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The Complete Guide to Getting Online Anywhere, Any Time

In a very short time frame we’ve become constantly connected, able to get our internet fix anytime, anywhere. Most of us are more than a little reliant on our Internet connections. MaximumPC breaks down some of the different devices and services that provide internet access across all fifty states, delivering that delicious online content you…

Tech News Tim Ferrill - MaximumPC Jul 22

Dolphins have super-healing and regenerative powers

In a letter to the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Georgetown University Medical Center’s Michael Zasloff has shown that dolphins have remarkable recuperative powers — which may be of use to humans as well. Dolphins who suffer shark bites seem to feel very little pain, and they’re resistant to infection and hemorrhaging. Plus when they heal,…

io9 Tim Barribeau Jul 22

Verizon’s CEO Is Stepping Down

Longtime Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg is stepping down from his head honcho spot (he’ll stay on as Chairman) to make way for Lowell McAdam (the guy who was calling the shots for Verizon Wireless) to become the BIG boss. [Verizon]

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 22

Another Earth proves the hardest thing is living with yourself

In the new movie Another Earth, a duplicate of our own planet appears from the far side of the sun, and starts moving towards “our” Earth. This could be the set-up for a disaster movie, or a story of war between Earths. What you might not expect is that this premise would lead to an…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jul 22

Forklift’s $1M Red Wine Accident “Was Like a Murder Scene”

My first question in regards to the horrible accident at Mollydooker Wines is if anyone got down on their hands and knees and started lapping like a dog. Second question—$1million worth of Aussie shiraz?! What the hell happened?! According to the Washington Post, the forklift dropped 461 cases of Velvet Glove Shiraz which was destined…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 22

Clearly Video Editing Will Solve All of RIM’s Problems

RIM, the maker of all BlackBerrys, is in hot water. It’s not boiling yet, but I just dipped my finger in and it’s definitely simmering after today’s big announcement that RIM’s bought JayCut, a video-editing company. https://gizmodo.com/ten-reasons-why-blackberry-is-screwed-5812832 Whatever could RIM want a video-editing company for? Is it for this rumored Apple TV-rival product that will…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 22

New footage from NBC’s Awake has us pumped for the latest reality-bending cop show

We just watched a condensed, thirty-minute version of the pilot for NBC’s Awake, in which Harry Potter’s Jason Isaacs plays a cop jumping between two parallel universes after a horrific car crash…which killed a different family member in each reality. Isaacs was on hand with producer Howard Gordon and show creator Kyle Killen – whose…

Television Alasdair Wilkins Jul 22

How Do You Move a Space Shuttle? This Thing.

Since the Space Shuttle couldn’t very well fly itself to the launch pad, NASA had to figure out how to get $1.7 billion worth of spacecraft from the Vehicle Assembly Building the the Launch Pad. Their solution: the 2700-ton Crawler-Transporter. Problem solved. Standing 20-26 feet high, 131 feet wide, and 114 feet long, each vehicle—nicknamed…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Jul 22

These Australian Waterfalls Are Running Upwards

Winds are now so strong on the southern coast of Australia—74.5mph (120km/h)—that waterfalls are running upwards. The water is just being blown up from the bottom. The situation’s crazy, especially for those commuters in their ferries. According to the BBC, “nearly a month’s worth of rain has fallen on [Sidney] in 24 hours”. [BBC]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jul 22

High school scientists discover “undisclosed ingredients” in tea

Good morning! Are you drinking tea? For god’s sake, spit it out! You don’t know what’s in there! But now, thanks to some teenage scientists, you will. These intrepid researchers found undisclosed ingredients in tea. For those of us who have always thought that tea tastes like boiled newspapers, this unsettling news won’t be too…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 22

Dear Apple, Can You Just Buy Hulu? Please?

Hulu needs owners who aren’t ancient and terrible. Apple needs a streaming video service that isn’t ancient and terrible. So based on those unconfirmed reports that Apple is interested in buying Hulu, I have only one demand: DO IT. Just imagine for a moment what Hulu would mean for iTunes, and vice versa: Gone would…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jul 22

What would really happen if you were bitten by a radioactive spider? The scientific truth behind superhero origin stories

In comics, superheroes often have “scientific” origin stories involving radiation or strange chemicals. But what would actually happen if you experienced one of these origin stories in real life? Let’s take a look at six classic superhero tales and find out. The Fantastic Four Origin: Four adventurers make a rushed test flight of a spacecraft…

Books & Comics Keith Veronese Jul 22

The UK Would Deprive Us Our Manimals

The UK Academy of Medical Sciences is singlehandedly protecting us from a future of subservience to hyper-intelligent animal-human hybrids that will inevitably band together and usurp humanity from its seat of hegemony. Or something. The Academy was commissioned by the government to come up with guidelines for hybrid animals that contain human brain cells. The…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Jul 22

Game of Thrones cast talks dragons, puppet wolves, and the Khal Drogo dance. Plus, the scene George R.R. Martin doesn’t want to watch.

George R.R. Martin teased and quizzed the Game of Thrones cast in a panel at Comic-Con yesterday. The cast shared their greatest GoT challenges and favorite scenes, the creators hinted at what’s ahead, and Martin revealed the moment he won’t watch on television. Martin sported a spiffy pair of flame-covered suspenders as he moderated a…

Television Lauren Davis Jul 22

How to turn an orange peel into a mini-flamethrower

To be fair, this will be a very tiny flamethrower. You would only be able to burn an elf or one of those things from Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark. But it’s still cool. Sometimes something is so cool that you wonder why more people haven’t told you about it. Then you realize that…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Jul 22

Paintings or Spinning Records?

Now that we all download or stream, don’t you miss record (or CD) labels and sleeves? Sure, you can turn the visualizer on on iTunes or *cough* WinAmp but it’s no match for trancing out to the spinning label of a record. Photographer Paul Octavious is selling a limited edition series of long-exposure photographs, made…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 22

Amazon Spills First Droid Bionic Product Pics

Announced at CES and delayed because it was receiving “enhancements,” the Motorola Droid Bionic has appeared on Amazon, safely swaddled by a desktop dock and car dock. https://gizmodo.com/the-best-new-phone-is-from-our-wacky-sci-fi-dreams-5730820 According to the Amazon listing, the desktop dock is actually “a station with an extra sense. With ESP technology, you decide which apps and short cuts to…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 22

How Nicolas Winding Refn will update Logan’s Run for today’s future

How do you remake Logan’s Run? What do you do with Box? Critically adored director Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive) explained to us how he’ll have to alter the original novel for modern day audiences. We nabbed Nicolas Winding Refn at the Drive roundtables at Comic-Con and asked him about his planned Logan’s Run remake (starring…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 22

Hyatt Fires Heat Lamps at Striking Hotel Employees

Taking a page from 19th century American robber barons, the managers of a Chicago Hyatt decided to whip together some old fashioned strike breakin’ fun with the help of ten large heat lamps, the Tribune reports. USA! USA! USA! The lamps were switched on against the picketing workers at 7 am—at which point it was…

Tech News Sam Biddle Jul 22

How to Fix Facebook’s New Broken Chat System (YES!)

Gizmodo reader Tal Ater agreed that Facebook’s new chat system is a clusterzuck of confusion, so he created a little program to fix it! It will take off the list anyone who’s offline. Here’s how to do it: https://gizmodo.com/facebook-why-did-you-screw-your-chat-system-5822759 • Drag this bookmarklet and drop it on your browser bookmark bar: Fix Chat • Open…

Social Media Jesus Diaz Jul 22

The Complete Guide to Getting Online Anywhere, Any Time

Dolphins have super-healing and regenerative powers

Verizon’s CEO Is Stepping Down

Another Earth proves the hardest thing is living with yourself

Forklift’s $1M Red Wine Accident “Was Like a Murder Scene”

Clearly Video Editing Will Solve All of RIM’s Problems

New footage from NBC’s Awake has us pumped for the latest reality-bending cop show

How Do You Move a Space Shuttle? This Thing.

These Australian Waterfalls Are Running Upwards

High school scientists discover “undisclosed ingredients” in tea

Dear Apple, Can You Just Buy Hulu? Please?

What would really happen if you were bitten by a radioactive spider? The scientific truth behind superhero origin stories

The UK Would Deprive Us Our Manimals

Game of Thrones cast talks dragons, puppet wolves, and the Khal Drogo dance. Plus, the scene George R.R. Martin doesn’t want to watch.

How to turn an orange peel into a mini-flamethrower

Paintings or Spinning Records?

Amazon Spills First Droid Bionic Product Pics

How Nicolas Winding Refn will update Logan’s Run for today’s future

Hyatt Fires Heat Lamps at Striking Hotel Employees

How to Fix Facebook’s New Broken Chat System (YES!)

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