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The Pirate Bay’s Founders Are Going To A Prison That’s Better Than Your Life

6:15AM February 2, 2012 | Sam Biddle

Not just any prison — Swedish prison. After fighting copyright infringement charges for years, the three gents behind the world’s most notorious torrent site are headed to the slammer. Luckily, TPB lives, and Swedish prison is great! More »

Geek Out

ATM Gives Out Dead Mouse After Delivering Cash

5:00PM January 29, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

You know the economy is really going to bloody hell when ATMs start to pay bank customers with dead rodents, which is exactly what happen to Gholam Hafezi, the guy in this photo. He got his cash and dead Mickey here. More »

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File Sharing Is Now An Official Religion In Sweden

6:00AM January 5, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

Rejoice, brothers! File sharing is now an official religion in Sweden. For real. It took two years, but it’s done: it’s called the Missionary Church of Kopimism and has Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V as its sacred symbols. More »

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Did A Swedish Man Spontaneously Combust?

5:30AM November 24, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

We’ve already explained how many of the famous cases of “spontaneous combustion” may actually occur but that doesn’t make this case any less strange. More »

Online

Facebook Data Centre Goes Arctic For Chilling Effect

2:30AM October 28, 2011 | Sam Gibbs - Gizmodo UK

When you think of Facebook you don’t exactly think ‘environmentally friendly’. All those data centres burning through electricity, powering your virtual social lives. Facebook’s first push out of the US might be a tad kinder to the environment, using Arctic cooling. More »

Science

Rotundus GroundBot Wheels Out 3D Video Surveillance On The Go

1:00PM October 24, 2011 | Jack Loftus

The Rotundus GroundBot is a dual-camera security bot that returns 3D video feeds to a security team located nearby. I think I’ll call him Wheelie from now on. Wheels? You tell me. More »

Cameras

Swedish Nature Photographer Exposed As Photoshopping Fraud

12:40AM September 7, 2011 | Sam Biddle

How’d Terje Helles win the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency’s top prize for 2010? By capturing so many incredible shots of endangered species! And how’d he miraculously find all of these rare animals? On internet stock photography sites. So busted. More »

Science

These Men Were Caught Building Homemade Nuclear Reactors

12:45PM August 4, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Richard Handl, was arrested by the Swedish police for the possession of nuclear material including radium, americium and uranium. The inquisitive man was creating a nuclear reactor to see if it’s possible to split atoms at home. Crazy, but true. More »

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Man Arrested Before He Can Finish His Nuclear Reactor

3:40AM August 3, 2011 | Kwame Opam

If a man told you he was getting ready to build a nuclear reactor in his apartment, you’d think he was crazy. Too right. But one Swedish man went for it. And if he hadn’t been caught, he could’ve succeeded. More »

Science

Is This A UFO On The Bottom Of The Ocean?

9:00PM August 2, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Swedish sea treasure hunters have found something extraordinary: an 18m disc sunk in the bottom of the ocean, with what appears to be 300m long impact tracks leading to it. The team leader never found anything like it. More »