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How to Secure Your Beer Stash Against Freeloading Friends

Every circle of friends has one—the guy who’s only willing to chip in “a couple of bucks” for the night’s keg but double fists his brews the entire evening. Well, no longer! This suds security system will only pour for authorized imbibers. Members of the Milwaukee Hackerspace integrated the system to a converted kegerator (it…

Privacy & Security Andrew Tarantola

Roger Tallon’s 9 Most Iconic Product Designs

Jacques Cooper may be the father of the original TGV bullet train, but Roger Tallon made it beautiful. Our friends at Oobject have collected nine of Tallon’s most striking works. You should also take a look at these 12 classic designs by Raymond Loewy , these pieces by Pininfarina, or these 12 by Harley Earl.…

Tech News Oobject.com

Watch a Music Video of Chris Brown’s “Look at Me Now” Hilariously Made with MS Paint

Tell me the first thing that pops in your head when I say: yellow bottle sipping, shit look like a toupee and suicide doors. Got it? Now watch this MS Paint-created music video of Chris Brown’s “Look at Me Now”. It literally translates the lyrics into MS Paint graphics. I can’t stop laughing. [BuzzFeed]

Tech News Casey Chan

The Massive Deep-Water Drill Rig That’s Searching for Cuban Black Gold

Despite the Deep Water Horizon fiasco, deep-water drilling remains one of the worlds’ primary sources of crude. And among deep drilling rigs, this 56,860 ton Scarabeo 9 is king. Deep-water drilling—resource exploration in waters deeper than 500 feet—is a huge industry with an estimated market value of $145 billion in 2011. In the Gulf of…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

The Cure : Lovesong

When I heard The Cure was playing a show in LA next week, I was so excited! …Until I also heard the show sold out in just under 45 seconds. Well shit, that’s staying on my bucket list. The Cure, arguably one of the most talented bands to come out of Britain since Led Zeppelin,…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

That Weird Orbit Tower In London Is Now Completed

Just like the rendering from last year, the now completed ArcelorMittal Orbit looks like a brain-liquifying roller coaster. Or a metal spaghetti monster twice the size of the Eiffel Tower, stranded in the rainy city, sad and confused. https://gizmodo.com/orbit-looks-like-a-brain-liquifying-rollercoaster-5506343 In reality, the Orbit is an habitable sculpture, one of the center pieces of the 2012…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Top Chef Dads

If you come from a household where the best thing your father knew how to make was a phone call, Top Chef: Dads is going to seem pretty familiar. And honestly, frozen jalapeño poppers? That’s as haute a cuisine as I need. Full video, including a special appearance by Gizmodo’s own Brent Rose, below: The…

Tech News Splitsider

Today’s Greatest Rap Producer Uses a Compaq Laptop and a Magazine Mousepad

Above, if you can see through all the weed smoke, you get a scene that’s something like the aftermath of a bad LAN party—clutter, shitty laptops, and monitors everywhere. But music’s being made in this budget-tech dungeon. Alex Pappademas’ stellar NYT profile of young, stoned-to-hell beats phenom Lex Luger highlights how little he relies on…

Tech News Sam Biddle

The Tegra 3 Is Naked

While we’re all waiting to play with tablets running on Nvidia’s smokey quad-core wonder, Wireless Goodness got its mitts on photos of the chip in the flesh. It looks pretty much like any other chip, sure—but pause for a minute and consider just how much is lying underneath there: four graphics-socking cores, plus a slower,…

Tech News Sam Biddle

A Janitor Accidentally Scrubbed Away a Million Dollar Art Piece

There are good cleaning ladies and there are bad cleaning ladies. Bad cleaning ladies? You want to avoid. Good cleaning ladies? They sometimes do bad things by being too good. Like the cleaning lady who cleaned a “dirty” art piece on accident. The sculpture in question, When It Starts Dripping From The Ceiling, was made…

Tech News Casey Chan

Watch an Ewok Try to Fight the Incredible Hulk to Hilarious Results

Here’s your feel good video of the day. A uselessly cute and furry little Ewok going head to head against the menacing Incredible Hulk. The Hulk does what George Lucas should’ve done to Ewoks. [YouTube via @kwameopam]

Tech News Casey Chan

This Is My Idea of the Beginning of the End of the World

If there’s something that I hate more than one of those freaking winged sons-of-dinosaurs known as birds, that’s a few thousand of them invading the entire sky, networked like a single individual. It’s a natural phenomenon called murmuration. This video of a massive murmuration made of thousands of starlings was captured by Sophie Windsor Clive…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Genius Parents Are Organizing ‘Pox Parties’ on Facebook

Idiotic parents who choose not to vaccinate their children are mailing viruses to other idiotic parents so they can time when their kid gets sick with diseases like chicken pox. And they’re organizing it all on Facebook. CBS 5 KPHO in Phoenix reported on the extremely gross, not to mention dangerous, shipping of infected lollipops,…

Social Media Kristen Philipkoski

Seven Tools So You Never Lose Stuff Again

So I had kind of a rough week. I lost some things I probably shouldn’t have lost. I had the cops called on me as I sat frozen by a motion-sensing alarm. Some of these situations can be avoided. Others… can also be avoided. They can all be avoided, okay? Here’s how to avoid, at…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Requiem for Dippin’ Dots

Dippin’ Dots isn’t dead. But it’s dying—the company filed for bankruptcy today in federal court. It’s a sad day not just for you and for me and for minor league concession stands. It’s a sad day for the future. There’s still a more than decent chance that Dippin’ Dots come out of this bankruptcy filing…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Watch a Crazed Fake Russian Taze, Shoot, and Pepper Spray His Biggest Fan

Doing what FPSRussia does is dangerous. And to demonstrate just how dangerous it is, he sought out a fan on Twitter to get tazed; and pepper sprayed; and, um, branded? Look, things got weird, ok? As always with FPSRussia videos, don’t try anything even remotely similar at home unless you’re using a Russian accent and…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Oink, Square Card Case, Gmail and More

Apps make the iPhone shine. And you want your new (or even old) iPhone to shine, right? Here are the best iPhone apps this week! It’s a solid list. If you want to see all the apps on one page click here. https://gizmodo.com/oink-square-card-case-gmail-and-more-5856579 Oink: Instead of rating places, like you would for Yelp, Oink lets…

Tech News Casey Chan

Lapse It, Eye-C Taglist, Volume Rocker and More

Eye-C Taglist: Eye-C for Android and iPhone lets users from both platforms send music automagically to AirPlay. If you’re on Android, that’s ah-mazing. You can use Eye-C to create shareable “Taglists” out of music, photos, and videos on SoundCloud, YouTube, Picasa, Facebook, or their own music libraries to send to Airplay capable devices. Who says…

Tech News Casey Chan

Codify, Aquaria, NMA.tv and More

Aquaria: Aquaria, the popular computer game, is now available on the iPad. You control the character in a magical underwater world by touch and use her singing ability to create music, affect creatures, move pieces and transform her. The app is impressive to play and gorgeous to look at. $5 If you want to see…

Tech News Casey Chan

Painting’s Much Better Down Where It’s Wetter, Take It From Me

I’d call these underwater Ukrainian artists gimmicky showboats if the paintings weren’t so beautiful. Imagine what Van Gough would have cut off if he had to work underwater. Under the Black Sea, members of the Ukrainian School of Underwater Painting toil away finding their muse in the murky depths. In addition to having to finish…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

How to Secure Your Beer Stash Against Freeloading Friends

Roger Tallon’s 9 Most Iconic Product Designs

Watch a Music Video of Chris Brown’s “Look at Me Now” Hilariously Made with MS Paint

The Massive Deep-Water Drill Rig That’s Searching for Cuban Black Gold

The Cure : Lovesong

That Weird Orbit Tower In London Is Now Completed

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Top Chef Dads

Today’s Greatest Rap Producer Uses a Compaq Laptop and a Magazine Mousepad

The Tegra 3 Is Naked

A Janitor Accidentally Scrubbed Away a Million Dollar Art Piece

Watch an Ewok Try to Fight the Incredible Hulk to Hilarious Results

This Is My Idea of the Beginning of the End of the World

Genius Parents Are Organizing ‘Pox Parties’ on Facebook

Seven Tools So You Never Lose Stuff Again

Requiem for Dippin’ Dots

Watch a Crazed Fake Russian Taze, Shoot, and Pepper Spray His Biggest Fan

Oink, Square Card Case, Gmail and More

Lapse It, Eye-C Taglist, Volume Rocker and More

Codify, Aquaria, NMA.tv and More

Painting’s Much Better Down Where It’s Wetter, Take It From Me

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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Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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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

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