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Tech NewsGoogleReport: Google Is Working On Huge, Lego-Like Modular Displays
The Wall Street Journal says that a crack team of Google researchers is trying to build a modular super-screen, one that snaps together from a whole bunch of smaller displays to create a seamless image. A screen made of dozens of screens! The report, based on info from three anonymous people familiar with the project, … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Stinky Science Behind Your Skunked Beer
The phrase “skunked beer” is no misnomer: As the American Chemical Society tells us, the molecule that gives skunky beer its stankitudinous flavor is almost identical to the one found in skunk spray. But how does it get in your beer? And how on earth do you keep it out? Hops can be so cruel, … Continued
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Edmunds App Shows What’s On the Car Dealership’s Lot, No Salesman Needed
Car shopping has always been a pain—it’s damn near impossible to just browse the lot without a salesperson breathing down your neck. Thankfully, Edmunds.com is here with an update to the Lot Buddy app that lets you search the dealership without invoking the sales sharks. Update: The app is now live on the Apple App … Continued
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Tech NewsRemembering Rod Serling And the Debut of The Twilight Zone
On this day in 1959, American TV audiences embarked on a trip to a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. This first journey to the middle ground between light and shadow was a powerful voyage we still haven’t forgotten. It was the first time we caught a glimpse of The Twilight … Continued
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ReviewsMy Day on a Gas-Powered Drift Trike: Like Being a Kid Again, But Better
No grown-up vehicle can match the thrill you felt as a kid on your Big Wheel. Cars and motorcycles are fun, but at day’s end they’re serious machines. Recapturing that unbridled euphoria requires a dedicated device. And the SFD Industries Drift Trike is the three-wheeled, gas-powered tool for the job. What Is It? A Big … Continued
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Tech NewsFacebook
Facebook Says Whoops, Updates Rules for News Feed Manipulation (Updated)
A few months ago, the world found out that Facebook made its users into test subjects, showing some folks artificially happy (or artificially sad) News Feeds to see if it affected the emotions in the user’s own posts. The internet was not happy about that. Now, Facebook says it’s updated its research guidelines in response. … Continued
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Tech NewsInside Out Trailer: The First Teensy-Weensy Peek at Pixar’s Next Movie
Inside Out is the next Pixar project, coming out in June 2015. The animation powerhouse just released the first teaser video of the new movie. Here’s your extremely short glimpse at what looks like a very whimsical film. Disney super-site Stitch Kingdom brings us a plot synopsis for the movie, slated to come out June … Continued
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Tech NewsGoogle
This Big Ol’ Phone Might Be the Nexus 6 In the Wild
Android Police just received these photos from a tipster that appear to show the Nexus 6 in a real human’s hands. If it’s real, this big-screen device would confirm very persistent rumors that the new Nexus will wear a 5.9-inch screen. It’s like an extra-large Moto X! We can’t conclude anything definite from clandestine photos … Continued
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The Myth of an Untouched Chernobyl
Chernobyl’s desolation is ruin porn‘s hallowed ground. But photographer Darmon Richter says the image of an abandoned Soviet city, untouched since its nuclear disaster, is a carefully-constructed facade, a powerful and profitable myth perpetuated by the moneymakers of dark tourism. Richter’s fascination with abandoned landscapes brought us chilling shots of the modern ghost towns of … Continued
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Tech NewsMicrosoft
You Can Download the Windows 10 Preview Right Now
Windows 10 is here! The new, unified operating system for PCs, phones, and tablets alike (with beloved Start Menu intact) is out in preview form. If you’re feeling first-adopterish, go download it now. We got to play around a bit with Windows 10 yesterday, and we came away pretty impressed. It packs enough changes that … Continued
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Why We Still Don’t Have an Ebola Vaccine
Yesterday, the CDC confirmed the first Ebola case diagnosed in the US. The patient, who recently traveled to Liberia, is now isolated in a Dallas hospital. With containment efforts challenging West Africa, and US officials searching for anyone who came in contact with the Dallas patient, where is the Ebola vaccine? The good news is, … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
Apple Releases OS X Yosemite 1.0 to Developers
We’re one step closer to Apple’s all-new Yosemite OS hitting the streets: The company just released Candidate 1.0 of the Golden Master build to developers via the Mac App store. Just to get you caught up to speed, Yosemite is Apple’s brighter, flatter OS for laptops and desktops that brings the slick new design features … Continued
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Tech News
Cypher Software Makes Phone Calls Clear As a Bell
Basically every aspect of cellphones has improved astonishingly in the past few years, except for the actual phone call part. Cypher, a brand-new startup, has some tricky software it says can fix our muddied mobile conversations. In a short live demo in NYC, it sure seemed up to the task. The standard practice in cellphone … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week
Nothing like a lazy Sunday afternoon to play around with your smartphone. Reward that glowing pocket rectangle for its selfless dedication with some fresh new apps! Multi-Platform Updates Circa News Wire Billing itself as the kind of distilled news feed the President might use, Circa’s newest update introduces Wire: A personalized daily news brief with … Continued
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Baristas Don’t Write Names on Cups At the CIA Headquarters Starbucks
Welcome to Reading List, Gizmodo’s Sunday afternoon roundup of the best writing from around the web. This week, we’ve got great stuff from Wired, The Washington Post, and more. Let’s dig in! One of Starbucks’ busiest locations is the on-campus coffee shop at CIA headquarters. Inside, it looks like any other franchise cafe, but things … Continued
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Tech NewsThe One Secret to Become a YouTube Music Sensation Overnight
Did you think becoming an internet music celebrity was hard? Pshhhhhh. All you have to do is repeat stuff. Seriously. Just repeat stuff. For the rest of this week’s top comedy videos, head on over to SplitSider. Now for the news! Chicago comedy and theater great Sheldon Patinkin died at 79. We broke down the … Continued
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Tech NewsJimi Hendrix’s Last Interview, Recorded a Week Before He Died
Jimi: All Is By My Side, the biopic following a young Jimi Hendrix, opened this weekend. In the movie, André Benjamin just about nails Jimi’s distinctive, wandering way of talking. Tonight, let’s go to the source: Jimi Hendrix’s final interview, recorded just seven days before he died in September 1970. Jimi’s boisterous stage presence, his … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
Can’t Go Back Now: Apple Stops Supporting iOS 7
With every new iOS update, there are bugs and glitches. Oh man, were there ever glitches with iOS 8. For a brief time, if you knew how, you could go back to the sane stability of iOS 7. Not anymore—Apple stopped signing iOS 7.1.2 on Friday afternoon. This, of course, was bound to happen. Apple … Continued
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Tech NewsFlexy, Wrist-Worn Concept Phone: A Real Life Buzz Lightyear Communicator
Indiegogo concepts are always a bit out there, and this one’s no exception: Portal, a six-inch Android-powered smartphone that’s impressively capable, waterproof, and flexible enough to wear on your wrist like Buzz Lightyear’s communicator. Forget smartwatches, this baby’s a goddamned gauntlet. Judging by the specs, Portal’s creators don’t want to churn out some mid-range device: … Continued
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Tech NewsGoogle
5 of the Best Android Apps Amazon’s Giving Away For Free This Weekend
As they’ve done before, Amazon’s App Store is having a blowout on some fantastic Android apps this weekend. The Everything (App) Store is offering over $135 worth of apps for zero dollars—27 apps, entirely free. Here’s the best of the temporary freebies: Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, normally a whopping $42 Threes!, the addictingly awesome number puzzle game, … Continued
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