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Kid Gets a New Ear Made from His Own Rib

That’s Sean Wingrove-Smith from Walderslade, England, up above, and doctors were able to give him a new ear thanks to a procedure that sounds like a verse out of Genesis. The procedure involves grafting cartilage from his ribcage and carving it into the shape of an ear. It’s not as fleshy as an actual ear,…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Watch Comet Lovejoy Playing With Fire and Surviving

Rejoice, for comet Lovejoy has survived its close encounter with the Sun! NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has recorded the exact moment it went close behind the Sun, then out again on the other side, surprisingly more or less intact.

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Air Force Blames Pilot in Suspicious Stealth-Jet Crash

When an F-22 Raptor malfunctioned in mid-flight, leading to a crash that killed its pilot, the Air Force went into damage-control mode. Gen. Norton Schwartz, the chief of staff, insisted there was no way that the oxygen generator on his prized stealth jet – a system widely suspected of being dangerously flawed – caused the…

Tech News David Axe

Expensive Gear to Shower Upon Mark Zuckerberg

Unlike Tom from MySpace, Mark Zuckerberg is not your friend. But fuck it. Think about all the time you’ve spent on Facebook—for free! You should get him something nice. But what do you get an autistic savant who slaughters and butchers his own meat, happens to be the world’s youngest billionaire, and is a practicing…

Social Media Mat Honan

Thanks from the Gizmodo Gallery

Over a span of only three months we successfully dreamt up and executed our best Gallery ever. That timing is extremely short, and without the exceptional people who helped there wouldn’t have been a Gizmodo Gallery at all. Thank you. The Gizmodo Gallery is unlike any other consumer electronics party or event. All of the…

Tech News Christopher Mascari

Sony Internet TV Brings Made-for-TV Apps Into Your Living Room

We all know that the way we view television is changing. In fact, between YouTube, Hulu, DVR backlists and Netflix, most of us barely watch actual TV at all. So if appointment programming is a thing of the past, what’s next? You deserve nothing less than the seamless integration of all the content you want,…

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Windows 8 Is Going to Have Some Super Sweet Password Management Features

Services like 1Password and LastPass are life changers, you sign in with one master password and the app logs you into everything. No need to remember how many symbols and alphanumeric codes you’ve used. No need to remember 312 different passwords. Well, Windows 8 is going to have the same awesome password management built in.…

Tech News Casey Chan

Rainbow vs Tornado Is Like Good vs Evil, Ponies vs Scorpions, Tofu vs Pork

This is a pretty picture of a rare occurrence, the odd coupling of a rainbow and a waterspout dancing side by side. Waterspouts are tornadoes over water. This happened near Crete, Greece, in the Mediterranean sea. The image was taken by Captain Geert Sassen on board his vessel, the Maersk Kalmar. Here’s his description: We’re…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Galaxy Nexus Users Who Need More Juice Can Now Get An Extended Battery

The Galaxy Nexus is a wonderful phone. But what makes it great — namely, that 4.65-inch Super AMOLED Plus display — also means the battery doesn’t last long. Now there’s an answer. Samsung just launched an extended battery pack and cover bundle specifically for the Galaxy Nexus. It includes a 2100 mAh extended battery —…

Gadgets Jamie Condliffe

The Best Stuff Amazon’s Shipping Free Next-Day

Amazon’s got free one-day shipping starting tomorrow and lasting through the 21st—enough time to get your last-minute shopping done or pick up something for yourself before you head home for the holiday. Here’s the best stuff that’s up for the fast and free shipping. Cameras Canon PowerShot S95 Digital Camera Nikon Coolpix AW100 Waterproof/GPS 16MP…

Commerce Kyle Wagner

You Can Now Legally Load Siri onto an iPhone 4

Siri is freaking cool, but unfortunately if you’re not a hacker the chances of accessing Apple’s Darpa-funded A.I. on anything but an iPhone 4S are nil. But a new IOS update makes some Siri hacking legal. Is Apple willing to free Siri? It appears that the latest revision to iOS 5.0.1 has a teeny tiny…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Thanks to Vitsoe for Holding Gizmodo Gallery Together (Literally)

Did you see what an incredible job the planners at Vitsoe did with all of the shelving at Gizmodo Gallery? We didn’t call them in just because its look is gorgeous or just because it’s classic. We called them in because it’s both. Maybe the best way to think about why Vitsoe was the right…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

The Complete List of All the Phones With Carrier IQ Spyware Installed

Responding to the US Senate request lead by Senator Al Franken, AT&T, Sprint, HTC, and Samsung have sent the list of all the phones with Carrier IQ spyware installed in them. The carriers have also admitted that Carrier IQ also captured the content of text messages “under certain conditions.” Here’s the complete list: AT&T AT&T…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Canadian Music Studio Brandish Poop Flute for the Holidays

I hate posting advertisements, because it makes me feel like an idiot, but when a company debases itself with a flute made out of feces—how can I resist? Enjoy, if you dare. The ad, which is somehow intended to make you procure the services of KOKO Productions, a Canadian production studio, is pretty gross! Cow…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Take a Journey Through Life with This Trippy Music Video

The video to accompany The Maccabees’ new single Pelican is a journey through life, which cuts through the centre of everything: from planet Earth, through TVs and burgers, to womens’ legs. You need to watch it. Directed by David Wilson in the UK, the video’s supposed to represent the passing of time via an intruging…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Bestmodo at Gizmodo Gallery

There’s a lot of very good products out there. Well done people who make them! But in every category, one of them has to be the best. These are the Bestmodo. Qnap Ts-459 Pro Ii A modern NAS forms the hub of your home network, providing the peace of mind of backup along with the…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Desired at Gizmodo Gallery

Technology is beautiful. Products aren’t just tools. They provoke your emotions. You all know this feeling. Sometimes a product beckons you. it speaks to the most carnal yearnings in your heart. You want it. Not because you need it, or because it’s expensive. Not even because it’s necessarily the best at whatever it’s supposed to…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Past Perfect at Gizmodo Gallery

Some products were perfect in the past. They fulfilled a singular need so well that perfection, in some small sliver of our existence, suddenly seemed attainable. They helped usher in a new epoch of product consciousness. Far from gone, their influence lives on in the countless derivations we all use every day. Vitsoe 606 Universal…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Did NATO’s Lost Drone Have Its GPS System Hacked By Iranian Engineers?

Earlier this month, NATO lost a spy drone in Iran. Initially NATO admitted that its pilots lost control of the craft, but new reports claim that the Iranian military hacked its GPS systems. The Christian Science Monitor reports that the Iranians hijacked the drone by using software that spoofed GPS coordinates, forcing it to land…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Apple’s A5 Processors Are Made on a $3.6 Billion Samsung Production Line—in Texas

Everybody knows all of our electronics are made overseas, by teethings masses anonymous Asian factory workers laboring night and day. Which is why it’s quite amusing to find out that Apple’s A5 processor is built on a $3.6 billion Samsung production line in the middle of Texas. According to Reuters, the A5 processor — used…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Kid Gets a New Ear Made from His Own Rib

Watch Comet Lovejoy Playing With Fire and Surviving

Air Force Blames Pilot in Suspicious Stealth-Jet Crash

Expensive Gear to Shower Upon Mark Zuckerberg

Thanks from the Gizmodo Gallery

Sony Internet TV Brings Made-for-TV Apps Into Your Living Room

Windows 8 Is Going to Have Some Super Sweet Password Management Features

Rainbow vs Tornado Is Like Good vs Evil, Ponies vs Scorpions, Tofu vs Pork

Galaxy Nexus Users Who Need More Juice Can Now Get An Extended Battery

The Best Stuff Amazon’s Shipping Free Next-Day

You Can Now Legally Load Siri onto an iPhone 4

Thanks to Vitsoe for Holding Gizmodo Gallery Together (Literally)

The Complete List of All the Phones With Carrier IQ Spyware Installed

Canadian Music Studio Brandish Poop Flute for the Holidays

Take a Journey Through Life with This Trippy Music Video

Bestmodo at Gizmodo Gallery

Desired at Gizmodo Gallery

Past Perfect at Gizmodo Gallery

Did NATO’s Lost Drone Have Its GPS System Hacked By Iranian Engineers?

Apple’s A5 Processors Are Made on a $3.6 Billion Samsung Production Line—in Texas

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

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

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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