We can blame Pioneer for ditching the much more excellent DiscoVision brand in favor of Laserdisc when it released its player in 1980. [Laser Video Disc, YouTube] Gizmodo ’79 is a week-long ...

Adam “MCA” Yauch, a founding member of the pioneering rap band Beastie Boys, died Friday after a nearly three-year battle with cancer, the band’s publicist said. A torrent of Twitter ...