The Mandalorian Has Been Edited to Look Like a 1980s Sitcom and It's Strangely Perfect

The new Disney+ show The Mandalorian has been a huge success for the new streaming service, judging only by the... [Gizmodo]( December 4, 2019 [The Mandalorian Has Been Edited to Look Like a 1980s Sitcom and It's Strangely Perfect]( [The new Disney+ show The Mandalorian has been a huge success for the new streaming service, judging only by the memes. There are countless variations of Baby Yoda drinking his bone broth, Baby Yoda riding in the Tesla Cybertruck, and Baby Yoda playing with the radio.]( [News]( [Plex Now Offering Over a Thousand Movies on Demand and bor Free]( [Plex, the build-your-own-Netflix software suite, is adding over a thousand movies to the service for free. Films like The Terminator, Ghost in the Shell, and The Right Stuff will be available on demand for anyone who downloads the app to their device. Sort of like Netflix, only free. The news...]( [Google]( [Genius Sues Google for Allegedly Stealing Lyrics After Busting It With Hidden Code, 'Red Handed']( [Genius has filed a lawsuit against Google alleging that the tech giant copied lyrics from its song-annotation platform.]( [News]( [Scientists Made Working Fiber Optic Cables Out of Wood]( [Given how quickly technology advances and becomes outdated, there’s a good reason to develop electronics from materials that will break down and biodegrade when discarded, instead of filling up landfills for centuries. So researchers in Finland found a way to make functional fiber optics from wood-based fibers, that, when disposed...]( [Google]( [The Pixel 4's Live Caption Feature Is Now Available on Pixel 3 and 3a]( [The Pixel 3a was already one of my favorite phones of the year, but now (alongside the standard Pixel 3) it’s getting even better: Google is porting over the Pixel 4's Live Caption feature to both versions of the Pixel 3.]( [Conservation]( [There's Literally a Million Times More Microplastic in Our Oceans Than We Realized]( [If you pulled 1,000 liters (264 gallons) of water out of the ocean, how many small bits of plastic would you expect to find? Ten pieces? One hundred pieces? How about 8.3 million pieces of what researchers call “mini-microplastic.” Such is the finding of an alarming new study.]( [Field Guide]( [iPadOS vs a MacBook Pro in All the Tasks That Really Matter]( [For years now, Apple has been pushing the iPad as a laptop replacement; with the arrival of iPadOS, it might just have a serious shot at getting you to ditch your computer for good (or at least leaving it behind on trips). To test the current state of play, we...]( [Climate change]( [Poor Countries Are Hit Worst by Extreme Weather, but No One Is Safe]( [If you asked me to guess the top three countries impacted by the climate crisis, I’d probably choose three countries in the Global South. I might guess the Philippines because it’s seen such bad typhoons in recent years. Maybe I’d say Uganda because it’s had such awful drought seasons, or...]( YOU MAY ALSO LIKE [Jalopnik]( [Extremely Illegal Record For Cross-Country Cannonball Run Shattered]( [What is America if not a country for people trying to speed from one ocean to the other in a car as fast as possible? The most notable of such efforts is called the Cannonball Run, and it’s just had its previous record cross-country time from 2013 shattered by three...]( [The Root]( [World Leaders Caught on Hot Mic Clowning Trump, and Princess Anne Is a Real One]( [World leaders and a fussy baby who keeps telling everyone he won the popular vote are in London for the NATO summit. Unfortunately for America, our representative is a failed businessman-turned-reality TV host who can’t stop whining.]( [Lifehacker]( [Is It Illegal to Book Back-to-Back Flights?]( [A few months ago, we here at Lifehacker HQ discussed the possible consequences of hidden city ticketing—when a traveler intentionally misses a connection because it’s cheaper to book a multi-stop flight over a direct itinerary to their destination. And while stories of travelers being “punished” by airlines for committing this...]( [The Inventory]( [Wednesday's Best Deals: Nintendo Switch Lite, Samsung SSD, Echo Bundle, and More]( [A cast iron cookware sale, Breath of the Wild digital copy, natural deodorant, and a George Foreman grill lead off Wednesday’s best deals from around the web.]( [The Root]( [Yes, the Seattle Seahawks Busting Out the 'If It Isn't Love' Dance Routine Was the Blackest Moment in NFL History]( [Throughout the course of its history, the NFL has gone to great lengths to curtail touchdown celebrations. It’s handed out fines, dished out 15-yard penalties and pissed off millions of fans in the process. But now that the league has come to its senses and embraced the beauty of a...]( You made it to the end. Thanks for reading our newsletter! [Visit Gizmodo]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [Terms of Use]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Profile Center]( © 2019 Gizmodo Media Group 1540 Broadway, 27th Floor New York, NY 10036