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Amazing Timelapse of 30-Story Building Constructed In Only 360 Hours

Gizmodo reader Xian Min Zhang just sent me this impressive timelapse video from his company’s latest project: a 30-story tall, 183,000-square-foot hotel built in just 360 hours. Just 15 days! I kept watching it in disbelief. It was erected near the Dongting lake, in the Hunan Province, China, by Broad Group, a Chinese construction company…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Survival Gear for Battling 100,000 Nerds in a Desert

Here comes CES and it’s no cakewalk, let me tell you. It’s more often like a slow-moving mosh pit than a electronics show, so the gear we carry can mean the difference between a smooth expo experience and utter failure. To give you a better understanding of how I tackle CES—or any expo, really—I’ve emptied…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

This Spectacular Nebula Is Not In Space

This photo was taken from space, but it’s not a galaxy or a nebula. It’s a massive phytoplankton bloom off the coast of South Africa, just when the Atlantic and the Indian oceans meet. Right now it’s summer in that part of the world. The phytoplankton—photosynthesizing microscopic organisms that have chlorophyll in their cells—is thriving…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Vizio Plans to Beat PC’s “Sleepy Giants” at Their Own Game

Not content with dominating the HDTV market, Vizio revealed on Friday plans to turn the PC business on its ear with a series of sleek, Apple-inspired All-in-One and Notebook PC’s. In an interview with Bloomberg, Chief Technology Officer Matt McRae announced that Vizio will unveil two Windows 7 All-in-Ones, with 24-inch and 27-inch displays, and…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

If You Don’t Need LTE, Motorola’s Taking Wi-Fi Xyboard Pre-Orders and Shipping in Two Weeks

Which would you rather have, a Xyboard with LTE or an extra $200? If you chose the latter, Motorola’s now taking pre-orders for the Wi-Fi only tablet with plans to ship on January 18th. https://gizmodo.com/motorola-xyboard-review-it-only-looks-like-it-can-fly-5872474 Other than LTE connectivity—and the Droid branding found on Verizon’s iteration—Motorola’s tablet is identical to the one available in Europe…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

The $100 OLPC Tablet Is Really Real

Building on its success with laptops designed for developing countries, the One Laptop Per Child project is set to unveil a long-awaited tablet at CES next week. Here’s what you get for $100. The OLPC has been kicking around the idea of a super-affordable tablet for over a year. Originally known as the XO-3, but…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Cook Anywhere You Please on This New Induction Range

Be it gas, electric, or induction, ranges have held onto a vestigial limb—a finite, unmovable set of areas to do the actual cooking. This new induction cooktop from Thermador, however, is smart enough to heat anywhere there’s a pot. The new Freedom cooktop bills itself as the first induction appliance whose entire surface acts as…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

London Muzzles Its Olympic Volunteers Ahead of the Summer Games

London may be setting up Europe’s largest Wi-Fi network ahead of the Summer Olympics but it’ll do a fat lot of good for the Games’ 70,000 volunteers since they’re effectively banned from using social media during the event. Like, at all. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG), the organization responsible for mobilizing…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Rooftop Slip ‘n Slide

A few beers, a summer day, and a Slip ‘n Slide? Sounds like heaven. But then you add just a simple little roof to the mix, and suddenly everything goes wrong. Law & Order: SVU detective and new True Blood team member Chris Meloni guest stars in the kind of scared straight assembly you wish…

Tech News Splitsider

Scientists Doom Us All by Engineering Gigantic Super Soldier Ants

It’s the same old story. Scientists decide to see if they can make modify a species. Next thing you know, we’re being chased down the street by giant super-intelligent super soldier ants. Scientists from McGill University in Canada, discovered that the ant species Pheidole morrisi had the all the genetic tools needed to become giant-headed…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

12 Corner-Peering Periscope Rifles for Sneaky Shooters

Just standing there, shooting straight at the enemy hasn’t worked since the Revolutionary War (or at least the last Die Hard). Cover is king when it comes to gun fights, and these 12 periscope rifles from our friends at Oobject let you shoot without giving your opponent anything to shoot at. When you’re done “rifling”…

Tech News Oobject.com

Microsoft Wants Your Next WP7 Software Update to Be a Surprise

Getting a firmware upgrade notification is like getting an early birthday present—you’re extra excited because it’s so unexpected. Now, Microsoft is ensuring that every new WP7 update gives you that “early present feeling” by killing off its popular Where’s My Phone Update feature. But why? Microsoft announced on Friday that it “won’t be individually detailing…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

An iPod Dock So Big It Needs to Roll Around Like a Suitcase

You’re planning some festivities you say? Not so much a party as a BASH? The dinky rechargeable battery dock in your room is not going to cut it. You need something so big and heavy it needs a retractable handle and wheels. Aside from the size and weight of the driver itself, the Backyard Blaster…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Workout for Money, Track Your Budget, Measure With Photos, and Tackle Your To Do List

Would you workout if you made money? How about if you lost money by not working out? Get the best budget tracking app. Measure everything with your iPhone camera, and a simple, yet effective, to do app. If you want to see all the apps on one page click here. https://gizmodo.com/workout-for-money-track-your-budget-measure-with-phot-5873858 GymPact: Here’s a novel…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

Track Earthquakes, Translate Almost Anything, Control Your Home Theatre, and Run Office on Your iPad

Translation is a tricky business. If you say the wrong phrase from a book, you could end up in jail. Keep track of earthquakes in the US. Create a powerpoint presentation and control your entire home theatre from your iPad. If you want to see all the apps on one page click here. https://gizmodo.com/track-earthquakes-translate-almost-anything-control-y-5873876 Popular…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

Get Sloshed, Set Up Your Robot Defenders, Budget Your Cash, and Tether For Free Without Rooting

Tether your Android phone without paying your carrier or rooting it. Play a game of wind up robots. Keep track of your money and become a doctor of mixology. If you want to see all the apps on one page click here. https://gizmodo.com/get-sloshed-set-up-your-robot-defenders-budget-your-c-5873892 Wind-Up Robots: Kotaku says, “Wind-Up Robots has a recognizably orthodox tower-defense balance.…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

Have You Ever Seen Contrail Shadows Like These?

Sometimes you don’t need to look through a telescope to see something beautiful in the sky. This image of contrail shadows, taken by Jeff Ross-Bain at Atlanta, Georgia, USA, is a great example. [Atmospheric Optics]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Military’s Robot Eyes

If something terrible happens at your job, you might file a TPS report later than your boss would like or maybe people on the internet would run out of things to read. If something terrible happens at a bomb tech’s job, they might get exploded. A tragedy if it’s a human being. But if it’s…

Tech News Brent Rose

Please Keep Your Ass Out Of My Email

CES is just around the corner, which means junk like this is showing up in my inbox. Hey, [REDACTED], did you put a butt in your email to remind me how shitty your products are? Because that’s what I’m thinking. And sadly, there are way more butts to come over the next few days. CES,…

Tech News Mat Honan

Great Shot of Airborne Troops Jumping Off a Globemaster III

I love this photo. There’s something maternal about it, with that soldier about to break clean from the umbilical cord that joins him to the belly of the gigantic mothership. Staff Sgt. Taylor Worley took this awesome photo of the 820th Red Horse Squadron’s airborne flight parachute troops dropping from a C-17 Globemaster III at…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Amazing Timelapse of 30-Story Building Constructed In Only 360 Hours

Survival Gear for Battling 100,000 Nerds in a Desert

This Spectacular Nebula Is Not In Space

Vizio Plans to Beat PC’s “Sleepy Giants” at Their Own Game

If You Don’t Need LTE, Motorola’s Taking Wi-Fi Xyboard Pre-Orders and Shipping in Two Weeks

The $100 OLPC Tablet Is Really Real

Cook Anywhere You Please on This New Induction Range

London Muzzles Its Olympic Volunteers Ahead of the Summer Games

This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Rooftop Slip ‘n Slide

Scientists Doom Us All by Engineering Gigantic Super Soldier Ants

12 Corner-Peering Periscope Rifles for Sneaky Shooters

Microsoft Wants Your Next WP7 Software Update to Be a Surprise

An iPod Dock So Big It Needs to Roll Around Like a Suitcase

Workout for Money, Track Your Budget, Measure With Photos, and Tackle Your To Do List

Track Earthquakes, Translate Almost Anything, Control Your Home Theatre, and Run Office on Your iPad

Get Sloshed, Set Up Your Robot Defenders, Budget Your Cash, and Tether For Free Without Rooting

Have You Ever Seen Contrail Shadows Like These?

The Military’s Robot Eyes

Please Keep Your Ass Out Of My Email

Great Shot of Airborne Troops Jumping Off a Globemaster III

Apple Offers Rare Olive Branch to Liquid Glass Haters

Mamdani Lifts NYC TikTok Ban for City Employees, but with Some Unusual Restrictions

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

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