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6 Reasons Google Keep Can’t Replace Evernote

Since Google launched Keep yesterday, the question on everyone’s mind has been, “how is will this measure up to Evernote?” Well don’t think the newcomer is going to suddenly oust the elephant in the room as the best service for interweb jotting. It’s just way too barebones. https://gizmodo.com/googles-note-taking-service-keep-is-live-and-its-wonde-5991578 Google Keep is lightweight-fast almost to a…

North Korea blows up the U.S. Capitol building in this latest batshit crazy propaganda video

North Korea, in a hilariously absurd act of chest pounding fury, has released a four-minute propaganda clip depicting the White House under attack. Entitled, “Firestorms Will Rain on the Headquarters of War,” the video is yet another example of the disturbing — and seemingly inexplicable — rhetoric that’s suddenly pouring out of Pyongyang. The video…

This off-road robot could help revolutionize the exploration of other planets

You’re looking at the future of space exploration: a robot who can move fast though slippery, sandy terrain. With the help of new experimental techniques, robots inspired by the one above could one day be used for search-and-rescue missions, or exploring the surface of Mars, with unprecedented speed and mobility. This robot is the spawn…

Google continues its CRAZY KILLING SPREE by putting down Frommers, which it bought last summer. Slide over, Reader.

Unzipping Antique Gadgets Shows Off Glorious Guts

If only it were so easy as unzipping the case off of a camera to see its amazing insides. It’s not, but Chinese art student Hu Shaoming reworked a bunch of old gadgets with zippers so you can peer at their innards. The antique devices are currently on display at Guangzhou Art Academy. It features…

Are you ready for a Game of Thrones prequel TV series?

While HBO wonders what the hell they’re going to do if (or when, more likely) their hit show catches up to the books, the network is already thinking about more Game of Thrones TV — author George R. R. Martin says the network is considering a prequel series, possibly based on his Dunk and Egg…

This Lamp’s Dimmer Switch Is a Scale

If fiddling with a dimmer switch isn’t an exacting enough science for you when it comes to tweaking the lighting in a room, Junji Kawabe designed his light=weight lamp to be controlled by gravity. So the heavier an object you place on its scale, the brighter it shines. So with a set of calibrated weights,…

Watch the best part of Oz The Great and Powerful right here

Even though Sam Raimi’s Oz the Great and Powerful was bungled from its first shrieking baboon, it did have style. Oz was undeniably gorgeous, and design trickery and innovation shone brightly during the title sequence, which Disney has released to the masses for your ogling pleasure. Watch it here, so you don’t have to waste…

10 Bad Movies (That Could Have Been Good With Just One Change)

By Charlie Jane Anders and Katharine Trendacosta. Netflix is a crapshoot. Your local movie theater is a garbage scow. Most movies barely manage to be so bad they’re good. But what’s really annoying is when you can just see how a movie could have been decent. Here are 10 films that really could have been…

Arrow proves the only tool you need is a crossbow

Helena Bertinelli is back! She teaches everyone around her a lesson in pain, but gives the viewer lessons in delight. Never was there character who more perfectly embodies the the idea that violence solves everything. I have been a bit testy with Arrow lately. It seemed to have pulled away from real conflicts towards silly…

Fukushima’s Latest Near Disaster Was Caused By a Hungry Rat

While there’s no doubt that the nuclear crisis in Fukushima back in 2011 could have been avoided, a recent discovery suggests that this week’s extended blackout was entirely out of their hands. Instead, the loss of power lies in the diabolical paws of a now deceased, foresight-lacking rat. https://gizmodo.com/its-official-the-fukushima-disaster-was-totally-avoida-5951343 It seems that the rat most…

Crowdfund this: The evil forces of COBRA

With his evil terrorist organization having a few monetary problems, it appears Cobra Commander has turned to Kickstarter to find the funding for COBRA. The sad thing is that if this were an actual COBRA plot to make $94 billion and not merely a desperate plea for $94 billion to rebuild Cobra Island, it would…

Watch an Entire Year of Foursquare Check-Ins Light Up NYC and Tokyo

We all see the occasional check-in on our social networks of choice, but Foursquare took a whole year of them, and crammed them into one glorious minute of glowing information. The whole mess of data is condensed down into a color-coded 24-hour span so you can see how people—Foursquarers at least—dart around their home cities…

No No No. That Creepy Robot Snake Strangles on Contact Now

We’ve been following the development of Carnegie Mellon’s robotic snake for some time now. And as much as it’s a brilliant piece of technology, it’s also downright scary how realistically it can slither across the ground or up a tree. But it turns out that’s no where near as unsettling as its latest trick. Using…

Everything Wrong with Digital Copyright (And How to Fix It)

Digital copyright is broken. We know this inherently, and wheeze exasperation whenever the latest nonsensical DRM news crops up. But fixing it’s not as simple as tossing the whole system out the window. So here’s a breakdown of every way digital copyright has gone wrong, and, with luck and persistence and prevailing sanity, how it…

How Drinking Caffeine Could Save Your Life

An Australian study has shown that long distance drivers who drink caffeinated beverages, like coffee or energy drinks, are at a decreased risk of getting into vehicle accidents compared to those who don’t. And the difference isn’t small. Drivers hopped up on caffeine have a 63% reduced chance of crashing. The new study, which now…

Robert Rodriguez Needs Your Sick Acting Skills for His Latest Sci-Fi Shoot-’em-Up

Sound the end-of-days air horn — Robert Rodriguez’s new short about twin sisters Lola and Lucia, ice cream truck moguls who dabble in monster-hunting, is most likely to crush your mind to smithereens, much like a psychotic monster would rip apart an innocent farmhand. But he needs you to help him finish it. Really? Yes.…

This Is What It’s Like to Have an iPad in the Cockpit

American Airlines has been leading the charge when it comes to replacing old-fashioned paper with new-fashioned iPads, and the flight into a paperless future just took a big step. American Airlines is the first airline to have the iPad replace the bulky, Jepperson manuals, eliminating around 40 pounds of paper in total. This is what…

If a Jet Engine Can Survive GE’s Winnipeg Wind Tunnel, It Can Survive Anything

Even though today’s largest airplane engines are capable of producing more than 100,000 pounds of thrust, they are still susceptible to ice build-up in the sub-zero temperatures at cruising altitude. To ensure the next generation of mega-engines can withstand the worst that Old Man Winter can throw at them, GE has set up a testing…

Neil Gaiman returns to Marvel, and he’s bringing a Spawn character with him?!

The New York Times has just announced that very famous comic book writer Neil Gaiman is returning to Marvel, and that’s not even the weird part. The weird part is that he’s bringing Angela, a character he created for Todd McFarlane’s Spawn over at Image Comics with him… for some reason. She — and Gaiman…