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The World’s Most Powerful Laser Will Create Tiny Stars on Earth

While CERN researchers are busy potentially obliterating the Earth by creating a black hole in France, scientists at the Lawrence Livermore Lab have their own Doomsday machine: a 10-story laser that may well create a miniature star over Northern California. The $3.5 billion, 192-beam National Ignition Facility of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California…

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How to Replace Your iPhone’s Rear Panel

Step 1: Before disassembling your iPhone, be sure it is powered off. Remove the two 3.6 mm Phillips screws next to the dock connector. (Apple has recently substituted the two Phillips screws with 5-Point “Pentalobe” screws. If your iPhone 4 has 5-Point “Pentalobe” screws instead of Phillips, please refer to the second picture.) Remove the…

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How to Replace Your iPhone’s Dock Connector

Step 1: Before disassembling your iPhone, be sure it is powered off. Remove the two 3.6 mm Phillips screws next to the dock connector. Apple has recently substituted the two Phillips screws with 5-Point “Pentalobe” screws. If your iPhone 4 has 5-Point “Pentalobe” screws instead of Phillips, please refer to the second picture. Remove the…

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How to Replace Your iPhone’s Display

Step 1: Before disassembling your iPhone, be sure it is powered off. Remove the two 3.6 mm Phillips screws next to the dock connector. Apple has recently substituted the two Phillips screws with 5-Point “Pentalobe” screws. If your iPhone 4 has 5-Point “Pentalobe” screws instead of Phillips, please refer to the second picture. Remove the…

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How to Replace Your iPhone’s Battery

Step 1: Before disassembling your iPhone, be sure it is powered off. Remove the two 3.6 mm Phillips screws next to the dock connector. Apple has recently substituted the two Phillips screws with 5-Point “Pentalobe” screws. If your iPhone 4 has 5-Point “Pentalobe” screws instead of Phillips, please refer to the second picture. Remove the…

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How to Replace Your iPhone’s Home Button

Step 1: Before disassembling your iPhone, be sure it is powered off. Remove the two 3.6 mm Phillips screws next to the dock connector. Apple has recently substituted the two Phillips screws with 5-Point “Pentalobe” screws. If your iPhone 4 has 5-Point “Pentalobe” screws instead of Phillips, please refer to the second picture. Remove the…

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The Soviet Ship That Cuts Through Ice Like a Nuclear-Powered Knife Through Butter

What the Soviets lacked in ability for effective governance, they made up for in ballsy engineering prowess. Really, who else would think to pack two nuclear reactors into a ship and set it loose in the Arctic breaking ice? The North Koreans? Psshhh, not likely. The NS Yamal, named after the “Ends of the Earth”…

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Facebook + Skype Video Chat = “Something Awesome” (Updated: Hands-On)

Facebook started Rollout Season 2011 with its answer to Google+ Hangouts today in the form of Video Calling, an integrated video chat feature built on Skype technology. Update (Hands on): Typically, if two FB users want to perform a video call, they’ve got to leave Facebook and connect through either a Skype client, Apple’s Facetime,…

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vReveal Uses Military-Grade Image Stabilization to Fix Your Shaky Home Movies

If your child’s piano recitals look like they were filmed during the Loma Prieta ‘quake and you’re too cheap to buy a tripod, you might try vReveal. It steadies even the twitchiest cam shots with military precision. The problem: A UAV’s ultralight design allows it to remain aloft for up to 24 hours but it…

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The Magnet So Powerful It Explodes Copper Wires

The average American refrigerator generates a magnetic field of one-half Tesla. The world-record breaking magnet developed by the High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Dresden generates nearly 200 times that much, a whopping 91.4 Tesla. The magnet, dubbed the Pulse Cell, is about the size of a paint bucket (55cm tall, 32cm across) and weighs 440…

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Gizmodo’s 4th of July Block Party

Grillindependence Day | Come celebrate America’s birthday with us! https://gizmodo.com/gizmodos-4th-of-july-block-party-5816394 You Can Cram a Bottle Opener into Almost Anything https://gizmodo.com/you-can-cram-a-bottle-opener-into-almost-anything-5813714 It’s almost officially summer, brah. That means that, despite the fact that the economy’s flagging, unrest consumes the Middle East, and a meteor could very well be headed for Earth, it’s time to crack some…

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Le_rn Ru__ian _ith C_ossw_rd P_zzl_s – Honey, What’s a 32-Letter Phrase for Language Learning App?

The next time Russia invades the Mid West, Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen won’t be there to save us so it’s a damn good idea to brush up on your Cyrillic now and avoid the rush. Learn Russian with Crossword Puzzles by Jourist Verlags GmbH eases the mind-numbing tedium of vocabulary memorization by incorporating the…

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No, Key Guns Do Not Shoot Keys

It’s tough to keep a gun drawn on a prisoner when the cell door lock requires two hands to open – that’s where the Key Gun comes in. It’s literally both a key AND a gun. Our friends at Oobject have six classic examples. Looking for more common items that double as deadly devices? Check…

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HAMDAS-R Ham Boning Machine Unwraps Hams Like Christmas Presents. Made Out of Meat.

You’ve seen the robotic hog head dropper. But there’s still a lot of pig left to butcher. With bones and stuff. How do you make a boneless ham out of all that? The HAMDAS-R Ham Boning machine. https://gizmodo.com/how-your-bacon-is-made-the-jarvis-jr-50-super-pig-deca-5816277 After the ham thighs are separated from the rest of the hog, they travel on dual conveyor…

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Link Grips Make Tongs Out of ANYTHING

If MacGuyver could take down an international crime syndicate with a paper clip, two pieces of chewing gum and yesterday’s issue of USA Today, imagine what he could do with these Link grips that make one-handed tongs out of just about anything. The Link grips, created by Konstantin Slawinski, consist of a small triangular piece…

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Smartphone Sales Beating Dumbphone Sales For the First Time

Nielsen’s new national survey of U.S. mobile phone customers reveals that smartphones are outpacing traditional feature phones for the first time ever. According to the May survey, 38% of all mobile phone owners now use a smartphone. And within the last three months, 55% of new phone purchases were of the smartphone variety (that’s a…

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This Fly-By-Wire Seafloor Drill Rig Works 10,000 Leagues Under The Sea

Traditional deep sea drilling rigs are bulky, expensive and need a relatively stable platform to operate, so they can’t work in rough weather. These next-generation drill systems, however, bypass the problem completely by setting up shop on the seafloor. The main issue traditional rigs and semi-submersibles have is that the drill rods start at the…

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Are MacBook Airs Getting Updated This July?

According to a report by 9to5Mac, Apple may be prepping to launch an update to the MBA line by mid-July, later than previously expected. https://gizmodo.com/retailers-are-running-out-of-macbook-airs-5815761 While the exterior details will likely remain unchanged, rumors are circulating that the newest MBAs will come pre-loaded with OSX Lion 10.7 (maybe a hint of when Lion itself will…

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Coming Soon to A UAV Above You: Cameras that See Everything (Literally)

In the lead up to Osama bin Laden having his head vented by Seal Team 6, his compound was monitored by a cadre of satellite-mounted hyperspectral imaging devices. These wide-band imagers are now being adapted for use in UAVs. https://gizmodo.com/hyperspectral-imaging-helped-kill-osama-bin-laden-but-5797872 Essentially, a hyperspectral image is one derived of hundreds of spectral bands, taken simultaneously. These…

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The World’s Most Powerful Laser Will Create Tiny Stars on Earth

How to Replace Your iPhone’s Rear Panel

How to Replace Your iPhone’s Dock Connector

How to Replace Your iPhone’s Display

How to Replace Your iPhone’s Battery

How to Replace Your iPhone’s Home Button

The Soviet Ship That Cuts Through Ice Like a Nuclear-Powered Knife Through Butter

Facebook + Skype Video Chat = “Something Awesome” (Updated: Hands-On)

vReveal Uses Military-Grade Image Stabilization to Fix Your Shaky Home Movies

The Magnet So Powerful It Explodes Copper Wires

Gizmodo’s 4th of July Block Party

Le_rn Ru__ian _ith C_ossw_rd P_zzl_s – Honey, What’s a 32-Letter Phrase for Language Learning App?

No, Key Guns Do Not Shoot Keys

oobject gun key gallery

HAMDAS-R Ham Boning Machine Unwraps Hams Like Christmas Presents. Made Out of Meat.

Link Grips Make Tongs Out of ANYTHING

Smartphone Sales Beating Dumbphone Sales For the First Time

This Fly-By-Wire Seafloor Drill Rig Works 10,000 Leagues Under The Sea

Are MacBook Airs Getting Updated This July?

Coming Soon to A UAV Above You: Cameras that See Everything (Literally)

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

Travelers Experiencing the Longest Security Lines in TSA History

Could There Be a ‘Project Hail Mary’ Sequel?

Meta Has More Smart Glasses Coming Whether You Want Them or Not

Apple Requires Device-Level Age Verification in the UK Now. Could the US Be Next?

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

Apple Studio Display XDR Review: It Looks So Good, I Wish It Were an iMac

RayNeo Air 4 Pro Review: My Eyes Love These Video Glasses, but My Nose Disagrees