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New Horror Story Proves Working for Amazon Is More Soul-Crushing Than We Thought

It’s unspeakably awful to work in an Amazon warehouse. You have to walk between seven and 15 miles a day, enter and exit the buildings through a set of airport-style security scanners that take 30 minutes to get through, and you’re constantly being watched. Now, we have yet a whole new sort of horror story.…

This Week’s TV: The ‘Sex-Drenched’ Biblical Drama We’ve All Been Waiting For

The Bible rules television this week. First, Damien brings the Antichrist to TV—and competes with Lucifer! Then ABC unveils its long-delayed Bible soap opera Of Kings and Prophets. Also, Joe Dante directs Legends of Tomorrow! The return of Agents of SHIELD! If that weren’t enough, Jonathan Frakes, Jemma Simmons and Leo Fitz make the leap…

Hold on to Your Tail Feathers: Here’s the First Image From the New DuckTales

Disney XD has released the first image from its reboot of DuckTales, presenting one of the first cases of a single still getting a song stuck in my head with no prompting. “Life is like a hurricane, here in Duckburg!” The song even played a role in the tweet Disney PR sent out with the…

4Chan Creator Says He Works at Google Now and We Can’t Figure Out If He’s Trolling

Is Christopher Poole, the creator of 4Chan who’s also known as “moot,” going to work for Google? If we’re to believe the latest blog post (and tweet) from the notorious community leader, that’s exactly what’s happening. In a blog titled “My next chapter,” Poole is announcing that he’s joining Google—without much else detail. “When meeting…

We Beat Up Under Armour’s New 3D-Printed Shoe

It’s been 20 years since Under Armor changed the way football players wicked sweat out of their pits. Since then the company’s expanded to producing all kinds of apparel as well as shoes. To celebrate its twentieth anniversary Under Armour is tackling a brand new market: 3D-printing. The UA Architech is the first performance shoe…

The Evoke Vaporizer Is a Stoner Alien’s Dream Come True

The Evoke Vaporizer is designed to look good when displayed on a desk or coffee table, going against the trend for making vaporizers discreet by disguising them as pens and so forth. It’s made from aluminum and wood (African sepele according to Evoke). The thing looks like a cross between a spaceship and an old-timey…

Watch Molten Copper Impressively Destroy a Tennis Ball

For a second, it seems like the tennis ball might have a shot in surviving the molten copper because it seems like a force field surrounds the ball. But then, that make believe invisible layer gets destroyed and the tennis ball bursts into glorious flames. It gets even better when the fireball gets squished to…

Watch the Super-Violent Hardcore Henry Trailer and Try Not to Get Motion Sickness

Hardcore Henry is either going to be the most awesome film of all time, or it’s going to make you puke with its POV shaky-cam action. Or both. Basically it’s like a whole movie shot by a cyborg wearing a GoPro. Can you stand it? The above trailer gives a pretty good sense of what…

Marvel and Sony’s Spider-Man Movie Just Cast Zendaya in a Major, Mysterious New Role

Of course we have Tom Holland, and Marissa Tomei’s Aunt May already, but the cast of Sony’s new Spider-Man reboot is largely unknown at this point. We’ve just got confirmation of one more though: Singer/actress Zendaya Coleman has joined the film as what is purportedly the female lead. Coleman, known mononymously as Zendaya, has been…

The Damien TV Series Is Giving the Antichrist a Bad Name

In A&E’s TV sequel to the classic movie The Omen, Damien is a most reluctant Antichrist. But it turns out watching a guy fretting he may be the spawn of Satan isn’t nearly as entertaining as actually watching the spawn of Satan wreaking havoc upon the world. No spoilers here, just our first impressions of…

Invisible Business Card’s Details Are Only Revealed With a Glowing LED

You might think that an invisible business card is a terrible idea; how could anyone see your contact details? But artist Ghizlan el Glaoui’s card is a one-of-a-kind design that reveals all her important details with a glowing LED integrated into one corner. Designed by a creative agency called The Big A, the acrylic card…

The FCC announced today that Verizon Wireless will pay $1.35 million in fines relating to its use of “supercookies,” the scary trackers that transmit targeted ads to cellphone users. The telecom giant can still use supercookies but must now get consent. Contact the author at [email protected].

Scientists To Drill Into the Dinosaur-Killing Impact Crater in Mexico

Sixty-six million years ago, planet Earth had a shit day when a six-mile-wide asteroid smashed into the Yucatán Peninsula, triggering a series of events that killed off the dinosaurs. Later this month, a scientific expedition will drill into the heart of Chicxulub crater for the very first time, seeking to learn more about the nature…

The Defense Department Got Mad at Darpa For Creating Email

Ray Tomlinson, widely credited as the inventor of email, died this past weekend. He was 74. By all accounts, Tomlinson was a brilliant man. And he’s being mourned around the world as the person who brought us the @ in our inboxes. The format novak@gizmodo didn’t just invent itself. Tomlinson did that. But the fascinating…

Peter Capaldi Has Been Asked to Stay With Doctor Who After Moffat Leaves

Ever since it was announced that season 10 of Doctor Who will be showrunner Steven Moffat’s last, doubts have been cast over the longevity of Peter Capaldi’s tenure as the titular Time Lord. Hell, those rumors have actually been swirling around for even longer than that. But apparently the BBC wants Capaldi around for a…

Microbes That Cause UTIs Use Hooks to Hold On While We Pee 

Urinary tract infections are typically caused by a bacterium that somehow manages to creep its way into the bladder, despite the intense pressures exerted by urination. It turns out these microbes use hooks to cling on in desperation while we pee. As anyone who has ever had a UTI knows, such infections are supremely uncomfortable.…

Winter Has Come, But It’s Brought This Giant Game of Thrones Art With It

Do you like Game of Thrones? Do you like it enough to, say, walk around the Alps for 13 hours in a very specific and intricate pattern? If you, you might be crazily dedicated snow artist Simon Beck. To celebrate the impending arrival of Game of Thrones season six, UK TV network Sky (who airs…

The First Virtual Brushing Simulator Will Help Revolutionize Toothbrush Design

A lot of products, including toothbrushes, rely on the physical testing of prototype after prototype to help perfect a design. But it’s an expensive and time consuming process, so researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute have developed a virtual brushing simulator that promises to revolutionize how toothbrushes are designed and tested. Engineering a toothbrush that can…

On The Walking Dead, It’s Rick’s Turn to ‘Screw With the Wrong People’

Remember in the season four finale, when Rick and the group were imprisoned in Terminus, and Rick rallied his troops by promising they were the force to be reckoned with? ”They’re screwing with the wrong people,” Rick announced emphatically, the lack of profanity undercutting his point a bit. After “Not Tomorrow Yet,” it’s clear Negan…

We Finally Know Why Mercury Is So Dark 

Something about the planet Mercury doesn’t sit right with astronomers: It’s too dark. Darker than the Moon, despite containing way less iron. But at long last, scientists have solved the mystery—and their discovery is shedding light on the fascinating past of the Solar System’s innermost planet. Mercury is slathered in graphite; the same slate-colored, carbon-based…