Monday, April 27, 2015

Gizmodo Australia

REVIEWS

Apple Watch: Australian Review

The next big thing from Apple turns out to be very small, very comfortable and a very smart way of making an iPhone way cooler to use.
ENTERTAINMENT

UK Cinema Workers Can Earn $1500 For Catching "Cammers" In The Act

If you work at a UK movie theatre, there’s never been a better time to go pirate hunting. Until June 30th, UK cinema employees can receive up to 1000 British pounds, or almost $2000, for catching would-be bootleggers in the act.
SCIENCE

Smoking Pot May Make You More Prone To False Memories

As we’re all aware, weed makes us a bit forgetful. Say what? But a regular toke can also leave you more prone to remembering stuff that didn’t actually happen, according to new research published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.
ONLINE

Russian Hackers Read Obama's Emails During White House Security Breach

Last October, some of President Obama’s emails were leaked to Russian hackers during a White House computer system breach, although no classified networks appear to have been accessed, theNew York Times reports.
GADGETS

This Iron Man Glove Shoots Lasers And Metal Bolts

Everybody, it seems, is into making Iron Man replica-gloves these days. And why not, when they’re totally badass looking? Not every would-be Iron Man, however, can shoot lasers and metal bolts out of his hand.
GEEK OUT

The Rubik's Cube World Record Now Stands At 5.253 Seconds

World-record Rubik’s cube solving happens obscenely quickly, but you can barely even count the moves in Collin Burns’s record-setting 5.253-second run.
SOFTWARE

Apple Bans Fart Apps, All Fun And Joy From Apple Watch

Smartwatches and fart apps are basically a match made in heaven: a remotely-triggered Whoopee cushion, basically. But Apple disagrees: putrid, fart-based comedy goes against the sophisticated, elegant image it’s promoting for The Watch.
GEEK OUT

The Internet Reacts To The New Joker

Presenting… Jared Leto’s Joker. Probably not what you were expecting, huh? Here’s the full image of the Suicide Squad’s take on the Joker, tweeted earlier today by David Ayer, its director.
SCIENCE

There Are At Least 11 Runaway Galaxies Screaming Across The Universe

Every now and then, astronomers spy a runaway star, one that’s hurling itself across its galaxy at breakneck speeds. But stars aren’t the only things that occasionally go beserker in the cosmic void: Galaxies themselves will sometimes depart home, never to return.
GEEK OUT

Why The CIA Is Allowed To Run America's Deadliest Drone War 

“As President and Commander-in-Chief, I take full responsibility for all our counterterrorism operations,” Obama said at a press conference yesterday about killing an American and an Italian hostage in a US drone strike on Pakistan. What Obama failed to explain: Why the Central Intelligence Agency is allowed to carry out these drone strikes in secrecy.
GADGETS

A Clever Flip-Dot Display Uses Lego Brick Bitmaps 

Flip-dot displays certainly have an old-school charm about them, and they win extra points for energy efficiency. But I think I like them even better when they’re controlled by Lego bitmaps and built to spell out the word “awesome” like this one is.

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