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Watch Han Solo and Chewbacca die

Those with weak hearts beware: The Force Unleashed 2 has leaked a clip showing how you can MURDER Han Solo and Chewy. Look, we all love a little video game killing, but this goes too far! [via Topless Robot]

Movies Meredith Woerner

The Best Gadgets of the Year

Phew! What a year. We’re in the home stretch of 2010, and that means it’s (sorta last minute) shopping time. So we’ve got you covered. Below is our freshly updated best of the best in gadgets—with new champions! For the full list of Gizmodo favorites, head over to the complete Best Gadgets of 2010 In…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Watch These Ninjas Unbox YouTube

When ninjas unboxed the Nexus One, we all had a good laugh. But for the Nexus S , these guys have learned some terrifying, mind-swizzling tricks. Must watch, right now, over here, go quickly. https://gizmodo.com/ninjas-employ-their-own-method-of-unboxing-a-nexus-one-5451266 Jason says he’s disappointed that the ninja’s don’t start throwing text around. I say I’ll have enough nightmares about YouTube…

Tech News Brian Barrett

What the hell is spin?

In this week’s “Ask a Physicist” we get a little salty and explore the ins and outs of quantum spin. Also, why your intuition will betray you at the slightest provocation and why it’s awesome to be made of fermions. This week’s question was put to me by Peder Norrby (who has sent a lot…

io9 Dr. Dave Goldberg

If You Hate Meetings, You’ll Love This. Online Meetings at join.me

Forget the commute. There’s no need to rush to the conference room. Have your meetings online, for free, at join.me. How will you use it? Here are a few time-saving—dare we say, life-saving—ideas. But first, what’s join.me? It’s a free, instant online screen sharing app and an impromptu meeting space that’s always available whenever you…

Tech News Gawkercreative

Unlock the Door to Your Computer’s Heart (Or Illegal MP3 Collection)

USB drives have become cheap to the point of disposability. I think there are four lying underneath my bed like dust bunnies. So a drive has to be particularly eye-catching to make anyone care—like these 3D printed “keys.” Each Clé USB (that’s French for USB key, buddy!) comes in a variety of colors and holds…

Tech News Sam Biddle

“Game of Thrones” isn’t George R.R. Martin’s first fantasy saga on television

We’re all dying to see Game of Thrones brought to our television screens next year — but it’s not George R.R. Martin’s first foray into televised fantasy. In the late 1980s, he was a producer/writer on Beauty and the Beast. The television show, which ran from 1987 to 1991, featured Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Back To The Future game reveals origin story for Doc and Marty

The new Back To The Future video game is set right after the third film. But this game also shows the first time Doc met Marty… when Doc was a mere 17-year-old. Check it out. In this first video from IGN the plot is mapped out for the Back To The Future video game. Marty…

Movies Meredith Woerner

You Will Not Believe This Is Just a Powerpoint

“The most awesome 450 page presentation ever.” That’s how the authors call this slide show—and I agree. It is awesome. But knowing that it was made using only Google Docs and no extra software whatsoever, makes it truly unbelievable. You can see part of the creation process—which took three days by three animators—in the complete…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Dogs of Cyber War Visualized

“Cyber warfare” sounds like something out of a bad 90s movie. But it’s real, and it’s scary. Here’s exactly which governments are attacking whose technology infrastructure, when they did it, and how (click to biggie-size). https://gizmodo.com/chinas-internet-hijacking-uncovered-5692217 Of course, even the most high profile recent case of cyber war—the Stuxnet virus that attacked Iran’s uranium-enrichment capabilities—can’t…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Why the future needs danger

In a tremendously interesting essay, futurist Jamais Cascio argues that fear of the future is crucial to predicting what will come next. In fact, we can’t think meaningfully about tomorrow without acknowledging that it might spell our doom. Cascio writes: In religious study, an explanation of how an all-powerful deity that claims to love us…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Clarke Award needs your help!

Over the past several years, the Arthur C. Clarke Award has honored some of science fiction’s most provocative, mind-expanding novels, among its winners as well as its finalists. Now the award’s funding is running out. The award was established by Clarke himself in the 1980s, to honor the best science fiction book published in the…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

The Weird and Wonderful World of Snowflakes

Snowflakes are just supercooled cloud droplets only 10 nanometers in diameter—ephemeral crystal structures of all kinds of shapes. On your hand, the tiny dancers disappear almost instantly. Under the telescope, they look like giant cities from planet Krypton. Here are a few of them, like ice worlds in miniature, to celebrate the holiday season. [La…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The physics experiment that will one day let you walk through walls

Scientists in China were able to make a “false wall” in an incredible demonstration of illusion optics. Find out why you shouldn’t believe your eyes anymore, thanks to physics. China has been in the business of building walls for a long, long time. Recently, they’ve added a new twist on an old plan. Instead of…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

OK, So Maybe Sometimes TSA Profiling Is Appropriate

Say what you will about targeting specific people in airport security lines; at some point, you just can’t ignore the signs. Although to be fair, the guy in front of Bomberman looks enough like the Chronicles of Riddick main bad guy that I’d want him checked out too. Yes, Chronicles of Riddick. [Virtual Shackles]

Books & Comics Brian Barrett

Potential new Ghostbusters respond to casting rumors, plus Bill Pullman joins Torchwood!

The writers of Tron Legacy explain why they had to tell the story of Sam Flynn. The original Hulk is going to appear in The Avengers. A Warehouse 13 star is visiting No Ordinary Family. Spoilers for all ages! The Avengers Bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno, who played the Hulk in the 70s TV show and voiced…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Ghost Urns Bring Your Sense of Humor Into the Afterlife

Why should cremation be so somber? And why should your eternal resting place be some giant flower pot? Anna Marinenko’s ghost urns are perhaps the only way to be certain you’ll become a ghost after you pass away. The Daily Undertaker (yes!) describes them as “Part Tupperware, part spaceship, part tchochke, part reliquary.” I might…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Mac App Store Will Launch January 6th

After a few rounds of rumors and speculations about when exactly Apple would get its Mac App Store off the ground, the official word is in: January 6th. If you were getting me Mac Apps for Christmas, time to reevaluate! https://gizmodo.com/apples-mac-app-store-to-launch-next-week-5707006 There’s no word on exactly how many apps will be available at launch, but…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Facebook Adding Facial Recognition to its List of Frightening Features

Facebook has announced its latest plans to assimilate our lives—facial recognition. In a few weeks, the social network will scan pics you upload and attempt to identify your friends—then tag them. It’s OK, you can turn it off. The feature will attempt to “suggest the name of the friend” in your photos if it can…

Social Media Gary Cutlack

Android-Powered Dell Venue Loses the QWERTY Keyboard

Korean carrier KT has shown off a heap of Android phones it’s launching, with the highlight being the Dell Venue—the expected Android remake of the Windows Phone 7 Venue Pro. It launches there this month. The Android version of the Dell Venue will arrive with a 4.1″ Gorilla Glass-fronted AMOLED screen and ditches the sliding…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Watch Han Solo and Chewbacca die

The Best Gadgets of the Year

Watch These Ninjas Unbox YouTube

What the hell is spin?

If You Hate Meetings, You’ll Love This. Online Meetings at join.me

Unlock the Door to Your Computer’s Heart (Or Illegal MP3 Collection)

“Game of Thrones” isn’t George R.R. Martin’s first fantasy saga on television

Back To The Future game reveals origin story for Doc and Marty

You Will Not Believe This Is Just a Powerpoint

The Dogs of Cyber War Visualized

Why the future needs danger

The Clarke Award needs your help!

The Weird and Wonderful World of Snowflakes

The physics experiment that will one day let you walk through walls

OK, So Maybe Sometimes TSA Profiling Is Appropriate

Potential new Ghostbusters respond to casting rumors, plus Bill Pullman joins Torchwood!

Ghost Urns Bring Your Sense of Humor Into the Afterlife

Mac App Store Will Launch January 6th

Facebook Adding Facial Recognition to its List of Frightening Features

Android-Powered Dell Venue Loses the QWERTY Keyboard

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