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How To Keep Beer from Getting Skunked

You crack that frosty brew. It’s a hot day. You’re salivating. You take a deep swig and… what the hell is that? Pepé Le Pew? A flatulent egg farmer? No. It’s your precious beer, and it’s gone bad—skunked beyond recognition. How could this happen? More importantly, how could you have prevented it? It’s Friday afternoon,…

Tech News Brent Rose

The Largest Mirror In the World Is So Big That You Can See It From Space

This is the Salar de Uyuni, the largest salt flatland in the world at 4,086 square miles (10,582 kilometers). Every year, this amazing wonderland in southwest Bolivia covers with a thin layer of water. When that happens, it turns into the largest mirror on the planet, as these photos recently taken by Takaki Watanabe show.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

These Malicious Tweets Want To Hijack Your Computer

If you tend to be click-happy, you better be careful on Twitter today. There’s a malware epidemic going around and it seems to think it has your picture. The malicious tweets come in two varieties, both in the form of @ mentions. There are ones that ask “It’s you on photo?” paired with a dangerous…

Tech News Eric Limer

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

Yup, it’s another Friday, and we feel like talking. Let’s talk about whatever. Seriously. It’s up to you. You provide a question, comment, or observation, and for the next hour, the entire Giz staff will respond. Let’s go. Image via Shutterstock/IR Stone

Tech News Adrian Covert

Which Olympics App Is Right For You?

The Opening Ceremonies today mark the beginning of 17 full days of athletic awesomeness, live from the London Olympics. More than 10,000 athletes from 204 countries have descended on the city to compete in 26 sports spread out across 302 events. There are about as many apps that help you follow the games. Whether you’re…

Tech News Leslie Horn

How to Follow Gizmodo Nerds on Twitter

If you really want to get to know Team Gizmodo, we’re all on Twitter. You can think of it as Gizmodo unfiltered. With up to date links to our stories, hot gadget action, 140 character insights, and pictures of sandwiches. Any serious Gizmodo fan will want to follow everyone below. We give good Twitter. If…

Tech News Gizmodo

The US Army Is Outfitting Soldiers With Blast Sensors

Starting next month, US soldiers in Afghanistan will be wearing a Soldier Body Unit, a two-pound pack with four blast sensors, to collect data on concussions and traumatic brain injuries. The data the soldiers collect will help us better protect soldiers in the future. A thousand of these Soldier Body Unit packs will be sent…

Tech News Casey Chan

This Remote Control Rolling Cooler Is Your Don’t-Get-Up-For-The-Rest-Of-The-Summer Deal of the Day

You’ve got everything set up in the backyard. Someone’s working the grill, with a dozen hot dogs and hamburgers cooking nicely. Music, maybe something taking you back to the summers of the past, blasts from the stereo. You and a group of friends are lounging in your miscellaneous collection of hammocks and lawn chairs. You’re…

Tech News J.D. Levite

What to Do With the Digital Remains of a Failed Relationship

After the split, you’re left with an abandoned attic’s worth of stuff: on your phone and hard drive, in your inbox. It’s stuff that used to matter, and still does. It’s stuff that hurts. It’s stuff you loved. What do you do with it? It’s impossible to plow through a committed relationship in an industrialized…

Tech News Sam Biddle

The Most Common Words in Android and iOS App Names

If you ever searched for an app on the App Store or Google Play, you would see an endless list of crappy apps with similar names just tagged as HD or LITE or FREE or PRO. Everybody wants to call their app the same damn thing! Here are the most popular words used in Android…

Tech News Casey Chan

Kid Opens a Gun Safe Just by Jostling It Around

A gun safe’s purpose is obvious in its name, but many readily available models fail to deliver, as this 3-year-old safe-cracker is quick to demonstrate. A number of consumer-grade safes already proven to be dangerously insecure are now due to be hacked apart at DefCon. One of the worst offenders includes the Amsec EST916 which…

Privacy & Security Eric Limer

Google Never Actually Deleted That Street View Breach Data

Back in 2010, Google caught a bit of flak when a “rogue engineer” used Street View cars to harvest personal Wi-Fi data. Now it’s poised to catch some more; Authorities in the UK found Google’s been holding onto some of it for the past two years. https://gizmodo.com/google-engineer-behind-street-view-data-breach-unmasked-5906550 When the data snooping came to light back…

Tech News Eric Limer

Hidden Test Video Shows What Life in a Computer Factory Is Really Like

Have you ever wondered how your computer gets made? Ever thought about the people who put it together? What about how life is like inside a computer factory? This video, which was found inside a brand new HP laptop, answers all your questions. A Reddit user recently bought a HP laptop and found this test…

Tech News Casey Chan

Proof That the iPhone 4 Could Have Been a Sony Product—According to Apple Itself

FWD highlights an early iPhone 4 concept design created by Apple’s designer Shin Nishibori. It unequivocally confirms what I’ve repeatedly said since the introduction of the iPhone 4: it feels like an old school Sony product. Just like the iPhone 5 design or my custom wooden iPhone 4, which feels like a 70s Betamax VCR.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The 9 Best Buildings of the London 2012 Olympics

Though not nearly as ostentatious as the buildings from the Beijing 2008 Olympics, the stadiums and arenas for the London 2012 Olympics are still quite lovely. Here are the best buildings you’ll probably see over and over again for the next few weeks. A lot of the focus for the buildings of the London Olympics…

Tech News Casey Chan

Apple’s Patent Sketch for Its Own Retina-ized Version of Google Glasses is Awwwwwkward

Apple has long been working on a Google Glasses-like heads up display, and have been granted a couple of patents already. But Patently Apple has drudged up their latest one, which promises to bring Retina-quality visuals to the little screen. And intriguing as that may be, the more entertaining thing here is the sketch itself.…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Delightful Vintage Speakers Resurrected for Your Music Player

If you walk into any thrift store from coast-to-coast and wander over to the electronics section, you’re likely to find an old bedside radio castaway amongst the discarded tube televisions, and 100-disc CD changers. This German company’s taking those vintage audio electronics and turning them into gorgeous speakers for your smartphone. These individually hacked-together speakers…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

How Were These Ever Considered Olympic Events?

Ribbon Dancing, Synchronized Diving, Curling? These Olympic events push the definition of “sport” nearly to its breaking point but aren’t even close to the oddest in the Games’ 116 year history. Our friends at Oobject have assembled twelve contests that take the gold for absurdity. Be sure to also check out what happens after the…

Tech News David Galbraith - Oobject.com

New Device Turns Eye Movement Into Handwriting

I always dreamed about being able to write or draw with no hands, using just my eyes. This new device invented by Dr. Jean Lorenceau at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris would allow me to do exactly that. Magic? Science! The system is already working. Lorenceau and his patients are using it to handwrite…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

You Probably Have More Twitter Followers Than These Pathetic Celebrities

Remember Zachary Ty Bryan, from Home Improvement? Probably not, which is why he has 486 Twitter followers, despite formerly being a teen heart throb and TV star. Turns out, lots of 90s celebs are now sad on Twitter. Neve Campbell! She was a sex symbol! Lots and lots of people wanted to have sex with…

Tech News Sam Biddle

How To Keep Beer from Getting Skunked

The Largest Mirror In the World Is So Big That You Can See It From Space

These Malicious Tweets Want To Hijack Your Computer

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

Which Olympics App Is Right For You?

How to Follow Gizmodo Nerds on Twitter

The US Army Is Outfitting Soldiers With Blast Sensors

This Remote Control Rolling Cooler Is Your Don’t-Get-Up-For-The-Rest-Of-The-Summer Deal of the Day

What to Do With the Digital Remains of a Failed Relationship

The Most Common Words in Android and iOS App Names

Kid Opens a Gun Safe Just by Jostling It Around

Google Never Actually Deleted That Street View Breach Data

Hidden Test Video Shows What Life in a Computer Factory Is Really Like

Proof That the iPhone 4 Could Have Been a Sony Product—According to Apple Itself

The 9 Best Buildings of the London 2012 Olympics

Apple’s Patent Sketch for Its Own Retina-ized Version of Google Glasses is Awwwwwkward

Delightful Vintage Speakers Resurrected for Your Music Player

How Were These Ever Considered Olympic Events?

New Device Turns Eye Movement Into Handwriting

You Probably Have More Twitter Followers Than These Pathetic Celebrities

The ‘Paradise’ Season 2 Finale Paved the Way for a Wildly Sci-Fi Season 3

A $1 Samsung Galaxy Smartphone Lands at Mint Mobile With Unlimited Data at 50% Off in a Clearance Push

Your Wimpy Workouts Aren’t Cutting It, Scientists Say

Anker Prime Power Bank Drops to an All-Time Low (200W, 20,100mAh, 3-Port) as Amazon Clears Out Remaining Spring Sale Stock

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New Details Add a Bizarre Twist to NASA’s First ISS Medical Evacuation

ASUS TUF 27” HDR Gaming Monitor Briefly Returns to Black Friday Pricing for a Limited Run in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

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Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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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

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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