Sam Biddle, Author at Gizmodo

One Dude Beats AMD’s Overclocking World Record (8.46 GHz!)

Just last month, AMD staged an event to squeeze an amazing 8429.38 MHz out of its FX-8150 processor. The highest-clocked CPU in the world—it was a big production. And now they’ve been beat by a team of one. https://gizmodo.com/amd-just-set-a-world-record-for-overclocking-5839690 Andre Yang eked out a 32 MHz advantage over AMD’s team—but he did it without the…

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Iron Man Became a Zombie for Halloween

I’m not really sure how he could get bitten through all that armor, but it appears Tony Stark is the newest member of the gory undead. Zombie costume: boring. Iron Man costume: boring. Zombie Iron Man costume: sure! This bloody superhero (former superhero?) was spotted at this year’s Paris Zombie Walk. The attention to detail…

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Do You Think This New Urban Camo Will Fool Anyone?

It goes without saying Western soldiers haven’t seen a lot of jungle and woodland shooting these days. The arid climes of the Middle East—and their urban centers—have been warfare hotspots. So how about some crazy new urban camouflage? This experimental piece of kit, by camo firm HyperStealth, might look like a hideous screen printed dress.…

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A Volcano Casts a Shadow on the Sky Itself

Volcanoes are incredible sights on their own—but toss in a stupendous sunset, and you’ve got yourself a photo, homie. This shadow scene looks like the world turned upside-down. What you’re seeing here is just the shadow of Mount Rainier cast up upon low clouds. No magic, no strange natural phenomenon. Just a fantastic find by…

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The Navy’s Robot Jet Fighter Goes for Its First Cruise

UAV’s are big, but they’re not jet big—something the Navy’s trying to correct with its X-47B, which aims to replace traditional fighters. Y’know, the ones with humans in them. Watch the drone killer stretch its wings a little. This isn’t the 62-foot wide X-47B’s first time in the air. Rather, it’s the first time it’s…

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Don’t Try to Convert Friends to Your Tech Religion

You probably love your phone, tablet, and other miscellaneous touchscreens—that’s why you bought them. But now that we anticipate, live, eat, and sleep with our gadgets, they’re being deified. Don’t let your fandom turn you fanatical. Relax. Just think about it—whenever you make an informed decision to go Windows Phone or Android, you’re not just…

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RIM’s Buy Two Get One Free! PlayBook Deal Is World’s Most Depressing Sale

Hey guys! I’ve got a great idea. Nobody wants to buy our tablets. But I have a solution—instead of fixing what sucks about the PlayBook, let’s throw in an extra one! OK, now who’s got a cold Molson? RIM’s latest tap dance towards the tech ash heap taps a tried and true sales method: the…

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Google Street View Is Going Inside Buildings (Sorta)

Google Street View is a magical realm of accidental crimes in progress, fires, and other assorted serendipitous fun. Now, you’ll be able to scroll around the inside of businesses! Which is cool—but here’s how it could be cooler. The aimlessness of Street View is what makes it so fun. You can “wander” from block to…

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Here’s Facebook’s Massive Arctic Server Farm

What do you get when you spend over $700 million on a new Swedish party house for your servers? This. 300,000 feet of buzzing, scalding Facebook servers in a spot so cold, they can just let the air in. https://gizmodo.com/facebook-data-center-goes-arctic-for-chilling-effect-5853819 The climate-cooled farm will suck enough electricity to power up to 40,000 American homes, but…

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Samsung Will Sell Bendy Screen Phones Next Year. Why?

Samsung has already demoed its flexible OLED displays as seen up top, but now they’re promising them in phone form, possibly in the “earlier part” of 2012. Does anyone want this? Samsung phones like the impending Galaxy Nexus already have a curved glass screen—but a truly flexible display might make the process easier. Or perhaps…

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Let a Playboy Playmate Call You Ugly via iPhone

Are you in the mood to have your face judged by a somewhat-busted Playboy playmate? Would you like to do so without having to find and approach her? Perfect! The Rating Game lets you do just that. This sounds fun! Hope Dworaczyk, who according to a cursory Google Image Search looked a lot better before…

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New York City’s Massive First Casino Is Staffed by Robot Dealers

Post-9/11, New York State legislators decided an enormous casino, opening today, would help the devastated economy. Unfortunately, some pesky laws prohibiting gaming got in the way. No problem! Just replace all the humans with robots. It’s like Vegas on Mars. Well, not Mars—Queens, actually. But the combination of requisite casino artificial light and robot card-dealing…

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The First Interesting Looking BlackBerry Isn’t Even Made by RIM

When was the last time you cared about a piece of BlackBerry hardware? 2003? Never? Your last malarial fever dream? Maybe today, at the sight of Porsche’s limited edition, $2000 P9981. It’s kinda nice looking! And stupidly, prohibitively expensive. So what do you get for two grand, besides spotty service and a seat on a…

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HP Keeps Its PC Division, Commits to Future Tablets (Updated)

Well, that’s the end of that. HP CEO Meg Whitman says “HP is committed to [Personal Systems Group, HP’s computer arm], and together we are stronger.” There you have it. HP will keep making computers as usual. https://gizmodo.com/hey-pc-makers-dont-quit-fight-5832629 We’ll have more on this a bit later today after HP fields a conference call on the…

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Is This the Strangest Microsoft Video Yet?

Nothing will ever beat the sheer sadness of the Windows 7 Launch Party, but this new Microsoft demo is sure weirder. Our chipper host here is going to demo Songsmith, a Microsoft program nobody uses. By singing so very painfully. It’s not her fault! Someone made her do it! But this is probably the reason…

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NYT: Siri-Powered Apple HDTV Is Definitely Coming, and Pieces of It Exist

After the Steve Jobs biography spilled the goods, everyone’s assuming the fabled Apple TV (an actual TV, not a box) is definitely coming. Now the NYT’s reliable Nick Bilton says it’s definitely definitely coming. And there are prototype parts around. Bilton—citing his insiders at Apple and its suppliers—says large prototype parts have already been spotted,…

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The Sad Odyssey of the F-22: America’s Big Broken Toy

The F-22 has been okayed to fly again, after being grounded, cleared, grounded, then cleared once more—all within a year. And yet, the Air Force hasn’t fixed the plane’s life threatening flaw. It doesn’t seem like it cares. https://jalopnik.com/grounded-stealth-fighter-fleet-ko-d-by-oxygen-woes-5799273 The F-22 Raptor program was birthed two decades ago, designed, according to its proud Air Force…

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Flashing GIFs of Microwaved Food Are the Internet’s Newest Glory

This is getting too easy. Do you like tasty food? Butter? Candy? Yes? Yes, of course. Do you like spastic, flashing GIFs? If not, leave and don’t come back. What about microwave radiation? Yes, God yes. Combine them, internet. Behold: Microwhat is a website of GIFs, each one showing a rapidly flashing transition between pre…

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Here’s the Stun Grenade Police Tossed at Oakland Protestors

Americans are occupying more than Wall Street, and some cops are clamping down way harder than those in Manhattan. In Oakland, riot police attacked with tear gas, rubber bullets, and, most vividly—flash bangs. Meet the M84 stun grenade. The M84 is the Army’s friend. You’ve probably played with a virtual one in games like Call…

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You Can Spill All Your Drinks on This Gaming Keyboard

As long as you’re not chugging hydrochloric acid, your fragging thirst quencher of choice shouldn’t be able to fry the impending AZiO’s Levetron Mech4. The look’s not for everyone (MechWarrior fetishists notwithstanding), but the spill proof guts sure are. Even if you’re not trying to shoot someone in the face, the odds are decent that…

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One Dude Beats AMD’s Overclocking World Record (8.46 GHz!)

Iron Man Became a Zombie for Halloween

Do You Think This New Urban Camo Will Fool Anyone?

A Volcano Casts a Shadow on the Sky Itself

The Navy’s Robot Jet Fighter Goes for Its First Cruise

Don’t Try to Convert Friends to Your Tech Religion

RIM’s Buy Two Get One Free! PlayBook Deal Is World’s Most Depressing Sale

Google Street View Is Going Inside Buildings (Sorta)

Here’s Facebook’s Massive Arctic Server Farm

Samsung Will Sell Bendy Screen Phones Next Year. Why?

Let a Playboy Playmate Call You Ugly via iPhone

New York City’s Massive First Casino Is Staffed by Robot Dealers

The First Interesting Looking BlackBerry Isn’t Even Made by RIM

HP Keeps Its PC Division, Commits to Future Tablets (Updated)

Is This the Strangest Microsoft Video Yet?

NYT: Siri-Powered Apple HDTV Is Definitely Coming, and Pieces of It Exist

The Sad Odyssey of the F-22: America’s Big Broken Toy

Flashing GIFs of Microwaved Food Are the Internet’s Newest Glory

Here’s the Stun Grenade Police Tossed at Oakland Protestors

You Can Spill All Your Drinks on This Gaming Keyboard

Artemis 2 Crew Become First Humans to Travel Beyond Earth Orbit Since the 1970s

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