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Experience eight years of breathtaking Saturnian exploration in five minutes

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has been orbiting around Saturn and its various moons since 2004. In that time, it’s collected thousands upon thousands of awe-inspiring images of the ringed planet and its satellites. From time to time, someone with the requisite patience, dedication and passion pores over this extensive collection of interplanetary photographs and uses them…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

Tivoli’s Gorgeous Tabletop Radios Now Stream All Your Digital Music via Bluetooth

Known more for crafting well-designed, well-engineered products more than being on the cutting edge of technology, it’s no surprise that Tivoli has been hesitant to join the streaming audio party. But the company just announced the availability of the Pal BT and Model One BT radios, which both come equipped with Bluetooth streaming capabilities. You…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Jury Finds That Google Did Not Infringe Oracle’s Patents (Updated)

After a week of deliberations a jury has returned a verdict in the patent portion of the Google-Android fight to the death. Google is innocent—it did not infringe on two of Oracle’s patents with Android. The lawsuit began in 2010 when Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems, and Oracle sued claiming that Android violated Sun patents and…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

The First Wireless TV Remote Looked and Worked Like a Sci-Fi Ray Gun

As we mourn the passing of Eugene J. Polley, it’s worth taking a look back at his seminal invention that changed how we all lounge about watching TV. But when the first commercial wireless remote control appeared way back in 1955, it bared little resemblance to the remotes we use today. https://gizmodo.com/eugene-polley-inventor-of-the-first-wireless-tv-remote-5912204 In fact, it…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Best and Worst Movie Threequels of All Time

When it comes to movie series, the third time is definitely not the charm. Some of the best movies ever made are the second films in a franchise — but it’s a rare third film that achieves true greatness. This Friday sees the release of Men in Black III, and everybody’s wondering if it can…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

What Jony Ive Wishes He Could Say About Apple’s User Interfaces

Jony Ive has been knighted by the Q of E. There’s an interview in yesterday’s Daily Telegraph in which he talks about the horrible user interface design that has been invading Apple’s apps and operating systems for a while—which goes against everything he stands for. https://gizmodo.com/mountain-lion-review-what-happened-to-apples-innovatio-5888597 Yes, I’m talking about skeuomorphism. Or, as I like…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Original RickRoll’d YouTube Video Has Been Taken Down

Rickrolling is one of the hall of fame pranks in Internet history, a testament to the ridiculousness of every URL ever sent and a phenomenon that will hopefully be understood by our children. But now it’s no more. The original RickRoll’d video, that of 61 million views, has been taken down from YouTube. Update: It’s…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Navy’s Wooden Avengers Are Real-Life Mine Sweepers

The Strait of Hormuz is one of the most strategically important stretches of water on Earth. Though just 29 miles wide, it accommodates the passage of 20 percent of the world’s oil. Were Iran to plant sea mines there (again), global trade would be severely affected. Luckily, the Strait is defended by the Avengers—not the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Concept art from Syfy’s Space Western Defiance shows off future St. Louis

Take a good long look at Syfy’s massive multiplayer online game/television series Defiance. It’s been called a space western, an immigrant drama, and a dystopian drama, but one thing is for certain — this is a sizable undertaking by Syfy. The channel hopes to simultaneously blend together an online roleplaying game with the show’s weekly…

Television Meredith Woerner

Watch This Man Survive a 2,400 Foot Skydive With No Parachute

A British guy has just become the first person to jump out of a helicopter without a parachute—and live. With the aid of a modified wing suit that made him look like a human sugar glider, he took a 2,400-foot jump from a helicopter and landed on a soft runway of 18,000 cardboard boxes. Even…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Seriously cute dresses inspired by costumes from The Avengers

Superhero fan Robinade has wowed Tumblr with her amazing dress designs in the past, and now she’s got a new collection to celebrate the recent Avengers flick. You can see the backs of these dresses, and more designs on Robinade’s Tumblr. I can’t decide whether I’d rather have the Hulk’s dress or Cap’s. Maybe Fury’s?…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Mechanical Matchmaking: The Science of Love in the 1920s

Online dating sites like eHarmony and OkCupid claim they can find you the perfect romantic match by using algorithms. These kinds of sites have catchy slogans like “date smarter, not harder,” implying that they’ve finally perfected a scientific approach to matchmaking. Just answer a few questions, and their super-secret love science will find the person…

Tech News Matt Novak

How to Destroy the Internet

Remember when Anonymous threatened to destroy the entire internet? We laughed, and ultimately their words were just hacker hubris. But it got us thinking—could someone actually destroy the Internet? We did some digging, and guess what: With enough effort, the entire thing can be shattered. Physically. Completely. Here’s how to kill the net. Before we…

Tech News Sam Biddle

The Moog Synthesizer Google Doodle IRL

Today’s Google Doodle for Robert Moog’s birthday is amazingly cool. But the only thing cooler than a browser-based analog synthesizer hooked up to a digital reel-to-reel tape machine is, well, a real Moog synthesizer hooked up to an actual tape machine. Props to Reddit user SocialChameleon for throwing down old school and recreating today’s Google…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

What Men in Black III Learned from the Second Film’s Mistakes

Barry Sonnenfeld has been making Men in Black movies for 15 years. We were lucky enough to talk to him one-on-one and find out the secrets of making a Men in Black movie. Including what Sonnenfeld learned from the much maligned second flick, why some MIB staples aren’t in the third film, and how the…

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Wasteland of Forgotten Phone Numbers on Facebook Is Exposing Your Privacy

Do you remember the olden days of losing a phone? Crap! You lost all your contacts! What do you do? You probably didn’t have a smartphone and you probably didn’t sync your contacts, instead, you went to Facebook and told your friends to give you their numbers. Those phone numbers are still on Facebook. Buzzfeed…

Social Media Casey Chan

Amazon Prime Adds Paramount Movies to Its Streaming Catalog

In its ongoing mission to become the best streaming movie service around, Amazon Prime now has the Paramount Movies catalog in its backpocket. That means films like Mission Impossible 3, Star Trek, Top Gun, Clueless, and Nacho Libre are now available for members. [Tech Crunch]

Commerce Adrian Covert

SpaceX Has Beamed Scotty Up to Orbit

After its launch yesterday, the Dragon capsule is now on its way to the International Space Station. But the Falcon 9 rocket carried something else: the ashes of James Doohan, the actor who played Scotty in Star Trek. https://gizmodo.com/spacex-finally-takes-off-5912229 His ashes were in the second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket, which separated from the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Citizens, the 2012 Gawker Media Census is upon us. Take it and win a new iPad

It’s well established that you guys are as big of fans of Sci as you are of Fi—so it’s not too surprising that (according to last year’s census) when you shop, 76% of you are in the market for the latest tech. Hold on to your pennies just a little longer, because if you take…

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Stop Moaning About How You Don’t Own a New iPad, and Win One by Taking the 2012 Gawker Media Census

According to last year’s census, 48% of you said you were planning on buying a tablet. How many of you actually put your money where your touch-screen caressing fingers were, and followed through? Well, even if you didn’t, take ten minutes to answer the 2012 Gawker Media Census and tell us what gadgets you’re drooling…

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Experience eight years of breathtaking Saturnian exploration in five minutes

Tivoli’s Gorgeous Tabletop Radios Now Stream All Your Digital Music via Bluetooth

Jury Finds That Google Did Not Infringe Oracle’s Patents (Updated)

The First Wireless TV Remote Looked and Worked Like a Sci-Fi Ray Gun

Best and Worst Movie Threequels of All Time

What Jony Ive Wishes He Could Say About Apple’s User Interfaces

The Original RickRoll’d YouTube Video Has Been Taken Down

The Navy’s Wooden Avengers Are Real-Life Mine Sweepers

Concept art from Syfy’s Space Western Defiance shows off future St. Louis

Watch This Man Survive a 2,400 Foot Skydive With No Parachute

Seriously cute dresses inspired by costumes from The Avengers

Mechanical Matchmaking: The Science of Love in the 1920s

How to Destroy the Internet

The Moog Synthesizer Google Doodle IRL

What Men in Black III Learned from the Second Film’s Mistakes

The Wasteland of Forgotten Phone Numbers on Facebook Is Exposing Your Privacy

Amazon Prime Adds Paramount Movies to Its Streaming Catalog

SpaceX Has Beamed Scotty Up to Orbit

Citizens, the 2012 Gawker Media Census is upon us. Take it and win a new iPad

Stop Moaning About How You Don’t Own a New iPad, and Win One by Taking the 2012 Gawker Media Census

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