Jesus Diaz, Author at Gizmodo

Oh Boy, Those Astronauts Really Have the Best Views

A unique, other-worldly view of the Moon rising over our home planet, from the International Space Station.

When Is Apple Adding FaceTime Support to Computers?

It should have been there when it was first introduced: FaceTime videoconferencing between iPhone/iPod touch and desktop computers. The latest rumor is that it is coming. For Macs, Apple could incorporate FaceTime support in iChat. The article doesn’t mention how they are planning to do it on Windows. This rumor, however, comes from the French…

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Watching DivX Movies With VLC Video Player for iPad

If everything goes well, every iPad user would be able to play movies and shows in DivX, Xivd and many other media format not supported by Apple’s native QuickTime player. All thanks to the free VLC Media Player If Apple approves it, that is. Right now, VLC is going through the approval process. Since it…

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Airline Wants Flight Attendants to Land Planes In Case of Emergency

A low-cost airline wants flight attendants to fly airplanes in case of emergency. The reason: Having two pilots in the cockpit is too expensive. That’s great, because I really can’t wait to see Steven Slater landing a 747 at JFK. https://gizmodo.com/flight-attendant-uses-inflatable-slide-for-dramatic-job-5608503 The father of the idea is none other than Michael O’Leary, the CEO of…

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The Tale of the Magic Tablet

Once upon a time, Steve Jobs carved a tablet out of magic wood. The tablet became alive and wished it was a boy. It met a cricket, lied a lot, and fooled around with whales until Jobs lost his patience. So he chopped it to bits. Then he asked the magic elves with squinting eyes…

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Woogie iPod Touch Case Helps You Lobotomize Your Kids Comfortably

This is Woogie, “the Huggable Case and Media Player for iPod touch and iPhone” that allows parents to keep their kids glued to electronic entertainment while keeping the latter safe from drool, food, and play-doh. Just put the iOS device inside the integrated sleeve with transparent, touch-sensitive screen protector, and watch the kids’ eyes go…

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At Last, Someone Untangled Those Horrible Low-Consumption Light Bulbs

Bless English design company Hulger, for they have unraveled those horribly twisted contraptions that are low-energy, long-life green lightbulbs. This is Plumen 001, which actually looks so good on its own that you will not need a shade for it. And like those ugly light bulbs, the Plumen 001 uses 80% less electricity than incandescent…

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Apple, Are You Sure We Don’t Need Any More Fart Apps?

“We have over 250,000 apps in the App Store. We don’t need any more Fart apps”, Steve/Apple says in its App Guidelines. “Above all else, join us in trying to surprise and delight users,” they say. Well, watch this. https://gizmodo.com/censorship-stays-as-iphone-app-development-rules-relax-5633721 … I rest my case. Paraphrased from the conclusion of Apple’s App Review Guidelines: When…

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Apple App Rules

The intro page of the guidelines fails to address the concerns about arbitrary censorship, appealing to the words of US Supreme Court Associate Justice Potter Stewart on pornography. The rules related to “porn” remain the same as the unwritten ones.

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Censorship Stays as iPhone App Development Rules “Relax”

In a surprising announcement—after receiving a mountain of criticism, —Apple has announced that they “are relaxing all restrictions on the development tools used to create apps” and “publishing app review guidelines.” That’s good. The bad: Arbitrary censorship stays. https://gizmodo.com/does-steve-jobs-just-not-get-game-development-5586050 What were the restrictions? Apple wasn’t happy when Adobe released tools that allowed developers to create…

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First Hump-Backed Dinosaur Could Eat Several Humans for Brunch

This is the Concavenator corcovatus, a new species of dinosaur discovered in Cuenca, Spain. This weird 20-feet-long predator could be the predecessor of the meat-eating titans that dominated the Cretaceous. But what’s that hump? It could be his battery. Scientists believe that this dinosaur—which was unearthed almost complete—is the earliest member of the Carcharodontosauria, the…

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Check Your iPhone 4’s Antenna Reception With Field Test Mode In iOS 4.1

Now you can put your iPhone into field test mode, which will allow to easily and precisely test your cell signal reception quality. You just need to follow these two easy steps: • First, upgrade your iPhone 4—or any iPhone—to iOS 4.1. • Dial *3001#12345#* into your phone. Done. The signal bars will be replaced…

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Where Is the Support for Object Scanning and Controllers In Xbox 360 Kinect?

The awesome Kinect object scanning is missing from all incoming titles, as well as of any hardware controller support. But fear not, because Kinect’s big honcho Kudo Tsunoda has some answers about this and more. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-xbox-360-kinect-5563047 On object scanning, which will allow you to put real world objects into games, Tsunoda says that it is…

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Google Is Really Freaking the Hell Out of Me

Today, Google’s founder Sergey Brin said that they want to be your third “brain half”. Yesterday, Eric Schmidt said Google knows where you are, what you like, and will suggest what you should do next. And that wasn’t all. These are my favorites quotes from the Google CEO—and Steve Jobs’ best friend—said yesterday at Berlin’s…

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These Are the True Lungs of Planet Earth

You are watching the lungs of Earth, the producers of much of the oxygen in the planet, accounting for half of all the photosynthetic activity. They are not trees. It’s phytoplankton. It’s blooming now, in the Barents Sea. Zoom out: And now, ENHANCE! Yes, that little thing is the most basic source of life in…

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The World As Seen By a Record

This long-exposure image was made by placing a pinhole camera in the center of a record. It shows that you only need simple ideas and simple tools to create beautiful photography. [Kateoplis via Twitter—Thanks Life, Panoramic!]

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The Nitrogen-Cooled Memory Block that Broke the World’s Speed Record

These are memory sticks, two 1 GB Corsair Dominator GTX6 DDR3 RAM modules. They usually run at 2625MHz, but these zoom at the new world’s speed record: 3078MHz. All thanks to the special nitrogen freezer plugged onto the heat sinks: The feat was achieved by PC tinkerer Matthias Zronek, from Overclockers, using this Gigabyte P55A-UD7…

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This Article Was Fully Composed On Google’s New Automatic Writing System

From now on, instead of using the usual two dozen baboons to randomly write Gizmodo’s articles, I am going to use Google Scribe, a new Google Labs application that suggests the next word or group of words as you write. In fact, this whole article was fully composed in Google Scribe. It saved quite a…

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Man Replaces Ex-Girlfriend With Silicone Clone

Some men buy sophisticated, ultra-realistic sex dolls choosing face models, body types, bust sizes, and even adding sensors that make them moan. This is the first time, however, that I’ve heard of a man cloning his ex-girlfriend in silicone. https://gizmodo.com/honey-doll-has-touch-sensors-moans-has-fake-orgasms-288234 Why would you like to have an inert clone of the source of your pain…

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NASA: Two Asteriods (sic) Passing Near Earth, No Worries

NASA tweet, just now: “Asteriods (sic) passing Earth near moon tomorrow morning..no worries.” Well, I hope the guys who calculated the trajectory of the two asteroids passing “within the distance of the moon to Earth” didn’t make any typos. Here’s the official announcement from NASA: The Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Ariz., discovered both objects…

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Oh Boy, Those Astronauts Really Have the Best Views

When Is Apple Adding FaceTime Support to Computers?

Watching DivX Movies With VLC Video Player for iPad

Airline Wants Flight Attendants to Land Planes In Case of Emergency

The Tale of the Magic Tablet

Woogie iPod Touch Case Helps You Lobotomize Your Kids Comfortably

At Last, Someone Untangled Those Horrible Low-Consumption Light Bulbs

Apple, Are You Sure We Don’t Need Any More Fart Apps?

Apple App Rules

Censorship Stays as iPhone App Development Rules “Relax”

First Hump-Backed Dinosaur Could Eat Several Humans for Brunch

Check Your iPhone 4’s Antenna Reception With Field Test Mode In iOS 4.1

Where Is the Support for Object Scanning and Controllers In Xbox 360 Kinect?

Google Is Really Freaking the Hell Out of Me

These Are the True Lungs of Planet Earth

The World As Seen By a Record

The Nitrogen-Cooled Memory Block that Broke the World’s Speed Record

This Article Was Fully Composed On Google’s New Automatic Writing System

Man Replaces Ex-Girlfriend With Silicone Clone

NASA: Two Asteriods (sic) Passing Near Earth, No Worries

Anker 160W Laptop Charger Briefly Returns to Black Friday Pricing in a Last-Minute Amazon Spring Sale Deal

The New ‘Backrooms’ Trailer Is Packed Full of Endless Dread

Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo Falls Under $25, a Budget Bundle Deal in the Final Hours of Spring Sale

Liquids Crack With an Audible Snap, Study Finds

Dyson V15 Detect Plus Cordless Vacuum Is a Late Spring Sale Deal at a Record Low on Amazon

The New ‘Supergirl’ Trailer Is Filled With Krypto, Lobo, and ’60s Soul

Vaping Comes With a Cancer Risk, Review Finds

ASUS Eye Care Monitor Hits an All-Time Low, Only Hours Left to Grab a 27″ Screen at a 15.6″ Budget Price on Amazon

How to Watch Artemis 2, NASA’s First Crewed Mission to the Moon in 54 Years

KitchenAid 4.5-Quart Stand Mixer Is Back at Its Lowest Price, a Last-Minute Spring Sale Deal Outside Amazon Prime Day

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

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

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