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Kiano4: The Sliding Keyboard You’ve Always Secretly Wished Your iPhone Had

It’s OK to admit it—typing on a digital keyboard just doesn’t give the same tactile satisfaction as on a real one. The Kiano4 does because it’s a real sliding keyboard, rather than flipping, that attaches to your iPhone. https://gizmodo.com/this-iphone-case-packs-a-qwertyriffic-flip-out-keyboard-5645308 The keyboard rests against the iPhone’s rear panel, adding just over a half inch (15.3mm) of…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

55 Years Ago, the Founder of HP Apologized for Knowing Nothing About Computers

When he was the Provost of Stanford (before being credited as the Father of Silicon Valley), tech legend Frederick Terman wanted to help the Army acquire a computer. So, he turned to HP’s Bill Hewlett. Problem: Bill was totally clueless. To be fair, this was a decade before HP debuted their first computer—at the time,…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Six Yo-Yo Masters Performing Mind-Bending String Feats

The 2011 World Yo-Yo Championships wrapped up in Orlando, Florida last Saturday. Here are the winning performers from each of division—all with their own hardware and stunt styles—pulling off tricks you can’t even fathom. Division 1A: Marcus Koh The player manipulates a long string (with a sleeping yo-yo at the end) to perform tricks. Division…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Craigslist’s Casual Encounters Penises Are the Internet’s Best New Game (Updated)

Craigslist Casual Encounters is the used condom inside the rusted dumpster behind the internet’s foreclosed strip club. But also one of the most entertaining destinations online. Even better than browsing gross naked people? Scoring points for pairing names to nuts. Watch in delight and/or horror as a giant pixelated naked body floats up your screen.…

Tech News Sam Biddle

There’s Going to Be a Star Trek Theme Park. Really!

We’ve finally done it. After more than 40 years, we finally have the green light on a Star Trek theme park, thanks to King Abdullah of Jordan. And it only cost a measly $1.5 billion to do it. I’m buying my ticket now. The project is expected to be completed by 2014, and will be…

Tech News Kwame Opam

Please Stop Calling Gadgets Sexy

Dear technology journalists of the world: You know how you called that gadget you just reviewed sexy? Tell me, do you intend to fuck it, or do you simply plan to shove it up your ass? “Sexy.” You see it applied to non-human objects all the time, but especially electronics. And the thing is, those…

Gadgets Mat Honan

Build a Military-Grade Camera-Flinging Grenade Launcher for 500 Bucks

Israel’s remote-video beaming camera launcher is a pretty hot military toy. But it’s a strictly military toy. Unless you build your own. Two hardcore modders hacked together a camera-launching flare gun that’s every bit as badass as the real thing. Vlad Gostom and Joshua Marpet dropped their DIY dynamo at this year’s Defcon, and it’s…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Strapping a Portable Speaker to Your Bike Sounds a Bit Douche-y

Foxl’s tiny portable speaker is a solid piece of equipment, so it should follow that you might want to take it everywhere. So, SoundMatters went ahead and provided a Bike Bundle Kit to strap it to your bike. I’m just not sure you’d want to. https://gizmodo.com/foxl-portable-speaker-no-system-so-small-ever-sounded-5049045 Don’t get me wrong. The idea sounds nice on…

Gadgets Kwame Opam

I’m Sorry Your Crappy City Doesn’t Have Something Like the New Yorker’s Goings On App

The great thing* about living in New York City is that there’s always something going on. But with the city moving at a million miles a minute, keeping track of what’s happening is pretty damn hard. New Yorker’s Goings On app simplifies that. In a nutshell, the Goings On app is the New Yorker’s entertainment…

Tech News Casey Chan

The New Images of the World’s Newest Tallest Building Are Simply Insane

We showed you the first look of the world’s tallest building, the Kingdom Tower. Now, Chicago’s AS+GG Architecture has released stunning new renders of the project. The glass and steel spire would look perfectly at home in Coruscant. https://gizmodo.com/the-first-image-of-the-worlds-new-tallest-building-5826867 The 3,280-foot (one kilometer!) Kingdom Tower will dwarf the 2,717-foot (828-meter) Burj Khalifa. You will be…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Best Apps for Surviving This Economic Clusternut

The economy sucks. Our country is in a rut. The market dropped another 600 points today after the 500 point drop last week. It’s just a terrible time not to have money. So be responsible and save! Yeah, I know it’s hard. Where do you start? Do you put it under the mattress? Nope! Just…

Tech News Casey Chan

The OC Complete Series Is Your Luxurious, Angst-ridden Deal of the Day

Marissa Cooper was the most beautiful girl I’d ever known in my life. I’d followed her adventures through Orange County for years—glued to my TV during my adolescent years. As I sat in my hovel, drinking a soup made from straw and rainwater, I fantasized of spending my life with her, gilded hand in gilded…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals

Seagate’s New GoFlex Turbo Keeps Your Data in a SafetyNet

The Seagate GoFlex portable hard drive has the amenities you’d expect for its price range. 500GB. USB 3.0. Support for FireWire and eSATA. But what makes it stand out is that it offers full data recovery right out of the box. Seagate calls their Data Recovery Service SafetyNet. It works as the name promises; should…

Tech News Kwame Opam

Spotify Has 175,000 Paying Customers

Not bad for one month’s work and 1.4 million invites activated. They only need 625,000 more paying subscribers to catch up with Rhapsody. More number-crunching at All Things D via Techmeme.

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Mother Nature Doesn’t Give a Shit About Your Data

We all ooh and ahh when lightning zaps from one cloud to another, but when the cloud that gets hit is the one where we store our data, suddenly it’s not so cool. The Register UK is reporting that last night lightning struck a transformer in Dublin, Ireland which caused a large explosion and some…

Tech News Brent Rose

Google+ Isn’t Completely Broken on iPad Anymore

The iOS app for Google+ just got an update that adds touch support for iPad and iPod Touch and groups notifications. It’s still just a humongified version of the iPhone app on iPad, but at least now it’s actually usable. [9to5mac]

Tech News Kyle Wagner

The Gizmodo vs. Deadspin iPhone Repair Contest: And The Winner Is…

A while ago we challenged Deadspin to an iPhone carnage contest. https://gizmodo.com/the-gizmodo-vs-deadspin-iphone-repair-contest-if-it-a-5819012 The results are in and the winner is Gizmodo reader Bryan Tye, who submitted the bent beauty pictured above. “I had my phone docked in an Ion Block Rocker on my boat, and it took a nose-dive, phone first into the floor,” Tye…

Tech News Alyssa Bereznak

The Bitcoin Is Dying. Whatever.

There’s no denying the rise of Bitcoin has been as amusing as it has been interesting. A quasi-anonymous, internet-spawned currency that shoots up to a price of $32 is captivating. But the honeymoon is over and Bitcoin is falling. Fast. https://gizmodo.com/what-is-bitcoin-5803124 After tumbling to a price of $7, the Atlantic’s Nicholas Jackson points out the…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Did a New Taliban Weapon Kill a Chopper Full of Navy SEALs?

The US suffered a tremendous loss Saturday in Afganistan when the downing of a Chinook helicopter took the lives of 31 special forces troops. As Danger Room reports, it may have been an entirely new Taliban weapon that did it: The passengers and crew of the twin-rotor CH-47 Chinook helicopter probably never saw the rocket…

Tech News David Axe - Wired

The Japanese Tsunami Also Destroyed Part of Antarctica

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake rumbled the northeast coast of Japan at a depth of 15.2 miles. The resulting tsunami destroyed everything nearby, but most people thought it never affected other areas. Until now. https://jezebel.com/the-complete-japan-crisis-timeline-live-updates-5780998 Dr. Kelly Brunt, a cryosphere scientist at Goddard Space Flight Center, and other researchers have discovered evidence…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Kiano4: The Sliding Keyboard You’ve Always Secretly Wished Your iPhone Had

55 Years Ago, the Founder of HP Apologized for Knowing Nothing About Computers

Six Yo-Yo Masters Performing Mind-Bending String Feats

Craigslist’s Casual Encounters Penises Are the Internet’s Best New Game (Updated)

There’s Going to Be a Star Trek Theme Park. Really!

Please Stop Calling Gadgets Sexy

Build a Military-Grade Camera-Flinging Grenade Launcher for 500 Bucks

Strapping a Portable Speaker to Your Bike Sounds a Bit Douche-y

I’m Sorry Your Crappy City Doesn’t Have Something Like the New Yorker’s Goings On App

The New Images of the World’s Newest Tallest Building Are Simply Insane

The Best Apps for Surviving This Economic Clusternut

The OC Complete Series Is Your Luxurious, Angst-ridden Deal of the Day

Seagate’s New GoFlex Turbo Keeps Your Data in a SafetyNet

Spotify Has 175,000 Paying Customers

Mother Nature Doesn’t Give a Shit About Your Data

Google+ Isn’t Completely Broken on iPad Anymore

The Gizmodo vs. Deadspin iPhone Repair Contest: And The Winner Is…

The Bitcoin Is Dying. Whatever.

Did a New Taliban Weapon Kill a Chopper Full of Navy SEALs?

The Japanese Tsunami Also Destroyed Part of Antarctica

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

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

VR Just Took Another Massive Body Blow

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