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These Jordans Come With More Accessories Than My Phone Did

10:15AM Today | Andrew Liszewski

I can’t believe Nike’s churned out 27 different Air Jordans already. The 2012 model is a far cry from the high tops I wore in high school, with a bevy of accessories that customise the shoe to anyone’s playing style. More »


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Whitenoise: Gizmodo Community Talkback

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7:45AM Today | Logan Booker

Welcome to Whitenoise, where you can come to talk about anything you want with other Gizmodo readers. How did January treat you? Heck, can you believe it’s February already? Come share with your fellow readers. More »


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Glimpse Your Future As An Elderly Curmudgeon

5:00AM Today | Michael Hession

What will children of the digital age complain about when they are 70? I personally can’t wait to see the shock on my grandkids’ faces when I tell them about the days of dial-up modems and the world before YouTube. Watch this video for a look into the crystal ball. More »


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Watch This Dad Shoot His Daughter’s Laptop

3:45AM Today | Mat Honan

So this happened. It’s a father reacting to a post his daughter made on Facebook. He wasn’t happy. You can skip ahead to seven minutes for the big reveal. More »


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How An Auto Body Innovation Revolutionised The Way We Build Skyskrapers

3:00AM Today | Rachel Swaby

Certainly you’ve assembled a piece of IKEA furniture and experienced that special kind of frustration that comes with realising the screw holes don’t line up and you have to take everything apart and put it together it again. Now imagine this problem at 230m in the air with massive steel girders instead of particle board. When those holes don’t line up, it’s a whole different kind of frustration. More »


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4 Surprises From The Steve Jobs FBI File

2:30AM Today | Adrian Covert

Gawker has unearthed Steve Jobs’s FBI file for us all to lay eyes on. Contained within are things most of us knew (or at least suspected). He had enemies? Duh. Drugs? Of course! But there are a few gems that managed to catch our eye. More »


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Fear The Deer — Nature’s Unstoppable Killing Machines

12:00AM Today | Andrew Tarantola

Much like The Jesus, deer you do not mess with. Huge antlers, razor sharp hooves and a taste for human flesh (probably), hoofed mammals — including deer, elk and moose — can prove deadlier than you think. The Book of Deadly Animals examines their murderous ways. More »


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Famous Explosions Recreated Using Cauliflower

9:00PM Yesterday | Jamie Condliffe

It takes a very certain mind to re-imagine images using quirky media. Artist Brock Davis has that kind of mind: his latest project involves recreating famous explosions using… cauliflower? More »


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The Transmission Tower Coat Rack Will Electrocute Your Eyes

3:00PM Yesterday | Mario Aguilar

Electricity is beautiful, but transmission towers are eyesores. That contradiction hurts my brain. How am I supposed to feel when I look at a beautiful landscape, and it’s ruined by giant towers disappearing into the horizon? We NEED the towers so we might as well get used to them. More »


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Geekiest Marriage Proposal Yet: Binary, Bender Mask, Flying RC Shark

2:00PM Yesterday | Andrew Liszewski

Raising the bar on nerdy wedding proposals, YouTuber doctorpappa (possibly not a real doctor) decided to ask his girlfriend to marry him by donning a paper-mache Futurama Bender mask, and popping the question in binary. More »