Volkswagen will unveil its latest concept car – the “GTI Roadster, Vision Gran Turismo” – at the 2014 Woerthersee Festival in Australia on May 28th. Though its look are vicious, it will be powered by the same 503-horsepower VR6 as the last VW concept.
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China is currently undergoing a huge boom in museums—299 new ones have opened in the last year alone. And just like the US's own 20th century museum boom, which inspired cascades of forgeries, China's is bringing out the fakes: The government has shuttered one museum where a third of the 8,000 artifacts were fake.
DARPA has finally demonstrated one of its most promising inventions: An augmented-reality HUD system that will give soldiers the same advantage of a jet fighter pilot. It displays battlefield data over the soldier's environment, identifying friendly and enemy forces on land and air in real time.
The importance of algorithms in our lives today cannot be overstated. They are used virtually everywhere, from financial institutions to dating sites. But some algorithms shape and control our world more than others — and these ten are the most significant.
Late last year, Microsoft got a request from the FBI, a national security letter asking for data from one of the company's enterprise customers. Someone paying for Microsoft server time had an interesting user, and the feds wanted to know more about that user. Even worse, they wanted to do it without letting the service know. The letter came with a gag order, preventing Microsoft from saying anything about it. And like all national security letters, it hadn't been approved by any court.
The letter hadn't been approved by any court
Typically, those requests go through without much trouble — but Microsoft has a standing policy against this kind gag order, and it decided to take the FBI to court, claiming the gag order violated the...
With mixology and DIY designer beverages on the rise, it's no wonder that users want more control. Enter BKON's new Craft Brewer, an impressive piece of machinery that infuses liquids in a perfect vacuum. Gizmodo recently got a hands-on demo at the iconic Counter Culture in Soho—and this thing can brew.
