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What’s next for Virgin? After nightclubs, record labels, gadgets, cellphone carriers, airlines and space ships, Sir Richard Branson is getting into subs. Fifteen miles from his Necker Island, is the Puerto Rican Trench, deepest spot in the Atlantic. They’ll dive! Time Mag has this interview, the first place I’ve heard of the Virgin Oceanic project.…
Good news for those wanting to use a physical Bluetooth keyboard with their iPhones: Now you can. The catch is that you’ll need to jailbreak your iPhone and that input doesn’t work outside of one particular app at the moment. Apparently all you need to do is download the driver, Bluetooth Keyboard Driver, through Cydia,…
Peter Gamblin, a 24 year old former billiard champion in the UK, was busted for stealing a cellphone after the victim called him up and asked for his name and address. Uh…yeah sure. That’s Peter Gamblin…G. A. M. B. L. I. N. According to the court, Gamblin gave the victim his name and address as…
Even though the antagonist of the story, George Broussard, co-owner of 3D realms, didn’t consent to be interviewed for this story, Clive Thompson pieced enough together to get a good picture of what the hell went wrong. And it’s obvious. Here’s the bottom line: bad management. Broussard kept stalling and stalling the release because he…
I hope Santa’s careful around Peter Terren’s Christmas tree, because it’s a Tesla coil with some color filters set up to make all the sparks, zaps, and electric arcs look oh-so-pretty. Yes, it’s oh-so-pretty and oh-so-potentially-deadly. This isn’t the first time that Terren has made a Tesla coil Christmas tree, nor do I think it…
President Obama’s new “Passenger’s Bill of Rights” should come in handy now with the massive apocalyptic snowstorms ravaging the northeast and cheering children’s hearts. If you sit on the tarmac in a plane for more than two hours and haven’t been given food or water, or for more than three hours and haven’t been given…
I wonder what’s going through Mitch “oorange3” Adair’s head in this picture. Is he annoyed that someone made yet another joke about hacking the Gibson or did he just lose the US Cyber Challenge? Either way, that’s one unhappy-looking hacker. The US Cyber Challenge in which Adair participated is a huge competition with the goal…
Bedbugs are more common than you might think, and the thought of these disgusting creatures biting into your flesh at night is enough to make anyone paranoid. This super cheap and easy DIY solution can bring you peace of mind. The bedbugs are attracted to carbon dioxide, so you’ll want to use something like dry…
NZXT’s new Hades case looks like a primitive stone carving, worshipped by Pacific Islanders sometime in the last millennia. It gazes upon you, solemn and silent, imposing and intimidating, powerful and peaceful. The Hades has nine 5.25-inch bays (or five 5.25-inch and four 3.5-inch, if you prefer) and has the extra legroom for massive, insecurity-compensating…
The WSJ says that CBS and Disney are seriously considering Apple’s plan to kill your cable box with iTunes TV show subscriptions. Oh, and that the Apple tablet thing is coming in March. https://gizmodo.com/apple-wants-itunes-to-replace-your-cable-box-for-30-buc-5395251 The WSJ says that Apple’s plan for iTunes TV show subscriptions would have you pay a monthly fee for “access to…
City Center, the newest megaresort in Las Vegas, boasts a few awesome-looking attractions, including gigantic ice popsicles, water tornadoes and laser-colored fountains. All of these attractions were designed by WET, the design firm behind the famous Bellagio fountains. Fast Company got a tour of the new facilities and WET’s offerings, and they look pretty impressive.…
A company called Sonitus Medical is currently working on a new type of hearing aid for people with single-sided deafness, one that uses vibrations in your teeth to allow you to hear again. The small device would connect around the teeth and use bone conductivity to take sounds from a microphone in the deaf ear…
Did you know? Unless you have a 3Mbps internet connection, you can’t use Facebook. Without 12Mbps internet, you can’t even email files! And just forget streaming video without at least 18Mbps internet. Welcome to the internet, according to AT&T. This chart for AT&T U-Verse internet makes no sense whatsoever. For one, what’s the difference between…
Hello Microsofties, we hear via Neowin that Steve Ballmer is now broadcasting podcasts to the entire company. We bet they’re really interesting, and we’d really like to listen to them. If you want to send them to us discreetly at [email protected], we (and your fellow readers) would really appreciate it. [NeoWin]
It’s a funny thing. Right after AT&T’s CEO admits their network has problems and the iPhone’s shitty reception becomes a late-night punchline, AT&T crushes our nationwide 3G test. It makes you wonder, again, is it the network, or the iPhone? https://gizmodo.com/at-t-ceo-admits-at-t-sucks-solution-charge-more-money-5422497 AT&T’s network is generally reviled. Users of the iPhone, in particular, loathe it the…
Halo fanboys aren’t the only creeps on Xbox Live: 27-year-old Edward Stout was convicted of seducing a 15-year-old girl over Xbox Live and then driving 30 hours nonstop to meet and have sex with her. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison, but it’s a pretty sobering reminder of why parents should pay attention…
President Obama visited a Boys and Girls Club and played the part of Santa, asking the kids what they want for Christmas—but instead of hearing traditional requests for bikes, the kids all wanted iPods, phones and other tech. He asked the kids what they wanted for Christmas but seemed surprised by their expensive and high-tech…
The Apple Store‘s got a nice present for last minute shoppers: Free next-day delivery with no minimum order. This means that you can shop as late as 1 pm ET on December 23 and still receive your order before Christmas. Of course, you have to keep in mind that custom configurations take longer and wouldn’t…
This installation at NYU’s ITP Winter Show responds is responsive to touch, and sounds as trippy as it looks. That’s a very good thing. Human Wind Chime is a light and sound sculpture by Mindy Tchieu, Patricia Adler and Saul Kessler that comprises 25 four-inch polypropylene balls, each of which is outfitted with an LED…
I enjoy nudity as much as the next person, but I seriously don’t know what the hell Lady GaGa’s trying to do here. I’m just assuming that having electric sparks shooting out of her crotch is supposed to be science-related. The folks at io9 think that the “zombie cyborg” has gone too far with this…
