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Coat hooks and hangers today are designed to save us time and space, while keeping our clothes completely wrinkle-free. Although these hooks and hangers do live up to the standards and expectations of an everyday product...

World Cup madness is sweeping the internet--even the little yellow guy on Google Maps is wearing his soccer gear. And according to commenters, he's wearing the uniform of whatever nation you view him in. Commenter toschl...

It's Saturday readers, save a bunch of money and then go do something with your day, or don't. Not doing anything is always a great deal.

In a blog post published just this morning, Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia announced that the streaming cloud-based TV service will go dark at 11:30 AM EST today. The move responds to this week's Supreme Court decision that call...

It costs $1500, measures in at about 4 feet in diameter and causes an explosion in the sky almost half a mile long. It's the infamous Yonshakudama firework from Japan and if you can somehow snag the sky lighting cannonba...

Welcome to Reading List, Gizmodo's Saturday afternoon collection of the best and smartest writing from around the web this week. Today, we've got smart takes from The New York Times, Wired, and Ars Technica.

The always-excellent Vi Hart (previously ) gives one of the most engaging explanations of multiple infinities we've come across in some time.

In yet another successful attempt at making the Quad HD / 4K / Ultra HD situation as clear as mud, this week the CEA updated its official... definition of the term "Ultra High-Definition." The original spec was establish...

This strangely alive-looking blob isn't a prop from a sci-fi movie. It's a smorph, a morphing material that could make the cars, trains and airplanes of tomorrow extremely aerodynamic, using the same trick that helps gol...

For Android's second act, customizability takes a back seat to consistency.

Before you begin stalking a frenemy's tragic life on Facebook to feel a sense of schadenfraude, know this: that depression could rub off on you. At least that's the conclusion Facebook's researches came up with when they...

NASA is about to send this sci-fi flying pie into the far reaches of Earth's atmosphere, then watch it fall back to earth. The testing starts at 2:15 PM EST, and we've got a live feed for you right here after the jump.

What a week! We got to ogle everything Google showed at I/O, we learned that cops can't search your smartphone without a warrant, and we learned about BugJuggler, the car-flinging giant robot you see above . Let's take a...

Bug in Android KeyStore that leaks credentials fixed only in KitKat.

Long-suffering pinball fans can finally play free in Oakland. Swords are being returned to their rightful owners in New York City. And America is breathing better air than we have in a decade. Sometimes we like to look a...

For some, each new school year brought a about a specific kind of dilemma. No, we aren't talking about picking out what to wear on the first day, we mean choosing a new Trapper Keeper. To stoke those flames of indecision...

A couple of reports published during the course of last year suggested we unlock our phones anywhere between 110 and 150 times every single day. That's a lot of checking, often done habitually without any deliberate thou...

Recommended Reading highlights the best long-form writing on technology and more in print and on the web. Some weeks, you'll also find short reviews of books that we think are worth your time. We hope you enjoy the read....

Not all watches are created equal, this you can be sure of. The thing is, not everyone is able to afford one of those expensive designer watches, and will have to settle for something that is more within their budgets. S...

Spend time with a Debbie Downer, and you'll likely end up feeling blue. Turns out, the same is true digitally: Facebook's new study says this "emotional contagion" works just as strongly through your News Feed--which the...

If you're up for checking out the upcoming version of Ubuntu -- Utopic Unicorn 14.10 -- the first alpha has been released. There are images available for GNOME, Kubuntu, and other popular varieties, and with the images c...

If you have some additional dough to spare because of a windfall due to an inheritance, or you are a high flyer at work, how about dressing up your home's gardens with some high end speakers? I am referring to NEAR with ...