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These Solar-Powered, Floating Island Homes Are a Millionaire’s Private Paradise

Start saving yesterday, because as soon as these Orsos luxury island yacht estates become available in 2013, you’re not going to want to wait to sail off on your own private paradise. Designed to “combine all the positive aspects of mainland real estate and luxury yachts,” these $4.6 million floating homes can accommodate up to…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Your Brand New MacBook Is Freaking Out and Here’s How to Fix It

So, you unwrapped your shiny new Macbook and booted it up for the first time, only to be greeted by sluggish performance and occasional forced restarts. What’s going on? We don’t know either, but here’s a potential fix. First, turn off your computer. Then hold down the Option key while turning it back on. You…

Tech News Molly Oswaks & Michael Zhao

Facebook Thinks That All Months Have Only 30 Days

This may be a temporary problem, but it has been confirmed by several people including ourselves: as of this moment, you can’t set your day of birth to the 31st of any month in Facebook. The social network thinks that January, March, May, July, August, October, and December only have 30 days. As far as…

Social Media Jesus Diaz

Is Google’s Nexus Q ‘Necessary but Overwrought?’

After the announcement of Google’s Nexus Q media streamer, our good friend and former Gizmodo chief Brian Lam had an interesting thought: the Nexus Q is necessary, but too overblown for the audience its trying to capture. Does that seem reasonable or crazy to you? [Twitter]

Tech News Adrian Covert

Death Grips: Double Helix

It’s an average morning in your quiet suburban subdivision. You kiss your Xanax-addicted wife and 2.5 kids goodbye, then hop in your stock Prius for your daily mind-numbing commute to your soul-crushing cubicle job. As you contemplate how life could get any more dull—BOOM! Death Grips in the rearview! You’re welcome. Death Grips is an…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Scientists Invent Particles That Will Let You Live Without Breathing

This may seem like something out of a science fiction movie: researchers have designed microparticles that can be injected directly into the bloodstream to quickly oxygenate your body, even if you can’t breathe anymore. It’s one of the best medical breakthroughs in recent years, and one that could save millions of lives every year. The…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Do You Want a 21:9 TV Set?

Vizio’s ultra-wide 21:9 television set is now on sale in the US, and it can be all yours for $2500. But in a world currently dominated by 16:9 video, would you shell out so much cash at this very moment for what amounts to a specialty gadget? [Vizio] https://gizmodo.com/vizios-new-ultrawidescreen-tvs-have-true-cinema-aspect-5874734

Tech News Adrian Covert

When Harry Met Sally: When Romantic Comedies Were Actually Fun and Smart

If you have never seen this movie, you must. Not because the brilliant Nora Ephron—the movie’s screenwriter—passed away yesterday, but because it’s a brilliant simple movie. A funny, clever, sometimes poignant, every time spot on look at relationships. A romantic comedy that is actually good cinema, not just the candied crap cakes made out of…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

This Sony Action Cam Prototype Is Brimming With Wonderful Tiny Tech

Sony just posted images of this tiny action camera it’s developing. It’s adorable, but seriously, how the heck is a camera that small going to produce high quality HD video? It’s got solid guts—and not the kind you need to go skydiving. We actually know two very important components Sony’s testing out: The lens and…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

There’s Something Incomplete About This Wireframe Desk

A lot of conceptual furniture designs only exist in a computer, and the rendered images we see are meant to make them look real. But it’s just the opposite with Bomi Park’s wireframe creations. They look like they only exist as pixels, but they are actual, physical metal grids. At the moment the South Korean…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Watch Google’s I/O Keynote in 90 Seconds

For the first day of I/O, Google dropped a long, action-packed keynote on us, complete with the Nexus tablet unveiling, the Android Jelly Bean reveal, and parachuters jumping out of planes wearing the company’s futuristic augmented reality glasses. If you weren’t able to tune in, we’ve got you covered, with the entire two and a…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Wimbledon: Watch Federer Take on Nadal on Your Android Phone

As much as you might want to, you can’t sit around all day in the middle of the week and just watch sports. The beauty of smartphones is that you can follow your favorite events on the sly, because every major competition generally has an app to go along with it. Wimbledon, which kicked off…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Patriotic Cases Will Have Your iPhone Ready for London 2012

The London Olympics are about three weeks away, and are a great excuse to be obnoxiously patriotic. Just in time for the summer games, Speck has released a line of CandyShell flag cases so you can represent your most favored nation where it matters most: your iPhone, of course. Running around $40 a pop, they’ll…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Android Jelly Bean vs. iOS 6 vs. Windows Phone 8: The Ultimate Mobile Comparison

A few weeks ago, we compared the feature sets of iOS 6 and Android Ice Cream Sandwich to see how they stacked up. But then Google and Microsoft went and dropped all sorts of new features in their new Android Jelly Bean and Windows Phone 8 operating systems. That means it’s time to reexamine the…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Nexus Q Hands On: Google’s Odd Little Media-Streaming Orb

We’ve spent some time with Google’s new media Orb, and put our eye-orbs all over it. It’s a funky little device, but is it funky in the right ways? https://gizmodo.com/nexus-q-google-play-invades-your-living-room-with-a-me-5921745 The little ball is actually very good looking, with its undulating disco lights. It looks futuristic, and it’s a nice change of pace from the…

Tech News Brent Rose

“Those fellows were hobos, beaten down, with low expectations”

In response to a story we ran about how hamburgers were better when people ground their own meat, reader Dennis St. Delore send the following letter to the editor, which I think is fantastic. Readers, please send more awesome emails like this, because they brighten my day. https://gizmodo.com/hamburgers-were-better-when-people-ground-their-own-mea-5918547 Describe me as grateful for pathogens, as…

Tech News Joe Brown

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Is So Fast That It Makes the Current Android Look Like a Crippled Sloth

This is how fast the new Android 4.1 Jelly Bean runs compared to the current Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The graphic interface is extremely fluid and fast, running at 60 frames per second. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-new-in-android-jelly-bean-5921713 You will be able to get this new graphics engine in a phone like the Galaxy Nexus, Motorola Xoom, or…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Nexus 7 Tablet Hands On: Brave New World

Google just let attendees to today’s hardware-filled I/O conference love up on the new Nexus 7 tablet. It’s light, it’s compact, and holy crap, it’s faster than hell. In short, you won’t believe this is a $200 tablet. https://gizmodo.com/google-i-o-day-one-hardware-galore-5921803 First thing you notice is that it’s incredibly solid. There are hard aluminum edges, and a…

Tech News Brent Rose

Brilliant Grilling Combs Just Made Shish Kebab Skewers Obsolete

Sliding vegetables and chunks of meat onto a skewer is an easy way to grill without them falling into the fires below. But un-spearing them afterwards is often a pain-in-the-ass procedure that the GrillComb makes a lot easier. Looking like a foot-long metal comb—hence the name—the GrillComb could be the best $11 (for a pair)…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Ray Kurzweil Bent Minds at The Sensory Effect

Despite the 97-degree temperature, people flocked to Gizmodo to witness The Sensory Effect, a special NY Tech Meetup in partnership with Gawker Media, and presented by Windows Internet Explorer. Sensory overload was the goal, and that was soundly achieved, helped along by cocktails that looked like lab experiments, pizza hanging from brass hooks, and the…

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These Solar-Powered, Floating Island Homes Are a Millionaire’s Private Paradise

Your Brand New MacBook Is Freaking Out and Here’s How to Fix It

Facebook Thinks That All Months Have Only 30 Days

Is Google’s Nexus Q ‘Necessary but Overwrought?’

Death Grips: Double Helix

Scientists Invent Particles That Will Let You Live Without Breathing

Do You Want a 21:9 TV Set?

When Harry Met Sally: When Romantic Comedies Were Actually Fun and Smart

This Sony Action Cam Prototype Is Brimming With Wonderful Tiny Tech

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Watch Google’s I/O Keynote in 90 Seconds

Wimbledon: Watch Federer Take on Nadal on Your Android Phone

Patriotic Cases Will Have Your iPhone Ready for London 2012

Android Jelly Bean vs. iOS 6 vs. Windows Phone 8: The Ultimate Mobile Comparison

Nexus Q Hands On: Google’s Odd Little Media-Streaming Orb

“Those fellows were hobos, beaten down, with low expectations”

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Brilliant Grilling Combs Just Made Shish Kebab Skewers Obsolete

Ray Kurzweil Bent Minds at The Sensory Effect

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