The meningococcal vaccine that’s recommended for teenagers (although not enough of them get it) may have an Easter egg. In addition to protecting people from meningitis, a New Zealand study found that people who got the vaccine also had lower…
The 104th edition of cycling’s most famous Grand Tour is well underway, with nearly 200 riders from around the world racing through 3,540 kilometers of the French countryside for the coveted yellow jersey. We’ve made a few tune-ups to Google…
Social media, once the name we gave for a platform like Facebook, has become quite difficult to define. Even Facebook and Twitter don’t typically refer to themselves as social networks — at least not exclusively that. A newly released infographic…
TumbleBit is one of the most promising privacy-enhancing technologies being built on top of Bitcoin right now. It allows users to mix their coins fully anonymously, without requiring trust in any third party. An advanced version of the technology, which…
With 300 miles traveled of a 1,200-mile journey, a team of canoe paddlers have already collected about 1,000 pounds of trash along Minnesota waterways. Michael Anderson and Paul Twedt started paddling last month. It didn’t take long to find their target —…
Vatanator AU for iOS is coming, yep, an Audio Unit version of the popular iOS app is on it’s way. Here’s what it looks like, in a new video: The video’s description only says “An demonstration video of upcoming Vatanator…
I got a glimpse into the future world of our robot overlords today. It was nervy at times. I watched two robots go on stage at a tech event to “debate” the future of humanity with each other. The robots…
All images: Andrew Liszewski/Gizmodo We all know we’re supposed to ignore our smartphones while driving. Yet somehow it’s OK to take our eyes off the road to glance at some kind of GPS unit? Navdy is one of the first…
Retronyms have been long time pioneers of mobile music since the early days of the iOS app store with apps like DopplerPad, which is still one of their best in my view, and I really wish that they’d update it…
As the number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices continues to grow at an exponential rate, it’s becoming clear that we also need the right networks to connect these devices to each other and the wider internet. Standard procedure these…