Casey Chan, Author at Gizmodo

Get Internet Explorer for Xbox Before Anyone Else Does

Major Nelson just announced that Microsoft is accepting beta testers for the next version of Xbox Live which includes new features like Internet Explorer for Xbox, better search and discovery, an updated dashboard and more. If you’re interested and of course you are (new features yay!) you can sign up right here. [Major Nelson] https://gizmodo.com/incoming-xbox-internet-explorer-will-be-kinect-driven-y-5909295

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You Never Have to Email Photos Again Because This App Magically Shares iPhone Pictures with Your Friends

Flock, a new iPhone app from the people behind Bump, solves the first world problem of having to send photos to your friends through e-mail by creating shared photo albums with your friends with pictures that have similar metadata. It works like magic. You know the situation, you’re out with a bunch of friends and…

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Watch More Celebrities Read the Mean Tweets People Send Them

For famous people, Twitter is a medium where they can pretend like they’re ‘connecting’ with their fans while actually shilling products for cash monies, retweeting how great they are and… receiving hate tweets from anonymous Twitter snipers. So here’s a bunch of celebrities reading the hate tweets they receive on Jimmy Kimmel. Kimmel has done…

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Buckyballs Magnets Have Been Banned by the Feds (Updated)

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has just banned the sale of Buckyballs, those magic magnets that can be shaped any which way, because the balls are a serious health hazard for children. It’s the first stop-sale order by the CPSC in 11 years. Update: The CPSC contacted us saying that the CPSC is “actually suing…

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Did Chick-fil-A Pretend to Be a Teenage Girl on Facebook? (Updated)

Chick-fil-A, home of chicken-loving bigots, is in the middle of a PR nightmare. After Chick-fil-A’s COO admitted to being anti-gay, the Jim Henson Company (bless their heart) pulled their toys from Chick-fil-A’s kids meals. Only Chick-fil-A claimed the toys were pulled because of a “possible safety issue”. That, of course, is a complete lie. A…

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Twitter Really Needs to Add These Features Immediately

As much as Twitter has grown over the years, it’s still a pretty bare bones service. Take for example its take on famous accounts, all Twitter does is slap a verified tag on it. But isn’t there more potential there? Couldn’t Twitter use verified badges to categorize Twitter accounts? College Humor thought so and cooked…

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The Police Saved a Sex Doll from Drowning Because They Thought It Was a Real Girl

“Oh my god! Is that a naked lady drowning in a river? We must help. Call backup! I’m going in after her.” That must’ve been what 18 policemen in Shandong, China were thinking when they saw a ‘woman’ submerged in the river—embarrassingly for the police, it wasn’t a real person they rescued but a sex…

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The Amazing Lytro Camera Now Works with Windows

Lytro, the mind-boggling, anything can be in focus camera, now works with Windows. Which means, Windows computers can process and edit Lytro’s proprietary image file format that could previously only be done with OS X. These are the specs needed to run the Lytro desktop software: OS: Windows 7 (64 bit) ONLY Home, Professional, or…

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Olympic Gymnasts Use Honey, Coke, Melted Gummy Bears and Other Hand Goop to Stay on the Bars

If you’ve ever wondered how the heck gymnasts manage to keep a grip on the parallel bars, know this: it ain’t just chalk. Olympic gymnasts use any and all forms of hand goop, from honey to coke and beer and sugar to melted gummy bears and a special concoction created by a chemist and more.…

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A Guy Started a Fire on a Nuclear Submarine to Leave Work Early

Here’s a friendly reminder for everyone who wants to leave work early: don’t ever set fire to your workplace. Especially if you work on a million nuclear submarine. Especially if you’ll cause $400 million in damage. And especially if you just want to leave early because of a silly text message argument with your ex-girlfriend.…

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NASA’s Next Spacesuit Makes Astronauts Look Like Trash Bags

NASA is currently testing a prototype Z-1 spacesuit that looks more like a horrible, quasi-futuristic Ghostbusters and trash bag mash-up than an awesome suit that’s meant to be worn in Space. Why does it look like this? Because NASA has no idea where—Mars, an asteroid, the Moon—it’s headed next. The idea of the Z-1 spacesuit,…

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The Craziest Jeans Company Is Making Camo Denim, Bumpy Denim, Jeans that Marbleize and More

The most daring denim company in the world, Naked and Famous, is back at it again. Not satisfied with just making jeans glow in the dark or scratch-n-sniff> or pans that feel like silk and hemp and gauze, Naked and Famous is making jeans with camo, jeans that marbleize, corduroys that act like denim, more…

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Watch a Man Child Unbelievably Spend Three Days Sorting 65,000 LEGO Bricks

Our resident Lego lover Jesus Diaz sorted through 5,195 Lego bricks and that gave him back pain. So you got to wonder what this Lego maniac has after unboxing and combing through 65,000 Lego bricks over the course of 71 hours. Are his fingers still attached? Does he see everything in primary colors? Can he…

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This Crazy Olympic Building Can Be Played Like a Musical Instrument

Though the building looks like bloody shards of broken glass jumbled together, there’s more to it than its crystalline structure—it can be played like a musical instrument. Built by Coca Cola for the Olympics, anyone who visits the pavilion can remix songs by moving and touching. The Coca-Cola Beatbox, as its called, was designed by…

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What Space Smells Like and How to Recreate It

Space smells. But what does it smell like? Different astronauts and scientists have said different things—from seared steak to hot metal, gunpowder to welding fumes, raspberries to rum and nearly any meaty metallic description in between—but it’s known to be a gnarly scent. Now NASA wants to know for sure. It’s hired a scent chemist…

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This Old Mill Hides a Beautiful Secret Stash of Alcohol

This old mill in Eigeltingen, Germany isn’t just a relic of an ancient past, it’s actually a fully functional distillery. Seriously. You might not believe it but behind those doors hides a beautiful stash of alcohol Those doors, man. They look so inviting, with the inviting golden light and the escape from snow and the…

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This Underwear Makes Man Butts Look Perfectly Tight

Like a Spanx for men, these Italian undies by D.HEDRAL uses “angle fit” technology to enhance your butt’s roundness and make it appear perfectly taut and tight. Think of it like a Wonderbra but for men and for butts. So how does this model’s butt look so delectably rumptious? Well, aside from the fact that…

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How to Avoid Spoilers on Twitter

Along with propagating inane hashtags like #NameYourDickAfterAMovie*, Twitter is also horribly ruthless when it comes to spoiling movies and TV shows. To prevent an unwelcome spoiler, you have to basically abstain from Twitter when a show like Breaking Bad comes on or when a big movie like The Dark Knight Rises comes out. But that’s…

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Here’s the Real Original iPad Prototype in All Its Fat Glory

Unbelievably, the real, actual iPad prototype looks even bigger and fatter than what we saw in the mockup of it. BuzzFeed FWD has real pictures of the iPad prototype compared with the iPad 2 and it completely dwarfs the skinny tablet we know. https://gizmodo.com/this-was-one-of-the-original-ipad-prototypes-5927020 Taking a look at these two iPad side-by-side, the Prototype 035…

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This Data Center Is Protected by a Fortress of Defense

If you want to know how to protect a data center in 2012 you don’t have to look further than the QTS Richmond Data Center. With what seems like a fortress surrounding it, the data center meets all the Department of Defense anti-terrorism force protection physical requirements. That’s serious stuff. Here’s what else the QTS…

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Get Internet Explorer for Xbox Before Anyone Else Does

You Never Have to Email Photos Again Because This App Magically Shares iPhone Pictures with Your Friends

Watch More Celebrities Read the Mean Tweets People Send Them

Buckyballs Magnets Have Been Banned by the Feds (Updated)

Did Chick-fil-A Pretend to Be a Teenage Girl on Facebook? (Updated)

Twitter Really Needs to Add These Features Immediately

The Police Saved a Sex Doll from Drowning Because They Thought It Was a Real Girl

The Amazing Lytro Camera Now Works with Windows

Olympic Gymnasts Use Honey, Coke, Melted Gummy Bears and Other Hand Goop to Stay on the Bars

A Guy Started a Fire on a Nuclear Submarine to Leave Work Early

NASA’s Next Spacesuit Makes Astronauts Look Like Trash Bags

The Craziest Jeans Company Is Making Camo Denim, Bumpy Denim, Jeans that Marbleize and More

Watch a Man Child Unbelievably Spend Three Days Sorting 65,000 LEGO Bricks

This Crazy Olympic Building Can Be Played Like a Musical Instrument

What Space Smells Like and How to Recreate It

This Old Mill Hides a Beautiful Secret Stash of Alcohol

This Underwear Makes Man Butts Look Perfectly Tight

How to Avoid Spoilers on Twitter

Here’s the Real Original iPad Prototype in All Its Fat Glory

This Data Center Is Protected by a Fortress of Defense

Artemis 2 Live Updates: Countdown to the Moon 🔴

Google Pixel 9a Hits a Record Low on Clearance, With Trade-In Making It Nearly Half the Price of Pixel Buds Pro 2

James Cameron Could Remake ‘Fantastic Voyage’ Before He Works on ‘Avatar 4’

Forget Amazon Fire TV Soundbar, Samsung B-Series Soundbar With Built-In Subwoofer Still Under $100 for Post-Spring Sale

Apple M4 MacBook Air Is Still at Its Spring Sale Low as Amazon Moves Into Clearance Mode, No Need to Wait for Prime Day

They’re Already Trying to Baby Yoda Rocky From ‘Project Hail Mary’

ASUS ROG Xbox Ally Just Got Cheaper Again After Spring Sale, With 3 Months of Game Pass Included at No Extra Cost

Protect Your Car Without Overpaying, Batteries Plus Makes Finding the Right Battery Size Easy and Affordable

WD 5TB Portable External Hard Drive for Mac Drops to $0.03 per GB Even After Amazon’s Spring Sale

Apple Offers Rare Olive Branch to Liquid Glass Haters

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