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Adorable Tool Tank Totally Out-Cutes Your Swiss Army Knife

The term ‘cute’ and ‘tool’ aren’t often associated, but I can’t think of a better way to describe this tiny screwdriver designed to look like a miniature tank hanging from your keyring. The Tool Tank’s barrel accepts one of the three screwdriver bits stored in its tracks, which are held in place through the magic…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Murdoch Slams Obama For “Supporting Online Piracy”—Calls Google “Piracy Leader”

Rupert Murdoch’s latest tweets accuse President Obama of supporting Google—the “piracy leader”—and the rest of his “Silicon Valley paymasters.” The accusations follow a White House blog that expressed doubts about the Stop Online Piracy Act. He claims that his support to Silicon Valley “pirates” instead of SOPA will destroy US jobs. His tweerade was posted…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Quirky’s Invisible Drawer Locks Only Open With a Magnetic Key

Unless you work at the Pentagon, the key locks on your desk drawers are probably easy to compromise. So with their new Covert, the folks at Quirky figured that a drawer lock can’t be picked if it can’t be found. The sliding locking mechanism comes with adhesive tape for a temporary solution, but if you…

Privacy & Security Andrew Liszewski

This Recursive Google Image Search Video Is Mindflippingly Nuts

As you may know, you can search for photos by dropping a picture on Google Images. It shows you images that are equal or similar to yours. This is what happens when you feed one search with the result of the previous search. 2,951 times. Dutch smartperson Sebastian Schmieg thought about doing exactly that, starting…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Prada’s 2012 Spring Shoe Collection Inspired By Classic American Cars

Thanks Prada for once again completely befuddling me when it comes to high fashion. Because while I certainly love the designs of classic American automobiles, I would never have thought to apply their iconic spoilers and taillights to high-heeled shoes. But that’s exactly what the company has done with their 2012 spring collection. At least…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Sesame Seed Braille Buns Promote Menus For the Visually Impaired

A South African burger chain called Wimpy’s wanted to bring attention to the fact that they’ve just introduced menus for the visually impaired. So they worked with ad agency Metropolitan Republic to create burgers with sesame seed braille messages on top. The braille messages on the buns (which read “100 percent pure beef burger made…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Guy Creates Realistic Photoshop Simulator For the Web

Wow, I am blown away by this! A programmer over at Visual Idiot has created a perfect simulation of Photoshop that runs in your web browser. It’s only been tested under Chrome, but it should work in other browsers too. Coded with only HTML 5, CSS3 and jQuery/Javascript, this web-based version of Photoshop functions exactly…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Pleo Makers Design a Self-Adjusting Robot Pillow

The same folks who brought you the Pleo robot dinosaur have decided to put their expertise with automatons into designing a pillow that provides a good night’s sleep, no matter what position your body ends up in. While you can buy pillows that cater to people who either sleep on their side or their back,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Just How Rich Is the TSA Getting From Your Forgotten Change?

You thought your couch was finally paying off when you found a dollar between the cushions last week? Well according to NBC’s San Diego affiliate, in 2010 the TSA made over $400,000 from change forgotten in those security bins. I assumed the money would be just pocketed by the nearest TSA agent, but apparently they…

Privacy & Security Andrew Liszewski

Star Trek Door Chime Turns Every Room Into the Enterprise’s Bridge

Bring your home into the 23rd century without costly renovations with this motion sensitive Star Trek-inspired door chime from ThinkGeek. It’s like being on the Enterprise, without having to worry about attacks from those pesky Klingons every other day. You can mount it on either side of a door in your home, or every door…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

First Video and Images of the Cruise Ship Sinking In Italy Remind Me of the Titanic (Updated)

The 984-foot-long cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground on the island of Giglio, Italy, killing at least three people. More than 4,000 people have been evacuated, but 50 are still missing. The night photos remind me of the sinking Titanic. The accident didn’t involve an iceberg, but it sounds pretty similar: passengers heard a loud…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Want to See Every Tree in America?

We may sing about purple mountains and amber grains, but one of America’s most vital resources is its vast amount of carbon-catching, oxygen-spewing trees. Now, after six years of effort, NASA knows how many we’ve got. Josef Kellndorfer and Wayne Walker of Woods Hole Research Center worked in conjunction with the National Geological Survey and…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Is a Crappy Wi-Fi Signal Ruining Your Netflix Streams? Hy-Fi Routers Promise to Fix That

The nerdiest thing our Matt Buchanan ever wanted was an awesome powerline router. I’ll see your nerdiness, Matt, and raise you one. Hy-Fi Routers crossbreed Wi-Fi, ethernet, powerline, and MoCA to give you a mutant baby of ultimate internet reliability. The dream of consistently fast 100Mbps internet all over my apartment is so close I…

Tech News Brent Rose

SOPA Legislation Gets Slightly Less Terrible

Score one for the Internet. One of SOPA’s most controversial provisions—DNS blocking—will be removed, for now at least, according to one of the act’s staunchest supporters, Representative Lamar Smith. The domain name blocking provision, as set forth in SOPA, would effectively censor foreign websites found hosting any amount of pirated content by requiring American ISP’s…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

How to Turn an ATM into a “Truth Machine”

You know who’s wholly responsible for the downfall of the American economy? San Francisco-based Bank of America customers, that’s who. No, seriously. Why else would the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) deface 85 San Francisco BofA ATM’s like that? According to a report by SFist, RAN hit up nearly 90 ATM’s last night, replacing the normal…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Hatchi App Gives Lonely Nerds A Delightful Tamagotchi Pet to Hang With

Remember Tamagotchi? That time-sucking virtual pet that exploded into a formidable 90’s fad and distracted millions of school children from their studies? The new Hatchi App is Tamagotchi for your iPhone. Say goodbye to your productivity. Say hello to your new friend. Hatch is nearly identical to the original Tamogatchi down to the low-fi LCD…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Nokia Just Sold Hundreds of Its “Essential” Wireless Patents

Sisvel International, the notorious IP management firm that made headlines in 2010 by teaming with Apple and Siemens to call in a police raid at the CeBIT trade show, is rearming itself. The company announced yesterday that it has acquired hundreds of Nokia-owned wireless patents. Who’s ready for some litigation? According to Sisvel, it has…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Worst. Cosplay. Evar.

I’ve been to my fair share of Comi-cons. I understand that not everybody can blow ten grand on a fully-functional Patlabor costume, and that’s cool. I dont expect you to. I do, however, expect more than whatever the hell this is. Honestly, a vinyl track-suit, two rolls of packing tape and a Bumble Bee yellow…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Sh*t Nobody Says

We’ve seen Sh*t Girls Say and its many variations, and they were all funny and good. But I think we can finally pull the plug on montages of grab quote stereotypes. There’s no way we’re going to beat Sh*t Nobody Says. I’m thinking about ditching my iPhone for Boost Mobile. Seriously, do better. I dare…

Tech News Splitsider

A Crow Sledding Down a Roof Is Amazing Even if it Makes No Sense

The scientific community is dumbfounded by this video of a crow sledding down a snowy rooftop on the lid of a jar. JEEZ, BIRD. Don’t you know that sledding is only for people? What possible evolutionary advantage does the crow secure through its capacity to ride down a snow-covered slope on a flat object only…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Adorable Tool Tank Totally Out-Cutes Your Swiss Army Knife

Murdoch Slams Obama For “Supporting Online Piracy”—Calls Google “Piracy Leader”

Quirky’s Invisible Drawer Locks Only Open With a Magnetic Key

This Recursive Google Image Search Video Is Mindflippingly Nuts

Prada’s 2012 Spring Shoe Collection Inspired By Classic American Cars

Sesame Seed Braille Buns Promote Menus For the Visually Impaired

Guy Creates Realistic Photoshop Simulator For the Web

Pleo Makers Design a Self-Adjusting Robot Pillow

Just How Rich Is the TSA Getting From Your Forgotten Change?

Star Trek Door Chime Turns Every Room Into the Enterprise’s Bridge

First Video and Images of the Cruise Ship Sinking In Italy Remind Me of the Titanic (Updated)

Want to See Every Tree in America?

Is a Crappy Wi-Fi Signal Ruining Your Netflix Streams? Hy-Fi Routers Promise to Fix That

SOPA Legislation Gets Slightly Less Terrible

How to Turn an ATM into a “Truth Machine”

Hatchi App Gives Lonely Nerds A Delightful Tamagotchi Pet to Hang With

Nokia Just Sold Hundreds of Its “Essential” Wireless Patents

Worst. Cosplay. Evar.

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Sh*t Nobody Says

A Crow Sledding Down a Roof Is Amazing Even if it Makes No Sense

Can You Run a Computer Without RAM? Surprisingly, Yes—But You’ll Be Miserable

Artemis 2 Live Updates: Countdown to the Moon 🔴

How Adult Swim Skipped the April Fools’ Nonsense and Dropped a ‘Smiling Friends’ Claymation Horror Short Instead

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The Films and Shows You Should Be Streaming in April 2026

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