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ReviewsGamingThe Razer Kishi Is the Smartphone Gamepad I’ve Been Waiting For
Betrayal, frustration, regret. These are just a few of the emotions I felt when I bought my first gamepad for a smartphone, the Logitech Powershell, in 2015. The sales pitch sounded so sensible. You’re already carrying a tiny computer in your pocket all the time, snap that phone into a controller case and you’d have … Continued
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Tech NewsCulture[FOR PLANTS] Don’t Read This If You’re Human [JUST PLANTS PLEASE]
Let’s be honest: While humanity has done a lot to support the arts, humans themselves make for a terrible live audience. If they’re not coughing or talking or picking their noses, they’re probably tapping at their phones. On Monday, Barcelona’s Liceu opera house offered an intriguing solution to this problem, hosting a performance of Puccini’s … Continued
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Tech NewsCultureCheck This Out: Mornings
You step outside, finding the usually bustling streets peaceful and empty. Despite a weather forecast pushing 80 degrees, the air is refreshingly cool. And while your schedule is filled with work, errands, and work that’s basically just one big errand, in this little moment you have no responsibilities at all. What is this strange magic? … Continued
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Tech NewsCultureI Can’t Believe You Fuckers Made Me Solve the Andrew Cuomo Nipple Mystery
It brings me no pleasure to announce that I have solved the mystery of Andrew Cuomo’s nipples. Believe me, there are far more important things happening in the world and far more pleasant topics I’d rather be thinking about. But almost a week after a Reddit user first suggested that New York’s governor might have … Continued
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Tech NewsVan Gogh Painting Stolen Amid Coronavirus Shutdown, Museum Director ‘Incredibly Pissed’
On Monday, a Dutch museum announced that a painting by Vincent Van Gogh was missing after thieves broke into the building in an early-morning raid. Lentetuin, painted by Van Gogh in the spring of 1884, was on loan to the Singer Laren museum, which closed its doors earlier this month due to the risks of … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsTerminal Blues
I hear the little ski plane sliding down outside and I put on all my shirts and three pairs of pants to shield myself from the cold. I have one arm in my coat when already the pilot is banging on the door, eager to drop off the stuff and get flying. Sometimes I pull … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsHustled to Death
Warning: This fiction story contains descriptions of self-harm. Coworkers didn’t notice anything odd about Claudia Anderson on the morning of September 12th—certainly nothing that portended tragedy. An accounts specialist for two years at HoloPose, a VR yoga company in San Francisco, Anderson was known as a dedicated worker with an eye for fashion. On that … Continued
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Tech NewsMicrosoft Seizes ‘Hotrnall.com’ and Other Copycat Domains From North Korea-Linked Hackers
On Monday, Microsoft announced that it had taken control of 50 domains associated with a hackers believed to be operating out of North Korea. Unsealed court documents show that the domains include “hotrnall.com,” “office356-us.org,” and “mai1.info,” among other copycat URLs. In a blog post, the company said that the hacking group it called “Thallium” appeared … Continued
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Tech NewsGuy Gets Severed Arm Preserved by Taxidermist: ‘I Wanted to Do Something Cool’
Lots of people have two arms. Far fewer can say they have one on a shelf by their sink. A 37-year-old Canadian man recently joined this exclusive club, turning his amputated limb into a unique conversation piece thanks to a helpful taxidermist—and a hungry colony of beetles. 20 years ago, Mark Holmgren crashed on a … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsThe Unforgetting Machine
Five weeks before Theresa Greenwood vanished, the 64-year-old retiree invited me into her home, let me scratch her cat’s chin, and asked me if I wanted to see into the past. The question was only a courtesy: I had flown 2,800 miles to try out the machine she built in her dining room. Sitting down … Continued
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Tech NewsCultureHelp! I’m Obsessed With Disgusting Parasites
By the time I knew I was sick, it was already too late. I had already binged on Diagnosis and burned through The Medical Detectives. It was only after I turned to the truly hardcore shit, a show about parasites called Monsters Inside Me, that I realized I had a problem. My favorite TV characters … Continued
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Tech NewsSocial MediaHow to Write an Open Letter to Your Dipshit Boss
Letters to fuckwits: They’re all the rage! Just this week, we saw hundreds of Facebook employees co-sign a letter to Mark Zuckerberg condemning the site’s ad policies. But why should they have all the fun? With an open letter, you, too, can tell your company’s chief dipshit officer exactly how you feel. You wouldn’t be … Continued
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Tech NewsWhat’s a Fair Price for a Shrek Baby?
On an otherwise mild June morning, a woman was jogging by the ballfields and elm trees of Crocheron Park in Queens when she spotted something horrific: a tiny body lying lifeless in the grass. Paramedics arrived soon after, declaring the infant dead at the scene. Hours later, forensic investigators reached a different conclusion. The body … Continued
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Tech NewsPorn Wins Porn War
After several years and numerous delays, the UK government has quietly scrapped a scheme to make web users verify their ages and identities when visiting porn sites. For now, at least, horniness has prevailed in Britain. The plan “concerning age verification for online pornography” will not be enacted, the country’s digital secretary announced on Wednesday. … Continued
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Tech News85 Percent of Americans Don’t Know Who This Is and I’m Extremely Jealous
Do you recognize this man? If so, I’m very, very sorry. You are among the select few who, like Thanos, are cursed with knowledge. On Wednesday, we learned that just 15 percent of U.S. adults can correctly identify Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, pictured above. This fact comes from the latest Pew survey of our nation’s … Continued
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Tech NewsSocial MediaWhat We ‘Know’ About Facebook
On Friday, Gizmodo uncovered shocking new evidence that Facebook is using its platform to suppress stories about CEO Mark Zuckerberg… or maybe his janky, busted-ass website is just bugging out again for no reason. It’s hard to say, really. That’s sort of the problem. The issue we had with Facebook serves as a miniature lesson … Continued
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Tech NewsWhat Kind of Soup Is This?
On Thursday, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams held a press conference to “display 90 rats” caught during a “new rat trap pilot program” around Brooklyn Borough Hall. Strangely, the event involved the public ladling of some kind of soup—which you absolutely must watch: According to a statement released before the event, the pilot program used … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Coolest Futuristic Deaths
The far future is notoriously unknowable, but one thing we can be reasonably certain of is that we will die. Some very rich and imaginative people like to think that this is not the case—which will honestly make it pretty funny when they eat it like the rest of us proles. While death itself might … Continued
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Tech NewsI Liked Something Online Today
It’s hard to shock the staff of Gizmodo dot com. Collectively, we’ve spent millions of hours online, covering everything from fishman dildos to catfish fetishists. Today, however, we discovered something truly surprising: Reddit Public Access Network, the platform’s new experiment with livestreaming, is honestly pretty good. Launched on Monday as a five-day test, RPAN invites … Continued
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