Jesus Diaz, Author at Gizmodo

This Combat Jet Joystick Is a Lot of Stick and Not Much Joy

In the age of touchscreens, I love this close-up of a MiG-29 joystick, all dented and battered by thousands of flight hours, and God only knows how many missile launches and bomb drops. Form follows function taken to the extreme. Quite different from the smoothness of last-generation combat aircraft controls, like Eurofighter Typhoon. Dark Roasted…

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The World’s New Fastest SDHC Memory Card

Reading at a maximum of 95MB/s and writing at 80MB/s, the new Toshiba SDHC UHS-I memory cards are the fastest in the world. Now, good luck finding a camera that can saturate that kind of bandwidth. Why would anyone want to have such speedy SDHC cards right now is beyond me, but I guess that…

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Review: The New iPod Nano

Apple’s iPod nano 2010 is a good MP3 player. It’s tiny, the battery seems to last forever, and it has a great user interface. This is the best pure music player out there right now, thanks to the combination of its physical specs and user interface. It may not be the prettiest—it reminds me of…

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After Watching This Video, You Will Like to Be an Astronaut Too

I’ve never seen anything like this: The Earth captured in time lapse by an astronaut at the International Space Station, cruising at 17,239 miles per hour—that’s 7.7 kilometers per second, or 4.7 miles per second. The time lapse video was taken by NASA astronaut and Oregon State University alum Don Pettit, while he was at…

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The First Hands-On Impressions on All New Apple Gear

We have collected all the information you need to know about today’s Apple music event in a series of individual product articles. We just added the first hands-on impressions from the people who played with them in California. • Click here to read all about the new iPod touch, including the hands-on. • For the…

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Why Is Steve Jobs Living a Lot of His Life Upside Down?

Today, we’re lucky to get a peek into Steve Jobs’ magical brain: “I live a lot of my life upside down,” he said. Was it a life lesson? An admission of his favorite yoga position? What did he exactly mean? What did Steve Jobs mean with "I live a lot of my life upside down"?online…

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Netflix on Apple TV May Finally Make It a Success

Among many other new features, Apple is including Netflix support straight into their new Apple TV. At last, they are getting the message: It’s not all about their iTunes store. That’s good. The truth is that many people don’t care at all about the iTunes store—although maybe the $1-per-TV-episode in HD, without commercials, will fix…

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The Complete Guide to the New iPod Touch

The new iPod touch is almost like an iPhone 4, without the phone. Even thinner than the original, it has a Retina display, Apple A4 processor, gyroscope, and a digital camera, both on the back and for FaceTime. The official presentation Watch Steve Jobs on stage presenting the new iPod touch: The main features Here…

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Apple to Stress Test Their New $1 Billion Data Center Today

Cult of Mac’s Leander Kahney says that the reason behind today’s Apple event streaming is to test their new server farm in Maiden, North Carolina. According to his source, “the goal is to monitor traffic load and quality.” https://gizmodo.com/apple-ipod-and-music-meta-liveblog-today-with-live-vid-5626542 Apple’s new $1 billion data center is one of the largest in the world. Today’s web…

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A Wine Stopper With Bottle Opening Date Reminder

I never got wine stoppers. If you open a bottle of wine, you have to finish it. That’s the unwritten rule of Bacchus. But for those of you who don’t finish your bottles, here’s an idea: A dated wine stopper. Of course, the mere idea of needing a reminder on the date the bottle was…

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The Horizontal Skyscraper Is as Long as the Empire State Is Tall

Designed by Steven Holl, the massive 1,296,459-square-foot Horizontal Skyscraper floats above the surface using just eight legs. To give you an idea of how impressive this is: The building’s as long as the Empire State Building is tall. But unlike the Empire State, the Horizontal Skyscraper – Vanke Center only reaches 114 feet up in…

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Living Here Must Be Like Living In Your Own Apple Store

At first I thought this gorgeous minimalist home—an L-shaped house designed around a flat courtyard and swimming pool—was the perfect 3D architectural porn. But like other dream houses that we will never have, it’s real. https://gizmodo.com/who-doesnt-want-to-live-in-this-dream-house-5580961 It’s in Valencia, and it was designed by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos. [Mocoloco]

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The Touchscreen that May Bring iPhone Pen Input One Day

Hitachi—the inventors of the IPS display technology used in the iPhone 4 and iPad—have developed a new capacitative touchscreen that allows for multitouch input with both fingers and synthetic, non-conductive materials like plastic pens or gloves. While we don’t know if Apple is even thinking about enabling pen input in their iOS devices, it will…

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This Is the Nuclear Bunker Where Wikileaks Will Be Located

This is Pionen White Mountains, the nuclear bunker in which Wikileaks will locate some of its servers. It was excavated 98 feet underground, in a rock hill in the center of Stockholm, Sweden, during the Cold War. https://gizmodo.com/wikileaks-may-get-immunity-thanks-to-swedish-pirate-par-5615703 Originally, it was just a bomb shelter built in 1943. In the 70s, the Swedes turned the…

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AutoCAD Coming Back to Apple After 18 Years

I still remember the last version of AutoCAD—probably the biggest software in the planet only third to Office and Photoshop—for Macintosh. That was 18 years ago. Autodesk left the Mac, vowing never to return…until today. AutoCAD 2011 for Mac OS X is now official. To people who have been using computers for more than two…

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What Is This?

Yes, I know it’s an electric phenomenon of some sort, but what is the line going straight up? My best guess: A tethered balloon tied with a metal wire in the middle of a storm, acting as giant lightning rod. Close, but not enough. It’s a rocket trail, as this video shows: A lightning rocket…

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The Bouncy Bathroom Sink Made From Recycled Tires

This is Rubbish, a bathroom sink created using a 1/8-inch thick elastic sheet made with recycled tires designed by Santa Monica-based design studio Minarc. Surprisingly, it actually looks pretty. And it matches my rubber chicken outfit too. [Minarc via Architect Magazine via Core77]

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Watch This Fractal Animation Until Your Brain Bleeds Out of Your Ears

This is how I imagine a trip into the brain of Hunter S. Thompson after eating a slice of Benoît Mandelbrot’s brain, sautéed with a bit of pepper, olive oil, and mescal shaves. Except there are no strippers running around. This impossible architecture was procedurally created using the open source program Mandelbulder. [Fractal Forums]

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Microsoft: Android Hidden Costs Are Expensive

According to Business Insider, Microsoft says that Android’s hidden manufacturing costs are much higher than their own $15-per-unit Windows Phone 7 license. They have some very good points, but others are not so good. Here are their arguments: Good arguments • Windows Phone 7 manufacturers are protected against IP lawsuits, unlike Android licensees (although one…

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Play Music With Tuned Beer Bottles

The Tuned Pale Ale’s bottles show a musical scale on its label. Drink it down to the note you want, blow on it, and it will play it back. Buy a pack, and form a band with your friends. Actually, the pack itself becomes a drumming box, and the bottles’ special washboard shape also serves…

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This Combat Jet Joystick Is a Lot of Stick and Not Much Joy

The World’s New Fastest SDHC Memory Card

Review: The New iPod Nano

After Watching This Video, You Will Like to Be an Astronaut Too

The First Hands-On Impressions on All New Apple Gear

Why Is Steve Jobs Living a Lot of His Life Upside Down?

Netflix on Apple TV May Finally Make It a Success

The Complete Guide to the New iPod Touch

Apple to Stress Test Their New $1 Billion Data Center Today

A Wine Stopper With Bottle Opening Date Reminder

The Horizontal Skyscraper Is as Long as the Empire State Is Tall

Living Here Must Be Like Living In Your Own Apple Store

The Touchscreen that May Bring iPhone Pen Input One Day

This Is the Nuclear Bunker Where Wikileaks Will Be Located

AutoCAD Coming Back to Apple After 18 Years

What Is This?

The Bouncy Bathroom Sink Made From Recycled Tires

Watch This Fractal Animation Until Your Brain Bleeds Out of Your Ears

Microsoft: Android Hidden Costs Are Expensive

Play Music With Tuned Beer Bottles

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

‘Pizza Movie’ Has a Hilariously Grisly New Way to Say ‘This Is Your Brain on Drugs’ (Exclusive)

Amazon Makes a Last Push for Govee LED Strip Light at a Black Friday Low as the Spring Sale Winds Down, Works with Alexa and Google Assistant

Forget Shokz, Anker Pushes Soundcore AeroClip Open-Ear Earbuds to an All-Time Low in the Final Hours of Amazon’s Spring Sale

Google Pixel 10 Pro Gets Cleared Out at a Record Low, Now Even Cheaper Than AirPods Pro With Trade-In

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