Mario Aguilar, Author at Gizmodo

Radiolab App: Be a Part of the Nerdiest Show On the Airwaves

WNYC’s Radiolab is audio storytelling at its best: Experimental, wonderful, and weird. The show’s new app for Android and iOS is designed to get you in on the action of making the crazy sound happen. The app has a built-in recorder that allows you to capture audio wherever you are and submit it to the…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jun 22 '12

Pentax K-30 Hands-On: The Fastest, Toughest Inexpensive DSLR We’ve Ever Used

The promise of the new Pentax K-30: The toughest, fastest DSLR that won’t break your bank. We just tried it out for the first time, and so far we’re impressed. An $850 DSLR body shouldn’t feel this good. Lower-end DSLRs can take great photos, but the build quality’s usually pretty cheap, and their performance on…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jun 21 '12

Essential Bookmarks For Surviving the Next Apocalyptic Twitter Outage Emergency

The Internet just endured the longest Twitter outage in eight months. And it’s still kind of busted. WTH Twitter? YRU being such a shithead? What are we supposed to do? Work? TECHNOLOGY RED ALERT: Twitter is down! What do you do next? You need to be prepared. You can’t count on the National Guard to…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jun 21 '12

Braven 625s Lightning Review: A Light, Cheap, Loud Little Bluetooth Speaker

The Braven 625s is a tiny block-o-sound similar to Jawbone’s popular Jambox. It’s cute, portable, and wireless. It sounds decent, and it’s cheap. Actually, the Braven 625s is even cheaper than the Jambox. Plus, it adds convenient USB charging. Is the 625s a better buy? https://gizmodo.com/jawbone-jambox-dont-stick-this-in-your-ear-5681256 What Is It? A $180 portable Bluetooth speaker. Who’s…

Reviews Mario Aguilar Jun 21 '12

Google’s Collecting Thousands of Endangered Languages Before They Go Extinct

The Internet is all about communication, which is super, but unfortunately, it’s putting a lot of languages at risk of extinction by promoting more commonly spoken languages. It’s sad that we’re losing that culture. Google’s stepping up to make sure they’re not lost from the face of the earth altogether. The Endangered Languages Project is…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jun 21 '12

Did a Car Company Really Just Make the Best Password Manager We’ve Seen?

Imagine if when you sat down at your computer it recognized you and unlocked all of your web accounts. No more logging in to anything. That’s the promise of this new app by Ford. Yes, the car company. Like other companies Ford has been using NFC keys for a while. When you’re close to your…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jun 21 '12

Make the Most Geographically-Correct Playlist for Your Roadtrip

One of the best things about road trips is all the music you get to listen to. So. Many. Good. Jams. But if you’re on a long trip, you might find yourself running out of good songs to play. Roadtrip Mixtape is here to help build a playlist for your drive based on each city…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jun 20 '12

This Clever Pot Waters Itself

Nobody kills their house plants on purpose, but if you’re likely to forget to water your ferns or herbs, this clever planter by designer Joey Roth could save you some grief. It’s not fancy newfangled technology—just an ancient concept reimagined. The planter is made from unglazed clay that’s naturally porous. It consists of two sections:…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jun 20 '12

Facebook Now Tells You When People Like Your Foursquare and Instagram Updates

Be careful with what you like, because that Like button in your favorite social apps can now publish your friends Facebook notifications. In a blog post, Facebook describes a change to Open Graph introducing a new like button that developers can put in their mobile apps, which will post the like to Facebook as well.…

Social Media Mario Aguilar Jun 20 '12

How To Turn Your Twitter Avatar Into an Animated GIF

If you’ve been watching Twitter lately, more and more people are using animated Twitter avatars. They’re eye-catching and cool, but how do you make them? It’s not complicated, but as our friends at FWD point out in this handy guide, there are a few tricks that will make your clever GIF pop. [FWD]

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jun 20 '12

Apple Patents Bizarre Identity Cloning Service That Will Help You Avoid Tracking

Attention paranoid Internet privacy wahoos: Apple has just patented a new system that will help you avoid unwanted tracking. Basically, it creates an alternate identity which you pass off as yourself. Sound like Science Fiction? Yup, this is some straight up Multiplicity madness. The technical ins and outs of the patent as reported by Patently…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jun 19 '12

MacBook Retina Display Teardown: Four Times the Pixels In Smaller Hardware

Last week, the gadget surgeons at iFixit got their hands on a new MacBook Pro with retina display, and promptly disassembled it only to realize that it’s going to be basically impossible to repair on your own. Now they’ve gone after the sophisticated display itself to see its ultra-resolution guts up close. The new retina…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jun 19 '12

These Whimsical Origami Sculptures Fold Themselves

Usually origami calls to mind paper swans, but these meticulous sculptures by father-son duo Martin and Erik Demaine will make you completely rethink folded paper art. This is self-folding, pre-creased origami. Yes, it’s wonderfully nerdy. Here’s the principle of curved origami sculpture: Paper will fold itself into all kinds of crazy shapes based on how…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jun 18 '12

The USS Iowa Battleship Will Be a Museum That Lets You Blow Stuff Up

The USS Iowa recently arrived in Los Angeles, completing the last voyage of its storied career. Now the ship will be transformed into a museum. We know what you’re thinking: borrrring. Not so! There are plans to create a crazy-sounding, multiplayer game room that recreates the ship’s history. The USS Iowa is a very important…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jun 18 '12

Bicycle Handlebar Bag Mutates Into Carry-All Purse

It’s cycling season once again, which means everyone’s trying to remember how the heck they managed to carry around groceries, laptops, and the rest of our daily baggage while riding around on a bike. This smart new bag from Freitag could be the answer. The new Freitag F60 Joan—named, if you must know, for the…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jun 18 '12

Did Apple and Book Publishers Collude to Break Amazon’s Monopoly on Ebooks?

In April, the Department of Justice filed an antitrust complaint against Apple and four major book publishers alleging that they colluded against Amazon by setting prices. As The New Yorker points out, that’s hard to prove, but either way, their cooperation may have broken Amazon’s early monopoly on ebooks. This lawsuit could give Amazon its…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jun 18 '12

Giant Balls, a Remote Truck Stop, Piles of Cash, and More

Apple kicked off the week with another epic keynote. Beautiful products, indeed. But we also eyegasmed while looking at bowls made of money, speakers that look like rocket engines, and a crack-pipe-chic lamp. Here’s a look at this week’s aesthetic porn. This Double-Handled Caraffe is Obviously Designed For Serious Dinner Hosts Do your friends talk…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jun 15 '12

Whiny FBI Ordered to Copy 150 Terabytes of Data Seized From Megaupload Kingpin

A New Zealand court has ordered the FBI duplicate 150 terabytes of data seized from Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom’s compound in January. That’s 6000 single-layer Blu-ray discs worth. The FBI whined that it’ll take two and a half months to copy, but the judge said tough nuggets. Fair is fair! This data is not the…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jun 15 '12

8 Last-Minute Father’s Day Gifts That Are Actually Useful

Please remember that your father is not stupid. Every year you buy him a necktie or a hardcover or a worthless trinket for Father’s Day—as if he won’t notice you bought it at the last second out of desperation. We’ve got you covered with easy-to-buy gifts that count for more than just the thought. Your…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jun 15 '12

Turn Your Instagram Photos Into a Lovely iPad Case

You love your Instagram photos, but if they’ve got a drawback it’s that they’re awfully intangible. Now you can turn them into a beautiful case for your iPad. Casetagram, the same company that earlier brought us Instagram iPhone cases will now make you an iPad case of your own design out of your Instagram photos.…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jun 15 '12

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Radiolab App: Be a Part of the Nerdiest Show On the Airwaves

Pentax K-30 Hands-On: The Fastest, Toughest Inexpensive DSLR We’ve Ever Used

Essential Bookmarks For Surviving the Next Apocalyptic Twitter Outage Emergency

Braven 625s Lightning Review: A Light, Cheap, Loud Little Bluetooth Speaker

Google’s Collecting Thousands of Endangered Languages Before They Go Extinct

Did a Car Company Really Just Make the Best Password Manager We’ve Seen?

Make the Most Geographically-Correct Playlist for Your Roadtrip

This Clever Pot Waters Itself

Facebook Now Tells You When People Like Your Foursquare and Instagram Updates

How To Turn Your Twitter Avatar Into an Animated GIF

Apple Patents Bizarre Identity Cloning Service That Will Help You Avoid Tracking

MacBook Retina Display Teardown: Four Times the Pixels In Smaller Hardware

These Whimsical Origami Sculptures Fold Themselves

The USS Iowa Battleship Will Be a Museum That Lets You Blow Stuff Up

Bicycle Handlebar Bag Mutates Into Carry-All Purse

Did Apple and Book Publishers Collude to Break Amazon’s Monopoly on Ebooks?

Giant Balls, a Remote Truck Stop, Piles of Cash, and More

Whiny FBI Ordered to Copy 150 Terabytes of Data Seized From Megaupload Kingpin

8 Last-Minute Father’s Day Gifts That Are Actually Useful

Turn Your Instagram Photos Into a Lovely iPad Case

CyberGhost VPN Practically Became FREE: This $1.75/mo Deal Made All VPNs Absurd

Some Unknown Group Is Reportedly Using Claude Mythos Without Permission

SpaceX Obtains Option to Buy Cursor for $60 Billion

The ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Reboot Snags an Exciting Director

Meta Plans to Turn Its Employees’ Clicks and Keystrokes into AI Training Data

Physicists Now Understand Why a Weird Quantum Gas Refuses to Heat Up

Watch the Lego ‘Project Hail Mary’ Set (Almost) Go to Space

Shark Glam Ceramic Multi-Styler Is Nearly Half the Price of Dyson Airwrap at an All-Time Low on Amazon

OpenAI Unveils New Image Generator to Usher in an AI Slop ‘Renaissance’

Xbox Game Pass Now Costs Less, but That Doesn’t Mean It’s a Good Deal

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

Aqara Thermostat Hub W200 Review: Almost Better than My Ecobee

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go