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Nine Inch Nails: The Day The World Went Away

It’s always good to have some tunes on tap that sound their best at ear-shattering volumes, and if you’re in the market, Nine Inch Nail’s “The Day The World Went Away” deserves a spot at the top of the list. Off the “band”‘s 1999 classic The Fragile, the perplexingly titled “The Day The Whole World…

Tech News Eric Limer

These Awesome Floating Vases Are Practically Invisible

An expensive, ornate vase can be as much of a centerpiece as the flowers that are in it. These floating vases designed by the Japanese group oodesign take things in the opposite direction by making them look like water ripples. The vases themselves are just discs of clear plastic, but the design idea behind them…

Tech News Eric Limer

Scientists Built a Fake Virus Shell to Make a Sterile, Zombified Vaccine

Vaccines beef up your immune system by giving it a little taste of a weak—or dead—version of diseases. Now researchers in the UK have developed an alternative approach: build a synthetic doppelganger and let your body crush its hollow husk. Not technically viruses but rather virus-like particles, the vaccine developed by researchers from the U.K.…

Tech News Eric Limer

Your Old Hard Drives Are DIY Cotton Candy Machines Just Waiting to Happen

What with cloud storage becoming more and more affordable, chances are you’ve got a stack of old hard drives just laying around somewhere. At least one. You could just throw them away, or leave them to languish, or you could throw caution to the wind and make one into a cotton candy machine. Just in…

Tech News Eric Limer

San Francisco’s Stunning New Transit Hub Is One Beautiful Slice of Future

Public transit doesn’t have to be a total bummer if you’ve got a nice enough hub for it all to connect to. That seems to be the logic behind the upcoming 1.5-million-square-foot, San Francisco Transbay Transit Center. Some are calling it the city’ “Grand Central,” and if it lives up to the plans, it’ll certainly…

Tech News Eric Limer

What’s Your Earliest Memory of Using a Computer?

We all use computers every day, but at some moment in each of our lives, there was that first meeting. A first interface, if you will. You might not remember the real first time you used a computer, but there’s got to be one shining gem of nostalgia that sticks out in your mind. What…

Tech News Eric Limer

The Earth-Shattering DDoS That Wasn’t, Bill Gates’ Condom Challenge, Photoshop Jedi, And More

While there may not have actually been a Internet-threatening DDoS this week, there’s plenty more to catch up on. We’ve got soda-stealin’ tips, two flavors of photoshop magic, the reason you’ll wind up with a smart watch, Bill Gates’ condom plans, and all the people who suddenly owe Google $1,500. Check it all out below.…

Tech News Eric Limer

8 Random Celebrities Who Are Getting Google Glass

When Google started its Glass-giving spree, it picked out some odd picks. It got so bad that some of those offers got pulled. But you can bet these celebrity winners will get their copies. https://gizmodo.com/meet-the-lucky-people-who-suddenly-owe-google-1500-5992617 Stanford computer science student Andrej Karpathy put together a handy-dandy script that trawls Twitter and spits out the winners in…

Tech News Eric Limer

How Big Is the Tallest Mountain That Could Ever Exist on Earth?

We’ve got some pretty tall mountains here on Earth. Granted, even the best of ’em don’t hold a candle to what’s waiting on Mars, but they’re still impressive. Just look at the views Google got with its Street Mountain View shots. https://gizmodo.com/what-a-giant-martian-mountain-would-look-like-on-earth-5990962 But how tall could a mountain on Earth actually be, under the most…

Tech News Eric Limer

How to Stop Robocalls Once and For All

You’ve just sat down to a nice home-cooked meal with your family when the phone rings. Could be Grandma, you think. She still actually uses the phone for talking. But no, it’s a robocall shilling for some debt relief scam, the fifth in as many days. You know what? You don’t have to put up…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Even Grandma Could Tell This Isn’t How Hacking Works

It’s a common little meta-game for those of us who are technically competent: keep your eye out in the movies for the most egregious technical misrepresentation you can find. And while its one thing to just keep tossing of reference after reference to “the mainframe,” this complication of hacktastic scenes put together by the folks…

Tech News Eric Limer

Whoa, Watch Magnetic Putty Completely Swallow a Rare-Earth Magnet Like a Mutant Monster

Think Silly Putty is just fun and games? Not always! Just watch this magnetic putty completely devour a rare-earth magnet. It’s not as instantaneous as this time-lapse video makes it seem but it still ends up engulfing the entire magnet. The video, which was shot over an hour and a half in 3FPS but played…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Old Portents & Hand-Out Hijinx

Ben Crouse has done what some have said could never be done—he’s captured the spirit of the World Wide Web, animated it into a six minute short, and put it back on the Internet. Hella meta. [Cartoon Brew]

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Scrambling Eggs Inside Their Shells to Make Scrambled Hard Boiled Eggs Looks So Fun

Here’s a fun little cooking trick for you to try: scramble eggs inside its shell so that you can make scrambled hard boiled eggs. Meaning the entire egg will be perfectly golden all around. Delicious! All it requires is a long sleeve T-shirt (or pair of stockings, etc.) and two rubber bands (or rope, etc.).…

Tech News Casey Chan

This Week’s Top Comedy Video: Chris Brown’s Publicist

The life of a hotshot Hollywood publicist isn’t one you’d envy under the best of circumstances. But the guy who has to cover Chris Brown’s back? That’s some kind of martyr. Full video below: The rest of this week’s top comedy videos, including sex, bees, and Anna Kendrick, can be found over at Splitsider. Other…

Tech News Splitsider

Report: Facebook’s Secret Android Project Isn’t a Facebook Phone But a Home Screen Dedicated to Facebook

The WSJ is reporting that Facebook’s upcoming Android event will be a home screen—as in the first screen you see when you flip on your phone—dedicated to Facebook. It will “display content from users’ Facebook accounts on a smartphone’s home screen.” Facebook is expected to first offer this feature to an HTC phone but hopes…

Tech News Casey Chan

How a Pope’s Chalice Is Made

I don’t know why I find something so mundane so fascinating but I can’t get enough of watching Argentinian silversmith Juan Carlos Pallarols create a chalice for Pope Francis. It’s incredible just to see his hands and tools shape what will be the cup for the holiest man in the world. Pallarols had previously made…

Tech News Casey Chan

How Many Peeps and Cadbury Easter Eggs Can a 50 Cal Rifle Shoot Through?

You probably never wondered this before but the Internet is always about answering questions you never knew you had. Like, how many Peeps and Cadbury Easter Eggs can a 50 cal rifle shoot through? Rated R on YouTube decided to give it a try and blasted through your favorite Easter treats so you don’t have…

Tech News Casey Chan

Most Beautiful Items: March 23-29, 2013

Between unbelievable balloon art, a scaly aluminum aquarium, and a Google Image Search art project, we have beaucoup beautiful things to show you this week. Take a second to gander at the gorgeous things we found in art, architecture, and design this week. Of Course This Stunning Building Is an Aquarium https://gizmodo.com/of-course-this-stunning-building-is-an-aquarium-5992422 Blue Planet Aquarium…

Tech News Leslie Horn

CheapAir, French Girls, and More

Feeling lonely? For whatever reason, there was a whole slew of apps this week that get you connecting with others in mildly creepy ways. Whether its reminiscing about the past, seeing who’s around you and what they’re doing, or drawing total strangers for their enjoyment, there’s a friend out there waiting for you. Go get…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

Nine Inch Nails: The Day The World Went Away

These Awesome Floating Vases Are Practically Invisible

Scientists Built a Fake Virus Shell to Make a Sterile, Zombified Vaccine

Your Old Hard Drives Are DIY Cotton Candy Machines Just Waiting to Happen

San Francisco’s Stunning New Transit Hub Is One Beautiful Slice of Future

What’s Your Earliest Memory of Using a Computer?

The Earth-Shattering DDoS That Wasn’t, Bill Gates’ Condom Challenge, Photoshop Jedi, And More

8 Random Celebrities Who Are Getting Google Glass

How Big Is the Tallest Mountain That Could Ever Exist on Earth?

How to Stop Robocalls Once and For All

Even Grandma Could Tell This Isn’t How Hacking Works

Whoa, Watch Magnetic Putty Completely Swallow a Rare-Earth Magnet Like a Mutant Monster

The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Old Portents & Hand-Out Hijinx

Scrambling Eggs Inside Their Shells to Make Scrambled Hard Boiled Eggs Looks So Fun

This Week’s Top Comedy Video: Chris Brown’s Publicist

Report: Facebook’s Secret Android Project Isn’t a Facebook Phone But a Home Screen Dedicated to Facebook

How a Pope’s Chalice Is Made

How Many Peeps and Cadbury Easter Eggs Can a 50 Cal Rifle Shoot Through?

Most Beautiful Items: March 23-29, 2013

CheapAir, French Girls, and More

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

‘Supergirl’ Will Feature David Corenswet’s Superman in a Sort of Big Brother Role

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

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

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