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Mozilla Is Planning a $25 Firefox OS Smartphone
Feb 23, 8:00PM
In developing countries, the high-end smartphone market is cornered by the big guys. But today at Mobile World Congress, the nonprofit Mozilla announced a plan to get a different slice of the smartphone pie—with a low-end Firefox OS phone that costs just $25.
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These Giant Balloons Inflated Indoors Look Completely Surreal
Feb 23, 7:01PM
What happens when you take a giant balloon and inflate it inside a small space? These photos show just that—and the surreal dreamworlds that result, looking like a mix between the inside of a person's body and a ghostly construction site.
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The OS X Apps Affected by Apple's Unpatched Security Flaw
Feb 23, 6:41PM
While Apple recently patched a major security flaw for iOS, the same vulnerability continues to affect OS X. Until Apple releases a fix—which it says will come "very soon"—here are some of the apps you should avoid using on public Wi-Fi.
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Netflix Agrees to Pay Comcast For Access to Its Broadband Network
Feb 23, 5:31PM
In a landmark deal, Netflix has agreed to pay Comcast for direct access to the company's broadband system. The announcement comes after months of dispute between Netflix and broadband providers about who should pay for increasing bandwidth loads.
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How the World's Next Tallest Building Will Be Built
Feb 23, 5:00PM
A crucial step towards building the next tallest building on Earth is underway: Engineers on the Kingdom Tower, a proposed 3,280 foot tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, are beginning tests to figure out how to pump wet concrete more than half a mile into the sky.
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Samsung's Android Escape Plan, And What It Means for You
Feb 23, 4:17PM
There's not a whole lot that's new about Samsung's Galaxy Gear 2. It's take two of a product that wasn't that great on the first go-round. But underneath, the Gear 2 isn't just another gadget; it's a defiant shot across Google's bow. It's a trial run where Samsung can practice seceding from the world of Android.
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This Reflective Umbrella Surrounds You In a Super-Safe Halo of Light
Feb 23, 3:00PM
To me, whimsical umbrellas—you know, the kind printed with Starry Night or cats—have always seemed like a mockery of the rain-drenched commuter's misery. But this reflective version actually makes practical sense, since it turns its owner into a glowing beacon of safety.
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LG at Mobile World Congress: Betting Big With the G Pro 2 and G2 Mini
Feb 23, 2:36PM
At the Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona today, LG unveiled the LG G2 Mini. We also have the new L Series III family, a renovated mid-range line formed by the L90, L70 and L40 models, all with Android KitKat.
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Why Apple's Recent Security Flaw Is So Scary
Feb 23, 2:32PM
On Friday, Apple quietly released iOS 7.0.6, explaining in a brief release note that it fixed a bug in which "an attacker with a privileged network position may capture or modify data in sessions protected by SSL/TLS." That's the understated version. Another way to put it? Update your iPhone right now.
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These Trippy Cutting Boards Double As Cool Kitchen Art
Feb 23, 2:00PM
Cutting boards are built to be brutalized, but just because they're definitely going to get busted doesn't mean they have to be boring. In fact, the flip side of these op-art Shape Boards are cool enough to double as wall art.
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Samsung Gear 2 Smartwatch Ditches Android, Keeps the Rest
Feb 23, 2:50AM
As expected, Samsung has released its follow-up to last fall's Galaxy Gear smartwatch. The biggest change? That it's left Android in favor of a Tizen, an open source operating system that gives Samsung a battery boost and, more importantly, a sense of independence.
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This Week's Top Comedy Video: Putin's Local Olympics Commercial
Feb 23, 2:00AM
The Sochi Winter Olympics were Russia's chance to cultivate a powerful image on the world stage. Whether they achieved that is still up for debate. But did you ever wonder how Russia promoted the Olympics to its home audience? Turns out, they went for a slightly different aesthetic.
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Facebook Might Actually Be Good For Your Brain (If You're Dyslexic)
Feb 23, 1:00AM
I'm not a kid anymore (unless you're being very charitable with your age guidelines), but I can only assume today's parents are telling their kids "Facebook will rot yer brains." In fact, the opposite might be true, according to a teeny, tiny little study from England. Especially for kids with dyslexia.
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Cool composite image of a fully armed F-35 doing a 360-degree roll
Feb 23, 12:34AM
Oh wow. This awesome image by Matthew Short for Lockheed Martin's Code One Magazine—spotted by David Cenciotti—is now my new phone background. Here's the full photo, for your downloading pleasure:
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Neiman Marcus Missed 60,000 Alerts As Hackers Stole Credit Card Info
Feb 22, 11:00PM
Remember how Neiman Marcus revealed that hackers accessed credit card info for brick-and-mortar store customers? Turns out, during the eight-month period when hackers were snooping around the company's system, they set off nearly 60,000 security alerts. That seems like a lot of pop-ups to casually dismiss.
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Wheelchair-Bound Woman Walks Again With a 3D Printed Exoskeleton
Feb 22, 10:00PM
In 1992, Amanda Boxtel suffered a vicious skiing accident that left her paralyzed from the waist down. Doctors said she would never walk again. This week, she proved them wrong, with the help of the world's first 3D printed exoskeleton that gives her the ability to climb out of her wheelchair and walk once again.
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Olympic Speed Skating Would Be a Lot Better if It Was Like Mario Kart
Feb 22, 9:00PM
After two weeks of hearing about sports you've never cared to follow in the past four years, you've probably wondered why the short track skaters don't just ... you know ... throw a blue shell at the end? And here we can see what would happen if they did.
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Help Get Clean Water to Kids in Need, Just by Ignoring Your Damn Phone
Feb 22, 9:00PM
There are a lot of dumb, pointless apps out there that make it hard to put our smartphones down. That's what makes Unicef's new project for World Water Month doubly brilliant—it raises funds to provide clean drinking water to needy kids, by encouraging smartphone users to take a break from the touchscreen. Sounds like a true win-win.
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This week in Tech Reads: tracking down hackers, peering inside a marketing "war room," examining gen
Feb 22, 8:00PM
This week in Tech Reads: tracking down hackers, peering inside a marketing "war room," examining gender on Facebook, and more.
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This Week's Best Photo-Related Posts on Reframe
Feb 22, 8:00PM
Did you guys know there is a Gizmodo subdomain where you can go for all things photographic? Yep! It's called Reframe, and it's where you'll find additional coverage of gear, techniques, news, and all kinds of great stuff related to the crafts of photography and videography.
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Witness the Birth of a Snowflake
Feb 22, 7:00PM
One of the more technically creative time lapses we've seen in a long while, Snowtime is a 2-minute "microscopic time-lapse" by Vyacheslav Ivanov that captures the mesmerizing bloom of budding ice crystals in all their hexagonal glory.
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The Inside Story of How Olympic Timekeeping Is So Amazingly Precise
Feb 22, 7:00PM
Three one-thousandths of a second is less than 1/10th of a blink, less than 1/100th of a heartbeat. But if you're a speedskater, 0.003 seconds can be the difference between gold and silver. So how are Olympics timekeepers able to get such ridiculous precision and accuracy? For the inside scoop, we talked to Omega's Peter Hürzeler, head of Olympic timekeeping.
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Ikea Shelves, More Viral Fakes, How to Choose a Smartphone, And More
Feb 22, 6:00PM
Strange week, huh? Ikea killed the shelf everyone had in their first apartment, Fitbit recalled its fitness tracker over some nasty rashes, and DHL punked UPS with some clever advertising. Let's take a look back at this week's best stories!
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This Centuries-Old Musical Instrument Sounds Exactly Like Super Mario
Feb 22, 5:00PM
Listen to this young girl playing her sheng, a Chinese instrument invented thousands of years ago. The woodwind may be ancient, but the sound is pure 1980s nostalgia—it's the Super Mario Brothers theme, right down to the sounds of Mario collecting coins and mushrooms. Amazing!
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Become a Master of the Secret Menu
Feb 22, 4:00PM
You may already be familiar with In-N-Out's fabled secret menu, but it's just one of several popular food chains whose order options aren't limited to what's on display. In fact, there's a menagerie of exotic items and flavor combinations just waiting to be uncovered, if you know what to ask for. Here are five of America's most popular hidden menus.
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