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WARNING: Those Morning After Pills May be Fake

So, you had a good night but something went wrong and you think that you or your partner may get an unwanted pregnancy. Best solution? Morning after pill. Worst solution? Fake morning after pills. The FDA is warning about them: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning U.S. consumers not to use the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

New York’s Subway May Not Survive Nicole Irene

Ok, it’s that time of the year again. Read this and go riot before is too late! https://gizmodo.com/new-yorks-subway-may-not-survive-nicole-updated-5652348 There’s a massive storm headed to New York, one that may flood the subway. What most people don’t know is that we depend on just 700 fragile water pumps to keep the tunnels dry—some a century old.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Linux Turns 20 Today—And Shut Up, Yes, It Still Matters

We get it. Linux is just for nerds. Not mere nerds—we’re all nerds—Linux nerds. It’s a hobbyist OS for contrarians. It’s an antique. An oddity. Pointless. Right? Very, very wrong. Happy birthday, Linux—let’s celebrate you like we should Linux started off humbly enough—just some guy, some programmer’s side project. A blip on a niche usenet…

Tech News Sam Biddle

This Titanium Cigar Punch Will Only Add To the Awesomeness of Smoking Your Cuban

Probably the only thing that’s more badass than smoking a cigar is prepping it with a gadget made of pure titanium. (Unless you’re Bill Clinton). This one’s as rock solid as they come. Made of 6AL4V titanium on the outside with a stainless steel split ring and cutter on the inside, this punch will slice…

Tech News Alyssa Bereznak

I Can’t Believe I Wasn’t Totally High When I Watched This Insane Steve Jobs Video (Or Was I?)

This video was about Steve Jobs, I think. I remember lightsabers and mushrooms and Toy Story and rainbow hats and Androids and OMG WTF did I just watch? [YouTube/Next Media Animations]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

The Most Tragic Way to Celebrate an Earthquake

Earlier this week, heroic Brooklynite Jonathan Berg managed to accomplish something that was simultaneously accomplished by a mere 2.5 million other Brooklynites: not get killed by a weak-sauce earthquake. And then immortalized said accomplishment with a tattoo. Oh, Jonathan. https://gizmodo.com/earthquakes-shake-entire-united-states-updated-5833640 Berg explained to the New York Daily News that he had gotten the tattoo ironically,…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Microsoft Teases and Previews a Quad-Core Windows Slate

During Microsoft TechEd 2011 in New Zealand, Microsoft showed off something verrrry interesting: a Quad-Core Windows Slate. Reports are unsure if it runs Windows 7 or Windows 8 but more info is supposed to be revealed soon. According to ZDNet, the quad-core Windows slate will be showcased in full at the upcoming Microsoft Build Conference…

Tech News Casey Chan

Watch Gizmodo’s Joe Brown on MSNBC’s NewsNation

Gizmodo’s Joe Brown joined MSNBC’s NewsNation on August 25, 2011 to talk about the resignation of Steve Jobs. Watch the clip above! For media requests, contact Kevin Prince at [email protected].

Tech News Scott Kidder

7 Tools to Retrofy Your Bunker

Doesn’t matter if I’m riding out Hurricane Irene or the latest zombiepacolypse, there’s absolutely no reason for me to huddle in a cramped, dank vault like some goddamn refugee. No, if I’m going to have to “hunker down” like some schmuck (doesn’t this storm know who I am?) I’m going to do so in the…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Han Solo in Carbonite Ice Tray is the Geekaholic Deal of the Day

Of course you want a home bar. Work gets tough, weather gets crappy, people get annoying. Mustering the energy to go out and grab drinks after a long day? While a hurricane is coming? To bump elbows and lick sweat off of strange bros? That sound fun? So yeah, you need a home bar. Start…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals

UK Gov Changes Mind on Idiotic Social Media Crackdown

British leadership has realized that banning citizens from using certain websites will not fix rioting, the Guardian reports. Accordingly, they’re ditching their ill-conceived, ill-advised proposal to block suspected rioters from Twitter, Facebook, BBM, and other equally stupid, pretend security measures. The reversal came after the UK Home Office met with the social media groups in…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Amazon Now Offers Kindle Daily Deals

If you have a Kindle (or a PC/iOS/Android device), and like cheap books (I assume you do, but who knows, maybe you derive pleasure from hemorrhaging cash), Amazon now offers a daily deal for books. Quietly emerging from the mist yesterday, the Kindle Daily Deal will introduce a single book at midnight PST each day…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Skypey Wi-Fi Sweetness Coming to Mango

Enough Apple talk! Let’s move on to a more tropical fruit. WP7 Mango is coming very soon, and more and more goodies are being revealed. Skype video? Wi-Fi hotspot? Delicious! Every time another bit of Mango news comes out, I get thatmuch closer to ditching Android. Or at least flirting a little, you know. Keeping…

Tech News Brent Rose

Steve Jobs Invented Your Dell PC and Your Android Phone

Hate him or love him, but this man lead some of the most talented bands of engineers in the history of the planet to create gadgets that have changed the way we understand technology. Here are his greatest works. For the fandroids, trollboys, and other computing history ignorants of this world, it is easy to…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Nobody Uses Their Real Name Online, and Other Outdated Notions

Usernames and anonymity have their place. But is it time to move toward using our true identities online? A personal reflection on the past, present, and future of names on the Internet. The Past I got my first email address in 1991. I was a freshman at UC Santa Cruz and a friend took me…

Tech News Derek Powazek

Watch This Guy Drive a F**king Tank Through McDonald’s Drive Thru

Do we actually know how FPSRussia—everyone’s favorite faux-Russian artillery maniac—isn’t constantly arrested for doing things like, oh, driving an armored infantry vehicle with a live .50 caliber machine gun down populated streets and into a McDonalds? Because I’d like to. Yes, our good friend Dmitri took a tank through the Golden Arches drive thru, just…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Navy SEAL’s Dog Mourns His Fallen Friend

Watching this image of Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson’s dog guarding his best friend coffin makes me all teary. He’s refusing to leave his side, as 1,500 mourners witnessed. Tumilson was one of the Navy seals who were killed by Talibans when a rocket-propeller grenade took down their Chinook chopper on August 6. [Today] https://gizmodo.com/31-us-special-forces-troops-die-in-largest-loss-of-life-5828330

Tech News Jesus Diaz

How Those Beautiful Time-Lapses Are Made

Eric Kessler of Kessler Crane hosted Timefest 2011, an event that brought top photographers around the country to showcase the gadgets, inventions, contraptions, small dollies, little engines, joysticks, controllers, wheels, iPhone apps, beer, secret locations and anything else you can think of that goes into a time-lapse shot. Creating time-lapses is a little overwhelming and…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Bestest Steve Jobs Quotes

They don’t make ’em like Steve anymore. Not only was he clairvoyant about technology but he’s always had a zinger ready to go and he was never afraid to use it. Here are our favorite Steve Jobs quotes: https://gizmodo.com/shit-my-jobs-says-5589242 On Apple: “We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.” —PBS Documentary, Triumph of the…

Tech News Casey Chan

There’s a Very Special New Page at Apple.com

Here’s a very special new page at Apple.com. Tim Cook. CEO. And there’s another one too, of course, with Steve: I’ll now return to my time of contemplation. The beginning of the end, my friends. The beginning of the end. [Apple—Thanks Gonzalo!]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

WARNING: Those Morning After Pills May be Fake

New York’s Subway May Not Survive Nicole Irene

Linux Turns 20 Today—And Shut Up, Yes, It Still Matters

This Titanium Cigar Punch Will Only Add To the Awesomeness of Smoking Your Cuban

I Can’t Believe I Wasn’t Totally High When I Watched This Insane Steve Jobs Video (Or Was I?)

The Most Tragic Way to Celebrate an Earthquake

Microsoft Teases and Previews a Quad-Core Windows Slate

Watch Gizmodo’s Joe Brown on MSNBC’s NewsNation

7 Tools to Retrofy Your Bunker

Han Solo in Carbonite Ice Tray is the Geekaholic Deal of the Day

UK Gov Changes Mind on Idiotic Social Media Crackdown

Amazon Now Offers Kindle Daily Deals

Skypey Wi-Fi Sweetness Coming to Mango

Steve Jobs Invented Your Dell PC and Your Android Phone

Nobody Uses Their Real Name Online, and Other Outdated Notions

Watch This Guy Drive a F**king Tank Through McDonald’s Drive Thru

Navy SEAL’s Dog Mourns His Fallen Friend

How Those Beautiful Time-Lapses Are Made

The Bestest Steve Jobs Quotes

There’s a Very Special New Page at Apple.com

‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Stinks

‘Scream 4’ Is Back, and on Tape

Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Tech Companies Starting April 1

Amazon Clears Out Netflix-Licensed Nebula Capsule 3 Mini Projector at 32% Off, Dolby Audio Home Theater for Less

Anker 160W Laptop Charger Briefly Returns to Black Friday Pricing in a Last-Minute Amazon Spring Sale Deal

The New ‘Backrooms’ Trailer Is Packed Full of Endless Dread

Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Combo Falls Under $25, a Budget Bundle Deal in the Final Hours of Spring Sale

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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

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