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The Net: Because Sometimes You’re Too Connected

On a day where we got a closer look at the future of computing, it seems only appropriate to look back at what some Hollywood producer thought the future of computing would be like. Sort of. Floppy Disks! Zip drives! Pizza.Net!!! Enjoy. [Netflix] https://gizmodo.com/windows-8-5889357

Tech News Adrian Covert

In Japan, You Can Order McDonald’s Using Your Car Navigation System

Apparently fast food still isn’t fast enough for the residents of Japan. Starting in March, McDonald’s will be testing out a new system allowing drivers to order and pay for a happy meal right from their car’s navigation unit. Using the country’s wireless traffic news network known as the ITS, vehicles passing near one of…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

This Is the Best Use of Drones In the History of Drones

This is so damn good: watch this squad of little flying drone quadcopter bastards playing the James Bond theme. The only way they could have made this better is if they added a hundred more drones playing the horn section from the original theme.

Tech News Jesus Diaz

This Ridiculously-Easy-to-Clean Whisk Needs To Exist Right Now

If you’re like me and simply buy a new whisk every time you cook because they’re too hard to clean, you’ll adore Kwon Hansol’s Divisible Whisk with a handle that splits in two, stretching out the wires for easy cleaning. What you won’t adore is the fact that Kwon’s whisk isn’t actually for sale. It’s…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

The Best Way to Watch Baseball on Your Tablet or Phone This Season Is Out Now

It’s really hard to beat going to a baseball game on a summer afternoon. But if you can’t be at the park, the MLB At Bat app is one of the best ways to follow any sport from a mobile device, and the 2012 version just hit all the app stores. You can watch live…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Meet the Next CEO of Microsoft: Steven Sinofsky Is the Heir Apparent

It was summer 2009. Microsoft had just shipped the final code for Windows 7 to PC manufacturers, who had begun burning it onto the tens of millions of new computers that would ship that Christmas. It should have been a triumphant moment for Steven Sinofsky. In just over three years of running Windows, Sinofsky and…

Tech News Matt Rosoff - Business Insider

The New Essential Apps February 2012

iPhones. iPads. Android. We’ve updated all of our essential apps lists to include a few forgotten favorites, some long awaited arrivals and, as always, even more amazing apps. Check them out! If you want to jump to see the best apps in a specific platform, click here: iPhone | Android | iPad The Best iPhone…

Tech News Casey Chan

Russian Mogul Plans to Plant Our Brains in Robots and Keep Them Alive Forever

The Pentagon’s new Avatar project, unveiled by Danger Room a few weeks back, sounds freaky enough: Soldiers practically inhabiting the bodies of robots, who’d act as “surrogates” for their human overlords in battle. But according to Dmitry Itskov, a 31-year-old Russian media mogul, the U.S. military’s Avatar initiative doesn’t go nearly far enough. He’s got…

Tech News Katie Drummond--Wired

Redirect the Sun’s Rays With This Solar-Powered Self-Controlled Mirror

Instead of an electricity generating solar panel, a motorized sun-bouncing mirror known as a heliostat is another approach to solar-powered lighting. And for just $400 the SunFlower will redirect up to 50,000 lumens of sunlight directly into your home. Heliostats are already popular in industrial applications, but typically come with industrial-sized price tags. So the…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Prehistoric Fleas Would Probably Eat Your Dog If They Still Existed

Their descendants are happy to just suck blood and pass along parasites to small mammals, but the hugeprehistoric fleas from 165 million years ago were equipped with saw-like projections around their mouth—for penetrating thick dino hides—that would probably make short work of a Chihuahua. Thanks to well-preserved fossils recently discovered in China, scientists can now…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

New Camera Sensor Captures Images and Depth Data At the Same Time

Samsung has developed what they’re touting as the world’s first sensor that can capture both an RGB and range (or depth) image at the same time, granting Kinect-like gesture recognition capabilities to a host of devices. The new CMOS sensor uses an array of red, blue, and green pixels that sit alongside the depth-recording z-pixels,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Miracle Tree That’s Making Dirty Water Drinkable

We take clean drinking water for granted, but in the developing world it’s a big and expensive problem. Now, scientists are turning to a plant known as the Miracle Tree to create a new way of purifying water. The Miracle Tree—or Moringa oleifera, if you’re into Latin—has always had somewhat of a reputation, being grown…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Windows 8 on a MacBook Air: Beautiful and Kinda Broken

The MacBook Air is the most beautiful piece of computing hardware you can put in front of your face. Windows 8 is arguably the most exciting software counterpart right now—sorry, Mountain Lion. So what happens when you mix? Well, maybe not what you’d hoped. https://gizmodo.com/windows-8-consumer-preview-hands-on-no-going-back-5889001 Now of course, caveats aplenty here. Windows 8 is in…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Windows 8

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Tech News Kyle Wagner

The Best Windows 8 Apps

Windows 8 is currently in its consumer preview, and aside from being g-g-gorgeous, it’s also going to be home to a lot of beautiful new Metro-optimized apps through the Windows Store. Which are the best? Which do you need to download first? Here are the most essential Windows 8 apps on day one. Let’s be…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Dark Side Of The Moon Immersion Box Set Is Your Reality Altering Deal of the Day

Marijuana. LSD. Shrooms. PCP. Ketamine. MDMA. DMT. Salvia. Ayahuasca. Hashish. I can assure you none of those have anything to do with today’s deal, which is a special CD/DVD box set for Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. The set presents the album in 5.1 surround, quadraphonic sound, and an uncompressed stereo mix of…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals

First Nikon D4 Test Shots and Video: Low Light, High Quality

We’ve heard ridiculous things about the Nikon D4’s low-light performance: In short, word was that you can basically take great photos in a cave. We didn’t go spelunking, but we did put this $6000 monster through its low light paces, and the results were even better than we’d hoped. https://gizmodo.com/nikons-6000-d4-dslr-stalks-light-wherever-it-hides-5873528 I had the chance to…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Reminder: Google’s New Privacy Policy Kicks In Tomorrow

Remember Google’s new privacy policy? You know, the one where Google says they will track you across all their services and share that data? Yeah, it goes into effect tomorrow. Time to prepare! https://gizmodo.com/googles-broken-promise-the-end-of-dont-be-evil-5878987 If you’re paranoid about your activity circulating through certain parts of the interwebz, you should turn off your history on Google…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Inside Footage from Fukushima’s Deepest Crisis

PBS’ FRONTLINE cringe-inducing documentary, Japan’s Nuclear Meltdown, takes you about as far inside Fukushima’s rupturing, quake-paralyzed nuclear plant as you want to get. We’ve pulled together the most jarring moments here, where Japanese workers struggled to prevent a disaster from exploding further. Exploding, literally. As you’ll see, rescue workers and engineers were working inside a…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Fly Through the Colossal 18-Mile-Long Ice Canyon In Antarctica

Remember the 18-mile-long canyon that was discovered by NASA at the Pine Island Glacier in Antarctica? Their researchers just completed the three-dimensional mapping of all its surface with stunning detail, using Digital Mapping System photographs over Airborne Topographic Mapper data. https://gizmodo.com/this-future-iceberg-would-be-able-to-sink-a-thousand-ti-5855827 The crack formed in the ice shelf that extends from one of West Antarctica’s…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Net: Because Sometimes You’re Too Connected

In Japan, You Can Order McDonald’s Using Your Car Navigation System

This Is the Best Use of Drones In the History of Drones

This Ridiculously-Easy-to-Clean Whisk Needs To Exist Right Now

The Best Way to Watch Baseball on Your Tablet or Phone This Season Is Out Now

Meet the Next CEO of Microsoft: Steven Sinofsky Is the Heir Apparent

The New Essential Apps February 2012

Russian Mogul Plans to Plant Our Brains in Robots and Keep Them Alive Forever

Redirect the Sun’s Rays With This Solar-Powered Self-Controlled Mirror

Prehistoric Fleas Would Probably Eat Your Dog If They Still Existed

New Camera Sensor Captures Images and Depth Data At the Same Time

The Miracle Tree That’s Making Dirty Water Drinkable

Windows 8 on a MacBook Air: Beautiful and Kinda Broken

Windows 8

The Best Windows 8 Apps

The Dark Side Of The Moon Immersion Box Set Is Your Reality Altering Deal of the Day

First Nikon D4 Test Shots and Video: Low Light, High Quality

Reminder: Google’s New Privacy Policy Kicks In Tomorrow

Inside Footage from Fukushima’s Deepest Crisis

Fly Through the Colossal 18-Mile-Long Ice Canyon In Antarctica

Artemis 2 by the Numbers: Breaking Down NASA’s Big Return to the Moon

Apple Removes iPhone Vibe Coding App from App Store

China’s Biggest Social Media Celebrity Is… Kris Jenner?

Up to $1,550 Off on pCloud: Pay Once, Protect Data Forever for World Backup Day

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

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

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

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

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