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Wait, Is the iPhone X Expensive?

While analysts are divided over the future demand for the latest iPhone, some are now prophesizing that hey, consumers might be turned off by a stupid expensive price tag. Like a $1,000 smartphone. Sinolink Securities analyst Zhang Bin walked back his iPhone X sales forecast on Monday, predicting in a report that Apple will ship…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz

2017’s Best Space Explosions

Astronomers spend their days looking at the sky. Maybe some crazy complex new telescope is helping, or some form of AI is teasing the complexities out of vast piles of data. It’s still just the sky. The sky isn’t immutable, though. Some of the most interesting science happens when brief blips pass into and out…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Our Favorite Gizmodo Videos of 2017

In 2017, we laughed, we cried, we screamed frustrations into the void and prayed for all nazis to be punched into oblivion. But mostly, we made videos. And by “we” I mean the video team here at Gizmodo. To welcome 2018, we’ve rounded up our favorite videos of the year. It’s a spread that covers…

Tech News Gizmodo Video Staff

The August Eclipse Left A ‘Wake’ in the Earth’s Upper Atmosphere

A total solar eclipse by itself isn’t so unusual—the moon shades the Sun every 18 months, from the view of somewhere on Earth. But this year’s “Great American Eclipse” was special simply for how much inhabited land it covered, crossing the length of America from Oregon to South Carolina. And that led to some amazing…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

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

What’s the Ideal Number of Humans on Earth?

Earth might be looking a little worse for wear, after the last four-hundred years of reckless wide-scale resource extraction, but to its credit it hasn’t collapsed entirely. Despite our best efforts, it continues to gamely welcome our rapidly expanding population, barring the occasional earthquake. Whether the planet might be a little better off with fewer…

Tech News Daniel Kolitz

We Spoke With the Italian Woman Who Can’t Feel Pain

Earlier this month, scientists discussed a new syndrome, “Marsili syndrome,” a rare disorder in which people feel significantly less pain than others—so little pain, in fact, they they can break bones without noticing. As far as scientists can tell, there’s only one family that has Marsili syndrome: The Marsili family in Italy. The syndrome has…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

14 Useful Apps to Install on Your New Phone

You’re staring down at your shiny, unwrapped, brand new smartphone—so what do you do next? Where do you start with the hundreds of thousands of apps at your fingertips? These are the apps we always install first on any new iOS or Android device. We’ve focused on utility apps and tried to steer clear of…

Gadgets David Nield

How to Set Up Your New Laptop in the Quickest Time Possible

Congratulations on your brand new Windows or macOS laptop—we hope you enjoy it! You’ll want to dive in and start using it as soon as you can, of course, but there are just a few housekeeping chores to take care of first. Here’s how to get up and running as quickly as possible while ensuring…

Gadgets David Nield

The Complete Guide to Returning Gifts

After the buzz of giving and receiving gifts comes the less thrilling period of broken-down gadgetry, refunds, and returns. If you’re going to get your money back or a working replacement in the quickest time possible, you need to know what options are available to you. Here, we’ll lay out everything you need to be…

Gadgets David Nield

Nothing to See Here, Just a Functional Knife Made of Fish

That was a fish, once. Tuna specifically. Katsuobushi—repeatedly smoked, fermented fish—holds the record as the hardest food on earth, bearing more in common by the end of its processing to petrified wood than to sealife. Who would eat such a thing? Well, you, probably. When shaved into more manageable flakes it’s an essential ingredient in…

Sploid Avery Ellis

It Seems Like Julian Assange Deleted His Twitter [Updated]

@JulianAssange is no more. [Update: The account is back. See more below.] For reasons unknown the official Twitter account of Julian Assange, the leader of disgraced transparency organization Wikileaks, has been deleted. The Internet Archive—or someone availing themselves of its services—appears to have been preserving snapshots of Assange’s account once every hour since September 18th…

Tech News Avery Ellis

iPhone X’s Face ID Can’t Be Used to Verify Family Transactions

Many iPhone X users have found themselves unable to use Apple’s Face ID to approve family purchases, resulting in them having to enter their passwords manually whenever another user on their account tries to buy something. Per the Verge, the lack of Face ID verification affects all transactions on iOS’ Ask to Buy, the Apple…

Tech News Tom McKay

How to Tell If Your iPhone Battery Is Screwed and What You Can Do About It

Earlier this week, Apple admitted that it is deliberately throttling the performance of older iPhones running newer versions of iOS, explaining that artificially limiting the speed of those devices was necessary to prevent aging lithium ion batteries from failing. As TechCrunch explained, while users have long suspected the slowdowns were intended to cajole them into…

Tech News Tom McKay

As Amazon Ramps Up Furniture and Appliance Business, Home Depot Is Sweating

In early December, pharmacy chain CVS decided to move big time into the insurance market by purchasing Aetna for $69 billion—a move clearly motivated by Amazon, which was preparing to scale up its pharmaceuticals division. With the e-commerce giant possibly on track to be worth a trillion dollars by next year, retailers in a number…

Commerce Tom McKay

Pinterest Should Die

I hate Pinterest. It’s a kind of loathing. Not the fiery wrath I feel towards injustice, or the cool hatred towards people who liked The Last Jedi and tell me I “just don’t get complex storytelling.” No, this is sort of loathing that feels like general full body ache. Like when you’re about to throw…

Tech News Alex Cranz

FOIA Researchers Are Targeting a Shadowy FBI Program Called ‘Gravestone’

If you’re the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), tasked with rapidly uncovering plots involving terrorism and cybercrime, you want access to as much intelligence as you can get your hands on. After all, your successes are rarely rewarded with a ticker-tape parade, but when you fail, well, there’s lots of career-ending blame and congressional testimony…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron

Amazon Just Bought Itself Another Way Into Your Home

Amazon has just been shoveling out smart devices this year, launching a buttload of new Alexa-powered devices including an all-new Echo, the Echo Spot, and the premium Echo Plus. But one category where Amazon’s portfolio feels a bit thin is home security, where its $120 indoor-only Cloud Cam is the company’s sole offering. However, it…

Commerce Sam Rutherford

Simple Cheat Gives You a Free Extra Life in HQ Trivia, No Friend Code Necessary

HQ trivia is so popular that it regularly fails to broadcast its online game show at the proper time. Since its recent launch, users constantly beg their social media followers to use a referral code when they join. If someone you know punches in the code, you get an extra life. But it turns out…

Tech News Rhett Jones

Wikileaks’ Digital Cats Need a Forever Home

Wikileaks is now in the business of selling digital cats. How far the mighty have fallen. You might remember CryptoKitties, which took off just a few short weeks ago—although this exhausting year makes it feel much, much longer. It’s an application built on top of the Ethereum cryptocurrency where users buy digital goods in the…

Tech News Avery Ellis

Wait, Is the iPhone X Expensive?

2017’s Best Space Explosions

Our Favorite Gizmodo Videos of 2017

The August Eclipse Left A ‘Wake’ in the Earth’s Upper Atmosphere

Gizmodo Staff’s Biggest Purchase Regrets of 2017

What’s the Ideal Number of Humans on Earth?

We Spoke With the Italian Woman Who Can’t Feel Pain

14 Useful Apps to Install on Your New Phone

How to Set Up Your New Laptop in the Quickest Time Possible

The Complete Guide to Returning Gifts

Nothing to See Here, Just a Functional Knife Made of Fish

It Seems Like Julian Assange Deleted His Twitter [Updated]

iPhone X’s Face ID Can’t Be Used to Verify Family Transactions

How to Tell If Your iPhone Battery Is Screwed and What You Can Do About It

As Amazon Ramps Up Furniture and Appliance Business, Home Depot Is Sweating

Pinterest Should Die

FOIA Researchers Are Targeting a Shadowy FBI Program Called ‘Gravestone’

Amazon Just Bought Itself Another Way Into Your Home

Simple Cheat Gives You a Free Extra Life in HQ Trivia, No Friend Code Necessary

Wikileaks’ Digital Cats Need a Forever Home

Anker 160W Laptop Charger Briefly Returns to Black Friday Pricing in a Last-Minute Amazon Spring Sale Deal

The New ‘Backrooms’ Trailer Is Packed Full of Endless Dread

Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo Falls Under $25, a Budget Bundle Deal in the Final Hours of Spring Sale

Liquids Crack With an Audible Snap, Study Finds

Dyson V15 Detect Plus Cordless Vacuum Is a Late Spring Sale Deal at a Record Low on Amazon

The New ‘Supergirl’ Trailer Is Filled With Krypto, Lobo, and ’60s Soul

Vaping Comes With a Cancer Risk, Review Finds

ASUS Eye Care Monitor Hits an All-Time Low, Only Hours Left to Grab a 27″ Screen at a 15.6″ Budget Price on Amazon

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

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

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

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

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