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Bing Now Has Complete Airport Maps

I’ve gotten lost at JFK Airport more times than I care to admit. But Bing Maps now offers full maps of airports so you make it to your flight without getting turned around. They only have 43 US airports listed right now, but that number is sure to grow. It just better hit phones soon.…

Tech News Kwame Opam

90 Percent of Pirates Get Dismissed from Massive Hurt Locker Lawsuit

The biggest P2P lawsuit ever just got cut down to size. Voltage Pictures, the people behind The Hurt Locker has voluntarily dismissed 90% of the 24,583 filesharers it sued this year, in what could be a big victory for either side. The whole rigamarole started last year, when The Hurt Locker’s producers first decided to…

Tech News Kwame Opam

Our Favorite Phones, TVs, Cameras, Gadgets and More

Let’s be frank: September was a dog of a month this year. The last month before the holiday season gets going has exactly one thing going for it—nice weather. And at least in the seat of House Gizmodo, it was equal parts sticky and submerged. Not cool, September. Luckily, some great gadgets also came out…

Gadgets Kyle Wagner

The World’s Highest Webcam Is Shooting Mt. Everest As We Speak

Hoping to gain insight into climate change, international researchers, with the help of surveillance experts Mobotix, have installed a solar-powered webcam in the Nepalese Himalayas to capture images of the top of Mount Everest. That’s right. Mountains are shooting movies now. The webcam is powered by solar cells and is situated on the Kala Patthar…

Tech News Kwame Opam

Paris Rolls Out a Fleet of Rentable Electric Runabouts

While Paris isn’t nearly as god-awful as Mexico City in terms of traffic, it’s by no means a commuter’s Shangri-La. So, Parisian officials are testing a new fleet of electric four-seaters to ease its congestion woes. https://gizmodo.com/the-most-horrific-traffic-in-the-entire-world-5838333 The concept of shared-vehicle rentals isn’t exactly new and is already establishing itself here in the US (heck,…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Kids Will Trade a Pint of Blood for Just About Anything These Days

How do you convince a bunch of otherwise disinterested, likely hung over, easily distracted, and—is that Marijuana I smell?—college students to give up a pint of bodily fluid to the Red Cross? Short answer: free stuff. What? You were expecting a passionate plea to a higher cause? Some righteous ode to serving the greater good?…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

The Only Threads on Princeton’s “Magic Carpet” Are Electrified

Ok, to be fair. This device isn’t really a carpet so much as it’s a 4-inch square of plastic and it doesn’t so much fly as just sorta hover a few inches off the ground, but it does have one advantage over Aladdin’s flying carpet—Princeton’s sheet is real. Devised and developed by Princeton graduate student…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

This Poop-Powered Toiletcycle Is Touring Japan

You’re looking at the Toilet Bike Neo. It’s the creation of Japan’s commode-king TOTO and is just what it looks like—a toilet-motorcycle hybrid. That runs on human excrement. Wait, wha? The Toilet Bike Neo will be conducting its roughly 500 mile trip from Kyushu to Tokyo powered entirely by the on-board biogas digester. Biogas systems…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Kodak’s New Outdoor Camera Can Hold Its Breath for Two Hours

Sure, Kodak is quickly becoming a penny stock. But that doesn’t mean it can’t still produce a solid and rugged outdoor camcorder like the Playfull Waterproof. https://gizmodo.com/kodak-is-on-the-verge-of-being-worth-zero-dollars-5845533 The Playfull Waterproof is a beefed-up addition to the Playfull line. It’s waterproof down to ten feet (three meters) for up to two hours, as well as shock-proof,…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Apparently the Body of Evidence in Florida Stops at the Neck

The strapping young lad you see here is 41-year-old Sunday school teacher Danny Parker—er, ex-Sunday school teacher since he was caught in ’09 Photoshopping the heads of his students into porn scenes. But hey, according to a Florida appeals court, at least it’s not a felony! No, really. According to a ruling by a Second…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Never Mind the Bollocks, London Gets the Google Chrome Zone Store

Google is hoping that it can talk the British into buying Chromebooks on the High Street. I hope they remembered to replace the $ key with a £ key. The search giant is testing the Chrome Zone shop-within-a-shop inside the Currys and PC World superstore (no relation to PCWorld magazine) in London’s Tottenham Court Road.…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

A 29-Year-Old Woman Hears Herself for the First Time Thanks to Hearing Implants

Sloan Churman, deaf for 29 years, will get to see life in a completely different light now because of Cochlear Implants. Technology is such a wonderful thing. [Youtube via Boing Boing]

Tech News Casey Chan

Timelines.com Claims Facebook Is Stealing Their Timelines’ Mojo

Timelines.com (note the “s”) has filed suit against Facebook over their new Timeline feature. Because no one has ever thought of putting significant dates along a line before. According to their site, Timelines.com “enables people like you to collaboratively record, discover and share history. It’s history recorded by the people, for the people.” Actually, it’s…

Social Media Roberto Baldwin

Hello, Commenters? It’s #Whitenoise Calling

So it’s Friday night and you’re dating your laptop again. I know; I’ve been there (I am there). But! You can head over to #Whitenoise and enjoy some good internet company. If you haven’t waded into the Whitenoisers’ community forum before, there’s a lot of, well, hmm. I’m actually not sure what you’d call it,…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Useless Characters in Jurassic Park

As with any cookie cutter movie where characters die, there are invincible people who are very important to the storyline, cute kids who escape dire circumstances, comic reliefs that stick around for the lulz and…those forgettable people with punchable faces that you love to see get eaten by T-Rex. The rest of this week’s top…

Tech News Splitsider

Watch: Samsung Galaxy S II Security Bug Leaves Locked Phones Exposed (UPDATED)

Uh-oh, it looks like some versions of the brand new Samsung Galaxy S II might be going out the door to customers next week with a serious security flaw that leaves locked phones wide open. BGR reports that their test model of the AT&T Galaxy S II would let them past the locked screen without…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Marlango: Maybe

Here’s some weird Spanish music that is not in Spanish: Marlango. Fans of Tom Waits may recognize some of his influence here and there. Instead of Tom’s whiskey voice, however, you have Leonor Watling’s milk and honey. https://gizmodo.com/tom-waits-martha-5842284 Maybe is one of my favorite songs, from their debut album Marlango. A dreamy poem dedicated to…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Corpse Bullets, Clone Dogs, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. Is It Necrophilia to Want to Shoot Your Dead Body Inside of Someone? What happens to our…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

How To Bulletproof Yourself on a WWI Battlefield

Body armor fell sharply out of favor in Europe during the 18th Century but made a strong resurgence in WWI after folks realized how much getting shot hurt. These are some of the more…eccentric…examples of rudimentary blast shields and flak vests as compiled by our friends at Oobject.com. If you need to deck out your…

Tech News Oobject.com

Screw Apple’s Kool-Aid, I Want to Drink Google’s Beer

Beer nerds! Our time has come! Dogfish Head brews some of the most interesting beers in the world (some people who are wrong say too interesting). Google makes search engines and browsers and stuff. Now they’re the same! Meet URKontinent. URKontinent is a collaboration between the Delaware brewer and the global information organizing megalopoly. As…

Tech News Mat Honan

Bing Now Has Complete Airport Maps

90 Percent of Pirates Get Dismissed from Massive Hurt Locker Lawsuit

Our Favorite Phones, TVs, Cameras, Gadgets and More

The World’s Highest Webcam Is Shooting Mt. Everest As We Speak

Paris Rolls Out a Fleet of Rentable Electric Runabouts

Kids Will Trade a Pint of Blood for Just About Anything These Days

The Only Threads on Princeton’s “Magic Carpet” Are Electrified

This Poop-Powered Toiletcycle Is Touring Japan

Kodak’s New Outdoor Camera Can Hold Its Breath for Two Hours

Apparently the Body of Evidence in Florida Stops at the Neck

Never Mind the Bollocks, London Gets the Google Chrome Zone Store

A 29-Year-Old Woman Hears Herself for the First Time Thanks to Hearing Implants

Timelines.com Claims Facebook Is Stealing Their Timelines’ Mojo

Hello, Commenters? It’s #Whitenoise Calling

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Useless Characters in Jurassic Park

Watch: Samsung Galaxy S II Security Bug Leaves Locked Phones Exposed (UPDATED)

Marlango: Maybe

Corpse Bullets, Clone Dogs, and Other Stories We Didn’t Post

How To Bulletproof Yourself on a WWI Battlefield

Screw Apple’s Kool-Aid, I Want to Drink Google’s Beer

Artemis 2 Live Updates: Countdown to the Moon 🔴

Samsung Slashes $350 Off 49″ Odyssey Curved Gaming Monitor to Clear Out Stock on Amazon

How the Artemis 2 Moon Mission Could Go Dangerously Wrong

Dyson V8 Cordless Vacuum Holds Its Lowest Price Even After Amazon’s Spring Sale Ends, Likely a Clearance Move

Lego Is Bringing Bionicle Back, But Not in the Way You’d Want

Richard Branson Is Still Trying to Make Space Tourism Happen, Selling Tickets at $750,000

Beats Powerbeats Fit Drops Below Black Friday Pricing Across All Colorways as Amazon Continues to Cut Prices on the Earbuds

Google Pixel 9a Hits a Record Low on Clearance, With Trade-In Making It Nearly Half the Price of Pixel Buds Pro 2

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