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Did Game of Thrones finally explain where power really comes from?

On one level, last night’s Game of Thrones was about parents and their damaged sons. (Along with the age-old maxim, “You broke it, you bought it.”) But really, it was about offering one plausible answer to the question the show has been asking from the beginning: Where does power come from? Who really has it,…

All the New iOS Features Your Old iPhone Won’t Get

As expected and widely reported ahead of today’s keynote, Apple introduced a completely revamped iOS at WWDC. Not only did they ditch the skeuomorphic design scheme in favor of something a little more colorful and fun, the company added a handful of neat new features—some old, some new. But as with any major update to…

You Can Now Preorder an Xbox One

Microsoft’s new Xbox One hotness is now up for real preorder, not that fake pre-preorder stuff. You can hop on the train over at Amazon, or directly from Microsoft itself. The one-bundle-fits-all pack will run you a cool $500. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-xbox-everything-you-need-to-know-about-microso-509033619 Amazon’s listing the release date as November 30th—a more precise date than Microsoft’s nebulous “November.”…

A Retro-Futuristic Watch Torn From the Pages of Science Fiction

Supposedly inspired and named after the space station featured in the Star Trek series Deep Space Nine, Vianney Halter’s Deep Space Tourbillon watch took several years to design and build. But from the looks of it, that number could be closer to half a century since the watch looks like it was based on designs…

iOS 7: Instead of Flatness, We Got Depth

Today, after plenty of self-deprecating jokes about virtual cows, Apple unveiled a sweeping overhaul of the mobile software by Jony Ive. After months of speculation and weeks of rumor-mongering, we finally have our answer: the future of iOS is, actually, is rife with dimensionality and texture. Which is a good thing. The predicted rebirth of…

Miss the WWDC keynote? Just want to watch it again in its entirety because there is something wrong with you? Either way, you can catch the whole sucker right here. One catch: you gotta use Safari.

Everybody’s still in shock that the critically lambasted The Purge massively won the weekend box office. What does this mean? Probably more cheap horror movies with zany concepts! Which, okay, sure.

Hillary Clinton’s managers started a Twitter account for her, which apparently proves she’s running for president.

“WWDC explained in one photo”

The standard stereotype usually sees the women’s restroom with the longest lineup, but not at Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference. As CNet’s Dan Ackerman points out in this photo he tweeted, this time it’s the men who have to wait. Either the male-to-female ratio is impossibly high at WWDC, or the women in attendance were…

What Do You Think of the New Mac Pro Design?

Apple exploded rumors that it would murder the Mac Pro today. How? Well, by previewing a new badass version of the high power monster that’s coming “later this year”. The guts of the new Mac Pro are undeniably impressive, but what about the new black, cylindrical look? We’ve heard everything from “OOOOO shiny”, to, “It…

This Room-Monitoring Smart Door Lets Fresh Air In To Keep You Awake

Have you ever noticed that near the end of a long meeting in a sealed conference room everyone’s a little sleepy? It obviously has nothing to do with your clipart-filled PowerPoint slides—it’s actually related to a build-up of CO2 making it hard for everyone to think and concentrate. It’s an unfortunate by-product of airtight energy-efficient…

This Is What Android Fragmentation Looks Like

We didn’t get a new verision of Android at Google I/O, but it’s not like there weren’t enough already. As Apple pushes on into the beautiful iOS 7 future and brings the lion’s share of its user-base along, there’s still a lot of Android users stuck in a multiple OS-ghettos. https://gizmodo.com/apple-ios-7-everything-you-need-to-know-512269828 Apple’s walking into the…

A Fully Fledged Android Tablet for $130 Is Your Deal of the Day

Earlier this morning we blipped that Barnes & Noble is selling current-generation Nooks for as low as $130. You might have missed it among the Apple announcements. But it’s worth a second look, because this is one of the best Android tablet deals we’ve ever seen. As a “Father’s Day Promotion,” Barnes & Noble is…

Journalism Is the Worst 4-Year College Investment—Be a Sailor Instead!

If the constant downsizing in the news-media industry hasn’t already convinced you to pick something else to do with your life, a new study shows the worst “return on investment” for a four-year degree is a job in journalism. It takes journalists nearly 32 years to pay off their college loans. With a median salary…

iOS in the Car Is Putting Apple Behind the Wheel of Your Ride

You shouldn’t text and drive, but iOS in the car is aiming to make phone usage on the go a little less deadly. Powered by Siri—with updates including integration for settings, and (Bing-powered) web searches as well as 3rd party apps like Twitter, and Wikipedia—iOS in the car is about as close to an Apple…

iTunes Radio: Apple’s Pandora Service Is Finally Here.

After boundless speculation over the last year, Apple has finally announced its online streaming and music discovery service. This is how millions of people will listen to music from now on. What we’re looking at here is a Pandora-like radio service that’s built directly into the standard iTunes app across all of Apple’s platforms including,…

More Apple Maps glitches depict a disturbing, surreal world

This is what happens when texture mapping goes horribly wrong — an algorithm’s failed attempt to align three-dimensional models to a two-dimensional image. The result is something only Salvador Dali would be proud of. https://gizmodo.com/did-google-earth-capture-shots-of-a-clandestine-militar-5975055 https://gizmodo.com/glitch-furniture-makes-your-bedroom-look-like-its-malf-453597584 These images, which were produced by Apple iOS Maps, were compiled by Trapcode founder Peder Norrby and can be…

Apple’s iOS Camera and Photos Apps Reworked for Speed and Sharing

Apple has reworked the look and design of the camera and photos applications to make navigation smoother and simpler. It’s a blatant shot at what Apple’s competitors—ahem, Instagram—have been doing for sometime. First up, is the Camera app, which has a brand new swipable interface that lets you go between video, camera, pano camera and…

AirDrop Is Now Baked Into iOS 7

Sharing is getting just a little bit easier in iOS 7 with the addition of AirDrop. Just like in the latest versions of Mac OS X, you’ll be able to share photos, contacts, notes and the like over a peer-to-peer Wi-Fi network or over Bluetooth. So any item that works with iOS’s share function, can…

Venturestein returns to lead a monstrous revolution in Venture Bros.

The great thing about The Venture Bros. is that I can say “Venture Libre” was a pretty average episode, and yet it featured a monster revolutionary movement, Hank eating coffee beans until he turns into Batman, a jetpack attached to a giant crab, and Frankenstein Sarah Palin. I love you, The Venture Bros. A normal…