By Kate Knibbs
Want to know whether the drivers of Uber think you’re a complete dirtbag or not? Finding your passenger rating on the ride-hailing app is now a much simpler process.
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By Bryan Lufkin
IBM and the US government teamed up to develop a new supercomputer for use on national security missions. It makes decisions like a human brain, and uses less power than a hearing aid.
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Small TV aerials usually suck—but could be changing. A team of researchers from the the University of Morelos in Mexico has developed this tiny antenna, which measures just 4 inches in length and weighs 3 ounces while picking up the same analog and digital TV signals that any larger aerial would.
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By Chris Mills
Whenever anyone questions NASA’s government funding, it’s customary to remind them of memory foam and ballpoint pen, all (…
One day after trolls …
By Caitlin Petrakovitz Podcast: Life imitates art imitates life in this week’s episode. We talk Tay, the AI almost-queen tween of Twitter, Frodo’s latest exploits, and our reactions to the reactions of “Batman v Superman” reviews.
By Maddie Stone
Over the summer, pioneering climate scientist James Hansen and his colleagues penned an …
By Shane Roberts, Commerce Team on Deals, shared by Shane Roberts, Commerce Team to Gizmodo
With Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice a few days away, stock up on Batman and Superman Blu-rays, comics, figures, and more in today’s Gold Boxes. […
By Chris Matyszczyk Technically Incorrect: A pawnbroker is selling something he claims is a genuine Google Glass and it looks like the rumored Enterprise Edition. Can this be?
If you own one of Amazon’s pre-2012 Kindles, listen up: there’s a critical update that you need to install if you want to keep using it, and you must do so before March 22nd.
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