Brent Rose, Author at Gizmodo

Inside Gaddafi’s Secret Underground Labyrinth

Oh, Gaddafi, you eccentric old creeper. Of course you have a gigantic network of tunnels under Tripoli so you can sneak around and do dastardly shit. Yeah, well, all your tunnel are belong to rebels. The Libyan oppostion and a couple TV crews have finally breached Gaddafi’s massive complex of underground tunnels. Nobody is yet…

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Apple’s Most Amazing Products Under Steve Jobs

From 1974 up until the other night (with a brief NeXT/Pixar interlude), Steve Jobs powered the company that brought the world some of the most innovative products we’ve ever known. (Screw you, wheel!) These are his greatest hits. https://gizmodo.com/steve-jobs-invented-your-dell-pc-and-your-android-phone-5834413 If you wanna ditch the gallery, click here. https://gizmodo.com/apples-most-amazing-products-under-steve-jobs-5834150 1983: The Apple IIe First introduced in…

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A Tent for Your Hammock. Oh Hell Yes.

I will brazenly declare my love for hammocks right now. In a perfect world, that’s all I’d sleep in when I camp, but they have problems, namely bugs and rain. This tent for hammock just answered my prayers. The Hammock Bliss Sky Tent is a work of art. You hang your hammock from a couple…

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Skypey Wi-Fi Sweetness Coming to Mango

Enough Apple talk! Let’s move on to a more tropical fruit. WP7 Mango is coming very soon, and more and more goodies are being revealed. Skype video? Wi-Fi hotspot? Delicious! Every time another bit of Mango news comes out, I get thatmuch closer to ditching Android. Or at least flirting a little, you know. Keeping…

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Nobody Knows Who Has Control of Libya’s Deadliest Weapons

The Libyan rebels are winning. But nobody knows who has control of Libya’s massive stockpile of chemical weapons and nuclear material. Wait, what? The AP has an extremely troubling report this morning. In areas that are still being contested, we have no idea what’s going on or who has control over what weapons. 30,000 shoulder-fired…

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Beef Jerky-Potato Chip Hybrid Is the Pinnacle of Human Innovation

Inventors: You can stop trying now. Your laptops cannot feed the world. Your smartphones are not crunchy AND meaty. The masterminds behind Cherkees have beaten you. Cherkees combines two of my favorite things, beef jerky and potato chips. Let me be absolutely clear. These are NOT beef jerky flavored potato chips. Cherkees are real beef…

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The Truth Behind the Syrian Cell Phone Charging Story

Earlier this month PBS ran a story about an unorthodox method of phone charging that Syrian rebels were using. It sounded strange to us, so we tested it. It didn’t hold water. Literally. So NewsHour followed up with the real story. https://gizmodo.com/are-syrian-rebels-really-charging-their-phones-with-bat-5830329 To recap: the video piece was produced by GlobalPost, originally appeared on PBS’s…

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My Morning with a Robot Sex Worker

There’s nothing better than showing up to work, signing into AIM, and engaging with a sexy stranger, right? Those are the principles America was founded on! But how to know if you’re talking to a heartless chatbot? Make ’em laugh! Yes, the robot-people may be all around us, looking like us and talking like us,…

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Clip Zip Lightning Review: So Tiny, So Cheap

While the once lush forrest of MP3 players is now a bone-filled, arid desert, there are still a few survivors. One of these hearty few is SanDisk with their Clip series. Like You’d forget you were wearing it if you didn’t have earbuds in, so it’s a fantastic running or gym player. A lot of…

Reviews Brent Rose

What Do Earthquake Magnitudes Mean?

Whenever there’s an earthquake you’ll hear all over the media that it’s “(blank number) on the Richter Scale.” Surprise, the Richter Scale was abandoned years ago because it was inaccurate. Today we use the moment magnitude scale, or the MMS. The MMS measures movement in three directions: north/south, east/west and, and vertical (up/down). Like the…

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Table-Top Atom-Smasher Does Amazing Things in a Small Package

How cool is this? Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Easy Bay represent!) have created an atom-smasher that could fit on your kitchen table. Why should the Large Hadron Collider guys have all the fun? The Berkeley Labs invention is, not surprisingly, pretty genius. They shoot powerful laser pulses through plasma, which builds up…

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The Most Beautiful National Parks as Seen From Space

Wired has a gorgeous piece this morning that combines the best of space porn and national park porn. It has twenty breath-taking images and I highly recommend clicking over and checking it out. Here’s a tiny taste. [Wired Science] Yellowstone above. Looking all hot and bothered. (click here for full sized image) Grand Teton. Very…

Space & Spaceflight Brent Rose

Why the Internet Should Die in a Fire

Oh internet, why are you such a scary, disgusting, and weird mistress? Spoiler alert: it’s not the internet, it’s humanity, and looking at humanity in the classifieds is often like staring at an anus through a telescope. Example 1: The Roommate of Nightmares This one is right here in New York City. My buddy Patrick…

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10 Things You Can Do with a $100 TouchPad

The TouchPad may not be the perfect tablet, but it is selling for $100 right now, but it’s going fast. Actually, it’s pretty much gone. But if you did manage to snag one, here are ten good uses for it. https://gizmodo.com/hp-touchpad-review-unbreak-my-heart-5816916 1. E-book Reader The TouchPad has a mighty fine Kindle app, but at only…

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Sony’s New Android Phone Keeps the Walkman Strutting

Walkmans (Walkmen?) will never die! Remember that old, yellow, tape-filled piece of crap that weighed your pants down? Well Sony just birthed that thing’s great-grandson. It’s an Android 2.3 phone aimed music lovers. The lid is off the “Live with Walkman” phone. On the specs side, it’s decidedly low to mid-range. It has a 1GHz…

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Genius 13-Year-Old Has a Solar Power Breakthrough

When I was 13 I was smoking cigarettes I’d found on the ground and playing Super Nintendo like it was my life’s work. This kid discovered a way to draw 20-50% more power from solar cells. He is way cooler. 7th grader Aidan Dwyer was walking in the woods during the winter, and looking up,…

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Hey PC Makers: Don’t Quit, Fight!

What does it mean when the world’s largest PC manufacturer quits? Some say it’s the death knell for PCs. That may be the case, but only because companies, like HP, are turning tail and running rather than fighting back. Don’t. HP announced yesterday that not only will they stop making WebOS devices, but they’re considering…

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Would It Kill This Girl to Brush Her Hair? Actually, Yes. (Updated)

Ever heard of Hair Brushing Syndrome? Sounds like bullshit, right? But it’s actually a rare condition that effectively makes you have a toxic reaction to static electricity, and could indeed end your life. Balloons are the enemy! 13-year-old Megan Stewart’s condition was discovered back in 2008 when her mother was brushing her hair to get…

Health Brent Rose

Sharp’s BIG ASS 3D TV: The Tube That Gave Me a Tan

Sharp’s new 70 inch Aquos Quattron 3D TV isn’t the biggest 3D TV out there, but it’s the biggest one from Sharp. They’ve been making flat screens since the dawn of time, and here’s my hands-on… er, eyes-on. https://gizmodo.com/panasonics-152-inch-3d-plasma-the-biggest-tv-yet-5442012 The Woo! 3D looked surprisingly good. Frankly, 3D TVs are kind of pointless under a certain…

Television Brent Rose

Public Charging Kiosks May Steal Your Data

You’re at the airport. You must send an important email. Your smartphone is about to die. Every outlet is being taken up by other idiots travelers. You spot a charging kiosk! You plug in! Now say goodbye to your data. According to Krebs on Security, when you hook up your cell phone to a charging…

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Inside Gaddafi’s Secret Underground Labyrinth

Apple’s Most Amazing Products Under Steve Jobs

A Tent for Your Hammock. Oh Hell Yes.

Skypey Wi-Fi Sweetness Coming to Mango

Nobody Knows Who Has Control of Libya’s Deadliest Weapons

Beef Jerky-Potato Chip Hybrid Is the Pinnacle of Human Innovation

The Truth Behind the Syrian Cell Phone Charging Story

My Morning with a Robot Sex Worker

Clip Zip Lightning Review: So Tiny, So Cheap

What Do Earthquake Magnitudes Mean?

Table-Top Atom-Smasher Does Amazing Things in a Small Package

The Most Beautiful National Parks as Seen From Space

Why the Internet Should Die in a Fire

10 Things You Can Do with a $100 TouchPad

Sony’s New Android Phone Keeps the Walkman Strutting

Genius 13-Year-Old Has a Solar Power Breakthrough

Hey PC Makers: Don’t Quit, Fight!

Would It Kill This Girl to Brush Her Hair? Actually, Yes. (Updated)

Sharp’s BIG ASS 3D TV: The Tube That Gave Me a Tan

Public Charging Kiosks May Steal Your Data

‘The Mummy 4’ Is Getting the Family Back Together

JD Vance Says UFOs Are Actually Demons

Breville Barista Express Espresso Machine Hits Its Lowest Price of the Year for Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, Cut Your Daily Coffee Costs at Home

Amazon Clears Out Govee LED Smart Light Bulbs (2-Pack) at a Record Low, Each Bulb Costs Just a Few Dollars

The First Proper ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Trailer Is a ’90s Anime Fever Dream

JBL PartyBox Club 120 Speaker Drops Back to Black Friday Pricing for Amazon’s Big Spring Sale Only

YouTuber Resolves Fraternal Disagreement With Excavator and Hilariously Large Sword

Should We Be Hyped—or Freaked Out—About Nuclear Microreactors?

Roku’s 2025 Streaming Stick HD Is 40% Off to Compete With Amazon Fire TV Stick During Spring Sale

Epstein Victims Sue Google, Claim AI Mode Exposed Personal Information

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