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Photo: AP There are a lot of unusual things to do at DEF CON, the annual hacker conference that draws tens of thousands of security enthusiasts to Las Vegas in the depths of summer—you can learn to lockpick, go fed-spotting, or hack an internet-connected sex toy. But last year offered something new. Jeff Moss, the…

GIF Artist’s impression of a rogue planet causing a gravitational microlensing event. Image: J. Skowron / Warsaw University Observatory; Gif via Gizmodo Rogue planets sound adventurous, like pirates of the final frontier minus the scurvy. The reality is much more depressing: these bodies are untethered to a star, so they’re doomed to dance around the…

All images: Marina Galperina/Gizmodo This is opulence. Suddenly, there is extra light blasting from behind my TV screen, making a day-glow title sequence positively atomic. The DreamScreen, a backlighting system that’s designed to make your TV viewing more immersive, is a luxury that I absolutely don’t need. In theory, the supplementary lights change color based…

If you were one of the many, many sad people who missed out on snagging the NES Classic Edition before Nintendo inexplicably pulled the plug on it, there’s still a chance you can get one without spending hundreds on eBay as ThinkGeek has apparently stumbled onto a massive cache of the consoles. Update, 3:47 p.m.…

GIF GIF Source: Fight for the Future Verizon set off alarm bells among net neutrality advocates last week when customers reported that the ISP was throttling Netflix video. If true, that would likely be a violation of current FCC guidelines. Verizon responded that it was just testing throttling technology on all video. On Tuesday, it…

“A health worker counts antiretroviral drug tablets for a patient at The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) in the capital Kampala, Uganda” – Image: AP HIV transmission is a complex process with factors beyond just who you sleep with and how. The virus ultimately needs to find its way to the correct kinds of cells in…

If you’re tired of seeing headlines about Uber, know they wont dissipate anytime soon. Uber is working feverishly to reverse its bad image now that founder Travis Kalanick has one foot out of the company, so you’ll see a lot of new updates in the coming months. Uber recently announced its “180 Days of Change”…

WASHINGTON – An American navy ship has Tuesday in the Persian Gulf, warning shots are discharged to an Iranian vessel that came too close. According to a Us official gave the USS Thunderbolt warning shots when the Iranian ship 150 metres away. The Iranians, probably from the Revolutionary Guard, had not responded to attempts to…

KIEV – The Ukrainian embassy in Washington Tuesday accusations from the American president Donald Trump denied that Ukraine was trying his election campaign in 2016 to sabotage. “We stand behind our word that the government of Ukraine, no candidate in the election has helped,” reported the embassy on Twitter. Most Viewed Videos Verkeersruzie gets out…

BRUSSELS – Further negotiations about a Turkish accession to the EU in the current situation is not possible. “We do not exclude anything, and we look forward. But we can ensure in the member states about Turkey since the failed coup a year ago not to ignore”, said EU commissioner Johannes Hahn (enlargement negotiations) on…