Jesus Diaz, Author at Gizmodo

$200 Acer Hornet Is Nvidia Ion-Based PC-Wii-Console Hybrid Thingie

Apparently, the Acer Hornet is an Nvidia Ion-based Atom-powered small PC which can be mounted on displays. The most interesting thing: Acer wants to sell it with a Wiimote-like device for gaming and remote control. Or that’s what turkish site Donanim Haber says, posting some images of the computer, which can be mounted on the…

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Watchmen Featurettes Show Dr. Manhattan’s Tron Suit, New Scenes

Here are a couple of exclusive featurettes showing new Watchmen behind-the-scenes footage, including Dr. Manhattan looking like a Tron dork and Silk Spectre looking like the foxy, yumtastic, kick-ass heroine she is. Spoilers ahead.

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Robots May Prepare Ground for NASA Moon Base, Discover Hidden Nazis

NASA wants to have a lunar base in 2020, and they are teaming up with Astrobotic Technology and Carnegie Mellon University to design automated Tonka trucks that would do the groundwork. And probably find Nazis: However, NASA’s 330-pound robots are not being designed to build underground UFO bases in the shape of swastika: They will…

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Airline Wants To Charge You to Use the Lavatory

Yes. The unthinkable has happened: European airline Ryanair is thinking about charging their passengers $1.40 to use their lavatories. Ryanair’s CEO announced it in an interview with the BBC, and the company has confirmed it: [Ryanair’s CEO] Michael [O’Leary] makes a lot of this stuff up as he goes along and, while this has been…

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World’s Stupidest, Most Expensive iPhone Mod Yet Costs 2.5 Million Dollars

$2.5 million. Two. Point. Five. Million. Dollars. That’s what some idiot is going to pay for what could be the most expensive iPhone mod ever, the iPhone 3G “Kings Button”. Why oh why people would like to pay for this horror, this pinnacle of bad taste deep fried in 18-carat yellow gold and 160 diamonds,…

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World’s Most Powerful Industrial Robot Can Lift Entire Car Frames, Tear Apart Several Humans at Once

Leave it to the Germans to invade Poland or create Titan, the world’s strongest industrial robot. They can go either way: One day they are in Krakow, and the next their robot lifts a ton. Titan—which has a payload of one ton and can reach 10.5 feet— is made by Kuka Roboter GmbH. What does…

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Google Maps Hack Allows You to Nuke Any City In One Click

It must be the two hundred and twenty-three times I’ve watched War Games, but I love this Google Maps “mapplet” that allows you to nuke cities with different atomic weapons, and even a Chicxulub-class asteroid. https://gizmodo.com/badass-asteroid-destroys-earth-in-high-definition-5118876 Created by CarlosLabs, the Ground Zero Google Maps hack shows you the blast radius of different nuclear weapons, from…

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Wrongest Item In Amazon Yet (NSFW)

I know that Amazon doesn’t have much control over its vendors, but this “Whimsical Bow Lace Thigh-High Stockings with Lace Tops, Red” from “Leg Avenue” is certainly not what I thought it was. Don’t click on the gallery if you are offended by the display of female genitalia. Weirdo. The product description, however, is completely…

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WTF Is Watchmen?

Is it a movie? Is it toys? Is it condoms and coffee? Is it science crap? Maybe Lego? A game? WTF is Watchmen? This video tries to answer it. And fails. [Gizmodo, io9’s Watchman Coverage]

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BlackBerry Ad Shows How Much RIM Hates Apple

Research In Motion is shooting their blackberries at Apple’s apples. Literally. Too bad their Storm’s touch screen actually sucks, no matter how many phony prizes they get. [Rimarkable via 9to5] https://gizmodo.com/blackberry-storm-review-verdict-not-quite-a-perfect-s-5093715

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Can the Sonim XP1 Cellphone Really Survive a 9mm Shot?

Sonim claims that their XP1 cellphone is virtually indestructible. In fact, they say it can survive a 9mm, so the people from Gadget Review took it to a shooting range and had some fun. While it seems the Sonim XP1 can actually survive almost anything from drops to hammer hits, it looks like a 9mm…

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Nutter Holds Victim With Sega Light Phaser for 10 Hours

Those Brazilians seem to have a problem with gaming and kidnapping. This time it was a crazy guy who used a Sega Light Phaser—from the good old Master System—to kidnap a woman for ten hours. https://gizmodo.com/gang-kidnaps-gamer-to-get-password-using-fake-orkut-dat-280966 According to Brazilian new site Globo, the man invaded a house in Samambaia, a city near Brazil’s capital Brazilia,…

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An Important Message From the Global Entertainment Industry

The Pirate Bay is carrying this spot-on cartoon on what we already knew about labels and studios: Their “new media—first radio, then TV, then tapes, then video—will kill our industry!” argument is simply stupid FUD. [The Pirate Bay]

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Oscars Causes Two-Million Movie Netflix Rental Craze

According to Netflix, during the Oscars their subscribers added two million movies to their queues. Two million in just three hours. In the meantime, I was looking for more clips of Kate Winslet naked. [HackingNetflix]

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Selene Captures Amazing Footage of Earth Eclipse

Selene—the Japanese lunar orbiter that is mapping the moon and searching for Nazis—has captured one of the most stunning views of Earth from the Moon, one in which you can’t see it: A penumbral eclipse. https://gizmodo.com/first-high-definition-moon-map-released-uranium-sites-379172 Even while it’s all black, in the video you can see the Earth rising over the Moon’s surface and…

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Big Dog Army Robot Will Change the Face of War Forever

If you were freaked out by the spooky Big Dog quadruped robot, you are going to love seeing it in action alongside US Army soldiers, following them like a smart giant dog. https://gizmodo.com/new-video-of-bigdog-quadruped-robot-is-so-stunning-its-368651 And that’s what it is: A really smart giant dog. Big Dog—which is being developed by robotics company Boston Dynamics—has some of…

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San Diego Polar Bear Cam Showing Porn

This is NSFWIYAB (Not Safe For Work If You Are a Bear), but a rare occurrence captured by the San Diego Zoo Polar Cam. Ask yourself a question, people: Do our children need Baloo porn? It happened this morning, according to Swedish reader Madonna Arsan, who apparently has nothing else to do but to check…

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Apple Seeeecret Shareholders Meeting’s Best Moment

Fortune’s Apple 2.0 has posted what allegedly happened in today’s Apple shareholder meeting—where the press wasn’t allowed to have any device to liveblog the event—including the best moment: Next person is complimenting company for beautiful products. Wishes Steve well. Singing happy birthday to Steve… EVERYONE singing. That happened after someone said that the people asking…

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Best Tesla Coils Music Use Ever Will Make the Emperor Happy

We have featured tesla coils music before but, if there’s a music piece these things were created for, that has to be the Imperial March. Someone put Luke in between those, please. [Star Wars Blog]

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Google Attacks Microsoft’s Browser Monopoly

Oh the irony. Google wants to join the European Union’s antitrust case against Microsoft, all while at home Obama’s antitrust chief wants to nail them to a sign that says “Don’t be evil.” https://gizmodo.com/obamas-pick-for-anti-trust-chief-sees-google-as-a-monop-5158138 According to Google’s Sundar Pichai, vice president for product management: Google believes that the browser market is still largely uncompetitive, which…

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$200 Acer Hornet Is Nvidia Ion-Based PC-Wii-Console Hybrid Thingie

Watchmen Featurettes Show Dr. Manhattan’s Tron Suit, New Scenes

Robots May Prepare Ground for NASA Moon Base, Discover Hidden Nazis

Airline Wants To Charge You to Use the Lavatory

World’s Stupidest, Most Expensive iPhone Mod Yet Costs 2.5 Million Dollars

World’s Most Powerful Industrial Robot Can Lift Entire Car Frames, Tear Apart Several Humans at Once

Google Maps Hack Allows You to Nuke Any City In One Click

Wrongest Item In Amazon Yet (NSFW)

WTF Is Watchmen?

BlackBerry Ad Shows How Much RIM Hates Apple

Can the Sonim XP1 Cellphone Really Survive a 9mm Shot?

Nutter Holds Victim With Sega Light Phaser for 10 Hours

An Important Message From the Global Entertainment Industry

Oscars Causes Two-Million Movie Netflix Rental Craze

Selene Captures Amazing Footage of Earth Eclipse

Big Dog Army Robot Will Change the Face of War Forever

San Diego Polar Bear Cam Showing Porn

Apple Seeeecret Shareholders Meeting’s Best Moment

Best Tesla Coils Music Use Ever Will Make the Emperor Happy

Google Attacks Microsoft’s Browser Monopoly

Up to $1,550 Off on pCloud: Pay Once, Protect Data Forever for World Backup Day

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

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

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

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

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets