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Will Google Ads for Google Products on Google Make You Switch to Bing?

Today Google has an ad for Google’s Nexus 7 tablet on Google’s home page. Google Google Google Google did you know this page is called Google.com? Between search, a mobile os, hardware, and a social network, Google apparently does absolutely everything now. The ad is an obnoxious departure from the comfort and familiarity of a…

10 Reasons the Next Batman Movie Should be Batman Beyond

Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy has ended once and for all, and the Dark Knight’s future remains totally in question. The Caped Crusader is a total cash cow, so he’s pretty much guaranteed to return to theaters soon, both as part of the Justice League and in his own solo pictures. But what should the next…

Twitter Needs to Fix Its Own Apps Before It Kills Everyone Else’s

Twitter’s latest move in the war against the companies which helped build it up is to no longer acknowledge when users are tweeting from the clients of all those third-party developers. It’s no secret Twitter wants to eradicate all third-party clients and funnel everyone into its own creations. And in theory, that should be great.…

Uh, Lebron James wants to star in Space Jam 2

In a recent ominous tweet, the zillionaire athlete shared his musings on Michael Jordan’s strangely autobiographical interstellar odyssey. This will no doubt start a wildfire of studio execs clamoring for a sequel to the most important film of twentieth century. By all means, regale us with your best Space Jam 2 pitch in the comments.…

Yama Cold Brew Drip Tower: This Totem Pole Makes Some Pretty Delicious Coffee

There are plenty of ways to make coffee. The Yama Cold Brew Drip Tower is certainly among the most stylish. It’s also a bit expensive, it’s a moderate hassle, and it looks a little like it belongs in a lab. Can your kitchen handle it? What Is It? A towering coffee maker designed to yield…

The Sun Made This 5.2-Million-Mile Tall Light Bulb

For all its ruthless atomic power, the Sun does some really cute things sometimes. Other than making flowers grow and tan Kate Upton’s skin, I mean. Like this pretty good impression of a lightbulb, taken by the Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) C2 instrument aboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). Of course, the…

The ultimate invention for telling your coworkers to screw themselves

Science fiction pioneer Hugo Gernsback wasn’t simply the founder of Amazing Stories, the first scifi periodical — he was also a prolific inventor and futurist who regaled past generations with zany visions of Dalek-like killing machines and computer-mandated marriage examinations. https://gizmodo.com/tremble-before-the-daleks-of-1918-5899312 https://gizmodo.com/in-the-future-well-undergo-tests-to-avoid-marrying-fri-5772890 And Gernsback’s greatest contribution to office culture was “The Isolator,” a sound-proof helmet…

What’s That Mysterious Metal Square On the Top of the iPhone 5?

According to rumormongers, this allegedly leaked iPhone part supposedly shows a Near Field Communication (NFC) antenna that would work with iOS 6’s passbook to turn your iPhone into a digital wallet. But is it really? https://gizmodo.com/rumor-new-iphone-5-leaks-show-nfc-chip-maybe-sorta-5938123 According to Anandtech’s Brian Klug and Anand Lal Shimpi, it’s not: Given the primarily metal backside of the new…

You Can Listen to the Same Songs Mars Curiosity Wakes Up To

Every morning, when Mars Curiosity opens her amazing eyes, mission control plays a motivating, inspiring song to start the new sol, or martian day. Each track is delightful, and even though you’re not a part of the ground team, they’re wonderful ways to kickstart yourself out of bed. Here’s the full list from the JPL,…

How To Be a Genius: This Is Apple’s Secret Employee Training Manual

We recently showed you just how badly some of Apple’s retail elite behave when no one’s watching, but surely they were taught better, right? You bet they were: Apple tells its new recruits exactly what what to think and say. How do we know? We read Apple’s secret Genius Training Manual from cover to cover.…

Meet the IDGAF King of the Universe

If, like the man above, you choose to stride along a public beach wearing your basic brown banana-hammock, just do it with the same level of swag. He doesn’t care that his spare tire is gleaming in the late-summer sunshine, nor that his body hair creates a halo around his creatively toned muscles. And he’s…

How to Run Mac OS X Inside Windows Using VirtualBox

Even if you’re a Windows fan, you’ve probably thought about trying OS X. Maybe you’d like to test drive OS X before switching to a Mac or building a Hackintosh, or maybe you just want to run that one killer OS X app on your Windows machine. Whatever your reason, you can actually install and…

Chris Hardwick’s Appeal to Doctor Who Fans Everywhere

BBC America is pulling out all the stops in anticipation of Saturday’s world premiere of Doctor Who’s brand-new season. They enlisted Professional Nerd Chris Hardwick to talk about a serious issue tearing at the very fabric of space and time: People among us who are not Whovians…yet! So, get your companions aboard the TARDIS by…

This F-18 Hornet Pass Just Froze My Gonads

Unless you have been right next to one in real life, it’s easy to forget how gigantic jet fighters are. They are truly huge mothers. Take a look at this image of a Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet swooshing by a building in a low pass along the Detroit River in Detroit. Madness? This is THE…

The World’s Largest Digital Camera Will Shoot the Stars 3.2 Gigapixels at a Time

We may be on the verge of an astronomical renaissance. Once complete, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope hunt for dark energy and matter throughout the Southern sky from its perch atop Cerro Pachon in Chile while producing a staggering 60 petabyte public data archive. Now, we just need to figure out how to pay for…

What if The Thing had its own kid-friendly 1980s toy line?

Remember how old Alien toy ads transformed xenobiological body horror into an excuse to sell action figures? Fake commercial maker Arlox has harnessed this instinct for this Saturday morning spot shilling articulated plastic based on John Carpenter’s The Thing. “Happy birthday, kids! You all got mutated torsos.” https://gizmodo.com/old-alien-toy-ads-will-ruin-your-childhood-all-over-aga-5500685 [Via Geeks of Doom]

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Bad news, everyone: smoking too much pot as a teen could permanently lower your IQ

One of the most thorough studies of its kind has concluded that smoking too much reefer as a teenager is linked to significant cognitive decline. More frightening still: the effects could be permanent. Here’s everything you need to know about the study’s findings. Here’s the gist: The study followed 1,037 New Zealanders from birth through…

What the Hell Is This Wood-Paneled Galaxy S III Turd?

The Galaxy S III is a pretty nice-looking phone. Really nice, actually. But oh man ugh what puke guh lol sigh hgggkk snort sigh WHAT IS THIS WOOD/TURD-COLORED VERSION, SAMSUNG? “Amber Brown,” apparently. But ugh. I guess the news is that the S III is coming in new colors, followed closely by the news that…

The 3,000-Pound Fire-Breathing Robot Scorpion Roving the Nevada Desert

Burning Man, despite its reputation, is not just some low-fi hippie party in the middle of nowhere. The place is bursting with unique technology. Some of it blows out your eardrums, some helps you survive in a hostile environment, and some just inspires wonder, awe, and a little bit of fear. Brent is reporting live…