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Acer’s First Ivy Bridge Computers Are… Desktops???

Hey hey! Intel’s new Ivy Bridge processors are here! As such, there are some new Ivy Bridge-equipped machines from Acer, which means they’ll be within financial reach for many. But I hope you like desktop PCs, because that’s all you’re getting for now. https://gizmodo.com/intels-ivy-bridge-tri-gate-transistors-bring-superchar-5904346 Anything Ivy Bridge is better than no Ivy Bridge at all,…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Most Unbelievably Terrible Police Wanted Composites

If your only exposure to the art of compiling police composites comes from CSI or NCIS or ASDFJKL, you might think that modern law enforcement is all supercomputers and enhance machines. If only. After an especially pathetic effort by Bolivian police last week, the Mirror put together some of the most dreadful digital depictions of…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

The CIA’s Mach 3 Recon Drone

Gary Power’s failed sortie over Soviet Russia in 1960 prompted military brass to search for unmanned alternatives for performing recon over hostile territory. The D-21 drone was Lockheed’s solution—launched from a modified A-12, it spied on Red China at over 2,000 MPH. Lockheed began its work in late 1962 on a high-altitude, high-speed reconnaissance drone.…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

How To Choose the Right Extension Cord for Anything

There are a lot of extension cords out there, and sometimes it’s hard to know which one to use. Often, people just go to the same one for everything—and it’s not always a safe choice for the wires carrying the current, the outlet, or the machine itself. Eliminate the guesswork by using the best cords…

Tech News Brett Martin

Nuclear Powered Preamp Promises Incredibly Excessive Accuracy With a Built-in Atomic Clock

Audiophiles are always on the hunt for the most over-the-top setup to impress and make other audiophiles jealous. And there’s now a nuclear option in the audiophile arms race with this DAC featuring a built-in rubidium-powered atomic clock promising incredibly accurate and stable digital to analog conversions, and vice versa. Antelope Audio’s upcoming Rubicon Atomic…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Virus Attack Kills Iranian Oil

Iran may or may not be decoding American drone data right now, but one thing’s for sure: someone cyber-punched the crap out of its oil infrastructure. Internet war! https://gizmodo.com/iran-cracks-us-stealth-spy-drones-secrets-shows-proof-5904255 The BBC reports that 90% of the country’s oil export network is now out of commission: The computer virus is believed to have hit the internal…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Five Reasons the New Photoshop Is a Big Deal

It’s CS6 day! Adobe just dropped Creative Suite 6, which means a trove of updated apps with new features that make it seem like magical gremlins live inside your computer, processing your images. https://gizmodo.com/adobe-creative-cloud-and-creative-suite-6-are-out-today-5903914 There’s a lot to love about Photoshop CS6. But it’s easier to fall in love when you can see the tools…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

If YouTube Were Invented in the 90s, It Would Have Worked Like This

What if the YouTube we know and love had been invented in the 1990s? The video is the latest in a series of similarly themed visions of retro-trech showcasing Twitter, Facebook, and Google among others. https://gizmodo.com/if-facebook-were-invented-in-the-90s-it-would-have-wor-5898651 This time around, the lovely overacting voice-over artist explains the “Digital Online TV Station” and the wonders of FLV…

Tech News Michael Hession

This Quadrotor Flying Machine Gun Would Kick Serious Ass Some Day

The FPS Russia people made this video showing a “prototype” quadrotor equipped with a machine gun. Yes, a remote controlled flying machine gun. They take it for a spin and shoot some targets, as they usually do. In reality, this weaponized quadrotor or quadrotorized weapon is just a fun 3D animation, lifting the concept from…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Pixel Qi Boldly Claims Its Next-Generation Displays Will Be Better Than the New iPad’s

In a rather surprising post on her blog, Pixel Qi founder Mary Lou Jepsen claims the company’s next-generation transflective LCD technology will not only match the new iPad’s display in terms of resolution, but will also match and exceed its contrast, color saturation and even viewing angle. Them’s fightin’ words. Perhaps emboldened by a new…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The New F-18 Cockpit Display Looks Like An Awesome Videogame

This is the new LCD display in the cockpit for the new revision F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. It looks like an awesome 90s arcade videogame. One that doesn’t allow you to insert a coin to continue when you die. The new LCD screen shows a 3D situational awareness display that offers a clear view of the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Iran Cracks US Stealth Spy Drone’s Secrets, Shows Proof

Iran claims that their engineers have reverse engineered the secrets of the American stealth spy drone RQ-170 Sentinel that went down in their territory last December. To prove it, they have made public some of the encrypted information stored in the plane. If confirmed, it’s very bad news for the United States. https://gizmodo.com/has-iran-killed-this-advanced-us-stealth-plane-update-5864883 Speaking on…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Turing’s Nazi Enigma Code-Breaking Secrets Have Been Declassified

Over 70 years ago, father of computer science Alan Turing developed the techniques which enabled quick and efficient decryption of the Nazis’ Enigma-scrambled messages. Now, the secrets behind his techniques—hidden away in research documents since the Second World War—have been declassified. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-build-turing-s-universal-machine-5891399 Two papers were donated by the UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) to the…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Meet the Man Who Registered 14,962 Domains in 24 Hours

This is Michael Mann. Last week, in a binge lasting less than 24 hours, he registered 14,962 domains. He plans to sell them on to the likes of you and me, at an inflated price, to make a bucket load of cash—which is how his company manages to pull in over $400,000 every month. Mann…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

This Is What 70 Fully Armed F-15s Taxying On a Single Runway Look Like

If you were impressed by the elephant walk of twenty-seven F-16 Fighting Falcons taxying down the runway, fully armed and ready for immediate take off and battle, check out these seventy (70!) F-15E Strike Eagles doing exactly the same. https://gizmodo.com/you-have-never-seen-so-many-f-16s-ready-for-battle-in-y-5866971 They got together for one purpose: celebrate the destruction of Nazis! U.S. Air Force F-15E…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

When AI Gets Too Smart, It’ll Be Dumb Again

What will we do when artificial intelligence becomes self-aware? Nothing! It’ll be too caught up with the existential issues that sentience brings with it to do anything more than marvel at its own intelligence. Maybe. [xkcd]

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Japanese Tsunami Survivor’s Football Returned, via the Alaskan Coast

Last year, 16-year-old Misaki Murakami’s life was turned upside down when Japan’s tsunami claimed his home and its contents. But now a beachcomber from Alaska has found one of his most treasured possessions—an autographed football—washed up on the US coast, and is sending it back to him. The Guardian reports that David Baxter from Kasilof,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Obama Clamps Down on Tech-Based Humans Rights Abuse By Foreign Nationals

Today, President Obama is going to issue an executive order which will allow US officials to clamp down on foreign nationals who use new technology—from cellphones through to interent monitoring—to help undertake human rights abuses. The announcement, which will be made during a speech at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, represents an acknowledgement that US…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Skype For Windows Phone Is Now Official

It was a long time coming, but back in February Skype made it onto Windows Phone… in beta. Now, testing is over, and you can get your hands on the full, official version from the WinPho Marketplace. https://gizmodo.com/skype-for-windows-phone-available-in-beta-5888510 Unlike the beta, which recommended that the app would work best with particular phones, no such caveats…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Adobe Creative Cloud and Creative Suite 6 Are Out Today

Adobe is releasing its new Creative Cloud and Creative Suite 6 today, and clearly, it wants to push you towards the former. The company is betting big on its Internet-powered software and gambling that customers will pay to come along for the ride. Creative Cloud is basically what we’ve been expecting—a full compliment of Adobe’s…

Tech News Mat Honan

Acer’s First Ivy Bridge Computers Are… Desktops???

The Most Unbelievably Terrible Police Wanted Composites

The CIA’s Mach 3 Recon Drone

How To Choose the Right Extension Cord for Anything

Nuclear Powered Preamp Promises Incredibly Excessive Accuracy With a Built-in Atomic Clock

Virus Attack Kills Iranian Oil

Five Reasons the New Photoshop Is a Big Deal

If YouTube Were Invented in the 90s, It Would Have Worked Like This

This Quadrotor Flying Machine Gun Would Kick Serious Ass Some Day

Pixel Qi Boldly Claims Its Next-Generation Displays Will Be Better Than the New iPad’s

The New F-18 Cockpit Display Looks Like An Awesome Videogame

Iran Cracks US Stealth Spy Drone’s Secrets, Shows Proof

Turing’s Nazi Enigma Code-Breaking Secrets Have Been Declassified

Meet the Man Who Registered 14,962 Domains in 24 Hours

This Is What 70 Fully Armed F-15s Taxying On a Single Runway Look Like

When AI Gets Too Smart, It’ll Be Dumb Again

Japanese Tsunami Survivor’s Football Returned, via the Alaskan Coast

Obama Clamps Down on Tech-Based Humans Rights Abuse By Foreign Nationals

Skype For Windows Phone Is Now Official

Adobe Creative Cloud and Creative Suite 6 Are Out Today

Roku’s 2025 Streaming Stick HD Is 40% Off to Compete With Amazon Fire TV Stick During Spring Sale

Epstein Victims Sue Google, Claim AI Mode Exposed Personal Information

‘Wicked Spot’ Is a Fun, Sapphic Rom-Com That Yeets a Witch Into the Magical World of Influencer Culture

Anthropic and OpenAI Just Gave Us a Glimpse Into the Future of Model Pricing

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Smart Glasses Now Have One of the Vision Pro’s Best Features

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Trump Drops $1B to Kill 2 Wind Farms, Then Watches a Bigger One Go Online

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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