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Apple Says Fewer Illegal Teens Now Building Your iPads

It’s bad enough when overworked Chinese adults are killing themselves and rioting because of our Apple lust—adding kids under 16 is just awful. But Apple says it’s cutting these industrious, exploited kiddos out of the supply chain. https://gizmodo.com/overworked-and-in-danger-the-full-foxconn-labor-report-5897593 According to a Supplier Responsibility “progress report” released last night, Apple is trying to do the right…

Guillermo del Toro describes his real-life encounter with a ghost

While we were talking to Guillermo del Toro about his latest horror creation Mama, the monster-maker started telling us about his real-life experiences with the paranormal. Turns out del Toro has had two separate paranormal experiences. Read the whole story, straight from the source, in our exclusive interview. Plus find out what’s happening with Mountains…

Who Would You Like to Direct the Next Star Wars?

According to millions of voices suddenly crying about it on the internet, JJ Abrams will direct the next Star Wars. The Wrap says that Disney has already signed the director of Lost, the Star Trek reboot and Star Trek: Into Darkness to direct Star Wars VII for a 2015 release. https://gizmodo.com/full-star-trek-trailer-may-reveal-its-villains-identity-5969102 I think it’s good.…

Researchers Will Restore Damaged Depth Perception with Electronic Eyes

Our depth perception doesn’t work without two eyes. However an estimated 285 million people worldwide suffer from some form of visual impairment in at least one theirs. The loss of sight in just one eye also means the loss of one’s ability to accurately judge short distances. However, a team of researchers have devised an…

A Prism That Shoots Concentrated Beams of Rainbows

Another day, another object that shoots rainbows. The things that’s beaming a rainbow out into darkness is a Rochon prism. Unlike a regular prism, which just splits light into rainbows, a Rochon prism can actually separate out beams of light. A Rochon prism is two hunks of clear stuff fastened together. In this case the…

Futuristic Romeo and Juliet fight gravity in the new Upside Down trailer

Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst are gravity-crossed lovers in director Juan Diego Solanas’ romance movie Upside Down. Set on two planets that share the same atmosphere, this whole thing feels like the melodramatic baby of Dr. Seuss and M.C. M.C. Escher. But it does have one thing going for it: intense beauty. This new trailer…

Laundry Punching Bag Gets You Fit While Being a Slob

Good news for slobs who let their dirty laundry pile up for months and months between washes. With this Punch Bag laundry bag they can turn their mountains of smelly shirts and unmentionables into an intense workout. Designed to hang in a closet, the bag keeps dirty laundry off the ground while providing a means…

Kim Dotcom Wants to Encrypt Half the Internet

Tired of Kim Dotcom yet? No? Okay, here’s a pretty good interview with Russia Today in which the Megaupload founder chats up his fight with the U.S. Justice department, possible extradition, and the new Mega. https://gizmodo.com/kim-dotcoms-mega-is-now-open-to-the-public-5977329 One of the more interesting tidbits in the clip is that Dotcom apparently wants to encrypt half the internet…

Opal Mining: A Damn Good Way to Get Yourself Killed

Opal-mining is one of the world’s most harrowing pursuits, but potentially one of the most rewarding as well. To find opals, a modern treasure hunter must dig random holes in areas of known deposits, and then lowering him- or herself down a 20 meter shaft. Besides the obvious problem of claustrophobia, and the danger of…

Best Buy’s Got a Crazy Sale on the MacBook Air

Best Buy apparently didn’t lose enough money matching Walmart’s iPhone prices. Now it’s running an absurd two day sale on MacBook Airs. You can save $200 off four 2012 models, which is the deepest discount on a new MacBook Air Dealzmodo has ever seen. The promotion is running through tomorrow, so you’ve got a day…

AT&T is buying wireless spectrum from Verizon in 39 random small markets. Congrats AT&T customers of Waco, Texas.

Some People Are Paying $125 to Downgrade From Windows 8 to Windows 7

We think there’s a lot to love about Windows 8, but not everybody feels that way. Some people hate it. Luckily, this computer store is offering a service to help the clueless users who want nothing more than to go back to Windows 7. https://gizmodo.com/windows-8-review-incredibly-innovative-incredibly-imp-5934932 We can’t help but crack up at this special offer…

Among Independent voters, belief in climate change actually shifts with the weather

A newly published study by climatologists and sociologists at the University of New Hampshire suggests the views of Independent voters on anthropogenic (i.e. caused by humans) climate change are as capricious as New England weather. Write researchers Lawrence Hamilton and Mary Stampone, who conducted the study (emphasis added): Statewide data from 5,000 random-sample telephone interviews…

Building Your Own Slot Cars Is the Missing Link of Childhood Perfection

Hornby is getting ready to blow the minds of kids next Christmas with the greatest mashup in toys since robots started transforming into cars and trucks. The company is taking its popular Scalextric slot car line to the next level by introducing vehicles that can be assembled like a building toy. You heard that right.…

A Trip to the Moon in 1892

The audiences at Carnegie Hall in 1892 had a unique experience. They were taken on a trip to the moon. It was all done through special effects, of course. But since this was several years before the Lumiere brothers screened the first motion pictures, the effects all had to be done live, on stage. Click…

BitTorrent’s New “Cloud” Service Could Out-Mega Mega

Mega has been stealing the spotlight when it comes to new cloud storage services, but its actually usability has been sort of crappy at launch. Meanwhile, in Kim Dotcom’s gargantuan shadow, BitTorrent is trying its hand at “cloud” storage too with BitTorrent Sync, and it just might be the Mega that Mega wants to be.…

YouTube Capture can now handle 1080p uploads with improved audio—karaoke night just got a lot more menacing.

Chemistry goes psychedelic with the Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction

In the 1950s, Boris Belousov noticed that a certain combination of chemicals could switch off between two different reactions. He also noticed that switch could be made very, very pretty. In the early 1960s, when Anatoly Zhabotinsky noticed the same thing, and entire chemistry aesthetic was born. We’ll show you examples of the Belousov–Zhabotinsky reaction,…

French Government Abolishes the Hashtag

The French, probably in the midst of a Malian air war adrenaline rush, have gone on another offensive: the hashtag is out. From now on, it’s called a mot-dièse, which is sort of like a Twitter Royale with Cheese. The French are notoriously tight-handed when it comes to language—they don’t want American BS corrupting what’s…

American Horror Story‘s season finale: a bloody brilliant hour of television

American Horror Story had its ups and downs this season — but at least the show ended its second season with style and grace. On Wednesday night, Briarcliff went out with a bang. And for the first time in a long while, it felt like the show’s script was getting the same attention as the…