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10 Great New Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy Films to Put on Your Radar
If you love genre films, there truly is nothing like Fantastic Fest. While most festivals play a more balanced slate of films covering all genres, this Austin, Texas-based fest plays only the good shit. Other festivals sometimes refer to them as “Midnight Movies,” but it’s always midnight at Fantastic Fest. Horror, sci-fi, fantasy, martial arts,…
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The Notorious Hacker Who’s Trying to Fix Social Media
Gizmodo is 20 years old! To celebrate the anniversary, we’re looking back at some of the most significant ways our lives have been thrown for a loop by our digital tools.
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How QR Codes Work and What Makes Them Dangerous
Among the many changes brought about by the pandemic is the widespread use of QR codes, graphical representations of digital data that can be printed and later scanned by a smartphone or other device. QR codes have a wide range of uses that help people avoid contact with objects and close interactions with other people,…
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6 Hacker Pioneers Who Turned the Early Internet on Its Head
In 2021, cybercrime is a normal part of everyday life. But back in the early days of the internet — that is, the 1980s and ‘90s — the hacker was a bizarre new phenomenon that the American public had never encountered before. Many of the trailblazers of this trend weren’t cynical criminals but rather bespectacled…