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Amazon: The Official Cloud Server of the US Government

The US Gov is no stranger to Amazon’s data centers: they’ve used them for sites like Recovery.gov and Energy.gov. But after shuttering 40% of their data centers, the Government is looking to Amazon to house data that’s considerably more sensitive. https://gizmodo.com/us-government-shutting-down-40-of-its-data-centers-5823003 Not-so-creatively dubbed “GovCloud,” Amazon says that the server will require anyone accessing it to…

The Secret History of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles‘ Amazing Barbarian, Beastwizard!

Just like a Terminator coming from the future to kill you, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles excelled in catching us off guard. You might have thought you knew what an ongoing television series based on the first two Terminator movies was, but then you’d be surprised. Case in point: You’d never expect a Terminator show…

AnimGIF Live Wallpaper 2 for Android: Liven Up Your Phone with Some GIFs

If you didn’t know, we love GIFs here at Gizmodo. They’re little Internet treasures that you hold on to forever. But you know what needs more GIFs? Your phone. AnimGIF for Android turns your favorite GIFs into wallpapers. What’s it do? It’s a wallpaper “app” that lets you use any GIF you find on the…

Plasticine Tatooine celebrates the unsung icons of the Star Wars Universe

We’ve all seen our fair share of Star Wars art (not that we’re complaining), but we’ve never seen it quite like this, and never featuring these characters. Plasticine Tatooine: Stories from the Star Wars Second String is illustrator Elliott Quince’s awesome take on some of Star Wars’s less well-recognized — but no less important —…

Brain-eating amoebas claim the life of a teenager in Florida

Over the weekend, a sixteen-year-old girl lost her life to a rare infection from an amoeba called Naegleria fowleri, which eats neurons in the brain (in the image here, you can see the amoeba eating rat neurons). Most likely she caught it while swimming in a river near her Florida home. Experts say the Naegleria…

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This Is How 28 Flash Mobbers Rob a 7-Eleven In Under a Minute

Usually, people showing at flash mobs do some kind of artsy fartsy performance in a public place, summoned by viral tweets or Facebook status. These people did the same thing and robbed a 7-Eleven in Maryland in under a minute. Watch the videos. Detectives from the Montgomery County Police 5th District Investigative Section are investigating…

Here’s What It Looks Like When a Drone Crashes into a C-130

This must have been incredibly terrifying! Imagine rumbling along in your massive C-130 over Afghanistan, when KABOOM, a UAV slams into your wing and tears a big chunk out if it. Now imagine having to land like that. sUAS News relays the following dispatch from the scene: On closer inspection I could see a part…

Warding Off Mosquitos Is Easy. Just Start With an Orange…

Unplggd offers a great little how-to for anyone hates mosquitoes (read: everyone) and is sick of buying new candles and cans of spray. All you need is some orange peel and a spent plug-in repellent you might have lying around. Just cut an orange rind to about the size of a refill, stick it inside…

Hyenas prove that complex societies give you big brains

The basic concept of counting is beyond most animals, but not hyenas. They are able to count almost as well as primates, another indicator that these carnivores are unusually intelligent. It all goes back to their sophisticated, hierarchical societies. Hyenas don’t generally get a lot of credit for their intelligence – personally, I blame The…

This Dog Photo Is Made With Her Own Ashes

This photo of a dead dog named Sussie was printed using her ashes. It’s really creepy, but I kind of want the same thing done to me when I die. You know, just for kicks and to piss off whoever has to keep the photo forever. It seems that the people from Skrekkogle—who is now…

Stephen Lang: Conan the Barbarian is not big on subtext

Stephen Lang has become the go-to guy for gung-ho older soldiers, from Col. Quaritch in Avatar to the time-traveling colonist Nathaniel Taylor in Terra Nova. But maybe the most intense role he’s played yet is the evil warlord Khalar Zym in the new Conan the Barbarian. We were lucky enough to sit down one-on-one with…

Happy Birthday to Pitchfork: The Most Annoyingly Important Music Website of All Time

Do you care about music? Probably. Do you use the internet? Yes. If so, you probably loathe Pitchfork, perhaps the most arrogant collection of HTML ever assembled. And yet it’s our most powerful critical voice—and changed music forever. Apparently, Pitchfork turns 15 years old this week. I had no idea it’s been going since 1996.…

A Pint-Sized Gramophone Will Instantly Class Up any Phone

The technical merits of a gramophone-shaped passive amplifier are certainly up for debate. But those looking for a stylish way to dock/charge their iPhones (without spending hundreds on an adequately-designed speaker dock) could do worse than Ozaki’s iSuppli Gramo. Available in white, red or black, the stand keeps iPhones upright so that they’re just a…

Restaurant Customer Tossed Out for Angry Tweet

The war of phone wielder against chef rages on: despite today’s pro-phone victory in Washington, Texan comrades have been hit with a setback. Allison Matsu was having a drink. She didn’t like her bartender. She tweeted about it. BOOM: booted. https://gizmodo.com/fascist-phone-banishing-restaurant-liberates-customers-5831796 HoustonPress reports Matsu’s infringing tweet called her bartender a “twerp,” and labeled him with…

Watch Every Football Game with Sunday NFL Ticket On Your PS3

Xbox 360 users might have their fancy ESPN but the only sport most people care about is football. Sony just announced that PS3 users can sign up for NFL Sunday Ticket (a DirecTV exclusive) even if they don’t have DirecTV. That means you can watch every NFL game straight from your PS3. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-espn-on-xbox-360-is-the-only-way-i-want-to-watc-5824986 Here’s how…

Watch a scene from Studio Ghibli’s Little Nemo movie that never was

We love ourselves some Studio Ghibli around these parts, so it breaks our heart to see this unused pitch for a Ghibli-helmed Little Nemo in Dreamland. The studio’s animators put it together in 1984, but Ghibli never developed the project in full. A Japanese Little Nemo movie was released in 1989, but we would have…

The Amazing Sexiness of Superhero Fetishwear and Body-Painting [NSFW]

When does superhero cosplay slide over into becoming fetishwear? When it gets too shiny. And too kinky. The monthly Jaded fetish event in Lowell, Mass. had a superhero night last weekend, and some of the looks go way beyond what you’d see at Comic-Con. There were some body-painted superheroes, including Mystique from X-Men and Captain…

BART Was Just Hacked Again, This Time In Anonymous’ Name Update: It Was a Single French Girl

Someone is keen on continuing Anonymous’ crusade against BART in the wake of the agency’s cell phone blockage debacle last week. This new hack broke into the BARTpoa website, and exposes the personal data of 102 BART police officers. Updated. http://gizmodo.com/5830830/anonymous-hacks-bart-website-leaks-user-info-and-passwords Interestingly, Anon lays no claim to the hack, stating on Twitter that “some random…

7 Tools to Help Make President Obama’s Job Easier

Seems like everyone is up President Obama’s ass for something these days. Too much war. Not enough war. Too much spending. Not enough spending. This guy can’t win. His rapidly graying hair is proof of that. But if El Presidente had a few tools at his disposal, his job might be a lot easier. Here…