Mario Aguilar

Wall-E Recreated as an Amazing Real-Life Bot

Oh Wall-E, our adorable reminder that our current path on technology will lead to environmental devastation and the end of useful humanity. In maybe our last great act as a species on Earth, a team of geniuses led by Michael McMaster has built a real-life, RC Wall-E accurate to the most painstaking details. McMaster and…

Feedly Pro Will Offer Article Search, Evernote, and More–For a Price (Updated)

Maybe we should’ve known that the inevitable consequence of losing Google Reader would be paying for something else—Or, at least, the option of paying for something else. The day has arrived. After years of serving up its services entirely for free, Feedly will now offer a “Pro” version—including many features you’ve come to expect for…

Spotify Is Making Sharing Songs More Like Facebook Messaging

Over the next week, Spotify will roll out a few new features to its web and mobile interfaces that’ll make getting to the music you want faster. The coolest of the bunch is that Spotify it will be threading its music sharing features so that it’ll look more like a long conversation on other platforms.…

Okay, Who Invited The Osprey to the Rave?

Woohoo! Party aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer! But wait, who invited MV-22 Osprey? Ugh… It’s not that I don’t like Ospreys, it’s just that sometimes they get so intense with the glow sticks. [Navy]

Two Monumental Ways Google Glass Could Help the Blind

Most of the applications you see for Google Glass seem like gratuitous throwaways. But this experiment by OpenGlass showing how the technology can be used to help the blind promises so much more awesome than a gimmick. The video above demonstrates user trials of two different Glass applications that inform people who can’t see about…

Tips to Make Yourself a Keyboard Shortcut Wizard

A while back we asked you all to tell us which keyboard shortcuts you found most useful—we wanted to know about keystrokes that went above and beyond the basics. Here’s the best of what you had to say, culled from some 200 responses. Are you ready to get your motherfraking optimize on? From your desktop……

There Are Free Downloads in the Apple Store App Now

If you don’t pay regular visits to the Apple Store iOS app, maybe it’s time to start. In an effort to get you to fire the app up and possibly buy other stuff, Apple has started giving away free apps, songs, and ebooks from the app. Free is cool. 9to5Mac reports that Apple has started…

Skype Premium subscribers will now get access to Skype Wi-Fi for free—The service allows you to connect to “more than one million hotspots worldwide” using only your Skype account. That means that for $5 a month, you’ll (almost) never have to sign up for a random service in random place just to get online. https://gizmodo.com/skype-wifi-gets-your-iphone-online-at-a-million-hotspot-5831779

Oh My, Look at All the Pretty Moto X Colors

The fabled Moto X has been detailed by Motorola at long last, and as expected, the company is flaunting the customizable appearance of the phone—there are more than 2000 possible color and material combinations you can assemble. Here are the 18 possibilities for the back, and they are oh so lovely how will anyone choose?…

Sol Republic’s New Bluetooth Speaker Is a Portable Party Machine

Motorola is teaming up with fashion-forward headphone purveyor Sol Republic on a co-branded Bluetooth speaker. The Deck is weird looking little thing, but it’s got a few features that make it stand out from the otherwise saturated cheap wireless speaker market. Unlike most $200 Bluetooth speakers, this isn’t a little box with front-facing drivers. Instead,…

This Absurd Laser Lighter Is 2000 Times More Powerful Than the Sun

I can’t stop watching this guy burn through different materials with a preposterously intense laser that he built into a Zippo case. Metal, plastic, wood, rubber—these are no match for the laser lighter. Uhh, this is dangerous. The video is a tad slow, but the destruction is worth it. (It starts to get good about…

You Can Finally Buy Your BTTF DeLorean Lego Set Today

Rejoice, for today, the Lego Back to the Future set has officially gone on sale. For $35, you can get your very own DeLorean time machine along with minifigs of Marty McFly and Doc Brown. Great Scott! Limit two per customer. What are you waiting for? [Lego]

Netflix User Profiles Are Finally Here, This Is How They Work

Today, Netflix started rolling out the user profiles we’ve been hearing about. Huzzah, you can finally share an account with your roommate without your feed getting carpet-bombed by episodes of Jericho. The new feature lets you setup a maximum of five profiles per account. Each account can also be connected to Facebook so that you…

Panasonic GX7: A Mirrorless Camera Dream For Serious Photographers

With the Lumix GX7, Panasonic has created a pretty spectacular looking hybrid of all the mirrorless, interchangeable-lens camera technology the company has been developing over the last few years. We can’t wait. The GX7 is supposed to be a follow-up to the excellent GX1, which came out a few years ago, and Panasonic has changed…

New JOBS Behind-the-Scenes Clip: Ashton Can Definitely Be Steve

Waiting for the new JOBS flick has been a rollercoaster of managed expectations for Apple fans. Is it going to suck? How can actor-bro Ashton Kutcher possibly play a legend? This latest clip has got me feeling more excited than ever about this tribute piece.

The Sneaky Trick Crappy Movie Studios Use to Rack Up On-Demand Views

Movie studios are betting you’re crazy impulsive when it comes to picking what movie you want to watch. Apparently, many movie titles are selected purely on alphabetical prioritization, so that they’ll pop up higher on your on demand menu. If your movie isn’t good art, you’ve got to make an art out of the business…

Great, Now Robots Can Outsmart Tripwires

Until now, quadraped robots have been a bit like terrifying mechanical sprinters: They go and go and go, but if they run into an obstacle, they’re gonna fall like a tangle-legged AT-AT. So because the prospect of bots that can throw cinderblocks and climb buildings wasn’t terrifying enough, Italian researchers are teaching robots how not…

Samsung Denies Trying to Artificially Inflate Its Benchmark Scores

Yesterday, it was reported that Samsung had rigged the Galaxy S4 to perform better in benchmarks. Today comes Samsung’s terse response, which answers some questions, but leaves others flapping in the wind. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-rigged-the-s4-to-unnaturally-perform-better-in-971577921 In part, the reason reporters thought that Samsung was goosing the benchmarks was because the phone’s GPU operates at 533MHz in tests…

Canon’s New Tiny Video Camera Is For Filming Yourself Doing…Whatever

Canon’s new Vixia Mini is a Wi-Fi enabled camcorder designed to help you document your everyday life in more detail than ordinary folk ever thought possible. No other people required. The slim-bodied pocket camera from Canon’s camcorder team is different from a rugged GoPro or that old Flip camera you’ve got tucked away in a…

A Wonderful Lunatic Turned a MacBook Air Into a Badass Gaming Rig

The MacBook Air is an incredible laptop for many reasons, none of those being “good for gaming”. But this geek hero just straight up refused to accept the limitations of the 11-inch MacBook Air, and made it hum like a gaming laptop—with the help of a little creativity. https://gizmodo.com/macbook-air-2012-review-still-the-best-laptop-for-regu-5923184 The MacBook Air stinks at gaming…