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John McAfee Has Finally Been Arrested

According to Reuters, John McAfee has finally been arrested by the police. The anti-virus kingpin has spent the past few weeks on the run from authorities in Belize for his connection with a murder and the general craziness of his life down there. https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-john-mcafee-wanted-for-murder-updated-5959812 Robert King, the Vice photographer who accidentally revealed where McAfee was…

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Have You Ever Donated Money to Wikipedia?

Every so often, the great Internet resource that everyone uses Wikipedia starts asking people for donations. This year a gigantic morning pee-colored banner pops up asking for a few bucks so the lights can stay on and we can all get free information. It’s a great cause! Can you imagine the internet without Wikipedia? But…

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Starbucks Is Charging $450 for a Specially Etched Metal Gift Card to Buy Coffee Flavored Water

Starbucks, purveyor of coffee flavored water, builder of coffee scented corner stores and shelter for no coffee drinking Wi-Fi leeches, has a new shtick: a premium gift card. It’s made of steel! It’s ‘specially etched’! And it’s a super, limited edition that inanely costs 450 bucks. The gift card itself costs $50 to make, the…

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Watch Unborn Twins Kick Each Other Inside the Womb

Sharing a small space with another person in real life is already difficult, can you imagine sharing space inside a mother’s womb? Insane! But twins do it all the time and they seem to get along quite well after too. But it’s not exactly happy go peaches, in this video you can see the twins…

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Snakes on a Plane Forced a Plane to Make an Emergency Landing

Sometimes you have just had it with those motherfucking snakes on a motherfucking plane. Samuel L. Jackson knows this all too well. And now, ninety passengers aboard an Egypt Air flight from Cairo to Kuwait know too. An Egyptian Cobra bit a man and started slithering under the seats of an airplane forcing the pilot…

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The Mystery Behind the Disappearing Island That Existed on Google Maps Has Been Solved

Remember that tiny South Pacific island known as Sandy Island on Google Maps and Google Earth that disappeared? It was like LOST in real life. Though scientists ‘undiscovered’ the island recently, the real mystery was on how it appeared on modern maps to begin with. We now know the answer. https://gizmodo.com/how-did-this-tiny-south-pacific-island-disappear-hint-5962800 Shaun Higgins, a researcher…

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How the Morning After Pill Works

If you ever find yourself in a situation where you had a little too much fun last night and teetered into the irresponsible zone of condom-less sex and uncontrollable self-control, the morning after pill often comes to the rescue. It’s probably a good idea to know how it works and what it does to your…

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If Tech Companies Made Holiday Party Invitations, They Would Look Like This

Our friends at Wired had a fun and clever idea: what would the holiday party invitations of tech companies look like? They dreamt up some scenarios and poked fun of all the tendencies of the companies. It’s hilarious. The Facebook party will have your mom coming! The Twitter hashtagged holiday party won’t show Instagram friends…

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Seeing Births and Deaths in Real Time in the US Is Morbidly Fascinating

If you want to remind yourself of the scarcity of life, just check out this visualization that shows the births and deaths in the United States of America in real time. It’s pretty insane to see just how many people’s lives change every second. You just never know. Check it out here. [Google Drive via…

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Of Course There’s an Official White House Petition That Wants the US to Build a Death Star By 2016

In perhaps the best use of the White House’s official “We the People” petition system (the most ridiculous would still be Texas’ secession), a group of faceless signatures want the US to secure funding and resources in order to begin construction on a Death Star by 2016. Yes, a Death Star. http://gawker.com/5959719/we-the-people-petitions-filed-in-nineteen-states-seeking-permission-to-secede-from-the-union The real question…

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This Hilarious Video Shows Everything That’s Annoying About Instagram

Because we’re all egomaniacs who like to moonlight as artistic geniuses and because damn near everybody uses Instagram, the filtered photo sharing social network has devolved into a thumb scrolling exercise of the same freaking pictures: clouds, city skylines, feet, coffee art, food, walls, babies, sneaky boobs and anything to turn a like. This CollegeHumor…

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A Teenage Girl Got Arrested Because She Posted a YouTube Video Saying She Stole a Car and Robbed a Bank

Hannah Sabata, a girl who’s only 19 years old, did something a lot of teenage girls do: post a video to YouTube in which they talk to the camera. But unlike most 19 years old, Sabata bragged about stealing a car and robbing a bank, even flashing the cash to prove it. She, um, got…

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An Iron and Steel Mill Company Decided to Make a Calendar Filled with Naked Girls and Melted Metal

For some reason, a Belarusian iron and steel mill made a calendar using its naked women workers. That’s sort of normal, I guess. But the iron and steel mill wanted to make sure anyone who saw this calendar knew it was theirs by superimposing images of melting metal, wire looms, burning steel, cables, fences and…

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It Takes 20 Seconds Before People Get Annoyed About Waiting for the Elevator

Theresa Christy, a mathematician who works for Otis Elevator Co (they probably power your building), told the WSJ that once you press a button and wait for the elevator, it takes about 20 seconds before you start getting impatient and annoyed. Is that it? Or is that on the long side? If I imagine a…

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A Fake TV Show Plane Crash Fooled the News Into Thinking It Was Real

Sometimes things on TV can look so real that we think it’s happening in real life. That’s the magic of the moving pictures! Like this fake plane crash for the TV show Chicago Fire, it fooled the news broadcast WGN-TV and tricked real people on the ground too. A girl who saw the plane crash…

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You Can Pre-Order the Back to the Future Hoverboard Right Now

If you missed ordering it earlier this year, you can pre-order the official Mattel Back to the Future hoverboard right now at MattyCollector.com. Plop down a $130 and you’ll get the 1:1 scale model that’s fully sanctioned by the movies. It’s the real deal. https://gizmodo.com/pre-order-the-back-to-the-future-hoverboard-right-now-f-5889674 MattyCollector is taking orders for the hoverboard starting at 12:00…

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Here Are All of Nintendo’s Video Game Consoles

Nintendo has an eternal soft spot in my heart. The NES, SNES, N64, GameBoy and DS had a lasting impact on my childhood. The original Wii was the most fun I had playing video games in a long time. Nintendo probably means the same for you! (unless you were a Sega and Sony guy). Watch…

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Apparently No One Knows Who Tim Cook Is

Brian Williams, the go to newsman for any sane American, recently interviewed Tim Cook about Apple and all things going on at Cupertino. It’s the first interview “of its kind” and will be shown next week on Thursday. But that’s not why we care! What’s hilarious is that Brian Williams says no one recognizes the…

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I’m Sad That No Kid Will Ever Know What This Coffee Table Really Is

Can you imagine the conversation you would have with a child, hell, a tween, about this coffee table? “You see, son. Before the cloud and usb sticks. Before hard drives and iPhones and Androids. Before the iPod and even before the CD player, there was something called the floppy disk. And it stored 1.44MB. Yeah,…

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This Redray 4k Cinema Player Looks Like Something Out of Terminator

The much lusted after Redray, which looks like the blu ray player Terminator and Darth Vader would use, can now be pre-ordered for $1450 and will start shipping in December. That’s damn expensive but 4K! 4K! 4K! https://gizmodo.com/red-ray-drive-plays-4k-2k-hd-video-from-red-disc-red-379566 The Redray can play HD, 3D and 4k media and has a 1TB hard drive to store…

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John McAfee Has Finally Been Arrested

Have You Ever Donated Money to Wikipedia?

Starbucks Is Charging $450 for a Specially Etched Metal Gift Card to Buy Coffee Flavored Water

Watch Unborn Twins Kick Each Other Inside the Womb

Snakes on a Plane Forced a Plane to Make an Emergency Landing

The Mystery Behind the Disappearing Island That Existed on Google Maps Has Been Solved

How the Morning After Pill Works

If Tech Companies Made Holiday Party Invitations, They Would Look Like This

Seeing Births and Deaths in Real Time in the US Is Morbidly Fascinating

Of Course There’s an Official White House Petition That Wants the US to Build a Death Star By 2016

This Hilarious Video Shows Everything That’s Annoying About Instagram

A Teenage Girl Got Arrested Because She Posted a YouTube Video Saying She Stole a Car and Robbed a Bank

An Iron and Steel Mill Company Decided to Make a Calendar Filled with Naked Girls and Melted Metal

It Takes 20 Seconds Before People Get Annoyed About Waiting for the Elevator

A Fake TV Show Plane Crash Fooled the News Into Thinking It Was Real

You Can Pre-Order the Back to the Future Hoverboard Right Now

Here Are All of Nintendo’s Video Game Consoles

Apparently No One Knows Who Tim Cook Is

I’m Sad That No Kid Will Ever Know What This Coffee Table Really Is

This Redray 4k Cinema Player Looks Like Something Out of Terminator

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

‘Supergirl’ Will Feature David Corenswet’s Superman in a Sort of Big Brother Role

Report: FDA Set to Unban RFK Jr.’s Favorite Peptides

Source Code for Anthropic’s Claude Code Leaks at the Exact Wrong Time

SpaceX Starlink Satellite Malfunctions, Breaks Apart in Orbit

‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Stinks

‘Scream 4’ Is Back, and on Tape

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset