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Google+ Update Adds GIFs on Android and a Crap-Ton More

Google just added a load of new features to Google+ that should make it more fun to look at on your phone and more useful for your life. If you use Android, you’ll start reaping the benefits immediately. First of all, images. If you use Google’s instant upload feature on Android, Google will now let…

Aereo, NY’s cloud-based Internet TV/DVR service, now includes Bloomberg TV and a handful of updated DVR features.

Today’s Awful Apple Rumor: Retina iPad Mini

There’s something in the air this week. Maybe it’s that the holidays are coming, or that it’s getting colder, or that there’s not much actual news to be had three weeks before the Consumer Electronics Show. But for some reason, the dumb Apple rumors are piling up like so many discarded MobileMe accounts. https://gizmodo.com/the-dumbest-apple-rumor-of-the-year-5967646 The…

Fun Places on the Internet (in 1995)

“Who hasn’t heard about the Internet? It’s mentioned on television, in the magazines, and on the radio. Everyone’s talking about it, and everyone wants to get connected to it.” So began the 1995 book, simply titled The Internet by Kerry Cochrane. Do you remember your first time on the Internet? Mine was pretty typical for…

Water-Saving Showerhead Pumps Every Drop Full Of Air

Your typical water saving showerhead manages to reduce the flow by simply using smaller holes. But the downside is that those eco alternatives don’t provide quite the same showering experience. So a Japanese company has developed a brilliant alternative that aerates the water so a reduced flow still feels like an indulgent deluge. Toto, the…

Make your olive oil glow with a laser!

When you think of fluorescence you think of terrible, garish paper or clothing. But plenty of fluorescence can be found in nature, and sometimes it can be used to check what’s purely natural. You can start in your very own kitchen, with olive oil – make it glow like it’s radioactive with this easy experiment.…

We’ve seen the first 9 minutes of Star Trek Into Darkness

Last night, a nine-minute prologue for J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness screened before the first IMAX showing of The Hobbit, and we were there taking notes. Here’s what we saw! Spoilers ahead… First Impressions: For every minute I spent wishing the last Abrams Star Trek would have spent more time at the Starfleet Academy,…

Is there poop on the Moon?

Here to give us the down and dirty on space excreta (because let’s face it, you were always curious) is Minute Physics’ Henry Reich and Smarter Every Day’s Destin. It’s a match made in YouTube science-explainer heaven. With poop. And spacecraft-trajectory-altering pee. In spaaaace. [Minute Physics]

John McAfee Tells CNBC That If He’s Going To Do Drugs, They’re Going To Be Good

Following his deportation from Guatemala, anti-virus mogul turned public train wreck John McAfee is back on U.S. soil. It doesn’t seem that he’s back on solid ground though, so to speak. Earlier this morning McAfee gave a characteristically far-out interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box. https://gizmodo.com/john-mcafee-is-back-on-us-soil-5968084 In addition to talking about his adventures, including torture, drug…

Oculus Rift VR headset to be used in Sinful Robots ‘erotic encounters’ video game

Fully immersive brain-jacked virtual reality sex may still be a few decades away, but we’re inching closer with each passing year. The latest news on this crucial technological front comes in the form of a new collaboration between software developer Sinful Robot, an Irvine-based startup, and Oculus, a hardware company that’s developing an advanced virtual…

Benedict Cumberbatch reveals his Star Trek Into Darkness character… but are we going to believe him?

Director Guillermo del Toro takes us inside the Pacific Rim trailer. Peter Jackson reveals his plans for the Adventures of Tintin sequel. Johnny Depp’s Transcendence is close to finding its second computer genius. Plus Tron 3 is really, definitely happening! Spoilers from here on out! Top image from Pacific Rim. Star Trek Into Darkness For…

What Turn-by-Turn Navigation Should Look Like

The new Google Maps app was finally released, and I’m loving it so far, but it’s missing a feature I’ve been hoping to see map apps implement for some time. I have this problem where as soon as I pull up directions on my phone, whether right after entering my destination or getting out of…

South Korea Rules That a Samsung Chip Plant Gave Its Employee Cancer

Just when it thought allegations of poor working conditions were grounded, Samsung has been accused by the South Korean government of running a chip plant that causes cancer. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-audit-finds-no-underage-workers-but-some-serio-5940185 The Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service claims that it was working at a Samsung Electronics factory that caused the breast cancer of a worker who…

Police Caught an Anonymous Hacker by Googling his IRC Name

Christopher Weatherhead, who called himself “Nerdo” on the internet, was convicted of conspiracy to impair the operation of computers last week. But the DDoS attacks he instigated weren’t pinned on him after weeks of covert surveillance—instead, all it took was some judicious Googling. According to The Register, police caught him after analysing IRC logs, with…

Is There Poop on the Moon?

Everyone always talks about the wonders of space: its vastness, its complexity, and how exploring it is stretching the limits of human endeavor. Oddly, nobody ever talks about what astronauts do with their poop. Fortunately, Minute Physics and Smarter Every Day aren’t afraid to tackle such questions. In this video, they explore problems you probably…

Police Can Timestamp Any Audio Recording From Background Interference Alone

A team of forensic researchers from the Metropolitan Police in London, UK, claim to be able to accurately timestamp any audio recording—using just the background electrical hum present in any digital recording. The grid supplies power across the country in the form of AC electricity. The signal that’s pumped across the country and into our…

Sriracha Lip Balm: A Christmas Gift for Masochists in Your Life

Sriracha makes most things better, including popcorn and lollipops. But the latest addition to the Sriracha camp—lip balm—might just be a step too far for most people. https://gizmodo.com/if-you-like-hot-sauce-this-might-change-your-life-5914876 The lovechild of the Oatmeal and J&D’s, the lip balm is said to simultaneously protect your lips from the harmful rays of the sun whilst feeling like…

Ads in Internet Explorer Could Be Tracking Your Mouse

If you still use Internet Explorer, there’s more to worry about than a crappy browsing experience. Microsoft has confirmed that it’s looking in to a “mouse tracking” flaw which affects IE 6 through 10. The security problem was identified by a group called Spider.io earlier this week. It claims that versions 6 through 10 of…

Predictably, the US Refused to Sign That UN Internet Treaty

Over the past fortnight, the internet has been awash with debate over the future of the internet: the UN, so the stories went, was planning to change the governance of the internet for good. Predictably, the US has point-blank refused to play ball—along with Canada and the UK—and that stops proceeding dead. We took the…

The Stoner Channel: Loud Paint, Clean Rips, and The World’s Biggest Ice Cube

Kim Beom, Yellow Scream He’s like Bob Ross, but louder. McFinn’s Original Triple-Filtered Water Pipe: Welcome to the Future of Toking Vaporizers have long held the title of “Healthiest Smoking Implement” for their ability to extract just the active compounds we want (read: THC) without combusting the carcinogenic compounds we don’t. But this triple-stage water…