Best Stories of the Day

This is the first image of what's going to become the tallest building in the world by the end of the decade: The…

Swedish sea treasure hunters have found something extraordinary: A 60-foot disc sunk in the bottom of the ocean,…

If you've still got an unlimited AT&T data plan that you're holding onto for dear life to stream gigs and gigs of…

They're not quite photos. They're not quite movies. They're cinemagraphs, you made them and they're so much more…

Canadian Maskull Lasserre's woodwork is miles from the kind of whittling woodwork that takes place down in Alabama…

What happens when you take a photo, rip away its color and fill in the chromatic gaps with paint (or Photoshop)? You…

We aren't the only ones who want to see an end to passwords. So does the government. Barack Obama wants to kill your…

Gizmodo reader Tal Ater agreed that Facebook's new chat system is a clusterzuck of confusion, so he created a little…

The end. Today it's all over. Three decades of the Space Shuttle, with its many amazing successes and two horrible…

Apple's Refreshes and Releases | Apple refreshed its Macbook Air and Mac Mini lines and released the latest OS…

Securing the Lines | The methods that let News of the World go on a phone hacking rampage.

Greatly Exaggerated | LulzSec infiltrated The Sun's site and planted a bizarre account of Rupert Murdoch's supposed…

How to Ditch Netflix | You can still watch (almost) everything you want.

Unicorn No More | Spotify really might be your musical messiah.

Stream of Consequence | We'll pay Netflix's ransom, but they better get their shit together.

This Is War | Watch the Libyan Revolution Explode through the Lens of a Helmet Cam.

Hidden Tracks | No one's Spotify playlist is safe from persecution—not even Nick Denton's.

Mac OS X Lion: This Isn't the Future We Hoped For | If it weren't for its solid core, Lion would be Apple's very own…

Social Reject | Your social media history is up for grabs to employers.

Accidental Asshole | An unexpected history of bad online dating behavior.