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It’s Not a Crime to Break a Terms of Service Agreement (So It’s Okay to Never Read Them)

We all blindly agree with those much too long Terms of Service Agreements without even reading them, right? So what happens if you like, do something unagreeable with the TOS? According to the 9th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals… nothing. They’ve ruled that it’s not a crime to break a TOS. The ruling that breaking…

Tech News Casey Chan

Million Dollar Subterranean Garage Is Only Accessible Through an Aircraft Carrier Elevator

If you’ve ever wondered how the obscenely rich squander their wealth, here’s your answer. Tom Gonzalez made a small fortune when he sold his software company, so he purchased an elaborate estate in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, which includes one of the most over-the-top and drool-worthy garages we’ve ever seen. The top floor houses an impressive…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Canon 5D Mark III Partial Teardown: Don’t Try This At Home

After playing with the Canon 5D Mark III for the last few weeks, we’ve safely concluded that this is easily one of the best cameras to come out in years. Still, we’re always down to learn more. Our friends at Lensrentals.com are giving us our first look at the camera’s guts, revealing it’s intelligent compact…

Tech News Roger Cicala - LensRentals.com

Don’t Forget To Pack This Highly-Detailed Moon Globe For Your Next Lunar Vacation

Space tourism is just getting under way, but before we know it spending a weekend on the moon will be commonplace. (If you have a kabillion dollars.) So in addition to warm socks, you’ll want to make sure you pack Sky & Telescope’s new detailed Moon Globe if you’re planning to explore. https://gizmodo.com/space-x-ceo-on-the-daily-show-lets-colonize-mars-5901020 Previous moon…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Watch How Your iPad Really Gets Made

A lot has been said and written about the conditions under which Foxconn workers construct the millions of iPads that are sold each quarter. But strip all that away, focus on the process itself, and what are you left with? Turns out it’s a lot of painstaking detail, and far more hand assembly than you…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Recycling Paper from Poop—I’m Not Sure I Want to Save the Planet That Badly

Would you lick an envelope made from used toilet paper? One Israeli firm hopes you will. Don’t gag, paper consumption is at an all-time high (damn Belgium, save some for later) and something must be done. https://gizmodo.com/were-using-way-more-paper-than-we-ever-have-before-5898830 Applied Clean Tech collects the solid sludge from water treatment plants and, through a proprietary method, extracts the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Appeals Court Rules Computer Code Is Not “Property” and Can’t Be Stolen

Sergey Aleynikov, an ex-Goldman-Sachs programmer, spent a year in prison for downloading source code of the firm’s high-speed trading software before his sentence was overturned in February. Today, the court explained why—downloading computer code doesn’t constitute stealing under the National Stolen Property Act. The 2nd Circuit Appeals Court ruled that since computer code cannot be…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

The BBC Studies Stupid, Butterflies Induce Rage, and Dungeons & Dragons Is the Devil (NSFW)

Roll that spliff phatly, pack some fresh ice into the binger, and set the Volcano to “toastify.” It’s time for tonight’s Stoner Channel. We’ve collected our best high-times material for the discerning pothead so sit back, relax, and pass that shit on the left, yo. Click here for more hits from the bong. This Chiesel…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Want to Look Two Inches Taller? Try Holding a Gun

A core tenet of the human “fight or flight” response begs the question, is this guy bigger than me? A recent study suggests that answer depends on if he’s wielding or not. Turns out, our brains might give a subconscious size advantage to opponents if they’re holding a weapon. Dr. Daniel Fessler and a team…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Biometric ATM Reads Palms, Not Debit Cards

Want some cash in Gifu Prefecture, Japan? Come September, you’ll be able to just press some flesh with one of Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank’s biometric ATMs to access your accounts. These are expected to be the first biometric-only teller machines in Japan. The technology is already employed by some other banks but in conjunction with a…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

NES Controller Tables, Blinking Lego(ish) Bricks, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. Glowy Blinky Unofficial Lego Bricks Are Almost as Good as Official Ones These blinking glowing Lego bricks…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Erector Set Shelving System Lets You Make The Decisions

Shelves are great, but inflexible. There’s not much room for creativity: your only real choice when it comes to shelves is which one to put your crap on. This simple but beautiful shelf attempts to correct that limitation. Designed by Andrew Gancikov and John Fitzpatrick, the shelf is held together by Erector Set-esque pegs, giving…

Tech News Kif Leswing

The Chork Is the Beautifully Awful Lovechild of a Fork and Chopsticks That Will Prevent World War III

If you went back in time with all the knowledge you have now but none of the habits, what utensil would you invent to eat with? Is the fork, a tiny and instinctive spear, the ideal utensil? Or is the chopstick, a dexterous extension of your fingers, the winner? Which makes the most sense? Ignore…

Tech News Casey Chan

Facebook’s “Groups for Schools” Is a Walled Garden of Higher Education

Facebook unveiled its new “Groups for Schools” feature today which will allow American colleges to create Group pages accessible only within the school community. It will also feature a file-sharing service, though the second-coming of Napster, it’s not. Groups for Schools is open only to people with active school email addresses, which will help keep…

Social Media Andrew Tarantola

Meet the Voices of All Your Favorite Cartoon Characters in This Documentary

You know what Batman sounds like. Same for Sponge Bob, Bugs Bunny, Bender, and a zillion other characters in cartoons, games and movies. These are the people who make them come to life, in the new documentary I Know That Voice. The doc features voice acting superstars like Kevin Conroy (BATMAN! KEVIN CONROY IS BATMAN),…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2: A Little Better, a Little Cheaper

You probably need a cheat sheet to keep track of all of Samsung’s tablets: the Galaxy Tab 7, the 10.1, the 8.9, the 7.0 Plus, the 7.7, and did I hear a niner in there? And now there’s the Galaxy Tab 2, with two models (7.0 and 10.1) that are very slightly improved, but not…

Gadgets Leslie Horn

American F-15 Fighters Intercept Korean Air Boeing 777 Because of Terrorist Threat

Two United States’ Air Force F-15 Eagle fighters launched into Canadian airspace to intercept a Korean Air Boeing 777 on April 10, 5:30 Pacific Time. The plane was going to Seoul when it received a bomb threat shortly after takeoff from Vancouver, British Columbia. As a result, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) ordered…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Arrow-Shaped Handles Means You’ll Never Yank On a Push Door Again

With glass doors it’s not always immediately obvious which direction the door swings. Is it towards you, or away from you? And making the wrong decision can be disastrously embarrassing. So we like these arrow-shaped handles that provide a subtle hint whether you need to push or pull. In fact, the handles are so subtle…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

1-Bit Camera: Take Your iPhone Pics Back in Time

With an 8-megapixel sensor, the iPhone’s camera has advanced quite far. But in the age of Instagram, where any yahoo with a smartphone can be a photographer, 1-Bit camera is reversing that effect. What does it do? It takes the camera on your iPhone or iPad back in time to the ’80s MacOS era. Snap…

Tech News Leslie Horn

HandiZoom: Control Your DSLR Like a True Video Camera

Learning to shoot video with a DSLR after years of using traditional video cameras can be an awkward transition. One feature yet absent from DLSRs is a controlled zoom mechanism. Zooming manually not only produces an entirely different feel to a shot, it also requires the use of an additional hand, besides the one holding…

Tech News Michael Hession

It’s Not a Crime to Break a Terms of Service Agreement (So It’s Okay to Never Read Them)

Million Dollar Subterranean Garage Is Only Accessible Through an Aircraft Carrier Elevator

Canon 5D Mark III Partial Teardown: Don’t Try This At Home

Don’t Forget To Pack This Highly-Detailed Moon Globe For Your Next Lunar Vacation

Watch How Your iPad Really Gets Made

Recycling Paper from Poop—I’m Not Sure I Want to Save the Planet That Badly

Appeals Court Rules Computer Code Is Not “Property” and Can’t Be Stolen

The BBC Studies Stupid, Butterflies Induce Rage, and Dungeons & Dragons Is the Devil (NSFW)

Want to Look Two Inches Taller? Try Holding a Gun

Biometric ATM Reads Palms, Not Debit Cards

NES Controller Tables, Blinking Lego(ish) Bricks, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

Erector Set Shelving System Lets You Make The Decisions

The Chork Is the Beautifully Awful Lovechild of a Fork and Chopsticks That Will Prevent World War III

Facebook’s “Groups for Schools” Is a Walled Garden of Higher Education

Meet the Voices of All Your Favorite Cartoon Characters in This Documentary

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2: A Little Better, a Little Cheaper

American F-15 Fighters Intercept Korean Air Boeing 777 Because of Terrorist Threat

Arrow-Shaped Handles Means You’ll Never Yank On a Push Door Again

1-Bit Camera: Take Your iPhone Pics Back in Time

HandiZoom: Control Your DSLR Like a True Video Camera

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