YouTube entered beta testing five years ago this month, and to celebrate, we’re listing our personal favorite YouTube hits. Now for the last time, leave Britney alone and don’t you dare tase me, bro.
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Peter Ha: Kittens Inspired By …
This will really put a stop to those uncomfortable wedding officiant tangents.
Japanese couple Tomohiro Shibata and Satoko Inoue recently tied the knot with the help of the I-Fairy bot, a ceremonial drone created by Japanese company Kokoro, where the bride works.
Inspired? The bot, one of only three in use, will set you back …
Need a refresher before the last week of LOST ever? TIME’s LOST authority James Poniewozik does a tidy little recap of all six seasons. And though we like to delude ourselves into thinking we know what we’re talking about during our weekly LOST e-mail chain, Poniewozik’s LOST Watch is boss.
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Jezebel compiled a four-minute montage of LOST’s Hurley uttering his now-famous catchphrase. Enjoy, dudes.
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LOST So6E15 E-Mail Chain: Let’s Get Biblical
I was actually at the last DARPA autonomous car event in 2007. Weird stuff: driverless cars wandering through an abandoned, burned-out Army base in the middle of the Mojave Desert. Junior was there, but I never saw it do anything like this. They’ve come a long way.
I hear MIT’s working on a robot that can walk away from a building in …
Hello, greatest thing I’ve laid eyes on this week.
This fake commercial shot in 1998 features the figurine likenesses of literary pioneering sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte as feminist vigilantes fighting against the evils of a man’s publishing world – complete with fake mustaches.
My favorite part of its YouTube …
I wish I had purchased tickets to Coco’s tour.
In lieu of a Techland Show we have a special video for you this Friday. It’s a primer on Iron Man 2, where Peter and Steve break down everything you need to know before you go and watch the movie (including a re-cap of the first movie and what to expect from the all-star cast).
Sit back and enjoy.
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Forget Minority Report, Tony Stark has the best gadgets and he proves it in Iron Man 2. Check out this montage from Perception NYC, the studio behind all the wicked cool gadgets in the summer’s biggest blockbuster.
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I have no idea how long this will stay up, but it’s quite watchable, despite being shot in amateur unsteady-cam. Almost makes me wonder if it’s a deliberate leak. Apparently this is not a Cloverfield prequel …
Jeff King from Fuel TV’s Built To Shred asks a simple question – Will the iPad shred? Watch to find out.
If you saw a copy of Microsoft Office sitting unattended in a public area, what would you do? I’d think to myself, “Hey I use Google Docs, but Microsoft Office is expensive! I wonder where the rightful owner is. I’ll call Microsoft’s tech support hotline to ask them how to return it to said rightful owner and if they have no idea …
