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Starbucks Computers Are Down Nationwide, And You Might Get Free Coffee

Think you’re going to pay for Starbucks with your shiny new Apple Watch this evening? Think again. Starbucks computers are down across North America, and some stores are giving out free coffee in the meanwhile. I certainly enjoyed mine! “Yes it is true,” Starbucks spokesman Jim Olson told CNNMoney. “The point of sale cash registers…

Tech News Sean Hollister

A Creepy Comic About Kelpies, Scotland’s Murderous, Supernatural Horses

In Scottish folklore, a kelpie is a shape-shifting water spirit that may take the form of horse in order to drown anyone foolish enough to try to ride them. This comic by cartoonist Emma Weakley imagines a particularly tragic encounter between two young boys and one of those horse-shaped monsters. Be sure to go to…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

The Best of Gizmodo This Week

What I really want to point out this week is two original Gizmodo videos, both awesome. We time-warped to the lair of badass swordsmith and watched him forge swords. And we created a totally bizarre yet oddly soothing video of Jony Ive crooning adjectives about the Apple Watch. Speaking of Apple Watch… Why I Bought…

Tech News Meg Neal

Drink Beer Cocktails If You Don’t Want to Get Hammered Tonight

Getting drunk is very fun! This is a truth known to both human and island-dwelling monkey for centuries. But some nights, ALAS, are no good for chasing a Long Island Iced Tea with seven watermelon vodka shots and regret. It’s Friday afternoon, you’ve made it through the long week, and it’s time for Happy Hour,…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

Some Of The Strangest Restaurants And Bars The World Has Ever Seen

For some eateries, it’s not enough to have good food and a reasonably attractive decor. They instead use odd gimmicks to attract drinkers and diners. While some of these places do look like a great deal of fun, others might encourage you to lose your lunch. The Beer Spa, Prague, Czech Republic, where guest are…

io9 Vincze Miklós

Watching Water And Sand Transform Into A “Liquid Marble” Is Hypnotic

Weird stuff happens when water hits hydrophobic substances. In this case, water and hydrophobic sand turn into a “liquid marble” in this video. It’s like watching the T-1000 get mobbed by fire ants. When a single drop of water falls onto hydrophobic sand we expect to see the water get away clean. Instead it gets…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Let’s Talk About Whatever You Want Right Now

We could talk about the Apple Watch. We could also talk about nothing related to the damned watch. Happy Friday, Gizmodo. What’s on your mind? I’m ready for the weekend, in which my scintillating plans involve sleep, sleep, and some more sleep. In honor of Age of Ultron bowing soon, I’m also planning to read…

Tech News Kaila Hale-Stern

Paratroopers fill the sky in awesome photo

Here’s a really cool photo showing US Army and British paratroopers jumping out of C-130J Super Hercules airplanes in a line at Fort Bragg. It was the largest jump exercise in 20 years at Fort Bragg and there are so many paratroopers filling the sky that it looks like a floating human wall (okay, a…

Sploid Casey Chan

Madame Tussauds Names 10 Nominees for Next Tech Icon to be Wax-ified

The Madame Tussauds in San Francisco already has a waxy Jobs and a waxy Zuck. But now they want you to decide who they should do next. They’ve wittled the nominees down to ten. Who would you choose? You can vote here! Elon Musk, Tesla and SpaceX Getty Frank Oppenheimer, Exploratorium Exploratorium Museum Jane Metcalfe,…

Tech News Matt Novak

Simple robot arm is hilariously efficient at packing up bolts in a box

This robot is so dumb and goofy but also very, very decent at its very, very simple job: it packs up bolts in such perfect alternating orientation that it would make any factory worker jealous. In fact, with the soundtrack that the video is set to, I almost wish that I will come back as…

Sploid Casey Chan

No, William Shakespeare Did Not Really Invent 1,700 English Words

One of the many pieces of popular lore attributed to Shakespeare (and there are a lot) is that he invented up to 1,700 of the words we use today. But can he really claim all of those words, or is something else going on here? In the comments of this post on words with fascinating…

io9 Ria Misra

The Misfits Take Center Stage In Preview Of Jem And The Holograms #2

The spotlight was on the Holograms in the first issue of Kelly Thompson and Sophie Campbell’s Jem and the Holograms comic, and the band will actually get to perform. But first, in this exclusive preview, we spend a bit of time with the Holograms’ rival band, The Misfits. Jem and the Holograms #2 comes out…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis

All the Ridiculous Adjectives Jony Ive Used to Describe the Apple Watch

The Apple Watch reviews are beginning to pour in. All those ratings, specs, and comparisons are way too much noise to pay attention to. A more serene, peaceful way of absorbing the essence of Apple Watch is by listening to every adjective the illustrious Jony Ive has used to describe the device. Seriously. With so…

Tech News Michael Hession

The Minority Report Of Famine Prediction Knows Where To Send Aid

On a day spent dodging Periscope unboxings of Apple Watches on the other side of the country, it’s difficult to believe that there’s too little information in the world. But when it comes to life-and-death predictions of agriculture in Africa, our system is woefully inadequate, and the only hope is space. Smithsonian magazine has a…

Tech News Chris Mills

The Mechanical Is One Of The Coolest Books About Free Will Ever Written

On its surface, The Mechanical by Ian Tregillis is a fun alt-history about a world where the Dutch conquered everyone with the help of alchemy and clockwork robots. But a lot of the most mind-blowing stuff in this book is actually about the nature, and theology, of free will. Spoilers ahead… In The Mechanical, it’s…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Ultimate Guide To This Summer’s Science Fiction And Supernatural TV

Avoid the hot, hot burning sun of the summer by staying indoors with all this great new supernatural and science fiction TV — including The Whispers which had better be the best new thing ever or we’re flipping tables, plus spaceship shows! Already Returned/Aired: Game of Thrones, Orphan Black, The Messengers, iZombie, and Salem. May…

Television Meredith Woerner

Vaping Now Has a Competitive Sport Called “Cloud Chasing”

With vaping’s great popularity comes a growing competitive offshoot, complete with contests, judges, sponsors, and spectators turning out to see who can produce the most impressive plumes. The Wall Street Journal has an interesting piece on competitive vaping, which it calls an “extreme sport.” The sport is dubbed “cloud chasing.” Those who compete in cloud…

Tech News Kaila Hale-Stern

This Japanese Gymnast Game Is the Laziest Way To Train For the Olympics

You can do everything from fly fighters jets, to steal cars, to fight wars in a video game, but there will always still be something appealing about games like this gymnastics challenge that test your timing and reflexes in real life. Plus, it just might give you the skills you need to try out for…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Why Push Is Still One Of My Favorite Superhero Movies

I’m the sort of person who reads up on movies before I go and see them. It’s very infrequent I just see something on a whim — but Push was one of the rare movies I went in blind. And somehow, in the age of today’s superhero blockbusters, it still stands as one of the…

Movies James Whitbrook

I Now Have a Robot Editing All My Emails to Avoid Snafus

Gizmodo Reviews Editor Sean Hollister and I have a problem: we’re long time friends but we totally suck at communicating over email. We misunderstand each other and fight a lot. It’s terrible. Today I found a web app called “Crystal” that promises to fix that. It’s editing this post right now. According to Crystal, my…

Tech News Sean Buckley

Starbucks Computers Are Down Nationwide, And You Might Get Free Coffee

A Creepy Comic About Kelpies, Scotland’s Murderous, Supernatural Horses

The Best of Gizmodo This Week

Drink Beer Cocktails If You Don’t Want to Get Hammered Tonight

Some Of The Strangest Restaurants And Bars The World Has Ever Seen

Watching Water And Sand Transform Into A “Liquid Marble” Is Hypnotic

Let’s Talk About Whatever You Want Right Now

Paratroopers fill the sky in awesome photo

Madame Tussauds Names 10 Nominees for Next Tech Icon to be Wax-ified

Simple robot arm is hilariously efficient at packing up bolts in a box

No, William Shakespeare Did Not Really Invent 1,700 English Words

The Misfits Take Center Stage In Preview Of Jem And The Holograms #2

All the Ridiculous Adjectives Jony Ive Used to Describe the Apple Watch

The Minority Report Of Famine Prediction Knows Where To Send Aid

The Mechanical Is One Of The Coolest Books About Free Will Ever Written

The Ultimate Guide To This Summer’s Science Fiction And Supernatural TV

Vaping Now Has a Competitive Sport Called “Cloud Chasing”

This Japanese Gymnast Game Is the Laziest Way To Train For the Olympics

Why Push Is Still One Of My Favorite Superhero Movies

I Now Have a Robot Editing All My Emails to Avoid Snafus

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