on Gizmodo, Jalopnik, Kotaku and Jezebel. You can’t avoid Star Wars references on the Internet anymore, and I doubt you…

A sneak peek at Jonah Hex’s next adventure in All-Star Western

Here’s an exclusive first look at the next week’s issue of All-Star Western, which stars DC Comics’ surly and scarred cowboy Jonah Hex. This issue hits stores next Wednesday, August 22, and here’s the synopsis: ALL-STAR WESTERN #12 Written by: Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti Art by: Moritat Backup Art by: Scott Kolins Cover by: Rafael…

Surreal images of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, taken minutes after the first explosion

Over at Grist, Jess Zimmerman points to some rarely-seen photos of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform disaster. These were posted in a digital camera forum shortly after the disaster began to unfold, and were apparently taken by oilfield workers on the scene. They show what must have been the very first moments after the explosion,…

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Review: What the Future of Laptops Should Be

The Lenovo X1 Carbon does the impossible. It makes a business laptop—a business anything—cool. Cool because it looks good, sure, but also because it works the way it’s supposed to. And somehow, that’s become one of the bigger compliments in tech. What Is It A ultrabook wearing a suit of armor, but it still manages…