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Apple Investigators Reportedly Impersonated SF Police in iPhone 5 Search (Updated)

According to The SF Weekly, Apple investigators looking into the missing iPhone 5 may have been impersonating San Francisco police officers. That’s a crime. The SF Weekly reached Sergio Calderón, who believes he was the person referred to as a suspect in a CNET story claiming that an iPhone 5 was lost in a bar.…

Tech News Mat Honan

The First Digital 3D Rendered Film Was Made by Pixar

I support everything Pixar—well, everything other than Cars that is. So this early, early footage of a 3D hand from 1972, which was made by Ed Catmull, Pixar co-founder, and Fred Parke, is just so, so awesome. As much as we hate 3D around these parts, you can’t deny that this is so wicked cool.…

Tech News Casey Chan

Awesome Sandcrawler Building Is George Lucas’ First Good Idea in 28 Years

Yes, this eight-story building looks like a Jawa sandcrawler made of glass and steel because it is a sandcrawler made of glass and steel. Lucasfilm is now building it in Singapore. It will be their first overseas production facility. The sandcrawler-inspired complex was designed by architectural firm Aedas. It’s actually quite beautiful, especially its Endor-ish…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

How The CIA Became ‘One Hell of a Killing Machine’

No one views the CIA as anything resembling impotent. The drone strikes it operates are the most important counterterrorism tool the Obama administration uses, battering a Pakistan so intensely, in 2010 they struck an average of once every three days. Osama bin Laden is dead as the result of a military operation the CIA commanded,…

Tech News Spencer Ackerman - Danger Room

Gizmodo Fall Internships in San Francisco

Hi there, we’re looking for some interns, in San Francisco. We’re pretty demanding of our interns, but in turn, you will learn a lot about this whole professional blogging enterprise. So, the ideal candidate is someone who’s looking at a career in media, but fairly geeky too. Oh, and you must be within daily commuting…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Coral Arks Rebuild Marine Ecosystems—With Electricity and Rebar

The world’s coral reefs are in trouble. Not just from localized over-fishing and habitat destruction, but worldwide climate change as well. The solution—electrified artificial reefs, of course. Biorock starts out as a Rebar skeleton structure or electrically-conductive wire mesh, called a Coral Ark. It’s partially sunken or anchored into the seafloor with a solar panel…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Picture Proof That the iPhone 5’s Thinner and Wider?

We already got a big clue about the next iPhone’s dimensions from Apples own icon, but Italian site Macitynet claims they’ve nailed it: an iPhone 4 in an alleged iPhone 5 case shows a huge size difference. Skinny! Flat! Wide! https://gizmodo.com/is-this-what-the-iphone-5-looks-like-5836286 The gallery shows both an iPod Touch and iPhone 4 swimming with room in…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Apple Still Might Put USB 3.0 in Their Computers

When Apple added Thunderbolt to their computers, many assumed that Apple’s support for USB 3.0 hit the back burner. Not entirely true. According to VR-Zone, Apple’s still looking to add USB 3.0 to their products and may even do it before Intel does it. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-thunderbolt-5769321 Supposedly, USB 3.0 host controllers have gotten cheap enough that…

Tech News Casey Chan

Photojojo’s Leather Camera Strap Makes Your DSLR Look Like Indiana Jones’

Dropping your expensive camera is terrible. Looking like a giant tool while you’re snapping photos is also awful. Photojojo’s “Handy Dandy Hand Strap” will take care of both, snuggly securing your cam to your hand, all while looking ruggedly beautiful. There’s nothing complicated about the strap. And that’s a good thing. It’s just soft padded…

Tech News Sam Biddle

WebOS Won’t Find a Home at Samsung

If HP is as eager to sell! sell! sell! as they seem, today’s Samung Electronics news must be a little disheartening: CEO Choi Gee Sung said that his company would “never” buy webOS. Won’t anyone give it a good home? https://gizmodo.com/hp-youre-seriously-bumming-me-out-5836383 As part of the rumor rejection, Samsung reiterated its commitment to its own software…

Gadgets Brian Barrett

Man Gets Hard Drive Full of Secret Apple Documents

You knew about the one about a man who walks into a bar and finds a lost iPhone. Well, this one is about a man who walks into an Apple Store and walks out with a hard drive full of Apple secrets. https://gizmodo.com/how-apple-lost-the-iphone-4-5520438 An unidentified Cult of Mac tipster went to an Apple Store to…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

An iPhone Dock That Folds Up Like a Lawn Chair

Folding things is awesome. Laptops, pizza, gymnasts—foldable things are fun and great. So this foldable iPhone/iPod stand from XtremeMac better not suck or it’s going to take a dump all over my foldy worldview. The Soma Stand has dual speakers that fold in to make it more portable, which basically all we know about the…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Russian Train Spill Dumps Giant Chemical Gas Cloud over City

Transporting toxic gas in glass containers aboard a train sounds like something from a hurriedly-written action movie, but no, it’s real life. And it’s particularly real life for Chelyabinsk, Russia, which now have a cloud of bromine floating above it. After the cargo train spilled yesterday in the Ural mountains city of over a million—allegedly…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Lenovo IdeaPad A1 Is a $250 Android Tablet for the Masses

The Lenovo IdeaPad A1 is not a cutting-edge device. Nor is it a niche product that will attract a minuscule subsection of fawning geeks. But it is a 7-inch tablet that only costs $250. Your shamelessly cheap friends will be thrilled. The A1 runs on ARM’s last-generation, 1GHz Cortex A8 processor and Android 2.3 (Gingerbread),…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Starz Turned Down $300 Million to Stay on Netflix

So you know how Starz and Netflix broke up, which, sad! But did you further know that Netflix offered up a whopping $300 million per year to make the third-rate movie channel stay? That’s ten times their current deal. Yowza. https://gizmodo.com/the-movies-on-netflix-streaming-are-about-to-suck-a-lot-5836718 Starz, according to the LA Times, refused to sign off on any deal that…

Tech News Brian Barrett

7.1 Earthquake Hits Alaska

The US Geological Survey has reported a 7.1 magnitude earthquake striking the Aleutian Islands southeast of Atka, Alaska. It hit at 6.2 miles underwater, but the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center hasn’t issued any destructive tsunami warning. Hey Earth, I love you and all, but can you calm the fuck off for bit, please. [Reuters]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

An LED Helmet For The Techno Viking

This techno viking helmet created by Garrett Mace is just so cool you’ll want to make one for your next party. The helmet has colored LEDs and pairs them with bundles of fiber optic strands. Together, they cause the mohawk to glow. An Arduino controller is added to the mix and now you have a…

Tech News Kelly

AT&T May Give up 25% of T-Mobile To Get Government Approval

AT&T wants to acquire T-Mobile in the worst way. The carrier is so desperate that it may sell 25% of T-Mobile’s business if the acquisition is given the green light by the FCC and the DOJ. This divestiture would include both customers and spectrum that could potentially be scooped up by national carriers like Verizon…

Tech News Kelly

A Boat Motor That Blends A Fine Cocktail

Anyone with a boat powered by a vintage Johnson motor will tell you that a well-maintained outboard engine can last decades. When then motor finally dies, don’t discard it. Convert the engine into the best-looking blender ever. Spotted on Etsy is a 1958 18 HP Johnson outboard motor that was gutted and modded into a…

Tech News Kelly

Loosen Up Parents And Let Your Children Play Outside

If you have kids, you know what it’s like to go from activity to activity with only a few moments in between. You may think you’re broadening your child’s horizon, but you may be doing more harm than good. Researcher Peter Gray claims that almost 85% of children today have higher levels of anxiety and…

Tech News Kelly

Apple Investigators Reportedly Impersonated SF Police in iPhone 5 Search (Updated)

The First Digital 3D Rendered Film Was Made by Pixar

Awesome Sandcrawler Building Is George Lucas’ First Good Idea in 28 Years

How The CIA Became ‘One Hell of a Killing Machine’

Gizmodo Fall Internships in San Francisco

Coral Arks Rebuild Marine Ecosystems—With Electricity and Rebar

Picture Proof That the iPhone 5’s Thinner and Wider?

Apple Still Might Put USB 3.0 in Their Computers

Photojojo’s Leather Camera Strap Makes Your DSLR Look Like Indiana Jones’

WebOS Won’t Find a Home at Samsung

Man Gets Hard Drive Full of Secret Apple Documents

An iPhone Dock That Folds Up Like a Lawn Chair

Russian Train Spill Dumps Giant Chemical Gas Cloud over City

Lenovo IdeaPad A1 Is a $250 Android Tablet for the Masses

Starz Turned Down $300 Million to Stay on Netflix

7.1 Earthquake Hits Alaska

An LED Helmet For The Techno Viking

AT&T May Give up 25% of T-Mobile To Get Government Approval

A Boat Motor That Blends A Fine Cocktail

Loosen Up Parents And Let Your Children Play Outside

China’s Biggest Social Media Celebrity Is… Kris Jenner?

Up to $1,550 Off on pCloud: Pay Once, Protect Data Forever for World Backup Day

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

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

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Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

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

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

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