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Nokia’s 6-inch Lumia 1520 will be available from November 22nd—the same day as the Xbox One!

This Map Shows Where People Are Dropping the F-Bomb Right Now

If you’ve ever wondered which nation has the sweariest Twitter users, wonder no longer: this wonderful maps shows you where the F-bomb is being dropped right now. Developer Martin Gingras has created FBomb: a real-time interactive map, which shows you where tweets containing the word “fuck” are being posted from. The main culprits, perhaps unsurprisingly,…

Navigation Really Sucks When Your Phone Is Bust

The single best thing about this image is the destination on the Google directions print out: Fix A Phone, 220 Glen Huntly Road. Siriacus, I hope they fixed you up. [Reddit]

This HTC Passive Speaker Costs $8,000

If you’re looking for particularly decadent accessory for your HTC One, perhaps you’d be interested in a wonderfully elaborate gramophone-inspired passive speaker? If you’ve got $8,000 lying around, at any rate. Designed by Justin Wolter as part of HTC’s push for more creative design, it’s actually called the Gramohorn II. No electronics are involved: it…

The Xbox One Will Make Your Cable Box Look Like a Relic

When the Xbox One made its entrance back in May, showing off its slick, boxy body and collection of Kinect tricks, we were treated to a little taste of how it was not only going to play games, but also take charge of your TV. Since then, we haven’t heard to much more, but we…

The Next Generation of SD Cards Will Guarantee 4K Video Shooting

A couple of smartphones aside, 4K video has until recently been the preserve of pro-level equipment, and the memory cards found in most devices just can’t keep up. But the next generation of SD cards will change that. The SD Association—for such a thing does indeed exist—has announced that an Ultra High Speed Class 3…

Panasonic’s Ridiculous 20-Inch 4K Tablet Will Go on Sale for $6,000

Panasonic showed off a crazy concept device at CES earlier this year: a 20-inch, 4K tablet. But now, that device is going on sale—for a price. https://gizmodo.com/panasonic-4k-tablet-hands-on-unbelievable-tiny-details-5974219 When we first saw the gigantic slate we weren’t entirely convinced. At the time, we said: The 15:10 tablet in Panny’s booth at CES is relatively stacked: Windows…

This Is What Google’s Barge Should Eventually Look Like

While Google is still encouraging mystery about what will lurk within its barge, documents unearthed by the San Francisco Chronicle seem to suggest that its outside will end up rather more striking than at present. https://gizmodo.com/google-finally-acknowledges-mystery-barges-encourages-1459645053 The documents, filed with the Port of San Francisco by By and Large LLC, explain that the floating… thing…

Super typhoon Haiyan just broke all scientific intensity scales

Writing for Quartz, meteorologist Eric Holthaus says that the super typhoon Haiyan about to hit the Philippines is the worst storm he has ever seen. With sustained winds of 190mph (305km/h) and staggering gusts of 230mph (370km/h), its “intensity has actually ticked slightly above the maximum to 8.1 on an 8.0 scale.” Updated: It broke…

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Transparent Machines

See, these are what’s known in the industry as “consequences.” You don’t get to voluntarily post the every detail about yourself online and then complain that you have no sense of privacy. If you want all the conveniences that the modern connected world provides, you gotta pay. And the currency du jour is personal data.

Li’l Cyborg

Sure, it’s only a few inches tall, but don’t let its cuteness fool you. Li’l Cyborg once took out ten ninjas in a back-alley fight. Mike Hill is a concept designer based in Berlin, and works at Karakter Design Studio. See more of his work on his website. Spotted on Nuthin But Mech!

Comment of the Day: Margaret Atwood on How She Writes

Today, we learned some reasons to always be kind to crows, conquered alien empires on the most important battlefield of all (our minds), and got the inside scoop on Margaret Atwood’s writing process from the world’s foremost Margaret Atwood expert: Margaret Atwood. Joining us for a Q&A on her apocalypse trilogy (beginning with Oryx and…

Watch a 5-year-old just school us all in Geography

Boy Genius Arden Hayes appeared on the Jimmy Kimmel show to make you all feel like a pack of fools. Especially when he starts telling Kimmel how Asunción is actually pronounced. What an adorable little whiz kid.

What happens when you swap the colors of famous logos?

Graphic designer Paula Rupolo came up with the clever idea to see just how far famous brands and logos have penetrated our brains: she swapped the colors of brands with their closest competitor. The results are so weird: coke is blue, Pepsi is red, Google is purple and Yahoo is colorful. It’s like living in…

Amazing video reveals what it’s like to be able to see The Matrix

Math, it’s so boring. Said everyone anytime anyone ever asked them to do basic arithmetic. But it doesn’t have to be! Yann Pineill & Nicolas Lefaucheux of Parachutes.tv has dispelled the notion that math is boring by making it look beautiful. Yes, beautiful. And a little bit like seeing The Matrix. In the video below,…

If you want some gory hard science fiction, you need to read Parasite

Mira Grant, author of the social media zombie series Newsflesh, is back with another tale of pandemics that threaten to transform humanity into shuffling, homicidal maniacs. Parasite is a spine-tingling, near-future tale of what happens when a new medical technology starts (literally) eating our brains. The scientific premise of Parasite is simply terrific, and seals…

These photos of people in secluded tribes are astonishingly beautiful

Photographer Jimmy Nelson has a beautiful new book called Before They Pass Away. It’s a visual expedition into 29 of the most secluded tribes in the world and from the looks of his pictures, it’s absolutely fantastic. The people that Nelson photographed live in such seclusion from the rest of the world that they’re on…

Exclusive clip from the most baffling movie we’ve ever seen The Visitor

Wow, The Visitor is just so messed up. Imagine every freaky moment from every popular 1970s scifi film — then combine all those moments and have them acted out by bald alien children wearing cream. Now add a falcon. That’s The Visitor, kind of. And we have an exclusive clip from the movie’s new remastered…

A bioengineered patch that regrows damaged bones inside the body

Researchers from the University of Iowa have developed a remarkable new procedure for regenerating missing or damaged bone. It’s called a “bio patch” — and it works by sending bone-producing instructions directly into cells using microscopic particles embedded with DNA. In experiments, the gene-encoding patch has already regrown bone fully enough to cover skull wounds…

Motion-Activated Alarm Keeps Wrapped Gifts a Secret

Once you officially make the switch from child to parent, the holidays suddenly become a remarkably stressful time of year. There’s decorating, shopping, baking, socializing, and of course keeping a watchful eye on presents so your kids don’t figure out what’s under that wrapping paper—a task made considerably easier now that someone’s re-branded a simple…