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BLAM! Weird Al Is Currently Announcing the Bonnaroo Lineup Via YouTube Live Stream

Today, in celebration of that special time of year when hundreds of thousands of young people voluntarily sleep outside and see very famous musical acts perform their very famous songs, noted weird person Al Yankovic is announcing the 2013 Bonnaroo lineup. You can watch him do his thing live in the video embedded above. And…

HTC One vs. Everyone Else: How Does It Stack Up?

Finally here and with the highly touted UltraPixel* camera in tow, HTC’s newest flagship phone is ready to hold its own. Well, on paper, at least. But how does it compare to everyone else’s flagship? https://gizmodo.com/htc-one-the-great-white-hype-is-here-5985305 The newly-named UltraPixel* may be its billboard feature, but the One also wins the the battery and pixel density…

HTC One Hands On: Exactly How You’re Supposed to Build a Phone

It’s funny. For as much as Android phones have been known a prime spec war battleground for years now, they may have finally reached a tipping point. Big screens, fast processors, and 1080p everythings have become standardized. What matters now is thoughtfulness and execution, and at a glance, HTC’s One is right on the money.…

The Lost Space Age Of Communism

Tehnika Molodezhi (Техника — молодёжи, “Technology for the Youth”) was the ‘Popular Mechanics of the Soviet Union’. During the Soviet era the legendary monthly magazine was devoted to popular science articles and often depicted colourful scenes of the near future, how spaceflight gonna change our life, how humankind gonna explore the Solar System, how rockets…

The State of California Has Mark Zuckerberg’s Unclaimed Paychecks Waiting

Mark Zuckerberg should fill out one of the claim association forms from the California State Comptroller’s office. Turns out, he has an unclaimed paycheck from 2004 from PayPal to the tune of $308.62, BetaBeat reports. Zuck’s not alone. The state of California has $6 billion in unclaimed property owed to millions of residents. Those assets…

HTC One: The Great White Hype Is Here

Carved out of a solid block of aluminum, HTC’s great white hype is the oft leaked One aka M7. It’s what the company is touting as its new flagship device today in New York. And in typical HTC style, the One has one or two new software features to help differentiate itself from the rest.…

Magnet Boxes Are Puzzles You Can Actually Use

Jigsaw puzzles are fun, though they’re a tedious undertaking. You can never figure out where that one corner piece goes. Plastica’s MagContainers are an assortment of magnetic, puzzle-like wooden boxes, and there’s no wrong way to put them together. The geometric shapes have magnets embedded on all sides, so you can configure them any way…

Nvidia Tegra 4i: Quad-Core Processing and LTE For Mobile Awesome

Just over a month after announcing the Tegra 4 processor, Nvidia’s back with another mobile chipset, the Tegra T4i, which comes with an integrated LTE modem. It’s designed specifically for use with smartphones. Where the Tegra 4 is all about raw power for big phones and tablets, the Tegra 4i is a marvel of tiny…

Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan: A Massive GPU That Might Be Unbeatable

Today Nvidia is pulling the wraps off the GK110-based GeForce GTX Titan, a single-GPU card that is expected to easily capture the title of Baddest Ass GPU in the world when benchmarks are released this Thursday, February 21st. The Titan is Nvidia’s “Big Kepler” GPU, and has double the transistors and almost double the CUDA…

Are Computers Ruining Education?

The original description for this image says “My med school this morning. Future doctors of america learning ADHD one imgur link at a time.” I don’t know if they are medical students or if they were learning about ADHD for real, but maybe it’s time to reconsider laptops in the class. I never brought mine,…

Google Wants To Starve Piracy Sites to Death

Google is looking into a new strategy for cracking down on piracy sites: cutting off the sources of their funding so they’ll wither and die. The Telegraph says Google is in cahoots with Visa, MasterCard, and PayPal to stop supplying money to websites that host links to illegally obtained books, movies, and TV shows. This…

Goal Line Tech Will Feature in the 2014 Soccer World Cup

FIFA has announced that—finally!—goal line technology will be used to assess whether balls really do cross the line at the 2014 soccer World Cup, which is due to be held in Brazil. Sepp Blatter, the president of FIFA, explained that goal line technology was successfully tested in the Club World Cup in December, so it’s…

How Graphene Could Transform the Gadgets of the Future

Graphene doesn’t need any introduction: it’s the super material to beat ’em all. But this beautiful video demonstrates how it could transform the future of the gadgets you use everyday. There’s been an idea floating around for a couple of years which suggests that graphene could be used to construct the world’s best supercapacitor: an…

Budapest From Orbit

Oh, hello Commander Hadfield! And thank you for the nice pic!

This Bionic Hand Will Let an Amputee Feel Again

The first ever bionic hand that allows patients to feel again will be transplanted into a human this year, according to the researchers who have developed it. The patient—currently unnamed—is in his 20s and lives in Rome. He’ll have the new hand, shown in the picture, connected directly to his nervous system, and it’s hoped…

This Is Almost Certainly Probably How HTC’s New Phone Will Look

HTC is gearing up to announce its new phone later today. We’ve seen numerous leaks and renderings but now, just ahead of the announcement, French site NowhereElse claims to have laid its hands on some press images. https://gizmodo.com/if-htcs-new-phone-really-looks-like-this-will-you-buy-5984495 It shows the phone off from all angles—and ties in with everything we’ve seen to date. Codenamed…

Chinese officials have branded that report identifying a Shanghai hacking base “groundless”. Of course they have! https://gizmodo.com/the-chinese-army-is-hacking-the-united-states-from-this-5985228

BlackBerry Security Flaw Could Compromise Enterprise Servers

BlackBerry has released news which warns of a vulnerability that could expose enterprise servers to malware attacks. Listed as “high severity”, the flaw could allow attackers to leverage a loophole in the way TIFF image files are rendered to take down servers. From the release: Vulnerabilities exist in how the BlackBerry MDS Connection Service and…

Firefox 19 officially launches later today—but if you’re desperate, you can download it now from Mozilla’s FTP server.

This Building Is Home to the Chinese Army Unit Hacking the US

In a dusty, run-down suburb of Shanghai, this white 12-story building looks like nothing out of the ordinary. But according to US surveillance, it’s actually the base of the Chinese Army’s cyberwarriors. The New York Times reveals that a new report, by American computer security firm Mandiant, singles out this building as the hub of…