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26 Awesome Photos of War Dogs Showing How Badass and Cute They Can Be

We love dogs, but we love war dogs even more because apart from being loyal and cute, they can be absolutely badass. We are so obsessed with these awesome canines that we made a collection of the 30 best photos we could find all over the web. Enjoy. BADASS: War dogs are not new. They…

Twitter Has Lost the Fight to Keep Your Private Tweets Private

Welp, looks like your tweets really aren’t protected by law. After months of haggling with the courts, Twitter has finally turned over the protected tweets of Occupy Wall Street protestor Malcolm Harris after his arrest in October. Had Twitter persisted in its resistance to the court order demanding the tweets, it would have been held…

Why is the light from the TV always blue?

When you look at the television, the colors look natural. Sometimes the screen is predominantly green or yellow or red or blue, depending on the situation. But if you watch a window illuminated by a television set at night, the light shining out always looks blue. Why is that? Color temperature is a term that…

NASA Needs This Fantastic Spationery in Its Gift Shop

Since it’s totally pre-occupied with its latest rover roaming the surface of Mars, we figured we’d give NASA a hand, specifically when it comes to restocking its gift shop. Unfortunately, South Korean designer Jeongmi Lee’s lovely space-themed Spacionery office accessories don’t exist yet. But NASA put a man on the moon and a robot on…

Mac Battery Life Looks Like It’s About to Get a Massive Upgrade

Battery life in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion kind of sucks. A lot. It’s very very bad, and was only made a little better with the 10.8.1 update a few weeks ago. But it looks like help is on the way. The Mac Observer took a peek at how each update to OS X since…

Resident Evil: Retribution: Your Punishment for Loving Action Movies

There is no such thing as a good action movie. If you’ve ever enjoyed simulated violence on screen, then you’re a moron and probably someone whose kink is not okay. That’s the message I took away from the fifth Resident Evil movie, which seems to be a concerted attempt to make an action movie so…

Apple EarPods Review: Better! (But Still Garbage)

Pretty soon millions—tens of millions!—of suckers will own a pair of Apple EarPods. If you hated the old Apple buds because they sound terrible and don’t fit, good news is that these are better. And they still come free with a device. The bad news is that they’re still a pretty poor way to experience…

Tech In Teaching: Is YouTube Changing How Students Learn?

Welcome back to 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. Last week I interviewed (via email) Adrian Spatzer, a 29-year old Brooklynite who teaches at M.S.…

Twitter just hired legendary Apple hacker Charlie Miller to beef up security, and to go through Tim Cook’s emails. [Ars]

Beautiful Maple or Walnut Bluetooth Keyboards: The Wood Makes It Good

If gleaming white plastic and brushed aluminum don’t suit your fancy when it comes to keyboards, a French design shop called Orée will hand craft you a beautiful alternative made from your choice of either maple or walnut wood. But if you thought keeping your current keyboard clean was a pain, imagine having to sand…

This Unmanned Patroller Guards Israeli Borders for Days on End

Given Israel’s precarious position within the Middle East, border security is of paramount importance. Problem is—it’s also labor-intensive and really quite dangerous. That’s why the IDF puts a fleet of autonomous off-roaders between its human forces and the front lines. The Guardium is an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) created by G-NIUS, an industrial-security coalition between…

The bizarre jellyfish made of electricity that hover over thunderstorms

Lightning storms are pretty impressive on the ground, but up in the air, they can be even more astonishing. In 1989, people noticed that sudden blue lines erupted from the top of thunderstorms. They would also see what looked like bright red jellyfish hanging over the clouds. These two optical phenomena were called red sprites…

Forget hoverboards, where the hell are our futuristic breast-washing machines?

Pictured here: an ad for a metallic-looking, retro-futuristic “breast washer,” circa 1930s, that could easily have been a prop on the set of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis. Our questions: did these actually exist? Do they still exist? If so, why do we never see them? How do they work? What are the benefits (real or imagined)…

HP CEO Promises a Smartphone’s Coming Because of Course It Is

After purchasing Palm, putting webOS on smartphones and tablets, and then giving up, it seems that HP has finally decided it needs to offer a smartphone. Pressured on the point in an interview with Fox Business, HP’s CEO Meg Whitman said that the company “ultimately has to offer a smartphone.” But when, where, how, and…

After iPhone 5 the Only Small Phones Left Are All Horrible

Apple gave in. As every other smartphone ballooned, adding inch upon inch, birthing the horror realm of the phablet, the iPhone stood its ground at 3.5 inches—the world’s best phone was still compact. Not anymore! And that’s sad. People want big phones, whether that’s a good thing or not, and so, by God, Apple gave…

The Scientist Who Almost Died While Debunking “The Hottest Day on Earth”

The world record for the hottest recorded temperature of 58°C (136.4°F) was set at Al Azizia, Libya, in 1922. This year, a team of researchers — including one who was almost killed in Libya’s 2011 revolution — invalidated that record. Here’s the harrowing story of how they did it. It’s incredibly rare for such an…

An Exclusive Look at the New iPhon—OH GOD LOOK OUT

Conan O’Brien was all set to preview the new iPhone. Until… SAMSUNGGGGG. Dumb cheap joke? Absolutely. But also great and funny. Someone tell Stefan Jobes we’d like a look at the thing when he’s done. [YouTube] https://gizmodo.com/conan-comedy-clip-satirizes-samsungs-apple-jealousy-5932772

How Invasive Snakes Have Turned Guam Into a Spider-Infested Horror Show

Back in the 1940s, the highly invasive brown treesnake was accidently introduced to the island of Guam. In just four decades, these snakes had wiped out 10 of 12 native bird species, with the remaining two species forced to live in small areas, protected by snake traps. The result: an island with no bird chirps…

These Recycled Chairs Put a Used La-Z-Boy To Shame

People abandon a lot of unwanted furniture. Sometimes you can find an amazing classic couch. Other times, you come across a mattress, and you should never take a used mattress, no matter how free it is. But to make one man’s trash truly become another man’s treasure, Studiomama has undertaken a project called Re-Imagined to…

Why You Don’t Pay a Ticket with 137 Dollar Bills Folded into Origami Pigs

Everybody hates getting a ticket, so what better way to take the edge off than delivering payment in an inconvenient, quirky way? That’ll really show those cops who’s boss! That must have been what this guy was thinking when he folded 137 dollar bills into 137 origami pigs and brought them to a police station…