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You Must Get The Free NASA Ascent Shuttle App for iPad

I’m surprised that, after three decades of amazing launches, hundreds of outstanding missions, great science and some very sad moments, there’s no more stuff celebrating the space shuttle. Thankfully, NASA is coming to the rescue with this free iPad app. The app is called Ascent: Commemorating Shuttle. It has the entire 45-minute movie using the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Most Popular Twitter Hashtags of 2011

Sure you could say that Twitter has devolved into a chaotic mess filled with #AreWeSeriouslyTweetingThisLongHashtag and Bieber freaks, but it’s still boss at figuring out what’s going on at this very second. So taking a look back at the past year, what were the most popular Twitter moments in 2011? It gets a little weird.…

Tech News Casey Chan

Kindle Fire Wi-Fi Issues? You’re Not Alone.

The internet is all a-chortle with reports of Kindle Fire owners having trouble connecting to those self same internets. Amazon’s own forum is full of people who can’t connect to Wi-Fi, or can connect to Wi-Fi but not their network. It’s not entirely clear what the issue is and Amazon hasn’t acknowledged the problem in…

Commerce Brent Rose

The Gizmodo Winter Survival Guide is Full of Hot Air

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Winter frost bites, we know. But unless you’re some sort of cold-impervious superhuman like red-blooded man-icicle Wim Hof (featured above), or willing to be an ex-pat in a hippy-filled, sub-tropic border town (ew), it’s a thing you’re going to have to deal with from time to time. Hence the Gizmodo Winter Survival…

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This Man Had His Thumb Replaced By His Toe

James Byrne was doing some carpentry work when he cut his left thumb. Doctors unsuccessfully tried to re-attach it, so they proposed an alternative: “Why don’t we use your dominant left toe instead?” He said yes. But why would you want to have a huge toe instead of leaving your hand as it is? Wouldn’t…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Disaster Prevention Building Is a Disaster Itself

Turkey wants to build a Disaster Prevention and Education Center in Istanbul. This is the project proposal by ODA Architecture. It looks like the scene of a disaster itself which, you know, it’s exactly what the designers wanted. [T]his formal arrangement suffers the effect of a natural disaster—earthquake—and falls down until achieving its structural stability…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Urban Outfitters Wants $45 for an iPhone Case Glued Attached to a Retro Handset

This isn’t the only way to recreate the feeling of talking on an old clunky landline handset with your iPhone, but this overpriced $45 creation from hipster factory Urban Outfitters is certainly the most ridiculous. The Mofone case is quite literally just an old landline handset attached to an iPhone case. Once your iPhone is…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Xbox Companion App for Windows Phone Drops Tomorrow, Giving You Mythical Remote Control Powers

The new Xbox dashboard design isn’t the only thing arriving tomorrow. Also scheduled for release is the Xbox Companion app for Windows Phone, which, among other things, will endow Xbox owners with remote control capabilities. Using the gaming controller for entertainment purposes on the Xbox is kind of clunky and awkward. Dropping money on the…

Tech News Adrian Covert

RIM Top Exec Suspect In Blackberry Riot—40 People Injured

Not only they keep screwing their technology and products, but RIM executives seem decided to burn the company down. Last week two execs got so drunk and crazy that a China-bound plane had to return to Canada. Now, RIM Indonesia president director Andrew Cobham has been charged with negligence after a BlackBerry promotional event turned…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Play with Gizmodo Gallery’s Santa Claw and Win Prizes RIGHT NOW

After a very long weekend of installation, the mammoth Santa Claw is ready to go at Gizmodo Gallery. Beginning immediately, you can play the mother of all claw games online and win prizes for yourself and visitors to the gallery. Update 12/6 1:45pm—So we’re changing the way prizes work a little bit. We’ve introduced wrapped…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

This Typewriter for Oil Painters Turns Hemingways Into Picassos

If a picture’s worth a thousand words, an oil painting has to be worth a few hundred more. At least oil paintings created with Tyree Callahan’s Chromatic Typewriter which lays down different hues of paint instead of letters. Built for the 2012 West Collection competition, Tyree replaced the characters on the ends of the typebars…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Secret Names of Apple iOS

These are the secret code names of iOS, the operating system in the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch: • 1.0: Alpine (1.0.0 – 1.0.2: Heavenly) • 1.1: Little Bear (1.1.1: Snowbird, 1.1.2: Oktoberfest) • 2.0: Big Bear • 2.1: Sugarbowl • 2.2: Timberline • 3.0: Kirkwood • 3.1: Northstar • 3.2: Wildcat (iPad only) •…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Intel’s Next Processors Detail Leak: Ivy Bridge Benchmarks, Specs, and Release Date

Ivy Bridge has been on our radar for almost a year now, but with the 2012 release date fast approaching, leaks from the partner channel were inevitable. According to documents obtained by X-bit labs, Intel’s new Ivy Bridge chips will be shipping in Q2 2012, and eighteen parts are listed. Of these only eight are…

Tech News Justin Kerr - MaximumPC

First Ever Molybdenite Microchip Promises Smaller, Cooler, Bendable Computing

Silicon is great. Our computers wouldn’t work without it. But it’s nearing the limits of what it can achieve — which is where molybdenite, the new kid on the chip, can take over to provide smaller, more efficient processors. The problem with silicon is that it’s not possible to use layers less than two nanometers…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

How Riot Gear Has Changed Over the Years

While the behavior of riot police may not have become any more sophisticated since they were cracking skulls during the ’60s, their equipment has. As the New York Times’ illustrated evolution shows, they’ve gone from billy clubs, rudimentary gas masks and tear gas, to kevlar, non-lethal shotguns (?!) wireless communications and flash bangs. But one…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Air Force Has Never Looked More Sci-Fi

The F-16 is a plane from the 1970s—there was no YouTube then!—but judging from this photo, it’s straight outta 2170. The Air Force snapped this pic of an F-16 refueling from a massive KC-135 Stratotanker over Iraq. Is it being piloted by a robot? Where is the sky? Since when does the Air Force use…

Tech News Sam Biddle

DARPA’s Almost-Impossible Challenge to Reconstruct Shredded Documents: Solved

It sounds insane, but DARPA recently laid down a challenge to computer scientists: work out how to reconstruct shredded pages of paper. The winning team has finished — two days ahead of schedule. The competition was launched at the end of October, and the idea was to develop software capable of piecing together documents that…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe

Kobo Scrapes The Barrel and Offers a Free Book Each Month

It’s always amusing to see companies offering crappy offers in an attempt to boost sales. The latest is from Kobo, which is offering a free book every month to new Touch eReader owners. Amazon must be terrified. Clearly an attempt to compete with Amazon’s Lending Library, the deal starts in January and will allow new…

Commerce Jamie Condliffe

Sixties Pop Sounds Best When It’s Covered By a Band of Computers

Everyone knows being in a band is cool. But what’s cooler is making your own band out of old computer parts and then getting it to play a note-prefect version of The Animals’ House Of The Rising Sun. This video was posted by YouTuber BD594, and it features a wide range of old computer parts,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Syria Has Banned iPhones to Curb Citizen Journalism

Most footage of protests from Syria in recent months has clearly been filmed on smartphones. Not for much longer, though: the government just banned iPhones. In an attempt to control how information leaves the country, officials now “warn anyone against using the iPhone in Syria”, reports the BBC. It’s also believed that this announcement will…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

You Must Get The Free NASA Ascent Shuttle App for iPad

The Most Popular Twitter Hashtags of 2011

Kindle Fire Wi-Fi Issues? You’re Not Alone.

The Gizmodo Winter Survival Guide is Full of Hot Air

This Man Had His Thumb Replaced By His Toe

Disaster Prevention Building Is a Disaster Itself

Urban Outfitters Wants $45 for an iPhone Case Glued Attached to a Retro Handset

The Xbox Companion App for Windows Phone Drops Tomorrow, Giving You Mythical Remote Control Powers

RIM Top Exec Suspect In Blackberry Riot—40 People Injured

Play with Gizmodo Gallery’s Santa Claw and Win Prizes RIGHT NOW

This Typewriter for Oil Painters Turns Hemingways Into Picassos

The Secret Names of Apple iOS

Intel’s Next Processors Detail Leak: Ivy Bridge Benchmarks, Specs, and Release Date

First Ever Molybdenite Microchip Promises Smaller, Cooler, Bendable Computing

How Riot Gear Has Changed Over the Years

The Air Force Has Never Looked More Sci-Fi

DARPA’s Almost-Impossible Challenge to Reconstruct Shredded Documents: Solved

Kobo Scrapes The Barrel and Offers a Free Book Each Month

Sixties Pop Sounds Best When It’s Covered By a Band of Computers

Syria Has Banned iPhones to Curb Citizen Journalism

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

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

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

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