Tech News

Most Holidays Are Fake, and Here’s Why

Do you celebrate National Onion Rings Day? What about Be Kind to Animals Week? Do you know what you’re buying your significant other for Talk Like a Pirate Day? Time is running out! ThARRRRs just 9 shopping days left! It’s not just your imagination — there really are more unofficial holidays than ever before. And…

Tech News Matt Novak

Tell Us Your Nightmare Tales of Working For a Giant Tech Company

We loved your chilling startup stories—but if there’s anything worse than startup culture, it’s a big, lumbering corporation. Come, lay down your burdens. https://gizmodo.com/31-flavors-of-bullshit-your-horror-stories-of-working-1714986653 While startup woes are often marked by improbable business models, lack of structure, clueless management and, in the stories you shared, sex workers, drugs, and more drugs, huge companies usually have…

Tech News Kaila Hale-Stern

Turns Out Ashley Madison’s Uncrackable Passwords Are Actually Very Crackable

It was little solace to victims of the Ashley Madison hack that the company had kept their passwords extra secure. Some even said the hashing algorithm was bulletproof. But—oops!—it turns out Ashley Madison made a programming error. And now, hobbyists have already deciphered over 11 million passwords from the leaked accounts. A team calling themselves…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes

Hilarious video about handmade firewood skewers every artisanal video

We’re as guilty as anybody for propping up the process of making handmade goods and artisanal products but the truth is, they’re really fascinating to watch. But of course, being totally obsessed and narrowly focused with something can come with a lack of self awareness which makes the whole artisanal movement an easy target to…

Sploid Casey Chan

Watch This Guy Open a Hotel Room Safe With a Pocketknife and Paperclip

Did you pay extra for a deluxe hotel room that came with a safe? It doesn’t matter how complex you think you four-digit code is, it turns out the safe’s keypad can probably be over-ridden using a secret keyhole that’s surprisingly easy to hack. In this video Jim Stickley demonstrates that the fancy metal nameplate…

Privacy & Security Andrew Liszewski

These Erasers Turn Pens and Pencils Into Swords

The sword is mighty, but they say the pen is even mightier. So by our calculations, whoever wields these adorable PenSwords will be utterly invincible, right? At least no mistake will ever stand in their way. Sold as just a handle that’s actually a rubber eraser, you can choose any pen or pencil to serve…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

John McAfee’s “Campaign Video” Is Batshit

Would you like to see anti-virus tycoon, Central America murder-adventure enthusiast and occasional fugitive John McAfee giving you crazed Vigo the Carpathian eyes as he recites excerpts from the Gettysburg Address? That is a rhetorical question. McAfee is running for president, and he recently performed an Ayahuasca-influenced low-budget slam poem for a campaign video that…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

Rose Gold? That’s Not Pink. RIP iPhone 5c, The Best Pink Phone Apple Ever Made

Almost exactly two years ago today I let out a squeal of joy during an Apple event. There was an iPhone onstage made by Apple. But it wasn’t black or white. It was coated in a colorful, hard candy shell. More than that: It was PINK. Actually it was neon coral. Which was even better.…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Watch Bear Grylls Feed President Obama A Nasty Old Piece Of Salmon He Found By A River

“This has got to be one of the best days of my Presidency,” Obama tells the camera shortly before Bear Grylls feeds him a nasty old piece of bear-ravaged salmon he found beside a river in Alaska. While on last week’s big Alaskan adventure, the President took a day to film an episode of Running…

Tech News Wes Siler

The Four-Ton Head of a Lenin Statue Was Dug Up In Berlin Today

Berlin is a city that’s been dramatically shaped by the recent past, where history is a living part of the urban fabric—or in some cases, rests just below its surface. When the Berlin Wall fell in the 1989, it marked the beginning of a decades-long process that saw the dismantling of many Soviet monuments around…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

National Geographic Is Now Owned by a Climate Change Denier

News broke yesterday afternoon that Australian media mogul and climate change denier Rupert Murdoch has purchased a majority stake in National Geographic, a magazine and scientific organization that has been staunchly non-profit since its first issue in 1888. National Geographic is going commercial, partnering with 21st Century Fox to create a new for-profit venture: National…

Tech News Jennifer Ouellette

Why the Somerton Man Endures As One of Australia’s Most Fascinating Cold Cases

He’s one of the most famous figures in Australian history … only because police can’t figure out who he was or what happened to him. On December 1, 1948, a man’s body was found propped up against a stone wall at Somerton beach. He had no identification whatsoever. Really, truly, no identification whatsoever: The tags…

Tech News The Lineup Staff - The Lineup

Everything Apple Announced Yesterday In About 90 Seconds

The vast oceans of Apple news have been drowning you for 24 hours now. It’s overwhelming, we know. The phones, the tablets, the headaches. For a quick rundown in one big gulp, all you need to do is watch our 90 second video. Contact the author at [email protected].

Tech News Michael Hession

Proof that some people must have superpowers

Gamers have superpowers. Not in an imposing professional athlete physical sort of way but more like a Professor X, out-think and outwit you capacity. Their reactions are quicker, they can make moves that we could never do, and they might be able to read our minds. Don’t believe me? How about these three video game…

Sploid Casey Chan

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

This week’s favorite apps have you covered for a lot of different scenarios. You need to book a flight for cheap? Check. Or maybe you’ve got some down time and want to watch a bunch of great videos that were picked out by professionals— there’s an app for that. We’ve also got an old favorite…

Tech News Leah Becerra

A Scratching Post TV Is the Only Channel You Really Need

Apple thinks it’s figured out the future of TV, but it’s not apps. A few random clicks through YouTube reveals the real media goldmine waiting to be tapped: cats. But why pay for a monthly streaming service when this TV-shaped scratching post provides hours of real-life entertainment? You don’t need to connect it to your…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

4K Video on the iPhone 6s Is the Future, and No One Will Care

I’ve been pondering Apple’s addition of 4K video recording on the new iPhone 6s and 6s plus. My feeling is simple, and applies to many facets of any new Apple product. Please, oh please. Do not let yourself be roofied by Apple ads and marketing-speak that will attempt to sell 4K as magical rainbow juice…

Tech News Michael Hession

The Dark Web Just Got Safer

The dark web isn’t the scary, pervert-riddled digital crime swamp that shows like CSI:Cyber portray it as. But until this week, dark web sites hidden with the .onion domain lacked some basic security features. Without recognition from internet regulators like ICANN, people running .onion sites had no easy way to get security certificates. It was…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs

Your Beloved’s Soft Skin Is Just an Illusion

People generally enjoy gently touching and being touched by the people they love. Psychologists at University College London have found that our brains may encourage this behavior by making other people feel softer to us than they really are. In their experiments, published today in the journal Current Biology, 133 volunteers were paired up and…

Tech News Diane Kelly

When robots start acting like humans you can expect the worst

Corporations aren’t inherently evil, they’re only as greedy as the humans behind them. It’s the same thing with robots. Robots have no emotions—they’re just a pile of metal, screws and circuits—but they will be as mean, selfish, and avaricious as the people programming them. Wire Cutters is a brilliantly crafted student film directed and animated…

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

Most Holidays Are Fake, and Here’s Why

Tell Us Your Nightmare Tales of Working For a Giant Tech Company

Turns Out Ashley Madison’s Uncrackable Passwords Are Actually Very Crackable

Hilarious video about handmade firewood skewers every artisanal video

Watch This Guy Open a Hotel Room Safe With a Pocketknife and Paperclip

These Erasers Turn Pens and Pencils Into Swords

John McAfee’s “Campaign Video” Is Batshit

Rose Gold? That’s Not Pink. RIP iPhone 5c, The Best Pink Phone Apple Ever Made

Watch Bear Grylls Feed President Obama A Nasty Old Piece Of Salmon He Found By A River

The Four-Ton Head of a Lenin Statue Was Dug Up In Berlin Today

National Geographic Is Now Owned by a Climate Change Denier

Why the Somerton Man Endures As One of Australia’s Most Fascinating Cold Cases

Everything Apple Announced Yesterday In About 90 Seconds

Proof that some people must have superpowers

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

A Scratching Post TV Is the Only Channel You Really Need

4K Video on the iPhone 6s Is the Future, and No One Will Care

The Dark Web Just Got Safer

Your Beloved’s Soft Skin Is Just an Illusion

When robots start acting like humans you can expect the worst

Mamdani Lifts NYC TikTok Ban for City Employees, but with Some Unusual Restrictions

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

Let us help find what you are looking for...