CES was this week. It was a blast. It was hell. It was fun. It was chaotic. It was tiring. It’s over. Catch up on the week in (and aside from) CES with the best phones from the show, Valve’s first Steam Box, a Surface Pro hands-on, a look at Blackberry 10, a satelite killing asteroid, literal snakes on a plane, and more. Check it out below.
Video Shows 9.8-Foot Python Riding on an Airliner’s Wing
https://gizmodo.com/video-shows-9-8-foot-python-riding-on-an-airliners-wing-5975086
This 9.8-foot (3 meters) python flew from Cairns, Australia, to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, attached to the wing of a Qantas’ passenger airplane. Sadly, the poor snake didn’t survive the trip, which lasted about 90 minutes. Warning: the video is hard to watch. Viewer discretion is advised. More »
The Five Best Phones of CES 2013
https://gizmodo.com/the-five-best-phones-of-ces-2013-5974709
Compared to years past, CES 2013 was pretty light on phones. The focus was more on health/fitness gadgets and 4K UHD TVs. But among the few phones at the show, we some good ones. Here are the top five. More »
Apophis Asteroid May Destroy Some Satellites In 2029
https://gizmodo.com/apophis-asteroid-may-destroy-some-satellites-in-2029-5974708
The deadly asteroid Apophis is safely passing by Earth today, more than 9 million miles (14.5 million kilometers) from our home planet. Next time we won’t be so lucky. On April 13, 2029, Apophis will come so close that it may destroy satellites in orbit. More »
Microsoft Surface Pro Hands-On: This Is What It Should Have Been All Along
https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-surface-pro-hands-on-this-is-what-it-should-5974705
Surface RT was an enormous letdown-not because it was bad, but because it could have been so, so good. But Microsoft brought the Pro version to Vegas and let us play-and I couldn’t be happier. More »
PornEdits Transforms Porn Scenes into Ridiculous Comics with MS Paint
https://gizmodo.com/pornedits-transforms-porn-scenes-into-ridiculous-comics-5974681
I don’t know what it is about MS Paint but it instantly lightens up any picture but it works magic. Just take a look at PornEdits, a website that takes porn scenes and transforms them into hilarious comics with the (lack of) power of MS Paint. I can’t get enough of it. More »
What It’s Like to Experience New Technology After 25 Years in Jail
https://gizmodo.com/what-its-like-to-experience-new-technology-after-25-yea-5974555
When I went to prison, in 1987, Motorola manufactured the large, gray cellphone that I used. People referred to it as “the brick.” It had the capacity to send or receive phone calls, but there wasn’t any text messaging back then. More »
The Complete BlackBerry 10 Video Walkthrough: Surprise, It’s Neat
https://gizmodo.com/the-complete-blackberry-10-video-walkthrough-surprise-5974362
This is the new BlackBerry 10, two weeks from its official release. And while visually it looks like a cross between Android and iOS-without any of the spiffiness of Windows Phone-RIM’s make-or-break operating system is surprisingly nice. Fast, with clever user interface touches, a centralized hub for all user activity and a good browser. More »
Meet Piston: Valve and Xi3’s Steam Box Love-Child
https://gizmodo.com/meet-piston-valve-and-xi3s-steam-box-love-child-5974346
The Steam Box (or Steam Boxes, more likely) has been a long time coming, and today, the Xi3’s Piston is leading the charge. While the details about Piston specifically are few and far between, we got a look at her and boy is she pretty. More »
Video of the Giant Squid Attacking a Submarine
https://gizmodo.com/video-of-the-giant-squid-attacking-a-submarine-5974271
Our friend Jonnypartys at The Scuttlefish found this video of the Architeuthis, the living kraken filmed by Tsunemi Kubodera and his team after 400 hours in a research sub. It’s only a few seconds, but you can see the beast both peacefully floating and attacking the submarine. More »
Target Will Match Amazon’s Prices All Year Long
https://gizmodo.com/target-will-match-amazons-prices-all-year-long-5974120
What’s not ideal for Target is you walking into one of their local stores, testing all of the camcorders, and then buying your pick on Amazon because it’s almost inevitably cheaper there. That’s called showrooming, and Target isn’t taking that guff anymore. If possible. Please? More »
