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Tweetdeck Just Got a Little Bit Prettier

Tweetdeck’s got a gift for you today. No, unfortunately it’s not fixed notifications, but it’s still a step in the right direction. Meet the new, prettier tweet panel. It makes firing off 140-char screeds a little more pleasant. https://gizmodo.com/tweetdeck-just-got-worse-and-twitter-blames-google-932378381 Instead of the old, gross white box that would pop up in the middle of your…

Tech News Eric Limer

Game of Thrones deleted scene stars Tywin Lannister, Sexy Fish Magnet

Three hard minutes of open-shirted, fish-slapping Tywin Lannister. The feared father of the blond bunch like you’ve never seen him before, posing all sexy-like. Are you not turned on by the incessant fish squeezing and smacking? We are. [Via Blastr]

io9 Meredith Woerner

Against Your Better Judgment, Mercedes Is Integrating Google Glass

People have said that Google Glass would be distracting since day one, not just for people looking at the Glassholes but also for the Glassholes themselves who have that tiny screen always blinking in front of their faces. We certainly don’t want to put them behind the wheel. Right?! Mercedes Benz begs to differ. https://gizmodo.com/google-glass-and-the-golden-age-of-creepshots-5990787…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

The Houston Texans Now Have the Biggest Jumbotron in the NFL

Someone might want to check on Jerry Jones because the Houston Texans are about to take a title the Cowboys have held since 2009. This Sunday, the Texans will unveil the biggest jumbotron in the NFL. Produced by Mitsubishi, the Reliant Stadium screen is a made up of a series of connected boards, each measuring…

Television Leslie Horn

Samsung’s Galaxy Gear Is Almost Definitely Coming on September 4th

This morning, Bloomberg reports that Samsung Samsung is poised to unleash and Android-powered timepiece at its Unpacked event on September 4th ahead of IFA. Are you ready to wear a gadget called Galaxy Gear? Additional details are lacking on the product, but as with Samsung’s never-ending parade of smart gadgets, Galaxy Gear, if it’s real,…

Gadgets Mario Aguilar

The crack team that invented the fireman’s pole

In 1878, a blow was struck for efficiency, fun, and iconography. That’s a rare combination, so let’s take a look at the team that invented the fireman’s pole. Warning: Absolutely no “fireman’s pole” jokes will be tolerated in the comments. Well, maybe a few. I love me some low-tech tech, and I especially love finding…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Jobs, Reviewed by Steve Wozniak

In the discussion section of our Jobs review, Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak weighed in with his own impressions of the movie—and how he and others were portrayed. What follows is Woz’s unedited take on Jobs: https://gizmodo.com/i-saw-the-movie-tonight-i-thought-the-acting-throughou-1153306973 I saw Jobs tonight. I thought the acting throughout was good. I was attentive and entertained but not greatly…

Reviews Steve Wozniak

Moto Maker Hands On: Customizing a Moto X Is Pretty Easy, Very Fun

We have a feeling the new Moto X from Motorola/Google is going to be a hit. It looks great, it feels great, it’s fast, and it has added features that transcend the usual gimmickry. High on that list is Moto Maker, Motorola’s online customization suite that lets you order up a Moto X in any…

Tech News Brent Rose

The first video ever taken from Mars of one moon eclipsing the other

For the first time ever, scientists have captured images of a moon passing directly in front of another as seen from the surface of an alien planet. Normally, we’re used to seeing the Curiosity rover take pictures of the Martian surface. But NASA recently had the mobile science lab point its Mastcam camera skywards, resulting…

io9 George Dvorsky

What Happens When You Drop a Red Hot Ball of Nickel Into Peanut Butter

Everyone’s favorite Red Hot Nickel Ball has been on an absurd amount of adventures between boiling a jar of honey and completely demolishing the world’s largest gummy bear. Naturally, the next stop on its quest to be submerged in everything known to man is peanut butter. Why not, right? https://gizmodo.com/what-happens-when-you-drop-a-hot-ball-of-nickel-into-ho-5992018 It makes a pretty impressive…

Tech News Eric Limer

Hints and Updates About Avengers 2, TMNT and Jurassic Park 4!

Aaron Taylor-Johnson reveals his favorite scenes in Kick-Ass 2 and explains his thoughts on his possible Avengers character Quicksilver. Cobie Smulders reveals how S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Maria Hill will fit into the wider Marvel universe. Tom Cruise’s time-looping war movie adds a new costar after the movie finishes filming. Spoilers now! Top image from Edge of…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Leaked Manual Reveals More Details on Sony’s Smartphone Lens Cameras

It looks like SonyAlphaRumors has managed to get its hands on what it believes to be a few leaked pages of the manual for Sony’s rumored all-in-one lens cameras, designed to work alongside a smartphone. And they look even more promising than before. https://gizmodo.com/leaked-photos-of-sonys-lens-cameras-that-piggyback-on-1110344221 It was previously assumed that all of the manual controls for…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Highlights from the World’s Largest Drone Fair

Defense industry specialists circled up in Washington this week for the three-day-long trade fair of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International. In other words, a bunch of guys with a lot of money just got together for a giant drone show. It’s actually the world’s largest. And here are its wares. The show’s 600…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

How to Sit Correctly with Good Posture So You Don’t Kill Yourself

Are standing desks last year’s advice? Whatever. Unless you’re lucky enough to be on your feet all day for work, you probably sit too much. We all do. When we go home, we sit on the couch. When we have dinner, we sit on a chair. When we watch a movie, we sit in the…

Health Casey Chan

A Tesla Model S Crashed Into an Electric Pole and Caused a Blackout

Stop me if you heard this before but an electric car and an electric pole walk into a bar… Okay, seriously. This is one of those ridiculous local news stories that are too perfect to be true but actually are. A Tesla Model S crashed into a utility pole in Tennessee and caused a local…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Moto X Just Might Have the Dumbest Smartest Accessory Ever

Motorola will be selling a $20 accessory for the Moto X that could very well be the smartest thing it has ever done or be the dumbest phone accessory ever. Called the Skip, it’s a clip that houses a NFC chip that’ll let you unlock your Moto X by simply tapping it. No lock screens,…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Hook

And this is why you don’t play games at the enchanted boardwalk. Did Big teach us nothing?

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Hard Knocks: The Best TV Show on HBO

If somebody says that Boardwalk Empire is the best show on HBO, I immediately discount all their future opinions. If they say The Newsroom, I automatically think they like verbal flexing. If it’s True Blood, they love fleshy guilty pleasures. If they say Game of Thrones, they’re… probably right. But! I would argue with them…

Tech News Casey Chan

The NSA Oversteps Its Legal Authority and the Court Can’t Stop It

The Washington Post dropped two reports that exposes the recklessness of the NSA’s spying program. The first report is insane: the NSA has “broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority” thousands of times a year and the second report explains the insanity: the FISC court that’s supposed to be in charge of government spying…

Privacy & Security Casey Chan

Beach House: Myth

I hadn’t listened to music in months. Sure, I had heard noise from the car radio gargle through as transportation distraction and of course, I embraced the magnificently uncomfortable Yeezus and duh, I still hunted down NSFW YouTube music videos but my main gateway for listening to music, an Airplay speaker, had broken down way…

Tech News Casey Chan

Tweetdeck Just Got a Little Bit Prettier

Game of Thrones deleted scene stars Tywin Lannister, Sexy Fish Magnet

Against Your Better Judgment, Mercedes Is Integrating Google Glass

The Houston Texans Now Have the Biggest Jumbotron in the NFL

Samsung’s Galaxy Gear Is Almost Definitely Coming on September 4th

The crack team that invented the fireman’s pole

Jobs, Reviewed by Steve Wozniak

Moto Maker Hands On: Customizing a Moto X Is Pretty Easy, Very Fun

The first video ever taken from Mars of one moon eclipsing the other

What Happens When You Drop a Red Hot Ball of Nickel Into Peanut Butter

Hints and Updates About Avengers 2, TMNT and Jurassic Park 4!

Leaked Manual Reveals More Details on Sony’s Smartphone Lens Cameras

Highlights from the World’s Largest Drone Fair

How to Sit Correctly with Good Posture So You Don’t Kill Yourself

A Tesla Model S Crashed Into an Electric Pole and Caused a Blackout

The Moto X Just Might Have the Dumbest Smartest Accessory Ever

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Hook

Hard Knocks: The Best TV Show on HBO

The NSA Oversteps Its Legal Authority and the Court Can’t Stop It

Beach House: Myth

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