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Woman Arrested for Selling Up to $1 Million of Fake Facebook Stock

A Wisconsin woman is facing 31 felony counts of theft and forgery for selling and trading up to a million dollars of fake Facebook stock. So much for not getting rich off of the Facebook IPO. https://gizmodo.com/reminder-the-5-billion-facebook-ipo-wont-make-you-ric-5881223 Marianne Oleson convinced several victims that she had bought around $1 million dollars of Facebook stock prior to…

Social Media Kyle Wagner

Backflipping Cheerleaders and Laptops Strapped to Faces: One Seriously Strange Ad

Jawbone, Motorola, Plantronics—any company that thinks it’s good at making hands-free devices might as well give up. Gojo Hands Free has just blown this industry wide open. For 10 bucks. No, call now and it’s Five. No, wait, how about $2.50? Just pay separate postage and handling. With your soul.

Tech News Michael Hession

Genius Suction Cup Shower Bag Makes Dorm Bathrooms Infinitely Less Gross

The Vessell shower bag from Quirky is ostensibly for travelers and folks who need to be able to lug their toiletries around with them, but might actually be an incredible way to deal with the disgusting showers in dorms and college houses. The bag itself is a really simple concept: it’s just a three-compartment shower…

Gadgets Kyle Wagner

Anonymous Leaks Marine Corps Massacre Case (Updated)

The bombs keep dropping from Anonymous—first local cops, then the FBI, and now the Marine Corps: sensitive documents from 2005’s Haditha Killings trial. Anon doesn’t think the Marine in charge should have gotten off so lightly. This is their payback. https://gizmodo.com/anonymous-smashes-boston-police-departments-website-up-5881987 Seven years ago, (then Sergeant) Frank Wuterich and several other marines he commanded killed…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Official Vimeo App Brings Mobile Uploads to Your Windows Phone

Windows Phone just got an official Vimeo app. Like its Android and iOS counterparts, the app gives you streamlined access to all of Vimeo’s content. More importantly, it brings mobile uploads to Windows Phone so you can get that instant viral video up faster than ever. Vimeo has long been YouTube’s professional-quality cousin, but the…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Apple Censors: Kinky Sex and G-Spots Fine for 12 Year Olds, But Penis Bad

Compare these two covers. On the left, Spanish science magazine Muy Interesante has an article titled “Myths and Truths About the Penis”. On the right, your typical Cosmopolitan smut, from “50 Kinky Sex Moves” to “Your Other G-Spot.” Both magazines are rated “12+” (12 years old or older) in Apple’s Newsstand. Yet only the one…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Sharing with “Friends of Friends” on Facebook Exposes You to 150,000 People

Well this is mildly terrifying: according to a new Pew study, the Facebook privacy mode a lot of us rely on for photos and status updates is, on average, anything but private. Time to reconsider your settings, everyone. The finding is staggering—Friends of Friends can hit as many as over seven million people: Facebook users…

Social Media Sam Biddle

For the Love of Sweatpants, Get Off the Couch Already

This winter has been one of the warmest in history, so, no, you can’t use crappy weather as the reason you’ve gained 15 pounds and now have a pet name for your living room sofa. Just admit it. You’re lazy. However, if you can summon the energy to take this short survey, you could win…

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The Mini Crab Bot Will Crawl Down Your Throat to Cure Your Cancer

The famous Chili Crab dish from Singapore inspires more than just drooling. A pair of researchers have developed a robot with two tiny crab-like pincers that attacks stomach cancer via your mouth. Lawrence Ho, an enterologist at Singapore’s National University Hospital, and Louis Phee, associate professor at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological Institute, co-designed the robot to…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

The Super Bowl’s Love Affair With Jetpacks

Sports writer Michael MacCambridge wrote, “The Super Bowl contains multitudes; it has always exemplified America at its best, America at its worst, and more than anything else, America at its most.” So it’s no surprise that the largest televised spectacle in the world has a history of using jetpacks. It doesn’t get much more spectacular…

Tech News Matt Novak

Don’t Be Dumb Like a Newspaper and Forget to Renew Your Domain Name

If you own a website, it’s probably a good idea to renew your domain name right now. In fact, it’s probably a good idea to renew your domain name for as long as is fiscally responsible for you. 3 years? 5 years? Whatever, go do it! We don’t want your website ending up like the…

Tech News Casey Chan

Now You Can Tweet in Morse Code

Martin Kaltenbrunner, Professor at the Interface Culture Lab in Linz, and all-around innovator of anachronisms, has designed a device capable of translating Morse code into a twitter post. He has dubbed his creation the Tworse Key. And guess what? You can out-vintage your friends and build one yourself by downloading the schematics posted on Martin’s…

Tech News Michael Hession

Anonymous Leaks an Entire Secret FBI International Conference Call (Updated)

Usually the FBI is the one doing the wiretapping, but Anonymous has turned the tables on the feds, intercepting an entire phone conversation between American and British cops. The investigation? Anonymous and LulzSec. Irony! The cops talk elite arrested members of the hacking squads, referring to their “Project Mayhem or whatever the hell that was,”…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Anonymous Smashes Boston Police Department’s Website (Updated)

Anonymous has had a nice breather after last month’s Megaupload blitzkrieg, so it’s apparently time for more vengeance: the Boston Police Department’s site is defaced to hell. https://gizmodo.com/anonymous-goes-on-megaupload-revenge-spree-doj-riaa-5877679 Anonymous claims the attack is a response to Occupy Boston police brutality, in addition to their general fuck the police ethos: Is that it? Hell no, there…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Gorgeous Shot of the Olympus OM-D Leaks

Camera nerds have been aflutter for weeks about a new Olympus mirrorless camera that’s supposedly set for announcement any day now. The latest rumor is a nearly full-body view of the retro-styled OM-D. If the rumor is true, the camera is going to be beautiful. The new shot, courtesy of 43 Rumors, gives us the…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

AMD Mobile Processors Coming This Year

AMD has been going head-to-head with Intel in the PC market for years, so it’s no surprise that they will be hot on Intel’s heels in the mobile space, too. Yep, they have plans to design tablet CPUs. It’s like two gorillas shrinking themselves to do battle in your pocket. AMD’s new CEO Rory Read…

Tech News Brent Rose

Accused Rapist Trolls Police On Facebook

This is Dustin McCombs. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, in Alabama, is accusing him of being a “rapist by force.” They posted his mugshot on their Facebook page’s Creep of the Week page. When Dustin McCombs learned about it, he was naturally pissed off, so he did what comes most naturally on the internet. He…

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Han and Chewy’s Secret Love Revealed on Conan

It’s time we let our favorite Star Wars characters be themselves. Why should they hide behind the vail of traditional gender roles? After all, relationship politics can be as compelling and fantastical as battling the Empire, right? Thankfully, Conan opens up the closet door using clips from the awesome a Star Wars video game Star…

Tech News Michael Hession

Yes We Can (Profile You)

During the summer of 2011, Michelle Bachman’s campaign rolled out an online video advertising campaign exclusively for Republicans likely to caucus living within one hundred miles of the straw poll in Ames, Iowa. In the months leading up to the caucuses Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign purchased ads that ran before all YouTube videos watched by…

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Congress and the EU are Fighting to Change Google’s Privacy Policy

Google’s new privacy policy has already caused a stir among users. Now, Congress and EU regulators are sniffing around the changes and aren’t happy about them — but Google doesn’t seem to care in the slightest. https://gizmodo.com/how-will-googles-new-privacy-policy-affect-you-5879163 According to The Hill, house lawmakers questioned Google representatives for two hours yesterday about the changes, but they…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Woman Arrested for Selling Up to $1 Million of Fake Facebook Stock

Backflipping Cheerleaders and Laptops Strapped to Faces: One Seriously Strange Ad

Genius Suction Cup Shower Bag Makes Dorm Bathrooms Infinitely Less Gross

Anonymous Leaks Marine Corps Massacre Case (Updated)

Official Vimeo App Brings Mobile Uploads to Your Windows Phone

Apple Censors: Kinky Sex and G-Spots Fine for 12 Year Olds, But Penis Bad

Sharing with “Friends of Friends” on Facebook Exposes You to 150,000 People

For the Love of Sweatpants, Get Off the Couch Already

The Mini Crab Bot Will Crawl Down Your Throat to Cure Your Cancer

The Super Bowl’s Love Affair With Jetpacks

Don’t Be Dumb Like a Newspaper and Forget to Renew Your Domain Name

Now You Can Tweet in Morse Code

Anonymous Leaks an Entire Secret FBI International Conference Call (Updated)

Anonymous Smashes Boston Police Department’s Website (Updated)

Gorgeous Shot of the Olympus OM-D Leaks

AMD Mobile Processors Coming This Year

Accused Rapist Trolls Police On Facebook

Han and Chewy’s Secret Love Revealed on Conan

Yes We Can (Profile You)

Congress and the EU are Fighting to Change Google’s Privacy Policy

Google TV Streamer 4K Drops to an All-Time Low, Final Hours in Amazon Spring Sale to Turn Any TV Smart on a Budget

The New ‘Masters of the Universe’ Trailer Brings Eternia to Life

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

UGREEN Bluetooth Tracker 4-Pack Now Just $7 Each With iOS and Android Support, While AirTag Stays at Full Price

Trump Posts Concept Art of His Presidential Library, and It’s AI Slop

Forget Tower Desktop, GMKtec Mini PC Drops to a Record Low as Amazon Clears Out Final Spring Sale Stock

‘Fallout’ Season 2 Was a Hit Despite That Unsatisfying Release Strategy Change

JBL Authentics 500 Retro-Style Home Speaker Hits 40% Off, Now at Its Lowest Price as Amazon’s Spring Sale Clearance Begins

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

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