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HTC One UltraPixel Camera Versus the Competition

When HTC first showed the world the One last month, it touted the merits of the camera’s larger “UltraPixels”. Theory says that larger pixels could produce better images than the competition. In practice? We’re pretty damned impressed. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-an-ultrapixel-5985348 We compared the HTC One’s camera to the cameras on the Nokia Lumia 920 and Apple iPhone…

Rob Thomas just started a Kickstarter for a Veronica Mars movie!

Dreams do come true! Rob Thomas, creator of the quippy cult detective series Veronica Mars has decided it’s finally time to make that Veronica Mars movie we’ve been obsessing over for years. Thomas has launched a Kickstarter campaign in hopes of crowdfunding the $2 million budget. As of right now the whole gang is back…

Report: Twitter Is Working on Its Own Music App

Acquisitions usually aren’t for nothing, and CNET is reporting that Twitter’s purchase of music discovery app We Are Hunted last year means its own standalone music app is allegedly on the way very soon. Called Twitter Music, the app would debut on iOS, supposedly as early as the end of the month. Apparently it will…

New Balance Adopts 3D Printing To Create Hyper-Customized Track Shoes

As 3D printing technology matures, it’s becoming useful for more than just making plastic weapons and trinkets. New Balance is the latest shoe manufacturer to use 3D printers to create footwear for professional athletes, highly customized to their specific needs and—more importantly—their feet. https://gizmodo.com/this-one-piece-3d-printed-mini-crossbow-is-adorably-dan-5990115 Using a printing process known as selective laser sintering—where plastic powder…

Your Facebook Profile Just Changed Again

If you’re not the embrace change type, you’re going to throw another mini-fit today: Facebook is switching up the look of your profile. Again. Again, again. https://gizmodo.com/facebooks-new-news-feed-the-biggest-change-in-years-5989228 Slide the arrows in the image above left to right to compare the old profile with the new one. There are two main changes: apps are getting plugged…

Google Has To Teach America How to Use Passwords as Part of Its Settlement

Remember a few years ago when Google got itself in that whole little Street-View-cars-collecting-personal-Wi-Fi-network-data debacle? Well, it looks like the case is finally being settled, and it’s not just the people who had their privacy stripped before their very eyes that are benefitting—everyone gets a piece of the pie! Because in addition to being fined…

This microchip healed itself after being blasted by lasers

Our technologies are becoming more biological with each passing year. And here’s the latest breakthrough: Caltech engineers have developed an integrated computer chip that can learn to heal its own injuries. Typically, microchips feature pathways so specialized that a single fault can render the entire thing inoperative. So, in an effort to overcome this lack…

7 Things We Learned About the World Thanks to Photography

Photography and science have gone hand in hand since Louis Daguerre used his fossil collection as the subject of one of his first daguerreotypes. But photography has also contributed to scientific knowledge, expanding our understanding of the world by capturing what the human eye cannot see or going places humans could not yet go. Here…

Amazon has lowered the price of the 8.9-inch Kindle Fire to $270 for the Wi-Fi model and $400 for the 4G model.

Kick-Ass 2 swears, shoots and bleeds all over its first red-band trailer

The first ever trailer for Kick-Ass 2 has been released, and you probably won’t be shocked to know it’s chock full of violence and profanity. Chloë Moretz is back to doing what she does best, namely calling people cocksuckers and stabbing them in the groin. It certainly appears Hit Girl has evolved into an even…

What Happens When a Drone Hits a Plane?

There’s still a mysterious black drone in Brooklyn, and the FBI can’t find it. Last week it appeared just 200 feet away from a passenger jet—that’s too close. What if it’d hit it? Bad things. Bad, dangerous things. https://gizmodo.com/plane-passenger-spots-mystery-drone-over-brooklyn-upda-5988643 Planes are big, heavy, and mighty looking. But they’re essentially fragile machines that require a lot…

Breaking: Andy Rubin Is Out at Android

Google has announced that Android chief Andy Rubin is stepping down, and will be replaced by Sundar Pichai. Pichai is currently VP of Chrome and Apps. This is a pretty monumental shakeup. Rubin had been with Google since Android was acquired in 2005. We don’t know what Rubin’s going to be up to, but Google’s…

V-Moda Vamp Verza: The Fanciest Audio Accessory for Your Phone

Last Year, V-Moda made a specially designed headphone amp/DAC case for the iPhone. It was awesome, but way too expensive for what it did. V-Moda’s new Vamp Verza is an infinitely more flexible product you can use with iPhones and Android phones and even your computer—but it might fall flat for exactly the same reason…

This video of all the nearby stars with planets will make you cry

This visualization of our solar system’s neighboring stars takes you on a dizzying journey away from Earth, leaving you floating among all the other known solar systems in our local area of the Milky Way. And it is so beautiful that it might leave you a little misty-eyed. The American Museum of Natural History created…

Hey, good news. The HTC One will be on Verizon, too. [ATD]

The Moving Pilu Lamp Will Lean In on You

Leoni Werle designed the Pilu Lamp with a v-shaped angled base they can rotate back and forth from upright to inclined, as if they’re spying on you. The bell-shaped pieces are sized for the floor or the desk. Their aluminum shades and bars are grey and yellow, and they have bases made of solid oak…

Mondo Art Lets You Put The Wall of Westeros on Your Wall

Earlier this week Mondo hosted a Game of Thrones gallery at Austin’s SXSW festival, showcasing enough gorgeous art to fill you all up like sweet, sweet lemon cake. But you didn’t see ALL of the art. We’re hosting an exclusive look at some new GoT-inspired art from artist JC Richard. “North of the Wall,” a…

The NSA Is Training 13 Teams of Covert Hackers to Attack Other Countries

For the first time, the United States has officially disclosed plans to develop counterattack measures against foreign nations’ cyberattacks. General Keith Alexander, chief of the military’s Cyber Command and the NSA, told Congress yesterday the military is training 13 teams of programmers and computer experts to carry out offensive attacks. As disclosures to Congress go,…

You’ll Have To Work Extra Hard To Write in These Claustrophobic Notebooks

If you need an excuse to sleep through that Psych 101 lecture instead of taking notes, just come to class with one of these $20 Claustrophobic Notebooks that are designed to be hard to open. To access the pages within you’ll actually need to tear the cover and individual sheets on one edge. Why? Who…

The first bikini that can truly be called both Mighty and Morphin’

I hate it when Hot Topic makes something brilliant, but this Pink Power Ranger bikini is admittedly kind of brilliant. I foresee a great many nerd girls picking this up, perhaps posting photos of themselves wearing it on the Internet, and causing a great deal of stupid arguments about whether they’re “real nerds” or not.…