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Faulty iPhone Burns Through $30,000 of Mobile Data

A supposedly “faulty” iPhone landed a man in severe financial trouble, after the phone racked up an astonishing $30,000 data bill—and UK network Orange tried to take the money from the bloke’s account. Chris Bovis realised he’d been cut off, so phoned Orange for an explanation. That was when he discovered the network had tried…

Every Geek’s Kid Needs Cuddly Electronic Components

If you’re a raging geek with offspring, firstly congratulations on convincing someone of the opposite sex to procreate with you. Second: get these electronic component plushies for your child immediately. You can get a whole range of components in cuddly form: LEDs, transistors, capacitors, resistors, even a timing chip. That’s enough to teach your kids…

You’ll Want to Keep This Kids’ Pico Projector to Yourself

This cute and colorful little pico projector is designed for kids. But don’t bother giving it to them—because it’s good enough you’ll want to keep it for yourself. This Innocube DLP pico projector is designed, apparently, to help children chill out as they watch TV shows on their ceiling. But forget that. It’ll just get…

Chinese Dude Pleads Guilty to Pirating $100 Million Worth of Military Software

Yesterday a Chinese businessman pleaded guilty to selling pirated software—used by defense, space technology and engineering businesses—worth a retail value of over $100 million. A plethora of sophisticated software was stolen from an estimated 200 American manufacturers and sold onto 325 black market buyers in 61 countries between 2008 and 2011, according to Reuters. Software…

eBay’s overhauled its iOS app, streamlining the set-up and management of auctions. Sell those crappy Christmas gifts!

Sony’s One-Piece Waterproof Walkman: 1 Hour’s Playback From 3 Minutes Charging

If workouts take you from pounding the pavement to plunging into the pool with little time to spare between, Sony’s new one-piece Walkman might be of some interest to you. The one-piece design looks light and unobtrusive, while the 4GB of storage should offer enough capacity for most people’s workout music. Of most interest here,…

Boxee Wants To Be Inside Your TV

Up’n’coming streaming box company Boxee isn’t content sitting next to your TV. Instead, it’s firing up an initiative to get inside your TV by offering an embeddable option to manufacturers. https://gizmodo.com/walmart-puts-its-boxee-where-its-mouth-is-5956414 The scheme will see Boxee partnering with chip provider Sigma to allow TV manufacturers to embed Boxee’s cloud-based live TV, DVR and streaming apps…

These Optical USB and Thunderbolt Cables Are Up to 330 Feet Long

If you thought screens were where glass started and finished in gadgets, think again. Corning, the company behind Gorilla Glass, has also started making optical USB and Thunderbolt cables—and they’re super, super long. https://gizmodo.com/gorilla-glass-3-hands-on-somehow-even-more-indestructi-5973945 The cables are optical instead of your typical wired connection. There’s no speed advantage, but because there’s less signal attenuation in…

Sigma’s 50mm DP3 Merrill Completes a Glorious Triumvirate of Fixed Lens Cameras

The Sigma DP3 Merrill is a boxy shooter with 50mm f/2.8 lens. It follows the 19mm DP1 Merrill and the 30mm DP2, which aside from their fixed focal lengths are identical. This is a trinity of image quality awesome, and if it were any other manufacturer, we’d join the haters in saying this is a…

David Bowie’s new music video is melancholy, nightmarish

Seriously, head over to David Bowie’s website and check out the music video for “Where Are We Now?” It’s part of his first album in a decade, and it’s kind of a disturbing video. He looks so sad with his face squished into one half of a conjoined baby. Happy birthday, David Bowie! [David Bowie]

Bad Jokes, Complicated Buds, and a Sneak Peek at Pixar’s New Short

Hank Green Tells 53 Terrible Jokes in 4 Minutes This has got to be some sort of record. Great Growers Know about the Three Additional Cannabis Flowering Phases Getting the most out of Cannabis blooms is more than just cycling back to a 12/12 lighting cycle and switching up the fertilizer mix. As Big Buds…

Canon Powershot N Hands On: What a Cute Little Thing

We spent a short time with the new Canon Powershot N and found that even though the square body makes it a little awkward to use, it’s pretty fun at the same time. As a full-time camera, the cute gimmicky form factor is limiting. But as a little secondary camera? A blast. https://gizmodo.com/canon-powershot-n-the-future-of-tiny-cameras-is-eco-fr-5973688 The camera…

Pentax MX-1: This Camera’s “Retro” Style Might Be Past Its Prime

Pentax is a classic imaging company. So you’ve got to let them have their own crack at an old-school style camera, right? In theory, sure—but the new Pentax MX-1 feel just a little late to the party. Now we’ve got nothing against the brass-body design, and this $500 point-and-shoot has some undeniably slick features. We…

Who Needs Hands When Can Wear Your iPad Around Your Neck?

Prepare for your heart to drop out of your butt because this is quite literally the best thing I’ve seen at CES so far—it’s called the Steady Snake. And it’s an iPad tripod with a prehensile tail that you wear around your neck for hands-free TV watching, photo-taking, and all around iPad using. I’m going…

Polaroid’s New Mirrorless Cameras Have Sensors in Their Lenses

Along with a mirrorless Android camera that seems too good to be true, Polaroid has announced two other mirrorless cameras that have sensors built inside the lenses. Intended for amateurs, the cameras’ sensor placement prevents a novice photographer from accidentally ruining the interchangeable lenses. https://gizmodo.com/polaroid-im1836-this-interchangeable-lens-android-came-5973676 The Polaroid iM1030 has an interchangeable lens along with a…

Check Out These Sweet-Sounding Multi-Touch Headphones

Jabra has announced a new line of headphones that make a solid case for leaving your phone in your pocket. The bluetooth Jabra Revo Wireless headphones let you control your music with just a tap to the ear. Compact and solid, the Jabra Revos are, of course, headphones, and good ones at that, but that’s…

Look At This Wicked Technics Inspired Motorcycle

In case you haven’t picked up on it by now: Anything goes at CES. But at least this collaboration between Technics and custom bike builder Roland Sands is easy on the eyes and ears. Inspired by the Technics DH1-1200 and SL-1200MK2 turntables, Sands reworked a Harley Davidson Iron 883 and I’d say he nailed it.…

Asus Transformer All-in-One Desktop Hands On: Android And Windows 8 on Your Giant Removable Tablet

We’ve known about the Asus Transformer AIO since back at Computex, but the mutant hybrid wasn’t in working order until now. The verdict? …Kind of cool, actually. Here’s the Transformer’s story: It’s an 18.5-inch IPS-display all-in-one computer that runs both Windows 8 (with a Core i3 to i7 processor), as well as Android, with a…

New Pacific Rim trailer takes you inside Guillermo del Toro’s giant monster-fighting robots!

A brand new Pacific Rim trailer was released at CES. And of course, this particular bit of footage is all tech heavy. Check out the fantastic (very Hellboy-esque) flight suits the pilots are clamping on inside their Jaeger (the giant freaking robot). Did you catch the crew that fills up on orange goo? And we…

Fitbit says it will release an updated Android app later this month or early next month to work with Bluetooth 4.0.