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Luckiest guy in the world avoids death by stray demolition rock
Jun 30, 12:57AM
Witness a man being born again as a huge stray rock—ejected from the explosive demolition of a clothing factory in Czech Republic—swooshes right by his head. A few inches closer and he would have been instantly killed.
This Is A Good Time To Catch Up On American Horror Story
Jun 30, 12:00AM
Now that we know what the next season of American Horror Story is about, it's a good time to catch up on the last few seasons of the show if you haven't already seen it.
Shania Twain: You're Still The One
Jun 29, 11:00PM
I just survived a long-distance relationship. The girlfriend and I met after two whole years. Having a face-to-face conversation after months of Whatsapping and Skyping feels... unreal, and it's kind of awesome just to be in the same time zone as each other.
We're Not Dead Yet, Says BlackBerry, And Launches a "Fact Check" Portal
Jun 29, 9:19PM
BlackBerry's U.S. market share is now 0 percent. But the company doesn't want you to think that it has given up yet. Instead, it has launched a new portal called the "BlackBerry Fact Check" to counter the "smoke and mirrors marketing tactics by competitors" and fight back with facts.
Microsoft's Cross-Platform Smartwatch Might Be Here In October
Jun 29, 8:00PM
We hope you didn't blow all your cash on that Surface Pro 3 . Tom's Hardware says that a "trusted source with knowledge of the development" has verified that a Microsoft smartwatch will be released in October.
This Is The Most Earth-Like Planet Discovered Yet
Jun 29, 6:21PM
The nearest Earth-like planet is only 16 light-years away from us. It has a mass that is more than five times the mass of the Earth and it orbits a red dwarf star that has half the mass and radius of our sun.
Facebook Doesn't Think Manipulating Users' Emotions Is A Big Deal
Jun 29, 5:23PM
If you missed this outrageous study published earlier this month in an academic journal, here's the nutshell version: In January 2012, a Facebook data scientist, along with two university researchers, tweaked the News Feed of almost 690,000 users to display more "positive" or "negative" stories to figure out if "emotions are contagious on social networks".
Google, Not Device Makers, Will Control Android Wear, Auto and TV UI
Jun 29, 4:17PM
When Android Wear, Android Auto and Android TV launch this fall, they'll solve a problem that has plagued Android since day one: an inconsistent user experience across devices. Ars Technica's Andrew Cunningham points out that unlike Android phones from different manufacturers that sport ugly custom UIs, launchers and interacting with Android on different smartwatches was exactly the same. In fact, Google's engineering director, David Burke, told Cunningham that with Wear, Auto and TV, the underlying software and interfaces will be controlled by Google, not the OEMs.
Steam Sale Finale, GOG Finale, and The Best Deals for June 29, 2014
Jun 29, 3:00PM
Steam and GOG are wrapping up their respective Summer Sales with pages full of returning deals. Whatever you've missed, now's the time. Let us know what you've bought or will be buying today in the comments.
Five Best Budget Computer Mice
Jun 29, 3:00PM
A good computer mouse doesn't have to cost a ton of money, especially if you need it to travel, or you're on a budget. This week we're looking at five of the best mice on the market for around $20, based on your nominations.
This Week's Top Comedy Video: Infinite Jest
Jun 29, 1:00AM
David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest is one of those encyclopedic books that you'd be proud to say you actually finished. Just don't suggest it as a title for your book club. Trust us.
The Aloof Blackjack Player Who Created Our Digital World
Jun 29, 12:00AM
Every digital device you use operates on a string of ones and zeroes, the binary "yes/no" decision at the foundation of modern computing. It's a concept so fundamental to our modern day that we rarely stop to wonder where it came from. But it's all the work of one man: Claude Shannon, whose fascinating story you've likely never heard.
Tennis: Origins
Jun 28, 11:00PM
Just like overuse of HDR makes for unrealistic, homogenized, uncreative photography, over-production in music can leave you with a slick, perfect-pitched piece of unimaginative trash. Every now and then, you need to flush your ears out with something honest and un-monkeyed-around-with. For me, that means Tennis.
What it Takes to Shoot Jaw-Dropping Photos Inside Giant Caves
Jun 28, 10:00PM
Photographer Chris Higgins has been fascinated by caves ever since he was a kid. When he found that words weren't enough to describe the beauty of what he saw in the caves he explored, he began photographing them. Now, he shoots heart-stopping underground images, and the guys from JOBY followed along to see how much hard work that takes.
Most People's Concept of Net Neutrality Hasn't Existed for Years
Jun 28, 9:22PM
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.
Proof That Some Infinities Are Bigger Than Others
Jun 28, 9:00PM
The always-excellent Vi Hart (previously ) gives one of the most engaging explanations of multiple infinities we've come across in some time.
This Weird Morphing Skin Could Make Future Vehicles Super Aerodynamic
Jun 28, 8:00PM
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 golf balls fly faster and straighter.
Awww, the Little Google Maps Guy Is Wearing His Soccer Gear
Jun 28, 7:30PM
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 toschlebelge shows us Google Guy's German outfit ; what's he wearing in your lands?
Today, France Is Still Cleaning Up Hundred-Year-Old Bombs From WWI
Jun 28, 7:00PM
A century ago today, the first shots of WWI were fired. It was the first modern conflict, fought with fatally efficient technology. Even today, crews must safely destroy bombs left untouched for a century. Erik Olsen traveled with one of those crews for The New York Times, bringing us a video glimpse at the delicate task of cleaning up history.
Watch NASA's Flying Saucer Test Flight Live, Right Here, Right Now
Jun 28, 6:07PM
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.
Aereo, Smartwatches That Don't Suck, HDR Ruining Photography, and More
Jun 28, 6:00PM
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 look back at the best stuff we wrote this week.
Pinball, Swords, Bad Air: What's Not Ruining Our Cities This Week
Jun 28, 5:00PM
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 at the brighter side of urban life. It's our peek at What's Not Ruining Our Cities Anymore.
How to Break Your Smartphone Addiction
Jun 28, 3:20PM
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 thought or goal.
Steam Summer Sale Day 10 and the Best Deals for June 28, 2014
Jun 28, 2:30PM
Steam Summer Sale Day 10 is packing in deals on Goat Simulator, Shadowrun, Broken Age, Among the Sleep, CloudBuilt, Mercenary Kings, TowerFall, and more. It's one of the better selections so far.
Facebook Experimented on Random Users to Study Newsfeed Emotions
Jun 28, 2:00PM
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 they discovered after tinkering with the emotional content of nearly 700,000 random users' feeds.
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