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What Movie Would You Want To Watch on the Oculus Rift?

The Oculus Rift is built for gaming. Despite rumors about Facebook talking with movie studios and Palmer Luckey’s appearance last week at SIGGRAPH 2014 hinting at other use cases for his VR headwear, the Rift will be a video game device for the foreseeable future. But the growing evidence is undeniable. Companies are developing cameras…

Tech News Darren Orf

Twitter Tests Turning Favorites Into Retweets, Frustration Ensues

Social media websites are one massive, ongoing experiment. If they’re not specifically experimenting on you, then they’re tinkering with function or nipping and tucking design elements to give their site a one up on the competition. For Twitter, visual changes usually come in the guise of a limited rollout and grow from there. Earlier this…

Tech News Darren Orf

This Hyperactive Acid Trip Is Actually Birdsong Visualized

Australian artist Andy Thomas recently built a visualizer for birdsongs, the latest in his fascinating line up of so-called “audio life forms.” As the term implies, these gorgeous creations look like the sounds they represent and react accordingly. The end result is an acid trip of an experience. In many ways, Thomas’s visualizer is just…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

The Terrible Things That Happen When You Like Everything on Facebook

Welcome to Reading List, Gizmodo’s Sunday afternoon roundup of this week’s best writing from around the web. Today we’ve got great stuff from Wired, New York Times Magazine, re:form, and more! Mat Honan performed what sounds like a simple and straightforward Facebook experiment: Liking every single item that popped up in his Newsfeed, just to…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

Best Buy’s Website Prices Moto 360 at $250

Motorola’s upcoming, stunningly circular wearable has been a pretty leaky ship. We even got to spend some hands-on time with the device. But the one thing that’s been eluding us is the price. According a Best Buy product page, you’ll need to shell out $250 if you want a Moto 360 smartwatch. That prices makes…

Tech News Darren Orf

The Century-Old Urban Policy That Divides St. Louis

Those of us who grew up in St. Louis have a pretty cool parlor trick we can perform for you. We can basically predict the conversation that will occur, word-for-word, when we meet another person who grew up in St. Louis. Here is the first question we will ask each other: “What high school did…

Tech News Alissa Walker

These Are All The Places That Curiosity Didn’t Land On Mars

Picking a good landing site is key for a rover mission. Here’s a look at all the locations that were under consideration when deciding where to drop the Curiosity rover on Mars two years ago, set to oddly dated soundtrack. [HiRISE]

Tech News Mika McKinnon

A Sneaky Mom App Locks Smartphones and Is an Angsty Teen’s Nightmare

What can only be described as the “end of days” for angsty teens eager to escape the yoke of overbearing parents, a new $2 Android app called Ignore No More turns any misbehaving miscreants’ smartphone into a really, really dumb phone. In fact once locked, it can only do two things—call 911 or call mom.…

Tech News Darren Orf

How a 3D-Printed Wind Turbine Could Power Your Gadgets

3D printers are a technology with tons of potential applications, we just have to dream them up. Polish 3D printer manufacturer Omni3D decided to dream big with its wind power project. The team hopes to create an easily portable wind turbine that can pump out up to 300 watts of energy. Not enough power to…

Tech News Darren Orf

Two Maps Look at Police Buildup and Twitter Fallout From Ferguson

Militarizing the U.S. police force is nothing new. Ferguson, Mo., is just an uncommon, eye-opening example. The thousands of photos picturing heavily armed, camo-clad cops strewn across the internet illustrates that we may have crossed the threshold of reason. http://gizmodo.com/why-the-ferguson-police-force-looks-like-a-military-uni-1621591905/all One impressive New York Times data vis tracks down how we got to this point.…

Tech News Darren Orf

Apple’s New Lightning Cables Could Be Reversible on Both Ends

Apple’s reversible Lightning connectors are a great little convenience, but you’ve still got to plug them into your wall wart or computer the right way, because USB connectors are horrible and out to get you. But according to accomplished Apple leaker Sonny Dickson, Apple’s new Lightning cables could get reversible superpowers on both ends. Yes,…

Tech News Eric Limer

This Week’s Top Comedy Video: I Did Nothing This Weekend

Here’s hoping you did something more exciting than what these two were up to this weekend. For the rest of this week’s top comedy videos, head on over to SplitSider. Now for the news: The world tragically lost a comedy legend in Robin Williams. Jimmy Fallon, Conan O’Brien, and Seth Meyers paid tribute to Robin…

Tech News SplitSider

Watch Ian McKellen Be Bitchy in PBS’ Wonderfully Cruel ‘Vicious’

During the summer season, there’s not a lot of enticing new comedies to feast on. I mean, except for Candidly Nicole on VH1. Just kidding…sort of. Anyway, you might have missed this import from Britain’s ITV on PBS over the summer since it was shoved into a Sunday time slot, and that’s a shame. Called…

Tech News Jordan Valinsky

The Chainsmokers: Kanye

If the tunes on the Top 40 charts aren’t inspiring enough to be your personal “Song of the Summer,” this should do it. Fresh off their sort of success from #Selfie, New York-based DJ duo The Chainsmokers teamed up with Siren to create one of the year’s most bounciest tunes. The wonderfully delicious song is…

Tech News Jordan Valinsky

Sorry, But the FAA Has Decided Your ‘Uber for Planes’ Idea Can’t Fly

The Federal Aviation Authority has shoved your Uber for planes idea back into the hangar. Yesterday, it ruled that it has banned pilots from “publicly offering seats on their planes in exchange for gas money,” reports TechCrunch. That puts startups like AirPooler and FlyteNow in a legal bind since they were offering ride-sharing services. AirPooler…

Tech News Jordan Valinsky

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

You’ve probably been checking your smartphone for bad news all week. And it’s been there, faithfully obeying. Take a break, and reward that little glowing rectangle with these, our favorite new apps this week. Multi-Platform Updates YouCam Makeup YouCam Makeup uses advanced facial recognition software to turn a selfie into a virtual makeup playground, letting…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

Riding Sharks, Counterfeiting $100 Bills, Crashing Drones, and More

I think it’s safe to say we’re all in need of a relaxing weekend. Lucky for you, we’ve got just the thing. Whether it’s a countertop gadget that makes weed butter, a 400-year-old math problem that’s finally been solved, or a peek inside NYC’s new giant tunnels, here’s the best stuff we did this week.…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

Unraveling Billions of Years of History Hidden In A Rock

On October 17th, 2012, a meteorite crashed into the roof of a Novato, California home. Now, an international collaboration of fifty scientists have tracked its history over 4.4 billion years, from before the moon was formed to the present day. Timeseries of the disintegration of the Novato meteorite on October 17, 2012. Image credit: Robert…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

Simon, The Original Smartphone, Turns 20 Today

Most of us can trace back the recent history of smartphones through a plethora of Androids, iPhones, and Blackberrys. Maybe you recall a nascent phone-PDA hybrid from Palm or Kyocera. But I bet you don’t remember the IBM Simon, the world’s first smartphone, which hit the streets 20 years ago today. Simon was so advanced,…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

Facebook Is Testing a ‘Satire’ Label for Stories from ‘The Onion’

With headlines like “Police Officer Doesn’t See a Difference Between Black, Light-Skinned Black Suspects” and “Neither Pickup Basketball Team Has Scored In Over 2 Hours,” it can be confusing for some (OK, your Aunt Debby) to interpret the satirical headlines from The Onion. ArsTechnica has spotted that Facebook has begun labeling stories from the parody…

Social Media Jordan Valinsky

What Movie Would You Want To Watch on the Oculus Rift?

Twitter Tests Turning Favorites Into Retweets, Frustration Ensues

This Hyperactive Acid Trip Is Actually Birdsong Visualized

The Terrible Things That Happen When You Like Everything on Facebook

Best Buy’s Website Prices Moto 360 at $250

The Century-Old Urban Policy That Divides St. Louis

These Are All The Places That Curiosity Didn’t Land On Mars

A Sneaky Mom App Locks Smartphones and Is an Angsty Teen’s Nightmare

How a 3D-Printed Wind Turbine Could Power Your Gadgets

Two Maps Look at Police Buildup and Twitter Fallout From Ferguson

Apple’s New Lightning Cables Could Be Reversible on Both Ends

This Week’s Top Comedy Video: I Did Nothing This Weekend

Watch Ian McKellen Be Bitchy in PBS’ Wonderfully Cruel ‘Vicious’

The Chainsmokers: Kanye

Sorry, But the FAA Has Decided Your ‘Uber for Planes’ Idea Can’t Fly

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

Riding Sharks, Counterfeiting $100 Bills, Crashing Drones, and More

Unraveling Billions of Years of History Hidden In A Rock

Simon, The Original Smartphone, Turns 20 Today

Facebook Is Testing a ‘Satire’ Label for Stories from ‘The Onion’

Artemis 2 Live Updates: Countdown to the Moon 🔴

Google Pixel 9a Hits a Record Low on Clearance, With Trade-In Making It Nearly Half the Price of Pixel Buds Pro 2

James Cameron Could Remake ‘Fantastic Voyage’ Before He Works on ‘Avatar 4’

Forget Amazon Fire TV Soundbar, Samsung B-Series Soundbar With Built-In Subwoofer Still Under $100 for Post-Spring Sale

Apple M4 MacBook Air Is Still at Its Spring Sale Low as Amazon Moves Into Clearance Mode, No Need to Wait for Prime Day

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