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Yes, Microsoft Paid to Make This Terrible Xbox Live Ad 10 Years Ago

Once upon a time, online console gaming was a novel thing. And a singular, cohesive, online community built around a console was downright mindblowing. Enter Xbox Live, which turns 10 this week. To celebrate its new online system, Microsoft made maybe the corniest, ever-so-slightly racist, ad to introduce everyone to Xbox Live and all its…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Meet the Tiny Projector that Will Transform Your Movie Nights

The future of hosting movie night at your place is here. Gone are the dusty DVDs of yore, replaced by a 600-channel* Roku®-powered streaming projector from 3M that fits in the palm of your hand. Yep. In your hand. It’s the key to upgrading your movie night; read on for some more tips on how…

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Throw Away All Your Electronics Because They’re All Turning Into Narcs

We already know that Microsoft’s been looking at ways to turn Kinect into a snitch, but now, Big Brother is taking his talents to the nation’s students with a shiny new line of merciless, whistle-blowing e-books. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-is-turning-kinect-into-a-narc-5958094 CourseSmart, a major publisher of e-textbooks, just unveiled CourseSmart Analytics, a new tool that tracks students’ reading habits…

Tech News Ashley Feinberg

A Toddler-Driven Power Stroller Means Parents Never Have To Push

You might think you’ve got the most badass stroller at the playground, but it’s got nothing on Xandon Frogget’s creation which adds motors and a wireless steering system using a Wiimote controller. And thanks to an onboard Kinect sensor, his toddler can even drive it without the risk of crashing into anything. Enhanced with wheelchair…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

23 Ancient Web Sites That Are Still Alive

Do you know that Altavista, the omnipotent web search platform before Google awakened, is still online? Okay, it’s integrated into Yahoo, but the domain and the interface is up and running. Just like HotBot! Anyone remember HotBot? And Lycos? WebCrawler? These legendary search engines have survived for almost twenty years. Back in the 1990s, for…

Tech News Attila Nagy

This Discounted Retina Macbook Pro Is Your Dealzmodo-Apple-Promise Deal of the Day

Yesterday that semi-arrogant, totally-disappointing Apple holiday email finally hit my inbox. It’s seriously disappointing because it’s not even advertising any discounts, but just the same Apple products that have been at the same Apple prices for weeks. We didn’t even get a lousy iTunes gift card with purchase. You might be giving some iPresents this…

Tech News Kif Leswing

This 1990 Philips Ad Is Awesomely Awful

Kudos to Philips for posting this incredibly awkward promotional spot called Moving Sound on the company’s official YouTube channel. If it’s not ashamed of the ad—which highlights everything terrible about the 1990s—then why should we shudder when watching it? And keep your eyes peeled for a few cameos by a young Javier Bardem sporting the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Here’s How Easy Hacking an Apple ID Used to Be

As we learned when our friend Mat Honan got hacked earlier this year, Apple’s customer support line was dangerously susceptible to hackers. With a little coaxing, Apple representatives would hand over a customer account after a hacker offered very little information. Luckily, Apple has closed up this hole, but here’s a terrifying play-by-play of how…

Privacy & Security Mario Aguilar

Here’s Kevin Spacey Being Creepy In the Trailer for Netflix’s Next Original Series

On February 1, 2013 Netflix will premiere all 13 episodes of its latest original series, House of Cards. In the political drama directed by David Fincher, Kevin Spacey plays sneaky Congressman Francis Underwood. Netflix is basing much of its hopes for differentiating its service from others on offering compelling original content, and Mr. Spacey is…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Just What Sony Needs: Disney-Themed Holiday Wireless Keyboards

Product placement is always kind of awkward, but is Sony really in such dire straits that it needs to resort to cacophony of over-branding on its wireless keyboards? This is actually one of three new models that incorporate both Disney and Christmas elements, because of course everyone switches out keyboards for the holidays. In addition…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

The Good Steve Jobs Movie Will Only Have Three Scenes

A news shocker for anyone excited about the other Steve Jobs movie—which should be good, because it’s written by Oscar-winning dynamo Aaron Sorkin, doesn’t star Ashton Kutcher, and isn’t called iJobs. The movie will only have three scenes. Three. https://gizmodo.com/the-shitty-steve-jobs-movie-unveils-its-bad-guy-5916584 According to The Daily Beast, Sorkin says his upcoming Jobs biopic—which doesn’t have an actor…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Terrorists Can Take Down an Entire City’s LTE Network for Just $650

According to a critical document filed with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, you can take down any LTE network with a simple $650 piece of gear. Every cellphone grid is vulnerable to this technique, including FirstNet, the emergency communications network designed after 9/11. According to the authors, “it’s relatively easy to do” by anyone.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Apple’s New Patent Adjusts an iPad’s Display Size Based on How Far Away You Are

If you like to hold your iPad right up by next to your eyeballs because you are basically blind, you might someday have some relief. Apple has a new patent that changes the size of the display based on the distance of your face from the screen. The resizing tech could work in two opposite…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Have You Been Able to Back Up Your iPhone 5 Since Updating to iOS 6.0.1?

So something very peculiar is going on with my iPhone 5—I haven’t been able to successfully back up since updating to 6.0.1. A couple others on staff have encountered it too. The same error keeps occurring but I have no idea what that error is. Has anyone else encountered this issue? And if so, have…

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How a Robot Will Steal Your Job

On a visit to Standard Motor Products’ fuel-injector assembly line in South Carolina, Atlantic writer Adam Davidson asked why a worker there, Maddie, was welding caps onto the injectors herself. Why not use a machine? That’s how a lot of the factory’s other tasks were performed. Maddie’s supervisor, Tony, had a bracing, direct answer: “Maddie…

Tech News Cord Jefferson

Three Things to Consider Before Setting Up Your Home Office and the One Tool You’ll Absolutely Need

Whether you have a lucrative gig blogging about coupons or your work-from-home status is merely temporary, laptop + jammies does not a home office make. Welcome to the Business Casual series, a triptych of posts about how to stay on task at work — whether you’re onsite, offsite, or at home. Created in conjunction with…

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How Your Video Game Character Could Soon Share Your Rage Face

You spent hours tweaking your Xbox or Nintendo avatar to look exactly like you, but researchers at the EPFL are taking things one step further with a Kinect-based system that can translate your facial expressions and emotions to your online persona. So the next time you’re cursing into your headset after a loss in Halo,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

An Extra Grip Helps This Umbrella Battle Gale-Force Winds

Who would have thought that with just the simple addition of a second grip an umbrella could become more than just a frustrating mess of metal and nylon during a windy rainstorm? But from the looks of it the sublimely genius Grip2 umbrella could make maelstroms easier to manage. Besides a double-layer canopy that helps…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Handcuff Key Cufflinks Would Get James Bond Out of Any Lock-Up

Seemingly targeted at dapper globe-trotting spies, or wealthy perpetrators of corporate crimes, these stylish Sparrow Uncuff Links feature a handcuff key secretly incorporated into their design. Except that it’s not so secret. How long is it really going to take for super-villain henchmen or law enforcement to recognize that distinctive telling keyhole logo on the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Spotify Is Testing a Web Player That We’ll Probably See Next Year

If you’ve been looking for a way to stream Spotify tracks without having to use the standalone app, that day may come sooner than later: Spotify has confirmed with us that they have begun testing the feature with a small audience. A web-based version of Spotify has been a rumor for awhile now, and rumblings…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Yes, Microsoft Paid to Make This Terrible Xbox Live Ad 10 Years Ago

Meet the Tiny Projector that Will Transform Your Movie Nights

Throw Away All Your Electronics Because They’re All Turning Into Narcs

A Toddler-Driven Power Stroller Means Parents Never Have To Push

23 Ancient Web Sites That Are Still Alive

This Discounted Retina Macbook Pro Is Your Dealzmodo-Apple-Promise Deal of the Day

This 1990 Philips Ad Is Awesomely Awful

Here’s How Easy Hacking an Apple ID Used to Be

Here’s Kevin Spacey Being Creepy In the Trailer for Netflix’s Next Original Series

Just What Sony Needs: Disney-Themed Holiday Wireless Keyboards

The Good Steve Jobs Movie Will Only Have Three Scenes

Terrorists Can Take Down an Entire City’s LTE Network for Just $650

Apple’s New Patent Adjusts an iPad’s Display Size Based on How Far Away You Are

Have You Been Able to Back Up Your iPhone 5 Since Updating to iOS 6.0.1?

How a Robot Will Steal Your Job

Three Things to Consider Before Setting Up Your Home Office and the One Tool You’ll Absolutely Need

How Your Video Game Character Could Soon Share Your Rage Face

An Extra Grip Helps This Umbrella Battle Gale-Force Winds

Handcuff Key Cufflinks Would Get James Bond Out of Any Lock-Up

Spotify Is Testing a Web Player That We’ll Probably See Next Year

Can You Run a Computer Without RAM? Surprisingly, Yes—But You’ll Be Miserable

Artemis 2 Live Updates: Countdown to the Moon 🔴

How Adult Swim Skipped the April Fools’ Nonsense and Dropped a ‘Smiling Friends’ Claymation Horror Short Instead

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