Mario Aguilar, Author at Gizmodo

Go Get Free iTunes Money at Best Buy Right Now

Haven’t seen Blade Runner? Worry not! Best Buy is offering $100 iTunes gift cards for $80. Translation: Free money to help you buy all of the apps, music, HD movies, comic books or whatever other media you’ll inevitably want over the next few weeks or months. If you’re interested, go now because the deal is…

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This Beat Up Old Claw Machine Will Charm and Delight You

We’ve all experienced first hand the joy of claw games. But is a machine still wonderful when it is worn and weary? Yes, yes it is. https://gizmodo.com/play-with-gizmodo-gallerys-santa-claw-and-win-prizes-ri-5865018 Produced by Aaron Cansler, this one-minute short depicts what Cansler would have you believe is the “Saddest Claw Machine In New York.” Not so. After years perched on…

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All Art Should Be Shown In a Sublime Underground Gallery

The recently completed Daeyang Gallery and House in the hills of Seoul, South Korea is itself a work of art worthy of being shown in a museum, but it’s also designed specifically with the purpose of holding private exhibitions and events. Designed by Steven Holl Architects, the building consists of three “pavilions.” One for the…

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Pentax K-30: The Weather-Resistant, Entry-Level DSLR for Adventure Addicts

Camera makers have been cramming professional quality imaging into a budget (sub-$1000) packages for years. One of the disadvantages of these cameras is that they’re not as resilient as their $3000 counterparts. The Pentax K-30 aims to change that. The camera’s specs are more or less what you’d expect from a $850 camera. It uses…

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The Most Perfect Tasing You’ll See This Week

The would-be female thief in this surveillance video seems like a smooth operator—until she gets zapped with a taser and falls to the ground like a stiff board. We’ve seen our fair share of tasings, but this is the platonic ideal of taser drops. Fox New 23 Tulsa broadcasted the surveillance video as part of…

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Man Busted With Homemade Shotgun Disguised as Super Soaker

The Fresno Police busted 54-year-old Randy Smith for strutting around Fresno with a homemade shotgun hidden in the plastic shell of a Super Soaker. Look at this guy. That dude walking around with a plastic toy. How could that arouse suspicion? As creepy as it is to hollow out a children’s toy to create a…

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The Simple Bicycle Is Surprisingly Complicated to Manufacture

This 1945 documentary on the British Film Council’s Vimeo takes you step by step through the process of manufacturing a steel Raleigh bicycle. The old bikes you see hipsters riding down the street are much more likely to be ten speeds from the 60s, 70s, or 80s. But it’s pretty remarkable how refined bikes were…

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Hulu’s Summer Shows Might Actually Be Worth Watching

Hulu has been investing more and more in producing its own original series as well as securing exclusive rights to other shows—it’s how the service plans to survive in the face of competition from Netflix and the cable companies. Here’s a look at what’s in store for you on Hulu this summer. https://gizmodo.com/real-online-tv-is-finally-here-5876456 The trailer…

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Google Chrome Just Beat Out Internet Explorer as the Most Used Browser

It appears that Google Chrome finally overtook Microsoft Internet Explorer as the world’s most popular browser last week—at least according to statistics fromthe web analytics service Statcounter. As TNW points out, measuring this kind of usage is hardly a perfect science, but as you can see from the trend line in the graph above, this…

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Man Loses His Penis to a Flesh-Eating Bacteria After Failed Penile Implant Surgery

A man is suing one of his doctors after a surgery that was supposed to improve his sex life resulted in the loss of his penis. Enrique Milla, 65, suffered from erectile dysfunction. Common enough! But when the usual drugs didn’t solve the problem, he decided to get an implant in his penis as a…

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Microsoft Will Give Students a Free Xbox 360 If They Buy a Windows PC

No one will like you if in college if you don’t have a laptop. Kidding! But seriously, in college, a laptop is your life. Microsoft wants to help you kiddies out: Just like last year, if you buy a Windows PC, it’ll throw in a free Xbox 360. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-giving-free-xbox-360s-to-pc-buying-students-t-5803566 Here’s how it works: Starting May…

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A List of Better Ways to Spend $41 Than a Share of Facebook

Facebook is now a publicly traded company, weeeeeeeee! What you didn’t buy in? We didn’t either. Here’s what to do with your $41 instead. Unless you’ve got millions of dollars and huge portfolio with a major firm, you didn’t get that $38 asking price before the bell. Now it’s at $41. Who know what’ll be…

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Badass Fitness Weirdo Runs 13 Miles on Treadmill Attached to Hot Air Balloon

Rob Ginnivan just performed a batshit fitness publicity stunt. The Australian just ran a half-marathon on a generator-powered treadmill floating on a hot air balloon. Unconventional! At least it’s for charity. OK, so Ginnivan is obviously operating on an entirely different plane of consciousness than the rest of us, but his feat is downright impressive.…

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All Models This Photoshopped Should Come With a Toolbar

H&M has apologized for ads that critics say depict an unrealistically tan and skinny model. Sure Isabeli Fontana looks emaciated and fried, but she’s Brazilian, so that makes sense right? Bullshit. This person could never exist. A Hamburg street artist shows us how Photoshop has destroyed our ideal of beauty with the cleverest adbust we’ve…

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Everything You Need to Turn Your Pet Into a Meme

We’re giving up. Nothing drives traffic like adorable animals doing adorable things. Because no matter how much we want an iPhone to come out every day, it just won’t. So we’re going to give you everything you need to make your pet into a meme factory (which you can then send to us!) 1. Toy…

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This Insanely-Detailed Model Used to Plot Bin Laden’s Death Took Six Weeks to Build

This is the once-classified model of Osama Bin Laden’s compound—the one used to plan the Navy SEAL raid against the terrorist leader. From a distance, this model could be a piece you’d see in a museum, but in the details, you’ll see the painstaking work that went into this tool which helped kill the devil…

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Apple’s Data Centers Will Be Powered Entirely By Renewable Energy

Greenpeace has been on the offensive against Apple this week, blasting the company for sourcing the power for its energy-intensive data centers from coal power plants. Today, Apple fired back with some remarkable facts, claiming it’s a clean and renewable energy superstar. https://gizmodo.com/greenpeace-invades-apples-headquarters-5910614 Apple says the data centers in Austin, Texas, Sacramento, California, Munich, Germany,…

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This Is the NYC Factory Where Legendary Guitar Tone Is Made

Even if you’re not a guitar nerd, you know what Electro-Harmonix’s Big Muff guitar pedal sounds like. Since 1969 it has been the dirty fuzz coating countless guitar solos and backing tracks on songs by everyone from Santana to Dinosaur Jr. Today, Electro-Harmonix hand-assembles and tests 75 different effects pedals in its New York headquarters.…

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Twitter Won’t Track Your Personal Information If You Opt-Out [Updated]

It’s no secret that social networks collect huge amounts of personal information from you. Now Twitter will give you a choice in the matter. Twitter is now embracing the Do Not Track initiative started by the federal government earlier this year. Browsers like Firefox, Internet Explorer, and the upcoming version of Safari all have “Do…

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Is Hacking More Effective Than Protesting in Person?

The Chicago Police Department has reportedly been hacked in advance of the NATO Summit in the city this weekend. Thousands of protesters are expected to show up, and the police are bracing themselves for riots. Why travel to Chicago when you can protest from the comfort of your home? Chicago’s foremost police blog, Second City…

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Go Get Free iTunes Money at Best Buy Right Now

This Beat Up Old Claw Machine Will Charm and Delight You

All Art Should Be Shown In a Sublime Underground Gallery

Pentax K-30: The Weather-Resistant, Entry-Level DSLR for Adventure Addicts

The Most Perfect Tasing You’ll See This Week

Man Busted With Homemade Shotgun Disguised as Super Soaker

The Simple Bicycle Is Surprisingly Complicated to Manufacture

Hulu’s Summer Shows Might Actually Be Worth Watching

Google Chrome Just Beat Out Internet Explorer as the Most Used Browser

Man Loses His Penis to a Flesh-Eating Bacteria After Failed Penile Implant Surgery

Microsoft Will Give Students a Free Xbox 360 If They Buy a Windows PC

A List of Better Ways to Spend $41 Than a Share of Facebook

Badass Fitness Weirdo Runs 13 Miles on Treadmill Attached to Hot Air Balloon

All Models This Photoshopped Should Come With a Toolbar

Everything You Need to Turn Your Pet Into a Meme

This Insanely-Detailed Model Used to Plot Bin Laden’s Death Took Six Weeks to Build

Apple’s Data Centers Will Be Powered Entirely By Renewable Energy

This Is the NYC Factory Where Legendary Guitar Tone Is Made

Twitter Won’t Track Your Personal Information If You Opt-Out [Updated]

Is Hacking More Effective Than Protesting in Person?

California Regulator Says Tesla’s ‘Robotaxis’ Are More Like a Limo in the Eyes of the Law

Dyson Airwrap Falls to an All-Time Low in Amazon’s Spring Sale, Lowering the Barrier for This Premium Multi-Styler

The ‘Tales from ’85’ Trailer Wants You Back in ‘Stranger Things’ Already

Forget Ray-Ban Meta, XREAL 1S AR/XR Virtual Screen Smart Glasses Drop to Record Low on Amazon

Pixel Buds Pro 2 Hit Record Low as Google Continues Its Clearance-Like Price Cuts Following Smartphone Deals

DJI Now Has a Cheaper 360 Drone Than Insta360, but the U.S. Won’t Get It

Amazon Clears Out Apple Watch Series 9 With Silver Stainless Steel Case at 48% Off During Spring Sale

What Do You Mean Fox McCloud Is in the ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ Movie

Apple iPad With A16 Chip Is Now as Cheap as It Gets, With Stock Moving Quickly in Amazon’s Tablet Deals

Amazon Echo Spot Is Running at Its All-Time Low, Likely the Last Chance Before Prime Day Arrives in a Few Months

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

Apple Studio Display XDR Review: It Looks So Good, I Wish It Were an iMac

RayNeo Air 4 Pro Review: My Eyes Love These Video Glasses, but My Nose Disagrees