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Amazon and Google’s Dumb Fight About YouTube Videos Makes More Sense Now

The slap fight between Google and Amazon, in which the two corporations fought over whether the Amazon Show could display YouTube videos, just started to make a whole lot more sense. Google is pushing a whole range of Show-like devices out through Lenovo, Sony, LG, and JBL. They’ll all have YouTube baked right in. I’ve…

Gadgets Alex Cranz

Qualcomm Claims Its New Chip Will Triple Battery Life on Wireless Headphones

There are currently two major annoyances with wireless headphones: the Bluetooth can cut out in areas with a lot of signal noise, and battery life is mostly terrible. Qualcomm thinks it’s packed a better solution to both of those issues into a new chip. “It’s a big step forward in the hearable category,” Anthony Murray,…

Gadgets Alex Cranz

This Roku Sound Bar Is Part Smart Speaker and Part Remote Control

If the term “smart sound bar” seems unusual, that’s because it’s brand new. TCL just announced the first in a new class of gadgets that act a little bit like a smart speaker and a little bit like a remote control that’s powered by your voice. As the name implies, the new TCL Roku Smart…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

CES 2018’s Hottest Tech Trend Might Be Gadgets for Old People

Before the show floor opens to throngs of tech enthusiasts, and before big companies like Sony, Samsung, and LG reveal their latest and greatest to the world, we get a sneak peek at the trends shaping CES 2018 at an event called CES: Unveiled. And millennials be damned, because this year, the best gadgets could…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

GE Wants to Hang a 27-inch Screen and a Camera Over Your Stove

Screens dominate almost every room in our homes, but to date they’ve only made minor inroads into the kitchen. You’ll mostly find them sequestered onto tiny fridge doors, but GE wants to change that with its new Kitchen Hub range hood that hangs a 27-inch interactive screen over your stove. Like any range hood, the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Garmin’s Alexa-Powered Navigation Device Gets the Built-in Dash Cam It Should Have Had From the Start [Update]

I really liked Garmin’s bare-bones Speak navigation device when I tried it out a few months ago. Instead of a touchscreen, the $130 device relies on voice commands, processed by Amazon’s Alexa smart assistant, to get you where you want to go. A few months later, Garmin is already introducing a new version that adds…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

AMD Is Making a Really Great Case For Ditching Intel-based Computers

If the last week has led you to be wary of having an Intel CPU powering your PC then you might want to get excited, because it seems like AMD might have started actually making CPUs you’d want instead. It started last year with the announcement of Ryzen desktop CPUs. We found them to be…

Gadgets Alex Cranz

Samsung’s New TV Is Just a Giant Wall

Anyone who’s read Fahrenheit 451 appreciates the awesome possible future where the walls of our homes are just televisions and we get to live in TV land. Well, Samsung just made that possibility a reality with a 146-inch MicroLED screen. It’s called The Wall, and it is breathtaking. First revealed at Samsung First Look, the…

Gadgets Adam Clark Estes

Intel and AMD Join Forces on Tiny New Chip

Intel and AMD might be fierce competitors for decades more, but that hasn’t stopped the two chip makers from teaming up to create a new mobile CPU with souped-up integrated GPU that will soon be found in gaming and professional laptops from many major computer makers. We’ve known about this plan since November, but now…

Gadgets Alex Cranz

This Tiny Thumbnail Sensor Tells You When to Get Off the Beach Because You’ve Had Too Much Sun

As an adult, my mom is rarely around to remind me to reapply sunscreen when I’m outside. But do you know who still nags me all day long? My smartphone. So L’Oréal has created an incredibly tiny UV sensor you wear on your thumbnail that connects to your smartphone to help you keep track of…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

First Alert Has Its Own Wi-Fi Mesh Router That Hijacks Every Connected Device With Smoke Alarm Warnings

Are you worried your kids are so addicted to their devices that they’ll completely tune out and ignore even the shrill alarm of a smoke detector? First Alert wants to make sure that never happens, so the company is branching out with a whole home mesh wi-fi system that guarantees everyone in the house will…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

DJI’s Refreshed Smartphone Video Gimbal Is Now Way Cheaper and Whole Lot Better

Videos shot on smartphones have a very specific, very low-rent aesthetic. A whole host of stabilizers are available on the market that try to improve that aesthetic—eradicating the shaky cam look so you can actually see whatever the smartphone’s camera is looking at. DJI even has one! The original Osmo Mobile was a pricey handheld…

Gadgets Alex Cranz

Amazon’s Next Big Thing Could Be Serving You Ads on the Go

Rumors Facebook is always secretly recording you have long refused to die, but it turns out Amazon may be the first tech giant to achieve the age-old dream of a total advertising Panopticon. On Friday, Amazon released the new Alexa Mobile Accessory Kit, which is intended to help developers integrate the company’s personal smart assistant…

Commerce Tom McKay

You Can Soon Use Windows 10 on Any Computer or Phone You Own—But It’ll Cost You

The France-based cloud PC service Shadow is finally making its way to America, and with it comes the choice to have a cloud-based gaming-level Windows machine on any computer you own—from your aging Windows desktop to your iPad to your Chromebook. The cost is pricey, but the promise is enticing. Shadow originally launched last year…

Gadgets Alex Cranz

People Are Selling the iMac Pro’s Space Gray Accessories for Obscene Amounts on eBay

Are you having a hard time justifying the cost of Apple’s new $5,000+ iMac Pro? If you’re willing to part with the computer’s matching Space Gray-colored keyboard, mouse, and trackpad, which are only available with the desktop, you could sell them on eBay for obscene amounts and make some of your investment back. How obscene…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Here’s Why Your Gadgets Get Slower Over Time

It is a truth universally acknowledged that as gadgets get older they slow down—your 3-year-old laptop or phone isn’t going to have the same spring in its step as it did when you first unboxed it. But what are the factors that cause this inevitable sluggishness? Is your precious device quite simply wearing out? Gadget…

Gadgets David Nield

To Make Its Awesome TVs Better, LG Is Looking Deep Inside

I’ve been dreading this moment for the last few years. The moment a company would tell me all about its new TV and spend more time on the processor than the display itself. That moment finally came last month when I sat in on a call for LG’s 2018 line up of televisions. While the…

Gadgets Alex Cranz

You Can Wirelessly Charge Your Phone With This Wireless Battery That Also Wirelessly Charges

Until every last piece of furniture on Earth has a built-in wireless charging pad, you’ll probably still find yourself charging your smartphone with a cord more often than not. But if you’re so desperate for a cordless future that you’ll do just about anything to make it happen, you could slip Avido’s new WiBa charger…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Apple’s iPhone Throttling Apology Tour Continues With Slash in Battery Replacement Price

Apple has slashed the price of replacement batteries for out-of-warranty iPhone models the company throttled earlier than expected, lowering the price from $79 to $29. Apple had originally throttled the phones as part of a solution to degraded batteries leading to iOS crashes, but their lack of transparency on the issue enraged many customers (and…

Tech News Tom McKay

Gizmodo Staff’s Biggest Purchase Regrets of 2017

99.9 percent of the time, I’m sure every Gizmodo staffer is just like you: thoughtfully researching what products to buy, carefully anticipating how each purchase might turn out, and smartly considering our budgets, before handing over our hard-earned cash. But despite what you may think, we aren’t perfect, people! Sometimes we make mistakes. Other times…

Tech News Gizmodo Staff

Amazon and Google’s Dumb Fight About YouTube Videos Makes More Sense Now

Qualcomm Claims Its New Chip Will Triple Battery Life on Wireless Headphones

This Roku Sound Bar Is Part Smart Speaker and Part Remote Control

CES 2018’s Hottest Tech Trend Might Be Gadgets for Old People

GE Wants to Hang a 27-inch Screen and a Camera Over Your Stove

Garmin’s Alexa-Powered Navigation Device Gets the Built-in Dash Cam It Should Have Had From the Start [Update]

AMD Is Making a Really Great Case For Ditching Intel-based Computers

Samsung’s New TV Is Just a Giant Wall

Intel and AMD Join Forces on Tiny New Chip

This Tiny Thumbnail Sensor Tells You When to Get Off the Beach Because You’ve Had Too Much Sun

First Alert Has Its Own Wi-Fi Mesh Router That Hijacks Every Connected Device With Smoke Alarm Warnings

DJI’s Refreshed Smartphone Video Gimbal Is Now Way Cheaper and Whole Lot Better

Amazon’s Next Big Thing Could Be Serving You Ads on the Go

You Can Soon Use Windows 10 on Any Computer or Phone You Own—But It’ll Cost You

People Are Selling the iMac Pro’s Space Gray Accessories for Obscene Amounts on eBay

Here’s Why Your Gadgets Get Slower Over Time

To Make Its Awesome TVs Better, LG Is Looking Deep Inside

You Can Wirelessly Charge Your Phone With This Wireless Battery That Also Wirelessly Charges

Apple’s iPhone Throttling Apology Tour Continues With Slash in Battery Replacement Price

Gizmodo Staff’s Biggest Purchase Regrets of 2017

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