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A Giant Penis Appears on Google Street View

The New Zealand Google Maps penis vandals have been one-upped! Their phallic defacement was visible via satellite, yes, but these Aussie pranksters drew a dick on a Street View camera lens, superimposing a penis over all of reality. https://gizmodo.com/students-prank-school-and-google-earth-with-giant-gra-5809992 It looks like it was pulled off pretty easily—just the ol’ marker-drawn penis routine. But when…

Tech News Sam Biddle Sep 6 '11

11-Foot Tall iPod Dock Puts Your Device Out of Reach

The award for ridiculous iPod docks clearly belongs to Jarre Technologies’ 11-foot tall AreoDreamOne. Let’s forget for a moment that you have an 11-foot speaker in your house that looks like a heat lamp outside of a restaurant. The dock requires you to climb a built-in ladder to plug in your iOS device. Need to…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin Sep 6 '11

The Defusable Alarm Clock Will Start Your Day With A Bang

Imagine waking up with a bomb beside your bed. You have 10-seconds to cut one of four wires if you want to stop the countdown timer. This sounds like a nightmare, but it’s not. It’s just the defusable clock. Mike Krumpus of Nootropic Design is the mastermind behind the clock and he packed plenty of…

Gadgets Kelly Sep 6 '11

Warner Bros. Making Beetlejuice 2 with the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author?

Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice is one of the world’s most perfect movies, but does it really need an additional installment? Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author Seth Grahame-Smith apparently thinks so, and he’s developing a new version with his producing partner David Katzenberg (son of Jeff). The new Beetlejuice film, which Deadline describes as Beetlejuice 2,…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Sep 6 '11

Endearingly weird 1970s Empire Strikes Back promo took you to Luke’s Dagobah picnic

In this bizarre footage from the defunct wish-granting program Jim’ll Fix It, a lucky eight-year-old named Daniel scores a picnic with Luke Skywalker on Dagobah. They then watch a clip from The Empire Strikes Back and Chewbacca admits he eats little girls. This is right up there with that Planet of the Apes lounge number…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 6 '11

Daily Desired: The Blunt Umbrella Makes Other People Hate You Less

Umbrellas are just another hateful piece of urban luggage that makes my commute unbearable. I mean, I’m more likely to leave one in a bar than to actually use it! The Blunt Umbrella’s intelligent design might actually convert this hater. The Blunt Umbrella gets its name from its snazzy-looking rounded tips, which unlike their pointy…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Sep 6 '11

Will Windows 8 Run Windows Phone 7 Apps?

NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang seems to think that Windows 8 will run Windows Phone 7 apps in some capacity. While there are parts of Windows 8 that appear very similar to windows 7, could this really be the case? From Cnet’s interview with Huang: ARM processors hold a strong advantage because a majority of mobile…

Tech News Adrian Covert Sep 6 '11

New research shows why you do dumb things to impress your friends

Whether it was on the playground in elementary school, at a party in college, or on a whitewater rafting trip over Labor Day weekend, odds are high that at some point in your life you’ve gone and done something outstandingly stupid or risky in the company of friends. But why did you do it? You…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Sep 6 '11

BlackBerries, Fast Fives, 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. You Can Suck Up Your Voicemails as a Zip File Now Google Voice is now a part…

Tech News Brian Barrett Sep 6 '11

Carol Bartz: Yahoo Called And Fired Me (Updated)

Carol Bartz confirmed she’s been fired from her position as CEO of Yahoo over the phone (how cold). The short announcement was sent to Yahoo employees via email from her iPad: To all, I am very sad to tell you that I’ve just been fired over the phone by Yahoo’s Chairman of the Board. It…

Tech News Kelly Sep 6 '11

Ancient humans were just having sex with everyone

We know that as ancient humans expanded into Eurasia, they began interbreeding with our Neanderthal cousins. But it now appears that the fun didn’t start there – our ancestors also reproduced with precursors like Homo erectus and Homo habilis. https://gizmodo.com/confirmed-all-non-african-people-are-part-neanderthal-5822357 Thanks to DNA evidence, it’s now well-established that humans interbred successfully with Neanderthals and another…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Sep 6 '11

Porn Browser

Porn Browser | pôrn ˈbrouzər | noun 1. browser mode ostensibly to make viewing secure information more safe, but only ever actually enabled to cover up embarrassing pornography | Oh no, I forgot to pop open a porn browser before engaging in self-love. 2. a setting used even by those individuals who are open about…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Sep 6 '11

Amazon and 7-Eleven Want You to Pick Up Your Packages Whenever You Feel Like

We hate waiting for things. Whether that be cable guys or package deliveries, it’s tedious and annoying. But Amazon and 7-Eleven are now teaming up to address this problem (for packages at least) in the form of a parcel locker. https://gizmodo.com/why-the-cable-guy-cant-keep-an-appointment-like-the-res-5831536 Simply dubbed O, Amazon’s experimental project currently allows residents of Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood…

Commerce Adrian Covert Sep 6 '11

Top Secret America Looks At The Dark Side Of The War On Terror

Ever wonder how we went from carefree flying to mandatory groping at airport gates in less than ten years? Or how the Joint Special Operations Command grew from an unknown hostage rescue team into the crew that killed Bin Laden? PBS Frontline is airing, Top Secret America, a documentary that explores how the government manipulated…

Privacy & Security Kelly Sep 6 '11

Rumor: Google Wants Hulu Really, Really Bad

All Things D’s Peter Kafka says that Google is willing to offer significantly more than what Amazon, Yahoo or Dish Network would be willing to offer in the bidding war for Hulu. But they also want more than what’s being offered. Kafka doesn’t have exact details from his sources, but he believes Google wants more…

Tech News Adrian Covert Sep 6 '11

Help Giz Score Conan’s Studio For a Wedding

Conan O’Brien is renting out his TV studio on Airbnb for $1 a night, but he’s making prospects explain why they should get it. I already have a favorite entry. Want to help me help her score Conan’s pad? To run down the story so far: Conan O’Brien listed his studio on Airbnb for four…

Tech News Mat Honan Sep 6 '11

The Marijuana of Virtual Surround Sound

Yamaha has a history of making excellent sound bars—some of which cost as much as a full set of speakers. This new $300 model is the gateway drug of all-in-one systems: It’s so gonna get your broke-ass hooked. https://gizmodo.com/ears-on-yamahas-flagship-ysp-4000-surround-sound-bar-v-298305 The 35″ x 4″ x 4″ YAS-101 packs a 120-watt digital amplifier, two midrange drivers, and…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Sep 6 '11

Will manufacturing automation finally eliminate the need for any human workers?

Here are some sobering statistics to mull over on the day after Labor Day: according to InsideScience.org, U.S. manufacturers have cut nearly 5 million manufacturing jobs (about 33%) since 2001, “yet the value of manufactured goods rose 27 percent, and U.S. exports reached their highest level in 20 years.” Will automated technology soon remove the…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Sep 6 '11

Walking Dead forbids fans from asking about Frank Darabont’s departure at Dragon*Con

Last weekend, the cast of The Walking Dead took the stage at Dragon*Con and fielded questions from the audience — with one big restriction. Dragon*Con attendees were told eight times not to ask about former showrunner Frank Darabont. According to Geeks Of Doom: The audience was told precisely eight times (yes I counted) prior to…

Television Meredith Woerner Sep 6 '11

Scientists Use Radar to Unearth Incredible Roman Gladiator School

Forty miles outside out Vienna, a crack team of European scientists have managed to discover the ruins of a Roman gladiator school using only radar. It is one of most well-preserved finds of its kind, and it even rivals the Colosseum in scale. The ruins will remain underground as the scientist try to reach an…

Tech News Kwame Opam Sep 6 '11

A Giant Penis Appears on Google Street View

11-Foot Tall iPod Dock Puts Your Device Out of Reach

The Defusable Alarm Clock Will Start Your Day With A Bang

Warner Bros. Making Beetlejuice 2 with the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author?

Endearingly weird 1970s Empire Strikes Back promo took you to Luke’s Dagobah picnic

Daily Desired: The Blunt Umbrella Makes Other People Hate You Less

Will Windows 8 Run Windows Phone 7 Apps?

New research shows why you do dumb things to impress your friends

BlackBerries, Fast Fives, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

Carol Bartz: Yahoo Called And Fired Me (Updated)

Ancient humans were just having sex with everyone

Porn Browser

Amazon and 7-Eleven Want You to Pick Up Your Packages Whenever You Feel Like

Top Secret America Looks At The Dark Side Of The War On Terror

Rumor: Google Wants Hulu Really, Really Bad

Help Giz Score Conan’s Studio For a Wedding

The Marijuana of Virtual Surround Sound

Will manufacturing automation finally eliminate the need for any human workers?

Walking Dead forbids fans from asking about Frank Darabont’s departure at Dragon*Con

Scientists Use Radar to Unearth Incredible Roman Gladiator School

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