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We all knew it was coming, but now it’s official: Facebook’s potential Vine-killer has finally surfaced in the form of video on Instagram. And as it turns out, the new Instagram feature is pretty different from its Twitter counterpart. https://gizmodo.com/wsj-facebook-wil-announce-ambiguous-vine-like-video-sh-516523358 Editing abilities, video-stabilization, 15-second long time limits, no looping, and filters do not in any…
As if having the most comfortable and most innovative boardshorts weren’t enough, Hurley has gone and one-upped themselves with the Phantom Fuse 2. Which apparently only touch the body at the waist. Also, each pair is made from 12 recycled plastic bottles. https://gizmodo.com/these-boardshorts-are-basically-chafe-free-5994327 Details are scant and it’s not clear if the “biomimic” waistband from…
The human brain is an insanely complex organic computer, and though it still has plenty of secrets, we’re now a little bit closer to figuring it all out. Building on a decade of research, an international team of neuroscientists have just put the final touches on the most sophisticated 3D map of the human brain…
The first thing that strikes you about Samsung’s new Android-powered interchangeable-lens camera is how big that 4.8-inch AMOLED screen looks on the back of a camera. Even when it’s turned off, the blackness stares back at you like an enrapturing abyss. Then, when you flip the camera on, the TouchWiz Android UI is right there…
A Jedi’s hooded cloak is a great way to keep the sun out of their eyes, but on scorching hot days, especially on planets like Tatooine with two suns, it has to be unbearable under there. Until now the only real solution was to build a moon-sized space station to simply blow up a glaring…
Early computers were bland beige boxes—meant to blend in with whatever workspace they were placed on. But during the golden age of the super-powerful workstation, designers got wild with form factors and materials that oozed with confidence and no small amount of sass. In some ways, the new Mac Pro returns to that era—and here’s…
After the holiday season, early summer is the second best time to pick up some discounted digital games. Steam’s summer sale is coming soon, but right now there are a ton of apps on sale for both iOS and Android, some of which are no-brainers, like the original Sonic The Hedgehog for $1. Actual smartphone…
People don’t have any idea what to do with themselves, as evidenced by the new trend of building and sleeping in giant “bird nests.” Why do people do this? Because they are not challenged by life. Perhaps a global bird flu epidemic will focus humanity on more pressing issues.
At its event in London, Samsung added two new laptops to its lineup: The Samsung Ativ Book 9 Plus and the Samsung Ativ Book 9 Lite. The current ATIV Book 9 (formerly the Series 9), is basically an improved keyboard away from being the best ultrabook. So we’re looking forward to see where Samsung would…
Treating pain is a tricky business—especially when it comes to the chronic, perpetually debilitating type. For things like back injuries, osteoarthritis, and bone cancer, you’re really only left with two options: deal with the often dangerous, unpredictable side-effects of prescription painkillers or suffer through it. But all that might change soon thanks to a Moroccan…
If last year’s Samsung Galaxy Camera looked like Dr. Frankenstein had sewn a point-and-shoot camera onto the back of a Galaxy S3, the new Galaxy NX is the opposite. It takes the Android UI 3G/4G/LTE connectivity of a smartphone, and slaps it onto the back of an interchangeable-lens camera. As we learned from last year’s…
At Samsung’s event in London today, they took the lid off of two new Windows 8 tablets. One is very normal. The other is very weird. We’re pretty excited about the weird one. ATIV Q Samsung’s most interesting tablet-type thing is a double-hybrid freak of a device. It has a keyboard that is connected by…
Working from home? Did you end up with children in that same home? Now that it’s officially summer, you may have noticed that your once-quiet home office is now a noisy nightmare. How can you stop your kids from driving you to insanity and violence? [Photo via Shutterstock.]
People who let their dogs poop everywhere and then refuse to clean it up don’t have any morals, so it’s unclear why this new public awareness campaign in the English city of Bristol will have any effect. Maybe the £1,000 fine ($1,547 U.S.) will help the poopsmiths learn some manners. https://jezebel.com/city-combats-dog-poop-problem-with-image-of-little-girl-514552269
Realizing that cars that automatically parallel park themselves are old news, Volvo has taken the concept one step—actually several miles—further with a new concept vehicle that can actually find an empty spot and park itself in a lot. You just abandon your car at the entrance of a parking lot, and like a valet you…
Instagram’s awesome new video editing will come with a stabilization feature called Cinema. RIP, Vine.
Obviously, io9’s Rob Bricken’s recount of Superman’s new movie is full of spoilers, but it’s absolutely hilarious. Worth your lunch time even if you haven’t watched the movie yet. https://gizmodo.com/the-most-important-scenes-from-man-of-steel-as-i-remem-516405346
It’s exciting to go into space, but it gets boring eating the same old freeze-dried food and toothpaste tubes of pasta sauce. NASA is now fighting “menu fatigue” with a new plan to combine home-cooked (spaceship cooked?) meals with the ready-to-eat staples like dehydrated ice cream. https://gizmodo.com/space-food-sucks-nasas-quest-to-serve-astronauts-four-517568578
We’ve already brought you a few clips of Kenji Ishida’s amazing self-transforming RC cars, but so far he’s only made about ten of them available to the public, at a staggering $24,000 a piece. But there’s great news for those of us who’ve chosen to pay off our mortgages instead of buying a toy robot:…
You’re about to be able to cloak short video clips in vintage filters. Facebook just added video to Instagram, similar to Twitter’s Vine app, only smarter. It has many more features than Vine—it looks like video sharing done right. For the uninitiated, Vine lets you share six second loops of short video clips in a…
