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The Washington Post had an interesting back and forth wringing its hands over the future of journalism. Oh no! Journalism is dying! Again! Or so a newspaper with declining readership and revenue would have you believe. But that’s just plain wrong. Journalism is just dandy. And that’s largely because of your phone. The Posts’ Gene…
Monoblock tube amps are favored for their ability to deliver extra power and provide less cross talk (aka interference manifested as noise) when used as a pair. But monoblock amps dont normally support speakers and headphones as this one does. According to Gizmag, Woo Audio’s WA-234 monoblock headphone amp utilizes a single-emitting triode design (preferred…
So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. Justin Bieber Gets All Political Over Streaming Rights Canadian tween-throb Justin Bieber had a fit over proposed…
UAV’s are big, but they’re not jet big—something the Navy’s trying to correct with its X-47B, which aims to replace traditional fighters. Y’know, the ones with humans in them. Watch the drone killer stretch its wings a little. This isn’t the 62-foot wide X-47B’s first time in the air. Rather, it’s the first time it’s…
I’m not sure what that pillow did to this guy, but he is not taking it lying down. This mesmerizing video of pillow innards flying everywhere reminds me just how fragile life and bedding really are. Shot with a Phantom camera at 1000FPS, the 2:33 clip lasted only four seconds in real time and is…
So HP’s finally let loose another load of firesale 32GB TouchPads for $149, which will be available at Best Buy Starting November 1st. That would be totally great and welcome news except for one thing: You’ve got to buy a HP computer to get the sale price. Come on. HP recently announced that it’s pulling…
I think there are maybe 12 people in the world who want 3D on their tablets so this is for them. Ochanomizu Women’s University has developed a way to turn the iPad display into a pseudo-3D display. Well, kind of. It requires a special device. The special device is actually a cylindrical mirror that projects…
Jeannie: Another voice control app for Android that can actually hold a Siri-esque conversation with you. You can send emails, play music, search the web, set alarms, hear jokes, find news and more with Jeannie. There’s a ton of features here, Lifehacker says that you can, “control apps, start and stop music or video playback,…
Apps make the iPhone shine. And you want your new (or even old) iPhone to shine, right? Here are the best iPhone apps this week! It’s a solid list. If you want to see all the apps on one page click here. https://gizmodo.com/jets-shoebox-modern-combat-3-and-more-5854382 Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nations: Modern Combat 3 is a beyond awesome…
500px: 500px is like Flickr, if Flickr filtered all the crappy photos that the bulk of their users sometimes post and distilled it into true art photography. So it’s a place where really good photographers can store their pictures in polished portfolios for other really good photographers (or just other people) to see them. It’s…
I love me some Taco Bell! Gorditas, Nachos Supremes, Mexican pizzas and oh boy some Chalupas. I don’t love chalupas as much as a man who torched a Taco Bell because they didn’t stuff his XL Chalupas with enough meat though. That’s psychotic love. He’s still on the loose but police said the firestarter called…
Yesterday, I received an arrangement of balloons from a new secret admirer. It was a uniquely flattering and completely-not-creepy-at-all-don’t-kill-me-I-loved-it experience. But it got me thinking: Since we’ve provided you with all the tools you need to be really, really creepy, (not that the balloons were that!) then why not help you deal with persistent secret…
My iPhone 4S is an voracious energy-sucking vampire and its internal battery is its victim. I figured Apple was hard at work trying to solve the issue. According to the Guardian they are, but it looks like Apple’s not sure why it’s happening. The Guardian reports that Apple has been contacting iPhone 4S owners about…
We were excited to hear that the Statue of Liberty had been outfitted with some rad webcams in honor of her 125th birthday. Well Big Mother’s eyes in the sky just went live and holy hell are they cool. https://gizmodo.com/big-mother-is-watching-statue-of-liberty-gets-panorami-5852744 Five different views of the Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor, and of course the…
You probably love your phone, tablet, and other miscellaneous touchscreens—that’s why you bought them. But now that we anticipate, live, eat, and sleep with our gadgets, they’re being deified. Don’t let your fandom turn you fanatical. Relax. Just think about it—whenever you make an informed decision to go Windows Phone or Android, you’re not just…
Reflections and glare on your electronic devices is irritating and causes eye strain. Nippon Electric Glass is battling glare for eyeballs everywhere with their so-impressive-you-can’t-even-see-it Invisible Glass. Reflections and glare are the bane of my existence. Between my MacBook Air and my HDTV, I’m constantly adjusting screens to minimize glare from lamps and the sun.…
Hey guys! I’ve got a great idea. Nobody wants to buy our tablets. But I have a solution—instead of fixing what sucks about the PlayBook, let’s throw in an extra one! OK, now who’s got a cold Molson? RIM’s latest tap dance towards the tech ash heap taps a tried and true sales method: the…
If it’s good enough for Jimmy Buffet and his ridiculous Hawaiian-shirt clad followers, then it should be good enough for you. A blended margarita is the official drink of summer, beaches, and ladies’ night out. With the Margaritaville DM1000 Key West Frozen Concoction Maker, you can keep the inner girl-drink-drunk happy for only $160. While…
He’s not as sexy as Ryan Gosling—then again, who is?—but dammit he’s a hard drive with a mysterious past, a sweet jacket, and an awesome soundtrack. If there’s one thing I can’t get enough of it’s inanimate objects brought to life with computer voices and forced to act out scenes to one of my favorite…
Google released a bunch of new Google+ features yesterday, including “What’s Hot” and Instagram-ish photo filters—those weren’t big surprises. But Google Ripples? We didn’t see that one coming. It’s weird, it’s interesting… but what exactly is it? https://gizmodo.com/now-google-has-instagram-esque-filters-5854183 Google Ripples is a new graphical component to Google+… When you click the menu arrow in the…
