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Tech NewsThis Classic Braun Desktop Fan Makes Your Sweat Look Stylish
The legendary designs of 1960s Braun gadgets show the secret to Apple’s future. And if today’s event includes a surprise announcement of a new Retina-display desk fan, it’s a safe bet the aesthetic will echo this Dieter Rams classic. https://gizmodo.com/1960s-braun-products-hold-the-secrets-to-apples-future-343641 Built in West Germany, the HL1 desk fan can be yours for $123. The vintage … Continued
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51 Extreme Close-Ups of Eyes
Eyes. They’re sexy. They’re mysterious. They’re kind of weird. And for this week’s Shooting Challenge, you captured eyes in all of their drama, beauty and squishiness. https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-big-eye-5952816 WINNER: Daughter Scream I took a few shots and this one made my daughter scream, so I knew it was the one. I used an LED flashlight shining … Continued
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This App Lets You Send Handwritten Greeting Cards Right From Your Phone
In a world of texts and emails, handwritten notes are getting rarer and rare because they require that heinous thing called “effort.” Or at least they used to. A new iOS app called Inkly takes almost all the work out of it, except for the actual writing part. The process is easy, way easier than … Continued
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This Multitool Is Even More Useful Without a Blade
A multi-use pocket tool without a knife sounds like hardware heresy. But without a blade the cleverly named Get-A-Way Driver still manages to be more useful than most multitools. Don’t worry, though; it can still open bottles. Instead of cutting or stabbing, the $20 Get-A-Way Driver serves as a compact screwdriver and wrench. And the … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
Retina Display 13-inch MacBook Pro Appears on Google Before Today’s Apple Event
If Google’s web crawlers are correct, there will be a new Retina display 13-inch MacBook Pro announced today. The Apple Store is currently down, so we can’t follow the link, but a Google search for “13-inch macbook pro” returns results at the official Apple site referring to the new model. All we know right now … Continued
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Don’t Worry, These Ugly Rubber Slippers Will Rot Away In Six Months
Would you spend $13 on a pair of rubber slippers that start to rot away the second you open the packaging? It’s a feature most people would like to see on those aesthetically-challenged Crocs, but the O1Ms are from a Spanish company called One Moment and are made from a soft vegetable-based plastic that will … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
The Apple Store Is Down As a Nation Trembles in Confusion and Fear
Much like the eclipses of old would rattle the marrow of the ancients, the online Apple Store has traded its wares for a parading GIF of away multilingual away messages and left us all existentially afeared. Apple! Apple! Why have you forsaken us?!?!?!?!? Oh, wait what’s that? Small iPads? Some other stuff? Oh, right. Sorry, … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
Today’s Apple Event Will Be Streamed Live to Apple TVs All iOS Devices and Safari (Updated)
For those eager to hear what Tim Cook has to announce later on, good news: today’s Apple event will be streamed live, direct to Apple TVs. Apple TV owners should see a new “Apple Events” icon on their homescreen. Click that, and there’s a page offering up the stream from 10am PT. It will be … Continued
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Tech NewsApple
The US Patent Office Has Invalidated Apple’s Bounce Scroll Patent
Foss Patents is reporting that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has tentatively invalidated Apple’s bounce scroll—sometimes referred to as “rubber banding”—patent possibly affecting the recent ruling in the Apple v. Samsung trial. The patent in question concerns the bounce scroll feature in iOS: scroll too far, and whatever you’re looking at bounces back into … Continued
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Tech NewsMicrosoft
Nokia’s Latest Lumia Is Certainly Cheap, But Not Too Cheerful
This is Nokia’s latest budget Lumia, the 510. Slotting in between the Lumia 610 and the Asha feature phone range, it’s certainly budget-friendly—which is why it’s being billed as a smartphone for the developing world. Making a cheap smart phone involves compromise. The 510, then, is modest in terms of specs, packing a 480 x … Continued
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The World’s First Glimpses of the Microscopic
In 1665, Samuel Pepys recalls in his diary that he stayed up till 2am one morning, reading a best-selling page-turner which he called “the most ingenious book I read in my life.” It wasn’t a book about history, or a play, or anything from the arts: it was the world’s first popular book about microscopic … Continued
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Tech NewsIron Man 3 Trailer Is Ridiculously Amazing
The first Iron Man 3 trailer is here! And if the movie is half as good as this, you will be cheering in the movie theater with Avengers-level joy. Just look at Ben Kingsley playing The Mandarin, Tony Stark’s next nemesis and a classic supervillain in the Marvel universe. It’s a sight to behold. “Nothing’s … Continued
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Amazon Discontinuing the Kindle Touch
Just a week after the Kindle DX was axed, seems Amazon is trimming its product line further: evidence suggests that its Kindle Touch is to be discontinued, with the Paperwhite filling the gap. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-quietly-discontinuing-the-kindle-dx-5951729 Paid Content reports that the Touch is “currently unavailable”—but crucially a link points to “a newer model of this item” which … Continued
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This Picture Is Actually a Drawing
I know it’s hard to believe but the picture you see above? It’s not a photograph. It’s actually a drawing by amazing artist Diego Fazio. Like he drew this super realistic picture with a real pencil. It’s stunning. Diego Fazio, a 22-year-old artist in Italy, originally was a tattoo artist and has developed an amazing … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Stoner Channel: Makin’ Crack, Blowin’ Trillions, and Thinkin’ of You
Everything You Need to Know about the Failed War on Drugs Wait, we’re spending how much? $1.5 TRILLION, including prison bills and miscellaneous state level costs, according to Matt Groff. He assembled this damning statistic from publicly available information from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the International Centre for Science in … Continued
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Tech NewsMicrosoft
Xbox SmartGlass Hands On: Controlling Your Xbox Is Really Awesome Now
Xbox SmartGlass has been floating around for a while now, but we got a chance to check out some of the final features being added to it before it’s available to everyone later this week. Here’s the new stuff. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-xbox-smartglass-5915553 Browsing The biggest boost to convenience with using SmartGlass is probably the keyboard. You know … Continued
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Twitter’s Favorite Button Could Have Been a Thanks Button
If you’re a Twitterer, you’re probably very familiar with the Favorite button on tweets. It’s Twitter’s equivalent to the Facebook ‘Like’ and a way to show appreciation to a good tweet, a weird tweet, a tweeted link or any tweet without replying or retweeting. It’s fun and it works. It also could have been known … Continued
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Can You Predict What the Most Annoying Tech Halloween Costume Will Be This Year?
There are going to be a ton of contenders for the most annoying Halloween costume this year: Honey Boo Boo and Mama June. PSY. Paul Ryan pumping iron. Binders full of women. You already know. Anything that turns viral or comes close to becoming a meme is going to be a ‘creative’ costume come Halloween … Continued
By Casey Chan