Eric Limer, Author at Gizmodo

Nvidia GTX 960: Maxwell Power For a Reasonable Price

Nvidia’s new(ish) Maxwell architecture has come out in a few new cards already, from the budget 750Ti to the beefy GTX 980. The GTX 960 holds down the middle ground, with solid but not mind-blowing power for $200. Nvidia is pushing this a card for MOBA players, partially because those games somewhat lower requirements of…

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Everything Microsoft Announced About Windows 10 Today

It’s Windows 10 day! Again. This time though, Microsoft had a ton of in depth announcements about free upgrades, the future of Windows Phones, playing Xbox games on PC, and putting holodeck goggles on your face. Here are the highlights. Windows 10 Is a Free Upgrade for the First Year Want Windows 10? You got…

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Man, I Cannot Wait to Stream Xbox Games to My Laptop

At its big Windows 10 event today, Microsoft talked about its universal apps, Windows 10 for phones, and a big crazy Surface TV thing. But forget all that. You’re gonna be able to stream Xbox One games to any other device in your home that’s running Windows 10. That’s great and I can’t wait to…

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Here Is Microsoft’s Demo of Those Crazy Holodeck Glasses

Today, Microsoft announced Project Hololens, its crazy attempt to make a goggle-based faceputer that will project VR all over your daily life. We haven’t had a chance to try it on just yet, but here’s video of Microsoft’s live demo from the keynote. https://gizmodo.com/microsofts-wants-to-turn-your-living-room-into-the-holo-1680924508 What do you think. Does it look worth slapping on a…

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HoloLens: Microsoft’s Audacious Plan to Make Anywhere a Holodeck

VR? Meh. Microsoft is going the holodeck route with something called HoloLens. These are holographic glasses and they’ll be coming out around the same time as Windows 10. Man, this sure looks awesome and cool and probably also janky and questionably useful! We’ll find out first-hand soon though; Microsoft will be showing off the tech…

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Microsoft’s New Xbox App Brings Game DVR and Chat to Your PC

Windows 10 is about universal apps, and getting everything on all your devices. That includes the new Xbox app, which you’ll find on PC, Xbox, and mobile. It’ll let you text and chat and do everything you love on Xbox Live across every Windows device you have. The biggest and best news? It’ll let you…

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This Is What Windows 10 Looks Like on a Phone

Last September, Microsoft pulled the curtain off Windows 9 10, its new digit-skipping operating system with versions for phones, tablets, computers, everything. We’ve seen bits and pieces of the new desktop through Microsoft’s preview program, but nothing on the mobile side. Until now. If you’ve ever seen Windows Phone 8.1, this will all look pretty…

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Watch a Dad’s Special Effects Turn Playtime Into Crazy Action Scenes

The world’s best Dad-who-is-also-pretty-good-with-Adobe-AfterEffects is back with a brand new batch of cutscenes to turn his lucky kid into the most adorable action hero this side of baby Groot. Between blasting UFOs out of the window of a car to starring in a Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robot’s scene that is at least 50 times…

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HP’s Hybrid Pen-Stylus Is the Best Time I’ve Had Writing on a Tablet

HP’s new fleet of business tablets includes a giganto 12-inch Android slate with a stylus that can write on screen and paper with equal ease. While the tablet’s size draws attention—and heads off any potential iPad Pro at the pass—the stylus is the real story here. I just tried it out, and it’s legitimately awesome.…

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Sony Hackers Used a Zero Day Vulnerability to Break In

That hackers really messed up Sony’s shit is indisputable, but how they did it (and also who they were) is still up in the air. A Recode report sheds some light on the former, though; access was apparently gained through a Zero Day vulnerability, a previously unknown hole that could very well have been for…

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Dell Venue 8 7000 Review: A Terrible Name For an Incredible Tablet

Late last year, Dell announced the most interesting Android tablet in years. It has great guts in a thin body with striking design, topped off with one horrible name. But it’s so much more than just a pretty face and a hot body. What Is It? The world’s thinnest tablet, running Android 4.4 KitKat on…

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A Galaxy S6 With (Almost) Stock Android Sounds Like a Dream Come True

There are some pretty unsubstantiated and vague rumors that Samsung’s new Galaxy S6 won’t just have a new Note-inspired hardware design; it’ll also have less ugly TouchWiz skinning than ever. Who knows if this is true! It’s probably not. But man, it still sounds fantastic. The rumor comes by way of an unnamed industry source…

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I Couldn’t Have Made It Through CES Without Sheryl Crow

Yesterday I walked across the casino floor of the Venetian, between the rows of clanging slot machines, with my enormous Nexus 6 held to my face so I could quietly listen to this YouTube video, the isolated bass line from Sheryl Crow’s “All I Wanna Do.” It was the only thing that could reliably sooth…

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Selfie Sticks of CES

Once there were toe shoes. Now, there are selfie sticks. The following is a collection without comment, for your perusal. Welcome to Gizmodo’s coverage of all things CES 2015! For our comprehensive rundown of everything new and shiny at the year’s biggest gadgetorium, check out our pop-up site here.

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Weird CES Booths, Ranked

If you can’t get an 8K TV or a giant curved screen, you have to get creative with how you’ll draw eyes to your bland and unremarkable booth. Here are some of the attention-grabbers I saw at this year’s Consumer Electronics Trade Show, ranked in order of appeal. Dead last: Sad Elvis Because nothing screams…

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The Man With the Worst Job at CES

I found this poor, poor over-sized oompa loompa of a man being led down a hallway by his minder in the Las Vegas Convention Center because the tablet attached to his face—which reads “Take a picture with me!”—has rendered him effectively blind. I don’t know who he is, where he’s going, or who is doing…

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This “Oculus Killer” Looks Like a Gigantic Tron Nightmare Shoebox

There’s a hot new virtual reality headset in town. At least that’s what the booth decorations would have you believe. It’s got head tracking! It’s fully immersive! It’s an Oculus Killer! Okay so maybe not quite. It’s pretty obvious this thing is silly as hell just from the outside looking in. I mean, it looks…

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Intel Is Just Daring Autonomous Drones To Rise Up And Kill Us All

At its big CES keynote this year, Intel announced a new processor for wearables, but it also did something much much bigger. It taught drones to be smart and then gave them a reason to rise up and hunt us down. Thanks guys. In one demo, drones outfitted with 3D cameras saw, and fled from,…

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Intel’s Curie Module Can Turn Everything You Wear Into a Smart Device

Here at Intel’s big CES keynote, CEO Brian Krzanich is announcing Intel’s new Curie Module, a tiny little device that will let you turn all the things you already own and wear into smart devices. It’s a little button-sized hardware module, powered by Intel’s teeny tiny Quark technology, and it adds a brain to anything…

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Dell’s New XPS 13 Hands On: A Sleek, Slick, Rock Solid Laptop Dreamboat

On paper, Dell’s new XPS 13 seems impossibly good for the $800 starter price. It leaves you thinking “what’s the catch?” I just saw it in person, and to be honest I couldn’t find it. This thing seems fantastic. The first thing to notice about the new XPS 13 is that screen. Not so much…

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Nvidia GTX 960: Maxwell Power For a Reasonable Price

Everything Microsoft Announced About Windows 10 Today

Man, I Cannot Wait to Stream Xbox Games to My Laptop

Here Is Microsoft’s Demo of Those Crazy Holodeck Glasses

HoloLens: Microsoft’s Audacious Plan to Make Anywhere a Holodeck

Microsoft’s New Xbox App Brings Game DVR and Chat to Your PC

This Is What Windows 10 Looks Like on a Phone

Watch a Dad’s Special Effects Turn Playtime Into Crazy Action Scenes

HP’s Hybrid Pen-Stylus Is the Best Time I’ve Had Writing on a Tablet

Sony Hackers Used a Zero Day Vulnerability to Break In

Dell Venue 8 7000 Review: A Terrible Name For an Incredible Tablet

A Galaxy S6 With (Almost) Stock Android Sounds Like a Dream Come True

I Couldn’t Have Made It Through CES Without Sheryl Crow

Selfie Sticks of CES

Weird CES Booths, Ranked

The Man With the Worst Job at CES

This “Oculus Killer” Looks Like a Gigantic Tron Nightmare Shoebox

Intel Is Just Daring Autonomous Drones To Rise Up And Kill Us All

Intel’s Curie Module Can Turn Everything You Wear Into a Smart Device

Dell’s New XPS 13 Hands On: A Sleek, Slick, Rock Solid Laptop Dreamboat

Artemis 2 Live Updates: Countdown to the Moon 🔴

Dyson V8 Cordless Vacuum Holds Its Lowest Price Even After Amazon’s Spring Sale Ends, Likely a Clearance Move

Lego Is Bringing Bionicle Back, But Not in the Way You’d Want

Richard Branson Is Still Trying to Make Space Tourism Happen, Selling Tickets at $750,000

Beats Powerbeats Fit Drops Below Black Friday Pricing Across All Colorways as Amazon Continues to Cut Prices on the Earbuds

Google Pixel 9a Hits a Record Low on Clearance, With Trade-In Making It Nearly Half the Price of Pixel Buds Pro 2

James Cameron Could Remake ‘Fantastic Voyage’ Before He Works on ‘Avatar 4’

Forget Amazon Fire TV Soundbar, Samsung B-Series Soundbar With Built-In Subwoofer Still Under $100 for Post-Spring Sale

Apple M4 MacBook Air Is Still at Its Spring Sale Low as Amazon Moves Into Clearance Mode, No Need to Wait for Prime Day

They’re Already Trying to Baby Yoda Rocky From ‘Project Hail Mary’

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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

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