Hudson Hongo, Author at Gizmodo

Helpless Bone Thug Becomes Latest Victim of Drone Menace

Go almost anywhere these days and they’re out there, lurking. At our festivals. By our pools. Even in our prisons. Drones have now infiltrated just about every area of human society, as a member of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony learned recently when a quadcopter savagely bonked him at his own concert. A video obtained by TMZ shows…

Tech News Hudson Hongo Sep 27 '16

Donald Trump Has the Sniffles

Following weeks of speculation about the health of both the Democratic and Republican nominees, Donald Trump arrived at the first presidential debate on Monday with a big league drippy nose. Was it a cold? An impression of Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek? Post-nasal drip induced by the insufflation of quasi-legal narcotics? Who nose.

Tech News Hudson Hongo Sep 26 '16

Amazon’s Login Screen Is a Secret Portal to Sonic Hell

While many people struggle to prove they’re humans in the real world, doing so online is generally pretty easy, accomplished by copying down a couple scribbly words. For the visually impaired, however, things can be a bit more complicated and, in Amazon’s case, occult. As Twitter user Ben Cox first discovered, Amazon has a novel…

Commerce Hudson Hongo Sep 26 '16

Cyber Prophet Jaden Smith to Elon Musk: Water

In a self-described “master plan” released earlier this year, probable hologram Elon Musk declared the future is solar, but this weekend, teen mystic Jaden Smith suggested the Tesla founder ignored a far more obvious answer: Water, the kind we drink and occasionally promote on social media. On Sunday, Smith tweeted a photo of his Tesla…

Tech News Hudson Hongo Sep 25 '16

Anonymous Pharmacy Claims Supplying Execution Drugs Is Protected Speech

In a bid to keep its identity secret, an anonymous pharmacy filed a motion Friday night arguing that selling the lethal agents used in 16 executions was protected political speech, “no different than signing a referendum petition or selling a t-shirt.” As first reported by BuzzFeed, a subpoena by death row inmates in Mississippi is…

Health Hudson Hongo Sep 25 '16

Facebook’s Bad Year Just Got a Lot Worse

While Facebook’s stock has continued to boom throughout 2016, this year has been full of PR nightmares for the world’s most popular social network, which, among other things, has been accused of censorship, grilled by the US Senate and sued by the IRS in recent months. On Thursday, however, that bad press finally became something…

Social Media Hudson Hongo Sep 22 '16

Perfectly Preserved Blockbuster Offers a Fascinating Glimpse of Life in 2010

Most of us can only imagine what it was like in the early 2010s, when visual content was still primarily consumed via plastic video discs, but one lucky urban explorer got to experience it firsthand when he discovered a deserted but otherwise intact Blockbuster store in south Texas. Incredibly, YouTube user RubarGar _ found the…

Sploid Hudson Hongo Sep 22 '16

Simulation Becomes Reality in the First Live-Action Ghost in the Shell Teasers

During Wednesday night’s broadcast of the Mr. Robot season finale, viewers got their first peek at the upcoming live-action Ghost in the Shell movie with five new teaser trailers. As you might expect, the trailers don’t tell a whole lot about the movie, other than it will definitely feature stylish sets, Takeshi Kitano firing a…

io9 Hudson Hongo Sep 21 '16

Why Watch Snowden When You Can Hear Its Plot Sung by Former Genesis Frontman Peter Gabriel?

Last weekend, Oliver Stone’s hump-filled reenactment of the life of NSA leaker Edward Snowden opened in theaters across the country. You might not know it, though, as audiences overwhelmingly opted to watch Tom Hanks plow through some geese instead. https://gizmodo.com/the-snowden-review-too-much-humping-not-enough-hackin-1786661084 And why wouldn’t they? Two hours is a long time to sit watching a story…

Tech News Hudson Hongo Sep 21 '16

Surprise, Donald Trump Has No Idea How Internet Censorship Works

Back in December, Donald Trump suggested fighting terrorism online by “closing the internet in some way,” openly mocking potential First Amendment concerns. Since then, the alleged computer user seems to have changed his mind, joining Ted Cruz’s bizarre crusade for an American takeover of the internet’s address book in the name of freedom of speech.…

Tech News Hudson Hongo Sep 21 '16

That Fitness Tracker Might Actually Make Losing Weight Harder

Activity monitors are supposed to help us reach our fitness goals, but when it comes to staying motivated, you might want to look beyond your wrist. In a study published in JAMA on Tuesday, researchers found that fitness trackers weren’t the boon to longterm weight loss they expected them to be, with users dropping far…

Tech News Hudson Hongo Sep 21 '16

Porn Site Celebrates Sex Number

R.I.P. Nice.

Tech News Hudson Hongo Sep 20 '16

FBI: Suspected NYC Bomber Ordered Weapon Parts on eBay

On Tuesday, federal prosecutors formally filed charges against Ahmad Khan Rahami, the man who allegedly planted a series of bombs around New York and New Jersey before getting captured following a shootout Monday night. And while the complaint lists multiple pieces of evidence connecting Rahami to the attacks—including recovered fingerprints and surveillance footage—it also provides…

Tech News Hudson Hongo Sep 20 '16

George H.W. Bush Is Voting for Clinton, Facebook Overshare Reveals

Earlier this year, a spokesperson for George H.W. Bush said the 91-year-old was “retired from politics” and did not plan on endorsing a candidate in the upcoming election. Thanks to the unparalleled outing capabilities of everyone’s favorite social network, however, the former president’s preference was revealed anyway this week. On Monday, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend—the former…

Social Media Hudson Hongo Sep 20 '16

Giant Mexican Drug Cannon, You Blasted Straight Into My Heart

Dear “homemade bazooka” recently discovered by Mexican federal police, I know we haven’t known each other very long (as you were only found near the U.S.–Mexico border earlier this week) but I already feel a deep and abiding connection that can’t be denied. The newspapers say you were made by criminals to launch packages of…

Tech News Hudson Hongo Sep 19 '16

How a ‘Boring’ iPhone 7 Put Samsung on the Path to Self-Destruction

To some commentators, the familiar design of the latest iPhone is a serious misstep, solid proof that Apple has run out of ideas. However, the phone’s unexciting appearance may have inadvertently given the company a major advantage over the competition—albeit one few would wish for. According to a new Bloomberg report, it was early rumors…

Tech News Hudson Hongo Sep 19 '16

The Secret iPhone 7 Weaknesses Apple Doesn’t Want You to Know

While consumers can learn a lot about a product by reviewing specs and features, it takes hands-on experience to know how something like the iPhone 7 holds up in the real world. We’ve previously covered how Apple’s new smartphone withstands some of the most common stress scenarios, but Gizmodo recently found that the device has…

Tech News Hudson Hongo Sep 18 '16

iOS 10 Is Messing Up Some T-Mobile iPhones and People Are Royally Pissed

On Thursday, T-Mobile sent out an alert warning customers using the iPhone 6, 6 Plus and 6 SE not to download the new iOS 10 update due to “intermittent connectivity issues.” Once updated, the phones are reportedly losing their connections until they’ve been restarted—a solution T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray suggested as a temporary fix. According…

Tech News Hudson Hongo Sep 15 '16

Congress Celebrates Snowden Release by Accusing NSA Whistleblower of Invading Privacy

This week, Oliver Stone and the kid from 3rd Rock from the Sun plan to bring the story of NSA leaker Edward Snowden to a wider audience with the release of Snowden, their new You’ve Got Mail remake. Sadly, Congress has yet to issue an official review of the movie, but the House intelligence committee…

Tech News Hudson Hongo Sep 15 '16

GOP Congressman: Actually, Russia Hacked Both Parties (Except One)

A Republican congressman who claimed that Russian hackers were “not picking sides” in this year’s election effectively demonstrated the opposite on Wednesday when he said the GOP had also been hacked, a claim the Republican National Committee immediately denied. https://gizmodo.com/fbi-took-months-to-tell-the-dnc-about-the-russians-1784744273 Speaking to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, House Homeland Security chair Mike McCaul sought to frame recent…

Tech News Hudson Hongo Sep 14 '16

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Helpless Bone Thug Becomes Latest Victim of Drone Menace

Donald Trump Has the Sniffles

Amazon’s Login Screen Is a Secret Portal to Sonic Hell

Cyber Prophet Jaden Smith to Elon Musk: Water

Anonymous Pharmacy Claims Supplying Execution Drugs Is Protected Speech

Facebook’s Bad Year Just Got a Lot Worse

Perfectly Preserved Blockbuster Offers a Fascinating Glimpse of Life in 2010

Simulation Becomes Reality in the First Live-Action Ghost in the Shell Teasers

Why Watch Snowden When You Can Hear Its Plot Sung by Former Genesis Frontman Peter Gabriel?

Surprise, Donald Trump Has No Idea How Internet Censorship Works

That Fitness Tracker Might Actually Make Losing Weight Harder

Porn Site Celebrates Sex Number

FBI: Suspected NYC Bomber Ordered Weapon Parts on eBay

George H.W. Bush Is Voting for Clinton, Facebook Overshare Reveals

Giant Mexican Drug Cannon, You Blasted Straight Into My Heart

How a ‘Boring’ iPhone 7 Put Samsung on the Path to Self-Destruction

The Secret iPhone 7 Weaknesses Apple Doesn’t Want You to Know

iOS 10 Is Messing Up Some T-Mobile iPhones and People Are Royally Pissed

Congress Celebrates Snowden Release by Accusing NSA Whistleblower of Invading Privacy

GOP Congressman: Actually, Russia Hacked Both Parties (Except One)

Brendan Fraser’s Return to ‘The Mummy’ Is Arriving Earlier Than Expected

Hyundai’s New IONIQ V Looks Kind of Like a Cybertruck for Normal People

Astrobotic’s Detonation Engine Fires 4,000 Pounds of Thrust in Wild Test

‘Final Fantasy XIV’ Wants You to Chill

Tether and Arbitrum Freeze Assets as Crypto Faces Crisis of Purpose

‘The Legend of Korra’ Didn’t Ruin the Legacy of ‘Avatar’—It Enhanced It

Yet Another ’30 Under 30′ Nominee Could Be Headed to Prison

Utah Startup Claims Its Lab-Grown Sperm Can Produce Embryos, in Potential Fertility Breakthrough

The Guy Who Started the ‘Scientology Run’ TikTok Trend Says It’s Time to Stop

Noah Hawley Hopes ‘Alien: Earth’ Runs for ‘a Very Long Time’

Anker’s UV Printer Can Handle Almost Anything… If You Know What You’re Doing

HP’s EliteBoard Keyboard-Computer Proves We Can Stick a PC in Anything

Sleep-Tracking Earbuds Didn’t Fix Me, but They Did Open My Eyes

I’ve Tested a Lot of Bad Smart Glasses and These Are the Worst Yet

Roborock’s Qrevo Curv 2 Flow Is the Ultimate Robot Mop—If You Don’t Have Corners or Walls

Alienware’s $350 QD-OLED Gaming Monitor Nixes Everything for a Pretty Screen

Sony Inzone H6 Air Review: A Perfect Case for Open-Back Gaming Headsets

Anker’s EufyMake E1 Finally Brings Printers Out of the Dark Ages

The Soundboks Mix Is Going to Make You the Most Popular Guy at the Park

Asus Zenbook A16 Review: Start Considering Snapdragon on PC, for Real