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Tech NewsHelp Rick Sanchez Come Up with a New Twitter Handle
Well, this is awkward. Rick Sanchez just got fired from CNN for anti-Semitic ranting, so that twitter handle of his, @ricksanchezcnn, yeah, that’s gonna have to change. http://gawker.com/5653552/rick-sanchez-fired-from-cnn-after Rick, I pinged some of my friends and colleagues and came up with a few names that you could use—free of charge. Consider it an olive branch … Continued
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Get Schooled: Gizmodo University
OK, we’re calling it: Computers are more than a passing fad. We’re so convinced of this, that we’ve teamed up with Sparkle Labs to teach you about electricity and electronics prototyping with series of interactive video classes. Every Saturday at noon, from October 23rd to November 13th, we’ll post a video lesson that teaches you … Continued
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Hollywood’s Racism Exposed … by Lego
While discussing the art for last week’s OKCupid post on the preferences of different races, guest artist, Chris “Powerpig” McVeigh dropped an astonishing fact: “Almost all non-white faces in Lego are scowling.” Easy now: It’s not Lego’s fault. https://gizmodo.com/the-real-stuff-white-people-like-5632105 “The yellow-headed minifigure was a conscious choice,” says Michael McNally, Lego’s brand relations manager. “Because of … Continued
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Contour Adds Integrated Maps Into Its Helmet Cam Videos
As if the videos weren’t enough to highlight your gnarliness, Contour’s newest camera, the ContourGPS adds a second round to the helmet-cam pissing match: Integrated (wait for it) GPS with a map embedded in the video. On the hardware side, the change is pretty straightforward: engineers raised the sliding switch on the camera’s top by … Continued
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Kanye’s “Apology” Tweets: Edited into Letter Form
The ‘tubes are buzzing this AM with Kanye’s two-hour Twitterized heart-dump. Pure and honest (?), it was also hard to follow. So I edited it. Lightly. Because even Kanye West needs an editor, and dude, we media aren’t so bad. Man I love Twitter. I’ve always been at the mercy of the press, but no … Continued
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Obsession: Video Pinball
You’re gonna want to either get comfortable or move on, because I’m fixin’ to write about 700 words on video pinball. Seriously. Let me give you a sample month from the past year. Let’s call it November: bus bus bus bus bus bus (lotsa rain) taxi airplane. wait. airplane. passport control (wait). Train “metro” “metro” … Continued
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Wait—Who the Hell is Mark Hurd?
Howard Stringer is a goddamn knight. When Amazon bought Zappos, we saw Jeff Bezos’ 8-minute YouTube video and wished he’d absorb our companies too. So now that HP’s CEO has resigned, I gotta ask: Who the hell is Mark Hurd? https://gizmodo.com/hp-ceo-mark-hurd-resigns-amidst-sexual-harassment-inves-5606682 Right? We hardly know anything about the guy. And we love our tech CEOs. … Continued
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