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Sleep With This Cute, Colorful Humidifier and You’ll Breathe Easy

I can’t imagine why anyone would not sleep with a humidifier overhead. Until last winter I did not, but my life has changed since my teardrop-shaped Crane Cool Mist Humidifier ($43) arrived. Changed for the better. It’s simple to use. No frills. All you do is turn its dial around clockwise and a jet stream…

Motorola Files Suit to Ban US Import of iPads, iPhones, and Macs

The Samsung v. Apple case may finally be coming to a close, with closing arguments for both sides finishing today (finally!), but Apple is still not quite yet out of the legal arena. Google’s Motorola Mobility today filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Apple, seeking to block the Cupertino-based company from importing the iPhone, iPad, iPod…

Thanks For Celebrating Gizmodo Day With Us

Gizmodo just turned 10 and last night we celebrated with meetups all over the map. And it was a blast and a half. https://gizmodo.com/gizmodo-is-10-years-old-today-sort-of-5926187 The main event New York City, an old media haunt in the Lower East Side called The Magician. We drank an irresponsible amount of beers with friends, Gizmodo alums, and readers…

Wood Carved Maps, NYC Rooftop Loft, and More

Hey stop right there. We have a pletora of pretty things to show you. From an old water tank that has new life as a loft, to a carbon fiber core axe, here are your most beautiful items of the week. Wood Carved Maps Won’t Help You Navigate, But They’re Lovely https://gizmodo.com/wood-carved-maps-wont-help-you-navigate-but-theyre-lov-5935163 Maps are an…

Jessie Ware: Running

I’m fairly confident Jessie Ware will be a huge pop star in a year from now. Her music is accessible without being bland. It’s complex without being pretentious. It pulls from past influences without being overly-nostalgic or pastiche. And it sounds fresh without being completely alien. “Running,” one of the singles off her debut album…

Millions of Hotel Room Locks Have a Glaring Security Flaw That Won’t Get Fixed

With less than $50 worth of parts and only a few seconds, millions of hotel room keycard locks around the world can be hacked and unlocked by robbers-cum-hackers trying to break into your room. The good news? The security flaw can be fixed. The bad news? No one wants to pay to fix them. Here’s…

Get Glue HD, Pinterest, and More

It’s Friday, which means another edition of the best iPad apps of the week. Can you handle this much excitement? This time around we’re giving you a way to pin to your heart’s content on your tablet, a way to discover new TV shows, and so much more. Pinterest: Now you can pin recipes, DIY…

Uncle Slam, HipGeo, and More

Well what do you know? It’s Friday so we’re smacking you in the face with a bag full of the week’s best iPhone apps. You can track your heart rate, track your vacation, or just track the closest donut shop, and much more. Uncle Slam: Remember that MTV show Celebrity Death match where claymation famous…

WWE, Dunkin Donuts, and More

Another week, another round of best Android apps. This time we’re assaulting you with an arsenal of wonderful titles, from something to help you get through election season, something to make you fatter, and so much more. WWE: If you like watching people smash chairs into each other’s skulls, you might enjoy the Gathering of…

True Nerd Love

Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy. Boy loves boy. Girl loves girl. Whatever. It all works. The only important thing is that you love each other and that you can keep playing your video games in any situation—including a stand-up subway cuddling session. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-how-two-girls-play-gameboy-when-they-really-lov-5325105 Sweet multitasking. [Thanks Karl!]

Let’s Talk About Anything You Want for the Next Hour

Hey there. It’s the end of the week and I’m sure you’re dying to get out of the office, so we’re gonna try and help make the rest of your day bearable. For the next hour, the entire Giz staff will be hovering around this thread, willing to shoot the shit about whatever your little…

If You Blinked, You Probably Missed the Instagram Bug That Let Android Users See Anyone’s Private Photos

Instagram 3.0 might be the best way to browse your friends’ photos, but for Android users, it was briefly a great way to browse anyone’s photos, even the private ones. Fortunately Instagram managed to patch the hole in record time. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-instagram-3-the-single-coolest-way-to-browse-5935384 The bug, uncovered by Cult of Mac, gave Android users universal access to other…

AT&T is allowing FaceTime over your data plan, but only on Mobile Share plans.

How To Shred On a Guitar With Your Foot

A group of students in Japan is trying to develop a machine that lets you pluck guitar strings with your foot. The technology could one day help people who only have one arm play guitar. Some day we might have a world of Rick Allen-like guitar players. DigInfo reports on the Guitarion, which most guitar…

You’ll Never Recognize These 12 Rebuilt Cities

Regardless of the severity of the damage, a city rarely stays destroyed—even Chernobyl will be resettled eventually. And if these 12 reconstructed urban landscapes are any example, when it does get rebuilt, you’ll want to double check the address. You’ll also want to double check these walled cities, a real-life Gotham, and these 12 abandoned…

How to Deal with Someone Unfriending You

Facebook friendship is fleeting and borderline meaningless. But that doesn’t mean rejection and betrayal don’t sting. Getting dumped is horrible, painful, and guaranteed to happen. Here’s how to handle a devastating digital breakup. Factors to consider It’s possible you’re really goddamn annoying on Facebook—lots of stupid shared “joke pictures,” confrontational political statements, mundane check-ins—in which…

Did OnLive Just Shutter Its Cloud Gaming Service and Fire All Its Employees?

Michael McWhertor over at Polygon is reporting that OnLive, best known for its cloud gaming service (and also it’s ‘streaming’ version of Windows), is closing up shop and giving all its employees the boot. McWhertor says an email was forwarded to Polygon from an OnLive source: According to e-mails forwarded to Polygon from anonymous, supposedly…

I Want This Toy Star Fighter Poster

Fab toy photographer Avanaut has made this beautiful poster made with his childhood old spaceships. They look beautiful: A while ago I ran into a box of old spaceships of mine in our cellar, I photographed a few of them and thought it would be nice to document them all while at it. I found…

This Kotobukiya Darth Vader Statue Is The Most-Impressive Deal of the Day

There’s something special about Star Wars. Despite the setting and the story and the age, it’s a concept that invades every facet of pop culture. Even at Gawker, you can find amazing Star Wars references on Gizmodo, Jalopnik, Kotaku and Jezebel. You can’t avoid Star Wars references on the Internet anymore, and I doubt you…

China Has a Transformers Jet Fighter Now?

Looking at this photo of the Chengdu J-20—China’s fifth generation stealth fighter—it seems that the Chinese are not only copying the F-22 raptor, but Michael Bay too. There are no details about this photo, except that every surface seems to be moving in very strange ways. https://gizmodo.com/is-china-stealing-americas-top-stealth-fighter-jet-secr-5915248 Are the Chinese building a transformers jet or…