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Your Guide to Instagrammin’

Blackberry users, please avert your eye-holes and leave, thanks (I bet they’re still here, robot weirdos) Q: WHY DO WE WANT INSTAGRAM, JULIA? A: Uh, probably because the filters make your photos look AH-MA-ZING you stupid idiot! Also, it’s another outlet where you can receive acknowledgement and constant praise. Q: OK, I’VE DOWNLOADED IT AND…

Tech News Julia Davidovich - The Impersonals Mar 29

Google Is Pathetically Asking You to Thank People Who’ve Used Google+

Well, this is officially sad, desperate, and annoying! Google+ is now reminding us that we have no manners, and ought to thank the people who have liked (probably by accident) a link via the abandoned social network. Oh my goodness! Now that Google is interfering with search results by jamming Plus data into our esophaguses,…

Tech News Sam Biddle Mar 29

Hypersound: The Audio Created by the Internet

Our real lives exist in an uninterrupted bubble of sound. The real world-meatspace-sounds like coughing and arguments and the slurp of liquids from cups. In the real world, the sounds we humans make (or cause our machines to make on our behalf) have merged into nature’s audio backdrop. We screen out the humming, roaring, beeping,…

Tech News Giles Turnbull - The Morning News Mar 29

Physicists Add 11 Colors to the Rainbow By Tearing Apart Atoms

True, the pink is a lie. But a UC Santa Barbara research team has honestly just generated eleven new hues using lasers and ion cascades. https://gizmodo.com/theres-no-such-thing-as-the-color-pink-5850825 The team created the new colors by aiming a pair of lasers—one high-frequency, the other low-frequency—at a slab of semiconductor material, a gallium arsenide nanostructure. The high-frequency beam separates…

Physics & Chemistry Andrew Tarantola Mar 28

Microsoft Unveils New Plan to Speed Up the Web

Microsoft wants in on the drive to speed up the web. The company plans to submit its proposal for a faster internet protocol to the standards body charged with creating HTTP 2.0. Not coincidentally, that standards body, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), is meeting this week to discuss the future of the venerable Hypertext…

Tech News Scott Gilbertson-Wired Mar 28

This Horrible/Amazing Man Makes $1,000 a Day on Pinterest (Updated)

And you thought Pinterest was only useful for lonely pastry fantasy. This anonymous conman talked to the Daily Dot, and boy does he have an easy job: fooling Pinterest’s lonely materialists into clicking Amazon spam links. For money. It works like this. Pinterest Spammer creates thousands of fake accounts, probably with regular breaks to stare…

Tech News Sam Biddle Mar 27

Internet debates over evolution vs. creationism summed up in one hilarious video

Over at Beatrice the Biologist, our intrepid biologist/comedian Katie has created possibly my favorite video ever about debates over evolution vs. creationism. I especially like the way she represents internet fighting. Anyone who has ever battled these issues out in forums will recognize themselves and their adversaries immediately. Also, kudos to Katie for figuring out…

io9 Annalee Newitz Mar 23

Armchair Adventurers Can Now Take a Street View Tour of the Amazon

Sure, you can already explore exotic locales like Detroit, San Francisco, and the dark heart of Florida from your desk but now, in honor of World Forest’s Day, you can wander around in the Amazonian rainforest. You’re welcome. This project has been in the works for months and is a collaboration between Google and the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 21

Dailylister: The Cross-Country Craigslist

Social networking? Psha. Communication? I smell a bubble. The most important function of the Internet is online window shopping. When I need to unwind, I pull up a fresh browser window and start pretending I’m in the market for a Porsche. Giddyup. But here’s the thing: Ebay Motors is played. There are no deals on…

Tech News Joe Brown Mar 21

Google Calls Shenanigans on MPAA’s DMCA Interpretation

The MPAA has a well-earned reputation for, shall we say, “molding” their facts. But with its latest lawsuit against Hotfile, the group has apparently gone too far for Google’s tastes. The search giant has just filed an Amicus brief objecting to the MPAA’s “distortion” of the DMCA. An Amicus brief is a court document filed…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 20

Control a Giant Modular Synthesizer from the Comfort of Your Home

Now, anyone can play one of the biggest modular synthesizers in the world, thanks to a new project, code-named “PatchWerk.” With PatchWerk’s simple web interface, users around the world can control the colossal rig in real time, from its current home at the MIT Museum. This is the Paradiso Synthesizer, named for its creator, Joe…

Tech News Geeta Dayal-Wired Mar 15

The Internet Finally Kills off Printed Encyclopaedia Britannicas

Encyclopaedia Britannica was the last word in in-home facts for nearly a quarter of a millennium, from 1766 to 2010. Now, it’s just one more casualty of the Digital Age along with classifieds and the Yellow Pages. Brittanica was the oldest continuously published, English-language encyclopedia in the world. It became widely popular during the 1950’s…

Books & Comics Andrew Tarantola Mar 14

Does SXSW Still Matter?

There’s a famous photo from SxSW taken 10 years ago, with just about every significant blogger at the time all gathered around one table. Many of them went on to form incredibly influential companies, like Flickr, Twitter, and yes, Gawker. Today, a lot of those same people are skipping the conference. And if you believe…

Tech News Mat Honan Mar 13

Kony 2012 Is the “Most Viral” Video of All Time

Kony 2012 was unleashed on the internet just six days ago, and it has already been viewed more than 100 million times. By some accounts that makes it the most rapidly spreading video ever, beating out the likes of Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Rebecca Black, Beyoncé, and Miley Cyrus. No matter how you feel about…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Mar 12

Here’s What Our Boss Thinks About Our Commenters

South by Southwest is very precious. But it’s also genuinely a good place to learn about the future—especially for readers of this site. Today, our publisher Nick Denton sat down with Anil Dash to talk about comments. What does the future hold for commenting on Gawker Media sites like this one? What’s fractional commenting? Why…

Tech News Mat Honan Mar 11

Dropbox’s Site Redesign: Now Built for Comfort and Speed

Dropbox has been rolling out new features pretty regularly over the past couple of weeks but there’s no hiding the cloud storage service’s shiny new UI. According to the Dropbox Blog, the new website will focus on simplicity and usability. It introduces an “action bar” along the top of the screen that offers contextual options…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 9

MPAA Goes for Hotfile’s Jugular with Summary Judgment Request

With MegaUpload out of the picture and numerous other file-sharing sites running scared, the MPAA has another major content hub in its sights. And from the looks of court documents unsealed this week, Hotfile may want to start considering an exit strategy. According to US District Court documents in the Southern District of Florida, the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Mar 8

Anonymous Reacts to Sabu’s Betrayal of LulzSec

We know the FBI pressured LulzSec leader Sabu into giving up vital info one some of the most active hackers in his collective. But how does Anonymous feel after this most recent, and hugely significant, turn of events? They’re not happy. [View the story "Anonymous Reacts to Sabu’s Betrayal" on Storify] The thing to take…

Tech News Adrian Covert Mar 6

Verizon’s Claims Its HomeFusion LTE Service Is Faster Than DSL

Verizon is confident that its just launched HomeFusion broadband service will be faster than DSL, despite running entirely on Verizon’s 4G LTE network. That sounds pretty good. HomeFusion is mostly intended for those who can’t get traditional cable or DSL service wired into their homes. But like the AP points out, it might be a…

Tech News Adrian Covert Mar 6

A 512Gbps Fiber Optic Network? Yes Please

Fiber optics are the future of data transfer. But in Germany, the future’s already here: Deutsche Telekom has a working 512Gbps optical fiber that’s working in the real world. I want it. Yes, that’s a single optical fiber. It’s capable of hitting transmission speeds of 512Gbps in test conditions, but real life takes that down…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Mar 6

Your Guide to Instagrammin’

Google Is Pathetically Asking You to Thank People Who’ve Used Google+

Hypersound: The Audio Created by the Internet

Physicists Add 11 Colors to the Rainbow By Tearing Apart Atoms

Microsoft Unveils New Plan to Speed Up the Web

This Horrible/Amazing Man Makes $1,000 a Day on Pinterest (Updated)

Internet debates over evolution vs. creationism summed up in one hilarious video

Armchair Adventurers Can Now Take a Street View Tour of the Amazon

Dailylister: The Cross-Country Craigslist

Google Calls Shenanigans on MPAA’s DMCA Interpretation

Control a Giant Modular Synthesizer from the Comfort of Your Home

The Internet Finally Kills off Printed Encyclopaedia Britannicas

Does SXSW Still Matter?

Kony 2012 Is the “Most Viral” Video of All Time

Here’s What Our Boss Thinks About Our Commenters

Dropbox’s Site Redesign: Now Built for Comfort and Speed

MPAA Goes for Hotfile’s Jugular with Summary Judgment Request

Anonymous Reacts to Sabu’s Betrayal of LulzSec

Verizon’s Claims Its HomeFusion LTE Service Is Faster Than DSL

A 512Gbps Fiber Optic Network? Yes Please

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