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Has the Founder of Reddit Ever Used Reddit?

Serena Williams’ fiancee, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, is down in Austin, Texas at the SXSW tech orgy to proselytize about his dumb website. Ohanian, who surely exists in a different reality than you or I, says Reddit is “the global water cooler where people’s minds are changed about things.” Riiight. Let us not forget: Reddit…

Tech News William Turton Mar 13

On The Walking Dead, a Single Cantaloupe Ruined Four People’s Lives (Seriously)

The world of The Walking Dead is full of dangers. There are zombies, of course, who desperately want to eat your flesh. There are bad humans like the Saviors and the Wolves, who kill the living with even more relish than the undead. But there’s only one thing that, if you ever chance to see…

Television Rob Bricken Mar 13

Pumping 20,000 Volts Into a Watermelon Ends as Spectacularly as You’d Hope

Unlike a battery, which stores power as chemical energy that’s slowly and steadily discharged to keep your gadgets running, a capacitor can unload all of its juice in the blink of an eye. Even a small capacitor has the potential to stop your heart, but when it’s the size of a dishwasher, well, this watermelon demonstrates…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Mar 13

Old Apple Security Flaws Mean the Nintendo Switch Is One Step Closer to a Jailbreak

It took a week—eons in the world of consumer tech hacks—but the Switch, Nintendo’s new handheld hybrid, looks like it’s finally been cracked, and it’s thanks to Apple. The Switch’s operating system is notoriously closed. This means you can’t load homebrew—applications built for a device and published without approval from the device manufacturers—on it, or…

Tech News Alex Cranz Mar 13

Ava DuVernay Releases a Giant Pile of Photos From A Wrinkle in Time

Filming on director Ava DuVernay’s new movie adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time, based on Madeleine L’Engle’s book, wrapped last night. This is something you would be very aware of if you follow DuVernay on Twitter, because she tweeted out a huge amount of images and behind-the-scenes photos to celebrate it. This is the kind…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta Mar 13

The Han Solo Movie Could Feature a Major Star Wars Planet We’ve Never Seen Before

And there are hints of another major Star Wars character who could appear. More Inhumans set pictures give us another glimpse at a key hero. Plus, new clips from Guardians of the Galaxy and Transformers: The Last Knight, and another look at Peter Serafinowicz in his new costume for The Tick. Spoilers get! Han Solo…

Television James Whitbrook Mar 13

Should a Chimpanzee Be Considered a Person?

“They used to bark at me when I walked into the courtroom,” lawyer Steven Wise said in the Sundance documentary Unlocking the Cage, which debuted on HBO last month. His use of the word “bark” is literal. Wise, founder and president of the Nonhuman Rights Project, has spent his entire legal career preparing to represent…

Biology Ariana DiValentino Mar 13

What Did Sean Spicer Buy at the Apple Store and How Quickly Was It Hacked?

There’s a video doing the rounds of a woman harassing White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer at an Apple Store. The usual suspects are disgusted with the fact that she repeatedly says Spicer works for a fascist. But we here at Gizmodo are much more interested in the questions that can’t be answered from the…

Tech News Matt Novak Mar 13

American Gods Is Going to Be Your Next Must-Watch Fantasy Show

Yesterday at SXSW in Austin, Texas, a packed house gathered to worship gods that will beat you up, get you drunk and sex you into oblivion. If the first episode of the TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s beloved novel American Gods is any indication, the masses will be showing up to give their love again…

Television Evan Narcisse Mar 12

The Oceans Are Getting Warmer Faster Than Anyone Realized

Great news, everyone! We’re getting better at measuring the changing temperature of the ocean. Unfortunately, the data shows that they are warming more rapidly than researchers thought. A new study published in Scientific Advances has pulled together the data we have for ocean heating from 1960-2015. It provides what is believed to be the most…

Climate Change Rhett Jones Mar 12

‘It’s For the Fans’ Isn’t a Defense, Iron Fist‘s Finn Jones, It’s an Insult

Over the past couple of years, there’s a phrase that’s accompanied several poorly reviewed comic book films or TV shows: “It’s not for the critics, it’s for the fans.” Iron Fist’s Finn Jones is the latest star to use this as a defense of his Marvel show. This group of words has become a crutch…

io9 Beth Elderkin Mar 12

This New Illustrated Edition of American Gods Is Simply Heavenly

Sandman artist Dave McKean has once again lent his talents to Neil Gaiman’s iconic works, illustrating a new edition of Gaiman’s supernatural novel American Gods, and it simply has to be seen to be believed. The Folio Society is releasing a new collector’s edition of American Gods to conjunction with the upcoming show on Starz,…

Books & Comics Beth Elderkin Mar 12

3D Size Comparison of Everything in the Universe is Awe-Inspiring

Like a cross between the opening credits of Contact and the Simpson’s Universe couch gag, this video gives us an ever expanding look at how the smallest objects in existence compare in size to the largest. Starting with the fabric of space-time, we zoom out to the singularity of a black hole, then we zoom…

Sploid Rhett Jones Mar 12

Ridley Scott Keeps Trying to Revive Gladiator, but He Probably Won’t Be a ‘Christ Killer’

Alien: Covenant wasn’t the only supernatural sequel Ridley Scott discussed at this year’s SXSW. He’s also eager to make another Gladiator film. Only problem is… the main character is dead. But Scott said he knows how to bring him back, and I’m hoping it’s because a bunch of Roman gods want him to kill Jesus.…

io9 Beth Elderkin Mar 12

Video Proves There’s No Cooler Hive of Scum and Villainy Than Mardi Gras Chewbacchus

Lent is already well underway. The pleasure-filled bacchanal that is Fat Tuesday has come and gone. But it’s never too late to celebrate Chewbacchus, the coolest Star Wars-themed Mardi Gras festival in the Galaxy. YouTuber Riain Rising recently shared this video, produced by filmmaker Alex P. Willson, and detailing his February adventures at this year’s…

io9 Beth Elderkin Mar 12

The Father of the World Wide Web Has Some Worries About His Baby

Yesterday was the 28th anniversary of the day that Tim Berners-Lee submitted his proposal for what would become the World Wide Web. In honor of the occasion, he published a letter outlining the biggest areas of its development that are doing him a frighten and warping his original vision. Berners-Lee still directs the World Wide…

Tech News Rhett Jones Mar 12

Trump Can’t Handle Alien Invasion in SNL’s Independence Day Parody

Saturday Night Live opened its latest episode with an Independence Day-style alien invasion story, imagining the President of the United States as the inspiring voice of a country in dire need of hope and guidance. Unfortunately, Bill Pullman was busy, so they got Donald Trump. When NASA announced last month that they’d discovered Earth-like planets…

io9 Beth Elderkin Mar 12

New Wonder Woman Trailer Shows How the Girl Became a Legend

The latest Wonder Woman trailer is finally here, and it takes us into Diana’s past to show how it shaped her amazing future. It’s still hard to believe we’re just three months away from a Wonder Woman solo film. Gal Gadot charmed audiences by being the break-out star in Batman v Superman, and fans have…

Trailers Beth Elderkin Mar 11

Google Has Finally Killed the CAPTCHA

CAPTCHA’s are an irritating but necessary evil. The system that is used to verify whether or not a user is human has been around a while and it had to evolve because machines were getting better at reading the text than humans. With its latest iteration, Google says you’ll no longer have to input anything…

Tech News Rhett Jones Mar 11

Take a Look at the Most Difficult Places to Travel to in the World

Modern travel has made life so convenient that it’s easy to imagine pretty much anywhere on Earth should be accessible within 24 hours. That’s not the case. In fact, there are many places that would take far longer and several others where no one has ever stepped foot at all. The folks at RealLifeLore have…

Sploid Rhett Jones Mar 11

Has the Founder of Reddit Ever Used Reddit?

On The Walking Dead, a Single Cantaloupe Ruined Four People’s Lives (Seriously)

Pumping 20,000 Volts Into a Watermelon Ends as Spectacularly as You’d Hope

Old Apple Security Flaws Mean the Nintendo Switch Is One Step Closer to a Jailbreak

Ava DuVernay Releases a Giant Pile of Photos From A Wrinkle in Time

The Han Solo Movie Could Feature a Major Star Wars Planet We’ve Never Seen Before

Should a Chimpanzee Be Considered a Person?

What Did Sean Spicer Buy at the Apple Store and How Quickly Was It Hacked?

American Gods Is Going to Be Your Next Must-Watch Fantasy Show

The Oceans Are Getting Warmer Faster Than Anyone Realized

‘It’s For the Fans’ Isn’t a Defense, Iron Fist‘s Finn Jones, It’s an Insult

This New Illustrated Edition of American Gods Is Simply Heavenly

3D Size Comparison of Everything in the Universe is Awe-Inspiring

Ridley Scott Keeps Trying to Revive Gladiator, but He Probably Won’t Be a ‘Christ Killer’

Video Proves There’s No Cooler Hive of Scum and Villainy Than Mardi Gras Chewbacchus

The Father of the World Wide Web Has Some Worries About His Baby

Trump Can’t Handle Alien Invasion in SNL’s Independence Day Parody

New Wonder Woman Trailer Shows How the Girl Became a Legend

Google Has Finally Killed the CAPTCHA

Take a Look at the Most Difficult Places to Travel to in the World

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