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The Onion: Apple’s New College Girl-Friendly iPhone Comes With a Pre-Cracked Screen

Apple is really targeting a niche market with its newest device—an iPhone geared toward college girls that comes with an already shattered screen. I mean, they’re going to crack it at some point, so why not just get it out of the way? No surprise, but The Onion is totally onto something in this video.…

Brown-Nosing Gifts for the World’s Best Boss

You love your boss. Or, if you don’t, you might want to seem like you do. In fact, even if you hate his guts, he’s still an important person in your life. Obviously. He signs your paychecks. So you should at least convince him you appreciate that. Here are some gifts that can pull it…

Here’s How To Download All Your Tweets Ever

Just a few days ago, Twitter started rolling out a feature that lets you download all the Tweets you’ve ever Twittered. We’ve known this was happening but now Twitter is starting to push the feature to everyone. Here’s how to get your old tweets. https://gizmodo.com/you-can-now-download-your-entire-twitter-history-maybe-5968814 Go to your settings, and scroll down to the bottom.…

There’s an Official Fix Coming For the Crazy Samsung Phone-Bricking Exploit

There’s a crazy exploit sneaking around that could brick your Samsung phone and break into your physical memory to steal your data. But don’t freak out; Samsung says it’s aware of the problem and is working quickly on software fixes. https://gizmodo.com/crazy-new-exploit-can-brick-samsung-phones-or-steal-all-5968879 Samsung confirmed to Android Central suspicions that the problem is an Exynos processor vulnerability…

How To Sign Up for Redbox Instant

Sick of Netflix? Verizon’s Redbox Instant service-a cheaper competitor-starts rolling out in beta today. Here’s how to get in on the action (or at least, on the waitlist). https://gizmodo.com/verizon-and-redboxs-streaming-service-is-really-real-an-5967801 Go to RedboxInstant.com and enter your email address to get sent an access code. Once you have the secret password, you’ll enter it on the site,…

Charles Dickens Turned His Dead Cat’s Paw Into a Letter Opener

When Charles Dickens’ cat, Bob, died in 1862, the writer was devastated. So naturally, he stuffed one of Bob’s paws and made it into a letter opener. Apparently in the Victorian era, taxidermied dead pets were the new black. So at the time it wasn’t at all weird. Chuck just opted to preserve the paw,…

Yog: Find New Running Buddies

Running is a lot easier when you have someone to help you keep pace. Don’t know any runners? Yog is an easy way to find them. What does it do? Connects you with new pals to jog with in any city. Why do we like it? First of all, running is good for you. Second…

Would You Send Your Child to School With Body Armor?

Since Friday’s shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, sales of body armor for children have been booming. And you can’t really blame parents. Amendment II is a company that makes lightweight body armor for obviously, military and police. But six months ago, in reaction to the flux of school shootings we’ve needlessly seen in this country,…

This Steel Grill Fry Pan Is a Great Man Gift

Not to ruin the surprise, but this is what my brother-in-law is getting for Christmas. He’s likes to spend time cooking on the back porch, so this steel grill fry pan is perfect for him. The recommendation came from Joe, who says to pair with some smoked salt and then you have a perfect present.…

These Awesome Dudes in Denmark Are Building Their Own Spaceship

So you want to go to space. You could wait indefinitely for Virgin to finish its project that will ferry people to the moon. You could save up your pennies to colonize Elon Musk’s future mars settlement. Or you could just say screw it and build your own damn spacecraft—like the guys behind Copenhagen Suborbitals,…

The Six Best Instagram Alternatives

Look, you really shouldn’t be freaking out about this Instagram policy change. So they might sell your photos. Big deal. Your pictures are probably crappy anyway. I know mine are. But in the event you’re worried, here are some alternatives. https://gizmodo.com/stop-whining-about-your-personal-data-on-instagram-you-5969221 Hipstamatic: This is the OG of alt camera apps. Before people were using Nashville…

Beats By Dre Headphones Are Going in Helmets Now

POC and Beats By Dre are going to make your next ski trip better and safer with a new line of Receptor BUG Helmets that have headphones built in. They’re pretty standard as far as these kinds of helmets go—the headphones are built into the neckroll for a comfortable fit, and there’s a mic and…

Now you can watch all of Vimeo’s lovely short films on Xbox through a brand new app. Start with this video.

Slickdeals: Find Every Way To Save Your Pennies

It’s that time of year when you probably feel like you’re just leaking money out of your pores. And that’s why it’s great that Slickdeals has pushed out a new iPhone app. What does it do? Finds you deals snatched from all around the web. Why do we like it? We will never argue with…

Bodum’s New Bistro Stand Mixer Has Me Itching to Bake

Bodum makes really great accessories for the kitchen, and it’s just expanded that selection with the Bistro Electric stand mixer $400. Huh, suddenly I have the urge to make a giant batch of cookies. A stand mixer is a little bit of an aspirational product because it’s usually expensive and not everyone has the room…

Drop Everything, Dog Space Suits Right Here

Most dogs who went to space didn’t make it back. A moment of silence please. But at least they went into orbit they got to wear special suits; here’s what they looked like. Dogs are awesome enough on Earth, and probably even more awesome in space. Too bad the suits they were issued by their…

The Word Weblog Was Born 15 Years Ago Today

You call this blog a blog because 15 years ago today, a guy named Jorn Barger (aka @RobotWisdom) coined the phrase “weblog.” Barger’s earliest posts are still all online, dating back to this day in 1997. The term wasn’t shortened to “blog” until two years later when another early online writer, Peter Merholz, jokingly listed…

Google Maps for iPhone was downloaded 10 million times in less than 48 hours. And those people were never lost again.

New YouTube Capture Lets Your Record and Post Videos Instantly

Want to quickly record a moment and share it with everyone? YouTube’s brand new Capture app lets you take video and share it instantly where ever you want. Open it up and it’s ready to take a movie right away. It also won’t let you start recording until you to turn your phone horizontally, so…

That North Korean Satellite Is Probably Dead

Last week North Korea launched a satellite into orbit. But now, just a few days later, New York Times is reporting that it’s probably already dead. That didn’t take long. https://gizmodo.com/north-koreas-satellite-is-out-of-control-why-this-is-v-5968007 We knew that the satellite was out of control, but now radio astronomers are saying that they aren’t seeing any signals from the satellite.…