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Microsoft Is Officially Killing MSN Messenger Once and For All

Ever since Microsoft acquired Skype, it’s been slowly but surely pushing those last MSN/Windows Live Messenger clingers-on into its brave new, Skype-based world. And now China, the last MSN Messenger stronghold, is finally getting the boot, ending the messaging service’s 15 year run once and for all. The shift happened in the US just over…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

Watch Old People Freak Out Trying Oculus Rift For the First Time

Oculus Rift’s virtual reality is so awesome that it’ll leave any generation slack-jawed. But it’s especially satisfying to see old people get their minds blown. “So this is how far they’ve come,” says one man. You have no idea dude. And in total fairness, that’s exactly how all of us felt when we used it…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

It’s legal to label foods with trans fats as containing none

A new study has shown that about 9 percent of packaged foods in the United States contain trans fats. Of those, the vast majority (84 percent) were listed as containing no trans fats. And that’s all perfectly legal according to the FDA. A significant body of research has shown that the consumption of partially hydrogenated…

Tech News Matt Novak

Behold, A Fresh Collection of Free-to-Use Satellite Images

The DOVES are a flock of microsatellites tasked with rapid Earth imaging. Now all those images are free-to-use under a creative commons license. Top image: San Francisco Bay, California. Nature reserves, salt ponds, and levee trails to the east, the Dumbarton Bridge spanning East Palo Alto and Fremont, with Facebook’s campus to the southwest. Credit:…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

A Bizarre 1937 Corporate Songbook Sings the Praises of All-Glorious IBM

Gather round, loyal workers and company envoys! Doff your caps, freshen your snuff, and pat down your side parts for a rousing singalong from Songs of the IBM, a 1937 book of songs that sing the praises of our illustrious employer: The EVER ONWARD I.B.M. Thanks to a fantastic(ally weird) find from Ars Technica today,…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

You Can’t Buy These Underwater Iron Man Thrusters Without Gov’t Approval

If you combined the SkyMall catalog with the Christmas list of some spoiled rich kid you’d end up with Hammacher Schlemmer: an impossible menagerie of everything from shoe polishers, to talking scales, to this amazing set of underwater thrusters that you wear like a pair of Iron Man’s pants. If there’s a better way to…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

A Porn Sound Guy Shows Us the True Meaning of Happiness

Meet Grant Meyers. A man passionate about sound, he can pull meaning from cacophony. He works as a foley artist (someone who recreates the ambient sounds in film) for porn movies. He LOVES it. He is also very fake, as this is a Humor Video for Laughs. But guess what, America. He is a goddamn…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

Walking Around With a Giant 1200mm Lens Is Sure to Draw a Crowd

There are many ways to remain inconspicuous as a photographer. One way is to only use small, unimposing lenses. The guys over at MPB Photographic went another direction, as seen in the video above. Just for kicks, they decided to take the world’s longest auto-focus lens, the $120,000 Canon EF 120mm f/5.6 L, and tote…

Tech News Michael Hession

Rival Coffee Cup Makers Have Already Cracked Keurig’s DRM

When Keurig announced its new Keurig 2.0, it came with more than just the ability to brew larger 30oz K-Carafe cups. It also came with measures to ensure only Keurig-approved cups could be used. Those measures didn’t work. The new security precaution involved the use of some sort of specialized ink marking present on top…

Tech News Eric Limer

A Replacement Seat That Easily Turns a Toilet Into a Bidet

If that cushy, three-ply toilet paper seems too luxurious and pricey for you, but the cheaper stuff is an unpleasant experience, here’s a cheap and easy upgrade from Kohler that turns your regular toilet into one of those fancy derriere-hosing bidets. Installation is as easy as swapping in a new toilet seat and ensuring its…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Paratroopers miraculously survive after terrifying midair collision

Watch as these two Russian paratroopers collide in midair during military maneuvers, getting their parachutes entangled and falling into what could have been a fatal impact. Fortunately, both soldiers survived. SPLOID is a new blog about awesome stuff. Join us on Facebook

Sploid Omar Kardoudi

Every Ikea Catalog Cover Since 1951

It’s that time of year: If you’re one of the hundreds of millions people on Ikea’s mailing list, you probably recently received a thick square of super-thin paper filled with (mostly rendered) products. Ikea has been sending these babies out for more than six decades—and you can follow the evolution of popular design just by…

Tech News Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

This Oculus Rift game on a real rollercoaster must be a crazy experience

The people at VR Coaster had a great idea: Create a 3D ride synchronized to a real world rollercoaster, put someone on the seat with an Oculus Rift headset, and let them freak the hell out as they fly through a fantastic landscape full of dragons and lava giants. Apparently, people say it’s an amazing…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

You Can Now Record Xbox One Gameplay Clips With SmartGlass

Fair play to Microsoft, which has been constantly dropping updates for the Xbox One and its associated apps since launch. Today is the turn of the SmartGlass second screen app, which now allows gameplay clips to be recorded directly from the mobile application. In a Kinect-less Xbox One household, it’ll make saving those best frag…

Tech News Gary Cutlack - Gizmodo UK

Samsung Is Getting Nokia’s Here For Navigation

However good Google Maps might be, Samsung has decided that it can offer better. Teaming up with Nokia, a beta version of Here for Android is being made available exclusively for Samsung. https://gizmodo.com/nokias-insanely-fast-new-mapping-service-looks-awesome-5960184 The new navigation app, powered by Nokia’s rather good backend, will become available for Samsung smartphones with the launch of the new…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

These Philippe Starck Bicycle Helmets Look Too Good to Wear

With their slinky curves, space-age visors and sleek polished metallic finish, you’d be forgiven for thinking that these helmets were part of the costume design for a futuristic movie. Nope, they’re just Philippe Starck’s bicycle helmets. Citing the world of motorcycling as his source of inspiration, Starck has teamed up with California-based Giro to create…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Video: Unmanned F-16 jet dodges a live missile for the first time

Boeing has successfully tested the QF-16 against live fire for the first time. The QF-16 is a a modified version of the F-16 Fighting Falcon designed to be controlled remotely by a human pilot so companies can test new weapons systems against it. It’s pretty awesome to see it dodging the bullet in the skies.…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Good morning, Hong Kong

One of the coolest things about Hong Kong—one of the great cities of the world that feels a lot like living in the future, for better or worse—is the bustling city’s relationship with the picturesque nature that surrounds it. You get a glimpse of that in this video by Billy Boyd Cape. This is part…

Sploid Casey Chan

ISIS Militants Use the Same Drones as Ordinary Folks

What kind of drones do ISIS militants use? Nothing fancy actually: in fact, they use an off-the-shelf consumer drone like a DJI Phantom. https://gizmodo.com/the-dji-phantom-2-quadcopter-is-now-a-real-autonomous-d-1599334139 A video posted to YouTube (now removed because it included graphic scenes) showed ISIS militants using a a DJI Phantom FC40 to capture video. The footage, a still from which is…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

This Biodegradable Plastic Is Made From Corn Husks And Rice Stems

We all know what havoc plastic wreaks on our environment. When it’s not running off into our lakes and choking fish, it’s fusing with sand, wood and natural debris and forming permanent litter that will far outlast us. Wouldn’t it be great it we could make biodegradable plastic out of agriculture waste? Turns out we…

Tech News Pranav Dixit

Microsoft Is Officially Killing MSN Messenger Once and For All

Watch Old People Freak Out Trying Oculus Rift For the First Time

It’s legal to label foods with trans fats as containing none

Behold, A Fresh Collection of Free-to-Use Satellite Images

A Bizarre 1937 Corporate Songbook Sings the Praises of All-Glorious IBM

You Can’t Buy These Underwater Iron Man Thrusters Without Gov’t Approval

A Porn Sound Guy Shows Us the True Meaning of Happiness

Walking Around With a Giant 1200mm Lens Is Sure to Draw a Crowd

Rival Coffee Cup Makers Have Already Cracked Keurig’s DRM

A Replacement Seat That Easily Turns a Toilet Into a Bidet

Paratroopers miraculously survive after terrifying midair collision

Every Ikea Catalog Cover Since 1951

This Oculus Rift game on a real rollercoaster must be a crazy experience

You Can Now Record Xbox One Gameplay Clips With SmartGlass

Samsung Is Getting Nokia’s Here For Navigation

These Philippe Starck Bicycle Helmets Look Too Good to Wear

Video: Unmanned F-16 jet dodges a live missile for the first time

Good morning, Hong Kong

ISIS Militants Use the Same Drones as Ordinary Folks

This Biodegradable Plastic Is Made From Corn Husks And Rice Stems

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