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Hawkeye Isn’t Even the Coolest Part of This Hawkeye Action Figure

Poor Hawkguy. Dude gets a shiny new Hot Toys figure for Civil War, and is promptly upstaged by the coolest little bonus accessory possible: a bonus arrow carrying an Ant-Man-shaped payload. Sure, the 1:6 scale figure of Clint Barton himself—dressed in his new uniform from the upcoming Captain America film—is very nice in and of…

Tech News James Whitbrook

The Punisher Makes a Bloody Brilliant Entrance in This New Daredevil Featurette

There’s just two days to go before we get new Daredevil episodes, but we’re still getting a bunch of new looks at season two—like this Frank Castle-focused featurette, which it shouldn’t surprise anyone familiar with the Punisher to know comes with a NSFW warning for scenes of violence. The featurette includes a ton of new…

Television James Whitbrook

Waze Now Tells You the Best Time to Drive, Days Ahead of Time

Traffic sucks. It makes driving frustratingly unpredictable, but a new feature in the Waze app aims to kill all that guesswork. It’s called Planned Drives. Plug in the time and date of your event—that big job interview you have downtown—and Waze tells you the best time to leave your house. As the day of the…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin

Join Smithsonian Magazine and Gizmodo at ‘The Future Is Here’ Festival

From April 22 to 24, Gizmodo is teaming up with Smithsonian magazine and a bunch of other partners to host a weekend straight out of the future. And we want you to join us. The fourth annual “The Future Is Here” festival will be held in Washington, D.C., and includes speakers and presentations from a…

Tech News Katie Drummond

An Entire American Community Is Being Relocated Because of Sea Level Rise

Climate change is often seen as a problem for generations to come, but as our freakish winter weather has shown, we’re already living the future we created. Need more proof? An entire Native American community is now going to be resettled, before it gets swallowed by the rising seas. The Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians have called the…

Climate Change Maddie Stone

The White House Prepares For Its SCOTUS Battle With a New Twitter Handle

I woke up this morning to the internet buzzing about a new White House Twitter handle: @SCOTUSnom. Was the Supreme Court starting a food blog? But then I realized the new account was actually built as a kind of social media defense for President Obama’s Supreme Court nomination, Merrick Garland. For those who haven’t been…

Tech News Darren Orf

Why All the Best Kit Kat Flavors Are Only in Japan

Wasabi, strawberry cheesecake, green tea, dark chocolate, sweet potato. What do these flavors have in common? They’re all KitKat varieties exclusive to Japan. But how did the crispy, break-associated candy get so popular overseas? As Abroadin Japan explains, Nestlé saw huge sales of KitKats every January—the exact time Japanese student take their university entrance exams…

Sploid Avery Ellis

Why You Suck at Rock-Paper-Scissors

There’s no better way to settle an argument than a round of rock-paper-scissors. But while you might think you have fool-proof set of tactics, a new study reveals why many of us suck so hard at the game. Fundamentally, rock-paper-scissors is a game of pure chance. If you forget about the psychology of the game,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

If it Actually Played Classic 8-Bit Games, This NES Would Be the Perfect Backpack

Remember packing up your original Nintendo Entertainment System when your family visited relatives for a few days? You couldn’t possibly be expected to go a few days without Punch-Out!!, but it would have been a lot easier if you had an NES built into a backpack. It’s just too bad this one doesn’t actually play…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Another DC Comics Hero Is Heading to Supergirl

Zack Snyder teases Wonder Woman’s role in Batman v Superman. Robert Downey Jr. calls Civil War his Iron Man 4. Steven Yeun says fans shouldn’t expect The Walking Dead’s Negan to repeat his comic book arc. Plus, getting superpets on Supergirl, Jeff Nichols on Midnight Special, and a look at Paul Reubens on Gotham. Spoilers…

Television James Whitbrook

Uber Did Something Good for Once

Uber has done something good, which will make the service more convenient. Uber already has an option to split fare between riders, but if you want to straight-up pay for someone else’s ride, you’ve had to use some clever tricks, like entering your friend’s location and having them pretend to be you, which is awkward.…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

Edible Utensils Are Good for You and the Planet

Plastic flatware might be cheap, but it’s also annoying to reuse and terrible for the environment when you throw it out. So Narayana Peesapaty set out to make utensils you can eat. He calls them Bakeys. Bakeys are made from a mix of millet, rice, and wheat flours and, as the name implies, baked dry.…

Sploid Avery Ellis

Peabody, the Biggest US Coal Miner, Faces Bankruptcy

The future looks dark for coal miner Peabody. America’s biggest provider of the fossil fuel has admitted that it may have to seek bankruptcy protection. Bloomberg reports that the company thinks it may not be able to continue to operate in its current form. The news is contained in a filing submitted to the US…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

There’s Something Strange Happening to Those Bright Spots on Ceres

For over a year, Ceres’ bright spots have dazzled astronomers and the space-loving public alike. The glimmers became a little less mysterious in December, when we learned that they’re essentially giant piles of salt. But now, ground-based observations are adding another fascinating wrinkle to the story. The bright spots are changing. That’s according to Paulo…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone

The Five Biggest #Foodporn Trends in Countries Around the World

Love it or loathe it, taking pictures of food to post on social networks is very much a thing. But what are the most popular types of #foodporn around the world? That’s exactly what a trio of researchers from Qatar Computing Research Institute and Queen Mary University of London wondered. They wanted to find out…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

World’s First All-Electric Double-Deck Buses Hit London’s Streets

This London bus looks a lot like every other London bus. But beneath its bright red exterior lurks an all-electric powertrain that makes it the first ever double-deck bus to be powered by electrons alone. The new buses are designed to travel 180 miles on a single charge, which should mean they can cruise London’s…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Machine Uses Focused Electrons to Slice Aerospace-Grade Titanium in Minutes

Cutting large lumps of aerospace-grade metals can be hard work. So GE has developed a tool called Blue Arc which uses a high-speed beam of electrons to cut through titanium alloy 15 times faster than other techniques. The problem with working with exotic new metals is that they’re tougher than the metals that can be…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

These Are the World’s Thinnest Folds

A team of scientists has created the world’s thinnest ever folds in a sheet of graphene, taking origami to the atomic scale. Folding a piece of paper is easy and, in theory, the same rules hold for a sheet of graphene. But putting a crisp fold into a one atom-thick sheet of graphene is troublesome,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Samsung Thinks Electrocuting Your Inner Ear Will Make VR Better

An immersive experience is the name of the game in virtual reality, but how far are you actually willing to go? Samsung thinks making you feel seasick by electrocuting your inner ear is a good idea, and actually, it might be onto something. The Entrim 4D headphones are a project cooked up by Samsung’s C-Lab,…

Gadgets Chris Mills

Jawbone and Fitbit Are Wrapped Up in a Nasty Legal Mess

Apple’s patent wars with Samsung are the stage for a multi-billion dollar fight for cash, bragging rights, and ideally control of the entire smartphone industry. Jawbone vs Fitbit is equally vicious and petty, but with far less at stake. A brief recap, in case you’ve been sitting at home wondering about more relevant things: Jawbone…

Tech News Chris Mills

Hawkeye Isn’t Even the Coolest Part of This Hawkeye Action Figure

The Punisher Makes a Bloody Brilliant Entrance in This New Daredevil Featurette

Waze Now Tells You the Best Time to Drive, Days Ahead of Time

Join Smithsonian Magazine and Gizmodo at ‘The Future Is Here’ Festival

An Entire American Community Is Being Relocated Because of Sea Level Rise

The White House Prepares For Its SCOTUS Battle With a New Twitter Handle

Why All the Best Kit Kat Flavors Are Only in Japan

Why You Suck at Rock-Paper-Scissors

If it Actually Played Classic 8-Bit Games, This NES Would Be the Perfect Backpack

Another DC Comics Hero Is Heading to Supergirl

Uber Did Something Good for Once

Edible Utensils Are Good for You and the Planet

Peabody, the Biggest US Coal Miner, Faces Bankruptcy

There’s Something Strange Happening to Those Bright Spots on Ceres

The Five Biggest #Foodporn Trends in Countries Around the World

World’s First All-Electric Double-Deck Buses Hit London’s Streets

Machine Uses Focused Electrons to Slice Aerospace-Grade Titanium in Minutes

These Are the World’s Thinnest Folds

Samsung Thinks Electrocuting Your Inner Ear Will Make VR Better

Jawbone and Fitbit Are Wrapped Up in a Nasty Legal Mess

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