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The Onion Erects a Non-Satirical Paywall

Fake news don’t come cheap; The Onion has begun testing a paywall for its international readers. Under the current system, you get five free articles per month, after which it’s $3/month or $30/year for access. But no worries, skimmers and culture snobs! The A.V. Club and homepage don’t count, and the system won’t be deployed…

Tech News Brian Barrett

This Drug-Detecting Straw Might Prevent Date Rapes

Two scientists have developed a sensor that can automatically and accurately detect if date-rape drugs are in your drink. All you have to do is dip the straw in your drink and see if it lights up. It’s the brainchild of Professor Fernando Patolsky and Doctor Michael Ioffe, both from Tel Aviv University’s school of…

Tech News Casey Chan

BlackBerry’s Site Hacked After RIM Vows to Help Bring BBM-Using Rioters to Justice

There’s been talk over how the UK rioters have been using BBM as a means to organize the troublemaking that’s plagued London and UK cities the last three nights. In an act of retaliation, RIM’s Inside BlackBerry blog’s been hacked. https://gizmodo.com/scenes-from-a-riot-electronics-stores-sacked-by-britis-5829016 Calling themselves “TeaMp0isoN,” the hackers claim they did it because they opposed RIM helping…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Slow Motion Video Gallery

Cupcake warfare https://gizmodo.com/i-love-slow-motion-videos-of-cavorting-wobbly-things-5724394 A monk throwing a needle at a sheet of glass https://gizmodo.com/slow-mo-monk-throws-needle-through-sheet-of-glass-5745686 Skateboarders falling https://gizmodo.com/watching-skateboarding-fails-at-1000fps-is-actually-qui-5828647 Vibrations https://gizmodo.com/watching-vibrations-at-1-000-fps-is-very-stimulating-5814804 Kittens https://gizmodo.com/happiness-is-a-slow-motion-kitten-5755191 Slow motion skydiving https://gizmodo.com/watching-people-skydive-in-slow-motion-is-absolutely-me-5793612

Tech News Alyssa Bereznak

Hackers Could Help Prisoners Escape

Another scary finding from the DefCon hackers’ conference: prisoners could escape from their jails, if hackers decided to lend a hand and hack into the prison’s security systems. A couple of years ago a prison’s cell doors accidentally opened after a power blackout, which led security engineer John Strauchs to make the startling discovery that…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Teenager Arrested for Inciting Riots on Facebook

A 16-year-old’s been arrested in Glasgow, Scotland, for attempting to kickstart a riot via Facebook, to match England’s riots. While it’s not yet known if his/her efforts will spark any trouble, Facebook has at least taken the page down. [TheDrum] https://gizmodo.com/scenes-from-a-riot-electronics-stores-sacked-by-britis-5829016

Social Media Kat Hannaford

No Matter How Pissed You Get At This Phone, You’ll Never Break It (Probably)

The Samsung Convoy 2 is here for Verizon, its latest ruggedized feature-phone built to withstand the rigors of outdoorsy people, or butter-fingered indoorsy people. Is it bad that I want to try and beat it up? The Convoy 2 meets military specs standards for shock, low pressure (altitude), low and high temperature, temperature shock, solar…

Tech News Brent Rose

The Camera That Goes to ONE MILLION FPS

Vision Research, with their Phantom line of high-speed video cameras, has kind of outdone themselves this time with the Phantom v1610. A MILLION FPS. Imagine what people getting punched in the face would look like slowed down that much! Truthfully, it probably wouldn’t be that awesome. With high speed video, at some point, the law…

Tech News Brent Rose

What a Market Crash Means for Your Gadgets

Last week the stock market finally reached the apex of its clickety-clack roller coaster ascent. Now it’s begun the free-fall into financial oblivion. So what does that mean for you, gadget enthusiast? The Short Term THE SKY IS FALLING. Well, maybe. And if your retirement is tied up in LinkedIn then you have my deepest…

Tech News Brian Barrett

How Did Jay-Z and Kanye Keep the Biggest Album of the Year from Leaking?

Kanye and Jay-Z, rap’s Zeus and Athena, have finally released their buzz-flinging collaboration, Watch the Throne. And it’s pretty good! But more impressively, unlike virtually every single album ever these days, it didn’t leak online first. How’d they do that? By exploiting tech to the fullest—both ignoring and embracing it to their advantage, XXL reports.…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Subway Installs Slides Instead of Stairs and More from Best of TreeHugger

This week on TreeHugger, technologies saving sharks from extinction, a tricycle built for beer kegs, the world’s skinniest house, adorable chicks, water on Mars, maps and more! 1. Pocket Gardens Sprout on Paris’s Anti-Parking Posts Parisian artist Paule Kingleur has commandeered some of the 335,000 posts in the French capital as sites for hanging micro-gardens…

Tech News Jaymi Heimbuch

Real Flowers Are Gonna Love it Inside the Lego Greenhouse

And however beautiful Lego flowers are, the real things are heaps prettier. This greenhouse, commissioned by Lego and designed by Sebastian Bergne for the London Design Festival 2011, will be displayed in Covent Garden from 15 – 25th September. [Sebastian Bergne via CubeMe]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Vizio’s Media-Heavy Econo-Tablet Arrives Today

The Vizio Tablet, which impressed us in June with its keen video focus and dirt cheap price tag, is now available in stores for an easily swallowed $300. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-the-cheap-media-mongering-vizio-tablet-5814307 The 8-inch budget slate had some bug issues when we checked it out earlier in the summer, but that was long enough ago to have knocked…

Gadgets Sam Biddle

Get 12 Classic Nook Ebooks Free In Barnes & Noble’s Back-To-School Offer

If you register your new Nook before October 31st, B&N will give you 12 free classic ebooks plus a bunch of study guides (don’t groan, students), which amounts to over $100 of goodies apparently. [B&N via Engadget]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Scenes from a Riot: Electronics Stores Sacked by British Looters

While the majority of the damage caused by rioters and looters was contained to London, the madness spread to Liverpool, Birmingham and other English cities, with electronics chains being the worst hit. http://gawker.com/5828954/mob-rule-as-london-rioting-spreads As it stands, most of the thugs were actually teenagers and children as young as 11, all with a taste for sportswear…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Can You Identify Any of the London Rioters?

A website’s sprung up in the wake of the London riots appealing for people to upload photos of the rioters and looters, plus identify others. It’s a little buggy, but with any luck through the power of social media, these people can be brought to justice. [London Rioters via @Jopkins]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Looters Set Fire to Sony Distribution Center

At midnight, the mob rule that’s descended over London and parts of the UK decided to attack the Sony distribution center in Enfield, North London, with local Tommy Thompson telling the BBC how looters stole items including “Wii consoles.” http://gawker.com/5828954/mob-rule-as-london-rioting-spreads As Sony centers only sell Sony-branded products it’s more likely the thugs were thieving PS3s,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Two-Player iPad and Android Game Olo Is Finger-Flickin’ Fun

Proving that sometimes the best games are the simplest, the boules-like game Olo works in the browser for iPad and iPhone thanks to CSSS3 and HTML5, but Android users can also download it here. [Olo via SwissMiss]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Can You Burn a Photo On Your Skin Using Sunlight?

If you take a negative, slap it on your forearm and sunbathe, will the image burn on your skin? This is a question Petapixel asked of its readers and the video above is the first attempt at an answer. Sadly, sunlight is not a way to make a temporary forearm tattoo using negatives. The combination…

Tech News Kelly

Video: Hackney Woman Stands Up To London Rioters In Stirring Speech (NSFW)

A Hackney woman stood up to rioters and gave them a piece of her mind in a video shot by Matthew Moore. In her own way, she told the small crowd to get off the streets and stop the rioting. [Matthew Moore via Good]

Tech News Kelly

The Onion Erects a Non-Satirical Paywall

This Drug-Detecting Straw Might Prevent Date Rapes

BlackBerry’s Site Hacked After RIM Vows to Help Bring BBM-Using Rioters to Justice

Slow Motion Video Gallery

Hackers Could Help Prisoners Escape

Teenager Arrested for Inciting Riots on Facebook

No Matter How Pissed You Get At This Phone, You’ll Never Break It (Probably)

The Camera That Goes to ONE MILLION FPS

What a Market Crash Means for Your Gadgets

How Did Jay-Z and Kanye Keep the Biggest Album of the Year from Leaking?

Subway Installs Slides Instead of Stairs and More from Best of TreeHugger

Real Flowers Are Gonna Love it Inside the Lego Greenhouse

Vizio’s Media-Heavy Econo-Tablet Arrives Today

Get 12 Classic Nook Ebooks Free In Barnes & Noble’s Back-To-School Offer

Scenes from a Riot: Electronics Stores Sacked by British Looters

Can You Identify Any of the London Rioters?

Looters Set Fire to Sony Distribution Center

Two-Player iPad and Android Game Olo Is Finger-Flickin’ Fun

Can You Burn a Photo On Your Skin Using Sunlight?

Video: Hackney Woman Stands Up To London Rioters In Stirring Speech (NSFW)

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

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