Eric Limer, Author at Gizmodo

Looks Like the Nexus 7 Is Dead

Google just announced a whole slew of new Nexus devices. A big phone, a big tablet. But there’s one thing missing: Any word of the Nexus 7. And chances are that lovely tablet is gone. https://gizmodo.com/googles-new-nexus-9-is-androids-ipad-air-1646616639 We’ve reached out to Google for confirmation, but the warning signs have already been mounting. The Nexus 7 has…

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The Nexus 9 Is Android’s iPad Air

It’s been nearly two years since we’ve seen a new Nexus tablet, but the wait is over. Alongside a new Nexus 6 phone, the Nexus Player, and a new version of Android, the Nexus 9 is finally official. It’s like the iPad Air, but Android. https://gizmodo.com/googles-nexus-6-superphone-is-here-and-its-a-monster-1646581919 Just as the rumors indicated, the new Nexus 9…

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Nexus 9 Rumor Roundup: Everything We Think We Know

It’s been a long time since we’ve had a Nexus tablet. 2013’s Nexus 7 was a wonderful if underpowered little device, and there hasn’t been a bigger version since 2012’s Nexus 10. But a newcomer is almost certainly on the way soon—probably this afternoon! And it’s a 9-inch tab that could be the best of…

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The Galaxy Note 4’s Screen Compared To Its Toughest Competition

The Galaxy Note 4 has a bonkers screen. That 518 PPI Super AMOLED stunner is one of the best parts of a great phone. But how does it hold up to the other big, high-res phone screens out there? https://gizmodo.com/samsung-galaxy-note-4-review-the-best-at-being-big-1646455217 We took macro shots of the 3 biggest, baddest, giganto smartphones out there: The Note…

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Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Review: The Best at Being Big

While Apple has only just released its first huge phone, Samsung’s gargantuan Note is already on its fourth iteration. In a lot of ways, it’s the big phone that started this runaway screen-size race. But even though it’s facing an ever-growing army of up-sized competitors, the Note 4 is the only giant phone that gets…

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The Droid Turbo Could Have the Biggest Phone Battery You’ve Ever Seen

Want a phone with seriously killer battery life? I hope you’re on Verizon, because it looks like the new Droid Turbo was built specifically for you. An image that showed up on TaoBao (basically Chinese Ebay) says that sucker will pack a mammoth 3,900 mAh battery. That is a lot of power. An earlier manual…

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7 Spectacular Crowdfunding Fails

Some crowd-funded projects are awesome, and bring great but simple ideas to life. Others, not so much. But whether they’re grounded, or impossibly optimistic, all crowd-funding projects have a chance to fail, spectacularly. After we heard about the horrible, catastrophic failure of the Kreyos Meteor, it got us to thinking: What crowd-funding bummers haven’t we…

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Google Hangouts Just Got Way Better on the Desktop

Google Hangouts is a nice little chat client, and someday it could be unstoppable. But a few things have been holding it back, including a desktop experience that was just OK. Now, Google’s released a new app for ChromeOS and Windows users that makes it way, way better. The new Hangouts gets rid of the…

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Google Has a Custom Search Just for the Pirate Bay

You may have noticed that Google has changed a little bit recently. If you search for a site, it includes a handy-dandy site-search right in the results. And as TorrentFreak noticed, that includes one for thepiratebay.se. Intentionally or not, Google is now running a pirate search, autocomplete included. This addition is obviously not unique to…

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This Supercard Wants to Replace All of Your Credit Cards and Then Some

Remember Coin, the card that promised to put all your credit cards on one handy chunk of plastic, and then suffered from substantial setbacks that may make it useless by the time it comes out? Well now it has a competitor. This is Plastc, another upcoming supercard with some seriously big promises that will be…

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This Could Be Google’s 9-Inch Nexus Tablet

Google’s slew of fall releases is coming any time now, including the final version of Android L, a new behemoth Nexus phone, and the Nexus 9, Google’s first tablet in years. Now, thanks to upleaks, we may have gotten a glimpse of the latter. We already know a lot about the Nexus 9, But until…

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Find the Perfect Laptop in This Comprehensive, Interactive Map

There are a lot of laptops out there. A lot. Too many to navigate easily. But this chart thrown together by Marek Gibney helps. It’s called the Tourist Map of Laptops, and it can help you grok the whole wide range of available computers at least a little bit. The concept is simple; each laptop…

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The Moto 360’s Battery Life Has Gotten Way Better

The Moto 360 is the best Android Wear watch, and it just got better. A recent update has done wonders for its battery life, which had been the biggest knock against it. The Moto 360’s battery life was neverbad, but it wasn’t great either, thanks in part to its wildly old and not particularly efficient…

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Here’s How Much Faster New iPhone Wi-Fi Is Than Your Old iPhone’s

The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus aren’t just bigger and better than ever, they’ve also got some subtle internal upgrades. I’m not talking processors; the new iPhones are the first Apple handsets to ship with 802.11ac Wi-Fi, and that gives them a hell of a speed boost, as you’ll see in this handy video by…

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Windows 10 May Have Gotten Its Name Because of Lazy Coders

When Windows 10 got announced, there was one immediately glaring question: Why Windows 10? Maybe for the extra distance from 8, but a Redditor who claims to be a Microsoft dev has a better—and funnier—answer. The name “Windows 9” could break a whole bunch of lazy code. https://gizmodo.com/windows-10-microsoft-skips-a-digit-with-latest-operati-1640805626 Cranbourne describes the issue like this: If…

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Windows 10 Video Walkthrough: Where Were You Two Years Ago?

Windows 10 is here! Kind of! You can go pick up a very stripped down Technical Preview of the big, bad, Start Menu-having operating system right now. But if you don’t want to load up a pretty beta OS, we went through the trouble for you. These are the highlights. The Start Menu, window snapping,…

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The Clever Chunks of Code That Steal Millions of Credit Card Numbers

The United States is almost ready to join the rest of the world in the chip-and-pin credit card future. But in the meantime hackers have been stealing all our numbers left and right. Wired took a deep dive into the software that lets it happen, and the process is both clever and simple. The programs…

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Windows 10 Is What We Deserved All Along

Windows 8 had it rough. It existed for a post-desktop world that (still) hasn’t quite materialized, met by a sea of people who weren’t asking for something that new and strange. That’s why even though it feels like a regression, Windows 10 is still such a marvel. It’s a step backwards into what Windows 8…

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Windows 9 Rumor Roundup: Everything We Think We Know

Windows 8 has been limping through its existence for just about two years now, and despite the fact that its continual updates have improved it a fair bit, the numbers aren’t encouraging. Microsoft knows this, and the rumors surrounding Windows 9 show that it’s going to be a move back to more familiar territory. Update:…

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A Clear Shot of What Could Be Motorola’s Mammoth Nexus Phone

For months we’ve been hearing rumors that the next Nexus phone will be a big ol’ phablet from Motorola. 5.92 inches! Now a picture from the XDA forums seems to show off codename “Shamu” in its natural habit: Looking enormous next to other phones. https://gizmodo.com/report-the-next-nexus-phone-might-be-a-giant-moto-1611718771 The picture from Michael Sudol shows what purports to be…

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Eric Limer

Looks Like the Nexus 7 Is Dead

The Nexus 9 Is Android’s iPad Air

Nexus 9 Rumor Roundup: Everything We Think We Know

The Galaxy Note 4’s Screen Compared To Its Toughest Competition

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Review: The Best at Being Big

The Droid Turbo Could Have the Biggest Phone Battery You’ve Ever Seen

7 Spectacular Crowdfunding Fails

Google Hangouts Just Got Way Better on the Desktop

Google Has a Custom Search Just for the Pirate Bay

This Supercard Wants to Replace All of Your Credit Cards and Then Some

This Could Be Google’s 9-Inch Nexus Tablet

Find the Perfect Laptop in This Comprehensive, Interactive Map

The Moto 360’s Battery Life Has Gotten Way Better

Here’s How Much Faster New iPhone Wi-Fi Is Than Your Old iPhone’s

Windows 10 May Have Gotten Its Name Because of Lazy Coders

Windows 10 Video Walkthrough: Where Were You Two Years Ago?

The Clever Chunks of Code That Steal Millions of Credit Card Numbers

Windows 10 Is What We Deserved All Along

Windows 9 Rumor Roundup: Everything We Think We Know

A Clear Shot of What Could Be Motorola’s Mammoth Nexus Phone

Artemis 2 Live Updates: Countdown to the Moon 🔴

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Chinese Startup Debuts Super-Bendy Robotic Arm for Orbital Repairs

Your Devices Are Targets. Bitdefender Shields Them All — For Less Than You Think

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Proton Just Launched Meet, and It Makes Zoom Look Like a Privacy Nightmare

America’s Latest Unfounded Health Panic: ‘Vaccinated’ Blood Donations

SpaceX Files Confidentially for IPO, Reports Say

Jackery Power Station With 200W Solar Panel Still $590 Off as Amazon Clears Out Leftover Stock After the Spring Sale

The Best Pop Culture Art Gallery In the World Is No More

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

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

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