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The End of Silicon Valley

It’s the end of the summer. And in Silicon Valley, it’s the end of an era. The garage days are over. It’s time to move on. The future belongs to the dorm. Stanford begat Silicon Valley. The history of Silicon Valley is largely the history of California universities: Stanford and Berkeley and Cal Poly graduates.…

The All-Time Scariest Moments from Found Footage Horror Movies

Yet another found footage movie, Apollo 18, hits theaters tomorrow. The found footage genre has become a mainstay of horror, with its flickering video and shaky cameras. But what are the best, most terrifying moments of found footage horror? We’ve gone through the whole history of the genre and compiled the absolute best of the…

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House, Legoized

The Robie House is at the pinnacle of American architecture. One of the first houses to be turned into a national landmark, Lego has released a replica kit of Frank Lloyd Wright’s 101-year-old masterpiece. Built in 1910, the Robie House could have been built yesterday and still be seen as an innovative architectural achievement. Built…

Futurama Monopoly lets you own Robot Hell

If we can’t have Game of Thrones Monopoly in real life, then this is the next best thing — a Futurama Monopoly set is available for preorders during the month of September, with the game shipping in November. Watch out for the Hypnotoad! https://gizmodo.com/game-of-thrones-meets-monopoly-check-out-our-new-board-5801303 Here are some more images of this excellent-looking game: And here’s…

What Do Apple and Viagra Have in Common?

Apple and Viagra seem like two brands least likely to share a common bond, but in fact, both have employed the services of, as the New Yorker’s Evan Osnos puts it, “the Seal Team Six of global manufacturing.” John Theriault and Don Shruhan both spent five years in Viagra’s security unit helping to shut down…

The 2011 “Dance Your Ph.D.” contest has officially begun!

Calling all past and present Ph.D. students! Have you ever felt the urge to convey your graduate work in the form of interpretive dance? Well now’s your chance; Science Magazine’s 2011 “Dance Your Ph.D.” Contest has officially begun! The rules are pretty straightforward. You must be a Ph.D. or be working towards one; the Ph.D.…

George Lucas Confirms More Impossibly Dumb Changes on Blu-Ray Star Wars

Following the harrowing rumors on the nauseating changes in the Blu-ray edition of Star Wars, a Lucasfilm spokesman has confirmed our worst fear: the changes are indeed completely real. Check the video to see the worst offender: Darth Vader screaming No!. https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-is-finally-on-f-ing-blu-ray-5726755 I say no! to all this revisionist fuckassery. And I say no to…

Anonymous Roars Back With 3GB Leak of Texas Police Chief Emails: “That stupid bitch got what she deserved”

Anonymous, after a relatively large period of doing nothing, are back with a vengeance. Even without their (arrested) de facto leader Topiary, they’ve punched Texan law enforcement squarely in their gut: a giant email leak, internal documents, addresses. Anon’s back. https://gizmodo.com/alleged-lulzsec-top-boss-arrested-in-scotland-updated-5825198 Anon explains the motives for the attack thusly: We are doing this in solidarity…

Aol: You’ve Got Conflicts (Updated)

In what seems like an obvious conflict of interest, Fortune reports that Mike Arrington, founder of Aol’s TechCrunch, is launching a venture capital fund to invest in start-up companies. Aol’s TechCrunch specializes in reporting on start ups. Arrington is notorious for trading access for coverage and has previously been criticized for investing in the industry.…

Filmic Pro for iPhone: Like Whoa, Your iPhone Video Camera Is All Professional Now

OOOH your iPhone videos look SOO NICE. And it’s true, the stock cam on the iPhone 4 does a decent job for quick videos but if you wanted to stop being an amateur and use some real tools for video recording, Filmic Pro is what you need. What’s it do? It’s a video camera app…

Music Needs ‘Connective Tissue’ and Facebook Wants To Build It

As details emerge about Facebook’s plan to integrate with music services to let friends share their listening experience, one thing is abundantly clear: Music fans and the music industry desperately need this—or something like it—to happen. Here’s the core of the problem. When music fans use an online music service, whether that means free music…

What happens when one black hole eats another black hole?

It’s cannibalism…in space! You’re looking at an image of two recently discovered, absolutely colossal black holes currently battling it out at the heart of a galaxy named NGC3393. Well, “battling” may not be the right word — because one of them is eating the other. The two black holes in question are both believed to…

The Movies on Netflix Streaming Are About to Suck a Lot More

A large portion of the fresh movies that you can watch on Netflix’s Watch Instantly streaming service are supplied through a deal with Starz. Like Toy Story 3 and Let Me In. Well, they’re going to disappear on February 28. https://gizmodo.com/netflix-engulfs-starz-content-regurgitates-free-to-sub-5057342 Starz announced today that contract negotiations with Netflix have broken down and that when…

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CLOO App Lets You Rent Your Bathroom to Strangers Because that’s a Totally Safe and Normal Thing

Places I don’t want complete strangers: #1, lying on top of my bed while I’m having sex. #2, relieving themselves inside my bathroom. CLOO thinks I’m in the minority, and is facilitating the latter. NO. NO NO NO. WHAT. NO. The crew behind CLOO, who apparently think putting a sassy salsa soundtrack to their demo…

This Bottle Contains the Breath of the Greatest Space Heroes of All Time

It looks like a tiny bottle of liquid, but you are looking at the breath of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, the crew of Apollo 11, the first humans to land on the Moon, condensed into liquid: https://gizmodo.com/a-fascinating-view-on-the-apollo-11-launch-5526231 A sample of wastewater taken from the Apollo 11 command module after its return to…

First Quantum Computer Simulator Operates at the Speed of Light

Celebrated physicist Richard Feynman first proposed it in 1982, and now it exists: the first universal, digital quantum simulator. Austrian scientists, who published how they created the mind-blowing simulator in the September 1 issue of journal Science, haven’t yet returned my emails (they’re probably popping champers), but they’ve got to be are pretty stoked. “We…

Resistance to antibiotics is 30,000 years older than the drugs themselves

Antibiotics are one of the greatest breakthroughs of modern medicine, giving us a crucial weapon in the fight against infectious bacteria, but recently we’ve seen the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Now it seems this is a surprisingly ancient phenomenon. There are a number of entirely human reasons why antibiotic resistance is on the rise. The…

The Memory Buyer’s Guide: What’s the Best RAM for My System?

RAM. How much do you need? How fast should it be? Are latencies important? Today, we’ll be covering everything you need to know to get the right RAM for your system. The Importance of RAM Did I mention that this is going to be an all-encompassing guide on RAM? No? Well it is, so those…

Lawsuit Claims Microsoft Is Tracking Every Windows Phone Even if You Opt Out

Microsoft is tracking your Windows Phone, and there’s nothing you can do about it. A lawsuit filed in Seattle is claiming that Windows Phone’s camera app tracks your location and sends it to Microsoft, even if you opt out. We contacted Microsoft and they refused to comment. Earlier this year, when the Internet was losing…