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PowerBalance Scam Lawsuit Forces Company Into Bankrupcy

After admitting that their PowerBalance bracelets are worthless pieces of plastic in Australia, the company has officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States following a class action suit filed in a Los Angeles’ federal court. https://gizmodo.com/powerbalance-admits-their-wristbands-are-a-scam-5723577 What a surprise. Citing “sources with direct knowledge of the situation,” TMZ claims the settlement…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 22

Two Idiots Name Their Baby Girl “Like” After the Facebook Button

Lior and Vardit Adler just had a baby girl. She’s probably all cute and wrinkly! But they hate her soo much that they named her Like, in honor of the Like button in Facebook. Of course, they explain it differently: To me it is important to give my children names that are not used anywhere…

Social Media Jesus Diaz May 16

DeLorean Trailer Lets You Travel Back In Time With Extra Bags

Please God, if you exist, wherever you are, have mercy and let this be a Photoshop. Thank you. [Thanks Karl!]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 7

The Stupidity of Wasteful Packaging Keeps Reaching New Depths (Updated)

This is how Dell just sent 65 screws to Martin Ørding-Thomsen: Each of them inside a huge padded envelope. Does this seem like the work of an imbecile to you? Well, believe it or not, it’s kind of an improvement: Updated. That’s how Dell sent a single order of eight mounting screws in 2007, a…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 3

At Last, You Can Send the Yellow Pages to Hell

At bloody last, now you can opt-out of delivery of those useless volumes of bound dead trees and CO2 known as the Yellow Pages. I would rather kill them all, but this is a step in the right direction. https://gizmodo.com/hey-yellow-pages-its-time-for-you-to-die-5567375 The Yellow Pages Association has decided it’s time stop pissing off most people with their…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 1

The Gadget That Should Have Never Been Invented

Some technologies have a definitive impact in the progress of civilization that will leave a mark in Humanity forever. This utterly ridiculous contraption not one of them. Breast pumps are great for moms and babies, but this thing just goes beyond useful to get straight into idiotic territory for lazyasses with no sense of dignity…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 18

This Is What 15,000 Gallons of Animal Fat Look Like

Gross, that’s how it looks. This is what happened on the Houston Ship Channel last Tuesday. It had to be closed because a failure in a storage tank holding 15,000 gallons of beef fat. No dinner for you tonight. [Buzzfeed]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 6

PowerBalance Admits Their Wristbands Are a Scam

I don’t think this would surprise anyone, but PowerBalance—manufacturers of plastic wristbands with hologram stickers on it—have admitted that there’s “no credible scientific evidence that supports [their] claims and therefore [they] engaged in misleading conduct.” Here’s their statement: In our advertising we stated that Power Balance wristbands improved your strength, balance and flexibility. We admit…

Health Jesus Diaz Jan 3

Some Things Are Much Older Than You Think

Apparently, humanity has been WTF’ing since 1620. Rest in peace, Walter Tobias Franfettfuckster. You won’t be forgotten. [Thanks Karl!]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 15

Some People Really Need to Stop Playing Games From Time to Time

We knew that Fleshlights and World of Warcraft go together like strippers and twenty dollar bills. That’s fine. What I can’t understand is this: According to Amazon, customers who buy Adult Reusable Cotton/Poly Snap Diapers are into Call of Duty 4. https://gizmodo.com/customers-who-bought-the-male-masturbator-kit-also-boug-5588083 Or viceversa. After receiving the tip from a reader, I thought it was…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 30

Idiots Try to Sell $33 Arctic Ice Cubes to Other Idiots

Two Dutch artists think that they can convince you to pay $33 for a tiny ice capsule extracted from a large ice chunk stolen from Greenland. Because you must preserve the melting ice caps in your fridge. Really. This is what they want: To sell the pieces to people throughout the country that cherish and…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 29

This Crazy Kid is Waterskiing On a Freaking Fountain

This is one of the best great bad ideas in a long while, Marty McFly: Waterskiing on a fountain. It looks like it can be a lot of fun, all the way to the hospital. It’s pretty simple: You just need a large fountain, a cable, a traffic sign and a car. Find a large…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 1

Google TV Creeps Into Terrified Teen Girl’s Bedroom

You know those commercials that leave you totally mystified, like “how did this possibly get created?” This Logitech Revue promo video, in which a hairy-legged, Peeping Tom TV set creeps up on a teenage girl in bed, is like that. https://gizmodo.com/logitechs-google-tv-box-will-have-special-powers-5543974 This video is the third in Logitech’s Lonely TV series, promoting the arrival of…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Aug 26

Man Uses Photoshopped Photos In Plea For Reduced Prison Sentence

Daryl Simon has pulled off all sorts of scams, but apparently lacks any Photoshop skills. This was discovered when he got caught trying to get his prison sentence reduced using fake photos of himself working on volunteer projects. Apparently Simon presented a court with photos of himself helping physical-therapy patients with rehab exercises, but when…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Jul 26

YouTube Videos Now Have A Vuvuzela Button

Go to a YouTube video and look closely. See that little soccer ball icon? Don’t click it. I said don’t click it! Don’t do i—-BZZZZZZZZZZZZ! You couldn’t find something more worthy of torture than a cute bunny? C’mon, if you’re gonna push that damned button, then you need to find something more appropriate—or more inappropriate,…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Jun 23

8 Things Made Out Of Carbon Fiber That Really Shouldn’t Be

Things made of carbon fiber tend to be appealing-looking, light-weight, and durable. But sometimes we just plain wonder how on earth someone decided to choose the often pricey material for a particular piece of gear. If you really don’t like the gallery view, you can see everything on one page here. https://gizmodo.com/8-things-made-out-of-carbon-fiber-that-really-shouldnt-5495851 Lamps I’ll admit…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Mar 17

Kermit Goes NSFW In ChatRoulette

Again? Why Kermit, why? (Note: This is not part of the ChatRoulette Photoshop contest. It’s actual felt frog live porn created by Joshua Reed.) [Reddit – Thanks David Keyes!] https://gizmodo.com/idea-of-the-day-use-your-hand-puppet-as-a-cellphone-ca-5321335

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 18

Careful, Old People in Japan May Pee on Your iPad

As if there weren’t enough iPad jokes already, it turns out that there’s a Japanese product—a high-tech adult diaper—called the Aipad. You can guess the pronunciation by the fact that I’m even writing about this. https://gizmodo.com/lets-get-the-ipad-jokes-out-of-our-systems-cause-steve-5458497 The Aipad has apparently been around for a while and has “2 lines of aluminium [which] can be connected…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Jan 29

You Know You Want the Safe Sexting iPhone App

With all the sexting craze going on, and teens getting arrested left, right, and center on child pornography charges, I’m surprised the Safe Sexting iPhone application—which allows you to take and easily censor any photos—didn’t appear months ago. https://gizmodo.com/one-third-of-people-send-naked-pictures-of-themselves-u-5418476 It works easily: Just take a photo, apply a censorship patch out of a total of…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 23

Husband and Wife Update Facebook and Twitter at the Altar

You know it’s a brave new world when bride and groom update their Facebook status, and tweet about it. At the freaking altar. As they were being pronounced husband and wife. And with “brave” I really mean “f*cking dumb.” That’s what Dana Hanna—the guy in the video aka “theSoftwareJedi” aka “Ican’tbelieveit’sbutterandI’mgettingmarried”—did, without his bride knowing…

Social Media Jesus Diaz Dec 2

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