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Pakistan’s PM has ordered YouTube access blocked for the country because of a certain very no-good movie. [Reuters]

6 Times Famous Supervillains Lost Their Damn Minds

Audiences tend to laud iconic scoundrels for one or two particularly nefarious capers. For example, everybody relishes Darth Vader’s misbehavior in The Empire Strikes Back, but nobody remembers when he tried to out-scheme Princess Leia out of obtaining a bank loan. Here’s a half-dozen memorable times your favorite bad eggs cracked up hard. 6. Skeletor…

Proof That Apple Could Sell You Literally Anything

Selling a product, especially an Apple product, is as much about spin, vibe, and hype as it is about the product itself. Don’t believe me? Watch Jony Ive capture hearts and minds with a wonderful pitch for hotdogs in this Buzzfeed FWD parody. Oh, and you know that old adage about watching sausage being made?…

You Can Totally Butcher Your SIM Card into a Nano-SIM If You’re Insane

So let’s say you’re really excited to get a new iPhone 5, but unlike the average buyer, you’re getting an unlocked one straight from Apple, and you’re champing at the bit to bring it to your carrier. Problem: your current micro-SIM won’t fit. What to do?! Well you can hack your normal SIM down to…

NASA Starts Work on Real Life Star Trek Warp Drive

“Perhaps a Star Trek experience within our lifetime is not such a remote possibility.” These are the words of Dr. Harold “Sonny” White, the Advanced Propulsion Theme Lead for the NASA Engineering Directorate. Dr. White and his colleagues don’t just believe a real life warp drive is theoretically possible; they’ve already started the work to…

Body Heat-Powered Drug Delivering Bandages Means No More Needles

The only painful part of wearing an adhesive bandage is having to peel them off, so researchers at Purdue University’s Birck Nanotechnology Center have developed a way to turn Band-Aids into a nearly pain free alternative to needles. By integrating a tiny heat-powered pump, adhesive patches could automatically deliver medication to a patient without the…

This is what a solar eclipse looks like from Mars

Most of us have witnessed a solar eclipse from here on Earth, but here’s a sight you’re less likely to have seen: a view of the Sun, as seen from Mars, being blocked by Phobos — the larger and closer of the Red Planet’s two moons. This remarkable view was shot by the Mastcam onboard…

Google Just Bought Its Instagram Competitor—And One of Apple’s Favorite Apps

Google has just made a big photo buy—it has acquired Nik Software, a.k.a the company behind iOS app Snapseed and other image software. It’s a big boost to Google’s picture editing capabilities, though Facebook and Instagram are probably not freaking out so much as definitely listening to this news. Snapseed isn’t nearly as popular as…

This Week’s TV: Is Revolution the new Supernatural, or the new Terra Nova?

This week’s television includes the premieres of three shows, including Eric Kripke’s Revolution, in which all the technology fails. Except for hairstyling technology, which never fails. But that’s not all! Also, there’s a documentary about how NASA became the first Martian music label. And Dylan Hunt himself, Kevin Sorbo, tells the story of how he…

Bar Installs Pregnancy Test Dispenser, Makes Blind Dates Even More Awkward

In an attempt to reduce alcohol-related learning disabilities and birth defects, Pub 500—a bar in Minnesota—has installed a pregnancy test vending machine so patrons can make sure they’re not expecting before they get completely wasted. Think of it as a logical extension of the more traditional condom dispensers found in the restrooms. The machine was…

Tech In Teaching: Robot Teachers Aren’t Coming For Your Jobs

Welcome to the final installment of Tech in Teaching, a recurring series inspired by the HP ENVY 6 Sleekbook. Over the past few months I’ve been interviewing public school teachers about how technological developments have affected the education process over the years. For our final interview, I spoke with Frank McHugh, a former Wall Street…

Kindle Fire HD or Nexus 7?

The Kindle Fire HD is out now, and it’s plenty great. But given the choice between Amazon’s latest and greatest and the power packed Nexus 7, which should you choose? Here’s your guide for picking the cheap-but-awesome tablet you should get. https://gizmodo.com/kindle-fire-hd-review-everything-a-tablet-should-be-an-5942283 For just watching some movies or reading some books This is about as…

Cabin in the Woods gag reel shows the hilarious side to raising a zombie redneck torture family

Watch the cast from Cabin in the Woods try and get through one shot on their last day of filming, captured by everyone’s favorite stoner, Fran Kranz. Obviously, we think it’s important to point out that this is a zombie redneck torture family and not simply zombies — “It’s like the difference between an elephant…

How a Classic Deep Sea Robot will Sweep 98 Percent of the Ocean Floor

Over the course of 4,400 dives, Alvin has done just about everything. Its recovered lost nukes, explored the ruins of the HMS Titanic, and upturned our understanding of the deep sea with the discovery of hydrothermal vents bustling with unimaginable forms of life. But after 48 years of service, the venerable ROV is starting to…

Disgusting Pink Slime Company Launches Billion Dollar Offensive (Updated)

In America, it’s not illegal to sell disgusting cow purée washed with ammonia for human consumption. But, according to BPI, the company that makes this dystopian meat filler, it’s illegal to talk about it. Time for a $1.2 billion lawsuit. https://gizmodo.com/pink-slime-is-close-to-complete-destruction-5908859 Mother Jones reports that BPI, which caught an enormous amount of (deserved!) hell for…

A Middle Eastern-Inspired Table Made of 650 Wooden Parts

This interesting table draws inspiration from mashrabiyas—the traditional wooden window screens you see in middle eastern architecture. On one side, it’s made of 650 little oak components. On the other, it’s simple and pared down. The combination is unexpected and utterly beautiful. An expert Lebanese woodworker put together the hundreds of pieces, and it’s obvious…

“Potentially unsafe” rat meat is being sold illegally in London marketplaces

File this away under things you didn’t want to know first thing Monday morning: a reportedly “shocking” quantity of bushmeat — including rat, goat and sheep meat — is being sold to the public illegally in east London marketplaces. Top image is a photo of a fresh “grass cutter” or cane rat, similar to ones…

How To Save 20 Bucks on That Stupid iPhone 5 Adapter

No one has been particularly pleased about how the iPhone 5 is going to need adapters for old peripherals, or about how those adapters are so damned expensive. If it’s got you pissed, have no fear; the knock-offs have arrived. https://gizmodo.com/f-ck-that-goddamn-iphone-adapter-costs-30-bucks-5942710 On Amazon, Nanotch is offering a 7-inch cable adapter for $18, compared to Apple’s…

Laser Bike Light Creates Your Own Tron-Like Virtual Lane

The best way to stay safe while biking is to stay visible to those you share the road with. And while concepts for laser-based systems that create a highly visible virtual lane around your bike have existed for years and years, they’re finally real (and cheap!) now. A Korean company called Slancio makes this rear…

In the Gemini Rising trailer, Lance Henriksen goes back to what he does best — fighting aliens

The first trailer for Lance Henriksen’s new movie Gemini Rising is out, and it really wants you to remember that Henriksen was a part of the Alien franchise. And rip-off Prometheus trailer music aside, this movie looks to be a ton of alien-killing fun. Plus, we’d follow Mr. Henriksen off a cliff we love him…