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Royal terror: You won’t believe the trouble these royal babies caused

Prince George of Cambridge, the new royal baby, is not the first infant to cause a big ruckus with his birth. England’s history is filled with tales of incredible savagery and violence spawned by the arrival of a new prince in this tragic kingdom.

Sploid Ken Layne

This 1930s Family Is High On Laughing Gas Pie

Humans love to get high. So much so that people were recreationally using nitrous oxide (commonly called “laughing gas”) for nearly a century before it was used as an anaesthetic. So when chemists in the 1930s started proposing the use of nitrous oxide in consumer products like whipped cream canisters, some people naturally assumed that…

Tech News Matt Novak

For Music Fans, Google Chromecast Is No Apple Airplay

About two and a half years after Evolver.fm started taking Google to task over its lack of a super-simple wireless music solution along the lines of Apple’s AirPlay for zapping music to speakers around the house, Google unveiled on Wednesday what some are calling its answer to AirPlay: Chromecast. The $35 Chromecast HDMI dongle plugs…

Tech News Eliot Van Buskirk - Evolver.fm

Explore an Interactive Map of Every Meteorite Seen in the Past Century

As long as you’re not in the immediate landing path, meteorites are really fascinating. Over the past century, The Meteoritical Society has confirmed 606 eyewitnessed meteorite landings around the world. Designer Sebastian Sadowski maps them all out in a great interactive infographic that’s tons of fun, until you realize you’re a meteorite’s sitting duck no…

Tech News Bob Sorokanich

Get Lost In These Abstract Maps of the World’s Great Cities

A city’s street plan isn’t just the canvas that we paint our lives on—it’s a work of art on its own. This is true regardless whether the avenues and thoroughfares were meticulously arranged into an anal-retentive grid, or whether they just, ahem, happened over time as residents sprawled away from the center of town. If…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

You Can Get Chromecast Tomorrow (And Cheaper) If You Buy From Amazon

This may turn out to be a mistake on Amazon’s part, but right now Google Chromecast is listed as being for sale, right now, and Prime-eligible. That means you can have the crazy new must-buy streaming dongle shipped to you by the end of the week for free if you’re a Prime member, or by…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Shooting Challenge: Giant Plants!

Last week, we looked at bugs. This week, I’m sending you back into the bush to catch more of nature’s nuance on the macro level. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, photograph the wonder of plants. The Challenge Photograph a plant—preferably as close as possible, as if Rick Moranis nailed you with a shrink ray and…

Tech News Mark Wilson

An Injury Primer: When to Heat It, When to Ice It

When you’re faced with a sports-related injury, half of your friends will be adamant that ice is the only way to treat it. The other half will tell you that heat is the way to go. The problem is that most of your friends are idiots. So, which of your idiot friends are you supposed…

Tech News Brent Rose

Socially Networked Bacteria Isn’t as Scary as It Sounds

It’s safe to say that anytime bacteria develops human-like traits, we should be startled. We’ve long known that the tiny little critters have ways of smelling and tasting, and then earlier this year, we learned about their simplistic economics system. Now, scientists have learned that they use social networks, too. A team of biologists at…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

12 Rules of Internet

In my years working in technology, I have learned a few things. These lessons have become oft-repeated refrains when speaking to people, so I thought I’d collect them so I have a link to send folks when needed. 1) Given enough time, any object which can generate musical notes will be used to play the…

Tech News Anil Dash - Dashes.com

How the New Nexus 7 Stacks Up to the Competition

Well, we already knew pretty much everything there was to know about the new Nexus 7 before Google’s official announcement. You could have even technically have gone to Best Buy and bought (that is, pre-ordered) it this morning. But even though nothing was really a surprise, that doesn’t change the fact that it’s one sweet…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

The NSA Hated Civilian Encrypted Data Way Back in the 1970s

In the 1970s, civilian researchers at places like IBM, Stanford and MIT were developing encryption to ensure that digital data sent between businesses, academics and private citizens couldn’t be intercepted and understood by a third party. This concerned folks in the U.S. intelligence community who didn’t want to get locked out of potentially eavesdropping on…

Tech News Matt Novak

Dealzmodo: Rockstar Games, $10 Earbuds, iPod Touch, Haswell, Keurig

Gizmodo already told you the Chromecast was a no-brainer, so you don’t need my help with that one. Gamefly is having a ridiculous deal on Rockstar games today, and I decided the Dealzmodo readers deserved to share the wealth. Besides, the 3TB External I was going to run with expired. Like in said in the…

Tech News Shane Roberts

What Happens When the US Navy Does a Donut in the Pacific Ocean

And you thought your Hyundai had moves. This is the littoral combat ship USS Independence showing off its turning radius last week. Technically it’s a display of maneuvering prowess, but you can’t help but think it was also a chance for a bunch of able-bodied seamen to say wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Now just imagine the damage this…

Tech News Brian Barrett

You’d Be Crazy Not to Buy Google Chromecast (SUPER SAD UPDATE)

Google’s relationship with television is spotty, at best. Google TV, whether as a set-top box or as a built-in product, has been an ongoing punchline. It didn’t even sell television shows in the Play Store until a year ago. But Chromecast is different. It’s Google’s cross-platform answer to AirPlay, a video-friendly dongle that fits snuggly…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Nexus 7 Hands On: A Giant Leap for Google-Kind

After Google’s Nexus 7 announcement today, we had the opportunity to put the new device through its paces and it did not disappoint. The new unit is noticeably lighter than its predecessor and its narrower form factor makes it easier to fit in a back pocket without busting seams. The new 7’s screen is brighter…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Drones Should Film Surf Videos More Often

When there’s news of yet another frightening drone strike on the news almost everyday, it’s hard to forget that those crazy flying machines can be used for more than war. In recent years we’ve seen drones used by hobbyists as expensive big boy toys, by journalists as eyes in the sky and now, by surfers…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Animatronics Could Go Mainstream Thanks to Disney’s Latest Program

Just as software made it relatively easy for ordinary folks to animate fun cartoons on a computer, software is on its way to making it easy for ordinary folk to animate real-life figurines—like the 3D-printed cyber tiger strutting its stuff in this video. A new paper published by Disney Research describes “an interactive design system…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Chromecast Is Google’s $35 Answer to Getting Web Video on Your TV

Meet Chromecast. This is Google’s vision for how Chrome can help unite your experience across all of the many screens we’ve got. And you better believe it’s all about video. Who knew a little $35 dongle could change the way you watch forever? What we’ve got here is a set-top-box-like product—that plugs into your TV…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Google Edition Phones Aren’t the Answer You Were Hoping For

Google Editions of the HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4—phones devoid of manufacturer skins, running pure Android—were supposed to be the solution to one of Android’s biggest problems. No longer would premium hardware be left behind when platform updates happen. That was the idea, anyway. But today we found out that’s not quite the case.…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Royal terror: You won’t believe the trouble these royal babies caused

This 1930s Family Is High On Laughing Gas Pie

For Music Fans, Google Chromecast Is No Apple Airplay

Explore an Interactive Map of Every Meteorite Seen in the Past Century

Get Lost In These Abstract Maps of the World’s Great Cities

You Can Get Chromecast Tomorrow (And Cheaper) If You Buy From Amazon

Shooting Challenge: Giant Plants!

An Injury Primer: When to Heat It, When to Ice It

Socially Networked Bacteria Isn’t as Scary as It Sounds

12 Rules of Internet

How the New Nexus 7 Stacks Up to the Competition

The NSA Hated Civilian Encrypted Data Way Back in the 1970s

Dealzmodo: Rockstar Games, $10 Earbuds, iPod Touch, Haswell, Keurig

What Happens When the US Navy Does a Donut in the Pacific Ocean

You’d Be Crazy Not to Buy Google Chromecast (SUPER SAD UPDATE)

Nexus 7 Hands On: A Giant Leap for Google-Kind

Drones Should Film Surf Videos More Often

Animatronics Could Go Mainstream Thanks to Disney’s Latest Program

Chromecast Is Google’s $35 Answer to Getting Web Video on Your TV

Google Edition Phones Aren’t the Answer You Were Hoping For

Instagram Tests Letting You Lurk to Your Heart’s Content—for a Price

Popular Sweetener Found in Protein Bars Tied to Stroke, Blood Clot Risk

HBO’s Boss Has Yet to Be Approached About Partnering on ‘Doctor Who’

AI Agent Runs the ‘I’m Being Censored’ Playbook After Getting Banned from Wikipedia

‘Scream 7’ Comes Home With Deleted Scenes We Hope Will Improve the Movie

A QR Code Too Small to See Hints at a New, Non-Annoying Use for the Format

Andy Weir Apologizes After ‘Star Trek’ Comment Backlash

Scientists Discover Hidden Behavior in Water That Helps Explain Why Ice Floats

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

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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