Future Islands: Grease [Video]

Last year, Future Islands released the album On the Water, and they’ve been touring ever since. The record was—and is—odd and lovely and wildly underrated. And the beautiful, slightly sad, new video for “Grease” embodies all those sentiments. More »

Engadget’s $50,000 back to school sweepstakes: just 24 hours to go!

Have you entered our back to school giveaway yet? If you’ve already commented on each of 15 eligible posts, you’re all set — you can only vote once on each article (15 times in all), so hang in there and wait for us to randomly select the winners. The rest of you, however, need to get a move on! There’s only 24 hours remaining in the contest period, so be sure to get all 15 entries in before the clock strikes noon tomorrow. Good luck!

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Beyonce: Upgrade U [Video]

Beyonce is a goddess and today is her birthday, thus “Upgrade U,” a song off her 2006 album B’Day is perfectly fitting. More »

A Cooler Bag for All Seasons [Desired]

With Labor Day behind us, summer is officially over. But people still drink beer and other cold things, which means this cooler bag still works even as we enter the chillier fall months. More »

Cher Lloyd: Want U Back [Video]

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There are just four days left to enter our back to school sweepstakes with nearly $50,000 in prizes!

During the month of August, we published 14 back to school guides, covering product categories ranging from cameras and printers, to smartphones and ultraportables. With each post, we offered a selection of gadget must-haves, but we also gave you an opportunity to enter our massive back to school giveaway, including 15 identical bags stuffed to the brim (and far beyond) with some of the hottest devices of the season. You want these gadgets, and we want to help! The contest runs through noon (ET) on Friday, September 7th, so there’s still plenty of time to enter — simply leave a comment at each of our category pages, along with the giveaway post, to secure 15 chances to win. And to make things even easier, we’re including links to all of our posts just below. Good luck, and have a fantastic semester!

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American Juggalos: A Journey into the Dark Carnival [Video]

The world of juggalos—die-hard followers of the band Insane Clown Posse—is weird but super intriguing. They have a yearly festival in August, it’s weird, dark, and hard to wrap your head around, and it’s chronicled in this short documentary, American Juggalo. More »

So You Want to Watch Porn in Your Dorm Room [User Manual]

Kids are flocking back to college, their noggins aching for facts and ultimate frisbee, or whatever. For some of you, it’ll be the first time living in a small room with another person. So, uh, how are you supposed to watch porn? More »

Engadget’s back to school guide 2012: fun stuff!

Welcome to Engadget’s back to school guide! The end of summer vacation isn’t nearly as much fun as the weeks that come before, but a chance to update your tech tools likely helps to ease the pain. The good news? We’re on to the fun stuff, the gear that isn’t always practical but will definitely help you let off some steam after a tough mid-term. Be sure to keep checking back — at the end of the month we’ll be giving away a ton of the gear featured in our guides — and hit up the hub page right here!

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Laptops, phones and e-readers might be slick pieces of tech, but they’ll all be used for business while you’re buried in term papers during the semester. We’re rounding up a set of gadgets meant purely to lift your spirits — whether it’s zapping fellow froshmates in a game of Lazer Tag or an electric motorbike to blast through the countryside on a long weekend. We’ve even got a few borderline sensible gadgets, such as a robot that will clean up after a wild party at the dorm. Jump past the break for our full collection of antidotes to the end-of-summer blues.

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Death Becomes Her: How Far Would You Go to Stay Forever Young? [Video]

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