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Daily Desired: An Office Chair Worth Dying In

The Sayl Chair is Herman Miller’s minimalist masterpiece. After long weekends, I’m overcome by the feeling that I’ll die in my office. That’s a disturbing thought, but I’d feel mighty comfortable dying in a Sayl—I’d look good, too. The world first saw the Sayl office chair last year, and we marveled at Yves Béhar’s design.…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Eric Schmidt Confirms Rumors of a Fall Release for Ice Cream Sandwich

Eric Schmidt was at some conference for enterprise business stiffs talking about nonsense involving incentivizing vendors to increase marketshare or something. But he let a juicy bit of info slip: Ice Cream Sandwich is coming in October or November. Previous rumors had suggested that Ice Cream Sandwich would come in October and Schmidt himself said…

Tech News Adrian Covert

This Is How Insanely Fast the Texas Wildfires Are Spreading

The place: North of Bastrop State Park, Texas. The time: September 5, 2011. The bottom line: wildfires spread so insanely fast that it’s terrifying. This has not been altered in any way. It’s real time. Wildfires have been roaring for the past eight days, powered by winds reaching up to 60 miles per hour. As…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Mesmerizing Effect of Destruction In Reverse

It may be the oldest trick in the book, but there’s something about this backwards destruction video that mesmerizes me. Perhaps it’s the editing combined with the music. Maybe the slow motion filming. Probably it’s a combination of both, but I love it. Filmaker James Miller shot this with a Sony FS100 at 50p at…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Behind the Scenes at Ground Zero

On September 6th, Gizmodo went behind the cordon to tour the progress of the World Trade Center and the 9/11 Memorial. From the first floor to the 71st, see how these incredible structures are taking shape—from the inside.

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Why Is Apple Suing a Chinese Food Company for Stealing LG’s Logo?

Apple, obviously empowered by semi successful lawsuits against companies stealing their patented property, is going after Sichuan Fangguo Food Co. for stealing Apple’s logo. Uhh…? Too bad it looks more like LG’s logo than Apple’s. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-cant-sell-the-galaxy-tab-in-australia-because-o-5826524 I think someone from LG should send Tim Cook a gift basket for doing the dirty work for them.…

Tech News Casey Chan

Companies: Please Stop Calling Things “HD” Because It’s Driving Me Completely Insane

HD is our decade’s extreme. People know the two letters well—and they like them!—because of HDTV. That’s fine, because HDTV actually means something: certain, set lines of resolution. But “Swiffer HD Clean”? I feel like screaming blood. Swiffer makes fine cleaning products. My floors get dusty. Maybe yours do too. Great. They clean up the…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Dexter (Seasons 1-5) Is Your Bloody Deal of the Day

If I learned anything from my Philosophy 101 class, it’s that the concepts of right and wrong are TOTALLY relative (I’m an expert now, BTW). At the end of the day, does it matter what path we take if we all inevitably reach the same finish line? And who are you to tell me what…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals

How Incredible Gigantic Gigapixel Photos Were Meant to Be Navigated

Navigating through a giant, massively detailed photo should be freaking amazing, not confined to a tiny control panel like it too-often is. The Gigalinc project from the University of Lincoln takes all the coolness of humongous photos and lets you control it with Kinect gestures. Awesome. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-largest-photo-in-the-world-is-also-the-pretti-5692060 The project ran this weekend at the University…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Past Pixels: 9/11, Photography and Remembrance

You’re not just looking at a photo of a firefighter standing on the rubble of the World Trade Center, looking up at the sky while the world burns around him. You’re looking at the limits of digital imaging technology in September 2001. Click on the photo to see it at full size. Joel Johnson and…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Apple Tech Support at Its Very Finest

Problem: you’ve got a computer that you want to take from one location to another. You see your hands, you see the iMac, you just can’t for the life of you figure out what comes next. Apple to the rescue! The above instructions are actual 2009 advice, still up at Apple’s website, on “how to…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Smoking Weed Is Really Bad for the Environment (Doing Other Drugs Is Less Bad)

Marijuana, hue notwithstanding, is not exactly new school green. In fact, it’s the worst drug for the environment. Marijuana growers use $5 billion worth of electricity to power lightbulbs, fans, dehumidifiers and whatever else it takes to grow weed. That’s 1% of the national electricity consumption. Not only that, smoking a joint is worth two…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Transistor Was Almost Called the Iotatron

When Bell Laboratories wrapped up work on the transistor in 1948, they let 25 employees vote on the name. And for some reason, those stodgy bastards passed up options such as the crystal triode and the iotatron. Sad face. According to Adafruit, the transistor was originally referred to as a semiconductor triode, but Bell Labs…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Sony’s F65 CineAlta 4K Camera Is a High-End Hollywood Monster

Sony isn’t done with its whole renaissance thing. No, instead they bring us the their new F65 CineAlta professional monster, a beast with so much muscle it can film in full 4K—four times higher than standard high definition. https://gizmodo.com/is-sony-back-5821623 I’ve decided to name this beast Behemoth, so named for its having more power than Directors…

Tech News Kwame Opam

Completely Negate the Thinness of Your iPad or Macbook with These Bamboo Cases

Well done! You bought a Blackbox case, crafted from bamboo, for your Apple device and now you’re eco-friendly and green, and sustainable and so on and so forth. But now your Apple whatever is also wonderfully bulky. Bamboo looks very nice, and I’m glad this case can protect your device against 25-foot falls. But you…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Iridium’s Newest Satellite Gear Gives You WiFi Across the Entire Planet

If you think your phone’s data connection is shitty at home, just imagine being in the middle of the wilderness. Or on a mountain. Or the ocean. Iridium’s new super-rugged handset and access point sucks satellite signal everywhere you go. Let’s say you’re in the middle of a glacier. Or, maybe more realistically, a national…

Gadgets Sam Biddle

People Only Care About Your Twitter and Facebook Links for a Few Hours

That Cracked article you linked to on Twitter? That music video you posted on Facebook? Bitly’s data suggests those links only have a half-life of 3-5 hours (in terms of your friends and followers actually clicking). [Bitly]

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Amazingly Touching Way the 9/11 Memorial Arranged the Names of the Victims Who Died

The 9/11 Memorial is sure to be beautiful—a cascading waterfall in remembrance of that tragic day. It’s also extremely thoughtful—instead of arranging the names in alphabetical order, the 9/11 Memorial will cluster people together who share bonds through friendship, work or incredible story. So the 704 people from Cantor Fitzgerald who passed away will be…

Tech News Casey Chan

Gather Up the Slumber Party Posse and Play Would You Rather

Pile on in gang, because this week we have another little game for you. Playing is easy, but the stakes are high, so welcome to another round of Would You Rather—brought to you by the folks at State Farm. Remember the good ol’ days of being snuggled up in your pillow fort with a “Choose…

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How New York City Built a Massive $3.8 Billion Underground Transit Station in the WTC’s Footprints

The original World Trade Center PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) Station, opened in 1971, was destroyed in the 9/11 attacks when the WTC towers collapsed on top of it. Its replacement, the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, is a mega-terminal on the scale of Grand Central Station—under the new WTC complex. The Bathtub “The Financial District…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Daily Desired: An Office Chair Worth Dying In

Eric Schmidt Confirms Rumors of a Fall Release for Ice Cream Sandwich

This Is How Insanely Fast the Texas Wildfires Are Spreading

The Mesmerizing Effect of Destruction In Reverse

Behind the Scenes at Ground Zero

Why Is Apple Suing a Chinese Food Company for Stealing LG’s Logo?

Companies: Please Stop Calling Things “HD” Because It’s Driving Me Completely Insane

Dexter (Seasons 1-5) Is Your Bloody Deal of the Day

How Incredible Gigantic Gigapixel Photos Were Meant to Be Navigated

Past Pixels: 9/11, Photography and Remembrance

Apple Tech Support at Its Very Finest

Smoking Weed Is Really Bad for the Environment (Doing Other Drugs Is Less Bad)

The Transistor Was Almost Called the Iotatron

Sony’s F65 CineAlta 4K Camera Is a High-End Hollywood Monster

Completely Negate the Thinness of Your iPad or Macbook with These Bamboo Cases

Iridium’s Newest Satellite Gear Gives You WiFi Across the Entire Planet

People Only Care About Your Twitter and Facebook Links for a Few Hours

The Amazingly Touching Way the 9/11 Memorial Arranged the Names of the Victims Who Died

Gather Up the Slumber Party Posse and Play Would You Rather

How New York City Built a Massive $3.8 Billion Underground Transit Station in the WTC’s Footprints

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

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Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

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