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Creep Used Women’s Facebook Info to Hack E-Mail Accounts and Steal Nude Pics

George Bronk, a 23-year-old guy, scoured Facebook profiles to hack e-mail accounts of dozens of women. He would then send any nude pictures he found to the women’s entire address book because he thought “it was funny”. The stuff Bronk did was pretty nasty. He would target female Facebook users who happened to have public…

Social Media Casey Chan

A Few Words of Advice About Technology from Martin Luther King Jr.

Today is Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday. And I confess, I was caught up, selfishly wondering if I got the day off. I seemed to forget the holiday’s message and what that great man stood for. Here’s a reminder: In his 1964 Nobel Lecture at Oslo, Norway, Martin Luther King Jr reminded us to not…

Tech News Casey Chan

This Is Absolutely, Positively the Best Way to Watch 3D Without 3D Glasses

Who gives a shit about 3D? Not me. But! I’m uber excited to see this technology hit our living room. The French have come up with a really, really, really creative way to get rid of those pesky 3D glasses. Watch. So, where do I sign up for the beta testing program? [Neon Margarita via…

Tech News Casey Chan

A View of Tangled Telephone Wires in Japan

Andreas Gefeller, a photographer, took a series of pictures that show the ridiculously tangled telephone wires on the streets of Japan. It’s jarring how chaotic the wires look when they’re all you focus on. A closer look at the wires shows even more how flimsy it is, like the internet is staying afloat by a…

Tech News Casey Chan

Watch Gizmodo’s Matt Buchanan Join MSNBC Live to Talk Verizon iPhone

Gizmodo’s Matt Buchanan joined MSNBC’s Alex Witt on January 15, 2011 to talk about the iPhone going to Verizon.

Tech News Scott Kidder

There’s a DIY Gastric Bypass Surgery Kit For Sale on Amazon

For those considering gastric bypass surgery, take a look at Amazon’s do-it-yourself kit. It’s only $260 (cheap!) and comes with 3 sets (so you don’t have to get it right the first time!). Bring your own anesthetics and instructions, though. I really wonder what kind of demand this holds and if the buyers are all…

Tech News Casey Chan

What Instagram Would Look Like on a BlackBerry

Like the decidedly unfun (but funny!) Angry Birds on BlackBerry, Instagram on BlackBerry is just as miserably stone-aged. Because all BlackBerrys users totally love spreadsheets, duh! https://gizmodo.com/this-is-how-angry-birds-would-look-on-a-blackberry-5640898 I’m guessing the revolution wouldn’t be instagrammed on BlackBerry because there’d be no revolution at all. The mock picture was actually posted on Instagram by MySpace VP Sean…

Tech News Casey Chan

One-Year-Old Boy Drowns in Bathtub As Mother Plays Games on Facebook

34-year-old Shannon Johnson has been arrested after telling police officers that the reason her one-year-old son drowned in a bathtub several months ago is because she was busy playing a game on Facebook and left him to bathe unsupervised. According to the arrest affidavit for this incident—which you can find below—Johnson was playing a Facebook…

Social Media Rosa Golijan

How the Fruit Fly Could Revolutionize Distributed Computing

In the eyes of a few researchers, the secrets to breakthroughs in distributed computing lies in the nervous system of the fruit fly. And new, performance-improving algorithms based around these findings could help to better detect earthquakes or cure disease. With distributed computing, there are a select number of processors or sensors that issue commands,…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Sierra Point-and-Click Adventures: From the Web to your iPad

With the advent of touchscreen gaming, point-and-click adventures are experiencing something of a rennaissance. Thanks to a cunning soul, now you can play Sierra On-line’s classic line up of point-and-clicks straight from the web on your iPad. Titles like Leisure Suit Larry, Space Quest and Gold Rush! have been made available to play for free,…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Chevy Volt Will Charge Your Gadgets Inductively

Wireless inductive charging is awesome. You take your gadget, set it, forget it. It’s like an infomercial. Know what’s even better? When Powermat and Chevy join forces to integrate the technology in your car, where it’s especially useful. New Chevy Volt cars will come with the power mat integrated into it’s center dash space, so…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Lots of Booty Found on Blackbeard’s Pirate Ship

The odd mess in this photo is a copper-alloy sword guard discovered in a shipwreck which is believed to be Queen Anne’s Revenge. Yes, that was the name of Pirate Blackbeard’s ship—and yes, this could be his sword. The shipwreck was originally discovered a few years ago, but archeologists are still sorting through it and…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Bet You Can’t Pick up a Quarter with This Forklift

Another day at the ol’ warehouse, another day of wacky industrial hijinks. These dudes engaged in a bet to see if their colleague could scoop a quarter off the ground with his (surprisingly nimble) forklift. Most impressive. [Vimeo via Fark]

Tech News Sam Biddle

What Do Kings Use for Ringtones?

Would you believe me if I said that King Juan Carlos of Spain has the sound of giggling children set as his ringtone? And that it went off during a meeting with a Honduran ambassador? According to Spanish newspaper El Pais, the King was shooting the breeze with a Honduran ambassador when the ringtone piped…

Tech News Adrian Covert

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Peach and Zelda Love Being Kidnapped

Click to viewWhen you think about it, Zelda and Peach did let themselves get kidnapped a surprisingly high number of times. Call it Stockholm Syndrome, call it love; those princesses are literally asking for it. The rest of the best top comedy videos from this week can be found over at Splitsider, including two bored…

Tech News Splitsider

Project Hijack Wants to Make iPhone Accessories Cheaper (and Easier) to Produce

Like Ars Technica mentions, creating iPhone accessories using the 30-pin connector is costly because companies have to pay Apple a fortune in licensing fees (it’s their proprietary tech). That’s not the case with the headphone jack. Enter Project Hijack. A team of engineering students and faculty at the University of Michigan have developed an open…

Tech News Adrian Covert

I Wish I Could Run QlockTwo App as My iPhone Lock Screen

I liked the Qlocktwo, a clock that tells you the time in plain English (or Spanish or Swedish or French or whatever). That’s why I’m glad there is now an iPhone app with the same functionality. https://gizmodo.com/qlocktwo-really-spells-the-time-out-for-you-5341562 Too bad you can’t set apps like this as the lock screen of your iPhone. [iTunes and qlocktwo…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

A Few More Unconfirmed iPad 2 Details

We’ve heard that the iPad 2 might have dual cameras, a better display, and something that requires an extra opening on its cases, but now Engadget reports that “reliable sources” have provided them with details about all those things: https://gizmodo.com/reuters-ipad-2-has-two-cameras-better-display-coming-5711204 The device will remain at 10-inches, though will now feature both front and rear cameras…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

You Can Rent a Tesla Roadster for Relatively Cheap

There are only 1500 Tesla Roadsters in existence, and they’re not cheap. But if you live in San Francisco and are over 30, you can still get your hands on one; for $25 an hour, that is. Owner Jessica Catherine is making her car available to rent for anyone who meets the requirements (you gotta…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Rare Footage of Daft Punk’s 1980’s Helmet Found

Did I say 1980s? I meant 2011sies, sorry. I bet the sweaty Daft Punk guys are looking at DJ Kid Chameleon’s Macintosh Plus and iPad helmet in envy—especially if there’s a fan component squeezed in there. You can see him spinning tracks while wearing his iPad helmet after the 45 second mark in the video…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Creep Used Women’s Facebook Info to Hack E-Mail Accounts and Steal Nude Pics

A Few Words of Advice About Technology from Martin Luther King Jr.

This Is Absolutely, Positively the Best Way to Watch 3D Without 3D Glasses

A View of Tangled Telephone Wires in Japan

Watch Gizmodo’s Matt Buchanan Join MSNBC Live to Talk Verizon iPhone

There’s a DIY Gastric Bypass Surgery Kit For Sale on Amazon

What Instagram Would Look Like on a BlackBerry

One-Year-Old Boy Drowns in Bathtub As Mother Plays Games on Facebook

How the Fruit Fly Could Revolutionize Distributed Computing

Sierra Point-and-Click Adventures: From the Web to your iPad

Chevy Volt Will Charge Your Gadgets Inductively

Lots of Booty Found on Blackbeard’s Pirate Ship

Bet You Can’t Pick up a Quarter with This Forklift

What Do Kings Use for Ringtones?

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Peach and Zelda Love Being Kidnapped

Project Hijack Wants to Make iPhone Accessories Cheaper (and Easier) to Produce

I Wish I Could Run QlockTwo App as My iPhone Lock Screen

A Few More Unconfirmed iPad 2 Details

You Can Rent a Tesla Roadster for Relatively Cheap

Rare Footage of Daft Punk’s 1980’s Helmet Found

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

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Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

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Meta Has More Smart Glasses Coming Whether You Want Them or Not

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

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