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Driver sets new record for fastest lap around Manhattan

Alex Roy circled the Island of Manhattan in 2001 setting a known record for fastest time at 27 minutes, reaching speeds of 144 mph over the 24.48 mile distance. A new driver’s now done it in 26:03. Here’s video. [Jalopnik] https://jalopnik.com/driver-sets-new-record-for-fastest-lap-around-manhattan-5816679

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HTC’s New Status Has Deep Facebook Powers

It strikes me that we don’t need that much more Facebook integration in our lives, seeing as we already have kids named after it. That won’t stop HTC, who’ve just come out with the Status. A true Facebook phone. Hooray? As you’ll recall, the Status has its own dedicated Facebook button, letting you share music,…

Social Media Kwame Opam

Home Theater in a Box: Three Blu-ray Systems Reviewed

If you’re not ready to go whole hog with discrete components, Blu-ray home theater systems-also known as home theater in a box systems, or HTiBs-are an easy and affordable alternative. These systems derive their name from the fact that the manufacturer includes all the components and cables needed to create a home theater system in…

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The Silver Conductive Pen: Poindexter’s Gonna Need a Bigger Pocket Protector

A warning to the nerd who dares mix his ballpoints with this pen! It’s a dangerous life for a nerdlinger, now the University of Illinois has introduced a pen that writes electrical circuits in real silver. The university team, led by professor Jennifer lewis and professor Jennifer Bernhard, published their findings in the science journal…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

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Tech News Mark Wilson

6 Tools That Are Saving Arizona from the Wildfires

Now that summer is heating up, certain parts of the world are prone to one heat specific disaster: wildfires. Numerous regions in Arizona, and the Los Alamos Nuclear Plant in New Mexico, are currently being ravaged by wildfires. And though it’s only a minor consolation, there’s lots of forward-thinking technology being put to use. Here…

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You Can Now Use Bitcoins in the Real World

Ah, BitCoin. The crazy-cool online currency that set out to change global finance. And is, naturally, being used increasingly for illicit drugs when it’s not being hacked. All I want is to buy a meal with my internet money! Wait. I can? In midtown?? https://gizmodo.com/what-is-bitcoin-5803124 Blogger Pseudonymous was recently invited by maker and Logan Airport…

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Regular Macbook Getting a Refresh, Too?

So much going on in the rumor mill: In the midst of plenty of talk about a Macbook Air refresh, retailers are reporting that their stocks of the entry-level Macbook is running low. Is a new model on the horizon? https://gizmodo.com/retailers-are-running-out-of-macbook-airs-5815761 According to AppleInsider: Many of the Apple authorized resellers that can be found on…

Tech News Kwame Opam

How Your Bacon Is Made: The Jarvis JR-50 Super Pig Decapitator

Slaughterhouses are dangerous places to work, what with all the tightly packed cutting implements and atomized brain matter you’re inhaling. The Jarvis JR-50 Head Dropper aims to make hog processing safer for everyone but the hogs. The name even sounds peaceable. https://gizmodo.com/working-in-a-spam-factory-is-brutal-5816199 The Jarvis Model JR-50 Robotic Hog Head Dropper is a fully-automated porcine decapitation…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Free Penguin Classics App Doesn’t Contain Ebooks, But Has Plenty More Nostalgic Features

We may still be waiting for Penguin’s beautiful childrens’ book-reading iPad app, but if you favor their Classics range, this free annotated listing app will be a nice companion to that battered paperback you always carry around. https://gizmodo.com/penguins-incredible-vision-of-books-on-the-ipad-doesnt-5485150 It basically acts turns any Penguin fan into a card-carrying Penguin fan, with descriptions of each book;…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Finally, a Corporation Worth Playing For

Async Corp is a silly, catchy game about work that requires the labor of both of your thumbs. Your pay is high scores.… [Kotaku]

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How Not to Demolish a Building

WARNING: This video contains strong graphic content. If you have to demolish a building, you really need to use experts. Destroying pillars with a pneumatic hammer is never going to end well, as this video demonstrates. I’m really sorry for the guy who got trapped—and probably killed—in there. He most probably was ordered to do…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Android App Downloads Now Total 4.5 Billion

Google’s seen an impressive jump in downloads from its Android Market app store, with their mobile advertising sales director for Europe Ian Carrington revealing it was just a year ago that it was only one billion downloads, “and that first billion took two years to happen…the last billion took 60 days.” [The Guardian]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

AntiSec Slams Arizona Cops (Again) with Super Personal Data Spill

Looks like last week’s “Chinga La Migra” strike against the Arizona Border Police was only part one—the sequel’s landed today, and this time it’s personal. Like, really personal: Anonymous is claiming social security numbers, girlfriend pics, and more. https://gizmodo.com/lulzsec-leaks-hundreds-of-classified-arizona-police-doc-5815031 The dumps contents—if they’re authentic—will be a massive slap not only to the integrity of Arizona’s…

Tech News Sam Biddle

PlayLater Is Like DVR for Online Video

PlayLater is a new service that takes the idea of a DVR and brings it to online video. With it, you can record movies or shows from nearly any website to watch later (or offline). The software works for PC and records whatever you queue up (from Netflix to Hulu to Comedy Central to MTV…

Tech News Casey Chan

Fascist Florida Condo’s Draconian Dog Shit DNA Policy Sparks Canine Conflict

Something is rotten in the Village of Abacoa condominiums. There’s dog poop everywhere. Everywhere. So the condo council’s taking the only option: mandating poop and dog DNA matching for every offending specimen, with a $1,000 fine. Lady Liberty weeps. Some of the condo’s residents are up in arms over the policy, which would require a…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Maybe the Only Google+ Selling Point You Care About

Sometimes when you’re running for office, being smart and likable and well-dressed doesn’t really matter. Not nearly as much, at least, as the fact that you’re not the incumbent. And that’s why you’re going to try Google+ despite yourself. [xkcd]

Tech News Brian Barrett

Now You Can Pretend to be Bjork With a Tenori-On iOS App

Musicians and musician-wannabes *raises hand* all fell for the Tenori-On musical synthesizer a couple of years ago, but were put off by its $1,200 price-tag. If you own an iPhone or iPad though, cough up £12/$19 for the app version instead. https://gizmodo.com/tenori-on-light-up-synthesizer-on-sale-in-us-5018131 The TNR-i from Yamaha might not have the full features of the actual…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Art Lebedev’s Optimus Mini Six Keyboard May Be Down, But Isn’t Out

After being hit with delays, Art Lebedev’s scaled-down Optimus keyboard, the Mini Six, has finally hit the production line, the company confirmed via their LiveJournal (yes, really.) With miniature LCDs for each of the six programmable keys, it will surely be a lot more affordable then the Optimus Maximus follow-up, the Optimus Popularis—which unsurprisingly is…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Welcome to a Year Ago, Microsoft

While the rest of you hesitate over which Turntable.fm room to join, Microsoft’s VP/Director of WP7 Joe Belfiore is just super-stoked he can now fling birds at pigs. I hear he was equally excited when he got Solitaire, too. [@JoeBelfiore] https://gizmodo.com/nerdy-dj-turntable-web-app-kind-of-rocks-5812397

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Driver sets new record for fastest lap around Manhattan

HTC’s New Status Has Deep Facebook Powers

Home Theater in a Box: Three Blu-ray Systems Reviewed

The Silver Conductive Pen: Poindexter’s Gonna Need a Bigger Pocket Protector

Cinemagraph Examples

6 Tools That Are Saving Arizona from the Wildfires

You Can Now Use Bitcoins in the Real World

Regular Macbook Getting a Refresh, Too?

How Your Bacon Is Made: The Jarvis JR-50 Super Pig Decapitator

Free Penguin Classics App Doesn’t Contain Ebooks, But Has Plenty More Nostalgic Features

Finally, a Corporation Worth Playing For

How Not to Demolish a Building

Android App Downloads Now Total 4.5 Billion

AntiSec Slams Arizona Cops (Again) with Super Personal Data Spill

PlayLater Is Like DVR for Online Video

Fascist Florida Condo’s Draconian Dog Shit DNA Policy Sparks Canine Conflict

Maybe the Only Google+ Selling Point You Care About

Now You Can Pretend to be Bjork With a Tenori-On iOS App

Art Lebedev’s Optimus Mini Six Keyboard May Be Down, But Isn’t Out

Welcome to a Year Ago, Microsoft

Artemis 2 Live Updates: Countdown to the Moon 🔴

Forget Apple’s Magic Keyboard, Logitech MX Keys for Mac Refuses to Go Back to Full Price After Amazon Spring Sale

Google’s Next Fitbit Sounds Exactly Like a Whoop Clone

Amazon eero WiFi 7 Router (3-Pack) Keeps Its Spring Sale Price, Covering Up to 120 Devices Across 6,000 Sq. Ft.

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