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We Upload 72 Hours of Video to YouTube Every Minute

YouTube does pretty well for itself. So well, in fact, that between us we upload 72 hours of video to the site every minute—a number which has gone up by 50 percent in the last year. https://gizmodo.com/two-days-of-video-hit-youtube-every-single-minute-5805450 That’s a whole year’s uninterrupted viewing posted ever two hours or—assuming you reach the age of 80—a lifetime’s…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

New James Bond Trailer For Skyfall Looks Awesome

We’ve been waiting long enough, fuelled by teasers, behind the scenes sneak peeks and a couple of photos from the sets, but now we’ve finally got a full-blooded trailer to sate our Bond cravings. I have to admit I’m a bit of a Bond fan; gadgets, girls and espionage – what’s not to love? Out…

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Why Apple’s iPhone Charger Is So Expensive

There is no getting around the fact that Apple accessories are expensive. But instead of assuming that price meant quality, Ken Shirriff decided to tear an iPhone charger apart—and what he found justifies the expense. Ken has written up an exhaustive analysis of his iPhone charger teardown over on his website. Those of you who…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

40,000 Orthodox Jews Protest the Internet at NYC Baseball Stadium

Citi Field is usually home to the Mets, but yesterday the stadium was filled by over 40,000 Orthodox Jews—who gathered to discuss the dangers of the Internet. The crowd—entirely male, in accordance with the ultra-Orthodox tradition of separating the sexes—were there to hear about potential problems that can stem from access to pornography and other…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

NASDAQ: We Really Messed Up the Facebook IPO

If all the noise and fanfare of Friday was anything to go by, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Facebook’s IPO was nothing but a roaring success. Turns out that, behind the scenes, NASDAQ was a crumbling wreck. https://gizmodo.com/facebook-is-going-to-be-even-more-annoying-now-that-its-5911172 The Wall Street Journal reports that Robert Greifeld, chief executive of NASDAQ, has come out as…

Social Media Jamie Condliffe

Is This the Best Gesture Control System Ever?

Gesture control as we know it is rudimentary at best. But a new San Francisco startup called Leap Motion has just announced a new 3D motion control system that its claims is 200 times more accurate than anything else on the market—and it’s set to cost just $70. CNET reports that Leap Motion’s technology uses…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

The Best Solar Eclipse Photos

If you were lucky enough to live in Asia or the western United States or anywhere in between, you would’ve been graced with the clear sight of what looked like a ring of fire in the sky. Or more specifically, an annular eclipse. If you missed the eclipse, don’t worry, we got you. Here are…

Tech News Casey Chan

Mark Zuckerberg Should Have Worn This Executive Pinstripe Suit Hoodie to His Wedding

Almost as brilliant as their dress pant sweatpants, the guys at Betabrand have created a worthy follow up: the executive pinstripe hoodie that looks like a suit jacket. This is what Zuckerberg should’ve worn to his wedding. https://gizmodo.com/goodbye-sliced-bread-dress-pant-sweatpants-officially-5879654 The hoodie is made of superfine worsted Merino wool—which is the same material used in real suits—and…

Tech News Casey Chan

100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design

Steven Heller and Veronique Vienne have written a book about the 100 ideas that changed graphic design, which can be taken as a sort of chronological history for graphic design as a whole. The book makes consideration for everything, from body types and teen magazines to sexual taboo busting and designer websites, it’s a great…

Tech News Casey Chan

Inspirational Boy with Cystic Fibrosis Awesomely Dances While Tied to a Breathing Machine

Dylan, a boy with Cystic Fibrosis, is an inspiration to us all. While undergoing long and tedious treatments with a breathing machine, Dylan makes the most of his situation by dancing. What an amazing boy. I throw my hands up in the air sometimes, saying ayo. Gotta let go. I wanna celebrate and live my…

Tech News Casey Chan

Reversing Logos with Different Brands Is So Confusing

We’ve seen reversed brand logos before but not to the extent of these brand reversals by Graham Smith. He takes the original logo, color and all, and swaps them out with a different brand name. What’s crazy is that though sometimes you don’t notice the difference, most of the times your brain gets so confused,…

Tech News Casey Chan

Adorable Nine-Year-Old Girl Reviews Her School Lunches on Her Blog

At only nine-years-old, Martha Payne might be the next great food critic. The adorable girl from Argyll in Scotland reviews her daily school lunches on her blog with a Food-o-meter rating scale, considerations for hair and pictures galore. Here’s an example of one of her reviews which consider taste, texture, price and portion size. Payne…

Tech News Casey Chan

Watch the World’s First Invisible Ad That’s Too Sexy to Be Seen

Lynx, the spray deodorant company, turned windows of a house in Sydney into a series of sexy and steamy behavior. The trick was that you could only peak at the sexy scenes with special polarized glasses, it was unseen and invisible to the naked eye. It’s a pretty clever trick (even though it’s totally stunt…

Tech News Casey Chan

What Kind of Geek Are You?

If you’re reading this website, you’re very probably some sort of geek. Which is totally not a bad thing! The question is, of course, what kind of geek are you? A gadget geek? An Internet geek? Perhaps an Apple Fanboy Geek? Check out this infographic to find out. Though the infographic generalizes each geektype to…

Tech News Casey Chan

Very NSFW: What Happens When You Visit an Internet Stranger Who Wants to Drink Your Pee?

When last we spent some video time with Vice’s interent love pioneer Karley “Slutever” Sciortino, she had hopped over to London to meet her anonymous online sex slave. But while in the neighborhood, why not meet up with one more? https://gizmodo.com/very-nsfw-what-happens-when-you-visit-your-anonymous-i-5902125 We asked Karley to give us the deets on this golden rendezvous, and she…

Tech News Sam Biddle

A Historically Awesome Gaming Setup with Every Console in Existence

This might not be the best gaming setup ever but it’s easily the most historically awesome. Like a Hall of Fame for video games, Pete’s (or 16bitghost’s) gaming setup is a video game shrine. It has nearly every console you could ever think of in its TV stand. Behind the perfectly plump couches is a…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Pixar Avengers Looks Like the Best Pixar Movie Ever

Sulley as the Hulk and the Incredibles as Captain America and Black Widow? Wonderful. But seriously, mashing up Pixar characters with The Avengers is beautiful. J. M. Walter created this Pixar/Avengers combo and I’ve decided that it’d be the funnest superhero movie ever. Or best cartoon I’ve ever seen. [Cartoon Brew via Buzzfeed]

Tech News Casey Chan

Zuckerberg Just Got Married

Mark “IPO” Zuckerberg just dropped a Facebook status update bigger than the NASDAQ bomb: he and longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan are married, only a day after he became one of the richest men on the planet. He wore a suit! https://gizmodo.com/mark-zuckerbergs-newest-facebook-status-im-a-real-bill-5911422 As far as anyone can tell, the news of the marriage between the notoriously…

Social Media Sam Biddle

A Sofa That Encourages You To Lose Things Between the Cushions

Even though the cushions on your couch can be a black hole for everything from pocket change to the TV remote, they’re also a handy place to quickly hide stuff when company visits. And it’s that exact idea that inspired Jess Fügler’s Jam Sofa. A set of stacked cushions provide a deep crevasse in the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

You Did What? Idiots Teach Robots How To Build Their Own Tools

Well, this is just fantastic. We’re all for the advancement of robot technology so that one day they can cater to our every beck and call. But researchers at ETH Zurich have foolishly designed a robot that can create its own custom tools to complete tasks. In this particular case the robot was tasked with…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

We Upload 72 Hours of Video to YouTube Every Minute

New James Bond Trailer For Skyfall Looks Awesome

Why Apple’s iPhone Charger Is So Expensive

40,000 Orthodox Jews Protest the Internet at NYC Baseball Stadium

NASDAQ: We Really Messed Up the Facebook IPO

Is This the Best Gesture Control System Ever?

The Best Solar Eclipse Photos

Mark Zuckerberg Should Have Worn This Executive Pinstripe Suit Hoodie to His Wedding

100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design

Inspirational Boy with Cystic Fibrosis Awesomely Dances While Tied to a Breathing Machine

Reversing Logos with Different Brands Is So Confusing

Adorable Nine-Year-Old Girl Reviews Her School Lunches on Her Blog

Watch the World’s First Invisible Ad That’s Too Sexy to Be Seen

What Kind of Geek Are You?

Very NSFW: What Happens When You Visit an Internet Stranger Who Wants to Drink Your Pee?

A Historically Awesome Gaming Setup with Every Console in Existence

The Pixar Avengers Looks Like the Best Pixar Movie Ever

Zuckerberg Just Got Married

A Sofa That Encourages You To Lose Things Between the Cushions

You Did What? Idiots Teach Robots How To Build Their Own Tools

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

Travelers Experiencing the Longest Security Lines in TSA History

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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