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Watch BlackBerry Rock Out In Yet Another Staggeringly Awkward Music Video

BlackBerry 10 is here at last and so, of course, there’s another BlackBerry-tastic music video from VP of Developer Relations, Alec Saunders. Now that BlackBerry’s actually delivered on those promises from the first song, you can’t fault ’em for wanting to take a victory lap, even if it’s really hard to watch. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-why-rim-is-going-down-5946253 You gotta…

Tech News Eric Limer Mar 18 '13

An iPhone in Different Colors Looks Fantastically Fun

I’ve never wanted an iPhone in different colors. Black with a tint of gloss or white with a silver lining has always been plenty enough. But then I saw these renders of what an iPhone in different colors would look like and man, a red iPhone looks like so much fun. People want choices! People…

Tech News Casey Chan Mar 18 '13

The angriest Wolverine action figure of all time

Have you been enjoying the pics of shirtless, impossibly ripped Hugh Jackman from the set of The Wolverine recently? Would you like a tiny, shirtless Hugh Jackman of your own? Diamond Select has you covered with its upcoming Marvel Select movie Wolverine figure, but be warned — this may well be the angriest action figure…

Movies Rob Bricken Mar 18 '13

Make Sure to Watch Gizmodo: The Gadget Testers Tonight on BBC America!

Add it to your calendar. Set an alarm. Set a reminder using this thing the kids told me about called Facebook. Tie a string around your finger, ask your mom to remind you, write it on your arm, whatever—just tune in tonight! Tonight! Join us for the premiere of Gizmodo: The Gadget Testers, our all-new…

Tech News Joel Johnson Mar 18 '13

AT&T’s Got Just the $500/Month Data Plan You Weren’t Looking For

The latest additions to AT&T’s new data plan stable are ostentatious, we’ll give them that. Want 30GB, 40GB, or 50GB of monthly mobile data? Sure thing, chief. That’ll just be up to $500 per month. Oh, plus another $30 for each additional smartphone. Per month. Go over that massive cap? An extra $15 per gig…

Tech News Brian Barrett Mar 18 '13

AT&T Hacker Gets 3.5 Years In Prison

Wired reports that Andrew “Weev” Auernheimer, 26, has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for exploiting an AT&T security hole three years ago. His bid to stay out of prison has failed. Instead, he’s going to get 3.5 years in the slammer. https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-at-t-hackers-last-bid-to-stay-out-of-prison-5990462 In court documents first reported by Gizmodo last week, Weev’s lawyers…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Mar 18 '13

This Week’s TV: One of our favorite animated scifi movies is becoming a TV series!

This week, Gizmodo is becoming a television show. And Erik Estrada is fighting chupacabras. Also, learn the truth about the end of the world, the God Particle, and the Mars rover. Plus one of the funnest animated films of the past few years is becoming a TV series… but will the television version ruin it?…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 18 '13

California Builds the World’s Tallest Solar Collector

The US government holds vast tracts of public lands—more than a 654 million acres, in fact—for public use such as national parks as well as for military use like test ranges and proving grounds. But most of the time, much of that land is left to rot when it could be producing clean solar energy…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 18 '13

If Magneto Were Shopping For a Watch, He’d Buy This Omega

This past January at SIHH, Omega announced that it had created the world’s first anti-magnetic watch movement that’s resistant to magnetic fields up to 15,000 Gauss. Previously both Rolex and IWC were the only other watch manufacturers with anti-magnetic time pieces. But Omega’s new Seamaster Aqua Terra (calibre 8508) is 15x more resistant than either…

Tech News Peter ha Mar 18 '13

Watch what happens when you light 60,000 matches simultaneously

Ever wondered what it looks like to set a gas-filled camper on fire? Or drop a piggy bank on the running blades of an upside-down lawnmower? Or light 60,000 matches all at once? Wonder no more. In the run-up to their second season on air, the folks at Danish TV show Dumt & Farligt (which…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Mar 18 '13

The Air Mattress That Turns into a Boat

Ivan Zhang and Jeho Yoon have designed what could be the ultimate relaxation tool: an air mattress that can transform into a boat. Thanks to an internal structure of ropes and carabiners, the Nest is a comfy air mattress perfect for lounging about in a pool. But when you disconnect all of the carabiners inside,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Mar 18 '13

Introducing the 2035 ZAIRE all-terrain concept car

No, this isn’t Batman out on safari. It’s the 2035 ZAIRE concept car, an advanced all-terrain vehicle designed for National Geographic’s photography team. Assuming this badboy actually gets developed, it’ll help the photographers traverse the often challenging and unpredictable African terrain. All images via Yanko Design. Designed by Dong Man Joo. The car can seat…

io9 George Dvorsky Mar 18 '13

Transforming Tables and Chairs: More Than Meets the Ass

Extra tables and chairs are great for when you have company over, but what do you do with that stuff during the other 364 days of the year? Not everyone has limitless storage space. The Oneness modular furniture system, designed by Kyuhyung Cho and Hironori Tsukue, tackles this issue with a multitalented furniture set that…

Tech News Leslie Horn Mar 18 '13

The First Nike FuelBand Prototypes Looked Like Humongous Sweat Bands

You know the Nike FuelBand as a sleek black band that’s a half-step removed from a Livestrong bracelet. That wasn’t always the case, though. Some looked totally different from the finished product, like this early mockup that basically got the FuelBand off the ground. Austin Carr was out at the Nike campus to report for…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Mar 18 '13

Your Monday Morning Explosion Fix: Watch This Bridge Blow Up in Glorious Slow Motion

The US-281 Bridge in Marble Falls, Texas had to go. Fortunately for us, the best way to do that involved a whole bunch of explosives. The bridge was demolished yesterday morning with a series of explosions that made one specular last trip across the steel span. And while stuff blowing up is always awesome, stuff…

Tech News Eric Limer Mar 18 '13

This is what it looks like to fight against the ocean

The underwater images captured by photographer Mark Tipple are so unlike anything you’ve ever seen, it’s easy to mistake them for scenes from another world. They belong to a series known collectively as The Underwater Project, and they are beyond spellbinding. Below the surface, churning waves turn to billowing clouds. To the swimmers recently flung…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez Mar 18 '13

We bet you can’t stop staring at these mesmerizing, tiptoeing Batman villain gifs

Villains from every Batman movie tiptoe towards trouble in artist Rafa Toro series of prancing Batman baddies. Even if you hated Joel Schumachers’ Batman & Robin, we bet you can’t stop watching Poison Ivy march forward for infinity. Check out Toro’s art-filled website and Vimeo for loads more animation. [via Comics Alliance]

Movies Meredith Woerner Mar 18 '13

The Newspaper of Tomorrow: 11 Predictions from Yesteryear

Many of us here in the 21st century like to think of the newspaper as this static institution. We imagine that the newspaper was born many generations ago and until very recently, thrived without much competition. Of course this is wildly untrue. The role of the newspaper in any given community has always been in…

Tech News Matt Novak Mar 18 '13

Big Data Brokers: They Know Everything About You and Sell it to the Highest Bidder

Data companies are scooping up enormous amounts of information about almost every American. They sell information about whether you’re pregnant or divorced or trying to lose weight, about how rich you are and what kinds of cars you have. Regulators and some in Congress have been taking a closer look at these so-called data brokers…

Privacy & Security Lois Beckett - Pro Publica Mar 18 '13

Andrea and the Governor play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse-and-zombies in The Walking Dead

Just like the Governor and Rick finally got to confront each other in last week’s episode, Andrea and the Governor finally get to confront each other in “Clear.” But unlike Rick and the Guv, Andrea and the Guv do a lot less talking and a lot more stalking, as the Governor finally reveals his true…

Television Rob Bricken Mar 18 '13

Watch BlackBerry Rock Out In Yet Another Staggeringly Awkward Music Video

An iPhone in Different Colors Looks Fantastically Fun

The angriest Wolverine action figure of all time

Make Sure to Watch Gizmodo: The Gadget Testers Tonight on BBC America!

AT&T’s Got Just the $500/Month Data Plan You Weren’t Looking For

AT&T Hacker Gets 3.5 Years In Prison

This Week’s TV: One of our favorite animated scifi movies is becoming a TV series!

California Builds the World’s Tallest Solar Collector

If Magneto Were Shopping For a Watch, He’d Buy This Omega

Watch what happens when you light 60,000 matches simultaneously

The Air Mattress That Turns into a Boat

Introducing the 2035 ZAIRE all-terrain concept car

Transforming Tables and Chairs: More Than Meets the Ass

The First Nike FuelBand Prototypes Looked Like Humongous Sweat Bands

Your Monday Morning Explosion Fix: Watch This Bridge Blow Up in Glorious Slow Motion

This is what it looks like to fight against the ocean

We bet you can’t stop staring at these mesmerizing, tiptoeing Batman villain gifs

The Newspaper of Tomorrow: 11 Predictions from Yesteryear

Big Data Brokers: They Know Everything About You and Sell it to the Highest Bidder

Andrea and the Governor play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse-and-zombies in The Walking Dead

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