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Black Panther‘s Missed Opportunity, Bad Dog Breeding, and Nerdy Cooking Secrets: The Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

As we continue to reel from yet another week of revolting news, it’s worth taking a moment to remember that some glimmers of good remain. Being a shill can still get you in some deep shit, and arguing to your entire company that women are biologically inferior to men is still a totally good reason…

Tech News Andrew Couts Feb 18

Rocket League is a Lot Easier When You’re Playing It In Real Life

Rocket League seems like a game that wouldn’t translate well to real life. It’s super intense, with cars that seem to defy physics and balls that explode. But the real-life version we had the chance to play at Toy Fair in New York this weekend is just as fun, while being a lot easier to…

Toys & Collectibles Alex Cranz Feb 18

What’s It Gonna Take For Someone to Give Me This Slick In-Display Fingerprint Reader

Synaptics’s Clear ID sensor is not the first sensor to scan your thumb print through a display. The Vivo X20 phone, available now in China, is not the first phone to read your thumb through the screen. You might not know this if you’d seen the headlines coming out of CES—where Synaptic’s Clear ID was…

Gadgets Alex Cranz Feb 18

Today Was the NASA Opportunity Rover’s 5,000th Martian Dawn

Saturday, February 17th marks the 5,000th local day (sol) of operations for NASA’s Mars Opportunity rover, which was originally designed to last for just 90 sols after its January 2004 landing date, but has instead continued to set milestones like completing a marathon-length tour of its surroundings and taking huge composite photos of its new…

Space & Spaceflight Tom McKay Feb 17

Trump Eagerly Jumps on Facebook Ad VP’s Tweet Downplaying Russian Troll Operation

Facebook and Donald Trump, two large, terrible sons of our broken society that truly deserve each other, slow-motion collided on Saturday when the president decided to lift wholesale a new line of defense over the ongoing Russian election scandal from the social media giant’s vice president of advertising Rob Goldman. On Friday, the Department of…

Social Media Tom McKay Feb 17

Hasbro Is Getting Into Crowdfunding With an Insane Star Wars Toy

Today, Hasbro unveiled Haslab, which promises to basically be the toymaker’s answer to Kickstarter, for diehard fans of its toys. The new crowdsourcing program is kicking off with one hell of a project: a 4-foot long, 14lbs intricate recreation of Jabba’s Sail Barge from Return of the Jedi. Hasbro sees Haslab as a chance for…

Toys & Collectibles James Whitbrook Feb 17

The Next Power Rangers Series Is Adapting Super Sentai’s Own Homage to… Power Rangers?

In the 25 years since Power Rangers first began, it’s only skipped adapting the current Super Sentai series three times. Now, for its 2019 season, Power Rangers is going back and bringing one of them to western audiences: Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters. Announced at Toy Fair today by Saban Brands (Full disclosure: Saban Brands founder Haim…

Television James Whitbrook Feb 17

White House Says It Will Get Right On That 130-Plus Staff With Only Partial Security Clearances Thing

After reports hit the news that over 130 of the more-or-less-randomly-promoted angry teens in the White House were working without full security clearances as of November, including top aides with access to highly classified intel like Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s administration says it will overhaul its process for granting staff security credentials.…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay Feb 17

Twitter Trolls Are Posting About Fake Assaults at Black Panther Screenings

These trolls, clearly trying to ruin everyone else’s fun, have claimed to be moviegoers who were assaulted at Black Panther showings for trying to see the movie while being white. These accounts gained steam last night claiming that they were assaulted by Black moviegoers while attempting to see Black Panther, often coupling their claims with…

Movies Julie Muncy Feb 17

Uber Is Reportedly Going to Sell Its Southeast Asian Division to Competitor Grab

Sources say Uber is considering bailing on its Southeast Asia division, with plans to sell it to regional competitor Grab, CNBC reported on Friday. Singapore-based Grab claims to have 95 percent market share in southeast Asia and recently held a $2.5 billion round of funding in July 2017. It operates in more than 100 cities…

Tech News Tom McKay Feb 17

The Roswell Reboot Has Found Its Lead Actress

Roswell, everyone’s favorite ‘90s show about hiding aliens and sexy angst, is returning to television via the CW. Now, it has a star. Jeanine Mason, an actress known mostly for a recurring role as Dr. Sam Bello on Grey’s Anatomy, will be heading up the show as Liz Ortecho, Deadline reports, who the official summary…

Television Julie Muncy Feb 17

Science Reveals Hidden Secrets in Picasso Works

AUSTIN—Looking at a Pablo Picasso painting could be confusing itself. But scientists using x-rays have revealed secrets behind both paintings and sculptures of the famed artist. The Northwestern University researchers traced the exact composition of metals in five bronze casts to a specific foundry in World War II-era Paris. Another team even revealed a hidden…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum Feb 17

Holy Crap an AR App I Actually Like

Kids today want more from social technology than seeing something new—they want a new way of seeing themselves. Snap and Instagram’s augmented reality lenses transform users into puppies, fairies, monsters, Wonder Woman, storied Jamaican singer-songwriters, and the like. It’s as if there’s a vibrant but invisible world all around you that you need a smartphone…

Tech News Sidney Fussell Feb 17

A Half-Remembered Retelling Makes This Star Wars Fan Film Special

There isn’t a lot of writing in the Star Wars universe. Stories seem to mostly be passed along via oral culture—one person telling a story to another, with all the foibles and forgetfulness personal retellings entail. This Star Wars fan film captures all the fun, and all the forgetfulness, of a good retelling. Created by…

Movies Julie Muncy Feb 17

Crayola’s New Pen Writes On Any Surface Using Melted Crayons as Ink

Working in a similar fashion to 3D-printing pens, but without the futile exasperation of actually trying to make 3D objects, Crayola’s new Crayon Melter turns colorful sticks of wax into a thick, goopy, ink that lets kids write on almost any surface imaginable. Can you hear the sound of parents crying in the distance? Although…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Feb 17

Iron Man’s Hulkbuster Suit Is Getting the Giant Lego Set It Deserves

When the Hulkbuster made its grand debut in Age of Ultron, Lego gave us a cool, but kinda tiny version of Stark’s most impressive suit. Now, ahead of the Hulkbuster’s return in Infinity War, Lego’s knocking it up another notch with a lavish, 9-inch-tall brick behemoth. Revealed this morning at New York Toy Fair, the…

Toys & Collectibles James Whitbrook Feb 17

Here’s Why Black Panther Didn’t Include a Certain Major Marvel Connection

Black Panther is now in theaters and it’s great. Like, really great. And one of the best things about it is you don’t need to be super familiar with Marvel’s 17 previous movies to enjoy it. It totally works on its own. However, if you are familiar with those movies, maybe you walked out of the…

Movies Germain Lussier Feb 16

Facebook Admits Spam Texts to Two-Factor Authentication Users Were a Bug

Two-factor authentication, a security measure that requires a verification code as well as a password upon login, can help prevent phishing and account takeover. But at Facebook, two-factor authentication ended up being used as a way to pester its users with notifications. As Gizmodo reported earlier this week, users who gave Facebook their phone number…

Privacy & Security Kate Conger Feb 16

The Books Tied to Solo: A Star Wars Story Will Provide Crucial Connections

A list of books coming out tied to Solo: A Star Wars Story will explore Han’s childhood, future wives, relationship with Lando, his son Ben and more. Entertainment Weekly revealed all the details and, they’re significant because the release of a new Star Wars movie is never just a movie. There are toys, games, books…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier Feb 16

Trump’s Twitter Response to the Russian Propaganda Charges Contains a Laughably Blatant Lie

Tracking all the president’s lies is a Herculean effort best left to the teams of political reporters at august publications with time and money to burn. But there was one lie Friday so flagrant and easy to disprove there’s no good reason not to point it out. The Justice Department on Friday unveiled an eight-count…

Tech News Dell Cameron Feb 16

Black Panther‘s Missed Opportunity, Bad Dog Breeding, and Nerdy Cooking Secrets: The Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

Rocket League is a Lot Easier When You’re Playing It In Real Life

What’s It Gonna Take For Someone to Give Me This Slick In-Display Fingerprint Reader

Today Was the NASA Opportunity Rover’s 5,000th Martian Dawn

Trump Eagerly Jumps on Facebook Ad VP’s Tweet Downplaying Russian Troll Operation

Hasbro Is Getting Into Crowdfunding With an Insane Star Wars Toy

The Next Power Rangers Series Is Adapting Super Sentai’s Own Homage to… Power Rangers?

White House Says It Will Get Right On That 130-Plus Staff With Only Partial Security Clearances Thing

Twitter Trolls Are Posting About Fake Assaults at Black Panther Screenings

Uber Is Reportedly Going to Sell Its Southeast Asian Division to Competitor Grab

The Roswell Reboot Has Found Its Lead Actress

Science Reveals Hidden Secrets in Picasso Works

Holy Crap an AR App I Actually Like

A Half-Remembered Retelling Makes This Star Wars Fan Film Special

Crayola’s New Pen Writes On Any Surface Using Melted Crayons as Ink

Iron Man’s Hulkbuster Suit Is Getting the Giant Lego Set It Deserves

Here’s Why Black Panther Didn’t Include a Certain Major Marvel Connection

Facebook Admits Spam Texts to Two-Factor Authentication Users Were a Bug

The Books Tied to Solo: A Star Wars Story Will Provide Crucial Connections

Trump’s Twitter Response to the Russian Propaganda Charges Contains a Laughably Blatant Lie

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