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These Are the Best Internet Service Providers

If you’re looking for the fastest, most reliable internet service provider, here you have the ranking of all the major ISPs in the United States. It’s actual, real world performance—compiled by Netflix from all its customer data: 30 million members watching 1 billion hours of movie content every month. That’s a lot of data, so…

The first full-length Man of Steel trailer reveals Jor-El and General Zod

Here it is, the very first full-length trailer for Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel. And it is just jam packed with goodies — Jor-El, General Zod, Lois Lane and hairy ON FIRE Clark Kent are all together. It looks much more science fiction-y than we expected. And check out the first glimpses of Superman’s destroyed…

Dr. Zoidberg takes on Wonder Woman, Leonard Nimoy and a zombie Bin Laden in this week’s DVD releases!

Zoidberg also battles Hawkeye, Dick Tracy, an unlicensed Hobbit and a bunch of terrible zombies if you want to get picky about it, but I suggest just checking out today’s DVD and Blu-ray releases instead. • Futurama Vol. 7 The rejuvenated Futurama continues its trend of being fine. Not nearly as funny as it used…

The Year in Hacking

Hackers embarked on a strange voyage this year, beginning with spectacular, chaotic success, and ending with a whimper. We saw Anonymous nosedive from the most feared hacking force in the world to disorganized bench warmers. The dizzying highs, the stupid lows: here are 2012’s greatest hacking hits. January — Anon Avenges Megaupload Our dear Anonymous.…

How to Choose the Perfect Smartphone or Tablet Accessory

Gawker’s Better State of Living Conversation series is brought to you with the support of State FarmTM. Today, tech expert Vanessa Rae is live in the comments to answer your questions about choosing the perfect accessory for a tablet or smartphone. Tablets are all the rage this holiday season: iPads, iPad mini, Nexus 7, Kindle…

Let’s Cast the John McAfee Movie

The story of John Mcafee is so freaking weird, he actually sold the movie rights to his life while detained in a Guatemalan prison. Kids, this is where bath salts gets you. But obviously, now that McAfee: The Movie is on the table, we have to cast it. Here’s our best shot. Anyone we missed?…

What if Game of Thrones was a CW series?

We’ve seen plenty of Game of Thrones “what if” scenarios based on the hit TV series Game of Thrones and the book that inspired it, but this one might be our favorite. This stunningly well-done video asks, “What if Game of Thrones was a CW series?” Cue the somber but marketable music about feelings and…

How to Send a Facebook Gift

Starting today, you can buy your Facebook friends real-life gifts. Woohoo! Now you can advertise to everyone on Facebook how you are just such a fantastically nice dude(tte). Here’s how to do it. https://gizmodo.com/facebook-gifts-just-became-the-easiest-way-to-look-good-5961263 We’ll my good friend and colleague Kyle Wagner as a guinea pig; I’ve noticed lately that he could really use a…

Scientists claim that homosexuality is not genetic — but it arises in the womb

A team of international researchers has completed a study that suggests we will probably never find a ‘gay gene.’ Sexual orientation is not about genetics, say the researchers, it’s about epigenetics. This is the process where DNA expression is influenced by any number of external factors in the environment. And in the case of homosexuality,…

Gifts for The Obsessive Gamer

You have someone in your life who loves gaming. You want to get them a gift. But you can’t get them Black Ops II, because they snatched that up the day it dropped. Boost their gear arsenal instead. Hey there! You might notice our gift guides look a little different this year. That’s because we’re…

Flow chart breaks down each Hobbit dwarf by their bizarro beards

Stil confusing Oin and Gloin with Fili and Kili? No problem! This handy dandy flow chart of all the dwarves from The Hobbit movie breaks them down by their elaborate facial hair differences, and a few other distinguishing marks. It’s actually fairly helpful. [LOTR Project via I Love Charts]

Your future awaits — but is this what you want?

Check out this horrifying yet strangely compelling futuristic vision put together by artist Miles Johnston. Called “Substitution,” it’s the portrayal of a man who’s brain-jacked himself into a fully immersive virtual reality — one so compelling that he has completely detached himself from the outside world. Johnston writes, “I was thinking about how creepy it…

This Is What an iPod Looked Like in the Roaring Twenties

In the 1920s, the world was still about 60 years away from the first Walkman, and about 80 from the iPod, but portable music was still apparently a thing. All you had to do was rig a little radio to your garter and a speaker around your head, as the 20s lady in the above…

These Aliens Really Want to Put That Baby in the Microwave

Lee Hardcastle, better known as the maker of that delightfully violent penguin-themed claymation remake of The Thing, continues his reign as the early ’80s Sam Raimi of the claymation world with this short tale of a baby, a microwave and the alien invasion that desperately wants to bring the two together. I feel 100% confident…

USB-Powered Self-Misting Hairbrush: Thanko, You’ve Done It Again

Just when you think the industrial designers of the world have lost their inspiration for true innovation, Thanko comes along and opens a new window to improving our lives through technology. This time around it’s a USB-rechargeable hairbrush featuring a built-in water reservoir and misting pump, so the humidity’s always perfect. When its tiny tank’s…

7 Ways to Save the Microsoft Surface

It has a more dynamic interface. It has Office inside. It can run two apps on the same screen. And it has a USB port and a built-in kickstand. The iPad has none of these things, and the Microsoft Surface does. So why does Microsoft’s first tablet already seem to be on the ropes? According…

Though 88% want to keep Facebook’s guidelines, Zuckerbug’s axing them anyway —RIP Democracy.

How to injure your genitals like an American

From a recent issue of the Journal of Urology comes a list that’s guaranteed to make you wince: a ranking of consumer products most commonly associated with genitourinary injuries and emergency room visits in the United States. The study, led by UCSF urologist Herman Bagga, looks at genital injuries between 2002 and 2010, in an…

Yahoo Mail Finally Gets a Slick Redesign of its Own

Remember Yahoo Mail? You probably haven’t used it in years because it’s been out-featured by the vastly superior Gmail. Well, today we’re getting our first look at Yahoo’s new vision for its abandoned email service. And from what we can see, the new Yahoo Mail might even be worth trying. In a blog post, Yahoo…

A real-life Hobbit pub has opened for business in New Zealand

Hobbit fans looking to celebrate their victories by pouring back a cool one in the same tradition as Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin are in for a real treat. The Green Dragon, a New Zealand pub that recreates the look and feel of the same drinking establishment as seen in the Lord of the Rings…