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Airplane Crash Victims Found at Sea Thanks to iPhone Signal

A military airplane with 21 people aboard was lost over Chile’s sea this weekend. It disappeared from radar and the authorities didn’t know where it crashed. Surprisingly, they started to recover their bodies thanks to Apple’s Find My iPhone feature. Remains from the CASA 212 from Chile’s Air Force were found floating in the sea…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

This Is Probably the Best Way to Watch a Space Shuttle Launch (Updated)

I always thought that flying around the space shuttle was the most amazing way to watch the launch. After seeing this image of skydivers falling as the shuttle rocket fired through the clouds, I’ve serious doubts. https://jalopnik.com/i-wish-i-could-fly-an-f-15-around-the-last-shuttle-laun-5807571 Of course, flying a combat jet is awesome on its own right. In any case, what it really…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

China’s Predator Drone Ripoff Crashes and Explodes

Shocker! In China’s rush to be a 21st century military power, it might be possible some engineering’s been a little… rushed. That seems to be the case for this Chinese “Pterodactyl” UAV—pretty much just a bootleg Predator. Kaboom. For comparison, here’s a side by side of the two bulb-nosed robo-planes. The copycat drone went down…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Sony’s MDR-NC200D Noise-Canceling Headphones Help Kill the (External) Noise

Maybe you spend more time on a plane than you do your house. Or maybe you just live/work/suffer with someone who talks REALLY REALLY LOUD. Sony’s latest noise-canceling headphones, the MDR-NC200D, are made for someone like yourself. Equipped with 40mm drivers and Sony’s own digital canceling technology—which listens to the noise around you, then adjusts…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Seagate’s New GoFlex Desk Is the First Ever 4TB Hard Drive

Seagate is still pushing their GoFlex Desk line as hard as they can. After releasing the first 3TB external drive last year, they’re raising the bar with their new 4TB beast. https://gizmodo.com/lightning-review-seagates-3tb-goflex-desk-external-har-5585387 This year’s model gotten a bit of a makeover as well, looking slimmer and trimmer than its older sibling. The PC model supports…

Tech News Kwame Opam

Why Would a Company Spend $200 Million to Build a 20-Mile Ghost Town for 35,000 Invisible People?

New Mexico, where people go to cook Crystal Meth and disappear into the maw that isn’t quite Mexico, is going to get another claim to fame: a brand new, $200 million 20-square mile city with no residents. A modern day ghost town. It could fit 35,000 people if people were allowed to live there but…

Tech News Casey Chan

The New Tivo Elite Lets You Simultaneously Record More Shows Than You’ll Know What to Do With

Though it has already been spotted before, the Tivo Elite is out from hiding, and will let you record an ungodly four shows at once, with room to let you watch a fifth. I feel overwhelmed already. https://gizmodo.com/the-age-of-the-600-tivo-is-nearly-upon-us-5830477 Having all of this archival power through a lone multi-stream CableCard is great. But there’s a twist!…

Tech News Adrian Covert

10 Mind-Blowing Bike Hacks and More from TreeHugger

This week, we have bike hacks that bring the whole idea of “bike” into question, a folding bike that squeezes down to just 8 inches, how to build a rocket stove out of wood, mini electric trucks run by solar, and more! 1. How Much Energy Do We Consume, And Where? Infographic Explains Which are…

Tech News Jaymi Heimbuch - Treehugger

Google’s South Korea HQ Got Raided by Antitrust Officials

Google is about to undergo yet another antitrust investigation for its alleged monopolistic business practices, this time in Seoul, Korea. Regulators from the Korean Fair Trade Commission raided their Seoul offices yesterday as the first salvo in the probe. https://gizmodo.com/googles-getting-subpoenaed-by-the-ftc-in-antitrust-prob-5814908 The raid comes out of a joint complaint made by major Korean mobile internet firms…

Tech News Kwame Opam

Microsoft Discovers Windows Phone Retailers Know Nothing About Windows Phones

When you’re preparing for a not quite make or break but still enormously important launch (hi, Mango!), you want your sales staff on their feet. So when Microsoft’s secret shopper snoop squad discovered totally clueless employees, they scrambled. Hard. https://gizmodo.com/windows-phone-mango-dropping-off-the-tree-sept-1-5830107 Bloomberg reports that ol’ MS is training up “hundreds” of employees to be able to…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Here’s How Fast AT&T’s Real 4G Network Will Be

Of all the fake, gimpy, tortoise-slow 4Gs of the world, AT&T has historically been far and away the fakest, gimpiest, tortoise-slowest. But the real-deal LTE hotness is coming soon. And as this real-life demo shows, it’s going to be blazing. What you’re watching is AT&T’s 4G LTE network being put through its SpeedTest paces on…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Motorola Droid Bionic Hands On: The Good, the Bad, and the Grainy

Remember when you first heard about the Droid Bionic? You had no gray hair and Jimmy Carter was still in the White House. Well, eight months after CES, here it is—potentially the new king of Android pile on Verizon, at least this month. Remember the Atrix? It’s a lot like that, but with Verizon’s insanely…

Tech News Brent Rose

Netflix Is Only Letting You Stream One Movie at a Time Now (Update: No They’re Not)

It looks like Netflix is cracking down on people who ‘share’ Netflix accounts by limiting the amount of movies that can be streamed at the same time by one account. Many people are reporting that Netflix hasn’t allowed concurrent streams since their price hike. Updated. https://gizmodo.com/netflix-just-got-way-more-spensive-updated-5820492 Unofficially, there has always been a limit on how…

Tech News Casey Chan

HP’s Newest All-in-One Is Why All-in-Ones Are Great

HP’s computer business is in a state of bizarre limbo, but that’s not stopping them from plodding along with a new batch of desktops—tragically or not. Luckily for us, they look great, and perform better than ever. https://gizmodo.com/hey-pc-makers-dont-quit-fight-5832629 The $900, 23-inch TouchSmart 520 is the new guy worth talking about. Is it better looking than…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Full-Scale, Battery-Powered Helicopter Flight Sets World Record

Pascal Chretien did what famed helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky hasn’t yet. He designed, built and flew an untethered, manned electric helicopter. This record-setting flight is like taking your toy remote control helicopter, blowing it up to full size and piloting it. With the backing of French company Solution F, Chretien spent 12 months building and testing…

Tech News Kelly

What Does Instagram Do To Famous Photographs?

Instagram is great for spicing up plain photographs taken by your iPhone. It has several filters, unlimited uploads and lets you share your photos with social networks like Twitter and Facebook. No wonder it has 200 million hosted images. But what happens when those plain photographs are replaced with famous images? Check out the gallery…

Tech News Kelly

How Architects Saved An Ancient Abbey From Destruction

St. Maurice’s Abbey in Switzerland was built in a rather precarious place. Constructed in 515, the building stands tall against a steep cliff that is prone to rock slides. Damaging rock slides. Over the last 15 centuries, the Abbey has been decimated by periods of falling rock. A significant strike in 1945 took down the…

Tech News Kelly

Facebook Improves Its iPhone App, iPad App Still MIA

Download the new Facebook app for iOS and you’ll be able to tag your friends and places, share external links from a web view and bring some improved privacy settings to your iPhone. Though the iPhone app is better than ever, the iPad app is still MIA. And it looks like it won’t be arriving…

Tech News Kelly

Asian Man Prepares A Meal With His MacBook Air

Apparently, the MacBook Air is so thin you can use it as a knife to prepare a meal. I wouldn’t try this with my MacBook, but Sakaiehita certainly did. He used his razor-thin notebook to slice and dice mushrooms, cut an apple, chop cabbage, peel a carrot and even de-vein a shrimp. Sadly, the MacBook…

Tech News Kelly

The Strongest Pro-Genetic Engineering Argument Yet

The creature depicted here is both between and beyond classifications. Every bit as cunning as a megashark, even deadlier than a crocosaurus. It is terrifying, it is awe-inspiring. It is $24.99 at Party City. The Doggie Raptor. The Doggie Triceratops. The Doggie Stegosaurus. The Doggie Shark. The Doggie… Tortoise? It’s the most adorable re-imagining of…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Airplane Crash Victims Found at Sea Thanks to iPhone Signal

This Is Probably the Best Way to Watch a Space Shuttle Launch (Updated)

China’s Predator Drone Ripoff Crashes and Explodes

Sony’s MDR-NC200D Noise-Canceling Headphones Help Kill the (External) Noise

Seagate’s New GoFlex Desk Is the First Ever 4TB Hard Drive

Why Would a Company Spend $200 Million to Build a 20-Mile Ghost Town for 35,000 Invisible People?

The New Tivo Elite Lets You Simultaneously Record More Shows Than You’ll Know What to Do With

10 Mind-Blowing Bike Hacks and More from TreeHugger

Google’s South Korea HQ Got Raided by Antitrust Officials

Microsoft Discovers Windows Phone Retailers Know Nothing About Windows Phones

Here’s How Fast AT&T’s Real 4G Network Will Be

Motorola Droid Bionic Hands On: The Good, the Bad, and the Grainy

Netflix Is Only Letting You Stream One Movie at a Time Now (Update: No They’re Not)

HP’s Newest All-in-One Is Why All-in-Ones Are Great

Full-Scale, Battery-Powered Helicopter Flight Sets World Record

What Does Instagram Do To Famous Photographs?

How Architects Saved An Ancient Abbey From Destruction

Facebook Improves Its iPhone App, iPad App Still MIA

Asian Man Prepares A Meal With His MacBook Air

The Strongest Pro-Genetic Engineering Argument Yet

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DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

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MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

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Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

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