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Google Wallet’s latest version is available this week for all Android phones running version 2.3 and higher. Send money to any of your contacts with just an email address, and you’ll also get early access to using Gmail to send out payments from your desktop. Got too many loyalty cards lying around (or have a…

The New Instapaper: Reading Later in iOS 7 Will Be Sleeker and Simpler

A few months back, Instapaper was acquired by Betaworks, better known as the folks who bought Digg and rescued it from a hell of disuse. Tomorrow, the company is launching an overhauled version of Instapaper concurrently with Apple’s iOS 7 launch. Here’s a look at the new, flatter, easier-to-use Instapaper. https://gizmodo.com/instapaper-was-just-bought-by-the-same-company-that-bou-5995402 Note: In each comparison,…

She told him he couldn’t bring his syphilis and gonorrhea statuettes

Which annoying TV actress told his new boyfriend that he can’t have his collection of “wax-museum pieces—handmade, from the 1800s—from a museum of curiosities […] open mouths, with tongues, and in the throats are different stages, labeled, of syphilis and gonorrhea and whatever” at their new home? https://jezebel.com/jennifer-aniston-made-justin-theroux-ditch-his-beloved-1332611887

Adelaide’s Solar Buses Could Be the World’s Greenest Public Transports

Australia has wholeheartedly embraced solar power over the last few years, with usage exploding 10-fold between 2009 and 2011 and the price per watt falling to less than half that of grid power. Now, the southern Australian city of Adelaide is taking the unprecedented step of powering its public transit system solely through solar as…

How to be creative according to a Pixar animator

Bernhard Haux is a character technical director at Pixar studios. He has eight lessons that anyone wanting to be a creative person should read. https://lifehacker.com/eight-creativity-lessons-from-a-pixar-animator-1332722884

A Tiny Pop-up Trailer Hiding All Your Camping Needs

It’s still not exactly ‘roughing it’, but this remarkably modular camping trailer provides many of the comforts of home without having to resort to hitting the road in a gigantic bus-like motorhome. When collapsed, Campa’s All Terrain Trailer looks more like a hot dog vendor’s cart than a place to spend the night, but it’s…

The Costa Concordia’s 19-Hour Salvage in Timelapse, Photos, and GIFs

After an incredible 19-hour salvage effort, the crippled Costa Concordia cruise liner was successfully pulled upright from its side in the waters off Tuscany yesterday in a make-or-break engineering attempt that had never before been tried in such conditions. Here’s a much, much closer look. Italy’s national Civil Protection agency waited until sea and weather…

How The New Yorker Redesigned For the First Time in 13 Years

In its first major redesign since 2000, The New Yorker has revitalized its brand: gently updating its layout, redrawing its 88-year-old typeface, and recruiting a contemporary typeface to solve today’s design problems. But don’t worry—Eustace Tilly is not about to go all Gap logo on you. http://gawker.com/5658145/brandings-greatest-misses-the-new-gap-logo For many readers the changes will be nearly…

Navy Yard Gunman had suffered “sleep deprivation, anger and paranoia”

NBC News reports that Aaron Alexis—the 34-year-old gunman who was shot down by the police after allegedly killing 12 people at the Washington D.C. Navy Yard—”had been treated multiple times for psychological issues, including sleep deprivation, anger and paranoia.” The story so far

Reminder: Back Your Stuff Up Before iOS 7 Drops Tomorrow

iOS 7 is coming tomorrow. As exciting as that might be, major platform updates are almost always very buggy, so you should back your stuff up before you dive in. Here’s a quick refresher on how. https://gizmodo.com/ios-7-the-complete-video-walkthrough-and-hands-on-512580808 iCloud Connect to Wi-Fi. Go to your settings and click iCloud. Select Storage & Backup. Tap Back Up…

This stupid grad student claims “science” proves gay marriage is wrong

Look at this happy imbecile: Chibuihem Amalaha, a Nigerian grad student whose University of Lagos-sanctioned “investigation” says that “physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and the grace of God” prove that gay marriage is wrong. His paper’s laughable/pathetic logic will give you an aneurism. https://gizmodo.com/nigerian-grad-student-uses-magnets-to-prove-gay-marri-1326215449

A Wireless Blu-ray Drive For Those With Ultra-thin Laptops

They say you can’t have your cake and eat it too, and if you want an ultra-thin lightweight laptop, you have to say goodbye to a built-in optical drive. It’s a minor sacrifice made even easier to tolerate now that Pioneer is introducing an external Blu-ray/DVD/CD burner that connects to your Mac or Windows computers…

This Filter Prevents Water Drops From Sticking To Your Camera Lens

Shooting in a downpour is not unheard of, in fact, most high-end DSLRs are completely waterproof for that reason. However, photographers still need to ensure their lens isn’t covered in water droplets that can end up obscuring a shot—either by wiping the lens every few seconds, or trying out this new filter from Tokina that…

6 Cities and States Reinventing Themselves Through Branding

Is it possible to distill the character of a city into a single, striking logo? In some ways it seems crass to (re)brand a place, reducing the complexity of a locale into to what is, essentially, a marketing campaign. Done well, however, the efforts can unite locals and lure leisure travelers, who bring with them…

Amazon Instant Video for iOS now supports AirPlay, allowing Prime customers to beam video from iPhone or iPad to their TV. Neat.

Health Kicks Actually Seem to Reverse Cell Ageing

Health kicks might help you feel better about yourself, but new research suggests that they could actually be reversing ageing at the cellular level, too. A team of researchers from the University of California found that a strict regime of exercise, diet and meditation provides a genetic effect which equates to reversal of cell ageing.…

Eton’s New Boost Turbines Double (or Quadruple) Your Battery Life

Unless you own a RAZR MAXX, chances are good that your phone’s battery is going to die by the end of the day. So you can either gird yourself for another fun-filled bus ride staring out the window or you can get the one of Eton’s three new Boost Turbine backup batteries. https://gizmodo.com/motorola-droid-razr-hd-and-razr-maxx-hd-review-long-li-5953893 The BT…

Apple Offers ‘Last Compatible Versions’ of iOS Apps for Ageing Devices

With iOS 7 due to land tomorrow, Apple seems to have decided to look after users with ageing hardware, too. It now offers a ‘last compatible version’ of iOS apps if you attempt to download an app not supported by your current firmware. https://gizmodo.com/ios-7-will-be-out-september-18-with-even-more-new-featu-1278033928 The new feature was spotted and posted to Reddit, and prompts…

What the Google Street View Wi-Fi Decision Actually Means

Is a Wi-Fi signal the equivalent of an FM radio station, blasting classic rock ballads through your car speakers? Not to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which issued its long awaited decision in Joffe v. Google this week, the case where Google was sued for allegedly violating the Wiretap Act when its Street View…

Bowers & Wilkins P7 Headphones: Over-Ear Excellence, Over-the-Top Price

Bowers and Wilkins has been making excellent on-ear headphones for a while now, but with the P7s it’s offering up its first-ever over-ear cans—for a price. https://gizmodo.com/bowers-and-wilkins-p3-headphones-beautiful-design-and-5907463 The company’s $300 P5s were a revelation; its cheaper P3s were high on sound quality if a little lower on build, at $200. The news P7s are richer…