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The Weirdest and the Worst of CES 2020

The tiniest tech companies and the largest tech companies, and plenty of in between sized tech companies descend on Las Vegas the first full week in January every single year. Their goal is to excite us with new products or advertise plenty of existing ones. In some cases their goal is just go get us…

Gadgets Alex Cranz

Lipstick, Meet Pig: The $18,000 Diamond-Encrusted iPod nano Watch Now Exists

So anyway, this is a real thing. It’s an $18,000 diamond-encrusted wristband that transforms your comparatively cheap iPod nano into a wristwatch and you into a pretentious money-wasting douchebag. Magic! Don’t like diamonds? Too gaudy? No worries. The folks at ZShock are more than willing to work with you and your discerning tastes and custom…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Kobe Bryant Has 3D Basketball Shoes

Don’t ask me why but Nike has decided to release a pair of Zoom Kobe VI 3D for the upcoming All-Star Game. People, 3D televisions, movies, and commercials are NOT enough! We need 3D everywhere! Check it out: Yes, that’s a stitched pair of 3D glasses on the inside of the tongue. Aaaaand a THREE…

Tech News Casey Chan

Oh hey, your delightfully tacky Louis Vuitton Belt Buckle is ringing

Rarely do ostentatiously tacky and expensive rich people things look gaudy and do something useful at the same time. That’s still the case here, as this curious Louis Vuitton belt buckle continues the trend. It’s also a cellphone, you see… I mean, who wouldn’t want a giant gold cellphone belt buckle vibrating at crotch level…

Tech News Jack Loftus

This Is Probably the Worst Way to Teach Self-Defense

It’s probably smart and necessary to teach your children self-defense. The world is crazy scary! But it’s probably dumb and unnecessary to buy them a Kick Dummy so they can practice kneeing perps in the nuts. The world is scary crazy! Gotta admit though, that guy’s daughters has got the move down. [Kick Dummy via…

Tech News Casey Chan

Speakal iPig Easily Corners the Atrocious Pig Speaker Market

For those who love music that pumps from the plump, alien-looking frames of little white pigs comes Speakal’s ugly-as-sin iPig. It’s also $150, which will probably only make sense to people who require that their tunes (connected iPod or otherwise) emamnante from the portly frames of bug-eyed plastic pigs. [Speakal via DVICE]

Tech News Jack Loftus

Is that an iPhone in your pocket or…

Today’s gadget-related double entendre is “birth control.” [Scottevest via Gear Junkie (yes, really) via InventorSpot]

Tech News Jack Loftus

Who In Their Right Mind Would Buy a Peek 9?

Try not to get too excited, guys, but Peek 9 is here. It’s not as worthless as TwitterPeek, but that’s vastly different from being worthwhile. Honest question: who in blue blazes buys these things? How does Peek stay in business? https://gizmodo.com/worst-gadgets-gallery-5431759 Here’s the full Peek 9 feature rundown, much of which has been available since…

Social Media Brian Barrett

Woman Imprisoned for Sending Hundreds of Threatening Texts to Herself

Jeanne Mundango Manunga, scumbag, was recently jailed by Santa Ana, California police for sending nasty, threatening texts to herself. She was posing as her sister-in-law and ex-boyfriend, both of whom were jailed. Now she’s in prison where she belongs. But how did she pull off such a feat? Well, it wasn’t easy. First, she bought…

Tech News Jack Loftus

GAEMS Xbox 360 Travel Case Left the Power Brick and Controllers Home Alone

Have Xbox 360, will travel? Why yes, and while that particular console isn’t one I usually associate with the jet-set crowd, this GAEMS suitcase allows one to do just that. Now, about that power brick… As in, where the heck does it go? There’s no way its massive bulk is fitting in that case alongside…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Jetyo HDV-T900 Camcorder Requires Four Day’s Worth of Sunshine to Recharge

Jetyo’s HDV-T900 solar-powered camcorder is probably not suitable for any nefarious nighttime activities you might have planned for that special anniversary, and judging from how long it would take to recharge, it’s probably not good at much else either. Engadget did the math, and by their rough estimate the 120mA solar cell would require about…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Pet Collar Air Purifier Can’t Cleanse the Air of Utter Stupidity

An air purifier for pets! What an ingenious idea! It takes that filthy air around Fido’s head, sucks it up, and replaces it with clean, refreshing and pet-friendly snake oil! But wait! That’s not all! While the purifier saves your pet from allergens, dander and smoke—possibly from the bong that lead to its eventual purchase—it…

Tech News Jack Loftus

The Worst Gadgets of the Decade: 11 Bonus Dishonorable Mentions

While we’re confident that we nailed our 50 worst gadgets of the decade, you commenters reminded us of a few truly awful gems that didn’t make the cut. So here are eleven more worst gadgets for your enjoyment and derision. https://gizmodo.com/the-50-worst-gadgets-of-the-decade-5432480 And please, suggest any others that you feel strongly about. I’ll be reading the…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Worst Gadgets of the Decade: Dishonorable Mentions Gallery

LG Internet Refrigerator Back in 2001, LG got so excited about this whole internet thing that they decided to put it in as many appliances as they could find. There were also a microwave oven and washing machine, but the Internet Refrigerator gets special mention for integrating a videophone, making it a double dip of…

Tech News Brian Barrett

The 50 Worst Gadgets of the Decade

We’re almost clear of the aughts. Just one more week, and we get to leave this decade behind for good. But before we do, it’s worth taking stock of the absolute worst gadgets these last ten years have given us. We haven’t ranked our picks, but we have put them in a rough chronological order.…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Samsung Behold II Non-Review: Oh God, the Ugly

Samsung’s Behold II is the most impressively ugly Android phone in existence. The custom interface is so bad, so gaudy and so confusing it turned my brains into ooze. TouchWiz is the first custom Android interface that’s worse than the standard one, and shows what kind of horrible things emerge when Samsung’s interface designers are…

Reviews Matt Buchanan

The TwitterPeek Is So Dumb It Makes My Brain Hurt

I still can’t believe the TwitterPeek exists. It’s a portable device that only does Twitter. Seriously, who the hell would spend $200 on this? Am I crazy here? https://gizmodo.com/stuff-we-didnt-post-today-and-why-5391431 The original Peek, which just runs email, is something I would never buy in a million years. But I could understand why some people might like…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Wattgate 381 “Audio Grade” Socket Is For Suckers Only

The Wattgate “Audio Grade” wall socket costs a mere $147, but the crisp, unmatchable sounds it will create in your home are positively priceless. It’s all bullshit, of course. Like Monster Cable and that $500 Denon Ethernet cable, there’s more snake oil flowing through this “premium” socket than anything else. And as with that Denon…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Windows Mobile 6.5 Review: There’s No Excuse For This

I really didn’t want to beat up on WinMo here, because at this point it just feels tired. But man, come on Microsoft, you’re giving me no choice. Windows Mobile 6.5 isn’t just a letdown—it barely seems done. We’ve been watching Windows Mobile 6.5—or Windows Phone, as Microsoft is sometimes calling it—for months, since Jesus…

Reviews John Herrman

Garmin Nuvifone G60 GPS Phone Review: Do Not Buy

Garmin makes the best portable navigators out there. Millions of people, including me, are fans. But following notoriously lengthy delays, the first Nuvifone should have been euthanized, not put on AT&T shelves next to the iPhone—for $100 more. The Nuvifone G60 GPS phone is out this week for $300, an absurdly high price for even…

Reviews Wilson Rothman

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The Weirdest and the Worst of CES 2020

Lipstick, Meet Pig: The $18,000 Diamond-Encrusted iPod nano Watch Now Exists

Kobe Bryant Has 3D Basketball Shoes

Oh hey, your delightfully tacky Louis Vuitton Belt Buckle is ringing

This Is Probably the Worst Way to Teach Self-Defense

Speakal iPig Easily Corners the Atrocious Pig Speaker Market

Is that an iPhone in your pocket or…

Who In Their Right Mind Would Buy a Peek 9?

Woman Imprisoned for Sending Hundreds of Threatening Texts to Herself

GAEMS Xbox 360 Travel Case Left the Power Brick and Controllers Home Alone

Jetyo HDV-T900 Camcorder Requires Four Day’s Worth of Sunshine to Recharge

Pet Collar Air Purifier Can’t Cleanse the Air of Utter Stupidity

The Worst Gadgets of the Decade: 11 Bonus Dishonorable Mentions

Worst Gadgets of the Decade: Dishonorable Mentions Gallery

The 50 Worst Gadgets of the Decade

Samsung Behold II Non-Review: Oh God, the Ugly

The TwitterPeek Is So Dumb It Makes My Brain Hurt

Wattgate 381 “Audio Grade” Socket Is For Suckers Only

Windows Mobile 6.5 Review: There’s No Excuse For This

Garmin Nuvifone G60 GPS Phone Review: Do Not Buy

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