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How Much Would You Pay For a Subscription to Wikipedia?

Wikipedia is an amazing website. In fact, it’s probably become such an integral part of your life that you hardly give it much thought except for when messages start popping up at the top of the screen, asking for your financial aid. In a world of Spotifys and Netflixs and countless other subscriptions, what’s just…

Tech News Eric Limer

The Tallest Building in the World, Cooking Turkey with NASA Equipment, The Most Unpopular Apple Employee, And More

Turkey day was this week, but that doesn’t mean the world’s stopped moving. We’ve got some details on the new Xbox, info on what’s going to be the tallest building in the world, the answer to the question “will we run out of music,” weird turkey cooking and more. Check it all out below. The…

Tech News Eric Limer

Mannequins May Be Watching You Shop With Their Horrifying Eyeless Faces

If you’ve ever had the sneaking suspicion smooth-faced mannequins were secretly watching you while you shop, you’re probably just paranoid. But you might also be right. According to reports by Bloomberg, some high-end retailers are already rolling out models that watch you shop with secret cameras. These creepy, stalker mannequins go by the brand name…

Tech News Eric Limer

These Polaroids Might Be the Oldest Pictures of an Apple Computer

In 1976, Apple products were far from the thin, glossy blades they are today. Apple’s humble beginnings started with the Apple I, hand-built by Steve Wozniak himself, and sold for $666.66. When Paul Terrell, owner of the Byte Shop, purchased 50 of the machines for sale way back then, he took a few pictures with…

Tech News Eric Limer

Ten Tricks To Make Yourself a Gmail Master

Back in 2004, Gmail rewrote the rules for Web-based email. It had a fast, clean interface, and a jaw-dropping 1GB of free storage. Today, it comes with ten times the amount of space, and boasts many millions of users across the globe. But even if you use it every day, you’re probably not making the…

Tech News David Nield

Lean, Mean Gifts for the Fitness Zealot

Got someone in your life who’s addicted to exercise? Someone who proselytizes the active lifestyle? There are so many fitness-related items out there it’s hard to separate the muscular wheat from the sweaty chaff. But we’ve selected a few of our favorite items you could get your fit friend, if you can catch them. Hey…

Tech News Brent Rose

This Earthquake Sensor Is Powered By the Very Earthquakes It Senses

There’s no doubt that earthquakes can be powerful, and usually the bulk of that power goes to destroying things. While you can’t stop an earthquake from quaking earth, a Victoria University student has found a way to divert some of that energy to monitoring the quake it came from. Typical, earthquake sensors are powered by…

Tech News Eric Limer

Spy Through The Air With The Greatest of Ease With Your Own Autonomous UAV

Have you ever wanted to do survelience on your friends, neighbors, enemies, or that sketchy-looking house down the street? Have you ever wanted a drone of your own? Well Lehmann Aviation’s LA100 might be your chance if you can spare the scratch. Unlike other RC “drones” that require you to fly them, the LA100 is…

Gadgets Eric Limer

Whoever Wears This Rocket-Powered Prosthetic Ankle Is Guaranteed Olympic Gold

When the International Olympic Committee approved the prosthetic blades that replace Oscar Pistorius’s artificial legs when running, they set a precedent that could be hard to manage down the line. What was the committee’s criteria for approving them, and why should one prosthetic be allowed and not another? There’s no definitive answer yet, but it’s…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Government’s Magnet Ban Might Actually Be Easy To Circumvent

As you might have heard, the Consumer Product Safety Commission is working hard to ban those sets of tiny magnets after a handful of reports of them being swallowed by children who then require surgery to have them removed. But it turns out that companies like Zen Magnets and Buckyballs might still be able to…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Amazon’s 32-Inch HDTV Under $100 Right Now Is The Most-Underrated-Black-Friday Deal of the Day

For all the Black Friday deals, check out our Black Friday Cheat Sheet—and for cool Gizmodo-approved stuff, check out our Black Friday Deals for Gizmodo Readers Only. And keep an eye peeled for our Amazingly Complete Cyber Monday Cheat Sheet hitting this weekend. https://gizmodo.com/all-the-black-friday-deals-2012-5959898 At 8PM EST tonight (in 30 minutes), Amazon is going to…

Tech News Kif Leswing

A Cheap Way To Add a Viewfinder To Your Point and Shoot Camera

Viewfinder accessories embedded with tiny hi-res LCD displays can cost hundreds of dollars, and simply aren’t available for every compact camera on the market. So the creators of the ClearViewer went for a more low-tech approach, by embedding a glass lens in a plastic frame that sits a few inches from your camera’s LCD display.…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

This Edible Lamp Is Actually Good Enough to Eat

This lamps looks good enough to eat. No, really: it’s made from a biodegradable plastic derived from vegetable glycerin and agar, which means that when it reaches the end of its natural life you can actually chow down on it. Called Bite Me, it was designed by New York-based Victor Vetterlein. He explains: “When the…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

How To Increase Your Drinking Tolerance (So You Don’t Make an Ass of Yourself at a Holiday Party)

So, you’ve got your fancy pants on. You’re heading to the holiday party, and you’re intent on impressing your bosses, in-laws, or significant other’s friends with your worldliness and savoir-faire. Then you get too drunk, break stuff, offend people, get fired and/or dumped, and effectively ruin your life. It didn’t have to be this way.…

Tech News Brent Rose

Nokia’s Camera and Imaging Chief Has Stepped Down

According to a statement released by the company, Damien Dinning, the Lead Program Manager for Nokia’s Smart Devices business, has quit. Following stints at Eastman Kodak and Minolta UK, Dinning joined Nokia in 2004 and was considered to be the person behind the advanced camera technology used in the company’s smartphones. Nokia’s official statement, released…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

It Wouldn’t Be Black Friday Without Shoppers Fighting Over Cheap Electronics

It’s ironic that Thanksgiving, a day for thinking about everything you have and being thankful for it, is sidled up right next to Black Friday, a day when people will trample each other to save a few bucks on electronics. Every year you hope it’s going to be different, and every year YouTube is flooded…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

What’s the Best Black Friday Deal You Found Today?

It’s the biggest shopping day of the year, and whether you started late last night, at the crack of dawn this morning, or waited until you awoke from your post-Thanksgiving stupor, we want to hear about the best bargain you found today. https://gizmodo.com/all-the-black-friday-deals-2012-5959898 Maybe it was another monstrous flat-screen TV, or a fancy DSLR, or…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Spin This Brilliant Ridged Mug and It Automatically Stirs Itself

If you’re not a morning person, or are dealing with a nasty hangover, the clinking sound of a spoon stirring a mug of coffee could drive you insane. And the fact that you can’t buy this clever Pegtop ridged mug that automatically stirs its contents when spun on a plate might annoy you even more.…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Future Classics: Readers of 1936 Predict Which Authors Will Endure

In 1936, a quarterly magazine for book collectors called The Colophon polled its readers to pick the ten authors whose works would be considered classics in the year 2000. Sinclair Lewis, author of the 1935 hit It Can’t Happen Here, was a natural choice for the top spot. Just five years earlier Sinclair had been…

Tech News Matt Novak

Two Weeks, 3,000 Miles and Three Minutes of Insanely Great Video

When Mike Matas and Sharon Hwang decided to go on an epic road trip from San Francisco to New York City, they thought it would be fun to make a lasting record of it. We’re glad they did, because this time lapse is enough to inspire anyone to hit the road and leave their cares…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

How Much Would You Pay For a Subscription to Wikipedia?

The Tallest Building in the World, Cooking Turkey with NASA Equipment, The Most Unpopular Apple Employee, And More

Mannequins May Be Watching You Shop With Their Horrifying Eyeless Faces

These Polaroids Might Be the Oldest Pictures of an Apple Computer

Ten Tricks To Make Yourself a Gmail Master

Lean, Mean Gifts for the Fitness Zealot

This Earthquake Sensor Is Powered By the Very Earthquakes It Senses

Spy Through The Air With The Greatest of Ease With Your Own Autonomous UAV

Whoever Wears This Rocket-Powered Prosthetic Ankle Is Guaranteed Olympic Gold

The Government’s Magnet Ban Might Actually Be Easy To Circumvent

Amazon’s 32-Inch HDTV Under $100 Right Now Is The Most-Underrated-Black-Friday Deal of the Day

A Cheap Way To Add a Viewfinder To Your Point and Shoot Camera

This Edible Lamp Is Actually Good Enough to Eat

How To Increase Your Drinking Tolerance (So You Don’t Make an Ass of Yourself at a Holiday Party)

Nokia’s Camera and Imaging Chief Has Stepped Down

It Wouldn’t Be Black Friday Without Shoppers Fighting Over Cheap Electronics

What’s the Best Black Friday Deal You Found Today?

Spin This Brilliant Ridged Mug and It Automatically Stirs Itself

Future Classics: Readers of 1936 Predict Which Authors Will Endure

Two Weeks, 3,000 Miles and Three Minutes of Insanely Great Video

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

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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

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