Update: It appears that access to Facebook is back up for both the web and the iPhone and iPad apps. You are now free to carry on with your day. It appears that Facebook's newest feature is "being offline". Attempts to visit the social network right now are being thwarted... Continue reading

Mozilla Firefox users who try to use popular dating service OKCupid are currently being shown the above message, encouraging them not to use Firefox. The reason? Mozilla's new CEO Brendan Eich opposes gay marriage. That's how you play hardball. Read more... Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/uN1RgNlGtlY/okcupid-tells-users-not-to-use-firefox-because-of-ceos-1555616237 Tags: Andi Dorfman chicago bears Thiago Silva... Continue reading

This otherworldly photo is so amazingly weird and exotic that you may think it comes from a secret colonial base in the Jovian moon of Europa. In reality, it's the Halley VI Research Station in Antarctica as photographed by Antony Dubber, the chef of the British Antarctic Survey. Read more...... Continue reading

On the fourth day of Christmas AC and Sprint gave to me ... A Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini The good people at Sprint have partnered with us to do something awesome for the holidays, and we're giving away a great Samsung phone or tablet every day for 12 days. We've... Continue reading

On the fourth day of Christmas AC and Sprint gave to me ... A Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini The good people at Sprint have partnered with us to do something awesome for the holidays, and we're giving away a great Samsung phone or tablet every day for 12 days. We've... Continue reading

It's a familiar story: A start-up creates an app that does something cool on the web or in the mobile space, Marissa Mayer catches wind of it, whips out her checkbook and Yahoo acquires the company. This time, it was the Dreamworks-backed social-video app Ptch. The company's announcement blog post... Continue reading

In addition to opening doors, that set of keys in your pocket also serves as makeshift knives, prybars, and even ice scrapers. But why risk accidentally bending a key and losing access to your home when this key-sized multi-tool can do so much more? Read more... Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/0ES_JUeEG0g/a-multipurpose-key-that-will-unlock-your-inner-macgyver-1473144476 Related Topics:... Continue reading

For as much as Richard Branson would like to convince us otherwise, regular folks like us have precious little chance of ever leaving the comfort of Earth's atmosphere and venturing into space. But that doesn't mean you can't own an item that already has. Read more... Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/aCo3YRUK5I8/heres-your-chance-to-own-a-piece-of-the-space-race-1468623330 Tags: Halloween... Continue reading

It isn't a new bug, but it's a killer, and this month's round of Automatic Updates has brought it back with a vengeance. Freshly installed Windows XP SP3 machines running Windows Update -- typically because Automatic Update is turned on -- will stall twice. First, when Windows Update accesses the... Continue reading

Guilherme Cruz, MMA Fighting GOIANIA, Brazil -- Omari Akhmedov didn't disappoint in his first UFC appearance. In a first-round war against Thiago Perpetuo at UFC Fight Night 32 in Goiania, Brazil, on Nov. 9, Akhmedov showed a huge heart to overcome a pair of knockdowns and score a knockout victory... Continue reading

The first full-length trailer for ‘Divergent’ has finally arrived. Shailene Woodley stars in the highly anticipated science fiction thriller that some have dubbed the next ‘Hunger Games.’ While it may seem like Hollywood repackaging of a cookie-cutter blockbuster formula, the parallels to ‘The Hunger Games’ are nonetheless virtually impossible to... Continue reading

PornIQ, a new website billing itself as the Pandora of streaming smut, has done for self-love what a dozen other services have done for music. It was only a matter of time. Read more... Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/XRuzm-nY8Es/theres-a-pandora-for-porn-because-of-course-there-is-1459709075 Tags: Eminem Rap God tony romo miguel cotto NASA Madden 25 Continue reading

Crisco was the original product made with partially hydrogenated soybean oil, which contains trans fats. Today, Crisco has only small amounts of the fats. Tony Dejak/ASSOCIATED PRESS Crisco was the original product made with partially hydrogenated soybean oil, which contains trans fats. Today, Crisco has only small amounts of the... Continue reading

How does the Nexus 5's battery stand up after a few days of real-world use? Battery life is one of those areas of smartphone performance that’s difficult to quantify. Synthetic tests rarely reflect real-world performance, and it takes time to get a feel for how a new phone stands up.... Continue reading

Stop watching movies on your iPad. Stop browsing the web. Read more... Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/OvjY7s3gUFo/@ericlimer Similar Articles: Scott Carpenter Cressida Bonas Sleepy Hollow Star Trek Into Darkness george strait Continue reading

Benchmark’s Bill Gurley Explains The Reason For All Those Huge, High Valuation Funding Rounds Uber. Pinterest. Snapchat. We’re seeing a huge number of nine-figure funding rounds happening lately, driving valuations in tech companies up into the billions. Why’s there so much interest among investors in making big bets over recent... Continue reading

[unable to retrieve full-text content]With a new record, the band Arcade Fire is trying to top their 2011 release, which won a Grammy for Album of the Year. Critic Will Hermes says that on Reflektor, they turn to dance music to try to reinvigorate their sound.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NprProgramsATC/~3/DeXsQ6yIwQM/arcade-fire-after-grammy-successes-gets-dancy Category: yom kippur... Continue reading

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2013 file photo, Kenny Rogers poses for a portrait at The Hot Seat in Nashville, Tenn. Rogers long ago cemented his legacy in the world of popular music, and we'll get another reminder of this on Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, when he's finally inducted... Continue reading

There was much to love and little to hate about UFC 166 on Saturday night. Cain Velasquez proved he's the best heavyweight in MMA and perhaps in history, two Mexican-American lightweights put on the fight of a lifetime and nearly an entire fight card delivered fans the appropriate level of... Continue reading

Does genetic variability affect long-term response to traumatic brain injury? Public release date: 17-Oct-2013 [ | E-mail | Share ] Contact: Kathryn Ruehle kruehle@liebertpub.com 914-740-2100 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News New Rochelle, NY, October 17, 2013 -- An individual's recovery months after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is difficult... Continue reading

On the same week that a federal budget standoff shut down vast swaths of the U.S. government, a freak blizzard shut down vast swaths of South Dakota. And both disasters have combined to devastate one of the state's biggest industries. The early autumn blizzard struck the state with unexpected fury,... Continue reading

A tenant who's complained to news media about abandoned or unsafe homes in his South Bend, Ind., neighborhood has contributed to the problem himself by trashing the house he rented to the point where it's no longer inhabitable, says his former landlady. "Allen told me he would make sure the... Continue reading

Williams have been fined €60,000 (£50,801) for releasing Pastor Maldonado’s[1] car from the pits in an unsafe fashion during the first practice session. Maldonado’s left-rear wheel worked loose as he approached Spoon Curve and detached from the car as he spun off. It was collected by two marshals. The stewards... Continue reading

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Building an Olympic team is tricky business. Because you?re constructing a team more or less from scratch, and focusing all efforts into a very limited number of meaningful games. By the time any major flaws have been identified, it might be too late. Because flaws proving more significant than originally... Continue reading