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The First Hands On of the Monster Asus Transformer Prime Tablet—From Brazil

News of the insane powerhouse Asus Transformer Prime quad core tablet only broke a few days ago, but Henry Martin from ZTOP in Brazil already got a hands on with the little supercomputer. https://gizmodo.com/meet-the-asus-eee-pad-transformer-prime-the-worlds-fir-5857759 The tablet’s running Android 3.2, which Asus has made some adjustments to, but Asus expects it to either ship with or…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

After Eating One of the World’s Hottest Peppers, You Will Hallucinate and Say Crazy Shit

NPR producer Marshall Terry went to Rock Hill, SC for a story on a pepper up for consideration as the world’s hottest by the Guinness Book of World Records. Carrying out due diligence, he also tried the pepper. The aftermath was not pretty. At first, Marshall just looked like he’s going through the standard torment…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Improve Internet TV, Win a $2,500 Sony Prize Package

Calling all developers, free thinkers and lovers of money. Have you ever tried apps on an internet-accessible TV-like the Sony® Internet TV powered by Google TV™-and just wanted more? While built-in Twitter, Pandora and Netflix apps keep us busy for hours, there’s always room for greater innovation and more functionality-and that’s where you come in.…

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November 16 Google Music Event Will Apparently Go to Eleven

The search giant sent out invitations to an event for November 16. The invite states that “These Go To Eleven,” a reference to the Spinal Tap joke and a clue that it’ll be talking about its Google Music service. It’s speculated that Google will introduce Google+ integration and the ability to purchase music directly from…

Tech News Roberto Baldwin

Would You Fuel Your Home With Pee?

Urine! It’s disgusting, not to mention a sanitation problem. But new research says it cold be put to good use creating electricity. Dr. Joannis Ieropoulos at the University of West England in Bristol published research in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (which thank goodness goes by PCCP) that showed urine is chock full of chemicals that…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski

Nobody Asked for Smaller ‘Nano-SIM’ Cards, but They’re Coming Anyways

Data, reception, battery, screen, CPU, weight, size. These are the cellphone specs I’m concerned. Smaller SIM cards? Not so much. But Giesecke & Devrient, one of the original SIM manufactuers, thinks we need a nano-SIM that’s 30 percent smaller. Great? According to GigaOM, we could see could see this achievement in pointlessness as early as…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Ghost in the Shell: Anime Legends 2nd Gig is Your Pseudo-Retro-Future Anime Deal of the Day

Hey man, I was thinking, I just got done with a bunch of Naruto on Hulu and I’m out of stuff to watch. What? Oh no, I mean, the rest of it’s filler, right? They’re caught up to the manga? I think, I’m not sure, I—Look, I just want you to tell me what I…

Tech News Natt Garun

Used Cooking Oil Is a Hot Property on the Black Market. Seriously.

People resort to the black market for all sorts of stolen goods: cellphones, watches, cars, babies. But used cooking oil? According to the Washington Post, that’s a thing too. Thieves are now moving into the green market by stealing used cooking oil from the back of restaurants. They sell the sludge to recyclers, who then…

Tech News Natt Garun

Congress Can Shove the Robocall Bill up Its Pork-Fed Ass

Since 1991, marketing robocalls in the US have been as tightly regulated as medicine, meth, and murder. But if HR 3035 makes its way through Congress, it’s going to be open season for the automatons to call your cellphone. Do NOT let this happen. When you think of legislation that blatantly values corporate interests over…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Hackers Claim to Control Siri with Brainwaves (UPDATED)

Forget meagre voice commands for iPhones, these guys claim to have come up with a way to control them with their minds. Did these two random dudes just accomplish something that’s defeated scientists for decades? Or is it all bullshit? Project Black Mirror is in the very early stages of development—these two guys, named Ollie…

Tech News Brent Rose

Motorola Droid RAZR Is Already Rooted—With a How To

Day One for the new RAZR and it’s already been hacked to bits by the teardown junkies. Now it’s been rooted, too. https://gizmodo.com/motorola-razr-teardown-skinny-phone-meet-big-saw-5858716/ The crew over at the Droid Forums has a working root that’ll get you up and running on Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread, which is awesome. But it comes with some caveats: There’s no…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

This Map Shows the World of Wikipedia Broken Down by Languages

Ever wondered if anyone outside your redneck little town writes about it on Wikipedia? Or if anyone has ever written about Australia in Arabic? Guess no longer, because someone’s worked it out for you. These maps from a bunch of researchers at the University of Oxford show what language geo-tagged Wikipedia posts are written in.…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

Motorola RAZR Teardown: Skinny Phone, Meet Big Saw

The Moto Razr’s out today, which means the fine folks at iFixit tore it apart piece by piece like hungry direwolves to give us the scoop on what’s inside. Here’s what the found. (Spoiler: Kevlar and skinnyness) https://gizmodo.com/motorola-droid-razr-lightning-review-faster-thinner-5856947 There are a ton of components packed into supermodel-skinny Razr, and it’s solidly built enough that iFixit…

Gadgets Kyle Wagner

Awe-Inspiring Video of Paraglider Flying With a Hawk

This paraglider has a hawk friend. He takes him to fly with him. This video shows how the hawk flights alongside, landing on his hand and staying there, enjoying the ride until he decides to go away again. Update: reader John Lobaugh saw the original headline (Awe-Inspiring Video of Paraglider Flying With a Hawk Urgently…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

One of the Most Important Internet Hubs in the World Is in Manhattan

Getting data that’s generating these words from Gizmodo’s servers to your computer, requires a vast global array of networks. And, at one point along its journey, the data will likely pass through the Ethernet switches at 60 Hudson Street, one of the most densly-packed network hubs on the Internet. 60 Hudson Street in Lower Manhattan…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Patient Gets First Lab-Grown Blood Transfusion Ever

Ever worried what would happen if we ran out of blood in hospitals? Fear no more! Because the first patient ever has been given lab-grown blood—and survived. Earlier this week we told you about scientists who have managed the miracle of turning rice into blood. Now, a team from the Pierre and Marie Curie University,…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

It’s 11:11 11-11-11! You Know What That Means

In binary, 1111 11 11 11 means “The world is ending right now and I’m still in bed wearing my Wolverine underpants.” Good bye my friends. Update: Apparently nothing happened. Maybe it will mean that tonight at 11:11pm. STAY TUNED.

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Day Privacy Died

The other day, while sitting in our car with the windows down, my wife and I had a heated argument. Bad words. Yelling. A fist or two slammed into our Volvo’s center console. Though we both received nominations, we never reached consensus on which one of us was wrong, and the whole thing blew over…

Privacy & Security David Pell

Apple’s Selling Unlocked No-Contract iPhone 4S Now

If you love iPhones but hate contracts and subsidies (or just love T-Mobile), today’s a good day. Apple’s site will now sell you an unlocked, contract-free iPhone 4S. Prices are $649 for the 16GB iPhone, $749 for 32GB, and $849 for 64GB. All are shipping in one to two weeks. The unlocked phones only work…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Logitech Abandons That Failed Clusterf*ck Known as Google TV

Logitech was one of the biggest pushers of Google TV. Now, after losing $100 million to this adventure, it’s pulling the plug of Logitech Revue, desperately trying to sell the inventory. Logitech says it’s all Google’s fault: the software sucked. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-google-tv-5543822 Logitech’s CEO Guerrino De Luca said that the “beta-quality” software wasn’t ready for launch…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The First Hands On of the Monster Asus Transformer Prime Tablet—From Brazil

After Eating One of the World’s Hottest Peppers, You Will Hallucinate and Say Crazy Shit

Improve Internet TV, Win a $2,500 Sony Prize Package

November 16 Google Music Event Will Apparently Go to Eleven

Would You Fuel Your Home With Pee?

Nobody Asked for Smaller ‘Nano-SIM’ Cards, but They’re Coming Anyways

Ghost in the Shell: Anime Legends 2nd Gig is Your Pseudo-Retro-Future Anime Deal of the Day

Used Cooking Oil Is a Hot Property on the Black Market. Seriously.

Congress Can Shove the Robocall Bill up Its Pork-Fed Ass

Hackers Claim to Control Siri with Brainwaves (UPDATED)

Motorola Droid RAZR Is Already Rooted—With a How To

This Map Shows the World of Wikipedia Broken Down by Languages

Motorola RAZR Teardown: Skinny Phone, Meet Big Saw

Awe-Inspiring Video of Paraglider Flying With a Hawk

One of the Most Important Internet Hubs in the World Is in Manhattan

Patient Gets First Lab-Grown Blood Transfusion Ever

It’s 11:11 11-11-11! You Know What That Means

The Day Privacy Died

Apple’s Selling Unlocked No-Contract iPhone 4S Now

Logitech Abandons That Failed Clusterf*ck Known as Google TV

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

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

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VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

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