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That Anonymous Cop Leak Was Much Worse than We Thought

When Anon stuck their finger in the eye of many a Texan cop with their huge 3 GB data dump, we were more interested in the bigoted juicy stuff. Turns out, it was also an identity thief’s wet dream. https://gizmodo.com/anonymous-roars-back-with-3gb-leak-of-texas-police-chie-5836741 Security firm Identity Finder ran a detailed analysis of the leaked goods, and came up…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Download Free Travel Guides for Your iPhone, iPad or Android Phone with Triposo

In a foreign country where you know nothing and nobody, you have two options: carry around a gigantic Frommer’s guide and look like a toolish tourist or download Triposo to your phone and look like a slick local. Best part about Triposo is that it’s free. The devs culled seven sources—WIkipedia, Wikitravel, World66, Openstreetmap etc.—via…

Tech News Casey Chan

How NYC Is Protecting Itself from the Terror Threat This Weekend

Federal officials are currently investigating a potential car bomb plot that Al Qaeda has planned for this weekend, the anniversary of 9/11. The car bomb plot is “credible” but not confirmed and is supposed to target bridges and tunnels. According to information gathered by intelligence, the FBI are looking for a handful of men (one…

Tech News Casey Chan

Is Steve Jobs Dead? (Updated: Yes)

Right now the internet’s quaking with speculation about Steve Jobs’ possible death—all sparked by a single tweet. Update: Steve Jobs has passed away at 56 https://gizmodo.com/why-everyone-just-thought-steve-jobs-died-updated-5838845 Did an intern fuck up? Did someone tweet something they shouldn’t have? We don’t know—but we will say it’s reminding us a lot of the media rumors that swirled…

Tech News Sam Biddle

A Portable Android Projector to Light Up Movie Night

Holy smokes did this Android projector just sell out in two days on Amazon? Pity. It’d make a sweet tool for impromptu movie screenings. The battery-powered Tursion TS-102b Smart Pico Projector will project a 100-inch picture at reasonable brightness. It looks about the size of a fancy steak, and at under six ounces, it weighs…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

How to Terror-Proof the New World Trade Center

Developers of the new World Trade Center learned a slew of lessons from the numerous attacks and eventual collapse of the original buildings—reexamining every aspect of the security and safety systems. Here’s what they’ve figured out. A Befitting Pedestal The September 11th attacks were not the first successful assault on the complex. In 1993, a…

Privacy & Security Andrew Tarantola

Why Everyone Just Thought Steve Jobs Died (UPDATED)

The CBS What’s Trending Twitter feed, tied to the show by Shira Lazar, posted and then removed a tweet announcing that Steve Jobs had passed away. (UPDATED) While it subsequently removed the tweet, you can still see the original text because so many people retweeted it. We’re hoping for an update from What’s Trending explaining…

Tech News Mat Honan

Duracell Powerhouse USB Charger Is your Energizing Deal of the Day

I’m shutting off my power. Not because I’m environmentally conscious, but because I’m opposed to the dollar amount in those monthly bills. I figure I can get away with no power. I’ll charge my computer at the office every day. Light? I romanticize neanderthals who squatted in dark caves. Showering with hot water? HA. But…

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Aol and Yahoo Might Merge into One Giant Clusternut of Awful

In the best tie-up since that time I made myself a Vodka and skim milk out of sheer desperation, Aol and Yahoo may merge. It’d be just like Voltron, if Voltron were a rotten egg riding atop a ruptured spleen. As Bloomberg reports, the two companies are currently sniffing around each others’ hindquarters like two…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Motion Controlled Remotes Are a Stupid Idea and Should Be Destroyed

Movea thinks it has a good idea. It thinks the Move TV remote, which uses Wii-like gestures to flip through channels, is something that should be in our lives. It’s not. The Move TV is a premise beyond idiocy. Motion controls make sense in some contexts. With your Wii, you can swing the controller like…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Conan O’Brien Makes Fun of Apple’s Lost iPhone 5

Apple lost another iPhone in another bar. Bummer for Apple, but also, kind of funny. At least in Conan’s hands. Conan O’Brien released a hilarious spoof of an Apple product video, in which the company pleads for its missing phone while touting the features that promise to bring grief to whoever’s got it. Like, “it’s…

Tech News Mat Honan

What’s Your Internet Dick Rating?

Dear commenters, before you write anything in Gizmodo or any other blog or forum today, please print this image, read it and tape it right next to your computer screen. Alternatively, go here now and buy the fucking t-shirt. [Rosscott] Click image to expand.

Tech News Jesus Diaz

How Did Soldiers’ Gear Change After 9/11?

KitUp has an interesting take on 9/11: how the post-attack war on terror has affected US soldiers. On the left, a photo of a typical infantry man taken on September 10, 2001. On the right, a soldier with today’s standard equipment. The former is wearing a really heavy, oversized Kevlar helmet, a very basic and…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Everything You Need to Know About the Aol TechCrunch Clusterf*ck

Aol’s Techcrunch is in disarray. Last week Aol/Techcrunch announced a venture fund that would finance the kind of start-ups it covers. That made lots of people cry foul. Now Mike Arrington’s out of a job. What does it all mean? https://gizmodo.com/aol-youve-got-conflicts-updated-5836737 After Aol CEO Tim Armstrong initially said the company was cool with Mike keeping…

Tech News Mat Honan

Twitter Doesn’t Give a Damn Who You Are

Twitter had a meeting yesterday to talk about how big it was. But what really came across was that while Facebook and Google+ value your identity, Twitter doesn’t care who you are, as long as you’ve got something to say. Google Facebook and Twitter now all have similar products. But Twitter CEO Dick Costolo (somewhat…

Tech News Mat Honan

How San Diego Looks With the Lights Turned off

Yesterday, a sweeping power outage left six million people without power in the Southwest—including a huge swath of San Diegans. The result? An Emerald City that shined in patches, not flares. And it’s actually kind of beautiful. Also fun: turns out that the outage was the fault of a single electrical worker for Arizona utility…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Xbox Live “Metro” Brings More Bing, Kinect, and Cable TV Integration To the Holidays

I sat down with Microsoft the other day to talk about the upcoming Xbox Live refresh that includes fancy new Bing integration, Kinect controlling nearly everything, deeper Facebook integration, and watching live cable TV on your Xbox. Microsoft talked about partnerships with regional cable providers that would integrate the console with their services. Live TV…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

These Drones Transform into Suicide Bombs

The US Army’s newest aerial toy is a little different than the rest of its drone brethren. Instead of providing overhead video and maybe shooting off a missile, AeroVironment’s Switchblade UAV is the missile. Portable, kamikaze death from above. Each Switchblade pops out of a small-ish tube, guided by a joystick-connected goggles. Find your target,…

Tech News Sam Biddle

How’s It Go Again? Spring Forward, Fall…

Daylight Savings Time is just about over, which means soon enough there will be a bunch of confused people running around in the pitch dark with absolutely no idea what time it is. Be their knight with the shining watch by taking this short survey and potentially winning a fancy Timex Andros watch from J.…

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iFixit Sells Quarters for $3

If you need a quarter, but live in a part of the country in which coinage has been banned by some tyrannical mayor, iFixit’s got you. Or maybe you’re just some pervert who gets off on paying $3 for $0.25. iFixit claims it sources its quarters directly from its founder’s pockets—so you can maybe clone…

Tech News Sam Biddle

That Anonymous Cop Leak Was Much Worse than We Thought

Download Free Travel Guides for Your iPhone, iPad or Android Phone with Triposo

How NYC Is Protecting Itself from the Terror Threat This Weekend

Is Steve Jobs Dead? (Updated: Yes)

A Portable Android Projector to Light Up Movie Night

How to Terror-Proof the New World Trade Center

Why Everyone Just Thought Steve Jobs Died (UPDATED)

Duracell Powerhouse USB Charger Is your Energizing Deal of the Day

Aol and Yahoo Might Merge into One Giant Clusternut of Awful

Motion Controlled Remotes Are a Stupid Idea and Should Be Destroyed

Conan O’Brien Makes Fun of Apple’s Lost iPhone 5

What’s Your Internet Dick Rating?

How Did Soldiers’ Gear Change After 9/11?

Everything You Need to Know About the Aol TechCrunch Clusterf*ck

Twitter Doesn’t Give a Damn Who You Are

How San Diego Looks With the Lights Turned off

Xbox Live “Metro” Brings More Bing, Kinect, and Cable TV Integration To the Holidays

These Drones Transform into Suicide Bombs

How’s It Go Again? Spring Forward, Fall…

iFixit Sells Quarters for $3

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

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