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Today’s Smartphone Cameras Are Already Better Than Point-and-Shoot Cameras from 5 Years Ago

The saying is that the best camera is the one that’s with you and that’s more than often your phone. But phone cameras are getting so good that they may eventually just became the best camera period (DSLRs notwithstanding). And it might be sooner than you think. Already, phone cameras are better than a 5-year-old…

Tech News Casey Chan

Apple Maps Accidentally Revealed a Top Secret Military Base

Uh oh. Apple Maps, for all of its blurry, melting world faults, was actually a little too clear in one area: it revealed a top-secret, $1.23 billion ultra-high-frequency radar of Taiwan for everyone to see. Um, that’s not good. The Liberty Times, a newspaper in Taiwan, published a clear satellite picture of the top-secret, long-range…

Tech News Casey Chan

Here’s How Much Pandora Pays Music Artists

Pandora wants you to know that Pandora is good for music because it pays artists millions and millions of dollars for their songs. Take Drake and Lil Wayne, they get nearly $3 million each a year. And Pandora wants to pay them more. According to Pandora CEO Tim Westergren, Pandora will pay over two thousand…

Tech News Casey Chan

Lenovo’s Yoga Ultrabook-Tablet Hybrid Will Also Come in 11-Inch Form

Lenovo’s Yoga was the first of the Windows 8 hybrids to turn up this year. And when it’s finally out later this month, it’ll have a little brother. The Yoga will also come in an 11-inch ARM-based version running Windows RT. At a glance, the 11-inch version looks almost identical to the 13-inch. They even…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

MacGyver Bot Learns To Repurpose Random Objects as Tools

The robots in use around the world today are built for very specific purposes. Industrial arms can assemble cars, and Roomba can vacuum your home. But researchers at Georgia Tech hope that one day they could do more, to the point of using other tools and objects to handle any number of tasks. Like a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

WineRatings+: Wine Info for the Oenophile and Wine Idiot Alike

I know people who buy wine based on the label design because they know nothing about wine. And by people I mean myself, which is what makes Wine Spectator’s Wine Ratings+ app incredibly handy. What does it do? Gives you reviews of around 300,000 wines. Imparts you with a viticultural education by showing you how…

Tech News Leslie Horn

You Could Lie and Say You Found These Chairs at an Estate Sale

This scoop-back chair is a a little bit dated, like something you might find at an estate sale. But not in a bad way—in the right living room with the right decor, it has just the perfect amount of retro. They come in solids and prints, for $80 and $100, respectively. The chairs are part…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Glowing See-Through Drawers Reveal What’s Inside This Table Before You Open It

Wouldn’t it be grand if all the drawers, cupboards, and storage spots in your home were all see-through like MDC Interior’s new Glow Table II? The next time you were on the hunt for a misplaced item you wouldn’t have to tear apart drawers or open every single door in your house to find it.…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Art Meets Science At This Giant Seething Flask Sculpture

What looks like a mad scientist’s oversized scheme to conquer the city of Winnipeg is actually a half million dollar sculpture created by artist Bill Pechet. Standing 35 feet tall, the Emptyful artpiece towers over the city’s Millennium Library Plaza looking like a constantly brewing science experiment thanks to a colored fountain and misters creating…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Should Criminals Be Allowed to Have Facebook Fan Pages?

After someone in the UK created a Facebook Fan Page for an accused murderer, Facebook responded by taking the page down. Common sense says this is the right thing to do. That said, is it the best practice? Obviously Facebook is not a public institution, but censorship moves always set up tricky predicaments when it…

Social Media Adrian Covert

The Best and Worst Gear for Nine Days in a Dust Storm

This year I acted as an embedded reporter at Burning Man, a place of extreme temperatures, high winds, and white-out dust storms. The ultra-fine alkaline dust is hell on gear—so it’d seem like a good place to test some rugged stuff out, right? I brought nine critical items for nine days in the desert. Some…

Tech News Brent Rose

Everything You Need To Jumpstart Your Own Presidential Campaign

When you head to the polls this November you’re supposed to vote for who you think will best lead the country for the next four years. But that’s not really what happens. Deep down everyone who steps into that voting booth knows that they could do a far better job as President of the United…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

What Weapons Would You Use to Battle a Mutant, Face-Eating Spider?

As the commander of the titular XCOM in XCOM: Enemy Unknown — 2K’s new strategy game — you control your global defense team through a fully operational base, located in a secret underground bunker tailored to your own design. Here, your generals can organize missions, build up a customized arsenal, study captured alien technology, train…

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A Chair Is the Best Way for City Dwellers to Reappropriate a Wheelbarrow

Yes I know you spent your childhoods being pushed around in a wheelbarrow by your older sister or grandfather or something, but you live in a city now! You have no use for such things! What is that, you say? You really want one? Well if you’re going to blow money on a wheelbarrow, at…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Recapping ‘The Jetsons’: Episode 03 – The Space Car

This is the third in a 24-part series look at every episode of “The Jetsons” TV show from the original 1962-63 season. Each and every year at least one company goes knocking on the doors of the major news outlets and announces to the world that the futuristic vision of a flying car will be…

Tech News Matt Novak

Severely Discounted Southwest Airfare Is Your Airplanes-Are-The-Biggest-Gadget Deal of the Day

Airplanes are one of the physically largest gadgets, and the international system of air travel is a technological marvel. Gizmodo loves aviation—we cover the misadventures of the TSA, the long-overdue introduction of good WiFi on flights, and the Air Force’s bizarre social media habits. Most of us can’t buy an airplane (although we can dream)…

Tech News Kif Leswing

The Crazy Journey of an MMS from Your Phone to Your Friends

Any message transmitted from one phone to another—whether it’s a cute video of your kid or a nakey celebrity shot—appears almost instantly on the recipient’s screen. Amazing! Now, how did it actually get there? Turns out, the exact path traveled by millions of messages is long, complex, fascinating, and top-secret. But we got a chance…

Tech News Brent Rose

15 Dissected, Floating Objects

You know those really cool floating objects in ads? They’re all dissected, and you think, “How did they do that?” Well, we know how they do it, so for this week’s Shooting Challenge, some Gizmodo readers did it, too. Winner: Avocado Baby When I saw the request for a photo involving floating segmentation I began…

Tech News Mark Wilson

This Is Why Today’s Record-Breaking Supersonic Jump Was Aborted

Felix Baumgartner’s jump from the edge of space has been cancelled for the day due to high winds. Provided that the weather is all right, it will resume Thursday. https://gizmodo.com/first-human-supersonic-space-jump-aborted-updated-with-5950136 The jump was originally scheduled for 8:30am EST today, but because of bad weather it was postponed until noon and then again until 1:30pm. It…

Tech News Leslie Horn

The Way Kids Used Machines 100 Years Ago Is Shocking Compared to Today

Kids these days, swiping and tapping away at iPads, have absolutely no idea how to fix a mechanical spindle. But until around the Great Depression, children were free to work in factories alongside adults. It’s nothing to get nostalgic about. In the early 20th century, with a lack of child labor laws and limited safety…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Today’s Smartphone Cameras Are Already Better Than Point-and-Shoot Cameras from 5 Years Ago

Apple Maps Accidentally Revealed a Top Secret Military Base

Here’s How Much Pandora Pays Music Artists

Lenovo’s Yoga Ultrabook-Tablet Hybrid Will Also Come in 11-Inch Form

MacGyver Bot Learns To Repurpose Random Objects as Tools

WineRatings+: Wine Info for the Oenophile and Wine Idiot Alike

You Could Lie and Say You Found These Chairs at an Estate Sale

Glowing See-Through Drawers Reveal What’s Inside This Table Before You Open It

Art Meets Science At This Giant Seething Flask Sculpture

Should Criminals Be Allowed to Have Facebook Fan Pages?

The Best and Worst Gear for Nine Days in a Dust Storm

Everything You Need To Jumpstart Your Own Presidential Campaign

What Weapons Would You Use to Battle a Mutant, Face-Eating Spider?

A Chair Is the Best Way for City Dwellers to Reappropriate a Wheelbarrow

Recapping ‘The Jetsons’: Episode 03 – The Space Car

Severely Discounted Southwest Airfare Is Your Airplanes-Are-The-Biggest-Gadget Deal of the Day

The Crazy Journey of an MMS from Your Phone to Your Friends

15 Dissected, Floating Objects

This Is Why Today’s Record-Breaking Supersonic Jump Was Aborted

The Way Kids Used Machines 100 Years Ago Is Shocking Compared to Today

Trump Posts Concept Art of His Presidential Library, and It’s AI Slop

Forget Tower Desktop, GMKtec Mini PC Drops to a Record Low as Amazon Clears Out Final Spring Sale Stock

‘Fallout’ Season 2 Was a Hit Despite That Unsatisfying Release Strategy Change

JBL Authentics 500 Retro-Style Home Speaker Hits 40% Off, Now at Its Lowest Price as Amazon’s Spring Sale Clearance Begins

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You Too Will Learn to Fear the XenoFrog

Amazon Echo Dot Sees Its Last Price Drop in the Spring Sale, Final Hours Tick Down Ahead of an Uncertain Prime Day

Artemis 2 by the Numbers: Breaking Down NASA’s Big Return to the Moon

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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