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Stunning Avengers art T-shirts will make your torso twice as heroic

If you thought nothing could amplify your feverish excitement for the arrival of The Avengers, these new T-shirts could prove you wrong. WeLoveFine has selected the winners in its Avengers T-shirt design contest, and they include some pretty sweet art by Dean Trippe and a host of other great artists. Check out the winning designs…

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Microsoft Windows Phone Designer Team Hurls Veiled Insults at Apple’s Ugly, Skeuomorphic Apps

It’s Apple, not Microsoft, whose products have long been known for careful minimalism. However, Redmond is evolving, relying heavier on Metro, the simple, design philosophy marked by simple typography and big blocks of color that is infiltrating most of its platforms. https://gizmodo.com/designing-windows-8-or-how-to-redesign-a-religion-5882797 But that’s not to say it’s not kind of shitting on Apple. In…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Is this concept art really what the rebooted Ninja Turtles will look like?

So are Michael Bay’s Ninja Turtles really going to look sort of like his Transformers? Behold our first piece of concept art from the TMNT reboot — which looks, uh… interesting. It’s very blocky and stocky, with the same kind of chunky aesthetic that characterizes the Bayformers. On the other hand, it’s apparently the work…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

National Geographic Today: Gander at Gorgeous Photos From Across the Globe

A big part of what makes National Geographic such a fantastic publication is its images. Its new iPad app, National Geographic Today, ensures that you’ll never miss any of the photos of alluring places around the planet, giving a curated look at highlights from its website all in a neat little package. What does it…

Tech News Leslie Horn

The first entirely new globe of the Moon’s surface in more than 40 years

I don’t think I’ve ever been been this excited about a globe in my life. Don’t get me wrong, globes are great, but according to the folks over at Sky & Telescope Magazine, we’ve just reached a major milestone for Moon globes — what they claim is the first major update to a physical lunar…

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T-Mobile’s Obnoxious Scream Tones Will Help You Find a Lost Phone

No, you’re not hearing a pack of wolves approaching. And a train is definitely not about to barrel through your living room. You’re just hearing the cry of lost phone, hiding in your couch cushions among loose change and that elusive TV remote. With so-called “Scream Tones,” T-Mobile and Lookout Security are making it a…

Tech News Leslie Horn

This Guy Totally Hacked Together His Own Goofy-Looking DIY Google Glasses

When Google officially announced the lofty-sounding “Project Glass” last week it neglected to give us one crucial piece of information: When in the hell are we going to actually get cool augmented reality glasses? Maybe never! So why wait for a multi-billion dollar corporation to make the glasses when you can make them yourself? https://gizmodo.com/google-glasses-first-look-would-you-wear-these-augment-5899091…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

The Filtered Network: When Zuck Met Instagram

The Social Network succeeded at dramatizing the rise of Facebook and Mark Zuckerburg, but it only told part of the story. With Facebook’s acquisition of Instagram for the preposterously huge amount of one billion dollars, Funny or Die is now telling the story of Zuck’s true masterplan: filters. Lots of filters. https://gizmodo.com/facebooks-buying-instagram-for-a-billion-dollars-5900352 [Funny or Die…

Social Media Michael Hession

Dental X-rays linked to the most common type of brain tumor

One of the most uncomfortable aspects of your dental visit has just been linked to brain tumors. Research published in this week’s issue of Cancer reveals that patients with meningioma — the most commonly diagnosed (but usually benign) brain-growth in the U.S. — were more than twice as likely as people without the tumor to…

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Humanity’s struggle for survival against insect aliens, live on stage!

At a space called The Secret Theatre in New York City, a nightly battle for our survival is playing out. Earth has been colonized by giant insectoid-like aliens with a psychic hivemind, a penchant for forced collective farming, and no love for the nuclear family. Everything that we hold familiar has gone to future-dystopic hell…

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This Could Be the Most Useful Keychain in the World

Yes, yes, keychains have a primary function: keeping you from losing your keys. We’ve seen them be so much more over the years, but The Clip from Little Bonsai might just be the most useful keychain we’ve ever seen. What makes The Clip so special is that it’s useful for all sorts of stuff its…

Gadgets Mario Aguilar

Finally, a Pen With Looks That Can Kill

Words are powerful, but they’re not as mighty as brute force. That makes this pen especially strong, doubling as a writing tool and a lethal weapon. With an actual bolt that locks the tip securely into place, the $50 Bolt Action Tactical Pen is not your typical Bic. Constructed from milled aluminum, its clip is…

Tech News Leslie Horn

HTC Titan II Lightning Review: The Monster Phone’s Got a Monster Camera

When we last met the Titan, it dominated our hands and brains with sheer massiveness. Now the sequel is here: the old standby, plus LTE and most importantly, a ginormo-camera. Does the big boy still impress? https://gizmodo.com/htc-titan-review-i-want-to-hate-you-giant-phone-but-5865289 What Is It? A very (though not excessively) large 4.7-inch Windows Phone with a giant 16-megapixel camera. Who’s…

Reviews Sam Biddle

Everything You Need To Totally Destroy Your Phone’s Beautiful Design

The hard working industrial designers behind your favorite smartphone spend months perfecting the handset’s design so it feels great in your hand, and easily squeezes into your pocket. Only to have a bevy of casemakers come along with ridiculous designs that completely negate all the effort that’s been put into the phone’s aesthetics. https://gizmodo.com/ridiculous-skateboard-iphone-case-should-also-be-outlaw-5888280 But…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Science Fiction and Fantasy TV Shows That Tried to Reinvent Themselves in Their Final Seasons

When Eureka comes back for its final season next week, the town of geniuses is going to look very different than what we’re used to. And meanwhile, Fringe changed up its entire timeline for its current season — which is looking more likely to be the show’s last, unless Warner Bros. basically gives the show…

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Ridiculous $200 AMERICA Sunglasses: Wear the U.S.A. on Your Face

For a measly $208 you can show your pride in America and look like a complete asshole, all at the same time. In the shape of the contiguous United States, these shades by Jeremy Scott are perfect for the next haute couture stock car race you attend. And I mean, who needs two hundred bones…

Tech News Leslie Horn

How Twitter Saved a Kidnapped South African Man From the Trunk of a Car

A South African man (whose name has not been released) got a lucky break on Sunday, when his kidnappers stuffed him into the trunk of his car with his cell phone, which he used to send a text to his girlfriend, Lynn Peters. What Peters did next ended up saving his life. Perhaps because the…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

This haunting artwork is made of real blood

If Dracula stumbled into a gallery show by hemoglobin-obsessed designer Jordan Eagles, the vampire would immediately begin licking the walls. And upon discovering that Eagles’ medium is runoff cow’s blood from slaughterhouses, the Lord of the Vampires would be absurdly disappointed and go home. Or turn into a half-raincloud, half-dog abomination and devour gallery patrons.…

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Someone Put a QUANTUM COMPUTER in a DIAMOND

What’s better than a quantum computer? A quantum computer in a diamond, duh. And if you’re asking why we need a quantum computer inside a diamond, well, may god have mercy on your joyless soul. According to Nature magazine, researchers used the natural flaws found in diamonds to forge qubits. Qubits, as ZDnet points out,…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Hillary Clinton Makes Fun of Herself on Viral Site

Text from Hillary is a web site that makes fun of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, captioning one single photo of her looking at her Blackberry phone with a badass I-am-the-most-powerful-woman-in-the-world face. Does she hate it? No. Actually, she submitted the last entry herself. On the photo above you can see Hillary Clinton with Stacy…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Stunning Avengers art T-shirts will make your torso twice as heroic

Microsoft Windows Phone Designer Team Hurls Veiled Insults at Apple’s Ugly, Skeuomorphic Apps

Is this concept art really what the rebooted Ninja Turtles will look like?

National Geographic Today: Gander at Gorgeous Photos From Across the Globe

The first entirely new globe of the Moon’s surface in more than 40 years

T-Mobile’s Obnoxious Scream Tones Will Help You Find a Lost Phone

This Guy Totally Hacked Together His Own Goofy-Looking DIY Google Glasses

The Filtered Network: When Zuck Met Instagram

Dental X-rays linked to the most common type of brain tumor

Humanity’s struggle for survival against insect aliens, live on stage!

This Could Be the Most Useful Keychain in the World

Finally, a Pen With Looks That Can Kill

HTC Titan II Lightning Review: The Monster Phone’s Got a Monster Camera

Everything You Need To Totally Destroy Your Phone’s Beautiful Design

Science Fiction and Fantasy TV Shows That Tried to Reinvent Themselves in Their Final Seasons

Ridiculous $200 AMERICA Sunglasses: Wear the U.S.A. on Your Face

How Twitter Saved a Kidnapped South African Man From the Trunk of a Car

This haunting artwork is made of real blood

Someone Put a QUANTUM COMPUTER in a DIAMOND

Hillary Clinton Makes Fun of Herself on Viral Site

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