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Carbon Fiber Sunglasses Sound So So So Great—Until You Stop and Think About Them

Sunglasses made out of molded carbon fiber with scratch-resistant lenses would fix a lot of standard sunglass-related problems. Like sitting on them. Or having them fall off your face. They’re perfect! Kind of. For all their engineering might, there are still two problems with the admittedly attractive Kolstom Classic sunglasses—neither of which are really their…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Two Screens Are Better (And More Productive) Than One

How often has this happened: You’re at home, happily watching your favorite Tuesday night guilty pleasure on TV, when suddenly, you remember that you never sent your boss that deck you were working on all day. To make matters worse—you left your laptop sitting in your cube. Argh! Instead of freaking out and planning your…

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Kuwait Played Borat’s Hilariously Obscene Fake Anthem as the Real Kazakhstan National Anthem

Winning a sporting event while representing your country is supposed to be a moment of pride—standing atop the medal podium, hearing your national anthem, feeling all your hard work pay off. Not for this Kazakhstan athlete in Kuwait. Kuwait accidentally blared Borat’s obscene parody anthem thinking it was Kazakhstan’s real anthem. Yes, the Kazakhstan anthem…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Fastest Adopted Gadget Isn’t What You Think

If you think about the one gadget you simply can’t live without, most of us would say our smartphones, right? Like what would you do if people couldn’t always absolutely definitely get in touch with you. Well a study dug up by The Atlantic looks at rates of adoption shows that cellphones were actually relatively…

Gadgets Mario Aguilar

These People Flew a Giant 45-foot Paper Airplane Over the Arizona Desert

The people from the Pima Air & Space Museum thought it would be a great idea to make a 45-foot long paper airplane, lift it with an helicopter, and then drop it to let it glide across the Arizona desert. I don’t think it’s a great idea. I think this is an awesome kick-ass french-toast-sweet…

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Facebook Tells Users Not to Give Passwords to Employers As Senate Prepares Anti-Snooping Bill

Facebook’s chief privacy officer Erin Egan has sent a warning to social network’s users: never give your password to your employer. It’s wrong and it’s illegal for them to ask you. In fact, the US Senate is working on a bill to specifically ban this despicable tactic. The Facebook note, which you can read at…

Social Media Jesus Diaz

Millions of People Are Still Using Old Ugly Versions of Android for Some Reason

Here’s something depressing and slightly horrifying: roughly 1.2 million people are using Android 1.5—a three year old operating system that looks like a Chinese bootleg of itself. How? Why? It gets worse. In addition to the 1,000,000+ souls using Android “Cupcake” 1.5—which at its debut had just introduced state of the art features like auto…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Scary Fast Surveillance System Scans 36 Million Faces a Second

A newly developed surveillance technology will help cops, spooks, and businesses review huge troves of security footage in the blink of an eye. Remember the crazy technology from The Bourne Identity? It could be here as early as next year. The new tech developed by Hitachi Kokusai Electric achieves super-fast speeds by processing video as…

Privacy & Security Mario Aguilar

Intel’s Next-Gen Atom Chipset Could Have Supercharged Ivy Bridge Graphics

It’s been known for quite some time that Intel wants to enter the tablet space. When its Atom-based Balboa Pier chipset hits in early 2013, it could ultimately power the first Intel-based tablet people care about thanks to a rumored quad-core processor, 8 gigabytes of RAM and Ivy Bridge-class graphics. Whoa. This latest info comes…

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Industrious Woman Smuggles FIVE POUNDS of Heroin in Her Stomach

Five pounds does not sound like very much. It’s a few days’ worth of binge dieting or cocaine abuse for some people. But it’s a lot to digest, as you can see from the five-pound burger above, or the five pounds of heroin found inside of a 52-year-old woman. Bola Adebisi was arrested last week…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Google Patent Would Listen to Background Noise in Your Calls to Personalize Ads

Whatever you think about the way Google handles privacy these days, the course it’s on mandates that to offer better, more futuristic services, it’s got to gather more information. And one way Google’s considered is actually listening to your calls for audio clues about where you are and what you need. https://gizmodo.com/the-case-against-google-5895010 The Orwellian patent,…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Light-Up Psychedelic Clothes Designed to Freak Out Squares and Protect Cyclists

My left wrist grinds like a cement mixer thanks to my numerous automotive altercations while riding at night and is a testament to the importance of proper visibility. With the Supaheroe cycle jacket, you’ll be visible from space—or at least three car-lengths. The Superheroe is the brainchild of Wolfgang Langeder, CEO and Designer of Utope…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

You Will Not Believe What This Huge Mural Is Actually Made of

This isn’t just a black and white painting of calm seas—it’s actually not a painting at all. This mixed media mural is composed of half a million fish hooks. The 26-foot-long piece by Cuban artist Yoan Capote, dubbed Isla, was fabricated by intertwining and nailing over 500,000 fishing hooks onto plywood to create the dark…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

When Fighting Pirates, It’s Best to Store Your Guns in Floating Armories

So how do private security firms manage their armed menageries without getting hamstrung by weapons import restrictions and international law? They keep their weapons aboard armored barges in the open ocean of course. The practice of storing large caches of weaponry in international water is popular because it constitutes a legal grey area wherein few…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

How to Decant Your Wine With a Milkshake Blender

Tim Ferriss is a busy man, having apparently no more than four hours to do, well, anything really. And when your schedule is that demanding, you just can’t wait around for your wine to aerate. You need that booze post haste. https://gizmodo.com/4-hour-body-the-slow-carb-diet-5709913 Aerating wine after you pour it from the bottle performs the important task…

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Corgis vs. Firefighters, The World Record for Donuts, And Doing The Dew

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. Tonight’s nug of Mystery Indica is brought to us by…

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Inattentive Texter Takes a Dip in Lake Michigan

And you thought walking into a mall fountain or falling flat on your face was bad. This lady took a long walk off a short pier on account of her need to text. http://gawker.com/5733870/girl-falls-into-mall-fountain-while-texting Bonnie Miller ran into some technical difficulties on Monday. While she was returning a text, the Benton Harbor resident accidentally plunged…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

We’ve Lost Control Again: Return of the DJ

When the MP3 revolution hit its stride, the coolest thing about it was how much control we were given over our music. Weightless files and tiny players let you carry your entire library around with you, all the time. Anything you wanted to listen to – so long as you had already hunted it down…

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Our Most Important Memories Live in Just a Few Neurons

That favorite childhood memory of yours—you know, the one that still seems like just yesterday, the one that you can still smell and taste—may actually be the result of a select few neurons firing deep within your brain. According to a recent MIT study, strong memory fragments—known as engrams—may actually be the result of a…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Everything You Need to Survive Seasonal Allergies Without Meds

Allergies are the worst thing. Here’s how to do something about it without pills. Allergies aren’t just physically debilitating, they make you question your fitness for the world as a human being. WTF? Why do you suffer every single year? Allergy medications frequently cause drowsiness and some studies indicate that prolonged use can cause scary…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Carbon Fiber Sunglasses Sound So So So Great—Until You Stop and Think About Them

Two Screens Are Better (And More Productive) Than One

Kuwait Played Borat’s Hilariously Obscene Fake Anthem as the Real Kazakhstan National Anthem

The Fastest Adopted Gadget Isn’t What You Think

These People Flew a Giant 45-foot Paper Airplane Over the Arizona Desert

Facebook Tells Users Not to Give Passwords to Employers As Senate Prepares Anti-Snooping Bill

Millions of People Are Still Using Old Ugly Versions of Android for Some Reason

Scary Fast Surveillance System Scans 36 Million Faces a Second

Intel’s Next-Gen Atom Chipset Could Have Supercharged Ivy Bridge Graphics

Industrious Woman Smuggles FIVE POUNDS of Heroin in Her Stomach

Google Patent Would Listen to Background Noise in Your Calls to Personalize Ads

Light-Up Psychedelic Clothes Designed to Freak Out Squares and Protect Cyclists

You Will Not Believe What This Huge Mural Is Actually Made of

When Fighting Pirates, It’s Best to Store Your Guns in Floating Armories

How to Decant Your Wine With a Milkshake Blender

Corgis vs. Firefighters, The World Record for Donuts, And Doing The Dew

Inattentive Texter Takes a Dip in Lake Michigan

We’ve Lost Control Again: Return of the DJ

Our Most Important Memories Live in Just a Few Neurons

Everything You Need to Survive Seasonal Allergies Without Meds

Even the ‘Avatar’ Fighting Game Is Disrespecting ‘Legend of Korra’

Bluesky Has a New App, and It’s All About AI

Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor And an Action Figure!

Whatever Just Happened with ‘Fruit Love Island,’ Nobody Won

AMC Puts a Stake in ‘Talamasca’ After One Season

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

2027 Is Shaping Up to Be a Great Year for Big Sci-Fi RPGs

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

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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Carbon Fiber Sunglasses Sound So So So Great—Until You Stop and Think About Them

Two Screens Are Better (And More Productive) Than One

Kuwait Played Borat’s Hilariously Obscene Fake Anthem as the Real Kazakhstan National Anthem

The Fastest Adopted Gadget Isn’t What You Think

These People Flew a Giant 45-foot Paper Airplane Over the Arizona Desert

Facebook Tells Users Not to Give Passwords to Employers As Senate Prepares Anti-Snooping Bill

Millions of People Are Still Using Old Ugly Versions of Android for Some Reason

Scary Fast Surveillance System Scans 36 Million Faces a Second

Intel’s Next-Gen Atom Chipset Could Have Supercharged Ivy Bridge Graphics

Industrious Woman Smuggles FIVE POUNDS of Heroin in Her Stomach

Google Patent Would Listen to Background Noise in Your Calls to Personalize Ads

Light-Up Psychedelic Clothes Designed to Freak Out Squares and Protect Cyclists

You Will Not Believe What This Huge Mural Is Actually Made of

When Fighting Pirates, It’s Best to Store Your Guns in Floating Armories

How to Decant Your Wine With a Milkshake Blender

Corgis vs. Firefighters, The World Record for Donuts, And Doing The Dew

Inattentive Texter Takes a Dip in Lake Michigan

We’ve Lost Control Again: Return of the DJ

Our Most Important Memories Live in Just a Few Neurons

Everything You Need to Survive Seasonal Allergies Without Meds

Even the ‘Avatar’ Fighting Game Is Disrespecting ‘Legend of Korra’

Bluesky Has a New App, and It’s All About AI

Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor *And* an Action Figure!

Whatever Just Happened with ‘Fruit Love Island,’ Nobody Won

AMC Puts a Stake in ‘Talamasca’ After One Season

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

2027 Is Shaping Up to Be a Great Year for Big Sci-Fi RPGs

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

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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Dammit, Jim, He’s a Doctor And an Action Figure!