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Your Yelp Complaints Are Being Used to Track Food Poisoning in NYC
May 22, 11:00PM
You wake up and there is definitely something wrong with your stomach. Could it be the tacos last night? Oh man, it was definitely the tacos at that dirty joint. So what do you do? You whine about your diarrhea on Yelp as a warning to would-be taco eaters. And now, the health department might call you up.
The most spectacular and destructive atomic bombs in history
May 22, 10:36PM
Here are the most spectacular and destructive atomic detonations in history. Most of them are in crispy HD thanks to the folks of Atom Central, one of my favorite sites. Looking at their terrifying beauty, I can't understand why we wasted so much in these absurd devices of mass extermination.
China Shuts Down Museum Showing Thousands of Fake Artifacts
May 22, 10:30PM
China is currently undergoing a huge boom in museums—299 new ones have opened in the last year alone. And just like the US's own 20th century museum boom, which inspired cascades of forgeries, China's is bringing out the fakes: The government has shuttered one museum where a third of the 8,000 artifacts were fake.
What Kind of Bike Do You Ride?
May 22, 10:00PM
It's Bike Month here at Gizmodo, and we've been celebrating with stories covering locks and e-bikes , chats with bike lawyers and bike clothing brands , and looks at vintage cycling posters and outlandish bike designs . Now we want to see how you ride: Show us your bike!
This Vacuum Brewer Infuses Your Tea (or Booze) With Almost Anything
May 22, 9:20PM
With mixology and DIY designer beverages on the rise, it's no wonder that users want more control. Enter BKON's new Craft Brewer, an impressive piece of machinery that infuses liquids in a perfect vacuum. Gizmodo recently got a hands-on demo at the iconic Counter Culture in Soho—and this thing can brew.
A Sleeping Bag Designed Just For Man's Best Friend
May 22, 9:00PM
If you'd rather bring your faithful companion with you on a camping trip than have them stuck in a kennel for a week, you're probably going to want them to be as comfortable as you are. And if they're too big to share your sleeping bag , the Noblecamper gives them their own cozy place to crash every night.
This DARPA invention gives soldiers Terminator vision
May 22, 9:00PM
DARPA has finally demonstrated one of its most promising inventions: An augmented-reality HUD system that will give soldiers the same advantage of a jet fighter pilot. It displays battlefield data over the soldier's environment, identifying friendly and enemy forces on land and air in real time.
Zoom H5: The Perfect DSLR Audio Sidekick With a Scaled Back Price
May 22, 8:40PM
Shooting video with a DSLR can be a pain when it comes to your audio setup. Zoom has been a mainstay of external audio devices targeted at DSLR filmmakers with the H4N and last year's beefed-up—but expensive—H6 . The new H5 presents an in-between solution at an affordable price.
Google has just enabled no-click voice search in its latest Chrome update.
May 22, 8:23PM
Google has just enabled no-click voice search in its latest Chrome update. Now anybody can search without typing. Just open a new Chrome tab and say "OK Google" (after enabling the feature in the Privacy settings). Once this catches on, you won't look nearly like such a lunatic.
Photoshop Contest: Why Is Edward Snowden Staring Into Our Souls?
May 22, 8:20PM
NBC's Brian Williams has just landed an exclusive interview with Edward Snowden in Russia. That's great—the NSA, let's talk about it. But there is another pressing question to consider first: Why are Williams and Snowden looking at us like that?
A Battery-Free, Pocket-Sized CPR Coach Ensures You're Really Helping
May 22, 8:00PM
It might look easy, but properly performing CPR to save someone's life—and not injure them in the process—does require a specific technique. Since not everyone's taken a first-aid course, the Cardio First Angel serves as an impromptu CPR instructor that ensures you're doing it right, no matter how limited your medical know-how might be.
Your Phone Will Break Before These Fortified Charging Cables Do
May 22, 7:40PM
It's widely assumed that printer manufacturers make all of their money from expensive replacement ink cartridges, not the hardware. Perhaps the same can be said for smartphone makers, given how often their USB charging cables break. But you can put an end to constant replacements with these MOS Spring cables that are reinforced six ways from Sunday.
NASA Is Letting Citizens Commandeer a Long-Lost Satellite
May 22, 7:20PM
Yesterday evening, NASA officially granted permission to a group of scientists and enthusiasts who want to do what NASA can't afford: Make contact with a 36-year-old satellite called ISEE-3 that's still capable of taking directions for a new mission. It's the first agreement of its kind—and it could hint at where the space industry is going.
New Thermal Technology Turns the Entire World into a Touchscreen
May 22, 7:00PM
Holy crap, somebody invented something that makes Google Glass seem cool. The augmented reality wizards at Metaio just showed off their Thermal Touch technology, a new kind of user interface that basically turns the whole world into a touchscreen. It looks pretty futuristic.
Soon You Can Sleep in This Fake Bavarian Castle in the Middle of China
May 22, 6:40PM
China loves to counterfeit, and architecture is no exception. So it was no surprise when a massive, massive German-style castle popped up in the seaside city of Dalian. It's exciting, however, that Starwood Hotels has announced that it will open a giant hotel inside of it.
A Giant Sinkhole Just Opened Up in the Middle of Manhattan
May 22, 6:24PM
According to a tweet from @NYCityAlerts, a massive sinkhole has just opened up in lower Manhattan. The collapse was preceded by a water main break around 11am , flooding several restaurants including the famed Katz's Deli (don't worry, the pastrami is safe).
A Woman Replaced Her Soap With a Daily Mist of Bacteria—And It Worked
May 22, 6:20PM
Since we dirty buggers have already made the case against antibacterial soap , it's time to consider the case against all soap. And showers. Basically all hygiene as we know it in the 21st century. In the latest New York Times Magazine, Julia Scott gives up soap for a mist of bacteria usually found in dirt—and finds her skin has never been better.
FCC Incest: Meet the Cable Cronies Who Control Net Neutrality's Future
May 22, 6:02PM
The fate of net neutrality has never looked bleaker , with the FCC's proposed rules basically dismantling the free and open internet that we know today. You can thank the agency's notorious revolving door for that; for years, FCC officials and the people they're supposed to be regulating have been playing a horrible game of telecom musical chairs.
$10 In Free Android Credit, Huge Amazon Game Sale, 4K Samsung, LEDs
May 22, 5:45PM
Amazon is continuing its assault on your Android device with $10 in free Coins for downloading five free apps. Whether you keep the apps or not is irrelevant; the $10 is yours to use as you see fit on the Amazon App Store.
Watch Time Evaporate With a Clock That Paints the Hours In Water
May 22, 5:40PM
It's probably related to our limited existence on this planet, but mankind has an unmistakable obsession with time. How else would you explain all the energy we put into building countless clocks designed to tick away the seconds, from a simple Timex watch, to this wonderful WaterColorBot that paints every passing minute?
The 10 Algorithms That Dominate Our World
May 22, 5:26PM
The importance of algorithms in our lives today cannot be overstated. They are used virtually everywhere, from financial institutions to dating sites. But some algorithms shape and control our world more than others — and these ten are the most significant.
The Best Fake Movies from Netflix's Summary Screw-Ups
May 22, 5:20PM
In what might just be the best bug of all time, Netflix accidentally started mashing up one-sentence summaries from different movies and TV shows. What follows is a list of the most amazing movies you'll never get to see.
Cement truck narrowly avoids destroying every car on the highway
May 22, 4:58PM
Close calls don't get closer than this: A driver avoids a fairly minor accident, slows down and, suddenly, a fast cement truck appears out of nowhere trying to regain control. Miraculously, the skillful—and lucky!—truck driver manages to avoid a potential carnage.
NASA makes zoomable Earth using 36,422 selfies from all continents
May 22, 4:56PM
Not even Ellen DeGeneres can beat this one: NASA asked people to take selfies on Earth Day and humans from Antarctica to Zimbabwe submitted more than 50,000 photos. Of those NASA selected 36,422 photos to create this fully zoomable 3.2 gigapixel image of Earth's Eastern and Western hemispheres.
Do You Want Facebook Listening to Your iPhone?
May 22, 4:54PM
Sometime within the next few weeks, your iPhone is going to start recording everything it hears when you begin tapping out a Facebook status update, hoping you'll include what you're listening to or watching. But do we want to carry around a hot mic for Mark Zuckerberg?
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