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A Bodum Electric Coffee Grinder Fits Perfectly In My Stocking

I’ve ruined myself by developing a taste for really good coffee. And we all know the best cup of Joe is made from fresh beans, which means you have to grind them yourself. So chances are high that you probably need a ginder. I know I do, and I really like the Bodum Bistro grinder.…

The Back To The Future Hoverboard Is 2012’s Worst Toy

The Back to the Future Hoverboard by Mattel is not a hoverboard. It’s a board at best. Really, it’s just a piece of chintzy pink plastic that you can buy for $120 if you’re a jerk. It doesn’t hover. The bar for high tech toys was set low by this year’s hell-creature Furby, which we…

It’s 12/12/12—the Last Major Numerical Date in this Century

December 12, 2012 is an extremely special date! It’s the last major numerical date of this century. There was 01-01-2001, 02-02-2002 and so on—until today. There’s no 13th month, so there’s no way this will happen again until the XXII century. Not that the Universe gives a damn about our completely arbitrary Gregorian calendar, but…

Time Warner Cable updated their iOS app today to include on-demand video and some other goodies. [iTunes]

Galaxy Camera Samples

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Drop This Underwater Turbine in Any River For Free Continuous Power

A Japanese company called Ibasei has developed a compact underwater turbine generator that could be a silver lining during natural disasters that cause intense flooding. The Cappa looks like a small jet engine from a plane, but it’s actually designed to harness rushing water and turn it into free energy. Unlike a hydroelectric dam which…

Ask EDM DJ and Producer Zedd All About Technology in the DJ Booth

The fact that most current pop music has at least some electronic influence is probably a reflection of our culture’s obsession with technological innovation. Our daily lives are consumed with the sounds of new devices, all of which we expect to perform harder, better, faster, stronger than our previous ones. That’s why we’ve teamed up…

In China They Have Pepsi Flavored Potato Chips

Soda-flavored snacks sound like something invented by a lazy stoner, but apparently chicken wings cooked in Coca-Cola are a popular comfort food in China. So hey, the fact that Pepsi Chicken-flavored Lays are launching over there isn’t that surprising. AdAge says the taste is “vaguely similar to barbecue with a sugary aftertaste.” These have to…

A Lawsuit Wants to Keep Your Humiliating Mugshots Off the Internet

Some potential good news for delinquents, hooligans, and convicted felons alike: your mugshots may no longer have to haunt you ’til the End of Days. A suit representing over 250,000 previously-arrested Ohioans is attempting to take down the Internet’s abundance of privately-owned mugshot publication websites. And they may just have a case. An Ohio man,…

This Cheap Canon Rebel Is Your Baby’s-First-DSLR Deal of the Day

The Canon EOS Rebel T4i is the best budget DSLR, and today it’s also the best value. Sam Biddle said it was the gadget that he most wanted for Christmas, and I’d have to agree with him (hint, hint, Mom.) Although Mario called it a “bummer,” he was mostly referring to its video autofocus abilities.…

All the Apple Startup Chimes In History

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Apple a patent for the startup chime sound. But that sound hasn’t always been the same. Here you have all the Apple startup chimes since the original Macintosh, released in 1984. https://gizmodo.com/what-to-do-with-an-original-1984-macintosh-5269088

The Last Thing a Kitchen Scale Needs Is a Built-In Video Display

Besides a sleek design or the promise of ridiculous accuracy, there’s not much a company can do to differentiate a kitchen scale from the rest of the pack. Or is there? The creators of this kitchen scale think they found the key to woo customers: a built-in full color LCD display for watching videos. Videos…

The Best Full Size Tablet

This is the year tablets stopped being a one-horse race. There are real options now, and that means making real decisions. Here’s how the top four choices compare—and which one measures up to be the best. Testing Methodology We’ve already run reviews of all of these products (except for the iPad), and a lot of…

Google Is Blocking Porn (Duh, NSFW) (Updated)

We didn’t see this coming: Google Image Search is no longer showing sexually explicit images for many popular queries. What the hell is going on? Searching for “tits” brings up a grid of busty women in tank tops, mostly. Before now, you would have seen actual skin. As far as we can tell, SafeSearch is…

All You Need For a Christmas Tree Is a Battery, LEDs, and a Little Know-How

When your cubicle desk looks like everyone else’s, you’ll do anything you can to differentiate your space. And if you’re looking for a unique way to bring a little festive cheer to your 9 to 5 drudgery, check out this adorable and minimalist 9-volt powered LED tree by Redditor ‘jingle_balls123’. For those of us who…

John McAfee Is Coming Back To America

Cue up the Neil Diamond. Our bath salts baby John McAfee is coming home to the good ol’ US of A. Guatemalan immigration officials are reporting that McAfee, who is a prime suspect in Belize for the murder of his neighbor Gregory Faull, is getting deported. Stay tuned here and also John McAfee’s blog about…

NASA Posts Video 10 Days Early Explaining Why the World Didn’t End

The world will not end on December 21st, 2012. The government is sure of it and so is NASA. In fact, NASA is so confident that the world will not on that day, that it has already published the December 22nd, 2012 ScienceCast video explaining why the world didn’t end the day before. Heady. https://gizmodo.com/jungle-science-mayans-actually-didnt-predict-a-2012-ap-5909356…

Shooting Challenge: Christmas Ornaments

Do you feel that? That…cheer? That…mirth? That…egg nog spilling down your bare skin, channeling through the hairs and goosebumps? Oh yes, friends. It’s Christmas time. So for this week’s Shooting Challenge, let’s celebrate it. In ornaments. The Challenge Take a photo of the Christmas ornament(s) most important to you—or an artefact of any faith that’s…

Ask the Epic MealTime Guy Anything You Want

Generally, doctors recommend you consume around 2,000 calories a day. On the YouTube series, Epic Meal Time, Harley Morenstein and their gluttonous band of culinary crazies make and eat meals that have several thousand calories in them. Somehow they’re still alive, and they’re here to talk with us. Nothing is off-limits. They’ve ingested Chinese food…

A Compendium of Gifts that Will Delight Photo Oversharers

[Ed. note: This holiday season, Gizmodo has partnered with Tamron to bring you a series of gift guides for the photography buffs in your life. And because she has really great taste, we asked our friend Lisbeth Ortega from Photojojo to share the gear she’s really excited about. Check out her picks below.] We all…