Tag: Hacks
Novaya Gazeta is reporting the Federal Drug Control Service of Russia’s (FSKN) secret database was leaked, revealing names and photos of “anonymous” informants. Most egregiously, it was bought by a reporter for around $50, from a bootleg DVD salesman in a Moscow train station. The collection, available on 5 CDs, not only contains photographs and […]
Why should you wait until the end of your taxi ride to pay the fare? There’s plenty of time to swipe your card on the way, and it’s not like you’re planning on dodging, right? Turns out, you don’t have to. Quartz has detailed instructions for paying while you ride here, but it basically boils down […]
If you weren’t one of the 1 million Samsung smartphone owners who were treated to a free copy of Jay-Z’s new album last week, you could choose one of two options–wait for the thing to pop up on the Pirate Bay and torrent it, or, if you have an Android, get a pirated version of the […]
It’s about time this insanely powerful new technology was employed in the service of helping lazy people be lazy. Like an image plucked from the dreams of Homer Simpson, this Kinect hack turns any surface in your home into a remote control. Using the Kinect’s depth sensing camera in conjunction with a projector and voice detection, […]
Our friends at Evolver.fm uncovered “Brutalize Me,” an ingenious app from Music Hack Day Paris that allows you to turn the saccharine vocals from any pop tune into a gravelly death/black metal growl. As is often the case with software spawned at hack days, it’s not quite ready for public consumption, but fortunately, its creator […]
