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This week, asteroid mining company Deep Space Industries announced detailed plans to launch the first private mission to an asteroid by 2020. The California-based company plans to build a successor to its Prospector-X te...

CarPlay may be Apple's attempt to redress the dashboard in an iOS outfit, but Spanish automaker SEAT has managed to squeeze a little of its own tech into the iPhone-powered infotainment. The company has launched a CarPla...

It's a game of cat and mouse. On Tuesday, Facebook announced it would begin circumventing ad blocking software in an effort to show more ads in the News Feed. The ad-blocking community was pissed and vowed to fix the pro...

I am a big magazine boy with many important things to say about the Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphone, but the most important thing you should know about me is this: I have done Bad Things.

When it comes to mobile accessories, Kanex is a pretty decent option if you want something that does not break the bank, and neither will it make you look tacky toting it around. This summer might be drawing to a close i...

Instagram released its Stories feature earlier this month --which is basically a rip-off of Snapchat Stories--in order to tap into the ephemeral social media market. In both features, Snapchat and Instagram let your pict...

The Galaxy Note 7 is definitely the new star of Samsung's lineup, but the anticipated device is also releasing alongside a revamped Gear VR. Both devices will be launching on the same day, and indeed, it sort of seems li...

One of the frothiest stories to bubble forth from the shit-tastic Rio Olympics this week was the sudden, inexplicable greening of not one, but two Olympic pools.

CBS might be open to taking on another superhero show--but for now, the CW is full-up on superpowered television series, at least according to its president. Turns out you can have too much of a good thing, sometimes.

Well that was quick: yesterday we told you that Adblock Plus had rolled out new filters intending to stop Facebook's new desktop ads, but now just a few hours later, Facebook has hit back. Facebook has apparently impleme...

Google ordered to loosen restrictions on Android device makers after Yandex complaint.

Niantic has done it again, shutting down another widely used Pokemon GO tool and leaving players scrambling for alternatives. This time, the tool that managed to find its way into Niantic's crosshairs was PokeAdvisor, wh...

James Kenji Lopez-Alt is a chef and food writer. He's been called the "nerd king of cooking " and he's done plenty to earn that title. Unlike us plebs who pour a bowl of cereal, when Kenji gets a bit peckish in middle of...

Last night, a JetBlue flight destined for Sacramento, California encountered turbulence so bad it sent 24 people to the hospital.

Olympic organizers have made climate change a central theme at the current games--and for good reason. A sobering new study shows that by the 2084 Olympics, rising temperatures will make it practically impossible for mos...

It's the last day of Senior Week at Gizmodo, and this is my confession: I am a huge pole dancing fan. Something about the combination of dance and acrobatics, athleticism and grace, gets me every time. Plus it's sexy as ...

The "Internet of Things", also known as the "IoT". A made up marketing buzzword now used to refer to anything and everything that can connect to the Internet, or at least a local network, that isn't a traditional compute...

The universe is too vast a place to explore without preparing yourself first. Here's what you need to know to make the most out of No Man's Sky.

Chill out, man. It was cute the first time you jumped out of nowhere. And maybe still sort of amusing the second time you missile'd yourself out of the water. But when the shark comes breaching once again?

Lance Armstrong was a very good cyclist, perhaps the best the greatest who ever lived. Anyone who says otherwise is ignoring history.

Confession: I love video game soundtracks. Ever since I played Final Fantasy II (IV) on the SNES, I've known the powerful part music plays in video games. But in the music streaming world of today, jamming on good game s...

According to former International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge, volunteers are invaluable at the Games. "Volunteers are true Olympians. They transmit the true spirit of the Olympic Games," Rogge said in 2012...