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This Leaked Manual Lists Literally All the Nexus 5's Specs

Oct 06, 12:21AM

This Leaked Manual Lists Literally All the Nexus 5's Specs

Nexus nerds, we may have just hit the jackpot. Android Police just got its hands on what appears to be a leaked service manual for the as-yet-unreleased Nexus 5. If this is real, we now know everything about the Nexus 5. Every. Thing. OK, except price.

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God Is An Astronaut: Echoes

Oct 06, 12:00AM

It was Mogwai that got me into post-rock back when I was in college. I'm still a big fan, but I sort of fell away from post-rock for a while. And I have God Is An Astronaut for bringing me back to the glorious fold.

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China's Internet Army Could Have as Many as Two Million Censors

Oct 05, 11:00PM

China's Internet Army Could Have as Many as Two Million Censors

China's internet is not exactly famous for its freedom, but it takes a lot of effort to keep it tied down. Folks have done math to suggest there are thousands of government employees censoring China's Twitter-clone Weibo alone. Now the Beijing News is pegging that total at more like two million.

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Google Is Sneaking Chrome OS Into Windows 8's "Metro" Mode

Oct 05, 10:04PM

Google Is Sneaking Chrome OS Into Windows 8's

It was one thing when Google's Chrome apps managed to break out of the browser and become real, offline apps, but clearly that is not Google's real long-term play. A recent update to the developer version of Google Chrome basically runs Chrome OS inside of Windows 8.

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Why You Can't Blame Bitcoin for Silk Road Shadiness

Oct 05, 9:00PM

Why You Can't Blame Bitcoin for Silk Road Shadiness

The man alleged to be "Dread Pirate Roberts," the founder and operator of the Silk Road—an online marketplace where bitcoins were traded for a range of goods and services, including drugs—was arrested by the FBI in San Francisco Wednesday. The criminal complaint, released today, provides many details about how the site and its users relied on widespread anonymity technology, including Tor and Bitcoin.

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Google Is Now Deleting Nine "Pirate" Links Every Second

Oct 05, 8:00PM

Google Is Now Deleting Nine

Groups like the RIAA are putting in millions of DMCA requests to pull "pirate" links off Google, and even though it doesn't seem to help, the landslide's not letting up. As of last month, Google was taking down nine pirate links every single second of every single day.

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What's Your Favorite App That No One Knows About

Oct 05, 7:20PM

What's Your Favorite App That No One Knows About

The best, most awesome apps for phones or tablets usually get found out and blow up into a flurry of success with hundreds of thousands or millions of downloads. But not every good app is so lucky thought. So what is your must-have totally-awesome app of choice (iOS, Android, whatever!) that no one seems to know about?

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The Lake that Turns Animals to Stone, iPhone 5S Sensor Snafu, and More

Oct 05, 6:00PM

The Lake that Turns Animals to Stone, iPhone 5S Sensor Snafu, and More

You've had a busy week, so why not just sit back, kick up your feet and take in our best posts of the week? Dive in!

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Whoa, These Sci-Fi Laser-Shooting Telescopes Are Gloriously Real

Oct 05, 5:00PM

Observatories don't just gaze into the endless starry abyss above our heads; sometimes that's not enough. Sometimes they shoot righteous 40-watt lasers into the great beyond too. Obviously it looks awesome, and this stellar timelapse showcases exactly how awesome. (Spoilers: very awesome.)

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What Happens When Cities Fall Apart?

Oct 05, 4:00PM

What Happens When Cities Fall Apart?

Military strategist David Kilcullen was in New York City earlier this week to talk about the future of urban warfare at the World Policy Institute here in Manhattan. Gizmodo tagged along to learn more about "future conflicts and future cities," as Kilcullen describes it, and to see what really happens when urban environments fail—when cities fall apart or disintegrate into ungovernable canyons of semi-derelict buildings ruled by cartels, terrorist groups, and paramilitary gangs.

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Turn Your Old iPhone into a Wireless Music System

Oct 05, 3:00PM

Turn Your Old iPhone into a Wireless Music System

Attention, Mac people who just bought or are about to receive a new iPhone. If your old iPhone is still fairly new, you don't have any kids yammering for an iPod Touch (that you want to give them), and you have no other reason to keep it, you should probably sell it.

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A Map of Internet Freedom Around the World

Oct 05, 2:27PM

A Map of Internet Freedom Around the World

Here in the US, it's easy to slip into the comfortable idea that the internet is unrestricted, a home for free speech and exploration, whether it's meaningful and important, or dumb hashtags. It's not that way everywhere though, and Freedom House has mapped out the current state of affairs across the globe.

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11 Tech and Science Programs Being Killed by the Government Shutdown

Oct 05, 1:00PM

11 Tech and Science Programs Being Killed by the Government Shutdown

Unless you've been horrifyingly oblivious to absolutely everything happening around you, you know that the government has been in a state of shutdown since Monday. Other than the confirmation that, yes, congress is just as inept and impotent as we all thought, you probably haven't noticed much of a change in your daily life. But don't let that fool you. This period of stasis could have some major detrimental impacts, particularly in the fields of science and tech. Here are some of the shutdown's worst potential scientific casualties.

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How Much Do You Care When Things Start Getting Ads?

Oct 05, 5:00AM

How Much Do You Care When Things Start Getting Ads?

Instagram is getting ads! Tumblr already got 'em. Snapchat probably will. Ads are starting to appear in the Android Gmail app too. Basically, anything and everything you use will eventually have ads on them. That's how the world spins. And that's something you have to deal with. So how much do you care when things you use start getting ads?

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The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Wawd Ahp (VERY NSFW)

Oct 05, 4:00AM

The phrase, "the weirdest thing on the Internet tonight" is bandied about a lot these days, but this! This my fine stoney friends, is easily the weirdest thing on the Internet tonight so far. Prepare to question your faith in humanity.

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Using MS Paint to Show the Imagination of a Child Is So Adorable

Oct 05, 3:00AM

Using MS Paint to Show the Imagination of a Child Is So Adorable

Anyone with a ticking heart and an Instagram account takes too many pictures of their newborn. It's okay to be proud! It's okay to coo and adore and love and snap photos of your baby! But at a certain point, probably past the 700 mark, those pictures become variations of the same damn thing. Helpless baby lying on bed. Helpless baby lying on bed with mouth open. With arms raised. Crying. You get the point.

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This Week's Top Comedy Video: Tubbin with Tash

Oct 05, 2:00AM

Do you know how to get the truth out of people? Not from some sort of movie truth serum shot or on a late night talk show or even in a conversation between two ferns, the way to pry the obscene truth is to stick them in a hot tub and feed them drinks. Life is so much clearer when everything is bubbling around you.

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According to Reuters, Blackberry is asking Google, Samsung, LG, Cisco, basically anybody with money

Oct 05, 1:04AM

According to Reuters, Blackberry is asking Google, Samsung, LG, Cisco, basically anybody with money to buy BlackBerry entirely or at the very least, certain parts of the company. This is seen as an alternative in case the finances don't work out in going private.

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9 Winning Super Structures From The World Architecture Festival

Oct 05, 1:00AM

9 Winning Super Structures From The World Architecture Festival

The annual World Architecture Festival is about more than just awards: attendees can check out a pretty packed line-up of talks and crits, browse galleries and installations, and hob-nob with fellow folks in the biz from students to bold-named stars.

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Most Beautiful Items: September 27 - October 4, 2013

Oct 05, 12:00AM

Most Beautiful Items: September 27 - October 4, 2013

Need some beautiful things to gaze upon at the end of a long week? How about photos of the restoration of an 138-year-old Brooklyn bank? Or a lighting pavilion that looks like it's alive? Or a massive Lego calendar that syncs with your smartphone? These things and more wonders from the worlds of design, art, and architecture are the most beautiful items of the week.

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Hanni El Khatib: Penny

Oct 04, 11:00PM

If Orange Is the New Black has taught us anything, it's that not everybody in prison is the psycho ultra-violent killer Scared Straight would have you believe. Many are just normal schmucks who made some bad decisions and are just waiting to get back to their lives on the outside. This is a song for them.

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Now Availabe: GoPro Hero 3+, Libratone Loop, Windows 8.1 and More

Oct 04, 10:20PM

Now Availabe: GoPro Hero 3+, Libratone Loop, Windows 8.1 and More

Hear that? It's the weekend, barreling down the tracks of time. Let's stop that metaphor right there before we all start reflecting on the meaning of existence, and instead focus on the gadgets that went on sale this week! From the new to the newly-revamped to the somewhat puzzling, this week brought plenty of gizmos to consider. Stop wasting your life and read on!

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Our Favorite iOS, Android and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

Oct 04, 10:10PM

Our Favorite iOS, Android and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

Welcome to the new Apps of the Week, where we give you all the cool apps we came across in one place. Android folks, iOS folks, and Windows Phone folks, now you can all come together and live in peace, sharing in the joy that is a cool new app.

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The Moto X camera fix that hit T-Mobile handsets last week is now rolling out to AT&T versions of th

Oct 04, 10:03PM

The Moto X camera fix that hit T-Mobile handsets last week is now rolling out to AT&T versions of the phone. Rejoice smartphone shutterbugs.

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High-Class Sweets Made With Tools Intended For Chandeliers

Oct 04, 10:00PM

High-Class Sweets Made With Tools Intended For Chandeliers

The art of making candy will forever be associated with the dark whimsy of Willy Wonka's magical factory, but a recent exhibition held during Vienna's Design Week put a sweetly sophisticated spin on the process.

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