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These New Video Basketball Cards Make Me Yearn for the Simpler Days of My Youth

I used to collect basketball cards as a kid and if I was still a kid, I’d probably go apeshit for these new cards that can play 20 minutes of video highlights. But are they even basketball cards anymore? Though they’re made from cardboard, they’re bigger and thicker than your everyday card. The screen takes…

Tech News Casey Chan

All Age Verification Tests Should Be Like This

Hey tweens. What is that black and blocky looking thing? Guess it right and you can look at adult websites! I imagine floppy disks, 8 tracks, film rolls, LaserDiscs, MiniDiscs, and any other bygone technology would work as tests too. [FunnyJunk]

Tech News Casey Chan

Google Won’t Let You Rent a Movie from Android Market If You Have a Rooted Device

Well, phooey. Google is blocking users with rooted Android devices from renting movies via Android Market. Apparently, it’s “due to requirements related to copyright protection”. I guess Google thinks people who use rooted phones are pirates who steal movies. It’s not a wide user base getting screwed by this (after all, Android 3.1 is only…

Tech News Casey Chan

Apple Store Makeover: Yep, the iPad 2 Really Is the Product Label

The rumored Apple Store makeover is underway in Australia (they’re many hours ahead of us) and it looks like iPad 2 has found its calling and has become the product label for Mac products in the Apple Store. https://gizmodo.com/apple-store-makeover-ipads-as-product-labels-startup-5803099 The iPads are encased in a tough plastic cover and used to peep specs, compare models,…

Tech News Casey Chan

I Wish My Nook’s E-Ink Display Was This Smooth

As much as I love my Nook, that lag while scrolling is so annoying I wanna throw it across the room sometimes. Even though we shouldn’t expect new displays this year, Bookeen is onto something here. https://gizmodo.com/therell-be-no-new-e-ink-displays-for-the-kindle-and-oth-5798040 Apparently, they used only custom software and the same guts that you might find in any e-reader on…

Commerce Kwame Opam

Cat5 O’Nine Tails Blends Geeky with Kinky

When I was a kid, I had a computer lab teacher who’d always say she had a pink whip ready for when students missed assignments. I can say for sure that she and Etsy-er feralswirl might hit it off. [Geekologie]

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D-Wave One Handles All Your Quantum Computing Needs (for $10 Million)

There’s been a lot of talk lately about how close we are to quantum computing for the masses. Now, Canadian company D-Wave claims to have done it with their D-Wave One. Except, of course, that commercially-available really means millionaire-available. The D-Wave One represents the successes the D-Wave engineers have reached in the area of quantum…

Tech News Kwame Opam

The Arcturus Is the Smallest Drone Capable of Killing You

Florida-based company Arcturus has managed to create a tiny drone small enough for small military units to command. If this passes the military testing stage, this, along with other small-scale armed drones, could see the expansion of drone warfare. The Arcturus has a wingspan of a little over 17 feet, and is capable of carrying…

Tech News Kwame Opam

The Man Who Sees With His Ears

Daniel Kish lost his eyesight when he was 13 months old. For most of his youth, he functioned fine without a walking stick. He mountain bikes. He camps alone. He moves through cities handily. All thanks to advanced echolocation abilities. According to Michael Finkel (in an article for Men’s Journal), Kish can sense everything around…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Best Rapture Bomb Pictures

OH MY GOD. The Rapture is really happening! Just look at all the people disappearing in these pictures. Well, that’s what we want people to think. Here are the best #rapturebomb pictures so far. https://gizmodo.com/lets-punk-the-rapture-5803766 Turns out a lot of you guys were lifted to the heavens whilst on the crapper. Hope you guys had…

Tech News Casey Chan

This Impressive Young Man Had His Leg Reattached Backward So That He Could Play Sports Like A Normal Kid With A Backward Leg

When Dugan Smith was 10 years old, doctors discovered a tumor “the size of a softball” in his right leg. He had a rare form of cancer, and he’d need an operation to remove it. Instead of choosing a more standard procedure, The Post Game reports this week, Smith opted for a “rotationplasty,” because he…

Tech News Emma Carmichael

The ChromiumPC from Xi3 Is the First Desktop Ready to Run ChromeOS

The ChromiumPC modular computer, first unveiled by Xi3 last year, is ready to ship this summer, with an architecture designed specifically for Chrome. Xi3 has been working on their concept for awhile, and even got some praise back during CES for it. The computer is housed in an aluminum chassis that hold three boards or…

Tech News Kwame Opam

Google Quits Digitizing Old Newspapers

Google decided to close the doors on Google News Archives yesterday, announcing that they will no longer digitize back issues of newspapers. That means that Google won’t be accepting any news about the Rapture today even for posterity’s sake. Google started the project back in 2008 and managed to archive 2000 international publications, going as…

Tech News Kwame Opam

The Federal Government Wants To Help You Name Your Kid

Sure, there are a plethora of baby-naming apps on the iPhone. But how many of them were created by humble bureaucrats toiling away in the deep, dark recesses of the Social Security Administration? As of this week, one—now that the SSA has released its new app, Baby Name Playroom, which reaches into its databases to…

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The Keytar Has a Spiritual Successor and Its Name Is the Turntabletar

The not-so-cleverly-named turntabletar is something that should never be used IRL. Still, there’s no denying its novelty. Two midi turntable controllers have been melded with a mixer and strapped to something resembling a guitar neck. But instead of fret bars and strings, the neck has a crossfader, which, of course, is a DJ’s best friend.…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Best Fake Toy Commercial about the Toyota Prius Ever

This fake commercial is great, not only because it makes fun of Toyota Prii (hate saying that) and toy commercials, but because it makes a dire comment on the future of automotive enthusiasm. [Jalopnik] https://jalopnik.com/the-best-fake-toy-commercial-about-the-toyota-prius-ev-5804035

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An iPhone App for the Post-Rapture Barter Economy

The post-apocalypse recession is bound to be a doozy. If you don’t have the stomach for looting (why aren’t you in heaven, pussy?), or don’t have a gold stockpile, you’ll probably have to barter for basic survival needs. Barto’s an app/service from ITP student Qia Liu that makes bartering easier than eBay and less seedy…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Hipster Playlist

Before we all float up into the air—get left behind to endure famine, plague, pestilence, and cable networks showing nothing but Ricki Lake Show episodeds on repeat—let’s use our remaining hours to make fun of hipsters. Aaaaahhhhh. Rapture. The rest of the week’s top comedy videos can be found over at SplitSider, including a far-right…

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16 Stories to Read Before Your Ascension

Rapture Gear | Saturday’s shaping up to be a rough one – best to be prepared. https://gizmodo.com/all-the-essential-gear-you-need-for-the-rapture-5803904 Let’s Punk the Rapture A lot of people think the Rapture is coming May 21. It’s not. But assuming your pets are okay, here’s a prank we’d like you to pull. We call it Rapture Bombing. More » https://gizmodo.com/crazy-people-drive-post-rapture-pet-pickup-boom-5803629…

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These New Video Basketball Cards Make Me Yearn for the Simpler Days of My Youth

All Age Verification Tests Should Be Like This

Google Won’t Let You Rent a Movie from Android Market If You Have a Rooted Device

Apple Store Makeover: Yep, the iPad 2 Really Is the Product Label

I Wish My Nook’s E-Ink Display Was This Smooth

Cat5 O’Nine Tails Blends Geeky with Kinky

D-Wave One Handles All Your Quantum Computing Needs (for $10 Million)

The Arcturus Is the Smallest Drone Capable of Killing You

The Man Who Sees With His Ears

The Best Rapture Bomb Pictures

This Impressive Young Man Had His Leg Reattached Backward So That He Could Play Sports Like A Normal Kid With A Backward Leg

The ChromiumPC from Xi3 Is the First Desktop Ready to Run ChromeOS

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Google Quits Digitizing Old Newspapers

The Federal Government Wants To Help You Name Your Kid

The Keytar Has a Spiritual Successor and Its Name Is the Turntabletar

The Best Fake Toy Commercial about the Toyota Prius Ever

An iPhone App for the Post-Rapture Barter Economy

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Hipster Playlist

16 Stories to Read Before Your Ascension

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