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The Razer Kishi Is the Smartphone Gamepad I've Been Waiting For
Betrayal, frustration, regret. These are just a few of the emotions I felt when I bought my first gamepad for a smartphone, the Logitech Powershell, in 2015. The sales pitch sounded so sensible. You’re already carrying a tiny computer in your pocket all the time, snap that phone into a controller case and you’d have the perfect mobile gaming device, right? → Read More
[FOR PLANTS] Don’t Read This If You’re Human [JUST PLANTS PLEASE]
Let’s be honest: While humanity has done a lot to support the arts, humans themselves make for a terrible live audience. If they’re not coughing or talking or picking their noses, they’re probably tapping at their phones. On Monday, Barcelona’s Liceu opera house offered an intriguing solution to this problem, hosting a performance of Puccini’s “Crisantemi” for hundreds of beautiful, silent… → Read More
Check This Out: Mornings
You step outside, finding the usually bustling streets peaceful and empty. Despite a weather forecast pushing 80 degrees, the air is refreshingly cool. And while your schedule is filled with work, errands, and work that’s basically just one big errand, in this little moment you have no responsibilities at all. What is this strange magic? Well, it’s a lesser-known time of day I’d like to turn you… → Read More
I Solved the Andrew Cuomo Nipple Mystery
It brings me no pleasure to announce that I have solved the mystery of Andrew Cuomo’s nipples. → Read More
Terminal Blues
Maybe they’re learning how long a person can be by themselves without going cuckoo and my assignment will take us to Mars. Maybe I died in a plane crash and this is just what it’s like when you’re dead. → Read More
Hustled to Death
It seemed the mysterious rage could erupt anywhere, at any time. A partner, a coworker, a stranger on the bus: soon, residents were eyeing everyone through a lens of suspicion. → Read More
Microsoft Seizes 'Hotrnall.com' and Other Copycat Domains From North Korea-Linked Hackers
On Monday, Microsoft announced that it had taken control of 50 domains associated with a hackers believed to be operating out of North Korea. Unsealed court documents show that the domains include “hotrnall.com,” “office356-us.org,” and “mai1.info,” among other copycat URLs. → Read More
Guy Gets His Severed Arm Preserved by Taxidermist
Lots of people have two arms. Far fewer can say they have one on a shelf by their sink. A 37-year-old Canadian man recently joined this exclusive club, turning his amputated limb into a unique conversation piece thanks to a helpful taxidermist—and a hungry colony of beetles. → Read More
The Unforgetting Machine
Five weeks before Theresa Greenwood vanished, the 64-year-old retiree invited me into her home, let me scratch her cat’s chin, and asked me if I wanted to see into the past. The question was only a courtesy: I had flown 2,800 miles to try out the machine she built in her dining room. Sitting down at Greenwood’s cluttered kitchen table, I slipped a wig cap clipped from an old pair of pantyhose… → Read More
Porn Wins Porn War
After several years and numerous delays, the UK government has quietly scrapped a scheme to make web users verify their ages and identities when visiting porn sites. For now, at least, horniness has prevailed in Britain. → Read More
What Kind of Soup Is This?
On Thursday, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams held a press conference to “display 90 rats” caught during a “new rat trap pilot program” around Brooklyn Borough Hall. Strangely, the event involved the public ladling of some kind of soup—which you absolutely must watch: → Read More
I Liked Something Online Today
It’s hard to shock the staff of Gizmodo dot com. Collectively, we’ve spent millions of hours online, covering everything from fishman dildos to catfish fetishists. Today, however, we discovered something truly surprising: Reddit Public Access Network, the platform’s new experiment with livestreaming, is honestly pretty good. → Read More
Toilet Explosions: More Common Than You Might Think
During a recent thunderstorm, a Florida woman was relaxing at home when a deafening boom roared through her house. Few could have guessed the source of the noise. According to WBBH, lightning struck near her septic tank, igniting methane gas and blowing her toilet to pieces. → Read More
If You Take Out Your Phone in a Movie Theater, I'm Going to Ask to Use It
Almost every weekend this year, I’ve ended up at the movies. In a relentless news environment, it’s nice to head over to the local multiplex, plop down, and turn off the rest of the world for a couple of hours. Sadly, I’ve noticed a disturbing trend: Even there, before the greatest spectacle that Hollywood can provide, people can’t stay off their fucking phones. → Read More
Which Cyberpunk Keanu Reeves Protagonist Will You Be in the Future?
If there’s anything I’ve learned from futuristic movies, it’s that, at some point, each and every one of us will become Keanu Reeves. → Read More
Catfish Fetishists: The Men Who Get Off on Getting Scammed Online
It’s Thursday night and Eddie is looking for action. He scrolls through Twitter hoping to find the woman of his dreams. Finally, he finds her, or someone who looks a lot like her: A woman going by the name “Katfish Princess” who describes herself as “hot, greedy and completely fake.” → Read More
Reddit Magicians Are Fiercely Debating How to Summon a 'Big Tittie' Demon
Some are drawn to the dark mystic arts in a search for ultimate knowledge. Others, out of desire to impose their will on the world. Some folks, however, are just trying to get laid. → Read More
A Coconut Water Brand Is Offering Free Piss on Twitter Because This Is the Future
When they looked to the future, some in the 20th century imagined wondrous technological advancements. Others foresaw a world of global totalitarian control. The future we ended up with, however, has had a little bit of both—plus beverage companies offering to send their haters some human urine on social media. → Read More
Disney's New Release Schedule Has Me Thinking a Lot About Mortality
On Tuesday, Disney updated its list of scheduled movie releases, providing tantalizing new details for fans of Earth’s preeminent sequel-making omnicorp—and forcing me to think farther into the future than I ever have before. → Read More
You Know How This All Ends, Don't You?
Brands—they’re just like us, only thirstier. Just last night, Pornhub sent out a press release claiming it was “extremely interested” in buying Tumblr, the distressed blogging platform Verizon is reportedly looking to unload. → Read More