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This could be the beginning of a new Steven Spielberg movie

Cute kid: Check. Handsome older brother: Check. Charming dog: Check. Long(ish) take of a mysterious corn field: Check. Lost alien that looks evil but it’s actually friendly: Check. Merciless military trying to hunt it down: Check. It feels like 1980s Spielberg published this short film using a time machine. Except it’s not Steven Spielberg. The…

An Instant Portable Campfire Saves You From Chopping Firewood

Camping is supposed to be about relaxing and enjoying the great outdoors, not spending your time chopping up logs just so you can keep a fire burning. So if you can spare a can of propane, you can now just bring a portable campfire with you—or at least a close facsimile thereof. At $120, Camco’s…

Why killing Destiny‘s Loot Cave is the worst thing Bungie can do

If you’ve been playing Destiny recently, you might have heard of the mystical ‘Loot Cave’, an ‘exploit’ that allowed players to farm loot for hours – it’s now gone. And I think that’s quite possibly the worse thing Bungie could do to try and engender faith in its fledgling new community. https://kotaku.com/bungie-kills-destiny-loot-cave-1639154905 For those unfamiliar,…

These Mesmerizing Cityscapes Are Stitched Together From Dozens of Photos

No one ever lingers on their commute home—at least not on purpose. But photographer Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao has made a career of it by setting up his camera at the busiest, most recognizable places in the city and… waiting. Then, he stitches together dozens of shots into incredibly complex panoramas that capture hours of movement.…

Ingenious Design Lowers the Water Under a Bridge to Let Tall Ships Pass

Most bridges are compromises: Cars want to speed low and straight across the water, but but boats want to pass under them. So we wind up with either tall bridges (expensive) or moveable bridges (clunky and awkward). But now a Dutch engineering firm has come up with a radical solution that doesn’t involve the bridge—instead,…

FAA Will Let Hollywood Use Commercial Drones to Shoot Movies

The Federal Aviation Administration just granted its approval for six film and TV production companies to use drones on set. This is just the second time the agency’s approved the use of commercial UAVs, it’s no surprise Hollywood was first in line. “These companies are blazing a trail that others are already following, offering the…

​Ferries, Bears And Adventure Bikes In British Columbia

Two weeks ago, we rode big, heavy adventure bikes off-road through some of the remotest portions of British Columbia. It was a challenge, sure, and it was pretty, of course, but it was also one of those rare adventures that meant something special. Here’s why. https://gizmodo.com/adventure-tested-2014-yamaha-super-tenere-es-1572762227 At the risk of playing into the Internet’s rampant…

Watching a Boeing 787 Dreamliner Come Together Never Gets Old

With her maiden flight just a few short weeks away, the newest 787—and the first for Virgin Atlantic—is all set to take to the skies. And to honor this momentous machine, Virgin has just released this stunning time lapse video of its construction. Dubbed Birthday Girl as a nod to the airline’s upcoming 30th anniversary,…

GoPro Hero 4 Rumors: 30 Fps 4K Video Capture and Touch LCD Coming Soon

A thread on Reddit rounds up a bunch of speculation swirling about the GoPro Hero 4, including images of the new action camera that look pretty legitimate. GoPro makes some of the most popular cameras in the world, so we’ll definitely see something eventually. At the very least these rumors are a good guess. The…

This All-Ladies Dragon Age: Inquistion Cosplay group is simply awesome

Dragon Age: Inquisition is out in a few months, and what better way to celebrate than looking at some amazing cosplay of some of the game’s female characters? This great group of women took to the wilds for a wonderful photoshoot. Header Image Credit: Bronson Le/Photosassin The group features Leliana, Cassandra (both from Armed &…

Disney’s New Big Hero 6 Trailer Is as Delightful as the First

Big Hero 6 is Disney’s first attempt at creating a film based on Marvel comics. This isn’t Spider-Man or The Avengers, mind you. This film is a different take on 1998’s relatively obscure Sunfire and Big Hero 6 comic, but despite its sub-superstar status in the comics world, the film looks amazing. As in the…

That Time Two Americans Won a Contest to Build Utopia in Australia

Eleri Harris has a new comic on Medium about the utopian plan for Australia’s capital city of Canberra. Two idealistic American architects, Walter Burley Griffin and his wife Marion Mahoney Griffin, won a competition to design what they believed could be the greatest planned city in the history of the world. As utopian visions are…

Apple: iPhone 6 Plus Won’t Bend Under Normal Use; Only 9 Complaints

Following an internet uproar over the apparent bendability of the iPhone 6 Plus, Apple has finally responded by asking everyone to just calm down: CNBC Tech says the company has only heard nine complaints so far about bendy phones, and Apple asserts that under normal everyday use, they’ll hold up just fine. Re/code confirms the…

Argentina Is Using Drones to Hunt Down Tax-Evading Mansions

Officials in Argentina had a sneaking suspicion about property tax evasion, so they sent sent out some camera-equipped drones to look at a mostly-vacant part of town. What’d they find? Oh, just 200 luxury houses that hadn’t been registered, according to the Telegraph. That’s pretty flagrant. The $10,000 unmanned aircraft, often used by security forces,…

U2’s The Edge Will Litter the Malibu Coastline With 5 Mega-Mansions

First they came for your iTunes. Now they’re coming for your pristine coastlines. The LA Times reports that The Edge’s long-embattled plan to build five mansions along the Malibu coast has been given support by the environmental commission that once vehemently opposed it. The Edge, née David Evans, wants to develop a “colony” of five…

What It Was Like to Be Online During the 80s

Here are two first-hand accounts of internet life in the 80s, when porn was restricted to asterisks and dashes and the screeching sound of dial-up was music to young computer geeks’ ears. Have any fun early internet memories of your own? Share ’em with us down below. David S. Rose, Quora: I’ve been online personally…

Free Android Apps, Amazon Student Deals, Moto 360 In Stock [Deals]

The obvious highlight today is a HUGE Amazon Appstore deal on 27 different premium apps and games, all for free. Highlights include Swype keyboard, OfficeSuite Professional 7, Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II, Threes!, and GeniusScan+ [Amazon] Get these deals and more, and earlier on Deals.Kinja. Connect with us on Twitter and Facebook to never…

A Swarm of Tiny Bots Could Inspect the Hidden Underbellies of Bridges

America’s bridges are not—we’re sorry to report—doing so great. Of the over 600,000 bridges in the U.S., more than half are over 30 years old, and 11 percent are structurally deficient. That makes inspecting bridges all the more important; unfortunately, the underside of a bridge is also pretty damn inaccessible to humans. Who might be…

The new and improved 2014 Moto X is headed to Verizon tomorrow. Get it for $100 on a two-year contract for 16GB, $150 for 32GB, or $500/$550 to buy outright. [Verizon via GigaOM]

Do you play Ingress, the Google augmented reality game where factions compete for control of hidden portals around the world? Soon, you’ll be able to build your own missions—while taking fellow players on a tour of your neighborhood. [Ingress]