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From Deep Space Our Pale Blue Dot Is Just This Tiny Speck
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2013 23:45
When you look up at the sky, on a clear dark night, you're sometimes lucky enough to catch glimpses of other planets. They seem small, insignificant, surreal. Guess what? That's exactly how we look to them. Here's our pa...
gdgt's best deals for July 22: Nintendo 3DS, RCA HDTV
Engadget - 22 Jul 2013 23:37
Ready to save some cash on your tech buys? Then you've come to the right place. Our sister site gdgt tracks price drops on thousands of products every day, and twice a week they feature some of the best deals they've fou...
AMNH 3D-Printing Camp: Let's Make Some Dinos
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2013 23:25
At the American Museum of Natural History's two-week camp Capturing Dinosaurs: Reconstructing Extinct Species Through Digital Fabrication, a group of teens learned the processes and tools used by paleontologists for stud...
NASA Tweets the Saddest Tweet of the Year
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2013 23:06
NASA Kennedy Space Center just posted a photograph of their--now dead--main countdown clock with the following text:"We can't wait to use this again." I imagine all their employees looking at it every day and tearing up....
Editorial: Apple's Dash for the Dashboard
Engadget - 22 Jul 2013 23:00
Cars are dangerous, all the more when drivers reach for controls positioned at arm's length. Road risk is increased by the fact that many drivers seek distraction or productivity while rolling along. Multitasking while b...
National Geographic Puts 125 of Its Most Iconic Photos Up For Sale
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2013 23:00
We're used to participating in Christie's auctions as mere spectators, gawking at items like the Maharaja of Patiala's banqueting service or the original Apple 1. But this week, Christie's is offering up a collection of ...
The Biggest Winners and Losers of Comic-Con 2013!
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2013 22:45
San Diego Comic-Con is a white-hot furnace in which projects are made, or destroyed. Some emerge from the flames stronger, with invincible buzz levels, while others are melted down. Here's our list of the people and proj...
Google visits reportedly represent nearly 25 percent of North American web traffic
Engadget - 22 Jul 2013 22:43
Google's pretty popular here in North America, but one analytics firm is reporting some figures that might sound a bit too good to be true. DeepField, a company that focuses on analyzing web performance, is today claimin...
LG VS980 emerges at FCC, could be the Optimus G Pro for Verizon
Engadget - 22 Jul 2013 22:29
If this recent FCC filing is any indication, it looks like AT&T won't have US exclusivity over the LG Optimus G Pro for much longer. The document points to a LG VS980 that's clearly headed for Verizon; it supports the ca...
Verizon Now Offering 500Mbps (Down) Internet Service
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2013 22:18
File this under bat*** crazy. Verizon is now offering a 500/100Mbps service tier where FiOS is available.
Turkish security researcher claims responsibility for Apple dev center hack
Engadget - 22 Jul 2013 22:14
When Apple's developer portal went down Thursday, there were a lot of questions left unanswered. One of the more notable was, just who was responsible for this attack on the premiere destinations for iOS and OS X develop...
Netflix Q2 earnings show 1.2 million new subscribers; plans for original stand-up comedy, documentaries
Engadget - 22 Jul 2013 22:04
Netflix has revealed its earnings report for the second quarter of 2013 which shows its worldwide customer base has grown by 1.2 million. The company now has "nearly" 30 million customers in the US (up 630,000) and 8 mil...
A Norse Town Has Built an Artificial Sun to Light Up Its 5-Month Night
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2013 22:00
The extreme far north (or south) isn't the only place on Earth that spends the winter locked in perpetual darkness. Beginning in September and ending in March, the Norwegian town of Rjukan is cast into a perpetual shadow...
Fukushima's Leaking Radioactive Water into the Ocean After All
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2013 21:37
Well over two years after the TÅhuku earthquake and tsunami, TEPCO officials admit that radioactive groundwater has been leaking into the nearby ocean for, well, two years.
Google Cloud Print gets Windows compatibility outside of Chrome
Engadget - 22 Jul 2013 21:34
It should come as no surprise that Google brought Cloud Print to its own offerings first, but now the service is ready to spread its wings a bit. The company announced today that Cloud Printer is coming to Windows apps l...
The Invention of Jaywalking Was a Massive Shaming Campaign
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2013 21:13
Before the invention of the car, jaywalking wasn't a recognized concept. Want to get across the street? Then just walk across the street--nobody's going to stop you. But the rise of the automobile posed a new problem for...
These Internet-Themed Crayons from the 90s Are Hilariously Dated
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2013 21:08
A long, long time ago, in a land where people had yet to even ponder words like "Reddit" and "Twitter," a bright-eyed arts and crafts company decided to embrace this crazy thing called the information superhighway. The y...
Dealzmodo: 802.11ac Router, Headphones And Headsets, Big Media Section
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2013 21:00
Cylindrical is the new black.
Nokia Lumia 625 leaked, suggests 4.7-inch display, 1.2GHz dual-core CPU, 5-megapixel cam and LTE
Engadget - 22 Jul 2013 20:54
It looks like that "Something Big" that Nokia was hinting about earlier this morning might turn out to be the Nokia Lumia 625, if this leak by Finnish publication Puhelinvertailu is to be believed. The specs appear to ma...
LG's 55-inch curved OLED TV hits Best Buy for $14,999
Engadget - 22 Jul 2013 20:46
Remember that curved OLED HDTV that LG was teasing way back at CES? Well, it's just begun shipping here in the US. A Best Buy store in Richfield, Minnesota is the first retailer to stock the 55-inch set, which is availab...
If You Want This iOS Screen-Recording App You'd Better Hustle
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2013 20:40
xRec, which appeared in the iTunes store on Saturday, promises to record everything on your iPhone's screen -- including apps that prohibit screengrabs. If you're into that sneaky kind of thing, you better grab it fast, ...
Netflix for Giant Arcade Consoles Is So Crazy It Just Might Work
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2013 20:40
Buying an old-school arcade console is a big investment. Ms. Pac-Man bragging rights don't just cost a lot of money--you pay the price in real estate. That whole corner of your living room gone for just one measly game. ...