The Flickr iPhone app has received a nice update: It now supports iOS 4 multitasking as well as HD video uploads from the iPhone 4. More »

Calfskin upholstery, chromium plating, premium speakers—not exactly reminiscent of an arcade gaming experience. But if want to ditch your emulator for something a bit more, dare we say, decadent, luxury French cabinet maker Pinel & Pinel will indulge. More »

When actress Kyra Sedgwick visited Tom Cruise's house, she couldn't help but notice a strange, unmarked button on a mantle in his library. For whatever reason, she also couldn't resist pushing it. As a result, she soon heard police sirens. More »

You're looking at the most powerful X-ray blast ever recorded. You can be thankful we've an atmosphere. This thing was so strong that—even 5 billion light-years away—it overwhelmed the Swift observatory's instruments. Nobody knows what it really was. More »

First they gave us a high-res tour of Mars — now Microsoft has made the largest and clearest night-sky map ever. It's a terapixel image: 1,000,000,000,000 pixels. More »

Above, a few of our favorite moments from the iPhone 4 presentation Steve Jobs gave this afternoon. Below, eleven much more candid Jobs quotes from the Q&A session that Apple didn't put on their site: More »

Today Apple offered their solution to the iPhone 4's antenna issues: a free bumper or case to every iPhone owner and waived restocking fees on returns. How do you feel about it? More »

Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. asked a simple question in their 2008 comic book (and 2010 movie) Kick-Ass: Why don't fanboys actually suit up and try their hand at being superheroes? More »

We've seen teasing photos of the Boxee Box and we touched it at CES 2010, but now there's a video of the final product as it will sold by D-Link in November. Yes, it's gorgeous. [BI] More »

Owning fine dinnerware is one of the hallmarks of being an adult. And I can think of nothing finer than this ceramic (oooh!) Master Shake cup. He's $15, though currently sold out. [AdultSwim via That'sNerdalicious] More »

Google just received their last Nexus One shipment and once this current stock sells out, it's officially goodbye to the Google Phone Store and sayanora Nexus One. Even though it wasn't the most successful Android phone, I still think it's the best option for people who want the authentic Android experience. More »

Google Maps Navigation is a wonderful turn-by-turn navigation app for Android. Only problem? It's only available in the US and UK. Thankfully, Skobbler is bringing their own free turn-by-turn navigation to the rest of the world. More »

Well, this doesn't sound good: NASA just announced that the Earth's thermosphere, an upper layer of the atmosphere, collapsed. It's the biggest contraction in 43 years and scientists have no idea what's going on. I don't feel safe anymore. More »

The human body is OK, I guess. But why is it so fragile? And why can't I stream my thoughts to my TV? And you know, it'd be pretty nice to be able to fly. More »

Looks like a video of Apple's iPhone 4 press conference is already available for viewing on the Apple website. [Apple] More »

During the iPhone press conference earlier we learned something interesting: Apple has Verizon cell sites on its campus. Time to start speculating about just what lovely devices they might be testing with those. More »

Last night, NYT reported that there was a potential software fix for the iPhone 4 antenna problem. In the Q&A following today's event, Apple stated definitively that there was not and said the paper was "making this stuff up." More »

At today's event, Steve Jobs gave the audience a glimpse of the the space-age chambers that Apple uses to test its prototype iPhones. Apple published the pictures and, as MG Siegler said, it's basically Professor X's brain scan room. Updated. More »

At today's iPhone 4 press conference, Steve Jobs acknowledged that there were issues with the device's proximity sensor, and indicated that they were software-related. A fix should come with the next software update. More »

A tiny update on the tricky-to-make white iPhone 4 from the iPhone press conference: It's going to show up this month after all, but Steve says it'll be in "limited quantities." Fire up your eBay accounts. [gdgt] More »