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Samurai Sword Chopsticks Let You Seppuku Your Sashimi

If you love sushi but hate sharing, these chopsticks should help fend off any potential unagi poachers. There are three sets of chopsticks and holders, in all, named after actual 17th century samurai. Those who can’t wait until May can pre-order here. Don’t be fooled: they may call it a toy, but you and I…

Tech News Brian Barrett

14 Christmas Wishes Left Unspoken for Obvious Reasons

There’s a reason that people ask for realistic stuff like the Star Trek Blu-ray for Christmas instead of what they really want in their heart of hearts. Because their heart of hearts are fucking crazy.

Tech News Adam Frucci

The Galactic Empire Has Taken Over Wall Street

It seems that Wall Street is finally an official part of a dark empire. Or at least that’s the impression I’m getting from seeing Darth Vader himself ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange earlier. Wonder if that long awkward silence is because everyone’s trying to think of a non-obvious joke about…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Why Even Clumsy People Like You Would Have Trouble Breaking The Display On a Motorola Droid

If you were cursed with buttery fingers, you might want to consider what kind of display glass your gadgets are sporting. Devices like the Motorola Droid, Dell Adamo laptop and Cowon S9 PMP have added strength because of Gorilla Glass. Apparently, Gorilla Glass differs from the product you might find in a typical smartphone because…

Tech News Sean Fallon

What “Open” Means to Google

This treatise was an email sent to Googlers about the meaning of “open” for Google. It’s long, but if you use Google products (meaning they know a lot of stuff about you), you probably wanna know how they’re thinking, right? The short version: open standards and open information, whatever that means. [Google]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

iPhone, Meet Razr: The Ten Most Popular Phones in the Country

I have to admit I was surprised at the iPhone and BlackBerry 8300 series did so well here—the two most popular handsets in the country, going into 2010, are full-fledged smartphones. Also surprising: people still buy Razrs. Razrs! Motorola’s fall from grace started when they couldn’t come up with a serious successor to the megapopular…

Tech News John Herrman

Ping Pong Robot Hides in the Ceiling Until the Moment Is Right

There are office pranks and then there are office pranks. This ceiling-mounted, ping-pong-ball-firing robot is distinctly in the latter category. Built by someone from the CKBot group at UPenn’s Modlab, this terrifying little device hides in the ceiling above a cubicle. When activated, it pops up a ceiling tile and unleashes a hot fury of…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Blotto, a column

CRAFTING is the sort of activity that anyone thinks they can do until they do it. We may have a genetic propensity for making tools, but it is easier to make another meat human than to whittle one from wood. CRAFT IN AMERICA is a 3-part television series from PBS, which is like NPR but…

Tech News Joel Johnson

If The Punisher Had a Mac, He’d Wear This Shirt

Joshua Kemble’s incredibly badass pinwheel of death t-shirt is just $9, and available today only. Here’s what the shirt looks like from a distance: I would love a sticker with this design on it. [Tee Fury via Super Punch]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

MagicPrefs Is Like Pixie Dust for the Magic Mouse (A Must Download)

If you have a Magic Mouse, you need to download MagicPrefs—it lets you fully customize gestures, swipes, touch sensitivity and, crucially if you’ve got a 27-inch iMac, double the tracking speed. It’s free. [Apple]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Play Us a Holiday Diddy on the HTC Mobile of Mobiles

Using 50 HTC Touch handsets connected to computers with custom programming, James Theophane created a musical art installation that you can actually play via internet magic. Just head on over to the live stream and use the virtual keyboard to play a song, something resembling a song or a random and hideous mashup of notes…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Behold, the End of the DS and PSP: Unreal Engine 3 Running on the iPhone 3GS

I’m sure you have the same reaction I did, seeing Unreal Engine 3—yes, the same Unreal Engine 3 that powers games like BioShock, Gears of War and Mass Effect—running on the iPhone 3GS: WTFFFFFF. For now, it’s just a demo of the tech that Epic’s put together, which relies on the OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

An Eerie Video Tour of the World’s Largest, Deadest Shopping Mall

South China Mall, built in Dongguan and more than twice as large as Minnesota’s Mall of America, was completed in 2005. Today, it sits almost completely empty. It is, by any account, the world’s largest ghost mall. It’s not hard to guess what happened here: many of China’s overzealous building projects over the last decade—including…

Tech News John Herrman

What Is This?

The sharpest among you will probably realize it’s a PC. But here’s a more specific hint: It’s the only PC that goes obsolete faster than a netbook… It’s a Christmas tree PC! For those who were hoping it would be a less festive, our apologies for not revealing a burning Santa effigy PC post-jump. [bit-tech…

Tech News Mark Wilson

The Toughest Garbage Bag You Can Buy (Pay Attention, Dexter)

Popular Mechanics compared three garbage bags—from Hefty, Grip-Rite and EconoGreen’s recycled—testing weight capacity, abrasion resistance and puncture resistance to find the toughest one. The pricier, recycled EconoGreen won the day. It took 65 pounds of weight before tearing (!) and contained sharp branches and other detritus admirably, with only three punctures, half as many as…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Gifts For People Who Hate the Holidays and Everything They Stand For

The Holidays are depressing. Religious celebrations aside, they’re filled with time spent with a family you didn’t choose, little sun, zero free time and an obligation to buy stuff for other people. Do you know someone with this outlook? Here are the gifts you should give to that guy. And by give, I mean quietly…

Tech News Jason Chen

Yahama YHT-S400 Shoves a Subwoofer Into a Receiver

The Yamaha YHT-S400 features a sound bar that’s 31″ long by 2″ high and—for the first time—a subwoofer that’s actually integrated into the receiver. It sounds perfect if you live in, say, a cramped city apartment. Like me! The subwoofer integration saves you the trouble of making room for an extra component, although how well…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Beautiful Soviet Children’s Books Make Me Wish I Was Born Behind the Iron Curtain

I mean, not really, but still! These wonderfully idiosyncratic illustrations, from 1989’s Hello, I’m Robot! by Stanislav Zigunenko, render our robot future in a way that conveys big ideas to children, and pure poetry to the rest of us. https://gizmodo.com/the-true-heartbreaking-faces-of-the-nuclear-era-5400857 Perhaps what makes these illustrations work is that they trust their young audience with difficult…

Tech News John Herrman

Cowon Preparing V5 HD PMP With 720p Video Playback

Unless you’ve been sucked into the iBubble, you’ll probably know by now that Cowon makes some pretty terrific PMPs, like the S9. Its latest model, the V5 HD, has just been outed and promises 720p viewing on its 4.8-inch screen. https://gizmodo.com/cowon-s9-review-5134111 It’s not just video playback which gets a look-in with the V5, as Cowon’s…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The Ray Guns of War: I Fought In a Laser Tag Nerd Platoon

Crouched behind a thin eucalyptus tree on a crisp Saturday morning, I peer through my gun sight. I spot someone running through the woods. I aim for his head. And fire. The robotic voice in my gun says “CASUALTY”. My quarry stops and looks around confused, but makes no effort to take cover. So I…

Tech News Erin Biba

Samurai Sword Chopsticks Let You Seppuku Your Sashimi

14 Christmas Wishes Left Unspoken for Obvious Reasons

The Galactic Empire Has Taken Over Wall Street

Why Even Clumsy People Like You Would Have Trouble Breaking The Display On a Motorola Droid

What “Open” Means to Google

iPhone, Meet Razr: The Ten Most Popular Phones in the Country

Ping Pong Robot Hides in the Ceiling Until the Moment Is Right

Blotto, a column

If The Punisher Had a Mac, He’d Wear This Shirt

MagicPrefs Is Like Pixie Dust for the Magic Mouse (A Must Download)

Play Us a Holiday Diddy on the HTC Mobile of Mobiles

Behold, the End of the DS and PSP: Unreal Engine 3 Running on the iPhone 3GS

An Eerie Video Tour of the World’s Largest, Deadest Shopping Mall

What Is This?

The Toughest Garbage Bag You Can Buy (Pay Attention, Dexter)

Gifts For People Who Hate the Holidays and Everything They Stand For

Yahama YHT-S400 Shoves a Subwoofer Into a Receiver

Beautiful Soviet Children’s Books Make Me Wish I Was Born Behind the Iron Curtain

Cowon Preparing V5 HD PMP With 720p Video Playback

The Ray Guns of War: I Fought In a Laser Tag Nerd Platoon

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

‘Supergirl’ Will Feature David Corenswet’s Superman in a Sort of Big Brother Role

Report: FDA Set to Unban RFK Jr.’s Favorite Peptides

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

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

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

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