Casey Chan, Author at Gizmodo

8-bit Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles looks like a game I played as a kid

I didn’t watch that new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie with Megan Fox because I was pretty sure it was going to suck. Anytime adult me makes an informed decision like that, I imagine childhood version of me shaking his head in disappointment and howling in sadness. Growing up is lame. Anyways, CineFix’s 8-bit version…

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The Olympics Will Have Bombproof Trash Cans with LCD Screens

Trash cans are the eye sores of city life, like the grimy physical manifestation of popped pimples overflowing with bags and Chinese takeout ooze. The Olympics? A magnifying glass on a city’s life. That’s why it’s not surprising to see a city (in this case, London) introduce new, stylish trash cans as a quick makeover.…

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Watch People Freak Out When You Turn Off the TV During the Super Bowl

Jimmy Kimmel, my favorite late night host and prankster extraordinaire, wickedly asked people to post videos of them turning off their TVs during the Super Bowl while everyone in their home was watching. Hilarity, curse words, groans, madness, confusion and screaming ensues. This is so good. Who cares about a game anymore? The pranks start…

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Stop What You’re Doing and Go Get Jack in the Box’s New Bacon Milkshake Right Now

Jack in the Box has some crap your pants good news that’ll make today feel like your birthday: they’re going to be selling Bacon milkshakes. YES. What’s even awesomer: Vegetarians, Muslims and Jews can drink it too! Sadly for pork lovers, the shake is only bacon-flavored which to swine haters means the shake is vegetarian!…

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How to Hack Your Facebook Profile Photo with Timeline

We love Timeline for Facebook. Maybe you don’t. Doesn’t really matter since Facebook is forcing everyone to switch. So what to do? We say have some fun with it! Since Timeline adds a big, splashy picture to your profile page, you can easily hack that big picture with your original profile picture to give your…

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Brazil Is Suing Twitter for Tweeting DUI Checkpoints

Twitter has caught some flack in other countries for giving accounts free reign on what they can tweet. Twitter responded that it’ll adjust its policy to include the ability to censor tweets if a country demands it to. We just might see Twitter’s first high profile case sooner than later because Brazil just sued Twitter…

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A Congressman Thinks The Onion Is a Real News Source

John Fleming, a Republican US representative from Louisiana, made a dimwitted mistake on his Facebook page last week. Hell, it might be even more embarrassing than naked pics! Here’s what happened: Fleming missed the obvious humor of a satirical piece by The Onion and posted the fake piece to his Facebook followers as a real…

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The Worst Super Bowl Tech Ads

If you watched this year’s Super Bowl, you probably noticed one thing: Madonna looks good for a 53-year-old. Oh, and also, the commercials sucked. Screw Brady and Manning, where the heck is the creativity, ad people? You guys are boring me. I need something more than King Elton John and moonwalking dogs. And you know…

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How the Best Super Bowl Commercial Was Almost Cancelled by Apple

You know Apple’s 1984 commercial. You’ve seen Apple’s 1984 commercial. Heck, it’s widely accepted that the 1984 commercial is one of the best ads of all time. But did you know it was almost cancelled by Apple before it ever aired? Of course, it wasn’t almost cancelled by Steve Jobs, who loved the ad. It…

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Tom Brady Watched Last Year’s Super Bowl with an Illegal Stream

Tom Brady—Patriots QB, NFL boy of gold, Gisele’s hubby and Uggs slanger—is in the Super Bowl this year so he doesn’t have to worry about where to watch the game. Last year though, Brady didn’t play in the Super Bowl and had to watch it at home like the rest of us. What did he…

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MythBusters Was Banned from Talking About RFID Chips Because Credit Card Companies Are Little Weenies

RFID chips are super cool because those little buggers can beam things wirelessly. The guys at Mythbusters totally thought so too and wanted to make an episode about how trackable and hackable RFID chips were. Sounds amazing! Everyone would’ve learned more about the technology that’s invisibly invading our lines. But, nope. Credit Card companies banned…

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Google Just Stripped the ‘Nexus’ from the Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Update: No It Didn’t)

Google’s pissed at the Samsung Galaxy Nexus LTE about something because it just effectively stripped away the Nexus title of the Galaxy Nexus. The Galaxy Nexus LTE no longer shows up on Google’s Nexus developer pages which seems to mean that Google no longer thinks the Galaxy Nexus LTE is a true reference Android device.…

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Don’t Be Dumb Like a Newspaper and Forget to Renew Your Domain Name

If you own a website, it’s probably a good idea to renew your domain name right now. In fact, it’s probably a good idea to renew your domain name for as long as is fiscally responsible for you. 3 years? 5 years? Whatever, go do it! We don’t want your website ending up like the…

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New Apple Patent May Indicate a Touchscreen iMac—Or Maybe Not

Patents are as meaningful as tarot card readings. You see one that might, maybe, possibly mean something and you see a ton of crap. But still, even if it’s incredibly awkward and tiring to use a 27-inch touchscreen on a desk, touchscreen tech is the obvious future for computers. So it’s no surprise that Apple…

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How to Get 4.5 GB of Dropbox Storage for Free

The more Dropbox storage space you have, the happier your computer will be. It’s true! And the more free Dropbox storage space you get, the happier your wallet will be. And right now, you can get 4.5 GB of Dropbox space FOR FREE. Win freaking win. Here’s how. Lifehacker found that Dropbox is running a…

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Milking a Black Widow Looks Just As Crazy As It Sounds

Paul Lazarro has one of the weirdest gigs I’ve ever heard of: he milks black widow spiders for their silk. Yeap! The venomous, red dotted, eight-legged, creature killing black widow is knocked out and then handled for its super strong silk. All in the name of dangerous research. Lazarro is a grad student and he…

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Watching a Washing Machine Self Destruct Never Gets Old

Washing machines committing suicide (or being injected with a lethal brick depending on your perspective) are home appliances’ gift to the Internet. It’s like the machines are realizing their full comedic potential! This one, in particular, is awesome because of how meticulously it breaks down. Little by little, piece by piece, you can’t look away.…

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McDonald’s Will Stop Using Pink Goop Beef in Its Burgers

Chef Jamie Oliver calls it pink slime. We feel it’s more like pink goop. Either way, the ammonium hydroxide soaked pink crap beef is vomit inducing. Thankfully, you won’t have to eat it anymore. Kind of. McDonald’s has finally caved to the pressure and will ditch the use of the pink goop beef in its…

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How Does a Plane Crash Into a Light Pole?

Everyone who drives a car eventually comes into close encounter with a light pole. Backing up, trying to parallel park, hey, it happens to all of us. And that’s totally okay. What’s NOT okay is if you’re a pilot and you crash your freaking plane into a light pole. How does that even happen? The…

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Watch These Fake Flying People Freak Out New York City

We don’t usually geek out to manufactured viral marketing fluff, but trust us, this video is pretty good. The marketing team behind the movie Chronicle flew three human shaped RC planes around NYC to make it look like real people were magically flying. From the ground, it really looked like you were watching a superhero…

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8-bit Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles looks like a game I played as a kid

The Olympics Will Have Bombproof Trash Cans with LCD Screens

Watch People Freak Out When You Turn Off the TV During the Super Bowl

Stop What You’re Doing and Go Get Jack in the Box’s New Bacon Milkshake Right Now

How to Hack Your Facebook Profile Photo with Timeline

Brazil Is Suing Twitter for Tweeting DUI Checkpoints

A Congressman Thinks The Onion Is a Real News Source

The Worst Super Bowl Tech Ads

How the Best Super Bowl Commercial Was Almost Cancelled by Apple

Tom Brady Watched Last Year’s Super Bowl with an Illegal Stream

MythBusters Was Banned from Talking About RFID Chips Because Credit Card Companies Are Little Weenies

Google Just Stripped the ‘Nexus’ from the Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Update: No It Didn’t)

Don’t Be Dumb Like a Newspaper and Forget to Renew Your Domain Name

New Apple Patent May Indicate a Touchscreen iMac—Or Maybe Not

How to Get 4.5 GB of Dropbox Storage for Free

Milking a Black Widow Looks Just As Crazy As It Sounds

Watching a Washing Machine Self Destruct Never Gets Old

McDonald’s Will Stop Using Pink Goop Beef in Its Burgers

How Does a Plane Crash Into a Light Pole?

Watch These Fake Flying People Freak Out New York City

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

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

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