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Textbook-Rewriting Discovery Could Help Predict the Next Influenza Pandemic
Image: Guilherme Tavares/Flickr Every year we go through the same motions: Scientists figure out what the most common flu strains will be, and prepare a vaccine that will best protect against it. Those who get vaccinated avoid the new strains, those who don’t might get sick. But every so often, a new kind of flu…
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If You Actually Want to Play Games, Get the New Nintendo 2DS XL
All images: Alex Cranz/Gizmodo The Nintendo Switch exists, and is a fantastic gaming system that you can, in a pinch, play in a bar, a car, or on the train. Phones exist too, and the games on them are better than ever. So why the hell should you own anything else? Because games. The Switch’s…
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Incredible Self-Folding Robots Work Without Batteries or Wires
Image: Wyss Institute at Harvard University Inspired by the traditional Japanese art of origami, self-folding robots can go places and do things traditional robots cannot. A major drawback to these devices, however, has been the need to equip them with batteries or wires. Researchers from Harvard have found a new way to overcome this problem,…
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Mars’ Small, Stressed Out Moon Is Painfully Relatable In New Photo
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Antarctica’s Massive Iceberg Is Starting to Disintegrate
A satellite image showing the southern tip of A68, which now appears to be surrounded by fleets of smaller icebergs. (Image courtesy Deimos Imaging, an UrtheCast Company. Last week, the Larsen C Ice Shelf gave birth to a trillion pound baby, an iceberg now dubbed A68. The latest observations suggest this big berg has moved…
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iPhone 4S Owner Sues Apple After ‘Defective’ Battery Allegedly Starts House Fire
Image: Gizmodo A woman from Wisconsin and insurance company State Farm are suing Apple for $75,000, claiming the tech giant sold her a “defective” iPhone 4S that caused a fire in her home—not unlike Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7. Xai Thao and State Farm claim “the design, manufacture, and sale of the iPhone created a dangerous,…
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‘It’s a Miracle’: Embalmer Says Salvador Dali’s Mustache ‘Still Intact’ After 28 Years in Grave
Photo: AP Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí does not share the warm, fuzzy sentiments of the artist’s embalmer. In statements shared with Gizmodo, Dalí’s estate says it has cooperated with the court despite “total disagreement with the exhumation.” “Before agreeing to such an invasive act as the exhumation of Salvador Dalí in a museum, the claimant Pilar…
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Our Sweet, Stupid Boy Sean Spicer Is Hiding Among the Bushes in the Sky Now
The White House’s sweet prince is now hiding “among the bushes” in the sky. After months of rumors, The New York Times reported Friday afternoon that Sean Spicer has officially resigned as White House press secretary. According to Times senior correspondent Glenn Thrush, Spicer “vehemently” objected to Trump appointing Wall Street veteran Anthony Scaramucci as…
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The FCC Is Full of Shit
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai addresses 2017 NAB show in Las Vegas (Photo: Getty) On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission fired back against negative coverage of its response to a public records request filed by Gizmodo in May. “Media reports claiming that the FCC lacks written documentation of its analysis of the May 7-8 non-traditional DDoS…
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Denne Facebook Fejlen Kunne Lade Fremmede Bryde Ind På Din Konto
En sikkerheds-forsker hævder at have spottet en fejl i Facebook konto recovery-funktion, der kan lade nogen let at bryde ind på din konto – der også, uden du nogensinde opdager det, medier rapporterede på fredag. Ifølge en rapport i the Independent, “der er ikke behov for adgangskode for at få adgang til og svindlere kan…