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New monkey that purrs like a cat found among 441 other species

Say hello to the Callicebus caquetensis, “a new and critically endangered” monkey species found in Southern Caquetá, Colombia, deep in the Amazon rainforest. “When [the babies] feel very content they purr towards each other,” says its discoverer, scientist Thomas Defler. The new purring monkey is included in a list of 441 new species discovered in…

UK Police Seize 3D-Printed Gun Parts That Are Actually 3D Printer Parts

Things are getting a little futuristic in Manchester, England, where police recently arrested a man for allegedly 3D printing gun parts. They seized said parts, but after the images made their way online, the internet fired back with a startling revelation. Those aren’t 3D-printed gun parts. Those are 3D-printed 3D printer parts. It’s a convincing…

This Lexus Paints Your Portrait Based On How You Drive

Car aficionados will readily defend their favorite vehicles as rolling works of art, but art collector Walter Vanhaerent might be the only driver on earth who can definitively make that claim. Because his new Lexus IS 300h hybrid actually paints his portrait every time he hits the road. The specially modified vehicle is half art…

You Can Get a Fully Customized Moto X For $100 Now

Moto Maker is an awesome website that will let you totally personalize a Moto X. You want a red and blue smartphone with yellow accents? Hell yes you can have a red and blue smartphone with yellow accents. And now you can get it for $100. https://gizmodo.com/moto-x-review-the-android-phone-for-everybody-1034784286 You could already get a $100 Moto X…

Archaeologists Found a Viking Parliament Buried Under a Parking Lot

There’s some big excitement in the sleepy town of Dingwall, Scotland, where the remnants of Viking parliamentary gathering spot was just discovered under a parking lot. This is where Norse nobleman would get together and settle their differences before swords started swinging. Now it’s a Camry hangout. The site is formally known as a “Thing”—short…

A State-by-State Map of the Penalties for Texting While Driving

At this point, we’ve all heard tell of the many dangers of using smartphones while driving. And we’ve all probably also ignored those dangers at one point or another, which has led 47 states to establish bans on what’s now become the leading cause of death for teenage drivers—texting. So how much will you be…

Rumored Moga iPhone Gaming Controller Has Thumbsticks (Updated)

According to @evleaks, what you’re looking at here is a forthcoming iPhone gaming controller from mobile peripheral purveyor Moga. Like the simpler Logitech leak we saw before, the new controller mimics one of the reference designs released by Apple in the documentation for iOS 7. https://gizmodo.com/this-could-be-the-first-official-iphone-gaming-hardware-1436151935 The leaked hardware has a more angular, easier-to-grip design…

The coldest known place in the Universe looks like an eerie space ghost

ALMA—the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array telescope in Chile—has obtained this incredible and eerie new view of the coldest known place in the Universe, the Boomerang Nebula. Check out the beautiful high definition image to see all the fine details. If you look at the blue behind the orange glow you can see a walking alien…

A Cheap Pair of Headphones Can Accurately Measure Your Heart Rate

There’s a plethora of devices out there that let athletes, amateur doctors, and even hypochondriacs constantly monitor their heart rates. But thanks to researchers at the Kaiteki Institute in Japan, soon all you may need to keep tabs on your ticker is a cheap pair of in-ear headphones. https://gizmodo.com/your-web-cam-can-see-your-heart-rate-which-isnt-creepy-5994798 Using a technique that measures the…

Report: LinkedIn’s New Mobile App Is a Hacker’s Heaven

Intro, LinkedIn’s new mobile app, is great for networking, but as it turns out, it’s even better for hacking. According to security experts, the app is incredibly insecure. The app works by redirecting email traffic from your iPhone or iPad to LinkedIn’s servers, where those messages are analyzed for people’s professional details. LinkedIn then adds…

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Static drilling bit carving a piece of rotating metal forever. Head to the new Gifmodo Kinja for more delicious eye candy like this.

12 Postcards From When NYC Was the Skyscraper Capital of the World

New York City was a different place in the 1940s. It was a time before video billboards and LED lights, and skyscrapers were still a source of city-wide awe and pride. Everyone who lived in this glamorous city (and everyone who visited) wanted to show those architectural marvels off—and postcards were a perfect medium. https://gizmodo.com/nyc-is-replacing-its-250-000-street-lights-with-leds-1451637125…

You’ve Never Seen a Cell Look Like This

This might look like a bird from Tron just laid an egg in some futuristic nest, but in fact you’re looking at the nucleus of a single human cell. The image shows the nucleus of a lab-cultured monkey kidney cell, lying amongst a network of microtubules. Those hollow filaments provide the cell with proteins, which…

German Telecom Wants Germany-Only Internet Because of the NSA Debacle

As relations between the US and Europe become increasingly strained because, uh, the NSA spied on 35 world leaders, the state-backed Deutsche Telekom has declared that it wants to create a national internet to protect Germany from future privacy infringements. https://gizmodo.com/report-the-nsas-been-spying-on-35-world-leaders-1451598576 Deutsche Telekom is rallying other German communications companies to join forces and shield local…

13- and 15-Inch MacBook Pro Teardown: Wild Guts, Pray They Never Fail

It may only be a few days since Apple announced its new 13- and 15-inch Retina MacBook Pros, but iFixit has already torn the suckers apart. And while the insides are storming, taking them apart is a whole different matter. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-2013-macbook-pro-is-faster-and-lighter-1448869926 It almost goes without saying that both computers are equipped to fly from the…

When the Sense 5.5 update hits your HTC One, good news: you’ll be able to snag an additional 25GB of Google Drive storage. Sweet.

How to Get Even More Out of a Raspberry Pi

No doubt about it, the Raspberry Pi is nothing short of a homebrew phenomenon. Since its release in February 2012, the British micro-mini-computer has enabled legions of amateur inventors to develop projects both weird and wonderful. Here’s a run-down of the most impressive applications, ranging from weather stations to retro arcades to a supercomputer array…

What TED Talks Will Be Like When the Zombie Apocalypse Arrives

“In the wake of the zombie apocalypse, innovative ideas have become more important than ever. Watch and take note on how to survive the “human apocalypse” in a special DED Talk presented by a zombie who has seen it all.” This video, put together by Official Comedy, is priceless. Turns out a presentation by one…

Apple has started selling OS X Mountain Lion redemption codes, alongside OS X Lion, for $20 each—so you can still buy the old OS if you need to.

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet: Orson Welles vs. Frozen Peas

Legendary Hollywood director Orson Welles was not a man to be trifled with and had no qualms in voicing his displeasure when a creative process failed to meet his expectations. So when he was handed a poorly-worded ad script for frozen peas, Welles let loose in one of the most impressive tirades ever caught on…