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The Best Future Android Features You Can Get Right Now

It feels like we’ve been waiting for a big new version of Android forever; Jelly Bean is great, but it could do so much more. Surprise: it actually does! All you have to do is take matters into your own hands. Fandroids will tell you—loudly and at length—that one of the best features of Android…

Fantasy authors Erin M. Evans and Troy Denning talk The Sundering

Epic fantasy novel series The Sundering features six authors, the return of numerous beloved characters, wars, gods, and cataclysmic events that will reshape the Forgotten Realms. We talked with two of those authors about finding their place within such a huge story, and what makes a character stick. The Sundering is a six-novel series that…

A Robot That Climbs Walls to Paint Graffiti on Them

The city of tomorrow will be a lot more vertical, as more people are crammed into small spaces. So Berlin designers Julian Adanauer and Christoper Haas have created the Vertwalker, a robot the size of a Roomba that can climb walls and paint on them. As John Brownlee explains in Fast Co. Design: The main…

The CODE Keyboard Promises to Be the Best Mechanical Keyboard Yet

In this modern, pixelated world, the computer keyboard has become a real everyday object, something we tend to touch more times than we realize. So why not seek out the best keyboard, one built from the features of lesser keyboards? That’s precisely what the CODE keyboard aims to do. Designed by keyboard expert Weyman Kwong…

Finally! A video that explains what the hell Divergent is about

Still confused about the “next Hunger Games” creation? Not sure what this movie Divergent is about, why Chicago is in ruins and what all these color coded factions of the future mean? Good news, the studio has finally released a video that (sort of) explains it all. Of course there’s no actual explanation as to…

You Can Finally Put GIFs on Facebook, Here’s How

The day you’ve been waiting for is finally here. You can now post GIFs on Facebook thanks to a workaround from Giphy. Basically, Giphy (a search engine for GIFs), created a code that makes GIFs actually loop on Facebook. It works simply like posting a link to a video. Either copy paste the URL of…

NASA’s 3D-Printed Rocket Injector Spits Fire Like a Dragon

Last month, NASA successfully tested its first 3D-printed rocket injector. The test was successful and the pictures were great, but now we’ve got video. Nothing like a good science inferno. https://gizmodo.com/nasas-3d-printed-rocket-injector-test-a-beautiful-infe-746527818

An epidemic virus similar to measles is killing hundreds of dolphins

Over the past few months, hundreds of dead dolphins have washed up on the shores of beaches along the U.S. east coast, and at last scientists think they know why. It’s a dolphin epidemic. Photo via The Washington Post According to Danielle Elliot on CBS News: Officials confirmed Tuesday that morbillivirus, a virus similar to…

The 17 Worst College Football Uniform Designs, Ranked

We’re on the brink of a new college football season, and a new chance for schools to trot out flashy new uniforms—and make tons of cash in the process. As the season kicks off this weekend, who’ll be wearing the most stomach-churning jerseys? Uniform culture is a lot like fashion culture in general. You’ve got…

Five tips to get rid of your TV cable mess

Lifehacker has five great tips that will help you clean up the rat’s nest of cables behind your television. The best alternative, however, is to get rid of all those dumb cable boxes and stream everything from your computer to a wireless TV or projector. https://lifehacker.com/how-to-clean-up-the-birds-nest-of-cables-behind-your-t-1218074485

The Khaleesi and Zoidberg turn me evil

Emilia Clarke, the indirect namesake of 146 unfortunate girls, is a guest voice in this episode of Futurama. Fittingly, this turns me into an extremely evil person with only brief flashes of humanity, Game-of-Thrones-style. https://observationdeck.kinja.com/146-khaleesis-in-america-534836880 There are two plots in this week’s episode of Futurama, and all they have in common is their ability to…

This ’80s Dungeons & Dragons commercial makes it look satanic and lame

We all know (or, of some cases, even remember) that a shocking amount of people thought the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons was a direct pipeline to hell in the ’80s, but this weird commercial for the table-top RPG probably didn’t help. A deep, sinister voice tells a bunch of clean-cut white kids that they’re…

Watch a Red Hot Nickel Ball Destroy a Box of Crayons

Watching the Red Hot Nickel Ball destroy various materials just never gets old. So here’s a Red Hot Ball of Nickel turning a box of crayons into a rainbow of destruction. https://gizmodo.com/what-happens-when-you-drop-a-hot-ball-of-nickel-into-a-1007593662 The spectacle pretty much speaks for itself, but you have to wonder what that giant pool of wax would look like if left…

A Physics-Defying Appliance That Bakes Up Hot Ice Cream (Say Wha?)

Most of us are happy to eat ice cream straight out of the container; even scooping it into a cone seems like too much of a hassle. But a restaurant in Spain called El Celler de Can Roca has come up with a novel way to serve the frozen treat—they bake it. Or, more specifically,…

Remember Samsung’s crazy Android-powered Galaxy NX interchangeable-lens smart camera? It’s going to cost $1600—$1700 if you want the 18-55mm kit lens. And you still need to find a way to pay for a data plan. No carriers are on board to sell the camera just yet either. Oof.

Matt Damon has a top-secret role in Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar!

A former James Bond might be the top choice to play the new Alfred to Ben Affleck’s Batman. Two young actors have supposedly read for roles in Star Wars: Episode VII. Vin Diesel offers some deep thoughts on Guardians of the Galaxy and Riddick. Spoilers on the way! Top image from Guardians of the Galaxy.…

11 People Who Actually Love This Twitter Update

Yesterday, Twitter unloaded an update on the unsuspecting masses that introduced a thin blue line to thread conversations together. As always happens whenever something is Slightly Different on the Internet, the people revolted. Except for these few. While everyone else was busy wailing and gnashing their teeth in 140 character bursts, these brave iconoclasts have…

Meet your new Ultron. Boston Legal’s James Spader is playing Ultron, the murderous supercomputer, in Avengers: Age of Ultron, the massive sequel to last year’s superhero team-up film. So, no Paul Bettany, then?

Aziz Ansari Stand-Up Special Is Netflix’s Next Big Premiere

Netflix has been making some big moves lately, outgrowing its days as a virtual Blockbuster (remember Blockbuster?) to offer some seriously great original programming. Its upcoming launch into the world of comedy will pack some power too — Aziz Ansari’s Buried Alive stand-up special debuts on Netflix November 1st. https://gizmodo.com/orange-is-the-new-black-about-so-much-more-than-life-i-1219000669 While this isn’t the first…

This Huge Thing Is Allegedly Nokia’s Lumia 1520 Phablet

That huge thing to the right there is alleged to be the Nokia Lumia 1520, the phone company’s first go at entering the monster phone/tablet hybrid space. According to WP Central, the Lumia 1520 features a 6-inch display running at 1080p resolution, with previous leaks suggesting it’ll arrive powered by a leading edge Qualcomm Snapdragon…