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Facebook Testing New Profile Look You Might Hate (Again!)

Plenty of people are still unwrapping their undies after the move to Facebook’s super-graphical Timeline look—and now the company is ready to mix things up again. Check out what your profile might look like soon. https://gizmodo.com/facebook-timeline-review-this-is-the-greatest-thing-fa-5843354 Looking at the profile of TPM’s Carl Franzen, who already has the new Timeline (apparently in beta testing), the…

Social Media Sam Biddle

How in the World Does This Wooden Lightbulb Work?

At first glance artist Ryosuke Fukusada’s wooden light bulb looks like it was simply carved from a solid block of wood, and meant to hang from a ceiling as an art piece. But surprisingly it actually works, and without it going up in flames either. https://gizmodo.com/miniature-furniture-waffle-mold-ken-and-barbie-better-5902396 That’s because the bulb wasn’t created from a solid…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

You Can Also Use Condoms To Make A Different Kind of Music

Condoms are typically used to protect from unwanted pregnancy and STDs. But little known fact—they can also make some pretty funky jams. In the video above, a couple of guys test the limits of rubbers, quite literally stretching them as far as they can, working one like double bass and scratching another like a record.…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Baby’s Life Saved By World’s Smallest Artificial Heart

Like all technology, medical implants can be made smaller as the engineering behind them gets more advanced. Which is why a 16-month-old Italian baby was able to become the recipient of the world’s smallest artificial heart—and have its life saved in the process. https://gizmodo.com/life-without-a-pulse-is-possible-5812002 Back in March, Italian doctors were faced with a situation in…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

You Can Pre-Order an Unlocked Samsung Galaxy S III for $800—But Should You?

By all accounts the Samsung Galaxy S III looks like a monster of a smartphone—the next king of Android mountain. And now there are unlocked versions of the 4.8-inch, quad-core beasts for sale on Amazon—for the whopping sum of $800. What, for serious? It gets worse. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-meet-the-new-android-emperor-5907416 Here’s the other problem with the “liberated” phones…

Gadgets Mario Aguilar

Symbol Audio’s Modern Record Console Makes Music Look as Beautiful as It Sounds

When it comes to audio technology, there are two unfortunate trends that are quite prevalent: listeners are ambivalent towards sound quality, and few audio products are built to last generations. In fact, audio equipment has become rather invisible in the home. Symbol Audio, a company with a background in furniture design and marketing, hopes to…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Perfect Wii Accessory For When You Miss Your SNES

The Wiimote is cleverly designed so that when turned on its side it functions as a classic videogame controller. But if you’ve filled your Wii with classic 16-bit titles from the Virtual Console, you owe it to yourself to pick up this classic Super Famicom controller instead. If you’re not in the know, the Super…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Go Get Free iTunes Money at Best Buy Right Now

Haven’t seen Blade Runner? Worry not! Best Buy is offering $100 iTunes gift cards for $80. Translation: Free money to help you buy all of the apps, music, HD movies, comic books or whatever other media you’ll inevitably want over the next few weeks or months. If you’re interested, go now because the deal is…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Google’s Motorola Buy Is Official Now

Google chief Larry Page has announced that the company’s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility is finally official. He said that Sanjay Jha has stepped down as Motorola CEO, as had been expected, and has handed the reins to Google’s Dennis Woodside. The Motorola buy was made presumably for its intellectual property, which amounts to…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Sonos Sub: Wireless Subwoofer Puts Some Ass in Your System

Sonos is pretty wonderful. Easy to set up, simple to use, and easy on the ears. It could just use a little help on the low end. Well, here’s the new Sonos Sub, which looks like it’ll be some easy-to-add bass for your system. Setting up the Sonos Sub is just as simple as the…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

So How Does Your Smartphone’s Accelerometer Know Up From Down?

You probably take for granted the fact that turning your phone on its side automatically puts the display into landscape mode. But do you really know how the tiny accelerometer inside your device can detect those changes in orientation? After watching this video you will. The Engineer Guy, aka Bill Hammack, aka everybody’s know-it-all uncle,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Rumor: The Bigger iPhone 5 May Have a Stretched-Out 16:9 Display

Bloomberg, Reuters and the Wall Street Journal all think the next iPhone will have a 4-inch screen. Now, 9to5mac is reporting that sources at Apple HQ have been testing phones with a 16:9 display, provided by a 1136 x 640 resolution screen. https://gizmodo.com/bloomberg-steve-jobs-was-closely-involved-with-develop-5911376 The rumor suggests that, along the lines of previous iLounge speculation, the…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

The iPhone Gets the Wearable Remote Display It Deserves

The Meta Watch was designed with hopes of breaking the curse of consumer apathy when it comes to smart watches. An Android-friendly version has actually been available to developers since the middle of last year, but thanks to a Bluetooth update, it’s finally now compatible with iOS too. But is that enough to make you…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Oxford University Is Hunting For the Yeti

While most of us probably suspect that the yeti is a mythical beast, the finest minds in the world beg to differ. Which is why Oxford University has just announced that it is going on a yeti hunt, to establish once and for all whether the creature has ever existed. In collaboration with the Lausanne…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Scientists Turn DNA Into Rewritable Memory

DNA, the strings of chemicals which define us, acts like a kind of read-only biological data storage device. Now, though, synthetic biologists have managed to turn DNA into a form or rewritable memory, just like that in our computers. https://gizmodo.com/how-private-is-your-dna-5911992 While it’s not the first rewritable biological storage system to be made—others have used proteins…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Amazon Appstore Now Lets You Try Out Apps Via the Cloud

Here’s a neat little feature in the latest release of Amazon’s Appstore for Android: you can now try out apps on your phone, instantly via the cloud, before you choose to buy them. While Amazon has offered that feature—called Test Drive—on desktops before, this is the first time they’ve rolled it out on mobile devices.…

Commerce Jamie Condliffe

Supreme Court Lets Student’s $675,000 File-Sharing Fine Stand

The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a $675,000 file-sharing damages award that a jury levied against a college student for making 30 music tracks available on a peer-to-peer network. Without comment, the high court, with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Stephen Breyer not participating, declined an appeal brought by former Boston college student…

Tech News David Kravets - Wired

Autonomous Pollution-Hunting Robot Fish Introduced into Their (Un)natural Habitat

Robotic fish, developed by a team of European scientists from universities across the continent, today were introduced into their (un)natural habitat, at the northern Spanish port Gijon. The Shoal Consortium, as it is called, a European Commission-funded group from academia and business that has developed these underwater robots, comprises BMT Group, a technology consultancy, and…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Eight Bits of Radiohead, Four Tons of Flotsam, and 11 Grams of Proctology Surprise

Radiohead – Kid A (8-bit) It sounds like Thom Yorke f*cking a Nintendo. Four Tons of Marijuana Pulled from Ocean off California Police found $3.6 million worth of weed, just floating there, 13 miles off of Dana Point. The most important question isn’t, who dropped the 160 bales of shrubbery, but rather, can you still…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

We Have So Many Questions About This Self-Cooking Egg Grenade

The Russian design agency Kian has come up with a curious new design concept that’s part egg carton, part cooking innovation. The “Gogol Mogol”—named after a Russian egg dish with many variations, the most common being egg yolks whipped stiff with sugar—is a self-cooking individual egg carton made from recycled paperboard, featuring multiple layers of…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Facebook Testing New Profile Look You Might Hate (Again!)

How in the World Does This Wooden Lightbulb Work?

You Can Also Use Condoms To Make A Different Kind of Music

Baby’s Life Saved By World’s Smallest Artificial Heart

You Can Pre-Order an Unlocked Samsung Galaxy S III for $800—But Should You?

Symbol Audio’s Modern Record Console Makes Music Look as Beautiful as It Sounds

The Perfect Wii Accessory For When You Miss Your SNES

Go Get Free iTunes Money at Best Buy Right Now

Google’s Motorola Buy Is Official Now

Sonos Sub: Wireless Subwoofer Puts Some Ass in Your System

So How Does Your Smartphone’s Accelerometer Know Up From Down?

Rumor: The Bigger iPhone 5 May Have a Stretched-Out 16:9 Display

The iPhone Gets the Wearable Remote Display It Deserves

Oxford University Is Hunting For the Yeti

Scientists Turn DNA Into Rewritable Memory

Amazon Appstore Now Lets You Try Out Apps Via the Cloud

Supreme Court Lets Student’s $675,000 File-Sharing Fine Stand

Autonomous Pollution-Hunting Robot Fish Introduced into Their (Un)natural Habitat

Eight Bits of Radiohead, Four Tons of Flotsam, and 11 Grams of Proctology Surprise

We Have So Many Questions About This Self-Cooking Egg Grenade

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

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

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

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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