Sam Biddle, Author at Gizmodo

Is This the Best New Look at the iPhone 5? (Updated)

We’re about as certain as it gets regarding something you haven’t seen that the iPhone 5 will have a big ‘ol screen. There’s been prior evidence—and this might be more: a leaked screen protector and possibly-revealing case. BGR spied the leaked case accessory, which briefly made an appearance on Case-Mate before they yanked it down.…

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NATO and Taliban Engage in Harrowing Twitter Pissing Match

NATO and the Taliban have never really gotten along—a decade of collapsed state power vacuum insurgency warfare will do that. But can’t we count on Twitter as a bastion of civility? Apparently not! The battling pair’s bickering online. Like two pissed off teens (fighting for the future of an entire society), the NATO and Taliban…

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Porn Studio Building Opulent Underground Sex Bunker for Post-Apocalyptic Penetration

You might be familiar with Pink Visual, a major porn player, because you’ve possibly masturbated to some of their work. If and when the world ends in 2012, they don’t want that to stop. So let’s build a bang bunker. The “blueprint” of the 8,200 square foot compound, codenamed the “Sexagon,” is a bit on…

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The Dyson Hot Is the Most Beautiful Space Heater I’ve Ever Seen

Dyson’s Air Multiplier is the craziest-looking fan we’ve ever seen. It shoots cold breeze out of a ring! No blades! The new Dyson Heat is pretty much just this in reverse: a warm glow for you room. From a ring. Not only is the Hot a gorgeously minimal design piece, it’s terrifically safe: no exposed…

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Mexican Commandos Just Took Down This Secret Drug Cartel Radio Grid

Mexico is fighting a war. A brutal, inexhaustible war against rich, powerful, merciless drug cartels. The rich part is key, as they’re able to afford nice toys like a completely private communications network—until government commandos destroyed it. As much as cartels like the might Zetas rule parts of Mexico, taking illegal drug talkin’ (and war…

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PC Laptop Makers Have Completely Given Up

Intel dumped $300 million into the laptop industry to buy it something it’s never had before: attention. Ultrabooks sound cool, and could look beautiful while running like little thin crust pizzas of awesome. Instead, we’re seeing pathetic MacBook Air clones. https://gizmodo.com/intel-insists-macbook-air-thin-ultrabooks-will-be-under-5827999 What went wrong? From the floor of Intel’s Developer Forum, its yearly showcase of…

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iMessage Probably Coming to iChat

iMessage is going to take the last thing BlackBerry had going for it—unlimited messaging with delivery tracking. And now it’s going to be even better, MacRumors reports, giving you access to your computer-bound friends via iChat. This is awesome, awesome news if it pans out based on the dug up code clues (and there’s no…

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Facebook’s Potentially Creepy ‘Subscriber’ Feature Isn’t Actually Creepy

Facebook, in a rare coup, has rolled out a new sharing feature without somehow completely botching its privacy implications and freaking everyone out. It sounds scary—people you aren’t friends with can read your updates—but it’s opt-in! Thanks, Mark. The Subscribe Button is meant to let you follow (HELLO, TWITTER!) “interesting” people you aren’t friends with,…

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Noted Literary Dunce Ayn Rand Finally Goes Interactive with Atlas Shrugged App

That pretentious kid from high school/college/life who cited Ayn Rand quotes about the glory of self-interest and the triumph of the free market, despite being kind of a broke-ass loser? He’s about to start masturbating: Atlas Shrugged, the app. Now, the sterile prose and pseudo-philosophy of Ayn Rand can accompany you to the beach, or…

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Newest Sony Dash Is Still Just a Really Expensive Alarm Clock

The last Sony Dash was a $200 alarm clock that also beamed in stock quotes, weather, news, and the like. The new Dash is a $170 alarm clock that does the same thing. What’s changed? You probably need it less. https://gizmodo.com/sony-dash-review-the-clock-radio-evolved-5537912 Despite a boasted 1,000 apps for the 7-inch touchscreen, and new battery-enabled portability, the…

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Army’s Internet War Chief Says Online Attacks Could Cause Damage Close to Nukes (And Soon)

When we think “cyber attacks,” we usually think of something along the lines of LulzSec or Russian botnets—mostly disruptive, and only destructive in the abstract. But General Keith Alexander, head of US Cyber Command, says IRL mayhem’s coming. Speaking before a panel of eager-eared defense bros, Gen. Alexander spelled out the future of digital assaults:…

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Belkin’s Thunderbolt Express Dock Finally Gives You a Reason to Remember You Have Thunderbolt

Oh right! That thing on my MacBook Air that Apple made such a big deal about. Thunderbolt. It’s extremely quick, and I’d like to use it! But where are the Thunderbolt accessories? But Belkin’s got one to multiply your ports. The Thunderbolt Express Dock serves up three USB ports (we’re unsure if it’s 2.0 or…

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These Two Politicians Barely Know What Computers Are

The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction has a pretty big problem: they have to find a way to keep our broke-ass country from financially imploding. They also appear to have just received their first computers over the weekend. Today, a challenge arose as the bipartisan clusterhuddle furrowed their brows and wondered whether to buy…

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Logitech’s Wireless Touchpad Is a Magic Trackpad for Windows

You might be one of those people who find the old mouse and keyboard standbys inadequate. Quaint, even! Maybe you embrace touch as the future of computer interfaces. You might envy the Magic Trackpad, but lack a mac. Envy not! The Logitech Wireless Touchpad doesn’t quite have the same pizazz in form or name, but…

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Android and Intel Are Together at Last

Intel’s gushing about a pretty huge team-up: in the near future, every single release of Android will be optimized for x86 chips. Intel processors in Android phones. Intel processors in Android tablets. This is big. Intel showed off a mystery Android tablet running on their Atom processor—a pairing we should expect to see a lot…

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The Samsung Windows 8 Tablet Appears

Hey, look, it’s Samsung’s rumored Windows 8 tablet, appearing in a box before it’s announced. The word on the cyber street is that this thing packs quad-cores, but we’ll find out soon. Shocker: it looks kinda like an iPad! https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-teases-and-previews-a-quad-core-windows-slate-5834477 The spy shot surfaced on Chinese Twitter clone Weibo, and looks legitimate enough, with the…

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AMD Just Set a World Record for Overclocking

It may not technically be the world’s fastest processor, but AMD squeezed an overclocked Guinness World Record number out of its impending 8-core FX CPU: 8.429 GHz, beating the previous global high of 8.308 GHz. Intel fanboys, begin your outrage! It’s a massively impressive number from the unlocked chip, but one you’re not going to…

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Here’s Windows 8’s Start Menu

It’s not the most detailed look, but Tom’s Hardware noticed a cameo of the newest Start Menu in a Windows 8 video demo. It looks… pretty bare. Stark white-on-black text, very few buttons, and, importantly, where are the programs? Whereas Windows 7’s Start Menu offers a multitude of ways to get at your software—favorites, search,…

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Japan’s Clearing Away Its Earthquake Wasteland

Sure, there’s an enormous area around the Fukushima plant that’s still horrendously irradiated. But for the rest of country ravaged by the March 11th earthquake, cleanups are restoring order to what looked like the apocalypse this spring. The photo above from the exact same point in Kesennuma shows just how much progress the government’s made.…

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Navy Commander Fired after Shooting at Innocent Fishing Boat

Hey, everyone screws up at work sometimes. It’s natural. It’s normal. It’s usually not a big deal—unless you’re commanding a Navy destroyer, and start lobbing shells at a local fishing boat off the coast of North Carolina. Darn! This little oopsie cost Commander Mark Olson, his job, the Navy Times reports, after it was determined…

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Is This the Best New Look at the iPhone 5? (Updated)

NATO and Taliban Engage in Harrowing Twitter Pissing Match

Porn Studio Building Opulent Underground Sex Bunker for Post-Apocalyptic Penetration

The Dyson Hot Is the Most Beautiful Space Heater I’ve Ever Seen

Mexican Commandos Just Took Down This Secret Drug Cartel Radio Grid

PC Laptop Makers Have Completely Given Up

iMessage Probably Coming to iChat

Facebook’s Potentially Creepy ‘Subscriber’ Feature Isn’t Actually Creepy

Noted Literary Dunce Ayn Rand Finally Goes Interactive with Atlas Shrugged App

Newest Sony Dash Is Still Just a Really Expensive Alarm Clock

Army’s Internet War Chief Says Online Attacks Could Cause Damage Close to Nukes (And Soon)

Belkin’s Thunderbolt Express Dock Finally Gives You a Reason to Remember You Have Thunderbolt

These Two Politicians Barely Know What Computers Are

Logitech’s Wireless Touchpad Is a Magic Trackpad for Windows

Android and Intel Are Together at Last

The Samsung Windows 8 Tablet Appears

AMD Just Set a World Record for Overclocking

Here’s Windows 8’s Start Menu

Japan’s Clearing Away Its Earthquake Wasteland

Navy Commander Fired after Shooting at Innocent Fishing Boat

Data Centers Create Heat Islands Stretching 6 Miles, Study Finds

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Good News for Nintendo Switch Users, This 45W Charger With Cable Just Hits Its Lowest Price on Amazon

Apple MagSafe Duo Charger Gets 42% Off, Finally Worth It for iPhone, AirPods, and Apple Watch Users

Oscar Isaac Did ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ to Work With Top Tier Actors—Instead, He Got a Cooling Tent

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