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App Deals of the Day

If you’ve got an insatiable craving for apps, I’ve got just the thing: A heaping helping of #appdealz. Now you can fulfill your desire for more apps without going broke. Free Apps: iOS: • Arcade Cats: Magnificent Puzzle Adventure (iPhone) for $0 (normally $1.99) *pictured left • Egg Gobble (iPhone) for $0 (normally $0.99) •…

Tech News Christina Bonnington Nov 16

How to identify humans by guts alone

Though you’re born with an entirely sterile digestive tract, your guts fill with microbes as you grow up. In fact, these gut bugs outnumber your cells 10 to 1. And every species grows its own unique group of microbes. In fact, a study published today in PLoS Biology shows that our gut fauna are so…

io9 Annalee Newitz Nov 16

A Sneak Preview of SlingPlayer Mobile for iPad

We’ve got SlingPlayer apps available for our iPhone and Android devices, but soon we’ll be able to use SlingPlayer to stream media to our iPads as well. Here’s a preview of what that experience will be like. https://gizmodo.com/slingplayer-mobile-1-1-for-iphone-approved-and-heading-5342138

Tech News Rosa Golijan Nov 16

Giant Star Wars Minifig Alarm Clocks = Holiday Shopping, Done

That’s it. I’m done. No more holiday gift thinking for me—Gigantastic 8-inch tall Star Wars stormtrooper Lego minifigs for everyone! And Darth Vader for me: Oh yes. And it’s just $30. These would be perfect stocking stuffer, especially for people with iPhones. [Think Geek] https://gizmodo.com/did-you-oversleep-because-your-iphone-os-alarm-failed-t-5684252

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 16

Creepy dairy robot allows cows to milk themselves

Meet the Astronaut A4 milking system, a robotic milking contraption that allows cows to decided when they want to be milked. Here’s a flat-out bizarre video of the A4 in action, complete with an emotionless voice and porno soundtrack. This is footage of the Lely company’s robotic cow farm in Rotterdam. While it’s well and…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Nov 16

Where Should You Buy Beatles Music?

With all the hoopla around The Beatles’ arrival on iTunes, you’d think it was the first time their music was available anywhere. Not so! And while iTunes prices the Fab Four’s box set competitively, how does it do with albums? https://gizmodo.com/the-beatles-are-now-on-itunes-5691238 Even though Apple’s got digital distribution rights locked in at least partway through 2011,…

Tech News Brian Barrett and Adam Harris Nov 16

What if Guillermo del Toro directed the Social Network?

College Humor has a ridiculously well done run down of the Social Network remade by other directors such as Guillermo del Toro, Michael Bay and Wes Anderson. Clearly, GDT’s Facebook Monster is the coolest version. See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 16

Stem cells transform injured mice into super-strong mega-rodents

Scientists gave injured mice stem cells to boost their recovery. The treatment worked unbelievably well – in days, the rodents’ muscles grew back twice as big as before, and they remained super-strong for the rest of their lives. Researchers at the University of Boulder injected stem cells into young mice with leg injuries. The stem…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Nov 16

Strange worlds and thrilling companions: A new book collects stunning science fiction art

The greatest science fiction art doesn’t just light up your retinas with wonder and strangeness — it also makes you think, just like great science fiction writing. A new book, SciFi Art Now, contains mind-blowing futuristic and strange art. SciFi Art Now, edited by John Freeman with a foreword by legendary artist Chris Foss, is…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Nov 16

T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon Team Up to Turn Phones Into Wallets

Three major US cell carriers have gotten their mobile payment Voltron on, creating ISIS—a new service that will let you use your phone as you would a credit or debit card for purchases. But that’s just the start. ISIS will be, the carriers claim, more than just a debit card replacement—packing rewards cards, coupons, and…

Tech News Sam Biddle Nov 16

Billionaire Richard Branson Will Be a Flight Attendant After Losing a Bet

In the richest of rich person problems, airline-and-Formula-One-team-owner Richard Branson just lost a bet to airline-and-Formula-One-team-owner Tony Fernandes. The stakes? He’s got to be a flight attendant on an Air Asia flight from Kuala Lumpur to London. The two comically rich billionaires were betting on the aforementioned Formula One teams. Neither ended up being good…

Tech News Brian Barrett Nov 16

Gadget Deals of the Day

Take advantage of today’s great deals on Laptops, Games, and HDTVs. You don’t see prices like these every day. Top Deals: • 15.5″ Sony VAIO E Series Core i3 VPCEB3QFX/WI White for $579.99 plus free shipping (normally $699) • The Sims Complete Collection (Mac) for $29.99 plus free shipping (normally $50) • Free Girl Talk:…

Tech News Adam Harris Nov 16

How Would a Smart TV Change Your Life?

Think having a smart TV equipped with the Intel® Atom™ processor—meaning, if you are somehow not aware, that you’ll be able to watch TV and browse the web at the same time—will make your life easier? Tell us exactly how a smart TV would change your life and we might just make it happen. Gizmodo…

Tech News Gawkercreative Nov 16

Video: Tour Hotpot, Google’s New Restaurant Recommendation Engine

Google just launched Hotpot, a new service baked into Google Places that lets you rate restaurants, see which ones your friends are liking, and get recommendations of new places to check out. Let’s take a look. [Google Hotpot]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Nov 16

Treasure-hunting after the apocalypse, with mutants and zombie sharks

Gerard Butler is set to team up with Antoine Fuqua to star in Afterburn, a movie based on a comic book about treasure-hunters who plunder the Eastern Hemisphere after solar flares turn it into a hellhole full of monsters. Will this be a good movie? Probably not. But just check out this plot synopsis from…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Nov 16

30 Shamelessly Stolen Photographs

Some might call it plagiarism, but the knock-off is an art form all its own. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, Gizmodo’s readers assembled to duplicate or parody some of the most iconic photographs in history. (Light NSFW content follows.) https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-steal-5686367 Lead Shot – Pink Floyd – Back Catalogue I’m honestly not even a Pink Floyd…

Movies Mark Wilson Nov 16

Singing Disney Princess enthusiasts, your time is now! Tangled soundtrack released

Finally a Disney Princess movie we can sing along with! Tangled the computer-animated retelling of Rapunzel, has released a handful of clips along with its catchy soundtrack. Take a listen to Donna Murphy kill it in “Mother Knows Best.” I’ve been raving about Donna Murphy’s villainous role in Tangled for weeks. But now watch her…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 16

Shooting Challenge Steal Gallery

mixed with: I tried to steal Alfred Hitchcock profile picture and at the same time the technique from Kumi Yamashita, Building Blocks using birds to fit with Hitchcock theme. I started by doing some basic origami birds (I stopped at forty). Then, I installed my headlamp on the table as a light source and placed…

Tech News Adam Harris Nov 16

Google Voice. For iPhone. It’s here.

Google’s official Google Voice app is here. For the iPhone. Hot. Damn. And guess what? It’s free. Updated. It has what you think an official Google Voice app has: push notifications for new texts and voicemails, something prior GV apps couldn’t quite handle without a third-party workaround. Get it now! Will update the post in…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 16

Maps from 1942 of the never-was Nazi invasion of North America

These diagrams from the March 2, 1942 issue of Life detailed the Nazi invasion of America shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Check out such alternate reality battles like the bombing of Detroit and invasion of Norfolk, Virginia. These maps were created as a follow-up to an article about an American defeat in WWII…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Nov 16

App Deals of the Day

How to identify humans by guts alone

A Sneak Preview of SlingPlayer Mobile for iPad

Giant Star Wars Minifig Alarm Clocks = Holiday Shopping, Done

Creepy dairy robot allows cows to milk themselves

Where Should You Buy Beatles Music?

What if Guillermo del Toro directed the Social Network?

Stem cells transform injured mice into super-strong mega-rodents

Strange worlds and thrilling companions: A new book collects stunning science fiction art

T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon Team Up to Turn Phones Into Wallets

Billionaire Richard Branson Will Be a Flight Attendant After Losing a Bet

Gadget Deals of the Day

How Would a Smart TV Change Your Life?

Video: Tour Hotpot, Google’s New Restaurant Recommendation Engine

Treasure-hunting after the apocalypse, with mutants and zombie sharks

30 Shamelessly Stolen Photographs

Singing Disney Princess enthusiasts, your time is now! Tangled soundtrack released

Shooting Challenge Steal Gallery

Google Voice. For iPhone. It’s here.

Maps from 1942 of the never-was Nazi invasion of North America

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