This week sure gave us a lot to talk about over the long weekend. From a giant sinkhole that opened up mere blocks from our NYC office to the weird way that colorized photos are changing how we view history, here’s the best of what we wrote about this week.
Well it was another busy week here at Gizmodo. On top of Utopia Week, our week-long look at past, present, and future visions of a perfect society, we brought you reviews of new phones, cameras, and smartwatches, a hard look at beginning a life without Facebook, and a behind-the-scenes look at Jim Henson’s phenomenal workshop. Let’s review!
This week’s news was absolutely dominated by Heartbleed—what it is, how it’s affecting people, and how to figure out if you’re safe. We’ve got all of that, plus a computer that perfectly ages you, a time capsule house untouched since the Mad Men era, and a sneaky subway camera used to steal credit card info, in this week’s best stories. Let’s dig in!
A lot of stuff happened this week, whether it was new streaming TV devices being revealed or a new superhero sequel’s debut. From a tearjerker time capsule story to a day at the World’s Strongest Man competition, we’ve gathered our best stories of the week right here for you. It’s a Saturday brunch buffet of the week’s best writing!
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Between newly-revealed smartphones and surprise virtual reality purchases by Facebook, this was a pretty wild week for tech news. That doesn’t mean we didn’t have plenty of other stuff to write about, though. Here’s the best stuff we did this week.
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This week rocked us with big news in astronomy, big dangerous hacking attempts, and the discovery that bugs are already immune to supposedly bug-proof GMO corn. Let’s take a victory lap on the week, shall we?
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Well this was a hell of a week. We blew the lid off of NBC’s collection of dirty-name URLs, debunked 24 hours’ worth of fake UberFacts, toured China’s largest ghost city, and more. Let’s take a look back, shall we?
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This week, we blew the lid off a hoax drinking app that everyone thought was totally real. We also broke down which streaming TV device is best for you, investigated that fake hoverboard, and reviewed the new Cosmos reboot. Let’s look back at the best week we had this week!
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From a shocking visual of the drought conditions in California to an incredible, disgusting real-time scroll of porn searches, we saw a lot of striking things this week. Let’s take a look back at our best stories of the week!
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Strange week, huh? Ikea killed the shelf everyone had in their first apartment, Fitbit recalled its fitness tracker over some nasty rashes, and DHL punked UPS with some clever advertising. Let’s take a look back at this week’s best stories!
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