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Origins of Stonehenge’s Stones Found, and Holy Crap Did They Travel Far

Remember that time you carried that box home and it was like sooo heavy? Yeah, shut up. The quarry where some of Stonehenge’s original rocks came from has been discovered, and the people of 5,000 years ago dragged them 160 miles. Geologists Robert Ixer of the University of Leicester and Richard Bevins of the National…

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You’ll Never Believe This Was Made With Just WebKit

Wanna know who’s got the most impressive web visuals we’ve seen in a while? It’s a little site called Acko.net, written by Steven Wittens. Just head over there and slowly scroll down. You’re looking into the web future. Here’s how they did it. [Acko.net via Joel Johnson]

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Is a Google Contractor Trying to Destroy OpenStreetMap? (UPDATED)

Well, this is bad. OpenStreetMap, the Wikipedia of world maps, has been vandalized, with someone deliberately screwing up its data. Worse, the offending IP addresses seem to be coming from a set belonging to Google India. Careful where you drive. According to a blog entry at OpenGeoData.org: Two OpenStreetMap accounts have been vandalizing OSM in…

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The Little Bug That’s Ruining Google Music

The key to Google Music‘s growing adoption is its deep integration with Android. It’s hard to complain about a storage locker that’ll let you store 20,000 songs for free, but there’s a simple bug that’s basically hamstringing it. The bug goes like this: -you pick an artist or album that you want to play -you…

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Is a Crappy Wi-Fi Signal Ruining Your Netflix Streams? Hy-Fi Routers Promise to Fix That

The nerdiest thing our Matt Buchanan ever wanted was an awesome powerline router. I’ll see your nerdiness, Matt, and raise you one. Hy-Fi Routers crossbreed Wi-Fi, ethernet, powerline, and MoCA to give you a mutant baby of ultimate internet reliability. The dream of consistently fast 100Mbps internet all over my apartment is so close I…

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Where to Find Your Favorite Funny People on Twitter

Yes, Twitter is a great way to follow developing news stories, organize revolutions, and hear about tech from your beloved Gizmodo writers, but sometimes you just need a laugh. Fortunately, the same people that make you laugh on TV are doing the same on Twitter every single day. Here’s where to find them. But how,…

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Google’s Android Design Guide Will Make Your Apps Sooooo Fierce

Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) has made great strides in bringing the look of Android into a more consistent, cohesive form. Google’s apps all look and behave very similarly, but now third-party app developers need to adapt. Luckily, Google is providing a map. As of today, app developers can click on over to Android Design…

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The Greatest Toilet Seat I’ve Ever Seen

Hidden away in a remote CES corridor, amidst a sea of gaudy phone cases and chargers, something catches my eye. What’s a toilet doing here? Oh, you know, just revolutionizing how you use the bathroom. No biggie. Behold the Swash 1000, the latest and greatest evolution of Brondell’s line of high-tech toiletry. The Mark Cuban-backed…

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Hands-On the $170 ViewSonic Tablet I Wanted to Love, But Couldn’t

When we found out about ViewSonic’s $170 tablet that runs Android’s latest (and definitely greatest) OS, we were more than just a little skeptical. We wanted to believe, but we’ve been hurt before. After some hands-on time, I can confirm that our dead-inside hearts were dead-on. https://gizmodo.com/is-there-any-way-viewsonics-170-ice-cream-sandwich-tab-5874903 The 7-inch tablet is light and is very…

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Motorola Droid 4 and RAZR MAXX Hands On: Two Giant Leaps for Droidkind

I just copped a major feel on the new Motorola Droid 4 and the Droid RAZR MAXX. I’m going to cut right to the chase: they both carry on the traditions of their ancestors, but improve on them in ways that actually matter. That the Droid 4 is the best of its lineage was probably…

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Hands On Intel’s Latest, Bestest Stab at Mobile Processing

The Medfield codename invoked strange Cloverfield associations for me. Would Intel’s first serious mobile chip be a monster that destroys absolutely everything in its path? Well, the dust has cleared, and we have the Atom Z2460. It’s not going to crush everything else, but it looks damn decent. Atom Z2460 is a single core, hyper-threaded,…

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The New X PRIZE Wants to Save Your Life, Star Trek Style

The X PRIZE Foundation and Qualcomm are partnering to try to make the Tricorder—Star Trek’s famous health-diagnosing gadget—a reality. They are offering up $10 million in purse money. This may be the most practical X PRIZE yet. The gadget that takes the X Prize must enable a person to accurately diagnose themselves (without going to…

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We Bought $1.3 Trillion Worth of Mobile in 2011 Alone

At today’s CES keynote Qualcomm’s CEO Dr. Paul E. Jacobs just said that in 2011, global revenues for the wireless industry reached approximately 1.3 trillion dollars. Trillion. With a T. That’s about 8.5% of the U.S. National Debt. Or almost 2% of global GDP. Dang. Image credit: Shutterstock/vovan

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Qualcomm’s Quad-Core TV Processors Could Deliver Console Quality Gaming—Without the Console

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors have been a hallmark of mobile devices for the past few years. Not content with keeping the party in your pockets, the Snapdragon is coming to your TV, to the tune of 1.5GHz quad-core processor mightiness. In addition to those four-cores, the Snapdragon S4 MPQ8064 also has Adreno 320 graphics. So, basically…

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Parrot’s New Headphones Are Mighty Purty

I bet you’re looking at these ZIK Parrot by Starck cans and thinking how hot they are. Hey! Eyes up here, buddy. Don’t be shallow. They’re packed tight with some very cool tech, but yes, they are begging to be stroked. See, the outer surface of these Bluetooth headphones are touch sensitive. Wanna crank up…

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Sony’s New Xperia Phones Hands On: They Go Right For the Eyes

For a long time now Sony has made some of the best cameras out there. Love the iPhone 4S camera? Yeah, because it’s got a Sony Exmor sensor in it. Sony’s two new Xperias are also pushing the visuals mighty hard. The the Xperia S (pictured right) is essentially the international version of the Xperia…

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Oh Good, Another Something-Point-Something Tablet From Samsung

History lesson. First there was the (awful) Froyo-running Galaxy Tab 7. Then came the Honeycomb-running Galaxy Tab 10.1. Then the 8.9, then the 7.0-Plus. Done, right? Wait! How’s about a 7.7? Sure, why the hell not! https://gizmodo.com/samsung-galaxy-tab-review-a-pocketable-train-wreck-5686161 It’s a decent tablet, but it’s a baby-step. Samsungers shrunk the bezel so they could make the screen…

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The Galaxy Nexus and More LTE Goodness Are Sprintbound

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is currently the best Android phone out there—and the only one (of two) that runs Ice Cream Sandwich (so far). But non-Verizon stateside peeps have been left out in the cold. Sprint to the rescue. https://gizmodo.com/galaxy-nexus-review-two-steps-forward-one-step-back-5864584 The Galaxy Nexus is one of the first three devices to launch for Sprints brand-spankin’…

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Motorola Razr Maxx: An Android Phone With a Battery That Might Actually Last You a Whole Day

We really liked Motorola’s Droid RAZR. It was crazy-thin, water-tight, and had a form factor we’d never seen. Too bad its battery life was sub-awesome. The RAZR MAXX is a little thicker, but it should keep you untethered from outlets ’till bedtime. https://gizmodo.com/motorola-droid-razr-lightning-review-faster-thinner-5856947 21 hours on a single charge: That’s the promise of the Droid…

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The Hand-Stretching Samsung Galaxy Note Finds an LTE Home at AT&T

Samsung Galaxy Note made a splash in Europe back in September of last year. Was it a gigantic phone or a tiny tablet? No one knew! Well, the debate is about to come to U.S. soil. https://gizmodo.com/its-a-phone-its-a-tablet-its-samsungs-new-android-5836530 The phone (yes, it’s a phone, but just barely) has a 5.3-inch screen. It is, indeed huge. For…

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Origins of Stonehenge’s Stones Found, and Holy Crap Did They Travel Far

You’ll Never Believe This Was Made With Just WebKit

Is a Google Contractor Trying to Destroy OpenStreetMap? (UPDATED)

The Little Bug That’s Ruining Google Music

Is a Crappy Wi-Fi Signal Ruining Your Netflix Streams? Hy-Fi Routers Promise to Fix That

Where to Find Your Favorite Funny People on Twitter

Google’s Android Design Guide Will Make Your Apps Sooooo Fierce

The Greatest Toilet Seat I’ve Ever Seen

Hands-On the $170 ViewSonic Tablet I Wanted to Love, But Couldn’t

Motorola Droid 4 and RAZR MAXX Hands On: Two Giant Leaps for Droidkind

Hands On Intel’s Latest, Bestest Stab at Mobile Processing

The New X PRIZE Wants to Save Your Life, Star Trek Style

We Bought $1.3 Trillion Worth of Mobile in 2011 Alone

Qualcomm’s Quad-Core TV Processors Could Deliver Console Quality Gaming—Without the Console

Parrot’s New Headphones Are Mighty Purty

Sony’s New Xperia Phones Hands On: They Go Right For the Eyes

Oh Good, Another Something-Point-Something Tablet From Samsung

The Galaxy Nexus and More LTE Goodness Are Sprintbound

Motorola Razr Maxx: An Android Phone With a Battery That Might Actually Last You a Whole Day

The Hand-Stretching Samsung Galaxy Note Finds an LTE Home at AT&T

Up to $1,550 Off on pCloud: Pay Once, Protect Data Forever for World Backup Day

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

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