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Timex’s Next Smartwatch Focuses on Just Fitness Tracking

About a year ago Timex revealed its One GPS+ smartwatch that squeezed GPS, messaging, 4GB of storage, and its own independent 3G connection into a fairly chunky timepiece. But with its Metropolitan+, Timex’s next smartwatch instead focuses on fitness tracking and style. Pricing and availability hasn’t been revealed just yet, just a 2015 timeline, but…

The Highest Tightrope Walk in The Southern Hemisphere Looks Terrifying

This fearless daredevil is Kane Petersen, who has successfully walked a tightrope 984 feet (300 metres) above the ground at the Skydeck of the Eureka Tower on September 16th 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. The walk was the highest tightrope walk ever attempted in the Southern Hemisphere, and marked the arrival of ‘The Walk’ to Australian…

This Warship Looks Like a Scene From Tron

You’d be forgiven for thinking this was a scene from a Hollywood movie, but in fact it’s the the guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely as it sails through the Atlantic Ocean on training operations. The MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter sits atop the ship as it refuels, while sailors take part in a training exercise with the…

Google’s Project Aura Will Raise Glass From the Dead

Google Glass, the company’s head-mounted wearable device could make a return as the company has put together a new group, dubbed ‘Project Aura’ to oversee the device and other wearable technologies. According to Business Insider the business unit will remain inside the core Google company, rather than as a separate company underneath Google’s new Alphabetcorporate…

These Shelves Fill However Much Space You Have

Whether you need to move furniture around your place or are just too lazy to use a tape measure, flexible storage is very useful — like this set of shelves, that can double in size with a simple tug. Created by Nendo, the Nest Shelf is a versatile piece of furniture: collapsed there are three…

New Russian ATM Malware Can Steal Your Banking Details

Security researchers have discovered a new piece of malware called Backdoor.ATM.Suceful that infects ATMs and can steal your baking details. Discovered by security firm FireEye Labs, the malware directly targets card-holders rather than duping banks. The virus can run on multiple types of ATM, including those made by Diebold and NRC, and is claimed to…

The Insane 1920s Plan to Dam the Mediterranean and Form a Supercontinent

Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris recently announced plans to buy a Greek island to give refugees from the Middle East and Africa a country of their own. Though he referred to his proposal as a “crazy idea” on Twitter, Sawiris is serious. As a radical solution to providing land for the peoples of a war-torn continent,…

On the heels of iOS 9 comes an update for iTunes, too. That’s not too exciting, apart from the fact that it enables two-factor authentication. Which you should definitely use.

Report: Russian Government Has Been Running a 7-Year Malware Campaign

According to a new report by security researchers at F-Secure Labs, hacking groups funded by the Russian government have been a running a large-scale malware campaign that’s hit the likes of NATO and U.S. government institutions. The new report describes a hacking group called “the Dukes,” outlining how they used a series malware tools to…

Here’s How Hockey Players Deal With Drones

Steven Stamkos is one of the NHL’s most prolific goalscorers, thanks to his ability to hit pucks at things with unnerving speed and accuracy. He also doesn’t like drones. You can probably see where this is going.

This 7-mile wide solar system model built to scale on a dry lakebed is simply incredible

I’m at a loss for words. This project and accompanying short film, To Scale: The Solar System by Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh, is so incredibly awe-inspiring and so beautifully executed, that it will make me dream of the cosmos tonight (maybe every night). The premise is simple: to build a solar system model to…

Judge Rules That Porn Companies Blackmailing Pirates is Not OK

Sending threatening letters is a storied tactic for companies trying to get money from alleged pirates, by this stage. But spying on people and trying to subpoena their neighbours? Not so kosher, at least according to one federal judge. In a ruling yesterday, New York federal judge Katherine Forrest (the same who presided over the…

How to get rid of that gross lowercase keyboard on your iPhone in iOS 9

When I saw that all the letters on all the tiny buttons on the new iOS 9 keyboard were set to lowercase by default, my eyes almost fell out of their sockets and were like this close to smear sliding down my iPhone’s screen and splatting on the ground. That lowercase keyboard just looks wrong.…

5 European Countries Have Built Border Fences to Keep Out Refugees

Over the last few weeks, hastily erected razor-wire fences have made headlines as they’ve appeared along Hungary’s border to keep out refugees fleeing war-torn countries. But this is actually not a new phenomenon: At least four more European countries have built fences in the last few years in a heightened effort to keep immigrants out.…

Sploid is hiring, you should apply

Do you like pretty things? Do you like GIFs? Do you like short films? Photography? Food? Slow motion? Hoooow thiinggggs aree maaaade? Do you like to occasionally not Google something so you can let you brain wander and wonder a little bit? If you do, you should apply to join the team at Sploid. We’re…

Behold the Ghostly Glow of a Bioluminescent Coastline Under the Milky Way

Astrophotographer Adam Woodworth’s exquisite shots of the aurora borealis and the Milky Way have lit up Gizmodo before. But he’s outdone himself with his latest reminder that Earth is the most goddamn beautiful planet you’ll ever live on: An electric blue strip of bioluminescent coastline under a dazzlingly starry night sky. Bioluminescence, the production of…

A Huge Earthquake Just Shook Chile

A massive earthquake just hit off the coast of Chile. At magnitude of 8.3 and a tsunami warning in effect, this could have been ugly. Here’s the science behind the earthquake, how Chile’s preparations are paying off, and what we can expect for the shaken country. The Earthquake: What We Know so far An earthquake…

These photos of F-22 Arctic Raptors in Alaska are so striking they look unreal

Taken by photographer John Dibbs for Lockheed Martin’s Code One magazine, these two F-22 Raptors are flying against the snowy picturesque backdrop of Alaska and they look absolutely stunning. So stunning and pristine and impressive that the pictures almost look fake. Code One writes: In addition, Alaska’s strategic location allows the Arctic Raptors to deploy…

This Roomba Maps Your House So It Won’t Keep Ramming Into Your Couch

It’s not going to mow your lawn, but the freshly revealed, wifi-friendly Roomba 980 can be controlled by your smartphone, and it uses a camera and sensors to remember where walls and furniture are in your home. At an event this afternoon in New York, the huge robotics company repeatedly highlighted the benefits of a…

Apple News Is Better Than Newsstand, But That’s Not Saying Much

Well iOS 9 is here and it’s the most minor major—or maybe the most major minor—upgrade to the Apple’s mobile software in recent memory. But there are a few brand spanking new apps to talk about, and one of the big ones is Apple News. Before going to much further, let’s state that whatever shortcomings…