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The Shitty Steve Jobs Movie Unveils Its Bad Guy

The Craigslist casting, Ashton Kutcher glorifying, budget lacking Steve Jobs biopic just added some fresh blood: the guy from Full Metal Jacket will join the funny fat man from Book of Mormon. Uh, alright! jOBS—yes, that’s really the title of a movie that will be made—will star Matthew “Private Joker” Modine (far left) and Mormon’s…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Rumored Canon T4i Specs: 18 Megapixel Sensor, 3-Inch Touchscreen, ISO 12800, (Updated)

Canon Rumors posted what they claim are the specs for the Canon T4i, the successor to the company’s entry-level T3i. And judging from the rumored numbers, any improvements made won’t be quantifiable. The leak says that the sensor will still be an 18-megapixel APS-C sensor, and video will still be a 1080p at 24 or…

Tech News Adrian Covert

This Cockroach Just Doesn’t Give a Sh*t About Physics

Scientists have discovered that, while trying to escape predators, cockroaches can change directions and body orientation instantly, flipping upside down and front to back while running at full speed, without giving a damn about gravity or physics. Check this freaky freaky video. What’s more surprising is that, if you shave their legs, they will not…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

How To Make Gigantic Glowing, Flying Art on the Cheap

Imagine you’re walking home from a bar tonight. You look up and there’s a bright, glowing, 250 square foot Super Mario flying above you. You’d probably think someone had slipped you something, but no, it’s just our friend Mark Rober from NASA having some fun. You may (should) remember Mark from his iPad Halloween Costume…

Tech News Brent Rose

Watch a Girl Sculpt Zuckerberg’s Face with Books

The adorable Hong Yi is an uber creative artist who has used basketballs and coffee cup stains for her art. This time around she did something even more clever: she carved Mark Zuckerberg’s face from a bunch of books. Get it, face… book. It’s a pretty inventive piece, Hong says she was inspired by some…

Social Media Casey Chan

Malfunctioning Cake Ruins Party and Spews Liquor All Over Oil Tycoons (Updated: Fake)

Sea-raping mega-oil firm Shell has a new rig to launch, and like any enormous company, it decided to celebrate with a private party atop Seattle’s Space Needle. The crown jewel? An oil rig-shaped cake which sprays liquor! Into your face. This video was captured by a sneaky environmentalist who crept into the fete uninvited—as you…

Tech News Sam Biddle

The First Flexible eReader Still Can’t Roll Up Like a Good Paperback (Updated)

Now that they’re packing touchscreens and backlights, eReaders have enjoyed a bit of a resurgence as of late. And LG hopes to keep the ball rolling with its flexible ePaper technology that’s now available in the surprisingly thin and light Wexler Flex One. Yeah, Wexler isn’t exactly a name brand when it comes to eReaders,…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Virgin Mobile’s $30 Unlimited Prepaid iPhone Plan Will Save You a Ton of Cash

Starting June 29th, Virgin Mobile will offer an iPhone prepaid plan for as little as $30 a month after a $5 discount if you’re willing to set up automatic payments with your credit card. It’s such a good deal, that it makes no sense to go with anything other than prepaid for your next iPhone.…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Rumored iPhone 5 Video Reaffirms Longer, Two-Tone, Unibody Design

While we’re not expecting the iPhone 5 to debut at next week’s WWDC, we’re clearly getting close enough to a release that the rumors are jumping out left, right, and center. Here, video hands-on with that taller, two-tone, unibody goodness that we’d seen pictures of just last week. And you know what? It’s growing on…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Oracle Ordered to Pay Google’s Costs in Latest Legal Humiliation

Fresh from losing a critical battle in its fight with Google over Java and Android, Oracle has now been shamed a little more thanks to the judge ordering it to pay Google’s legal fees. One of the conditions attached to Oracle’s repeated attempts as filing the case was put in place by Judge William Alsup,…

Tech News Gary Cutlack - gizmodo uk

A Day in the Life of a Booth Babe

The concept of the Booth Babe is a strange one. In the eyes of many tech companies, littering trade shows with semi-naked women helps sell their products, but to most people living in the modern world it seems incredibly sexist and outdated. Now, IT World has taken a look behind the scenes at this week’s…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Richard Feynman’s FBI Files Make Fascinating Reading

Following a Freedom of Information request, the FBI has just released its records on Richard Feynman. Celebrated as an incredible intellectual, the Nobel prize-wining physicist was also a wonderful speaker, writer and, according to the files, a target which the FBI wanted to out as a communist sympathizer. In all, there are 361 pages pf…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

We Now Send Over 400 Million Tweets a Day

According to Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, we now send over 400 million tweets every day. That’s over a quarter of a million every minute, or more than 4,500 every single second. That is an awful lot of people sharing their eating habits. Perhaps even more interesting, Costolo has also explained that the majority of Twitter…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Report: Facebook App Center Opening This Week?

Business Insider is reporting that Facebook’s App Center—the social network’s take on the App Store—is launching as soon as this week, in a bid to encourage developers to continue working on software specifically for the Big Blue. Citing a source “briefed by Facebook on the service”, Business Insider explains that the App Center is “launching…

Social Media Jamie Condliffe

Watch This Gigantic Weather Balloon Burst Gloriously, Again and Again

As the 1200 gram weather balloon inflates with more and more air, so too will you fill with tension. Tension fueled by anxious, jaw-gritting, knuckle-cracking anticipation. We know the balloon is bound to burst, but when? What are the limits of its rubbery skin? Will it split into thin sheets that flutter down like ash?…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Should Online Dating Sites Prevent Users From Naming Abusers?

Earlier this week, Tracy Clark-Flory published an article on Salon about allegations of assault in the BDSM community, specifically on FetLife, a Facebook-like social network for men and women in the kink scene. The Salon article explains that FetLife administrators have begun removing message board posts that name names, and that a group of members…

Social Media Molly Oswaks

There’s a New Foursquare, and You Should Care

Foursquare needed a significant new version. It’s trying to do too much at once, and it showed: clutter. But the newest release is not only more ambitious—it wants Facebook turf—it’s elegant, thoughtful, and clean. And hugely useful. When it was first birthed, Foursquare was mostly a novelty—a list of where your friends were that hooked…

Tech News Sam Biddle

The Stoner Channel: Connecticut Goes Green, Woody Harrelson on Weed, and How to Spot a Meth Lab

Connecticut Legalizes Medical Marijuana You can now obtain medical marijuana in Connecticut. HB 5389 passed the state senate 21-13 last month and was signed in to law by Governor Dannel Malloy last Friday. “We are encouraged that state officials are standing up to federal intimidation and moving ahead with the passage of important public health…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Bettye LaVette: Your Turn to Cry

You haven’t experienced real Soul until you’ve heard Bettye LaVette testify. Warning: you will cry. Guaranteed. LaVette’s been recording since she was sixteen—way back in 1962—laid tracks for nine separate labels, including Epic, Motown, and Atlantic, and appeared on 22 separate albums but only gained notoriety with her 2005 album I’ve Got My Own Hell…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Hey, Guess What: Your eHarmony Passwords Were Leaked, Too

You may still be dealing with the embarrassment of having your asinine LinkedIn password posted online—I’m talking to you, BigPenis—but, honey, it gets worse. The popular dating site eHarmony has confirmed that an unspecified number of their 1.5 million users’ passwords have also been leaked onto the internet today. This is probably an actual hassle—unlike…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

The Shitty Steve Jobs Movie Unveils Its Bad Guy

Rumored Canon T4i Specs: 18 Megapixel Sensor, 3-Inch Touchscreen, ISO 12800, (Updated)

This Cockroach Just Doesn’t Give a Sh*t About Physics

How To Make Gigantic Glowing, Flying Art on the Cheap

Watch a Girl Sculpt Zuckerberg’s Face with Books

Malfunctioning Cake Ruins Party and Spews Liquor All Over Oil Tycoons (Updated: Fake)

The First Flexible eReader Still Can’t Roll Up Like a Good Paperback (Updated)

Virgin Mobile’s $30 Unlimited Prepaid iPhone Plan Will Save You a Ton of Cash

Rumored iPhone 5 Video Reaffirms Longer, Two-Tone, Unibody Design

Oracle Ordered to Pay Google’s Costs in Latest Legal Humiliation

A Day in the Life of a Booth Babe

Richard Feynman’s FBI Files Make Fascinating Reading

We Now Send Over 400 Million Tweets a Day

Report: Facebook App Center Opening This Week?

Watch This Gigantic Weather Balloon Burst Gloriously, Again and Again

Should Online Dating Sites Prevent Users From Naming Abusers?

There’s a New Foursquare, and You Should Care

The Stoner Channel: Connecticut Goes Green, Woody Harrelson on Weed, and How to Spot a Meth Lab

Bettye LaVette: Your Turn to Cry

Hey, Guess What: Your eHarmony Passwords Were Leaked, Too

Roku’s 2025 Streaming Stick HD Is 40% Off to Compete With Amazon Fire TV Stick During Spring Sale

Epstein Victims Sue Google, Claim AI Mode Exposed Personal Information

‘Wicked Spot’ Is a Fun, Sapphic Rom-Com That Yeets a Witch Into the Magical World of Influencer Culture

Anthropic and OpenAI Just Gave Us a Glimpse Into the Future of Model Pricing

Amazon Slashes 63% Off Acer Aspire Desktop for a Limited-Time Spring Sale, With Keyboard and Mouse Included

Smart Glasses Now Have One of the Vision Pro’s Best Features

Marvel Just Put ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 in a Very Weird Place in the MCU Timeline

Trump Drops $1B to Kill 2 Wind Farms, Then Watches a Bigger One Go Online

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

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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