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Now the Senate Wants Answers About Apple’s iPhone Throttling Controversy

The fallout over Apple’s decision to throttle the performance of older models of iPhone with degraded batteries has continued to mount despite the company’s apologies, with Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee chair Sen. John Thune asking the company to give Congress more information. Per Reuters, Thune sent a letter on January 9th asking Apple…

Tech News Tom McKay

Wait, It Turns Out KodakCoin Is Not the Only Crypto Trick Kodak Has Up Its Sleeve

Yesterday, camera manufacturer Kodak—whose stock was previously hovering around $3.10 a share—announced that it was forming its own cryptocurrency, an ambiguously blockchain-based project called “KodakCoin.” As has happened with a number of smaller stocks, Kodak’s stock immediately skyrocketed as soon as the words “blockchain” left its lips. What was already dumb has gotten dumber. Apparently…

Gadgets Tom McKay

Julian Assange’s Options to Get Out of Ecuadorian Embassy Are Rapidly Narrowing

The government of the U.K. has denied a motion to grant Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since 2012 over fears he could be extradited, diplomatic protections. Per the Guardian, Ecuadorian officials made the request in hopes that if Assange was certified as one of their…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay

The Iron Giant Will Pop Off Your Wall in This Vibrant New Poster

Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s Hogarth and his Iron Giant. Artist Craig Drake tackled one of fandom’s most beloved animated films, Brad Bird’s The Iron Giant, for his brand new solo show opening this Friday. We’re excited to debut not just this work, but also a few other…

Movies Germain Lussier

The True Story Behind Han’s Dice, and More Last Jedi Secrets From the Lucasfilm Story Group

Want to watch the Lucasfilm Story Group dish on Star Wars: The Last Jedi for 30 minutes? Of course you do. The official Star Wars YouTube channel just posted an awesome video of Lucasfilm Story Group members Leland Chee, Pablo Hidalgo, Matt Martin, and Rayne Roberts talking about a bunch of secrets from The Last…

Movies Germain Lussier

The Game of Thrones Theme Sounds Smarter When Played on a Bunch of Calculators

It’s a song of ice and mathematics. YouTuber It’s a small world has debuted her latest jam, which uses four calculators to recreate the theme song to Game of Thrones. The artist has done versions of Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, and other iconic themes, and it’s awesome to see her tackling this one…

io9 Beth Elderkin

The Black Widow Movie May Actually Be Moving Forward

No, it’s not April Fool’s Day. That headline is actually true. Variety and The Wrap report that Marvel has hired writer Jac Schaeffer to write a screenplay for a Black Widow standalone movie. And while Marvel wouldn’t comment to Variety (or io9) to confirm if that’s true—if it is, it would mark the first actual…

Movies Germain Lussier

A Porg Made of Sushi Rice Is Probably Chewbacca’s New Porg Meal of Choice

Before he got to know the little space-puffins of Ahch-To, Chewie was all in on his roasted Porg. Now that he’s befriended them, and even seemingly turned a few into fellow co-pilots by the end of The Last Jedi, he’d probably be more inclined to snack on this giant, bento-box-friendly alternative. This cute video from…

io9 James Whitbrook

Yet Another Password Vulnerability Has Been Found in macOS High Sierra

For the third time in recent months, big problems have been discovered with macOS High Sierra. In September, a security researcher named Patrick Wardle discovered an exploit to snag plaintext passwords from Keychain. Two months later, software developer Lemi Orhan Ergin realized that gaining root access to High Sierra machines was essentially as easy as…

Tech News Avery Ellis

Wall Street Analysts Are Embarrassingly Bad At Predicting The Future, Study Finds

Understanding and making money in the stock market is no easy task (especially given how nonsensical the ebbs and flows of a stock can be). But a recently released working paper suggests—not for the first time—that you could do pretty well for yourself by ignoring everything so-called experts say. It found that over the last…

Tech News Ed Cara

Donald Trump Just Said Some More Dumb Stuff About the Paris Agreement

On Tuesday, Donald Trump made a grand show of being presidential for the cameras. But on Wednesday, he was back to talking like a grandpa who watches too much Fox News (which he in fact is) when Norway’s prime minister visited the White House. During their joint press conference, a reporter asked about the Paris…

Climate Change Brian Kahn

Men Try to ‘Redefine’ Sexual Consent With Blockchain

Dutch blockchain company LegalThings announced in a press release on Wednesday that it is developing an app, LegalFling, which in theory could allow about-to-bone partners to log what they are and are not okay with before they bone. The company notes that you can mark your do’s and don’ts “with the swipe of a finger.”…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz

Peloton’s New Treadmill Costs $4,000 and Oh Crap I Want One

With New Year’s resolutions still fresh in everyone’s minds, Peloton announced its second major product on Tuesday: a treadmill. Except, as Peloton CEO John Foley explained to me at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the new Peloton Tread is more than a running machine. It’s being billed as a private fitness studio,…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

South Carolina Lawmakers Have Found a Reason to Bring Back the Electric Chair

South Carolina hasn’t killed anyone on death row in six years. Not because the state wouldn’t like to kill people, but simply because drug companies won’t sell them the lethal injection drugs to do it. In response, frustrated lawmakers in South Carolina held hearings today about bringing back the electric chair for when lethal injection…

Tech News Matt Novak

Thor’s Pal Darryl Is Back for the Ragnarok Blu-ray With a New Roommate You’ll Love

Two years ago, we all fell in love with Darryl—Thor’s roommate and co-star in a pair of short films directed by Taika Waititi that simultaneously showed us what Thor: Ragnarok could be, and explained why Thor wasn’t in Captain America: Civil War. Well, now Darryl is back. Disney just officially announced a new short film…

Movies Germain Lussier

You Will Probably Die Before This Monstrous New Backup Battery From Duracell Does

As the organizers of CES 2018 reminded us today, when you rely on gadgets, it’s a good idea to plan ahead to ensure you’ve always got power. There’s no shortage of portable batteries being shown off on the CES show floor, but none of them compare to this monstrosity that Duracell’s created. Boasting 660Wh of…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

We’re Going to Write More About Design

We’ve always written about design at Gizmodo, usually in the context of how gadgets look and work. Over the last fifteen years, we’ve gradually expanded our coverage to include the many ways technology is transforming almost everything in the world, and it makes sense for us to take a broader view of design as well.…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Some of the Most Absurd Gadgets From CES 2018 (So Far)

Far from the flashy mega-booths of companies like Samsung and Sony is a section of CES known as Eureka Park, filled with startups trying to bring truly innovative products to the market. But there’s just as many companies showing off products that will leave you scratching your head. Does the world really need a GoPro…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Despite Some Stumbles, Electric Dreams Shows Why Philip K. Dick Is a Scifi Legend

Popular culture caught up to Philip K. Dick. The audacious imaginings of the legendary science fiction author bled into thousands of ideologically descendant books, films, and movies, even as some technologies he dreamed up became reality. That catching-up poses a significant challenge for Electric Dreams, Amazon Prime’s new anthology TV series based on his short…

Television Evan Narcisse

Avoid Monkeys in Florida Because They Could Give You Killer Herpes

As many as 30 percent of feral rhesus macaque monkeys living in and outside of Florida state parks are infected with a strain of herpes that’s exceptionally dangerous to humans. Wildlife officials are now calling for the total removal of these free-roaming monkeys from the Sunshine State. It may come as a surprise that Florida…

Health George Dvorsky

Now the Senate Wants Answers About Apple’s iPhone Throttling Controversy

Wait, It Turns Out KodakCoin Is Not the Only Crypto Trick Kodak Has Up Its Sleeve

Julian Assange’s Options to Get Out of Ecuadorian Embassy Are Rapidly Narrowing

The Iron Giant Will Pop Off Your Wall in This Vibrant New Poster

The True Story Behind Han’s Dice, and More Last Jedi Secrets From the Lucasfilm Story Group

The Game of Thrones Theme Sounds Smarter When Played on a Bunch of Calculators

The Black Widow Movie May Actually Be Moving Forward

A Porg Made of Sushi Rice Is Probably Chewbacca’s New Porg Meal of Choice

Yet Another Password Vulnerability Has Been Found in macOS High Sierra

Wall Street Analysts Are Embarrassingly Bad At Predicting The Future, Study Finds

Donald Trump Just Said Some More Dumb Stuff About the Paris Agreement

Men Try to ‘Redefine’ Sexual Consent With Blockchain

Peloton’s New Treadmill Costs $4,000 and Oh Crap I Want One

South Carolina Lawmakers Have Found a Reason to Bring Back the Electric Chair

Thor’s Pal Darryl Is Back for the Ragnarok Blu-ray With a New Roommate You’ll Love

You Will Probably Die Before This Monstrous New Backup Battery From Duracell Does

We’re Going to Write More About Design

Some of the Most Absurd Gadgets From CES 2018 (So Far)

Despite Some Stumbles, Electric Dreams Shows Why Philip K. Dick Is a Scifi Legend

Avoid Monkeys in Florida Because They Could Give You Killer Herpes

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