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Google Drive to Offer Up to 100 GB of Storage and Launch Today?

Rumors about Google Drive have been circulating for a long, long time. But now Reuters is reporting that Drive will launch today, and also offer users up to 100 GB of online storage—for a fee. https://gizmodo.com/does-this-leak-hint-at-google-drives-imminent-arrival-5901661 Their report, tapping a “source familiar with the matter”, suggests that while 5 GB of storage will be free,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Apr 24 '12

How Stanford Feeds Silicon Valley—At a Cost

Stanford is a hot house for the technology industry, producing a constant stream of graduates who have gone on to set up and run the great and good of Silicon Valley. But while such a close working relationship has seen many successes, the sheer quantities of money involved make the set-up increasingly tense. In The…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Apr 24 '12

India Is Now the World’s Leading Spam Source

India is now responsible for 9.3 per cent of the world’s spam—up from 8 per cent last year—overtaking the US for the first time, and meaning that it now accounts for more of the email trash than any other country. There’s an overwhelming trend for spam to come from home computers compromised for use by…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Apr 24 '12

Goodbye Charlie Card—Boston Bus Fares Could Soon Be Sold by Smartphone

There are fare vending machines in fewer than half of Boston’s commuter rail stations so most people buy their tickets on-board the trains. However the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority announced today that come fall, riders may be able to prepurchase their fares on their phones. The MBTA is pairing with Masabi, a UK-based mobile ticketing…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 24 '12

Biotech Company Blamed for Bee Collapse Buys Leading Bee Research Firm

Monsanto, the biotech company whose proprietary genetically modified corn has been fingered as the possible culprit in the collapse of the bee population, has gone ahead and purchased Beelogics, a research firm committed to “restoring bee health and protecting the future of insect pollination.” How very, very convenient. It’ll be much easier to keep the…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Apr 24 '12

An Electric Beach Cruiser for the Supremely Lazy

Maybe this would be an acceptable form of transport for the likes of Marlon Brando or Alfred Hitchcock, but for anybody else it simply declares, “Hello world! I’m too lazy to pedal or balance!” At least it’s only three grand. The Beachcombing Electric Tricycle, besides being embarrassing to say out loud, by Hammacher Schlemmer is…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 24 '12

Buildings Going Down, Semis Going Up, and Kickball!

Kickball! by Dana Terrace I know! I know what you’re thinking, “There is no way that this animation was made by a third year art school student!” But you’re wrong because it was. By Dana Terrace of the School of the Visual Arts. I know I’m impressed. [Cartoon Brew via Laughing Squid] https://gizmodo.com/three-angles-of-destruction-an-arena-collapses-like-a-5896528 Three Angles…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 24 '12

MIT Students Hack Building, Play Tetris

Over the weekend, a renegade group of student gamers from MIT hacked the Green Building, home to the MIT Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, to play a giant game of Tetris. True, they’re not the first to have done this—Brown University and Delft University in the Netherlands both pulled the same stunt years ago—but it’s…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Apr 23 '12

Roosevelt—The Bi-Pedal, Off-Roading Border Collie

As any Border Collie owner (*raises hand*) can tell you, to describe them as “high energy” is modest at best. Bred as herding dogs, they required near constant activity and attention because if they aren’t “working,” they aren’t happy. But how is a Border Collie supposed to “work” when his front legs won’t, well, work?…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 23 '12

Pizza Hut Won’t Stop Putting Non-Pizza Meat Foods On Their Pies

It just keeps getting weirder. I mean, at this point, you’d almost think Pizza Hut was trying to get out of the pizza game entirely. First there were hot-dog stuffed crusts, now they’re rolling out burger-studded pies. https://gizmodo.com/i-cant-believe-this-hot-dog-stuffed-crust-pizza-isnt-am-5899852 Per the Pizza Hut Middle East’s Crown Crust Carnival commercial, the Crown Crust Burger is made with…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Apr 23 '12

Using Leeches to Track the World’s Rarest Animals

The Grizzly Bear, the Snow Leopard, the Orangutan—these animals were once thought to be mere folklore before their existences were proven with hard, biological evidence. Now, one research team wants to harvest the same evidence from the world’s wilds using a natural collection network of leeches. Monitoring wildlife is both an essential aspect of any…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 23 '12

Literally the Sweetest Murals You’ve Ever Seen (Because They’re Made of Sugar)

Montreal-based artist Shelley Miller has found a new use for sugar, and it’s got nothing to do with dessert. Using a technique quite similar to the way decorative icing is piped onto a cake, Miller replicated ancient mosaics, historical Portuguese tiles, and decorative street art—all in a water-soluble medium. Beyond the novelty of being edible…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Apr 23 '12

Once Upon a Time is going down the magic drain

Once Upon a Time is firmly grinding its collective heels into the ground while holding its breath and screaming for mom that it doesn’t want to leave. Don’t get us wrong, Robert Carlyle is the officer and a gentleman of our scenery-chewing dreams, but holy shit! Let’s get this show on the road. After a…

Television Meredith Woerner Apr 23 '12

Read a sneak preview of the comic adaptation of the crazy trucker tale Duel

Courtesy of IDW Publishing, here’s an exclusive sneak peek of the next issue of Road Rage, the comic book adaptation of Richard Matheson’s highway thriller Duel. This issue hits stores this Wednesday, April 25. Here’s the plot synopsis: Road Rage #3 (of 4) Richard Matheson, Chris Ryall (w) • Rafa Garres (a & c) The…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar Apr 23 '12

OSU Powers Up a 500 Trillion Watt Laser

We’ve got a pretty good handle on creating short fusion reactions, just look at the H-bomb. But in the 60 years since the weapon’s invention, we still haven’t figured out sustained fusion reactions—the holy grail of energy production. A new high-power laser on the OSU campus could soon help solve that scientific conundrum. Devised and…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 23 '12

Melancholia: Nothing Spoils a Wedding Quite Like the End of the World

Spring is in the air. The weather is warm, almost troublingly so. Flowers are blooming. Babies are everywhere. It’s all a little much, isn’t it? It’s all so very pleasant. Lars von Trier’s latest film, Melancholia, is just what you need to snap out of this sunshiney state of mind. Released at the end of…

Tech News Molly Oswaks Apr 23 '12

Best Profile Pics, Worst Stunts, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. Tightrope Walking Over a Canyon in China with no Backup Is the Dumbest Thing Dean Potter walked…

Social Media Brian Barrett Apr 23 '12

Bullet Time Light Painting Makes Beautiful 3D Graffiti

Light painting is a cool effect and all, but we’re seen enough of it that it’s getting close to oh-god-not-another-lens-flare territory. But light painting mixed with bullet time, to create 3D light graffiti? Totally fresh and gorgeous. Making a bullet time light painting isn’t as easy as the regular versions—you’ll need many cameras set up…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Apr 23 '12

The Feds Will Shut off Your Internet If You Don’t Clean Your Computer by July 9

When the FBI and Estonian authorities finally crushed the DNSChanger Trojan network in January, they set up a temporary DNS exchange to maintain connectivity for the millions of infected users until they could wipe the bug from their systems. https://gizmodo.com/the-fbi-might-cut-off-the-internet-for-millions-of-peop-5885716 Those temporary systems are going offline by the middle of the year, so if you…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 23 '12

Couple Pays $1200 for Objectively Worst Wedding Photos of All Time

We don’t say of all time with a light heart, but truly, these are the worst wedding photos of all time. Did a child take them? An elephant? A ghost? Every single one is godawful in its own godawful way. An unlucky UK couple will have to rely on these hilariously terrible snaps to conjure…

Tech News Sam Biddle Apr 23 '12

Google Drive to Offer Up to 100 GB of Storage and Launch Today?

How Stanford Feeds Silicon Valley—At a Cost

India Is Now the World’s Leading Spam Source

Goodbye Charlie Card—Boston Bus Fares Could Soon Be Sold by Smartphone

Biotech Company Blamed for Bee Collapse Buys Leading Bee Research Firm

An Electric Beach Cruiser for the Supremely Lazy

Buildings Going Down, Semis Going Up, and Kickball!

MIT Students Hack Building, Play Tetris

Roosevelt—The Bi-Pedal, Off-Roading Border Collie

Pizza Hut Won’t Stop Putting Non-Pizza Meat Foods On Their Pies

Using Leeches to Track the World’s Rarest Animals

Literally the Sweetest Murals You’ve Ever Seen (Because They’re Made of Sugar)

Once Upon a Time is going down the magic drain

Read a sneak preview of the comic adaptation of the crazy trucker tale Duel

OSU Powers Up a 500 Trillion Watt Laser

Melancholia: Nothing Spoils a Wedding Quite Like the End of the World

Best Profile Pics, Worst Stunts, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

Bullet Time Light Painting Makes Beautiful 3D Graffiti

The Feds Will Shut off Your Internet If You Don’t Clean Your Computer by July 9

Couple Pays $1200 for Objectively Worst Wedding Photos of All Time

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