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Here’s How to Put the Annoying Newsstand Icon Into a Folder in iOS 5

I like Newsstand but some people don’t! And if you’re like them, it’s pretty annoying how you can’t hide the Newsstand away in a Folder in iOS 5. But wait! You can. All you need is some super fast fingers. Here’s how. Remember, it’s all about quickness here. First make a new folder with two…

Tech News Casey Chan

Why New York Cartoonists Have Always Embraced Apple

There have been a lot of Steve Jobs tributes over the past week. This one might actually make you chuckle. And cry. In this touching post, the New Yorker’s cartoon editor Bob Mankoff gives a quick run down of his history with computers, and explains how the Mac led directly to Cartoon Bank. It’s a…

Tech News Mat Honan

This Is the Guy Who Allegedly Hacked Scarlett Johansson

This is Christopher Chaney, the phone hacker who’s allegedly responsible for last month’s leaked images from Scarlett Johansson’s BlackBerry. The Daily grabbed the first photo of him since he was arrested for a litany of charges yesterday, including hacking at least 50 celebrities. https://gizmodo.com/if-you-are-famous-and-take-nude-photos-of-yourself-the-5840137 Totally doesn’t look like the sulking, reclusive, bearded, lecherous type, does…

Privacy & Security Kyle Wagner

Google+ Has 40 Million Users, But How Many Use It?

Google has announced its earnings for the most recent quarter, and—surprise!—they made lots and lots and lots of money, mostly off of search revenue. Which is the same story that’s been written about Google earnings for the last ten years. But! While the company didn’t break out any specific numbers on Android usage, they did…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Those Motherf*cking Piranhas Can Talk to Each Other

Not only these nasty little fish are vicious, but scientists have discovered that those bloody piranhas can talk to each other. They use three sounds, each of them meaning a different thing. One of the sounds is a bark used to intimidate rivals. The other two are drumming songs produced when they attack each other…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Point, Throw, and Shoot: The Panoramic Ball Cam

No longer will the flies and insects of the world mock humanity for lacking awesome compound eyes. Researchers at the Technische Universität in Berlin have leveled the playing field with a multi-sensor throwable camera that’s able to snap a single 360 degree panoramic photo when it reaches its apogee. In total the ball uses thirty-six…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

The Sordid History and Evolution of Handcuff Design

Handcuffs have unusual and contradictory design requirements: They must serve one human, and at the same time thwart another. For those who wield handcuffs, they must be light and efficient to put on and remove from a perpetrator. For the unfortunate wearer, the devices must restrain resistant wrists whether they happen to be thick or…

Tech News Rachel Swaby

The Cleverest Steve Jobs Tribute Shows Two Sides of the Man

We’ve seen many great Steve Jobs tributes already but this “hidden” image of Jobs on a street fence is probably the most clever. If you stare straight on, you can’t see anything. But if you look from one angle, it’s an older Jobs. From the opposite angle, it’s the young Steve. Perfect. https://gizmodo.com/the-best-visual-tributes-to-steve-jobs-around-the-web-5847415 The two…

Tech News Casey Chan

7 Tools for Filming Your Own Personal Aerial Tour

It’s time to beat Google at its own game. They’ve got Street View? We’ll have Aerial View, shots of the world from 100 feet up. It’ll sell better than Seven Minute Abs and these seven tools will help you do it. Giraffe Cam Yes, I suppose you could accomplish the same shot by clambering up…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Get 50GB Free Storage for iOS

Sure, iCloud gives you 5GB of free storage. How cute! Box.net just blew it out of the water. For the next 50 days, it is offering iOS users 50 GB of free storage. It’s a pirate’s bounty! https://gizmodo.com/icloud-is-a-bigger-deal-than-you-think-its-the-future-5848834 Not only is it a pretty sweet deal, but it’s also one bereft of any significant fineprint.…

Tech News Mat Honan

Can Siri Fix Your Girlfriend Problems Better than a Human Helper?

Awesome filmmaker, iPhone user, and guy with girlfriend problems Casey Neistat wanted to put Siri to the ultimate test: will it salvage his relationship? So he pitted his poor IRL personal assistant against Apple’s virtual take. The results? Mixed! Hilarious! Siri will beat any human when it comes to apology texts, but what about delivering…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Your First Look at Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Happens Oct. 18

I love the way that Google and Samsung are basically trolling the US tech press by announcing Ice Cream Sandwich and the first phone to run it—the Nexus Prime Galaxy or whatever—in Hong Kong six days from now, on Oct. 19 18 at 10PM eastern time. Update: Oh I just realized All Things D was…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

A Look Inside a 100,000-Year-Old Art Studio

Abalone shell-you can see some of the ochre rich deposit. Image: Science/AAAS Karen van Niekerk removes the abalone containing the ochre grinder and ochre from the 100,000 year-old layers at Blombos Cave in South Africa. Image courtesy of Grethe Moell Pedersen Blombos Cave entrance from Indian ocean coast. Image courtesy of Magnus Haaland Blombos Cave…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski

Lego Anakin Skywalker Mini-Figure Alarm Clock Is Your Thank-God-It’s-Not-Jar-Jar Deal of the Day

My parents, bless their heart, decided to raise me in a non-traditional way. I’m not talking about eat all the junk food you want and stay out all night non-traditional, I’m talking about how they handled Star Wars for me. That’s crucial in developing kids! They switched up the order and made me watch Star…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals

Barco’s 360 Degree Flight Simulator Lets Top Guns Train Without the Risk of Goose Dying

That awesome beach volleyball scene aside, Goose’s death in Top Gun still makes that film too difficult for me to watch. And I can only assume that avoiding such tragedies through adequate training is what inspired Barco to create this domed simulator that provides pilots with a 360 degree, unobstructed view of their virtual surroundings.…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Look Inside a 100,000-Year-Old Art Studio

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient workshop that was used by early homo-sapiens to make, mix and store ochre. It’s the oldest “art workshop” ever uncovered. Christopher Henshilwood and his colleagues at the University of Bergen in Norway made the discovery in 2008 in the Blombos Cave in South Africa, where they excavated remnants of ochre,…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski

Confirmed: The iPhone 4S Has Only 512MB of Ram

We’d previously heard rumors that the iPhone 4S only has 512MB of RAM—now it’s for sure. The folks at iFixit have been working all day on a teardown and finally made the declaration themselves. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-the-iphone-4s-only-has-512mb-of-ram-5848505 It’s pretty standard for top-tier smartphones to come with 1 GB of RAM these days—a lot of people were expecting…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Watch A $2.5 Million Dollar Yacht Sink on Her Maiden Voyage

Since China has a ton of people making a ton of money these days, they’re just spending it wildly. Like buying $2.5 million yachts that don’t work. As the yacht was entering the water for the first time, it started sinking and eventually capsized. SS Jiugang, the sinking boat’s name, was supposed to embark on…

Tech News Casey Chan

100 Weeks of Shooting Challenge Winners (and Your Next Challenge!)

Two years. Thousands of entries. 99ish jaw-dropping winners. Today is our 100th Shooting Challenge. Your assignment? Watch that video of all our past winners. Then, try to be our next. The Challenge In celebration of our 100th Shooting Challenge, it’s a complete free-for-all. But I should say, there are 99 great ideas if you’re short…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Google Translate for Android Now Supports Speech-to-Speech Translation in 14 Languages

Google has one of the best language translation technologies around, which they’ve continually improve it over the past few years. And now their Android app has the ability to support speech-to-speech translation in 14 languages. Translate had a rough implementation of this feature earlier in the year, which allowed this functionality between English and Spanish…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Here’s How to Put the Annoying Newsstand Icon Into a Folder in iOS 5

Why New York Cartoonists Have Always Embraced Apple

This Is the Guy Who Allegedly Hacked Scarlett Johansson

Google+ Has 40 Million Users, But How Many Use It?

Those Motherf*cking Piranhas Can Talk to Each Other

Point, Throw, and Shoot: The Panoramic Ball Cam

The Sordid History and Evolution of Handcuff Design

The Cleverest Steve Jobs Tribute Shows Two Sides of the Man

7 Tools for Filming Your Own Personal Aerial Tour

Get 50GB Free Storage for iOS

Can Siri Fix Your Girlfriend Problems Better than a Human Helper?

Your First Look at Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Happens Oct. 18

A Look Inside a 100,000-Year-Old Art Studio

Lego Anakin Skywalker Mini-Figure Alarm Clock Is Your Thank-God-It’s-Not-Jar-Jar Deal of the Day

Barco’s 360 Degree Flight Simulator Lets Top Guns Train Without the Risk of Goose Dying

Look Inside a 100,000-Year-Old Art Studio

Confirmed: The iPhone 4S Has Only 512MB of Ram

Watch A $2.5 Million Dollar Yacht Sink on Her Maiden Voyage

100 Weeks of Shooting Challenge Winners (and Your Next Challenge!)

Google Translate for Android Now Supports Speech-to-Speech Translation in 14 Languages

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

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