Mario Aguilar, Author at Gizmodo

Bluetooth Bike Helmet: Take Calls, Don’t Crash

It’s not enough to just ride a bike these days—you’ve got to be able to take calls, check the GPS, and skip tracks on a playlist. But with one hand on a gadget with the other on the handlebars, and you’re asking for an accident. The new Cardo BK-1 is a two-speaker Bluetooth headset that…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Mar 27 '12

AWOL Soldier Tries To Steal the Identity of One of the World’s Richest Men

The feds have locked up an AWOL soldier because he tried to use Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s identity to pay his bills. Oops. In a complaint unsealed yesterday, federal investigators allege that Army deserter Brandon Lee Price’s hijinks began in January. The AP reports: Price called Citibank in January and changed the address on an…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Mar 27 '12

Ludicrous School Expels Student For Swearing On Twitter

Garrett High School has come under fire for its ridiculous policy of monitoring student tweets. In fact, police were even called to the school on Friday because students were threatening to protest after a student was expelled for swearing on Twitter when he wasn’t even at school. This is absolutely ridiculous. Nevermind, what Carroll said,…

Privacy & Security Mario Aguilar Mar 27 '12

Logitech UE Air Speaker: AirPlay Speakers Go Mainstream

The Logitech UE Air Speaker is an AirPlay-enabled, tabletop number that hopes to set itself apart from the recent deluge of AirPlay speakers out there with an app that automagically sets the speaker up on your home network. Specs are a bit thin on this thing other than the fact that it has AirPlay, a…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Mar 27 '12

Three Angles of Destruction: An Arena Collapses Like a Fiery Mess of Lincoln Logs

Early Sunday morning, Orlando Amway Arena was demolished in under 20 seconds by 520 pounds of dynamite. The arena was originally built in 1989 and served as the home for Orlando sports teams for more than 20 years. Watch its last gasp from multiple angles above. [Orlando Sentinel via Laughing Squid]

Tech News Mario Aguilar Mar 26 '12

Holy Crap: Nokia’s Hot New Windows Phone Will Only Be $99

AT&T has confirmed that the Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone will be available on April 8th. For $99. No, there is not a number missing. https://gizmodo.com/nokia-lumia-900-our-favorite-windows-phone-now-bigger-5874413 For a shit-hot LTE smartphone running the objectively beautiful Windows Phone OS, $100 with a two-year contract is an absolute steal. We first got our hands on the Lumia…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Mar 26 '12

There’s a New Version of the Stuxnet-esque Duqu Trojan Floating Around and Nobody Knows What It Does

A newly surfaced version of the Duqu trojan indicates that the authors of one of the most sophisticated computer worms in recent memory are aggressively trying to figure out how to attack their next target. Researchers at Symantec have analyzed the mysterious new file, W32.Duqu, which is one of the components of the of the…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Mar 23 '12

Illinois Will Soon Sell Lottery Tickets Online

On Sunday at noon, residents of Illinois will be some of the first people in the United States who will be able to buy lottery tickets online. Is the Illinois Lottery Internet Pilot Program the potentially terrifying future of praying to lady luck? When the internet pilot program launches you’ll only be able to buy…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Mar 23 '12

Why Some of the Best SNL Sketches Don’t End Up on Hulu

Thanks to Hulu, you don’t have to stay up past your bedtime on Saturday nights just to catch SNL. You can get all the goodness online for free whenever you feel like it. Wrong! Splitsider points out that some of the best sketches aren’t ever posted online for legal reasons. When SNL is posted online…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Mar 23 '12

The Fastest Adopted Gadget Isn’t What You Think

If you think about the one gadget you simply can’t live without, most of us would say our smartphones, right? Like what would you do if people couldn’t always absolutely definitely get in touch with you. Well a study dug up by The Atlantic looks at rates of adoption shows that cellphones were actually relatively…

Gadgets Mario Aguilar Mar 23 '12

Scary Fast Surveillance System Scans 36 Million Faces a Second

A newly developed surveillance technology will help cops, spooks, and businesses review huge troves of security footage in the blink of an eye. Remember the crazy technology from The Bourne Identity? It could be here as early as next year. The new tech developed by Hitachi Kokusai Electric achieves super-fast speeds by processing video as…

Privacy & Security Mario Aguilar Mar 23 '12

Everything You Need to Survive Seasonal Allergies Without Meds

Allergies are the worst thing. Here’s how to do something about it without pills. Allergies aren’t just physically debilitating, they make you question your fitness for the world as a human being. WTF? Why do you suffer every single year? Allergy medications frequently cause drowsiness and some studies indicate that prolonged use can cause scary…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Mar 22 '12

Handspresso Auto: You Can Finally Make Terrible Coffee In Your Car

Some people drink espresso because they love the flavor of coffee. You are not one of these people. You want an instant jolt of caffeine. You’re too busy to wait around in line at a coffee shop so you drink the motor oil they serve at the gas station to save time. Thanks to Handspresso…

Gadgets Mario Aguilar Mar 22 '12

Facebook Photos Just Got Bigger and Prettier

Facebook’s photo viewer just got two overdue improvements. First of all, Facebook now supports high-resolution photos. When you click on an image in the photo viewer, it will display images at the highest resolution possible, which could be up to four times larger than the old size depending on the size of your display (the…

Social Media Mario Aguilar Mar 22 '12

CamOne Infinity Is the First Action Cam With Interchangeable Lenses

The CamOne Infinity is an action cam with a key difference that could help set it apart from the GoPro if it arrives to market: it has interchangeable lenses. In addition to the standard lens, which shoots at two fields of view: 170 degrees and 127 degrees, CamOne is reportedly going to release 142-degree and…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Mar 22 '12

Yamaha, Why Do We Need a Singing Keyboard?

A decade ago, Yamaha embarked on ambitious project to create software that could sing. The Vocaloid actually sort of worked and has even spawned some real music. But now, for some inexplicable reason, Yamaha jammed the technology into an actual physical instrument. Watching someone play the Vocaloid Keyboard will make your brain hurt. The Vocaloid…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Mar 22 '12

Spotify and Your Favorite Labels Team Up to Deliver New Music Discovery Apps

Spotify is adding to its growing apps platform with 12 new apps from taste-making record labels, including Def Jam and Matador, chock full of curated selections and starting points to discover new music on your own. Since launching in the fall, Spotify apps have been pretty limited. The new introductions are definitely an improvement, if…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Mar 21 '12

Warning: Scammers Are Targeting Megaupload Users With Fake Legal Threats

At least two scams targeting users of file-sharing services have emerged over the last few days. So far the reports all come from overseas, but if it’s happening in Germany then similar scams in the US are very likely. Watch out. The scams both try to trick users into thinking they’ve been busted for copyright…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Mar 21 '12

Is Fragmentation Making Android Devs Jump Ship?

Android proponents frequently argue that the open-source ecosystem with tons of devices has far more potential than Apple’s two device walled-garden. Think of the possibilities! Well, a new study indicates that all that potential is scaring many would-be developers away because they don’t know which version of Android to write for. The Register reports that…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Mar 21 '12

Explore Einstein’s Brain Through His Notes and Letters

More than ten years after its inception, the online archive of Albert Einstein’s life and work relaunched this week with tons of new content—including more than 2000 high-resolution documents. Nerds, have at it! The massive, rebooted archive is administered by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and includes thousands of documents that were previously only available…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Mar 20 '12

Mario Aguilar

Bluetooth Bike Helmet: Take Calls, Don’t Crash

AWOL Soldier Tries To Steal the Identity of One of the World’s Richest Men

Ludicrous School Expels Student For Swearing On Twitter

Logitech UE Air Speaker: AirPlay Speakers Go Mainstream

Three Angles of Destruction: An Arena Collapses Like a Fiery Mess of Lincoln Logs

Holy Crap: Nokia’s Hot New Windows Phone Will Only Be $99

There’s a New Version of the Stuxnet-esque Duqu Trojan Floating Around and Nobody Knows What It Does

Illinois Will Soon Sell Lottery Tickets Online

Why Some of the Best SNL Sketches Don’t End Up on Hulu

The Fastest Adopted Gadget Isn’t What You Think

Scary Fast Surveillance System Scans 36 Million Faces a Second

Everything You Need to Survive Seasonal Allergies Without Meds

Handspresso Auto: You Can Finally Make Terrible Coffee In Your Car

Facebook Photos Just Got Bigger and Prettier

CamOne Infinity Is the First Action Cam With Interchangeable Lenses

Yamaha, Why Do We Need a Singing Keyboard?

Spotify and Your Favorite Labels Team Up to Deliver New Music Discovery Apps

Warning: Scammers Are Targeting Megaupload Users With Fake Legal Threats

Is Fragmentation Making Android Devs Jump Ship?

Explore Einstein’s Brain Through His Notes and Letters

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

The Trailer for ‘Affection’ Teases a Medical Mystery From Hell

So How Did Artemis 2’s Heat Shield Hold Up? The First Results Are In

Watch a Guy Fabricate Functioning Micron-Scale RAM Cells in His Garden Shed

Scientists Probed the Rings Around Uranus to Find Out How They Got There

I Fear What Baby Rotta Could Mean For ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’

Framework’s New Ultra-Repairable ‘Pro’ Laptop Lets You Ditch Windows Entirely

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