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io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 4

Rolling.fm: An Enormous, Stupid, Shameless Internet Ripoff

Spotify sure stole a pretty good amount of Turntable.fm’s thunder—up until that point, the trendy music site of the moment. So maybe there was room for further competition? Sure! How about an absolute knockoff of Turntable? Not really. Rolling.fm, created by a former Google software engineer, shares more than just a URL suffix. The service…

Tech News Sam Biddle Aug 4

Man 3D-Prints Spare Part to Avoid Huge Ripoff

Getting a spare part has got to be the biggest pain in the ass known to the Ikea-loving world. But one man, who goes by dscott4 on Instructables, has stepped up. His pricey Bugaboo stroller needed a small part that the company’s service center sells for $250. Really? So our guy, took his business elsewhere.…

Tech News Lily Hay Newman Aug 4

Roku 2: Same Old (But Still Good), Same Old

The Rokus are absolutely phenomenal streaming video boxes. They’re affordable, take minimal setup, and pipe in Netflix (most importantly), plus myriad other movie services. In HD! The new wave’s out—so what’s new? Virtually nothing. And that’s fine! Why It Matters Freeing ourselves from the cost and banality of broadcast television thanks to internet video has…

Reviews Sam Biddle Aug 4

Qbo the Robot DJ Will Guarantee Nerdiest Party of Your Life

Hello, party programs! Are you ready to get down? Put your hands in the air if you are ready to get funky—digitally! Perhaps you would like a rap party melody? That is no problem! Motion-controlled party cool time! Is your party missing anything? Drugs? Attractive people? A robot boombox with facial recognition technology and hand…

Tech News Sam Biddle Aug 4

6 Gadgets to Make Eating Outside Excellent, Even for Pasty Cityfolk

The weather’s great—albeit in the quadruple digits in some places—why are you eating indoors like a schmuck? These six tools will get you out from the kitchen table and around the picnic table. Welcome to summer. Weber Q220 Grill You can’t have cookout without a grill, otherwise it’s just a picnic. And since your full-size…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Aug 4

Pentagon’s Lightning Gun Sold for Scraps on eBay

There was a time, not all that long ago, when the Pentagon sank tens of millions of dollars into remote-controlled lightning guns that it hoped would fry insurgent bombs before they killed any more troops. Now, disassembled parts from the one-time wonder-weapons are being sold on eBay. At least one buyer snatched up the gear,…

Tech News Noah Shachtman - Wired Aug 4

Flamboyant birds are oversexing themselves into premature aging

The male Houbara bustard of North Africa is one of the animal kingdom’s most extravagant creatures, with huge ornamental feathers and complex, energetic mating practices known as “booming.” But all that booming has dire consequences for their actual reproductive chances. Booming is a highly elaborate display meant to attract a mate, and it takes a…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Aug 4

A Toy Truck Saved the Lives of Six Soldiers in Afghanistan

Staff Sgt. Christopher Fessenden is alive right now thanks to a toy truck. Seriously. The toy truck was always sent ahead of him in Afghanistan to look for roadside bombs. Last week, it ran into a tripwire and exploded. Fessenden and five other soldiers used the toy truck, a Traxxis Stampede re-painted in desert camo,…

Tech News Casey Chan Aug 4

What Traveling Around the World Looks Like in 1 Minute (Hint: Awesome)

Rick, Tim and Andrew, three ordinary guys, decided to take a trip of a lifetime: 11 countries in 44 days. 18 flights and 38,000 miles later they have three 1-minute videos showing what life is like around the world. They recorded everything off two cameras and ended up with over a terabyte of footage which…

Tech News Casey Chan Aug 4

Is This the iPhone 5 Slim?

This photo was taken 15 minutes ago at Gizmodo’s headquarters. On the right, you can see the iPhone 4. But look on the left! There’s an iPhone 5 slim just like the one leaked yesterday in France! Or is it? It looks real, but it is not. The fact is that it only took me…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Aug 4

The Leviathan comes to California, in new art from Scott Westerfeld’s Goliath

The next chapter of Scott Westerfeld’s alternate World War I series comes out next month, and we’ve got an exclusive piece of amazing artwork from illustrator Keith Thompson. Plus an essay from Westerfeld, explaining how this artwork came to be. Behold the full wonderment of a biological airship arriving at Hearst’s California mansion, along with…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 4

How America Battled Communism by Blasting Insects Full of DDT

The history of mankind’s battle against malaria has been long and largely ineffectual. The Fever looks at the rise of DDT in post-WWII America. For most of humankind’s history with malaria, political indiﬀerence, scientiﬁc controversy, and tightﬁstedness have reigned. The post–World War II development of a potent new compound called dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane—or simply DDT—changed all that.…

Tech News Sonia Shah Aug 4

R.I.P. William Sleator, pioneer of young-adult science fiction

The current boom in dystopian fiction for young-adult readers owes a lot to William Sleator, who passed away in Thailand a couple of days ago. His books were creepy, scary, and also filled with a relatable sort of dread. His most famous novel, House of Stairs, involves five teenage orphans who wake up in a…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 4

A Smörgåsbord of Indie Games for Whatever You Want to Pay is the Deal of the Day

Do people still use the honor system? Humble Bundle does and, much like that house on Halloween that leaves a big bowl of candy out with a “Take just one” note, they’re giving away seven games for whatever you feel like paying. That’s right—five, six, seven Indie games, you set the price point. Crayon Physics…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals Aug 4

Thinner Image Sensor That Doesn’t Suck = Even Thinner iPhones

Omnivision makes image sensors for the iPhone. They’re pretty good. Their latest sensor uses a new 1.1-micron pixel architecture that makes it “20 percent slimmer than any 8-megapixel module in commercial use today.” Meaning it can fit in the super-cramped spaces available in ultra-thin phones. Omnivision’s also promising “significant improvements in power efficiency and image…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Aug 4

NASA Might Have Found Flowing Water on Mars (Updated)

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter may have just found flowing water on Mars. It’s the closest that scientists have come to finding flowing water on the Red Planet and will help determine if Mars could harbor life. Remember, frozen water has been found on Mars years ago. But frozen water—ice—in Mars cold temperature stays frozen, life…

Space & Spaceflight Casey Chan Aug 4

Planet of the Apes‘ Andy Serkis exposes the hypocrisy of expecting intelligent apes to be more “human”

The big standout performance in Rise of the Planet of the Apes isn’t James Franco or John Lithgow — instead, everybody’s buzzing about Andy Serkis’ brilliant motion-capture acting as the ape, Caesar. People are calling Serkis the first mo-cap movie star. Just check out this amazing behind-the-scenes video, showing how Serkis created a character with…

Movies Meredith Woerner Aug 4

The Saddest Dogs on the Web

Here at Gizmodo, we love Etsy. When artists and crafty folk can connect with potential buyers online, everyone wins… except for the dogs. Seeing all the homemade sweaters, hats, and other unspeakable things Etsy artists force their own dogs to model, someone had the genius idea of putting all of these sad pooches on a…

Tech News Brent Rose Aug 4

A Cinema Made from Fridges Sounds Very Cool

Sorry for the punnage, but it does! The pop-up cinema Films on Fridges has been built in London’s trendy Hackney area, where it will serve up films until August 13th. Inspired by a fridge dumping-ground removed in 2005, the cinema has been built using 150 fridge doors—even for the seats and the bar. [Films on…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 4

Dark Knight Rises set photos — Rocket Launcher Tumbler, plus Batman and Anne Hathaway in the same scene

Rolling.fm: An Enormous, Stupid, Shameless Internet Ripoff

Man 3D-Prints Spare Part to Avoid Huge Ripoff

Roku 2: Same Old (But Still Good), Same Old

Qbo the Robot DJ Will Guarantee Nerdiest Party of Your Life

6 Gadgets to Make Eating Outside Excellent, Even for Pasty Cityfolk

Pentagon’s Lightning Gun Sold for Scraps on eBay

Flamboyant birds are oversexing themselves into premature aging

A Toy Truck Saved the Lives of Six Soldiers in Afghanistan

What Traveling Around the World Looks Like in 1 Minute (Hint: Awesome)

Is This the iPhone 5 Slim?

The Leviathan comes to California, in new art from Scott Westerfeld’s Goliath

How America Battled Communism by Blasting Insects Full of DDT

R.I.P. William Sleator, pioneer of young-adult science fiction

A Smörgåsbord of Indie Games for Whatever You Want to Pay is the Deal of the Day

Thinner Image Sensor That Doesn’t Suck = Even Thinner iPhones

NASA Might Have Found Flowing Water on Mars (Updated)

Planet of the Apes‘ Andy Serkis exposes the hypocrisy of expecting intelligent apes to be more “human”

The Saddest Dogs on the Web

A Cinema Made from Fridges Sounds Very Cool

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