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A Good Look at LG’s New Nexus

The Nexus 6 got stellar reviews, but it’s hard to deny that LG’s 2013 Nexus 5 was the best Nexus smartphone—even Nexus device—ever made. With rumors that LG and Huawei will pitch in to create the next batch of Google phones, the Nexus 5 seemed destined for an update—and this may be it. The leaked…

Tech News Darren Orf

Watch a $50 bill get rubbed off to reveal a $10 bill

If all the numbers say it’s a 50 dollar bill and it feels like a 50 dollar bill… it still might not be a 50 dollar bill. This counterfeit $50 is actually hiding its true self: a 10 dollar bill. And it’s doing a good job too! Since it’s likely that most people’s over trusting…

Sploid Casey Chan

Guy Upgrades Nerf’s New 70 MPH Rival Zeus Blaster To Be Fully Automatic

Nerf’s new Apollo and Zeus Rival blasters are some of the most innovative additions to the toy line in decades. And while they can fire foam rounds at an impressive 70 MPH, there’s still room for custom upgrades as YouTuber LordDraconical demonstrates by making the Zeus fully automatic. Just pull the trigger and less than…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Speedo and Misfit Team Up For a Swimming-Focused Fitness Tracker

Misfit’s button-sized Shine fitness tracker is already waterproof to a depth of over 160 feet, so swimmers don’t need to take it off while training. But since accurately measuring laps is different than measuring steps, Misfit has teamed up with Speedo to create a new version of the Shine that’s customized to track underwater activities.…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Hack Amazon’s Dash Buttons to Do More Than Order Stuff

Amazon’s Dash buttons are $5 Wi-Fi enabled portals of pure consumerism — at least, if you use them how Mr Bezos would like you to. Or, if you’ve got a little programming skill, you can hack them to do almost anything. https://gizmodo.com/you-can-now-buy-those-stupid-great-amazon-dash-buttons-1720886109 In a post on Medium, Edward Benson details how the Dash buttons work,…

Commerce Chris Mills

Drones Stress Out Bears Just As Much As Humans

Flying RC drones is hugely fun, but also endlessly stressful: at any time you’re liable to chop someone’s hand open, or crash your $1000 toy into a power line. As it turns out, humans aren’t the only ones who get stressed by nearby UAVs. According to research published in Current Biology, black bears have a…

Tech News Chris Mills

Farewell, Dione: Cassini Makes Final Flyby of Saturn’s Fourth Largest Moon

Cassini’s epic mission to Saturn is coming to a close with a spectacular finale of daring flybys and swooping encounters. The beginning of the end happened today with the last targeted flyby of Dione, the icy moon of towering cliffs and dizzying canyons. Dione against the backdrop of Saturn in blue, green, and infrared light…

Tech News Mika McKinnon

Google Hangouts Has a Gorgeous New Home On the Web

Google Hangouts has been a depressingly central part of my life for years now, but the web interface has always felt a little hacked-together. Today, all that changes, with a redesigned interface, and a dedicated homepage for Hangouts. The new URL follows Google’s normal naming convention: hangouts.google.com. The new homepage works like an expanded version…

Tech News Chris Mills

What the Oval Office Looks Like Empty

The Oval Office has a very pretty floor! You’d never know it based on most photos of the White House’s most famous non-square-shaped room, but the president spends his days walking on a Reagan-era design. It’s a heck of an improvement over the wood-grain linoleum of the Johnson years. The rare photo above was taken…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

The Incredible DiY Cabins of the Tisza River in Hungary

One of the strangest places in Hungary lies beside the Tisza River in a village called Gergelyiugornya. Hugged by a bend in the river, it’s a relatively narrow, woody flood basin area packed with small cottages that show an incredibly wide variety of architectural designs and creativity. Walk with me in the shade of the…

Tech News Attila Nagy

How Did the Bicycle Evolve?

The quest for a human powered, stable, fast and energy efficient vehicle has taken us a long way. Let’s see how it all started. 1790s – The beginning The first reference to a two-wheeled vehicle driven by one rider was a toy-like simple machine, with just two wheels attached to a rigid wooden frame. The…

Tech News Raj Arjit - QUORA

Bezos-Owned Newspaper Not So Sure That Working For Bezos Could Be That Bad

The Washington Post, a newspaper and online media outlet owned by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, is really skeptical of claims that working at Amazon could be so bad. “Is it really that hard to work at Amazon?” the paper asks. After the New York Times’ withering story about terrible working conditions at Amazon was published…

Commerce Mario Aguilar

The Heart-Eating Hippie Who Admitted “I Am a Cannibal” When He Was Arrested

“I have a problem. I’m a cannibal.” These matter-of-fact words, uttered by 22-year-old “Satan cultist” Stanley Dean Baker, chilled the California Highway Patrol officer who arrested him in July 1970. And it wasn’t long before that horrifying statement was proven to be completely true. The particulars of Baker’s crime, which was discovered just as the…

Tech News Cheryl Eddy

The Dumbest Pro-Russia Hoax on the Internet

David L. Stern is a freelance writer based in Kiev, Ukraine. He’s also, if you believe several Russian media outlets, a covert CIA agent who helped orchestrate a conspiracy to shoot down an airplane and blame Russia. What a busy fellow! The accusation is a whopper: When Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 went down over eastern…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

The Secret Project to Turn the Internet into an Anti-Soviet Spy Network

In 1973, Norway became the first nation outside the US to get online through DARPA’s packet-switched network, the ARPANET. Americans had decided to connect the proto-internet to such a distant country for one reason. They were trying to keep tabs on Soviet nuclear tests. People often forget that the US defense and intelligence communities helped…

Tech News Matt Novak

Have You Ever Worked At a Cutthroat Company Like Amazon?

Following a damning report on Amazon’s workplace culture, many people are questioning whether it’s ethical to keep buying from the mega-retailer. But in comments on our article about Amazon, some Gizmodians don’t sound surprised about the conditions — they’d experienced the same. Tell us about your workplace horrors. I was struck by reader responses today…

Commerce Kaila Hale-Stern

The crazy simulator where pilots learn how to fly the F-35

How do pilots learn how to fly a fighter jet that cost a trillion dollars to develop (or a $100 million a pop to make)? By hopping in a total bad ass simulator that mimics everything about the F-35 in basically the sickest video game ever. The pilots in the simulator look like they’re flying…

Sploid Casey Chan

Are Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine Really “Saving” an Industry?

What is Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre? They’re having quite a couple of months. They’ve manufactured a seriously potent moment of cultural synergy. Let’s review some facts about how Jimmy and Dre are doing right now: In its first six weeks, Apple Music attracted 11 million users for its free trial. It’s on its way…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Watch Boston Dynamics’ Robot Run Outside Oh God They’re Coming For Us

Possible cause of the singularity Boston Dynamics is secretive about upcoming projects, but new footage shows their robots in action—and the results are highly unsettling. First you can see Spot, an agile autonomous quadruped ripped directly from Isaac Asimov’s nightmares, opening a door with the arm it sports instead of a face. Spot would almost…

Tech News Kaila Hale-Stern

I Helped Catch Detroit’s Tiger With A Weed Whacker And A Tarp

So you’ve got a tiger loose in your local abandoned auto plant. Who you gonna call? Detroit area bus driver Andy Didorosi, obviously. He’s my buddy, I just called and had him walk me through what happened. “So it’s this British photographer David Yarrow doing a fashion shoot in the Packard Plant,” explains Andy. “This…

Tech News Wes Siler

A Good Look at LG’s New Nexus

Watch a $50 bill get rubbed off to reveal a $10 bill

Guy Upgrades Nerf’s New 70 MPH Rival Zeus Blaster To Be Fully Automatic

Speedo and Misfit Team Up For a Swimming-Focused Fitness Tracker

Hack Amazon’s Dash Buttons to Do More Than Order Stuff

Drones Stress Out Bears Just As Much As Humans

Farewell, Dione: Cassini Makes Final Flyby of Saturn’s Fourth Largest Moon

Google Hangouts Has a Gorgeous New Home On the Web

What the Oval Office Looks Like Empty

The Incredible DiY Cabins of the Tisza River in Hungary

How Did the Bicycle Evolve?

Bezos-Owned Newspaper Not So Sure That Working For Bezos Could Be That Bad

The Heart-Eating Hippie Who Admitted “I Am a Cannibal” When He Was Arrested

The Dumbest Pro-Russia Hoax on the Internet

The Secret Project to Turn the Internet into an Anti-Soviet Spy Network

Have You Ever Worked At a Cutthroat Company Like Amazon?

The crazy simulator where pilots learn how to fly the F-35

Are Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine Really “Saving” an Industry?

Watch Boston Dynamics’ Robot Run Outside Oh God They’re Coming For Us

I Helped Catch Detroit’s Tiger With A Weed Whacker And A Tarp

Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Tech Companies Starting April 1

Amazon Clears Out Netflix-Licensed Nebula Capsule 3 Mini Projector at 32% Off, Dolby Audio Home Theater for Less

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

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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