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All the Black Friday Deals

It’s the biggest shopping day of the year. There are tons of deals—and not-really-deals—out there. So we combed through every one we could find, and ranked them all. Here’s your Ultimate Black Friday guide: happy hunting. Deals are grouped by category, just like our daily Dealzmodo lists. So you’ll find ebook readers like the Kindle…

Tech News Chris Beidelman

Samsung’s Anti-iPhone Ad Is a Fanboy Nuke

Samsung wants you to buy its Galaxy S II instead of an iPhone 4S, duh. So how are they going to do it? How about mocking the extreme popularity of the latter, a device they help build? Worth a shot! The ad, entitled “Next Big Thing”—an obvious Apple dig—paints those waiting in line for hours…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Behold: the first image from NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite

You’re looking at a section of the first image to be compiled from measurements made by the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) onboard NPP — NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite. (In case you were wondering, “NPP” is the drastically shortened acronym for the agency’s National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project). The image featured…

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William Shatner Is Here to Comfort You through Facebook Unfriending

Facebook and William Shatner—perhaps the two greatest national treasures our society has ever produced, together in one video. Kirk’s here to help you through an experience of universal anguish: the moment you realize you’ve been Facebook unfriended. The realization is one of the worst you can go through—modern man’s version of watching your village razed…

Social Media Sam Biddle

Holiday Decorating With a Helicopter Can Be Very Dangerous

You might worry about falling off a ladder while decorating your home with lights, but that pales in comparison to what happened to this helicopter in Auckland while installing a Christmas tree. Thankfully, the pilot walked away from the crash. The incident happened while the helicopter was being used to install a seven story tall…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Aaron “Social Network” Sorkin Might Write the Steve Jobs Biopic

Aaron Sorkin might be (totally is) the best screenwriter we have, and according to E! Online Sony Pictures has offered the Social Network Oscar-winner the job of writing the script for the Steve Jobs movie. Sorkin told E! Online that he’s “strongly considering” taking the project, and that his research right now consists of reading…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Gary Oldman explains why Bane is the perfect villain for The Dark Knight Rises. Plus a new Hunger Games photo!

The would-be star of Ender’s Game says he’s ready to do the movie. Benedict Cumberbatch reveals the secrets of playing Smaug in The Hobbit. An actual Japanese person might be cast in Akira. Plus lots of Walking Dead hints! Nothing but spoilers from here on out! Top image from Doctor Who. The Dark Knight Rises…

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Apple’s Black Friday Deals Are Actually Pretty Decent This Year

Apple’s Black Friday deals slipped out a bit early by way of a flyer leaked to 9to5mac by a tipster. Apple never really blows the doors off with its deals, but then, it doesn’t have to either. This year’s batch is about as oh-decent-I-guess as always. All Macs—except the Mini—are $101 off, iPads are $41-$61…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Black Friday Shouldn’t Be Scary

Trying to find a good deal on Black Friday can be insanely difficult. The only way to avoid store swarms, long lines and the occasional catfight is by forming a concise plan of attack—so it’s a good thing we’ve compiled all of our holiday hunting tips in one place. Head to #Black Friday for the…

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Apple Unleashes Game Subscription Model With Big Fish Games

Following the success of subscription services through Newsstand, Apple’s given the go-ahead for a game subscription service from Big Fish Games. For $6.99 a month you’ll have unlimited streaming access to a whole host of iPad games. Unfortunately users will have to be connected to the internet to play the games, as they’ll be “streamed”…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Anybody who loves Stanislaw Lem (or demented science fiction art) should check out Google.co.uk right now

The Google Doodle at Google.com is some kind of Thanksgiving turkey thing — but if you go over to Google.co.uk right now, you’re treated to a totally demented black-and-white animation in honor of the 60th anniversary of Stanislaw Lem’s first publication. It’s based on The Cyberiad illustrations by Daniel Mróz, and it really has to…

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If Google Axes Six Unpopular Brands and Nobody Is Around to Use Them, Does Their Demise Make a Sound?

History is littered with the corpses of failed products—from Edsels and DeLoreans to Zunes and everything on CBS’s early season lineup. Google is no different. It’s just announced that it’s culling six services most people didn’t know existed…because nobody actually used them. With this round of cancellations, Google is putting the kibosh on Bookmarks Lists…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Did A Swedish Man Spontaneously Combust in Gothenburg Train Station?

We’ve already explained how many of the famous cases of “spontaneous combustion” may actually occur but that doesn’t make this case any less strange. https://gizmodo.com/how-spontaneous-human-combustion-works-5843926 Last weekend, a man standing outside a record store in the city of Gothenburg’s train station suddenly burst into flames. An off-duty tram driver was able to tackle and extinguish…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

SailRocket Hits Freeway Speeds on the Water—Sadly, Without Rockets

While not quite as imposing as BMW Oracle’s USA-17, the Vestas Sailrocket Mk.II is no less impressive. It’s aiming to top 65 mph on wind power alone—the water-borne equivalent to going plaid—and break the short-distance world speed sailing record. https://gizmodo.com/larry-ellisons-sail-boat-is-literally-faster-than-the-w-5848153 The VSR2’s unique shape is a result of its being expressly engineered to do one…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

British Artist Builds a Forest of PVC Trees

This light-dappled glen of pale trees isn’t a scene out of the next Avatar flick, it’s an awe-inspiring stand of plastic Cherry trees created by designer Tom Price. The installation, called Cherry Tree, is constructed wholly from PVC piping and cable ties. Reportedly, the artist drew his inspiration a visit to the US capital last…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

This Machine Can Tell You If Your Photos Suck Or Rule

Xerox research labs have developed a computer program that tells you if your pictures are good or bad. In fact, it’s capable of detecting if the photo has that magical, intangible quality that makes an image special. It works. At least looking at their examples, which were obtained using an alpha version of their software,…

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Department of Homeland Security: Deep Fry Your Thanksgiving Turkey Safely or the Terrorists Win

What is it with killjoys? Every major holiday celebration—be it fireworks for 4th of July, turkey frying at Thanksgiving, or alligator wrestling on President’s Day—seems to draw out finger-wagers and their shrill cries of “You’ll shoot your eye out!” Case in point: this ominous tweet from the DHS. Yes, we get it—partially frozen turkeys could/probably…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Little Shop of Horrors: A Story of Love, Triumph, and Man-Eating Space Plants

Tonight’s streaming pick is a mean green mother from outer space. Just sit back, open a vein, and let little Audrey II have a sip, eh Seymour? What’s it about? Boy meets Girl. Boy falls for Girl. Girl is dating an Asshole so Boy buys a flesh-eating plant to impress her but which eventually goes…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

How to Get Facebook’s Timeline on Your iPad (Sort Of)

Facebook takes it sweet ‘ol time when it comes to the iPad. What it only took forever and a half to get an iPad Facebook app, right? So if you want to enjoy Facebook’s new Timeline feature, don’t count on Facebook. Instead, download Timelines for Facebook. https://gizmodo.com/facebook-timeline-review-this-is-the-greatest-thing-fa-5843354 Timelines for Facebook is a new app made…

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Grooveshark Will Soon Be Destroyed

Remember Grooveshark, the magical website that let you stream any song you wanted, in high quality, for free? Did you ever wonder how such a thing managed to avoid legal annihilation? Trick question! It hasn’t. Its lawsuit death is here. The Next Web’s Drew Olanoff reports Universal is suing Grooveshark for illegally uploading tracks—at $150,000…

Tech News Sam Biddle

All the Black Friday Deals

Samsung’s Anti-iPhone Ad Is a Fanboy Nuke

Behold: the first image from NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite

William Shatner Is Here to Comfort You through Facebook Unfriending

Holiday Decorating With a Helicopter Can Be Very Dangerous

Aaron “Social Network” Sorkin Might Write the Steve Jobs Biopic

Gary Oldman explains why Bane is the perfect villain for The Dark Knight Rises. Plus a new Hunger Games photo!

Apple’s Black Friday Deals Are Actually Pretty Decent This Year

Black Friday Shouldn’t Be Scary

Apple Unleashes Game Subscription Model With Big Fish Games

Anybody who loves Stanislaw Lem (or demented science fiction art) should check out Google.co.uk right now

If Google Axes Six Unpopular Brands and Nobody Is Around to Use Them, Does Their Demise Make a Sound?

Did A Swedish Man Spontaneously Combust in Gothenburg Train Station?

SailRocket Hits Freeway Speeds on the Water—Sadly, Without Rockets

British Artist Builds a Forest of PVC Trees

This Machine Can Tell You If Your Photos Suck Or Rule

Department of Homeland Security: Deep Fry Your Thanksgiving Turkey Safely or the Terrorists Win

Little Shop of Horrors: A Story of Love, Triumph, and Man-Eating Space Plants

How to Get Facebook’s Timeline on Your iPad (Sort Of)

Grooveshark Will Soon Be Destroyed

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