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In a handy little addition for music fans, Google search results will now show upcoming concerts when you search for an artist. Starting immediately your Google search results will display nearby concert listings gathered by Google’s magnificent data-mining bots. To find upcoming concert tour dates, we aggregate relevant data for events from multiple websites and…
The Academy Awards: that wonderful yearly event when we collectively celebrate the accomplishments of talented, beautiful people. They’re nothing like you, and they’d never be caught hanging with you, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get yourself into their crew. If you want to join the elite, you’re going to do what everyone on the…
We all get our hearts broken. But it takes a truly horrible insane person to turn that heartache into a despicable internet shame campaign. That’s what one idiot from Portland, OR did when he posed as his ex-girlfriend on Craigslist and offered sex to any and all comers. The idiot in question is 31-year-old Andre…
Pinterest! It is the hottest social media whatever the hell it is out there. Is there a Pinterest button on this site yet? (No? Jeremy, please get on that!) Because Pinterest should be everywhere, and everything should be Pinterest. Pinterest! Pinterest! Pinterest! Journalists! If you are writing a story about something, and you do not…
Hey Carriers. We need to talk. You know how you said you were going to start throttling high data usage users in hopes to preserve bandwidth? That’s bullshit, apparently. It’s only because you want to get us onto tiered data plans so you can charge us overages. With hate, everyone. Seriously. Validas, an analytics firm,…
Over a year ago we argued that the “smart” part of Smart TVs—the apps, the connectivity, the widgets—is useless. Unwanted. Turns out we weren’t alone. Everyone really does just want a dumb TV. https://gizmodo.com/i-just-want-a-dumb-tv-5728167 A new NPD survey shows that 53% of Smart TVs had never been connected to the internet at all. More than…
Unless somebody gets nakes, holiday party pictures are usually pretty boring. But how great is this idea. Everett Hiller took the usual lame holiday shots and made them into something amazing by Photoshopping in celebrities and politicians. I just wasted 20 minutes of my life looking at party pictures by some dude I don’t know.…
As an adult I’ve grown to dislike the dry, cold winter months, but after gazing upon the serene beauty of this simple bottle-shaped humidifier, I no longer hate it. In fact, I’m not sure if I’ll ever be able to hate again. The humidifier was designed by Cloud and Co for the Japanese market where…
Scientists have pinpointed two types of stratospheric bacteria and transformed it into a slimy film that doubles the efficiency of fuel cells that run on microbes. It could mean power for underdeveloped locales that currently don’t have electricity. Scientists surveyed 75 bacteria from the stratosphere—the second layer of the earth’s atmosphere about six to 30…
The more I read about this, the more I want to go to China and punch all these idiots out of their underpants: people paying one dollar a month to add a “sent from my iPhone” to every message they send. The reason? They can’t afford a real iPhone. Here’s the ad from one of…
While I’m sure they’d be just as appreciated by women, these unfortunately named ‘Man’ Tables are designed to hide a mini fridge in a classy living room setting. Or, to be more specific, anywhere but a dorm room. They come in three different finishes—tobacco, espresso, and black—and are made from actual wood with non-functioning hardware…
I still find it hard to believe that hoarding is a thing but then I remember people are weird and crazy. Like Richard Baker, a man who’s collected, held on to and hoarded so much stuff that you can see it all from Google Maps. It’s unbelievable, really. Look at it the Google Maps! Dude…
When we first saw Mattel’s official Back to the Future II hoverboard, the whole world exclaimed: FINALLY! Then we found out it doesn’t really hover. Well today, my friends, we’re one step closer to a people-lead, hoverboard-inventing revolution. https://gizmodo.com/mattel-is-finally-making-the-back-to-the-future-hoverbo-5884660 This DIY hoverboard posted by YouTube user dondula7 hovers better than any we’ve ever seen before,…
Most people aren’t opposed to audio that sounds good, but gear can get expensive. When you move into streaming audio, you might as well think about pulling out a second mortgage. But NuForce thinks their Air DAC can bridge the gap between performance and price. The NuForce doesn’t use a wireless streaming standard like AirPlay…
Box just updated its Android App, and if you get it in the next 30 days, you’ll get 50GB of cloud storage for free. Forever. That’s totally great and you should get it right now. The forever part is crucial here, since it’s not some gimmick offer that’ll turn into a lemon after a few…
Why is this still itching? God, it burns, but the itching is the worst. I want to scratch it but I don’t want to mess up the leather. It’s good leather. Just stretch, flex. Oh man I hope the redhead doesn’t see me fussing over this. I mean, it’s not like it’s anything to her,…
A woman gave birth last night in the back of a New York City taxi. It’s not the first time this has happened, but a videographer filmed it all—from the moment the emergency service people got the baby out to the time they all got the hospital. I’ve to admit it got me all teary.…
Fish. What are they good for? Sushi. Swimming around. Making you clean their tanks. Breathing underwater. Looking weird. And that’s it. Well, add being cute as doted puppy fur as another. Watch this little puffer fish chase around a laser and tell me you didn’t find it enjoyable. [The Daily What]
Taking inspiration from Lego, Minecraft, and good old-fashioned building blocks, the 8-Bit Builder goes slightly against his namesake with this 16-bit case mod honoring Hyrule’s most-diminutive hero. But seriously, why is it a kid who’s always saving the day? The timelapse video of this PC build is worth watching just for the soundtrack alone, but…
Seven US Marines were killed yesterday night at the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, when their helicopters collided in mid-air around 8:00pm. They were training for deployment to Afghanistan, according to USMC spokeswoman 1st Lt. Maureen Dooley. The two helicopters, an AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopter and a UH-1Y Huey Venom like the ones in…
