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You Should Never Ever Buy Knock-Off Crayons

On the left, a fine selection of Roseart crayons left in the sun for over 12 hours. Barely a trickle, I’m sure you’ll agree. On the right, the damage of just 3.5hours’ sun on a pack of Crayolas is evident. Let this be a warning to any tight-fisted primary schooler: you want all that elbow…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Win the Ultimate Survival Tool

If there’s even the smallest possibility you might wind up abandoned on a desert island in the upcoming future, or if you just want to be able to fix anything, anytime, anywhere, then you should take this survey, which enters you to win a titanium 16-headed Leatherman multi-tool. They’re perfect for those “Oh my god,…

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The Atlantic’s New iPad App Combines the Magazine, the Website and The Atlantic Wire in One

The Atlantic, excellent in all three of their mediums: their magazine, their website, and their blog of sorts, The Atlantic Wire, has finally merged all their content into one app. It’s available for free. If you’re not a subscriber to The Atlantic, you can still access all the website content in the app without paying…

Tech News Casey Chan

Doctors: Hot Dogs Are as Bad as Cigarettes

A new release by the non-profit Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine says the processed meat in hot dogs carries a cancer risk on par with cigarettes, USA Today reports. True? Well, there’s something you should know about the PCRM first. Although hot dogs are definitely not the gourmet snack of the health conscious vanguard—and pack…

Tech News Sam Biddle

World’s Most Ridiculous Roof Lies Deep in the Heart of Texas

The NFL lockout is finally over and we can all stop pretending to care about soccer. It’s time to revel at the altar of America’s Sport in the Mecca of Texas under the world’s largest single-span retractable roof. https://deadspin.com/fuck-you-the-lockout-s-over-5824467 Cowboys Stadium is $1.5 billion worth of huge—like 2.3 million square-feet, 80,000-fan seating capacity sort of…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

iStrike is the iPad Stylus for Your Inner Pyromaniac

Yes, it’s an iPad stylus that looks like a match for no other reason except that it can. But who’s going to make the complementary iPad app that’ll make a flame appear as you drag the stylus across the screen? [Perpetual Kid via ChipChick]

Tech News Adrian Covert

Missouri Has Banned Teachers from Being Facebook Friends with Students

Here’s a primer on what’s illegal in Missouri (some cities): owning a PVC pipe, having oral sex, minors buying lighters, minors buying cap pistols and now student-teacher Facebook friendships. Seriously, that’s banned. Missouri State Bill 54, which was just signed by Governor Jay Nixon and goes into effect August 28th, says: Teachers cannot establish, maintain,…

Social Media Casey Chan

HP’s TouchPad WebOS 3.0 Is Getting a Major OTA Update This Morning

HP’s head of developer relations Richard Kerris tweeted that a major update for the embattled mobile OS will “roll out this morning.” HP’s promised that the update will take care of a number of known issues that have troubled the tablet OS since its launch, though it’s not clear which just yet. [Twitter via ThisIsMyNext]…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Samsung Can’t Sell the Galaxy Tab in Australia Because of Apple

Apple has won an agreement that prohibits Samsung from selling the Galaxy Tab in Australia. Samsung has stopped advertising the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and won’t sell the device in Australia…for now at least. It’s another courtroom battle in the recent war between the two companies about patent infringements. Apple alleges that Samsung’s Galaxy 10.1 tablet…

Tech News Casey Chan

Seagate’s Media-Streaming GoFlex Satellite HDD Finally Gets an Android App

They sure took their time, but Seagate’s finally gotten around to getting you Android users an app to stream content from its 500GB GoFlex Satellite external HDD. Previously, Android users had to use the browser to interact with the Wi-Fi-based drive, which lets users stream their unaccountably large media libraries to their mobile devices. [Engadget]…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Bedphones Work With Your Android to Lull You to Sleep

I like to fall asleep to Coltrane. I don’t like falling asleep with headphones on. You can’t adjust the volume to a more soothing level as you doze. But with Bedphones and its accompanying app, you can drift off more comfortably. There are already plenty of sleep headphones out there, and Bedphones don’t pretend to…

Tech News Kwame Opam

The Amazing, Movie-Like True Story of What Happened in Operation Kill bin Laden

The New Yorker has pieced together an amazing report about the Abbottabad raid aka Operation Kill bin Laden. Comprised from the personal accounts of the SEALs themselves, it has it all: Obama, Crankshaft, Pacer, DEVGRU, Cairo the Dog and more. “For God and country-Geronimo, Geronimo, Geronimo.” That’s what the SEAL said right before he shot…

Tech News Casey Chan

Is This a UFO On the Bottom of the Ocean?

Swedish sea treasure hunters have found something extraordinary: A 60-foot disc sunk in the bottom of the ocean, with what appears to be 985-foot-long impact tracks leading to it. The team leader never found anything like it: You see a lot of weird stuff in this job but during my 18 years as a professional…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

This Is Topiary, LulzSec Mastermind (Updated)

Topiary’s been unmasked. 18-year-old Jake Davis, the alleged hacker chief behind LulzSec’s many prominent internet assaults had his first day before a judge. And if the court’s claims are true, the kid’s pretty screwed. https://gizmodo.com/alleged-lulzsec-top-boss-arrested-in-scotland-updated-5825198 Neo shades notwithstanding, the police have some pretty damaging evidence against the teen, TNW reports: a purported cache of 750,000…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Prison Inmate Bails Himself Out of Jail With Just a Phone

Well, it’s not exactly hacking your way out of prison, but it still worked. Ingenious Florida jailbird Larry Stone found a little glitch in his prison’s phone system that let him scam enough money to post bail. Oh, Florida. https://gizmodo.com/even-prisons-can-be-hacked-now-5826291 Stone, an inmate at central Florida’s Lake County Jail for property damage charges, figured out…

Tech News Kwame Opam

Who Wouldn’t Want a Wiimote-Controlled Fire Breathing Robotic Pony?

I always wondered why kids wanted ponies for their birthday. What the hell is so cool about a pony? NOTHING. This robotic pony shown off at Maker Faire Detroit 2011, on the other hand, can breathe FIREBALLS. [BoingBoing via Neatorama]

Tech News Casey Chan

Pre-Order the Star Wars Blu-ray Boxset For Only $40

What, you mean you haven’t pre-ordered your Star Wars blu-ray box-set yet? After all that complaining you’ve done about George Lucas dragging his feet on the project? Amazon’s discounted the pre-order price by 43% for a limited time only. [Amazon via NerdApproved] https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-blu-ray-set-coming-sept-16-with-days-of-bonu-5798449

Tech News Kat Hannaford

How a Plastic Coolbox Saved a Man’s Life

A fisherman that had been swept out of his boat off the coast of Japan’s Niigata prefecture managed to stay alive for 24 hours, while he clung to his plastic esky that acted as a life-aid. Found a day later and 36km away from where he’d been knocked out of his boat, he is apparently…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Latest Rumor Points to October Launch For iPhone 5

According to John Paczkowski from All Things D, we’ve got it all wrong—the iPhone 5 won’t launch in September, fools! Even though Apple’s supposedly banned employees from vacationing in the last fortnight of September. https://gizmodo.com/unconfirmed-iphone-5-may-appear-at-the-end-of-septembe-5826068 Paczkowski’s sources told him they “don’t know why AT&T’s calling for all hands on deck those weeks, but it’s not…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

HTC Finally Pushes Gingerbread to Desire, But Only For “Expert Users”

As promised, HTC has updated its once-flagship Desire phone with the Gingerbread version of Android its users almost rioted over. Only problem is, they recommend that only expert users update, and that certain “features” (such as texting) may be lost. https://gizmodo.com/htcs-gingerbread-update-for-desire-inches-closer-5816984 Correct me if I’m wrong, but texting is the second-most important function to a…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

You Should Never Ever Buy Knock-Off Crayons

Win the Ultimate Survival Tool

The Atlantic’s New iPad App Combines the Magazine, the Website and The Atlantic Wire in One

Doctors: Hot Dogs Are as Bad as Cigarettes

World’s Most Ridiculous Roof Lies Deep in the Heart of Texas

iStrike is the iPad Stylus for Your Inner Pyromaniac

Missouri Has Banned Teachers from Being Facebook Friends with Students

HP’s TouchPad WebOS 3.0 Is Getting a Major OTA Update This Morning

Samsung Can’t Sell the Galaxy Tab in Australia Because of Apple

Seagate’s Media-Streaming GoFlex Satellite HDD Finally Gets an Android App

Bedphones Work With Your Android to Lull You to Sleep

The Amazing, Movie-Like True Story of What Happened in Operation Kill bin Laden

Is This a UFO On the Bottom of the Ocean?

This Is Topiary, LulzSec Mastermind (Updated)

Prison Inmate Bails Himself Out of Jail With Just a Phone

Who Wouldn’t Want a Wiimote-Controlled Fire Breathing Robotic Pony?

Pre-Order the Star Wars Blu-ray Boxset For Only $40

How a Plastic Coolbox Saved a Man’s Life

Latest Rumor Points to October Launch For iPhone 5

HTC Finally Pushes Gingerbread to Desire, But Only For “Expert Users”

Artemis 2 by the Numbers: Breaking Down NASA’s Big Return to the Moon

Apple Removes iPhone Vibe Coding App from App Store

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

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

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

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

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

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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