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Watch Sony’s PlayStation 4 Announcement Live Right Here

It’s finally time to find out what Sony’s got in store for us. Playstation 4, baby! Watch the embedded stream below to find out what awesome games and features Sony’s gonna unload on us. Get pumped.

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Nic Cage Whiteboard Somehow Makes Nic Cage More Insane

Sure, you probably already have photos of Nicolas Cage hanging in most if not every room of your home. But Nic is so much more than a single shot can convey, and even a hundred of these approximations is an insult to the depth of his character. The Nicolas Cage Hairstyle Whiteboard, however, finally offers…

A Magnetic Case Keeps Your Knives Safe and Sharp

Knifes: they will cut you. Not out of hostility or resentment, but because they’re knives, dummy. Magmate’s Magnetic Blade Guards will protect your precious fingers and keep your knives sharp at the same time. The PVC sheaths won’t save you from cuts you might sustain during some clumsy chopping, but you sure won’t reach into…

Pluto Gives Astronomers the Finger as They Announce Tiniest Planet Ever Discovered

If I were Pluto, I would be really pissed off with the astronomers that just announced the tiniest planet ever discovered. It’s a new planetary system called Kepler-37, which is centered around a star similar to our sun about 210 light-years from Earth, in the constellation Lyra. The planet, according to the observations of the…

Jony Ive Chats Lunchbox Design on a British Kids’ TV Show

Jony Ive is the guy who probably designed the computer you’re reading this on. And here he is on Blue Peter, a beloved British children’s TV show, talking lunchbox redesigns. Awwwww. Three delightful kids presented Ive with their own original designs for a new lunch container—which Ive says you shouldn’t actually call a box at…

Why Smartphone, Laptop, and Airplane Batteries Explode

Lighter, less expensive and more energy dense than other secondary battery technologies, lithium-ion has become the dominant form of rechargeable battery today. It powers everything from mobile phones and laptops to cars and commercial jets. But there is one little problem—these batteries don’t just short circuit, they explode into flames. Here’s what goes on inside…

Win the Ultimate Survival Tool

If there’s even the smallest possibility you might wind up abandoned on a desert island (one can dream in this weather, amiright?) in the upcoming future, or if you just want to be able to fix anything, anytime, anywhere, then you should take the survey below, and possibly win a titanium 16-headed Leatherman multi-tool. They’re…

This Is Objectively the Worst Logo for Anything

Have you ever heard of Highlight? I hope the answer is no, because incoherent “social” app has a logo that’s so horrible it will actually give you a headache. A physical headache, in your head. It’s dangerously bad. TechCrunch says the app—which is a mish mosh of social bullshit, allowing you to tag people, highlight…

Shooting Challenge: Concrete Jungle

It’s a jungle out there—of concrete For this week’s Shooting Challenge, we’re celebrating one of mankind’s greatest accomplishments—creating a moldable substance that’s harder than rock. The Challenge Take a photo in which concrete is the primary subject. It can be immaculate or broken, the embodiment of the pristine or the aches of decay. The Technique…

Robot Vanna, Trashy Presidents and Steak as Health Food: Samsung Sells Tomorrow

Advertisers love to use futurism as a way to position their products as forward-thinking. Often, that connection to futurism comes with a healthy dose of humor — jokes that from the vantage point of the future look less ridiculous than they were probably intended. In 1988, Samsung’s ad agency (Deutsch) produced a tongue-in-cheek magazine ad…

A Rare Coupon Code to ThinkGeek Is Your Deal of the Day

We’re big fans of ThinkGeek here at Gizmodo. They carry some really cool stuff that you can’t get anywhere else, but like all superfluous-yet-undeniably-dope toys, the price has got to be right. You can’t shout “shut up and take my money” if you’ve got to check your bank account first. Right now, ThinkGeek’s offering a…

How Pornography Addiction Works and Affects Your Life (Update: Or Not!)

For all the jokes, pornography addiction is a real and actual addiction. Really. Stop laughing. I’m serious. No, it’s— Look. Porn works like any other addictive substance: It re-wires your brain in ways that make you need it, and probably proves harmful to the rest of your life. (See update below) Basically, the visual images…

A Power Strip With USB Ports Thankfully Solves a Very Obscure Problem

Maybe it’s a little too particular to complain about your gadgets not getting the exact kind of charge they’re supposed to get. Oh well. The Kopi KBAR power strip fixes that issue with with a switch that lets you change the wattage when your phone’s juicing up. The bar has three AC hubs and two…

Apple’s Upgrade Dilemma

Apple has been taking a beating on Wall Street, in part due to skepticism over future growth of iPhone and iPad sales. With the market becoming saturated with iPhone and, to some extent, iPad users, Apple will soon need to rely upon upgrades rather than new customers to fuel sales. Apple’s problem is that their…

Facebook Hates Old People

Congrats, you turned 100. You lived through the Great Depression, World Wars I and II, and hammer pants, but Facebook doesn’t give a crap. Apparently, it stops counting age at 99. What’s with this disgusting ageism, Facebook? A local news station in Detroit spotted a lady named Marguerite Johnson who is 104, but whose Facebook…

The Science of What Makes Junk Food So Addicting (And Delicious)

It’s basically impossible to stop eating junk food. And it’s like that for a reason. There are billions and billions of dollars at play in Big Snack, and those corporations want to keep it that way. The New York Times has an exhaustive and fairly massive feature about how junk food companies use everything from…

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Take a Tour of Rancho Obi-Wan, The Largest Star Wars Collection in the Galaxy

Steve Sansweet is a bit of a rebel among hardcore Star Wars collectors. While many afficianados will specialize a single type of memorabilia—Rob Foster’s 2,000-piece set only includes figurines for example—Sansweet will pick up anything from the series for curation in his massive, 300,000-piece museum, Rancho Obi-Wan. https://gizmodo.com/the-biggest-star-wars-collection-in-the-galaxy-357908 Rancho Obi-Wan is located in Northern California…

Brooklyn Nets Now Stream Their Games Live for Free—While You’re at the Arena

Starting with last night’s game against the Bucks, the Brooklyn Nets enabled a new feature to the already pretty impressive Barclays Center app. You can now watch a live stream of the game while on the arena’s Wi-Fi network. This is either brilliant or deeply depressing. The benefit of the stream, obviously, is you can…