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These Guys Skipped Out on a Bar Tab By Parachuting Off a 63 Story Skyscraper

Have you heard this one before? Four guys dressed in business suits walk into a fancy bar and order a Negroni cocktail… that might sound like a start of a bad joke but in reality it’s the beginning of a ridiculously awesome stunt. After finishing their drinks, the daredevils skip out on their tab by…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Ultimate Cubicle Catapult For Irritating Your Co-Workers

The office would be intolerable without toy weapons. How else are you supposed to get someone’s attention when they’ve got headphones on? The new Air Strike Catapult from ThinkGeek is the finest piece of desk artillery we’ve ever seen. The $15 onager-style catapult is based on the efficient, powerful design of Roman siege weaponry with…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

The Great New iPad National Network Speed Test

High five: You got your shiny new iPad. Look at that display! Switch some browser tabs and feel the power of that extra RAM. Yeeeeah. Oh, did you get a 4G LTE model? So fast! But how fast? Was it worth the upgrade? Is your home speed better than your office speed? Is your speed…

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The Concorde’s Soviet Older Sister That Just Couldn’t Stop Crashing

When you think of super sonic flight, you probably first think of the Concorde. But that wasn’t the first super sonic transporter and it certainly wasn’t the first commercial plane break the sound barrier. Those honors belong to the Tupolev TU-144, the USSR’s only super sonic transport. https://gizmodo.com/new-bi-plane-design-promises-all-of-the-sonic-none-of-5893768 The Tupolev is one of two super…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

You Can Visit Your Favorite Musical Festivals From the Comfort of YouTube This Summer

Unfortunately, we still can’t ban hipsters from music festivals. Thankfully, YouTube and Dell are providing live-streaming four major festivals this summer, including The New Orleans Jazz Festival, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and Austin City Limits. Problem solved! Also perfect if you’re looking for all the enjoyment of a music festival without the “festival” part. YouTube is providing…

Tech News Andrew James

Tourists Follow Car GPS Into a Body of Water

We’ve seen GPS lead people into some ridiculous situations, but we never thought anyone would blindly follow GPS until their car was submerged in A BODY OF WATER. Three Japanese tourists proved us wrong! https://gizmodo.com/its-called-death-valley-because-your-gps-could-get-you-5824793 According to the Brisbane Times, the unfortunate trio was forced to abandon their rental car in the drink yesterday morning…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

All the iPad Apps Updated for the New iPad’s Retina Display

It’s new iPad day! And since you’re not just going to sit and stare at your new $500-plus toy, here are all the new apps updated to take advantage of the its g-g-gorgeous 2048 x 1536 resolution display. All your old iPad apps will work just fine, but these are the ones that work prettiest:…

Tech News Casey Chan

Was the AntiSec Hacking Spree an FBI Front All Along?

Cops. Defense contractors. The FTC. Military attorneys. FBI conference calls. Some of the most striking hack-attacks of the past year were executed under the middle finger banner of #AntiSec. But what if this “movement” was a gigantic trap all along? https://gizmodo.com/lulzsec-leader-betrays-all-of-anonymous-5890825 We know Sabu was a snitch. We know the Puerto Rican projects mastermind behind…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Come For the Vasectomy, Stay For the Free Pizza

If you’ve been mulling the idea of having a vasectomy—and who hasn’t!—here’s the deal of the century; a private practice in Hyannis, Massachusetts is giving away a free pizza with every sterilization! Worth it. They even suggest that this time of year is perfect for the snip. Vasectomy patients, unsurprisingly, need to spend some time…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Don’t Expect a Ton of Retina-Level iPad Apps Today

It’s iPad Day! Hurray! All your favorite iPad apps, made retina-displayable! Hurr—not so fast. If what Instapaper godfather and iOS dev guru Marco Arment says is true, we might be waiting just a bit longer before we see many retina-caliber apps making their way onto the new iPad. Arment has been sending Instapaper data to…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Bike Jumping While Someone Spits Fire On You Looks Really Fun

Jumping over a bunch of stuff riding a mountain bike is a lot of fun. You know what’s a lot more fun? Jumping over a bunch of stuff riding a mountain bike while some dude spits fire all over you! [Thanks Karl!]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Everything Your New iPad Needs Right Now

FedEx came through, or you survived an ungodly Apple Store line, or you mugged someone who just did. However you got your hands on a new iPad, congrats! Here’s everything you need to get started off right. Step One I’ll assume you’ve successfully removed the iPad from its box, yes? Good. You’re a natural! Now…

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Gaddafi’s Son Built a Ship With Deadly Shark Tank Inside

Hannibal Gaddafi—son of the assassinated Libyan dictator—built a ship with a 120-ton sea water aquarium inside. Why? To put six sharks inside, including two bull sharks and two whites, the most dangerous in the world. Like a Bond villain’s mobile headquarters, Gaddafi son’s ship was going to be the epitome of bad taste. Called the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

How Your iPod Contains $8 Billion

Copyright math might not be something you’ve lent much thought to before, but in this talk Rob Reid—founder of Rhapsody—tries to explain the silly numbers that are used to justify SOPA and PIPA. He’s very funny, and his talk is very interesting. Turns out your iPod might be worth more than you thought. [TED]

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

The Real-Life Libyan Ocean’s Eleven

The treasure was kept mostly in two wooden chests, and locked away in a bank vault: thousands of coins, jewelry and figurines, some around 2,600 years old. For decades it sat in the bank, unattended despite the historical and monetary value. Then, as a popular uprising erupted around the downtown bank last winter, someone entered…

Tech News Mike Elkin-Wired

Here’s Woz, Waiting in Line for His New iPad

There’s a fine tradition of Steve Wozniak waiting with normal folk to pick up new Apple products, and today is no different. This time, Woz is second in line at the Westfield Mall in Century City, CA—beaten to the front by his wife. “My wife was the first, I was the second. We came at…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

How to Make Sushi That Glows in the Dark

Science may attempt to offer a solution to all of life’s problems, but it can have some fun along the way, too. So, if you’re not put off by the idea of genetically modified food, here’s how to go about making sushi that glows in the dark. The process is a lot like making normal…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Google Investigated by the FTC Over Safari Privacy Debacle

Last month it came to light that Google had been bypassing privacy settings in Safari, by installing cookies to track the browsing habits of millions of users who didn’t know what was happening. Now, the FTC is examining whether the incident violates a legal settlement in which Google pledged not to “misrepresent” its privacy practices…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

MLB Teams Hope iPad’s Retina Display Will Help Players Keep Their Eye on the Ball

Everybody is excited for the new iPad release tomorrow. You’re excited, I’m excited, these guys are super excited, and the Cincinnati Reds are absolutely pumped. According to Reds manager Rob Coughlin, the virtually entire team already owns the second generation tablet and use it regularly for their baseball-related studies—namely, watching film. The practice of reviewing…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

How the One Percent Secures Its Timepieces

How does one prevent the help from absconding with one’s fine horological collection while away, vacationing in the Maldives? With a $200,000 iPad-controlled watch safe. Come, come now Buffy, that should be obvious. Hublot, purveyor of ultra-expensive, Swiss-made watches, has teamed with Doettling, the German luxury safe makers to create the Metamorphosis Watch Safe. The…

Gadgets Andrew Tarantola

These Guys Skipped Out on a Bar Tab By Parachuting Off a 63 Story Skyscraper

The Ultimate Cubicle Catapult For Irritating Your Co-Workers

The Great New iPad National Network Speed Test

The Concorde’s Soviet Older Sister That Just Couldn’t Stop Crashing

You Can Visit Your Favorite Musical Festivals From the Comfort of YouTube This Summer

Tourists Follow Car GPS Into a Body of Water

All the iPad Apps Updated for the New iPad’s Retina Display

Was the AntiSec Hacking Spree an FBI Front All Along?

Come For the Vasectomy, Stay For the Free Pizza

Don’t Expect a Ton of Retina-Level iPad Apps Today