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This Is the Most Stupid Conversation That Ever Took Place at NASA

Hillary Greenbaum has the story of the two NASA logos: The classic and current Meatball and the discarded Worm. It details the most absurd conversation between NASA Administrator Dr. James Fletcher and Deputy Administrator Dr. George Low: Fletcher: I’m simply not comfortable with those letters, something is missing. Low: Well, yes, the cross stroke is…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Hackers Defile Hershey’s Website by Changing a Single Recipe

Nothing is safe. Not even chocolate. As indicated by a recent letter sent to their customers, Hershey just suffered a security breach that resulted in a changed recipe. I really hope they didn’t change their chocolate chip banana bread. The Consumerist reports that someone broke into the Hershey’s server and messed with a recipe on…

Tech News Kwame Opam

6 Tools to Make Your Disgusting Bathroom Pristine Again

Your bathroom is filthy. Drains are clogged, tiles are stained and mildew is crawling up the walls. It doesn’t just need a cleaning, it needs to be purified. Here are six tools to help make your bathroom sparkle: Steam Mop If you can count the time between major bathroom cleanings in years, and not months,…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Has Apple Turned Its Back on the People Harmed In Its Factories?

Even though Apple’s Chinese consumers bask in the luxurious image Apple has built for them, their workers oftentimes live far from the high life. While it isn’t that they outright put their workers in danger, it’s that Apple is so slow to react when things go wrong. NPR has a lengthy piece regarding the ongoing…

Tech News Kwame Opam

Watch Gizmodo’s Joe Brown On Bloomberg TV

Gizmodo’s editor-in-chief Joe Brown joined Bloomberg West TV on August 3, 2011 to talk about Blackberry’s new OS. Watch the clip above! For media requests, please contact Kevin Prince at [email protected].

Tech News Scott Kidder

Griffin’s IntelliCase for iPad 2 Does the Smart Cover Smarter

Seriously, how hard can it be to make a case that works like the Smart Cover, covers the back of the iPad, and doesn’t look like complete crap? Griffin’s IntelliCase seems like it might do the trick. The case has full Smart Cover functionality and folds into standing and typing positions. It’s available today for…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Last Year’s Best Android Phone for $49

10 years ago, people would have laughed if you suggested that Google would someday be in the cellphone business. Now look at them. Android is becoming a power player. In that vein, here are a list of predictions of new ventures google will dominate a decade from now: Google will some day control the pizza…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals

A Wine Rack That Helps You Flash Those Fancy Labels

Rather than display your wealth in an ostentatious manner, or hide all your valuable wine away in a dank cellar, Vin de Garde’s Nek-rite is a fine compromise. Bottles nestle on bike spoke-like holders, flashing the label at passersby. [Nek-rite via BlessThisStuff via BornRich]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Worldwide Online Child Pornography Forum Busted in Largest Prosecution Yet

72 people have been charged with their participation in Dreamboard, a members-only online forum that was created to promote pedophilia and “to encourage the sexual abuse of very young children”. What these sick perverts did was absolutely disgusting. Again, this is tough stuff to stomach, so feel free to stop reading here and know that…

Tech News Casey Chan

Germany Declares Facebook’s Facial Recognition Illegal

Although we think it’s generally a pretty nifty feature, valid concerns over the misuse of Facebook’s auto-recognition tagging have lead Germany to ban it entirely. That’s right—Facebook in its current state is now illegal. Deep Scheiße, Zuckerberg. The German government—which possesses perhaps the world’s most adamant privacy laws as a result of Nazi and subsequent…

Social Media Sam Biddle

Shooting Challenge: Playing With Fire

Campfires. Cookouts. Why the heck is it that in the hottest months of the year, we ignite the most fires? Regardless, for this week’s Shooting Challenge, channel your inner pyromaniac. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, you’re playing with fire. The Challenge Take a photo of fire – fire as in a flame or flames –…

Tech News Mark Wilson

How the Navy Screwed Up Its Warship of the Future

Why is the US Navy’s ultra-modern Littoral Combat Ship a failure after five years? Wired’s David Axe has the answer. The Littoral Combat Ship was supposed to be a light, disposable ship that could operate on the coastal waters where most modern naval fighting happens. It was going to change the fleet from lead-footed bruisers…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Is Android About to Get Crushed?

This fall, smartphones are going to be better than they’ve ever been. That’s true every year, but iOS 5 and Windows Phone 7.5 are looking pretty fantastic. What about Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, though? We know a little bit about Ice Cream Sandwich, which seems focused on fixing a lot of the nagging issues…

Tech News Brent Rose

This Is the Act Tron Guy Should’ve Done On America’s Got Talent

Our hearts broke when we saw our Tron Guy fail to impress on America’s Got Talent. Why didn’t he just zip about the stage on a Light Cycle?! He definitely shouldnt’ve been shown up by iLuminate last night, anyway. [Reddit]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

These Jerrycan Speakers Deliver Sound, Not Fuel

You could use a jerrycan for something silly, like transporting water or gasoline. OR OR OR, you could use it for something useful and productive, like a home theater speaker. The choice is yours. [Reestore via Ubergizmo]

Gadgets Adrian Covert

The World’s Largest Stop Motion Video Is a Life-Sized Masterpiece

If Nokia phones are good for anything, it’s to take pictures with. And like the world’s smallest stop motion video before it, the world’s LARGEST stop motion video was shot using a Nokia N8 (and a super tall crane). Created by Sumo Science at Aardman, they used three Nokia N8 phones (which with its 12megapixel…

Tech News Casey Chan

Amazon App Store: Rotten To The Core

When ShiftyJelly had one of its apps featured as Amazon’s Free App of the Day, they thought they may have hit the jackpot. Turns out to have been more like highway robbery. About three months ago, we set off on a little experiment into the world of the Amazon App Store. Back then people were…

Tech News ShiftyJelly

Time Is Ticking for Christina Perasso

Christina Perasso, star of Hollywood’s first social film, Inside, has been trapped in an unknown location for 10 days, with little to eat or drink. Here’s what we know so far: By the light of a laptop, she’s discovered that chicken wire covers the walls, a security camera is trained on her every move, and…

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America’s Last Steam-Powered Saw Mill

In 1938, Ralph Hull founded a mill in the rural Oregon Coast Mountains. Lacking enough current to even light the workshop, Hull used steam power to supplement his energy needs. And today the mill still does—as the last steam-powered commercial sawmill on the continent. Hull-Oakes Lumber cuts about 18 million board feet (43,000 cubic meters)…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

America’s Last Steam-Powered Saw Mill

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Tech News Andrew Tarantola

This Is the Most Stupid Conversation That Ever Took Place at NASA

Hackers Defile Hershey’s Website by Changing a Single Recipe

6 Tools to Make Your Disgusting Bathroom Pristine Again

Has Apple Turned Its Back on the People Harmed In Its Factories?

Watch Gizmodo’s Joe Brown On Bloomberg TV

Griffin’s IntelliCase for iPad 2 Does the Smart Cover Smarter

Last Year’s Best Android Phone for $49

A Wine Rack That Helps You Flash Those Fancy Labels

Worldwide Online Child Pornography Forum Busted in Largest Prosecution Yet

Germany Declares Facebook’s Facial Recognition Illegal

Shooting Challenge: Playing With Fire

How the Navy Screwed Up Its Warship of the Future

Is Android About to Get Crushed?

This Is the Act Tron Guy Should’ve Done On America’s Got Talent

These Jerrycan Speakers Deliver Sound, Not Fuel

The World’s Largest Stop Motion Video Is a Life-Sized Masterpiece

Amazon App Store: Rotten To The Core

Time Is Ticking for Christina Perasso

America’s Last Steam-Powered Saw Mill

America’s Last Steam-Powered Saw Mill

Source Code for Anthropic’s Claude Code Leaks at the Exact Wrong Time

SpaceX Starlink Satellite Malfunctions, Breaks Apart in Orbit

‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Stinks

‘Scream 4’ Is Back, and on Tape

Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Tech Companies Starting April 1

Amazon Clears Out Netflix-Licensed Nebula Capsule 3 Mini Projector at 32% Off, Dolby Audio Home Theater for Less

Anker 160W Laptop Charger Briefly Returns to Black Friday Pricing in a Last-Minute Amazon Spring Sale Deal

The New ‘Backrooms’ Trailer Is Packed Full of Endless Dread

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

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

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Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

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

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

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