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Robots can learn by imagining the existence of people

By hallucinating the existence of humans, robots can learn how to better cater to people and understand our world, researchers say. For robots that interact with and react to the world around them as best as possible, scientists want to design machines that know what’s in their surroundings. Attempts to identify an item based on…

Check Out This Otherworldly Footage of a Storm Supercell Forming

It took photographer/storm chaser/all-around brave guy Mike Olbinski four years to capture this footage of the formation of a supercell near Booker, Texas. That is some real commitment, and it finally paid off in an awesome way. Shot in the Central Plains of Texas, the footage was captured on a Canon 5D Mark II with…

World’s Greatest Wedding Photo NOW WITH STAR WARS

Last month, we showed you what is arguably the very best wedding photo taken in the history of the world. Today, a new group of clever kids getting hitched have challenged that photo’s status and raised the bar, with Star Wars. Behold. https://gizmodo.com/greatest-wedding-photo-in-the-history-of-the-world-510358157 The image was taken by Little Blue Lemon photography. Here’s the rundown:…

The Most Epic Music Videos About Space Travel

Yesterday’s sad news about astronaut Chris Hadfield’s surprise retirement made me wonder what was the most remarkable performance of the Canadian astronaut during the time he spent on the International Space Station. And yes, without any doubts, the cover of David Bowie’s Space Oddity was the most entertaining. https://gizmodo.com/chris-hadfield-astronaut-extraordinaire-announces-his-512472683 Hadfield’s Oddity is a one-of-a-kind event:…

Man of Steel gets sequel and may have saved Justice League

Warner Bros. is so confident of Man of Steel’s success that they’ve greenlit and fast-tracked a sequel. Not only that, it seems that the Superman movie has filled them with such confidence that they have screenwrier David S. Goyer tackling Justice League. Deadline is reporting the sequel news, which is official; the Justice League news…

17 Incredible Photos From the Dawn of California’s Electrical Age

Los Angeles is inextricably bound to the advent of electricity in American cities—it might technically be the city of angels, but it’s really the city of lights. And lucky for us, the transformation of LA from a dark backwater to radiant city of lights was widely documented. At Huntington Library’s sprawling Edison Archives, 70,000 photos…

Watch this mesmerizing timelapse of Hawaii’s lava flows

Travel photographer Quang-Tuan Luong has put together this gorgeous video showcasing the active volcanoes of Hawaii National Park. Even though he’s photographed each of the 59 U.S. National Parks, this is Luong’s first complete video — and it’s a stunner. He writes, “One of the most mesmerizing spectacles of nature I’ve witnessed is lava flowing…

George R.R. Martin insists Game of Thrones won’t catch up to his books

Jennifer Lawrence is back in blue in new X-Men: Days of Future Past set photos… but who’s standing next to her? Check out the latest set videos for Godzilla and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, plus new trailers for World War Z and Carrie. David S. Goyer explains why fatherhood is so crucial to Man…

Every OpenStreetMap Edit Ever Made, Visualized

OpenStreetMap, the free wiki world map, is a wonderful little project that has become hugely successful. Now, the team behind it has released a report which explains how it’s changed over the last eight years—and some of the results are damn pretty. The database now contains over 21 million miles of road data and 78…

If you’re eager for a taste of OS X Mavericks, how about using its rather nice wallpaper? Apple has made it available online—go get it.

Here’s the List of Macs Compatible With OS X Mavericks

Yesterday’s announcement of OS X Mavericks unveiled some pretty cool new features coming to your Mac—but Cook and co forgot to explain just which computers would support the new OS. Fortunately, Apple Insider has chatted with people familiar with the Mavericks Developer Preview to draw up a list of the Macs which are compatible with…

The Majority of the US Population Support Government Phone Tracking

For all the media coverage telling the US public it should be up in arms about the NSA’s phone tracking, a new study from Pew suggests that the majority of the population couldn’t care less—and in fact support the practice. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-prism-511875267 Seems that 56 percent of Americans think that tracking phone call metadata is an…

The New Maps Icon Shows Off Apple’s Spaceship Campus

The devil’s in the detail, and when it comes to iOS that even includes the tiny elements that make up its icons. Like the new Maps one, which is focussed around Apple’s upcoming Spaceship Campus. Unlike the last icon, which suggested you drive off a bridge, the new one is centered on the plot of…

PS4 Has a 500GB Hard Drive and the PS4 Eye Costs $60 Extra

One of the questions we had about the PS4 before tonight was what kind of storage would it be packing. How big would it be? Is it built in? Would it be removable? Well, Sony answered it in their Japan press release for the PlayStation 4. It’s a 500GB HDD, just like the Xbox One.…

Alienware’s Hefty New Light-Up Laptops Are Available Right Now

It’s E3, and along with the new consoles, we’re also getting treated to a new line of Alienware laptops. The new trio of machines boast fresh 700M series Nvidia graphics and Intel’s new 4th generation Haswell chips, along with a new look that’s more like that X51 tower (which is getting its own guts update)…

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: All About Bananas Etc

Is the humble banana really a superfood in disguise, one capable of revitalizing the British Isles after a tidal flood of misanthropy? Yann Gorriz thinks so. The documentarian has assembled this extraordinary explanation of Britain’s and India’s tightly-woven histories and the bananas that could save them both.

Sony’s PS4 Is $400, Available This Holiday Season

It’s throwdown time. We’ve finally got prices on both of this generation’s flagship consoles and PS4 is coming in low at $400, undercutting the Xbox One by a cool $100. The console war is on. https://gizmodo.com/the-xbox-one-launches-in-november-for-500-512324271 Between the lower price point, and the total lack of used game restrictions, Sony is definitely aiming for a…

PS4 Has No Used Game Restrictions, Is Totally Offline Capable

If there’s one thing that can kick Xbox One hard in the nads, this is it: The PS4 has NO new restrictions on used games! At all! And doesn’t need to go online to authenticate. Sony just won tons of hearts and minds. Xbox One has been getting a lot of shit for being stingy…

Chris Hadfield, Astronaut Extraordinaire, Announces His Retirement

Thanks for all the fish, Chris Hadfield. You made us all care about space after many decades of not caring. Here he is earlier today strolling into the Canadian Space Agency. “I’m making good on a promise I made my wife nearly 30 years ago — that yes, eventually, we would be moving back to…

Is Your Network Speed Getting Faster?

For whatever reason, Netflix has been publishing the average ISP speeds for every provider in the US for several months now. And while the top rankings haven’t fluctuated all that much in the last few months, Netflix did point out today that the overall average speeds for the top five have seen an a slight…