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Shy people who spend all their time writing their opinions on the Internet for millions of people to read have lately been very excited about the recognition of introverts. Finally, there are tons of web articles about how special it is to be introverted! Well, introverts are generally losers. [Photo via Shutterstock.] http://gawker.com/15-unmistakable-outrageously-secret-signs-youre-an-ex-1182875137
No matter how robust a city’s transportation infrastructure, no matter how timely or how many buses and trains run, there’s still the issue of actually getting to the bus station. And it’s not like you’re going to walk there like a putz. Heck no, there are driver-less trolleys for that. Take the shuttle from Singapore’s…
It’s been almost a decade since Google started reading our minds. Now, it’s become so second nature that we hardly even think about it. There was a time before autocomplete existed though; someone had to invent it. AllThingsD sat down with the mastermind to chat about its fascinating genesis. Autocomplete—technically “Google Suggest”—was invented by one…
The internet is shocked—SHOCKED—after the breaking news: Ben Affleck is getting into Batman’s suit to battle Superman in the next Man of Steel movie. It’s going to make such a difference, people argue. It must be that chin’s dimple. Just look at this selection of outraged people tweeting about it. Look, outraged clueless people: it’s…
Nature in all its unspoiled glory has played muse to many artists through the years, but the ever-increasing ways we’ve sullied the earth have, themselves, offered new inspiration for eco-conscious creative types. John Sabraw, an artist and professor at Ohio University, was checking out some abandoned coal mines in his home state during a sustainability…
The Bible is a collection of tall tales and folklore written by random people through the ages. Naturally, it’s full of contradictions—not to talk about the violent and cruel acts that are against to everything that Christianity is said to represent. Still, it’s surprising to see it all in one neat infographic. https://gizmodo.com/this-comprehensive-map-traces-463-of-the-bibles-major-1188177994
It looks like the NSA was a little cozier with Silicon Valley companies than we previously realized. Newly declassified documents show that the spy agency (read: taxpayers) paid Google, Facebook, Yahoo, and others millions of dollars to cover the costs associated with PRISM. In a way, the high cost of compliance is the NSA’s own…
Because sometimes it’s just fun to scream at each other for no reason, let’s figure this thing out. There are plenty of GIFs of Apple’s iOS Mail refresh animation. It’s squiggly, like an earthworm you’re stretching out and snapping back onto itself, like a jerk. But Android’s version is equally satisfying, expanding its horizontal bars…
Pandora’s adding a sleep timer to its Android and iOS app update. The new feature (found in the options drawer) lets you shut off your stream after 15, 30 or 60 minutes, so your data plan and sweet tunes aren’t wasted on deaf ears. [Pandora]
Someday, somehow, quantum computing is going to change the world as we know it. Even the lamest quantum computer is orders of magnitude more powerful than anything we could ever make today. But figuring out how to program one is ridiculously hard. https://gizmodo.com/quantum-computer-kicks-pc-ass-in-first-ever-head-to-hea-499681531 As this fantastic animation from PHD TV explains, the true power of…
No matter what your beliefs, it’s hard to deny that the era in which the Bible takes place was a more, uh, brutal time, filled with plagues, salt pillars, and excessive murders—plus plenty of conflicting moral diktats from the man himself. Now, one designer has built a handy map to help us navigate the text.…
The Starsky to the Bill Gates’ Hutch is retiring: Steve Ballmer has announced that he will be leaving Microsoft as soon as the company finds a CEO replacement. He has been in the company since the beginning, in 1980. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-ceo-steve-ballmer-will-retire-in-the-next-yea-1187983423
Swiss designer Till Könneker recently came up with a fantastic way to maximize the space in his studio apartment, which lacked room for storage. He created a loft bed called the Living Cube that incorporates everything from an entertainment center, to a clothes rack, to even a walk-in closet for stashing things he wants kept…
Hints: He has zero acting skills, only had one significant role in his career as the protagonist of a dreadful movie trilogy based on some terrible books about stinky emo vampires, has bad teeth and needs some heavy eyebrow threading. Photo by Getty Images https://jezebel.com/robert-pattinson-thinks-all-twihards-are-sad-fat-fatti-1187750331
Time Warner Cable is offering a “limited number” free digital TV antennas to customers who are affected by the company’s ongoing contractual spat with CBS. If you don’t get one. Best Buy will be knocking 20 bucks off the in-store price of an antenna in select stores.
Microsoft announced today that Steve Ballmer would be retiring within the next 12 months, after decades of service to the company—including the last several as CEO. Ballmer did a lot to and for Microsoft, but the man’s greatest legacy might just be this Photoshop contest we originally ran back in 2009. Enjoy, and please add…
Microsoft just announced that its CEO, Steve Ballmer, will retire within the next 12 months. He’ll remain in his current position until Microsoft finds his replacement. Ballmer has been with Microsoft since 1980, and has been CEO since 2000. A special committee—which includes chairman Bill Gates—has been formed to find his replacement. Something obvious, but…
Sometimes your stuff gets smelly. Whether it’s because you’re smelly or just a victim of some wayward stench, it sucks, and it’s a problem worth fixing. You, dear Giz readers, responded to my desperate call for solutions, and here a few of the stand outs y’all came up with. https://gizmodo.com/whats-the-best-air-freshener-1111389678 Forget Febreze. Here’s what’s going…
Remember those awesome polystyrene toy planes that used to come in paper sleeves? They were the coolest, right? Well, now you’re all grown up, how about a grown-up equivalent—in the shapes of these gorgeous wooden gliders. Fortunately, Matthew Tait has put together a new set of toy planes called Turbo Flyer. Handmade from balsa and…
It might not just be your ears that are stuffed with wax for long—because researchers from the University of Michigan want to pack your phone full of the stuff, too. In the process of trying to make processors more efficient, they’ve hit on an intriguing idea: cover the chip in a mesh of wax which,…
