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The Minimalist, Lightweight Knife

These tiny, lightweight knives might make the perfect pocket knife for everyday use, and they’re no doubt great for travel. Note: Probably not on planes. Manufactured by Baladeo, the knife is available in two featherweight varieties, 22g and 34g, and performed pretty well in basic knife-related tasks (although, as Boing Boing notes, they are not…

Tech News Jack Loftus Apr 17

Crash Test Tesla Model S Alpha Hints at Electric Sports Sedans to Come

The orange beauty here is one of the crash test cars that Tesla will send into a wall at some future date to judge the car’s impact worthiness. It’s also an indication of what’s next from the electric car company. Manufactured in the company’s brand spankin’ new Fremont, Calif. facility (well, recently acquired from GM/Toyota…

Tech News Jack Loftus Mar 19

J.D. Power Gives Top Marks to Verizon for Nationwide Call Quality

Kudos to Verizon for snagging the coveted J.D. Power award for best call quality. The award confirms what many former AT&T customers have probably known for some time now. J.D. Power’s testing was done between July and December and found Verizon to have the best/tied for the best scores in categories like customer satisfaction, dropped…

Tech News Jack Loftus Mar 6

Second Time Is Not the Charm for India’s ISRO Rocket Program

For the second time this year an India Space Research Organizations (ISRO) rocket has failed spectacularly mere moments after launch. This most recent failure, captured for all time in this image, occurred 47 seconds after liftoff on Christmas Day. Earlier this year a test rocket flight entered the Bay of Bengal, not orbit, when its…

Tech News Jack Loftus Dec 26

AOL “Project Phoenix” Email Hub Goes Live

Those @aol.com email domain names? With apologies to dad, total jokes! AOL hopes to change that however, and it started today with an attempt to, hrm, freshen up its fledgling brand. Meet Project Phoenix! Yes, Phoenix, as in the flaming mythological bird that was reborn from its own ashes. How apt. The rollout is currently…

Tech News Jack Loftus Nov 14

Sharpen your #2 pencils… to stab in your neighbor’s eye the Exam trailer is out!

We’re dying to see a screening of this film in the states. The Exam shows what happens when you lock eight people in a room and tell them it’s a test. Bloodshed! Watch what happens in this new trailer. We love weird conspiracy films! Check for it at your local art house theaters and on…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 15

Steam for Mac Benchmarks: Windows Is Much Faster

For Mac users, it’s been pretty hard not to get excited about Steam and what it means for the future of gaming on Macs. So how well does it actually work? As always, Tom’s Hardware comes through with the benchmarks. https://gizmodo.com/real-gaming-for-macs-is-finally-here-with-steam-5537409 There are few things in the gaming world as exciting as a new platform…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert May 17

The Fastest Text Input Test: Laptop, iPhone, Pen, Palm, or Newton?

In this totally unscientific but reasonably fair test, one man writes a long paragraph on several different devices (including pen and paper) to test speed. The results may surprise and anger you. The contestants: MacBook (unibody), pen and paper, iPhone (portrait), Apple Newton, Palm Treo 650 (hardware QWERTY), and Palm VX (Graffiti handwriting recognition software).…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Jan 21

Panasonic Toughbook Survives Tiger Attacks, Elephant Stomps, and Gunshots

Most of us have no need for Panasonic’s Toughbook-30: Its specs are unremarkable and the 13.3-inch laptop weighs over 8 pounds. But then, our mortal laptops could never survive the ridiculous, almost cartoony beating Forbes gave it. Forbes’s intrepid testers used the Toughbook to crush soda cans, used the screen as a dartboard, ran over…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Jun 24

Take the Geek Social Aptitude Test (GSAT) With a Handy Web App

51. I sometimes create interactive online tests inspired by recent Gizmodo posts. —Thanks, Jason! https://gizmodo.com/gsat-the-geek-social-aptitude-test-5142331

Tech News John Herrman Feb 4

GSAT Score: 21-30 Points

Most of your friends are from the internet, and the only time you see them is when you drive six hours to a meetup or convention. You find it much easier to communicate with people on the internet rather than in face-to-face settings, and you never really feel comfortable in social situations. But you’re a…

Tech News Adam Frucci Feb 3

GSAT Score: 50 Points

We’ve just diagnosed you with Asperger’s. I’m sorry that this is how you had to find out.

Tech News Adam Frucci Feb 3

GSAT: The Geek Social Aptitude Test

Face it: We’re all geeks here, and that means we all have a measure of social awkwardness. But how much are we talking here? Teaspoons or gallons? Find out with the GSAT. Taking the test is simple. There are 50 statements. Mark down one point for yourself for every one that applies to you. At…

Tech News Adam Frucci Feb 3

GSAT Score: 0-10 Points

You’re like James Dean, if James Dean were less attractive, less famous, less rich, alive and interested in gadgets. You’re a relatively “cool” person, but that’s only relative to people who are seriously awkward, so don’t go patting yourself on the back just yet. You still read a gadget site in your free time.

Tech News Adam Frucci Feb 3

GSAT Score: 11-20 Points

You wear a “Can’t sleep, clowns will eat me” shirt you bought at Hot Topic, but you rarely have trouble gathering a crew to play Left 4 Dead at your place. Sure, you might not have been prom king, but you’ve found your niche and similar people to you and you’re making it work for…

Tech News Adam Frucci Feb 3

GSAT Score: 31-40 Points

You were home schooled, were breastfed until you were 13 and LARP by yourself on weekends. You move to the beat of your own drum and don’t really care that you’re relatively solitary. Good for you, I guess. You’ll be writing homemade Firefox plugins and creating custom Counter-Strike maps for yourself with no one to…

Tech News Adam Frucci Feb 3

GSAT Score: 41-49 Points

Mothers hide their children from you on the rare occasions that you’re seen outside of your house. Face it: you’re a monster. Maybe it’s time for a life change, because shit just isn’t working out for you so far. This might mean taking a break from the internet for a day or two a week,…

Tech News Adam Frucci Feb 3

LG Renoir Subjected to Death by Ice, Water, Wind, and Earth Tests

Not happy to test drive this fugly version of the iPhone, the [email protected] crew have pitted the LG KC910 Renoir against all four elements: Ice, Wind, Earth, and Wine! OK, water, but wine too. As you can see in the test, the LG Renoir survived without any problem all the tests: freezing it to almost…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 28

The 50 Skills Every Geek Should Have

Gizmodo readers like you tend to think they know more about technology any other people—including (or especially) Giz editors. You’re the person your friends and family come to with computer problems, what those in the know call a geek. But there are varying levels of geekdom. In order for you to prove where you stand,…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Nov 7

Inside Consumer Reports’ Electronics Testing Lab

You probably only read Consumer Reports if a) you are at your grandparents house or b) you are a grandparent yourself. But that’s too bad, because tucked quietly away in the NYC suburb of Yonkers lies one of the biggest and best electronics testing labs money can buy. And what goes on here at Consumer…

Reviews John Mahoney Nov 6

The Minimalist, Lightweight Knife

Crash Test Tesla Model S Alpha Hints at Electric Sports Sedans to Come

J.D. Power Gives Top Marks to Verizon for Nationwide Call Quality

Second Time Is Not the Charm for India’s ISRO Rocket Program

AOL “Project Phoenix” Email Hub Goes Live

Sharpen your #2 pencils… to stab in your neighbor’s eye the Exam trailer is out!

Steam for Mac Benchmarks: Windows Is Much Faster

The Fastest Text Input Test: Laptop, iPhone, Pen, Palm, or Newton?

Panasonic Toughbook Survives Tiger Attacks, Elephant Stomps, and Gunshots

Take the Geek Social Aptitude Test (GSAT) With a Handy Web App

GSAT Score: 21-30 Points

GSAT Score: 50 Points

GSAT: The Geek Social Aptitude Test

GSAT Score: 0-10 Points

GSAT Score: 11-20 Points

GSAT Score: 31-40 Points

GSAT Score: 41-49 Points

LG Renoir Subjected to Death by Ice, Water, Wind, and Earth Tests

The 50 Skills Every Geek Should Have

Inside Consumer Reports’ Electronics Testing Lab

Picture Perfect: Artemis 2 Returns Home After a Stellar 10 Days in Space

Artemis 2 Day 10: Follow the Mission With Our Live Updates 🔴

It Sure Looks Like This Is the End for the Current Era of ‘Star Trek’

Before ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Blew Up, Disney Scrapped a Pixar Movie With a Similar Vibe

‘Doomsday’ Asteroids Could Have Kickstarted Life on Our Planet

LEVOIT Air Purifier Now at All-Time Low in a Limited Allergy Season Deal, Filtering Out 99.97% of Dust, Pollen, and Dander for Less

What on Earth Is Happening With ‘Doctor Who’?

France to Ditch Microsoft Windows as Europe’s War on American Tech Rages On

Asus Zenbook A16 Review: Start Considering Snapdragon on PC, for Real

Aqara Thermostat Hub W200 Review: Almost Better than My Ecobee

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

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