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Jimmy Kimmel Confirms People Love the New iPhone 5, Even Though They’re Being Pranked With an iPhone 4S

The iPhone 5 has been criticized for being a boring and marginal update to the iPhone 4S—at least in terms of design, since the new handset looks a lot like its predecessor. The two phones are so similar, that when Jimmy Kimmel showed the iPhone 4S to random people on the street, passing it off…

This Beautiful 1980s Radio Looked Vintage Before “Vintage” Was a Thing

Take one look at this old teak and leather-clad Roberts radio, and you’ll swear it dates to the 1950s. But this UK-made Rolls Royce of radios comes straight from the polyester 1980s. The Roberts R900 is quite possibly the last great radio made before video killed the radio star. The R900 was produced from 1985-1990,…

What if you woke up in a different person’s body every single day?

There have been plenty of young-adult novels about young people searching for their identity — literally or figuratively. But few have taken the concept as far as Every Day, the new young-adult novel from David Levithan, the co-author of Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist. This is a coming-of-age story that manages to pack some age-old…

Malcolm McDowell explains why the death of Captain Kirk was such a waste

Just in case you needed another reason to love Malcolm McDowell, here you go. The Clockwork Orange star, who played the villain Soran in Star Trek: Generations, explains in a new interview with Metro why he thought Kirk’s death was a waste: “Poor old Captain Kirk,” he said in a telephone interview from California with…

This Film Reel from 1902 May Be the World’s Oldest Color Footage

The oldest known color film footage has long been traced to a reel from 1909. But that was before Michael Harvey, the curator of cinematography at the National Media Museum in England, discovered an old forgotten tin in the museum’s archives. After examining the stock, Harvey discovered it was actually color test footage dating all…

The Independence Day sequels will be all about the love… wait, what!?

Pacific Rim is going 3D… even if Guillermo del Toro doesn’t like it. Watch a Thor: The Dark World set video. Just how drunk will Woody Harrelson be in Catching Fire? Joss Whedon explains why Squirrel Girl might not be in The Avengers 2. And James Cameron explains why the Avatar sequels won’t be like…

Conan O’Brien’s Got an Even Cheaper Amazon Tablet For You

Amazon’s Kindle Fire has declared an all out price war with the iPad. But if you don’t need all those fancy color-screen bells and whistles, you can opt for the even cheaper e-ink Kindle. And if even that’s overkill, Conan O’ Brien has discovered Amazon is selling, or renting, an even cheaper solution. What the…

If You Want a Prepaid iPhone 5 You’ll Have to Wait an Extra Week

If you want to get an iPhone 5 on a conventional data plan, you can preorder tomorrow and have it in your greedy little mittens on September 21st. If prepaid is more your style? That can be arranged—but you’ll have to wait for it. Prepaid carrier Cricket will offer up the iPhone 5 on September…

Is Streaming Media Bad For the Planet?

Streaming is fast becoming the way most of us consume media, whether it’s music, TV of film. But caught up by the sheer convenience of it all, it’s easy to forget to question its environmental impacts. Could streaming actually be bad for the planet? That’s just what a study by Music Tank set out to…

This Portable Desk Is Packed With Power to Keep You Working Anywhere

For people that find themselves working literally in the middle of nowhere, a suitable spot to set up office can be a problem, let alone finding power to keep things running. But the KANZ Field Power Desk offers a solution: it’s a portable workstation that comes packed with power to keep your devices running. The…

Microsoft has openly admitted that Bing is never going to used as a verb. But you can Google on Bing, right? [Fast Co]

Verizon to Allow FaceTime Over Cellular For No Extra Charge

While Verizon has been upfront about the fact that it won’t let you keep grandfathered unlimited data plans with a new iPhone 5, it is softening on one point: the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the carrier will let you use FaceTime for no extra charge, regardless of what data plan you’re on. https://gizmodo.com/at-t-iphone-5-will-keep-grandfathered-unlimited-data-pl-5942731…

The Stoner Channel: Bearded Genocide, R/C Grow Rooms, and Madly Trippin’ Monks

Creedence Clearwater Revival at Royal Albert Hall – 1970 What, you need a reason to watch a CCR concert beyond the fact that you get to watch a CCR concert? The Remote Control Growroom Finally, I no longer have to get off the couch in order to propagate my motivation for never wanting to get…

Nikon D600: A Professional Camera This Loaded Cannot Possibly Be This Cheap

For a lot of people a professional DSLR like the Nikon D800 is something you dream about but can’t afford. The new full-frame Nikon D600 is $800 cheaper than the D800 and packs many of its big brother’s features. Yes, you, the non-professional should be very excited. https://gizmodo.com/nikon-d800-review-a-major-hd-upgrade-but-is-it-the-be-5897968 The Nikon D600 has a 24.3-megapixel, full-frame…

How the New iPod Nano Copied the Nokia Lumia (Or How the Lumia Copied the iPod Nano)

There’s a hilarious image floating around the Internet today about how Apple, the flag bearer of “don’t you dare steal my design lest you owe me a billi“, copied Nokia’s Lumia with the iPod Nano. Just take a look at the image above! The iPod Nano on the right has the same rounded edges, same…

Did a New Yorker Cartoonist Predict Today’s Apps in 2009?

There is an app for just about anything and everything these days. Even back in 2009, a cartoonist for the New Yorker knew what was up. Roz Chast drew “myPhone”—the cartoon marked the iPhone’s first appearance in the magazine—for an issue that ran July 27, 2009. Clearly she knew the direction in which the app…

Seagulls Love Stealing GoPro Cameras and Flying Away

The conspiracy of GoPro and its under-the-table payment of seagulls to create awesome viral video continues. Yes, this is a “thing”. Maybe. Probably not. Anyway, check out this video of how a GoPro, which was taking a sunset of San Francisco, was ruthlessly stolen by a seagull who went on a quick flying tour of…

Do You Google The Person You’re Dating?

Facebook-stalking your ex is one thing. But what about the person you’re currently dating? Do you google them, too? On the one hand, how could you not? But on the other hand, you run the risk of learning something about them that you’d rather not know. https://gizmodo.com/do-you-facebook-stalk-your-exes-5941546 Image via Conrado/Shutterstock

Here’s a Side-By-Side Comparison of a Picture Taken with the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 4S

Though we won’t get an official side-by-side comparisons of the camera in the iPhone 4S and the new iPhone 5 until we get our hands on it, this is about as close as it gets: Scott Everett, from Dpreview, took nearly the same picture of Big Sur that Apple has been using in its iPhone…

Do you want to see all of the new Universal Soldier movie in 90 seconds? Of course you do.

The latest Kickpuncher Universal Soldier movie is coming out soon — and here’s an excellent new trailer that ticks off all your boxes. Will Dolph Lundgren be screaming things like “YOUR MINDS ARE NOW YOUR OWN!”? Will Jean-Claude Van Damme be trashing lots of panes of glass while kicking and shooting big guns? Will there…