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TrumpHotels.org Purchased by Pranksters to Promote America's Concentration Camps
The Trump organization owns over 3,000 web domains, including TrumpFraud.org and TrumpScam.com. It’s standard practice for big companies to buy up names that might insult their brands, but it looks like the Trump regime forgot one. The domain TrumpHotels.org is now a parody website that features photos and video of…Read more...
Flying Saucer Toy Recalled For Teaching Kids That Nazis Achieved Space Travel
If you’ve ever watched the History Channel at 3AM, you know that the Nazis had a secret program during World War II to develop flying saucers. The Nazi’s UFO experiments never actually flew, but the model toy company Revell recently released a set in Germany that makes it look like one of the Nazi saucers actually…Read more...
Oh Jimmy, Not the HAIR
Poor Jimmy Fallon makes enemies on all sides. Fallon conceded this week that the infamous Donald Trump hair-ruffle—which riled viewers and helped tank his numbers—was perhaps not his best career move. Now, he appears to have lost the respect of his most stalwart fan.Read more...
Best of Gizmodo: The EU's Bad New Copyright Law, Microsoft's ICE Contract, and Comic-Con 2018
The bad news: The European Union is moving forward with its potentially disastrous new Copyright Directive, a law that could have potentially sweeping repercussions for how open the internet remains—and yes, that means the continentals might be coming for your memes. The good news: There’s still time to kill it.
Actions Have Consequences
The media firestorm that kicked off on Friday night when Sarah Huckabee Sanders was refused service at a Virginia restaurant has reached its logical conclusion: a message from the editorial board of the Washington Post that the Real Problem is mildly inconveniencing powerful people.
Black Astronaut Jeanette Epps Still Doesn't Know Why NASA Cancelled Her Historic Mission This Year
NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps, who was slated to be the first African-American spacefarer to serve as a long-term crew member on the International Space Station until she was pulled from the roster in January, is still waiting on an explanation of why.
Creepy Doctor Makes a Sex Robot That Kinda Requires Consent
A famous sex robot called Samantha was created for sex, but it wasn’t created to take abuse. Samantha’s creator, Dr. Sergi Santos, introduced a new feature that will render the robot unresponsive if it determines that its human partner is behaving in an overly aggressive manner. But it won’t stop you from fucking it.
AT&T Employees Reportedly Encouraged to Use Unethical Sales Tactics to Drive Up DirecTV Now Subscriptions
Former AT&T employees are blowing the whistle on the company, accusing higher-ups at the telecommunications giant of pushing its sales team to aggressively sign up customers for its streaming service DirecTV Now, leading to consumers paying for unexpected charges.Read more...
This VFX Reel Spotlights the Majesty of Justice League's Best Special Effects
Scanline Media really has outdone themselves.Read more...
The Avengers: Infinity War Cast Found Out About the Ending On the Day of Shooting, While in a Van
If you thought you had a hard time learning about the ending of Infinity War, it seems like the stars had an even rougher one.Read more...
Rat Dies Doing What It Loved: Breaking Into an ATM and Gorging Itself on Nearly $18,000 in Cash
There’s that old adage about dogs chasing cars, not knowing what they’d do if they caught one. Well, a rat in Assam state, India knew exactly what it wanted to do when it broke into an ATM earlier this month, and that was feasting on money until it died.
Survey: Most Americans Remain Unwilling to Let a Robot Into Their Home Yet
For decades, humans have dreamed of wasting away in their own decadence while armies of robots do everything for them. Yet it turns out that now idle daydreaming is slowly giving way to reality, people are a bit uncomfortable.
This Video Explores the Shinto Spirituality of Hayao Miyazaki's Films
Like any prolific director, anime legend Hayao Miyazaki has a few preoccupations in his writing. Particularly, he’s fascinated by the natural world, and the conflict between man’s desires and nature’s power.Read more...
Best-Selling Carbon Monoxide Detector Removed From Amazon and eBay Because It's Defective
Amazon and eBay have removed several carbon monoxide detectors from their respective marketplaces after a recent investigation found the devices consistently failed to alert users when gas is present, putting peoples’ lives at risk.Read more...
Westworld's Composer Breaks Down the Best Musical Moments from Season Two
Ramin Djawadi has an important job. As the composer for Westworld, he has to somehow keep topping himself by creating atmospheric, thematically resonant musical cues to ground and frame the android action in the show.Read more...
Amazon Has Everything You Need For a Pool Party On Sale Today
The 4th of July is next week and maybe you’re going to enjoy it from the backyard or lakeside. Amazon wants to make sure you’re floating along on an inflatable flamingo or playing corn hole with this one-day sale, just in time to pack into a suitcase or the trunk of a car. There’s basically everything you could need…Read more...
Tom Holland Just Told the World the Name of the Next Spider-Man Movie
We know that upcoming adventure featuring Marvel Comics’ iconic wall-crawler will have him swinging in places other than New York. Tonight, Tom Holland revealed a very apt title for the spider-sequel.
Hezbollah Reportedly Claims Facebook, Twitter Have Disabled Their Main Accounts
Lebanese militia and State Department-designated terrorist group Hezbollah said on Saturday that Facebook and Twitter had terminated its main accounts, according to the Times of Israel.
Syfy is Bringing Clive Barker's Horror to Television With Nightbreed
Clive Barker is known for his unusual approach to horror: violent, imaginative, sexual, and utterly engrossing.Read more...
ZTE Can't Fix a Broken Urinal Because It's Not Sure If It's Banned From Buying American Products
The story of Chinese telecommunication firm ZTE’s death and resurrection, both at the hands of the Trump administration, has taken another bizarre turn, this time resulting in employees having to hold in their pee. The company is opting not to fix urinal that requires parts from an American manufacturer for fear of…Read more...
SpaceX Wins $130 Million Falcon Heavy Contract to Launch Classified USAF Satellite in 2020
SpaceX, the Elon Musk-helmed company which earlier this year saw its partially reusable Falcon Heavy officially become the most powerful rocket in the world, has won its first contract to use that system to deliver a classified payload.
A Virginia Restaurant Asked Sarah Huckabee Sanders to Leave and Now Its Yelp Page is Destroyed
There’s a new battleground in the proxy war between MAGA hat-wearing Trump supporters and pussy hat-wearing members of the #Resistance, and it’s the Yelp page of a restaurant in Virginia that asked White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave.
Blumhouse Head Jason Blum Says The Studio Won't Make a Get Out Sequel Without Jordan Peele
But he added that the director and writer is mulling the idea over.Read more...
TheGame Of Thrones cast finally managed to throw a wedding without anybody getting murdered
Defying the series’ tradition of Red, Purple, and presumably other-colored Weddings that end with somebody inevitably getting their throat slit or literally puking out their own guts, the cast of Game Of Thrones have finally managed to watch someone get married without anybody being murdered. It probably helped that…Read more...
Sony is Developing a Movie Starring Korean-American Hero Cindy Moon, aka Silk
The Spider-Man heroine. Not, y’know, the fabric.Read more...
Hospitalized John McAfee Swears Wrath on Whoever Managed to 'Spike Something That I Ingested'
John McAfee, the onetime chief of the security software company bearing his name and who has subsequently popped up in association with allegations of murder and rape in Belize, lying to the media, Securities and Exchange Commission investigations, bizarre presidential campaign videos, and of course cryptocurrency,…Read more...
Facebook Created a Human Crisis Team After Algorithms Failed It
Facebook, fresh off a number of embarrassing incidents that algorithms and automated systems couldn’t stop, is turning to a team of former intelligence officers and researchers to identify the next potential crisis the platform might face.Read more...
The Early Reactions Are In, and People Really Seemed to Like Ant-Man & The Wasp
Last night was the premiere of Ant-Man & The Wasp, which means we’ve got early opinions from critics, ascended fans, and anyone else lucky enough to get into the early showing. And he early verdict is very promising.Read more...
If Streaming Is the Future of Console Gaming, It Might Be Screwed
News of the next generation of consoles has slowly trickled out over the last couple of weeks. None of the news gives us a clear view of either Sony or Microsoft’s consoles—instead we’ve only gotten teases of each. And those teases have had wildly different focuses. On one hand, you have rumors of what Sony’s hardware…Read more...
There's a Brute Force Hack That Can Bypass the iPhone's Passcode Limit
Apple is a perpetual battle to stay ahead of hackers and secure its devices but a new bug discovered by a security researcher and reported by ZDNet shows the passcode that protects iOS devices can be bypassed through a brute force attack, leaving iPhones and iPads vulnerable to being exploited.Read more...
Netflix PR Head Drops the N-Word, Netflix Drops Him
People working in public relations typically act as the voice of a company, which is a real bummer for Netflix because the head of the company’s PR department decided to drop the n-word during a meeting. Netflix, as it turns out, didn’t want to say the slur, and is now looking for a new chief communications officer.Read more...
Forest Whitaker Is a Badass Father in Netflix's Apocalyptic Action Film How It Ends
A mysterious disaster strikes the United States. A pregnant daughter goes missing 2,000 miles away. Time for a road trip.Read more...
Apple Finally Offers Fixes for Faulty Butterfly Keyboards, Acknowledging the Design Sucks
At this point, it’s no secret that the butterfly keyboard used on newer models of Apple’s MacBook and MacBook Pro laptops have a litany of issues. Apple might be the last to recognize it, but the company is finally offering its customers free fixes for issues stemming from the flawed keyboard design.Read more...
We Love This Idea for a Friday the 13th Spinoff
It’s Jason Voorhees vs. Boba Fett! Not really. But kind of.Read more...
Whoa, Check out Zebrafish Eyes
Imagine that during our evolutionary history, we could not turn our heads up or down. How might our vision have evolved differently from the two frontal, mobile eyes we have today?
Physicists Think the Weather Can Trigger Blackouts in an Unexpected Way
Renewable resources are great, but they bring a new element of uncertainty to a power grid. This element can lead to failure in surprising ways, according to a new paper.
Facebook Is Working on a Hidden Tool That Shows How Much Time You Waste on Facebook
You’re not the only one worried about how much time you’re spending on Facebook. The social media giant is, according to TechCrunch, working on a time-tracking tool designed to let users know how long they spend on Facebook.
We Need to Study the Effects of Revenge Porn on Mental Health
Leah Juliett was 14 when nude photos of her were circulated throughout her school without her consent. She had sent the photos privately to a boy, who then shared them with fellow students.
Oh Joy, We Just Found Another Virus Spread By Mosquitoes That Might Make Us Sick
A mosquito-borne virus discovered over a half century ago has been found in humans for the first time ever, likely having caused a case of severe rash and fever in a Florida teenager in 2016. But despite the recent reveal, it’s likely the germ has been making people sick for quite some time.Read more...
Massive Genetic Study Finds Many Links Between Various Psychiatric Illnesses
An excavation of a million people’s genes has provided some interesting clues to how several common psychiatric disorders might arise, including major depression and schizophrenia. And it’s also highlighted connections between some mental illnesses and other health problems, including heart disease.Read more...
CaliforniaLawmaker Under Fire for Weakening State Net Neutrality Bill
You reap what you sow. That’s the message activists are bringing after Miguel Santiago, a Democrat of Los Angeles, eviscerated a net neutrality bill before his committee in the California Assembly earlier this week.
Cops Need a Warrant to Grab Your Phone's Location Data, Supreme Court Says in Landmark Case
On Friday, the Supreme Court ruled in a five-to-four decision that law enforcement generally must obtain a warrant to gather cellphone location data from network providers. In an age where virtually everyone is carrying a location-tracking device, the decision is a huge win for privacy advocates.Read more...
The FDA Has Approved an Implantable Glucose Monitor for Diabetics That Lasts for Months
Keeping track of your blood sugar is poised to become a lot easier for some diabetics living in the U.S. On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration approved the Eversense Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) system. The Eversense is not the first approved CGM system, though it is the first with a fully implantable…Read more...
Facebook Doubles Down on Controversial App for Kids
Facebook’s messaging service for children has been widely criticized by child health advocates who have urged Mark Zuckerberg to delete the app altogether. But Facebook hasn’t scrapped the chat app for kids as young as six years old. Instead, it’s adding more features and extending its reach.
How to Stop the Sound of a Dripping Faucet Instantly, According to Science
It’s tempting to think that the “plink” sound produced by a falling water droplet on a liquid surface is caused by the droplet itself, but new research points to an unexpected source of this familiar, yet annoying, sound. Excitingly, the researchers have also identified a neat hack to stop it.
Bodycam Maker Axon Reportedly Tried to Buy Face Recognition Tech
Body camera manufacturer Axon requested a contract for face recognition software from an artificial intelligence startup, the Wall Street Journal reports, which stands to further fears from privacy advocates about the state of surveillance in America.Read more...
Firefighters Suspended for Allegedly Filming Porn in Fire Station
The city of Akron, Ohio has suspended two firefighters after they allegedly filmed a porn video in a fire station, then uploaded the proof of their fiery love life on the internet.Read more...
The Xperia XZ2 Is the Best Phone Sony Has Made in Years
The Sony that many people think of, the electronics giant that made the Walkman, the Discman, the Trinitron, all those Vaios, and even the first water-resistant phone back in 2013, it doesn’t really exist anymore. Sure, the Playstation 4 is doing great and Sony’s mirrorless cameras are some of the best on the market,…Read more...
Blue Origin Says It Will Start Selling Tickets for Spaceflights in 2019
Private space company Blue Origin announced that it plans to sell suborbital spaceflight tickets to aspiring space tourists starting next year. No price was given, but the company said it expects to conduct the first passenger tests of the New Shepard launch system “soon.”
AI and Carbon Nanotubes Are Now Being Used to Improve the World's... Keyboards?
When it comes to groundbreaking research, there are two fields that seem to occupy the newscycle: carbon nanotubes and artificial intelligence. The potential combination of those two fields of study seems like it could radically change the word as we know it, or, as South Korean scientists have discovered, at least…Read more...
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