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The First Antarctic Sunrise After Months of Night Is Breathtaking

The sun just rose in Antarctica. And that’s kind of a big deal since it set back in May. It’s beautiful, sure, but it must also be a huge relief. https://gizmodo.com/at-least-antarcticas-last-sunset-until-august-is-a-stu-493717379 The photo comes by way of the European Space Agency, and features the Antarctic base Concordia. During that long, –112°F winter, its inhabitants are…

Tech News Eric Limer

DSLR Stolen By An Alligator Was Rescued After Eight Months

Dropping your phone is bad. Dropping your DSLR is worse. Dropping your DSLR by a bunch of alligators is even worser. And dropping your DSLR and having it stolen by an alligator is the worsetest. Just ask Mario Aldecoa. Luckily he got his gear back. After eight months. Back in January, Aldecos was shooting a…

Tech News Eric Limer

Why Gold iPhones Make Sense, A Head in a Particle Accelerator, and More

You want a gold iPhone? Well it’s probably coming regardless. But in the meantime, we’ve got plenty of other stuff to talk about. How about ancient jewelry from space, an optical illusion that lets you see your own brain waves, a jet that takes off like a UFO, the weirdest Russian hovercraft landing and more.…

Tech News Eric Limer

Building a Highway Is Way More Complicated Than You’d Think

There’s way more to building a road than just slathering some asphalt all over the ground. The process is actually pretty involved, with a bunch of steps you probably hadn’t thought of. And even a little bit of art to it. This fantastic video from Aaron Jones shows the E.T. Simonds construction company from Carbondale,…

Tech News Eric Limer

Surprise: NSA Agents Use All-Seeing Power to Spy on Their Crushes

It’s only reasonable to assume that men or women with near unbounded power to spy on the public would eventually use that power to peek at people they are sexually interested in. Well, now you don’t have to assume it, because the NSA is admitting it. It’s called “LOVEINT” for ‘love intelligence’ and the NSA…

Tech News Eric Limer

How to Find Your Missing Phone

Oh boy, now you’ve done it. Not only are you supremely hungover from last night’s rager, but your phone is nowhere to be found. Could you have left it at the bar, in a cab, in the gutter somewhere? Who knows! But don’t panic, there’s a host of apps that do. Here’s how to find…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Watch This Dumbass Driver on His Cellphone Get Exactly What He Deserves

Traffic accidents are annoying enough on their own, but they’re even worse when they’re caused by a complete idiot. This Russian man takes a little initiative by dispensing some righteous road justice. Not to the driver that (almost) caused the mess, but to the driver’s cellphone. Revenge never looked like it felt so good. [Reddit]

Tech News Eric Limer

What It’s Like to Live Without a Phone

You know, it’s not that you wouldn’t miss having the Internet on your fingertips, text messages constantly flying through the sky and a camera to document every waking moment when you live without a phone. You totally would miss all that. But what would be even more annoying is how life would turn incredibly lonely…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Scare Me

When the mountain of muscle wearing a bandoleer of mics with a laser cannon for a right hand asks you a question, you’re going to want to think long and hard about how you answer. And remember, Major Lazer can smell you lie. The Major Lazer project began as a collaboration between DJs Diplo and…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Moto X Teardown: So This Is What Made in the USA Looks Like

If you’re curious as to what the lovely Moto X looks like on the inside, the surgical team at iFixit has exposed its designed and assembled in the USA innards for all to see. Apparently, you can see right through the woven black case on the Moto X. iFixit also found some other unique choices…

Tech News Casey Chan

This Week’s Top Comedy Video: I Hate San Francisco

Most people love San Francisco! Well, except for that one startup guy. But the rest of us can find something about SF to love from its vibrant culture, wonderful food, open minded people, close proximity to the ocean, charming architecture, the Golden Gate Bridge, most excellent burritos, Colin Kaepernick, occasionally very beautiful days, lovely in…

Tech News Splitsider

Most Beautiful Items: August 17 – 23, 2013

You’re in the homestretch. The weekend, my friends, is at hand. But before you disembark, check out some of our favorite finds from the worlds of art, architecture, and design over the past week. It’s plenty to tide you over before you hit happy hour. This Artist Paints With Pigments Made From Toxic Sludge Nature…

Tech News Leslie Horn

The best way to get a $3 million book deal is to be famous first

Even though very few people read books, lots of people would love to get rich writing books. How hard can it be? But the best way to make money from writing a book is to already be a famous TV celebrity, because then you can get an insane advance. http://defamer.gawker.com/what-makes-a-3-000-000-book-how-to-land-a-celebrity-b-1189810122

Sploid Ken Layne

Realistic game gets you right inside Gitmo to torture prisoners

One of the biggest games of the year—Tom Clancy’s new Splinter Cell: Blacklist—takes players right into Guantanamo Bay prison camp to torture an inmate—and then lets them “decide to spare or kill their interrogated target.” In the game you play Sam Fisher, a “U.S. government super-spy and needed savior of the free world.” In this…

Sploid Jesus Diaz

Android Apps of the Week: SwiftKey Cloud, Minuum, and More

Happy Friday, friends! What better way to celebrate the week’s ceremonial end than by bestowing your phone with a brand new keyboard? Ok. So maybe there are a few better ways than that, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t some fun to be had in sending text messages to organize the real celebrating faster than…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

iPad Apps of the Week: YouTube, Quick Graph, and More

It’s been a long week, you deserve to take it easy for the next few days. Which is why we’ve rounded up the iPad apps that will do all the dirty work (e.g. “thinking”) for you, leaving you free to kick back and let your mind wander. Quick Graph: Even the most liberal of liberal…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

iPhone Apps of the Week: Human Body, KeWe, and More

Welcome to the weekend. The sun may or may not be shining, but you’ll always have the warm glow of your mobile applications to keep you company. And that’s all that matters after all, right? Here’s a few more friends to add to your ever-loyal gang. Human Body: While most educational apps are generally intended…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

Glow-in-the-Dark Snails Make Boring Research Beautiful

A group of researchers from the ecology department at the U.K.’s University of Exeter have been spending time studying how snails transmit a parasite called lungworm to dogs in Great Britain. Ah, my god, how boring. But they made something beautiful out of the project when they attached LEDs to the slow-moving slugs to track…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Throwback Gloves That Take You Out To the Ballgames of Yesterday

Some would argue that professional baseball of past eras was a simpler and purer version of the game, free from controversies like player strikes or steroid use. And this line of Shoeless Joe throwback gloves, that recreate designs from as far back as 1910, could help you relive those times—even if they’re named after a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Yikes: Riding a bike in New York City is dangerous and scary

Bikes are the new fad in rich cities such as New York. Everyone wants to look cool and get exercise and be “green,” but actually riding a bike through Manhattan is a terrifying ordeal that one New Yorker very barely survived. [Photo via Shutterstock.] https://jalopnik.com/my-first-bike-ride-across-manhattan-nearly-made-me-ruin-1189072351

Sploid Ken Layne

The First Antarctic Sunrise After Months of Night Is Breathtaking

DSLR Stolen By An Alligator Was Rescued After Eight Months

Why Gold iPhones Make Sense, A Head in a Particle Accelerator, and More

Building a Highway Is Way More Complicated Than You’d Think

Surprise: NSA Agents Use All-Seeing Power to Spy on Their Crushes

How to Find Your Missing Phone

Watch This Dumbass Driver on His Cellphone Get Exactly What He Deserves

What It’s Like to Live Without a Phone

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Scare Me

Moto X Teardown: So This Is What Made in the USA Looks Like

This Week’s Top Comedy Video: I Hate San Francisco

Most Beautiful Items: August 17 – 23, 2013

The best way to get a $3 million book deal is to be famous first

Realistic game gets you right inside Gitmo to torture prisoners

Android Apps of the Week: SwiftKey Cloud, Minuum, and More

iPad Apps of the Week: YouTube, Quick Graph, and More

iPhone Apps of the Week: Human Body, KeWe, and More

Glow-in-the-Dark Snails Make Boring Research Beautiful

Throwback Gloves That Take You Out To the Ballgames of Yesterday

Yikes: Riding a bike in New York City is dangerous and scary

Fourth Most Populous Country in the World Bans Most Social Media for Kids

How to watch UFC Fight Night Adesanya vs Pyfer live this Saturday

‘Steel Ball Run’ Will Return This Year…Eventually

‘The Mummy 4’ Is Getting the Family Back Together

JD Vance Says UFOs Are Actually Demons

Breville Barista Express Espresso Machine Hits Its Lowest Price of the Year for Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, Cut Your Daily Coffee Costs at Home

Amazon Clears Out Govee LED Smart Light Bulbs (2-Pack) at a Record Low, Each Bulb Costs Just a Few Dollars

The First Proper ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Trailer Is a ’90s Anime Fever Dream

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