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Monster Machines: This Rocket Bike Just Set A Land Speed Record

There’s a surprising amount of energy locked away in the fizzing bubbles of hydrogen peroxide. Enough, in fact, to propel one daredevil and his modified bicycle into the record books at nearly triple the speed limit of your local interstate. Eat your heart out, Wile E. Coyote.


This Week In Smartphone Software Updates: Telstra, Optus, Vodafone

Wondering when the sweet new versions of Android will land on your device? You’re in luck: each week, Gizmodo Australia will take you through all of the handset updates currently being tested on Australian networks like Vodafone, Telstra and Optus, and tell you when you can expect them on your device.


What Happened With The NBN This Week?

It’s a week of acquisitions and arguments surrounding the National Broadband Network. What went on?


App Deals Of The Day: Android, iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone

Flib converter for free on Android, Photo Measures reduced to 99c on iOS, Mailbox now available on iPad, Splashtop 2 now available on Windows Phone, plus lots more. Deals end without warning, so be quick or miss out!


Breakfast Wrap: Best Of Thursday Night

This Is HP’s Take On The Retina Display MacBook Pro Just because it looks like a MacBook Pro and smells like a MacBook Pro doesn’t make it a MacBook Pro.

Kim Dotcom Claims He Invented Two-Factor Authentication He apparently has a patent to prove it.

Google Thinks Gayest And Worst Mean The Same Thing Google, stop being so presumptuous.

How A 3D Printer Helped A Child Breathe Again It makes guns, it saves lives.

5 Grisly Decades Of Workplace Safety Posters No, he didn’t just doze off while working on his car.


Whitenoise Gizmodo Community

Welcome old friends and lost travelers! One way or another you have found your way to whitenoise! But what is this place? And what can be your roll here? Good questions! The shortest, easiest answer to both question is: Just about whatever you want it to be.


Monster Machines: This Mobile SAM Site Could Be A Serious Ace Up Syria’s Sleeve

Coalition airstrikes helped turn the tides of the Libyan revolution in favour of the rebels; why not do the same in Syria? Because the Syrian government may or may not have just taken possession of one of the most frightening anti-aircraft batteries ever devised, that’s why.


Shooting Challenge: 31 Macros That Blew Us Away… Vote For Your Favourite!

It’s Gizmodo Australia Shooting Challenge prize time! There are some amazing photos in this bunch of entries, now we need you to vote on who wins the Samsung Galaxy Camera!


App Deals Of The Day: Android, iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone

Pano for half price on Android, Private Camera now free on iOS, Notable reduced to 99c on iPad, Itsdagram now available on Windows Phone, plus lots more. Deals end without warning, so be quick or miss out!


Breakfast Wrap: Best Of Wednesday Night

Amazon Plans To Build Massive Biodome HQ, So No One Has To Leave It looks like fused testicles from one angle.

Twitter Finally Adds Two-Factor Authentication And it’s available right now. We’ll show you how to set it up.

Wow, A Guy Plummeted 60km/h Off A 300m Cliff And Survived It probably won’t stop him from doing it again though.

The Tiny, Cool Details Of The New Xbox One Controller Smaller, clickier, new buttons and so much v-v-v-v-ibration.

Yes, An Old Mac G5 Does Make A Great BBQ Upcycling at its best.


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