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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!

Auto has a locked-down UI; developers can only color within Google's lines.

Smartwatches are all the rage, and Neptune Pine has been one that many have been anticipating for quite some time. Since its Kickstarter campaign, many have wondered if the be-all watch was worthy. Can an all-in-one watc...

All smartphone apps fall into two categories: paid and unpaid. For many, free apps satisfy all our needs, even if they fill our lives with a bunch of ads. But are there pricey apps--either with a big up-front expensive o...

Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week's most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us -- it's the Week in Green. Could Apple's new spaceship campus be the greenest building on the planet? It ...

Solve the emergency charging hours for your phone by carrying this KEY Cable by Native Union in your pocket everyday. There are USB outlets found everywhere these days and this short cable will often come handy during th...

The leaves are starting to change color and the air is getting cooler, signaling that fall has finally arrived. You know what else has arrived? Feedback Loop! This week's edition features the Engadget community discussin...

Ello, the upstart social network that's grown in massive popularity of the past week, is currently down. Whether for maintenance or more nefarious purposes, it isn't outwardly explicit. According to its current status pa...

China has a history of tightening its censorship of internet services during times of political upheaval, and that's unfortunately happening again with massive pro-democracy protests underway in Hong Kong. Both monitorin...

We spend a lot of time talking about all the great films that are always a quick click away on our particular streaming platform of choice--and rightfully so. Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon Prime do an admirable job of curati...

The Power Glove was the quirkiest little peripheral ever devised for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Although if found only limited use on that platform, modern day tinkers with access to cheap and simple microcontrol...

The problem with Bluetooth speakers is that they're typically underpowered, and not very dynamic. You get small-ish speakers pushing out varying levels of sound in both level and quality. The iLoud is meant as a no-compr...

Bootleg websites, usually tucked away in some shady digital corner filled with pornographic pop up ads and potentially malignant viruses, are a permanent fixture on the internet. Offering up tons of illegally free conten...

Saturday Night Live officially returned for its 40th season last night, and host Chris Pratt was the perfect excuse to demonstrate just how Marvel plans to come up with its next Guardians of the Galaxy-size hit.

It looks like the new Corsair Gaming division and brand that is dedicated to elevating PC gaming is starting to work out pretty well for Corsair, having taken a leaf from Corsair's engineering know-how while working in p...

Sony's newest flagship the Xperia Z3 carries on the handset's most notable and widely praised feature. It's completely waterproof. So the unboxing experts at Carphone Warehouse decided to get their first look at the new ...

If there is one particular feature that I absolutely love concerning Razer gaming peripherals, it would be this – new models are not exactly all that common, so you can be pretty sure that each purchase that you make o...

Health, powered by Apple's HealthKit API, was one of the many lauded features of iOS 8. It's Apple's attempt to corral all your health data into one place and also empower disparate health apps with new features. Now, th...

We are a plugged in and connected generation these days, but how many of us happen to use our smartphones for more than just communicating with one another through a bevy of options (social networks, instant messaging an...

You're probably aware that most sci-fi space battles aren't realistic. The original Star Wars' Death Star scene was based on a World War II movie, for example. But have you wondered what it would really be like to duke i...

It's safe to say that surveillance technology had a profound effect on American culture, even before Edward Snowden's leaks arrived -- there's a sense that you can never really escape the government's eye. If you've ever...

Prove yourself as the ultimate socialite in town by carrying these fun and innovative Like/Dislike Napkins everytime you dine out. They are a set of two washable napkins made of 50% polyester/ 50% cotton that come with t...