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I Tried the Soylent Bars Making People Barf, and Lived to Tell You What They Taste Like

Here’s how it went down: Gizmodo reported that Soylent’s Food Bars were making people throw up and suffer from “uncontrollable diarrhea.” In particular, we wrote about how bars with a specific expiration date—July 14, 2017—had sent some customers to the emergency room. This week, Soylent recalled the bars. It turns out, that was only the…

Reviews Eve Peyser

The Best Doctor Who Stories of 2016 Will Never Be on TV

That headline might not be a difficult statment to overcome, considering Doctor Who is on TV this year for a grand total of one episode, but 2016 has seen the release of some of the best Doctor Who stories in years—but they don’t star the current Doctor, and you can only listen to them. https://gizmodo.com/the-tenth-doctor-and-donna-noble-return-for-their-own-d-1738654861…

Television James Whitbrook

GoPro Hero5 Review: A More Perfect Action Camera

We use a lot of GoPros here at Gizmodo. We use them to shoot timelapse battery tests for phones and 360 degree videos of multibillion dollar transit hubs and test runs of quarter million dollar cars on a dirt track. So a new GoPro action camera with a lower price tag and badass features has…

Reviews Alex Cranz & Michael Roselli

This Tiny Robot Is Cuter Than My Dog

My dog hates the robot. When I sit on the floor to play with the robot, the dog gets up with a huff and comes over. His tail wags, and he gets in my face. When I avoid him because I have a robot to review he…sits on the robot. It makes upset little noises…

Reviews Alex Cranz

Finally, a Great Gaming Headset Without All the Stupid Flash

Gaming headsets have spent the last few years in a vicious race to the bottom. It seems like each new product is bigger, pricier, and flashier than the last. The companies that make these headsets have seemed more obsessed with bright lights and bizarre eye-catching shapes than they have with making genuinely good headsets that…

Reviews Alex Cranz

Roku Premiere+ and Ultra Are Better Than the Competition and a Third the Price

Last month, Roku unleashed a whole slew of new set-top boxes meant to cater to every single person ever. There’s the box for people with old TVs (Roku Express+), the slightly different box for cheapskates (Roku Express), the boxes for regular joes (Roku Stick and Roku Premiere), and the coolest boxes—the two meant for people…

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Alex Cranz

Building Lego’s Gigantic Motorized Excavator Is Easily My Greatest Accomplishment

When you’re a kid, building a Lego fortress that can withstand attacks from G.I. Joe and Transformers is a real accomplishment. As an adult, you need a bigger challenge, and that’s what Lego’s 3,929-piece Technic Bucket Wheel Excavator set provides. It’s the most work I’ve ever put into building a toy, but the resulting edifice…

Reviews Andrew Liszewski

This Absurd $400 Hair Dryer Is Actually Worth It

No one should need or want a $400 hair dryer. The number one hair dryer on Amazon costs $36, the one under my sink cost $70 in 2003, and the one my hair dresser uses daily on clients costs between $100 and $150. A $400 hair dryer is more than twice the price of anything…

Reviews Alex Cranz

The New Boosted Board Tried to Kill Me

Everything felt great, until I found myself skating halfway down the steep side of the Williamsburg Bridge with the Boosted Board throttle cranked to the max. I was going too fast, and I knew it. So I dropped a foot—a dumb thing to do. A split second later, I was on the ground, bleeding and…

Reviews Adam Clark Estes

Playstation VR Review: This Is the VR System You Actually Want

I was slotting my grappling gun back into place on my belt when it became clear to me that Playstation VR isn’t just really good VR. Playstation VR is the first virtual reality system any regular person should bother with. More than the fantastic gaming experience you get with Sony’s new system, I was floored…

Reviews Alex Cranz

Roku Express Review: All the Streaming Stick You Need for Just $30

When the very first Roku launched in 2008, the bulky box had a clunky interface that only played Netflix. How far we’ve come. That initial idea ended up spawning an entire genre of streaming devices and set-top boxes that have basically helped change the way we watch movies and TV at home. Roku has sold…

Reviews Christina Warren

iPhone 7 Camera Review: The Best Smartphone for Photos

The camera on the iPhone has developed such a reputation for excellence that it’s one of the device’s central selling points. It’s worth upgrading to a new phone just to get the latest and greatest camera. After a week of rigorous shooting, one thing is totally clear: the iPhone 7 has a damn fine phone…

Reviews Alex Cranz

Blue’s Tiny New Microphone Wants to Be Good at Everything

Blue has long been known for excellent USB microphones—namely the Yeti and its younger brother the Snowball, both of which function intuitively for people outside the audiophile community, while providing dependable recordings with little fuss. That attention to detail has been shrunken down even further with the new, $200 Raspberry. But what need does it…

Reviews Avery Ellis

Fitbit Charge 2 Is the Best Fitness Tracker, Period

Fitbit is quickly becoming the Xerox or Kleenex of fitness trackers, but its popularity hasn’t come without a few hurdles. With the Fitbit Charge 2, we finally get a device that’s polished enough to justify the hype. When the Fitbit Charge and Fitbit Charge HR hit the market nearly two years ago, it seemed like…

Reviews Christina Warren

iPhone 7 Review: Ready or Not, This Is the Future

At a glance, the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus might be confused for their predecessors, the 6s and 6s Plus. It’s deceptive. The iPhone 7 is perhaps the most drastic revision of the phone since it was first released nearly a decade ago. It’s not just the missing headphone jack. There are several other…

Reviews Christina Warren

The Apple Watch No Longer Totally Sucks

The original Apple Watch wasn’t amazing, but it did what it set out to do. You could answer phone calls on your watch, see notifications from your phone, and even track your heart rate. And with the most recent software upgrade, the watch has speed and interface improvements that refine it further. You can now…

Accessories & Wearables Alex Cranz

There’s Finally a Perfect Photography Backpack

I have a bag problem. It’s rivaled only by my shoes and my jacket problems. I collect the things. I throw away too much money every year on the quest for the perfect bag for travel, or every day, or evening, or conventions. I have four different bags just for lugging my camera equipment around.…

Reviews Alex Cranz

Bowers & Wilkins’ P7 Wireless Are My New Favorite Headphones

Testing headphones is a fun job for a music lover. Even if they suck, you get paid to listen to music. Yet sometimes, a set comes along that makes you want to listen because it’s suddenly more fun. The Bowers & Wilkins P7 Wireless are those headphones for me. Bowers & Wilkins is a half-century-old…

Reviews Adam Clark Estes

Best Travel Gadgets That Will Only Wreck Your Budget a Little

In late August I spent to weeks traipsing through Europe—on very important work assignments in London, and taking in the local culture of Amsterdam. Being a gadget blogger, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to completely load up my European adventure with every conceivable gadget I could possibly need. I wanted to travel like a…

Reviews Darren Orf

This Future-Proof 4K TV Is Just $1,000

My mother does not want to know how much my brother spent on his future-proof TV last year. She saw the shiny speakers built into the sides, and the gorgeous picture, and she listened to him extol the virtues of being prepared for HDR and 4K and UHD and she threw up her hands. “It’s…

Reviews Alex Cranz

I Tried the Soylent Bars Making People Barf, and Lived to Tell You What They Taste Like

The Best Doctor Who Stories of 2016 Will Never Be on TV

GoPro Hero5 Review: A More Perfect Action Camera

This Tiny Robot Is Cuter Than My Dog

Finally, a Great Gaming Headset Without All the Stupid Flash

Roku Premiere+ and Ultra Are Better Than the Competition and a Third the Price

Building Lego’s Gigantic Motorized Excavator Is Easily My Greatest Accomplishment

This Absurd $400 Hair Dryer Is Actually Worth It

The New Boosted Board Tried to Kill Me

Playstation VR Review: This Is the VR System You Actually Want

Roku Express Review: All the Streaming Stick You Need for Just $30

iPhone 7 Camera Review: The Best Smartphone for Photos

Blue’s Tiny New Microphone Wants to Be Good at Everything

Fitbit Charge 2 Is the Best Fitness Tracker, Period

iPhone 7 Review: Ready or Not, This Is the Future

The Apple Watch No Longer Totally Sucks

There’s Finally a Perfect Photography Backpack

Bowers & Wilkins’ P7 Wireless Are My New Favorite Headphones

Best Travel Gadgets That Will Only Wreck Your Budget a Little

This Future-Proof 4K TV Is Just $1,000

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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