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The Canadian Government Accidentally Ran a Bunch of Ads on the Pirate Bay

The Pirate Bay tends to be a website that national governments aren’t particularly fond of. That being the case, it’d be surprising if a national government ran ads on the site, advertising an Economic Action Plan, right? Canada did that, but not on purpose. Banner ads for Canada’s Department of Finance’s Economic Action Plan started…

Tech News Eric Limer

This Crazy Baggage Roller Coaster Takes Your Bags For a Record-Breaking Ride

For the most part, traditional conveyor-based baggage-delivery systems work just fine, but they are pretty slow, which can throttle your throughput. That’s suddenly not a problem if you treat your bags to a kart-based roller coaster that reaches speeds up to 22mph (600 meters per minute). Airplanes won’t be the only things that are flying,…

Tech News Eric Limer

The Nook GlowLight Gets a Price Cut to Match the Kindle Paperwhite

With the new Kindle Paperwhite on the horizon, Barnes and Noble is making a move to try and keep its backlit e-ink reader relevant. In order to do that, they’ve dropped its price to $119, the same as the ad-supported Kindle Paperwhite. Both Target and Walmart are advertising the new, lower price for the Nook…

Commerce Eric Limer

How Many Icons Do You Have On Your Desktop

There are plenty of ways to keep a desktop. On the one hand, it’s kind of like your default folder, immediately displayed to you on login. It’s a convenient place for those things you need quick, like dozens of shortcuts. On the other hand, it’s a homescreen, a homescreen, and shouldn’t you keep your home…

Tech News Eric Limer

18 People Who Already Somehow Broke Their iPhone 5

Even though the iPhone 5’s aluminum backing removed the odds of shattering the glass by 50%, some people will always be on the wrong side of the odds. These are those people. Those poor, unfortunate, unlucky souls who have already broken their brand new iPhone 5 after only a week. I don’t want to jinx…

Tech News Casey Chan

Porn Search Engines, Statues From Space, Apple’s Proprietary Lightning Chip, And More

Fall is here, and it’s a good time to take a beat and enjoy the changing seasons, but news hasn’t stopped; a lot went down this week. Between an upcoming porn search engine, a mysterious statue carved out of meteorite, the discovery of little chips inside Apple’s new lightning charging cables, glass data storage, and…

Tech News Eric Limer

The Galaxy Tab 10.1 Gets a Shot at Going on Sale Again

Thanks to the Apple vs. Samsung patent war, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 has been off the market here in the States due to an injunction awarded a month ahead of the big showdown. Now, a U.S. appeals court has ruled that it’s time to reconsider that ban. https://gizmodo.com/apple-draws-blood-with-us-galaxy-tab-injunction-5921664 When the jury decided the Apple…

Tech News Eric Limer

Apple Stops Calling Its Maps “The Most Powerful”

Following Apple CEO Tim Cook’s candid admission that Apple Maps might not be so great, and his suggestion that users turn to competing services, Apple has cleaned up one final detail: they aren’t calling their maps the most powerful any more. https://gizmodo.com/apple-ceo-tim-cook-apologizes-for-apple-maps-suggests-5947255 Previously, Apple’s website suggested iOS 6 maps were not only the most beautiful,…

Tech News Eric Limer

How to Ditch Cash and Pay for Everything Electronically

It’s 2012, and we’re still fussing with paper currency. Why isn’t everything electronic? Or at the very least, exclusively utilizing magnetic strips on plastic rectangles? Where are those ID/Passport/money-replacing cards we were promised in the 90s? There’s hope. Over the past few years, a handful of savvy startups and developers have begun exploring the electronic…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Artist Brings Street View Bystanders Back Into the Real World

Countless thousands have become the subject of candid photos thanks to Google’s Street View campaign. After they’re photographed, their faces are dutifully blurred, and they stand as digital statutes in cyberspace, but one artist likes bringing them back into the real world. Paolo Cirio likes to search around Street View for a subject, and when…

Tech News Eric Limer

If You’re Going To Buy a Nexus 7, You Should Do It Right Now

So maybe you’ve been sitting back, waiting to see what tablets the world has in store. That’s not a bad idea, but if you’ve been leaning towards the Nexus 7, you should just pull the trigger right now. Why? Because it still comes with a $25 Google Play credit, but only until tomorrow. Of course,…

Tech News Eric Limer

Watch a Bunch of Computer Parts Somehow Sing That Gotye Song

I don’t know if I’m more sick of this Gotye song or that Call Me Maybe song (though Gangnam Style is quickly catching up to both of them) but this is actually pretty freaking cool: a bunch of old computer parts—hardrives, scanners, etc—combine to sing the song, ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ by Gotye.…

Tech News Casey Chan

Every Infomercial Is Just Like This

When you’re up late at night for god knows why and flipping through channels for a show that no longer exists, you always run into infomercials. And they’re always so damn catchy! Like buying that new spout will change your life overnight! Pleated Jeans pokes fun of the sameness of every informercial ever and it’s…

Tech News Casey Chan

Here Are More Pictures and Video Showing Off the Rumored iPad Mini

Because the iPhone 5 just released, it seems like the iPad Mini rumor mill has gotten a little quiet. A little too quiet, if you ask me. Don’t worry though, the leaks will continue to come. Like this video, which shows off the small size of the rumored iPad Mini. The video is just a…

Tech News Casey Chan

Watch the Flaming Beauty of a Molotov Cocktail in Slow Motion

The unpredictable nature of fire makes for a pretty awesome dancing light show. The psychotic nature of a Molotov cocktail makes for a pretty dangerous way to start the fire to see that dancing light show. SO WHY NOT WATCH A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL EXPLODE IN SLOT MOTION. Yes, please. The Slow Mo Guys (who else?)…

Tech News Casey Chan

A 10 Foot USB Extension Cable Will Change Your Life

Here’s one thing that you can buy for five bucks that’ll make your life instantly better: a 10-foot long USB extension cable. I swear—this is not hyperbole here—buying one of these cords will change your smartphone using habits as much as buying a new iPhone 5 would, for a fraction of the price. Yeah. It’s…

Tech News Casey Chan

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Humblebrag

The subtle art of the humblebrag, a twitter conceit so well-received that they’ve actually made a book out of it. Not familiar? Let the cast of Parks and Rec educate you. Full video below; and honestly isn’t getting the cast of the funniest show on TV to promote your book the humblest brag of all?…

Tech News Splitsider

Google Autocomplete Tells Us That Women Are Crazy and Should Not Wear Pants

The Internet is a terribly sexist place and nothing proves that more than Google Autocomplete, which autocompletes potential searches with terms people often use on Google. Case in point: Start typing in ‘women’ in Google and see the weird and wild Autocomplete suggestions you get. BuzzFeed Shift decided to have a little fun with Google…

Tech News Casey Chan

This Guy Proposed to His Girlfriend By Faking a Plane Crash

We’ve seen some awesome, hilarious and good-hearted proposals but we’ve never seen anything as twisted as this: a guy and girl fly a two person plane and take in the sweeping views (cue: aww) but then things take a wild turn, as the plane begins to crash. Well, “crash”. https://gizmodo.com/david-pogues-awesome-marriage-proposal-was-worth-a-movi-5935516 You see, the guy tricked…

Tech News Casey Chan

What McDonald’s Beef Is Really Made Of

McDonald’s doesn’t exactly have the best reputation for beef quality but if you were expecting to find ammonia-drenched, gut particle-filled pink slime sludge goop de loop, well, you’re going to be disappointed. It’s all beef. You can see how they make it above. They combine lean beef and fattier beef in their burger blends and…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Canadian Government Accidentally Ran a Bunch of Ads on the Pirate Bay

This Crazy Baggage Roller Coaster Takes Your Bags For a Record-Breaking Ride

The Nook GlowLight Gets a Price Cut to Match the Kindle Paperwhite

How Many Icons Do You Have On Your Desktop

18 People Who Already Somehow Broke Their iPhone 5

Porn Search Engines, Statues From Space, Apple’s Proprietary Lightning Chip, And More

The Galaxy Tab 10.1 Gets a Shot at Going on Sale Again

Apple Stops Calling Its Maps “The Most Powerful”

How to Ditch Cash and Pay for Everything Electronically

Artist Brings Street View Bystanders Back Into the Real World

If You’re Going To Buy a Nexus 7, You Should Do It Right Now

Watch a Bunch of Computer Parts Somehow Sing That Gotye Song

Every Infomercial Is Just Like This

Here Are More Pictures and Video Showing Off the Rumored iPad Mini

Watch the Flaming Beauty of a Molotov Cocktail in Slow Motion

A 10 Foot USB Extension Cable Will Change Your Life

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Humblebrag

Google Autocomplete Tells Us That Women Are Crazy and Should Not Wear Pants

This Guy Proposed to His Girlfriend By Faking a Plane Crash

What McDonald’s Beef Is Really Made Of

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

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

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VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

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