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Which Apps Do You Want Us To Review?

We’ve been making video demos of mobile apps lately and we’ve noticed that you seem to enjoy them. So we want to make more! We do need your help though, because we’re not sure exactly which apps you’re interested in. Are there new apps you’ve heard about but are hesitant to purchase without knowing more?…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Put Your Camera on Canon’s Prototype Dock and Watch it Magically Charge and Share

Well, it’s inductive charging, not magic. But Canon’s Cross Media dock looks like a particularly sweet implementation, letting you not only juice up to three cameras or camcorders sans wires, but suck down and share your pics and vids too. As soon as your camera is placed on the prototype’s surface—and don’t expect it to…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Gizmodo’s Sexy Robot Costume Contest!

Hey, what are you gonna be for Halloween? If you dress like a sexy robot, you could win our Sexy Robot Costume Contest. Post photos on our facebook page or send em to [email protected]. You could win… FAME! And a pizza. Here are the rules: Submissions are due by Wednesday, October 27th. Standard contest rules…

Tech News Joe Brown

Take Five: Never Accidentally Stop Listening to Music on Your iPhone Again

It’s a common occurrence. You’re listening to music, you put it on pause, and you end up listening to yourself breathe for an hour. Take Five offers relief, pausing your music for a while and then automatically resuming playback later. https://gizmodo.com/this-happens-to-me-every-f-cking-single-day-5489557 It’s super simple. If you’re listening to music and need to focus on something…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Palm Pre 2 Heading To Verizon?

Engadget got their hands on an internal Verizon training document, and lo and behold, there’s a section on the elusive Palm Pre 2. The blurb doesn’t divulge any new details, but hopefully it means we’ll be hearing more soon. [Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/is-this-the-new-palm-pre-ii-5662234

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Fake Your Own Spectacular 50 Explosion Fireworks Finale

A disappointing fireworks show is always an enormous bummer. All that lead-up, all that head tilting, and then, pfft, it’s over. But photographer Jesse Garcia is covered, stitching together 50 blasts to make his own incredible artificial finale shot. [PetaPixel]

Tech News Sam Biddle

Miniature Kinetic Sculptures Are the Coolest Snail Mail You Could Possibly Send Someone

Stamps and envelopes and mailboxes—I DON’T DO THAT. But these MechaniCards—a set of five intricate and mesmerizing handcrafted mechanical sculptures you can send in the mail—are awesome enough to get me back standing in line for postage. Each MechaniCard is hand made by artist Bradley N. Litwin. The Radial Engine, the first card shown in…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Siemens MiniTek Beams Music To Hearing Aids Over Bluetooth

If you’re hearing impaired and you’ve already got a wireless hearing aid from Siemens, the company’s new matchbook-sized miniTek box will wirelessly beam audio from any Bluetooth device straight to your ear. In addition to Bluetooth devices, the miniTek can receive audio from gear that uses e2e wireless connections or T-coil systems, and it has…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

StarDunk, Where You Play Basketball In Space

Playing basketball in space is not a new idea, with Jordan’s Space Jam and Futurama’s space globetrotters already exploring the concept of weightless dunking quite well. But have you tried it? The video shows what the gameplay is like. The concept is similar to Fruit Ninja, another game we love. There’s basically one thing you…

Tech News Jason Chen

Let’s Be Best Friends On Facebook!

Did you know that you can easily add some Gizmodo to your Facebook? You’ll get all the best stories, discussions, and contests right in your Facebook feed. All you need to click that “like” button on our Facebook page. Actually, we’re making it extra easy for you. You can just click the like button below.…

Social Media Rosa Golijan

The Smartest Advancements in Technology Series: The CPU

What five technologies have made our lives easier, better, and more efficient? Hard to choose, right? Well, inspired by the next tech advancement, Intel smart, we’ve done it for you. Last week we brought you the ATM. Today: the century-defining CPU. The central processing unit—or CPU, for the acronym-adoring—has perhaps made more significant contributions to…

Tech News Gawkercreative

Ask Giz: Textual Intercourse, Flabby Gamers, and Online Scams

This week: a relationship ruined by text messages. An out of shape gamer looking for an easy way out. A broke-ass gent with an eye on Craigslist. Three sad souls, three desperations—three readers in need. Dear Giz- So I’ve been seeing this guy for a few weeks now, and we get along really well and…

Tech News Professor Gizmodo

Spherical Egg Discovered in England

Don’t adjust your monitors, people. What you’re looking at is a real, honest to goodness Grade A spherical egg. What does it taste like? What was the aspect ratio of the chicken that produced it? What does it mean? James Church, a 27-year-old hotel chef from Cornwall, England, discovered the culinary wonder on a recent…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Mike Tyson Gets Another Shot At The Video Game Title

Like an out-of-control boxer tearing off an opponent’s ear, Rock Software rips off Nintendo’s Punch-Out!! series to give Mike Tyson his own boxing video game for the iPhone. Rock Software is a company that specializes in making video games for sports celebrities like Chad Ochocinco, Terrell Owens and Floyd Mayweather Jr., and now it’s readying…

Tech News Mike Fahey

Gadget Deals of the Day

Today, you’ll find some awesome deals on a Dell Studio Laptop, Medal of Honor for Xbox 360, a free pack of Dessert Delights Gum, and a slough of great app deals. Enjoy. Top Deals: • 14″ Dell Studio 14 (1458) Quad Core i7 Laptop + $75 Gift Card for $899.99 with free shipping (normally $1,244…

Tech News Adam Harris

Murder in 19th Century France and the Birth of Forensic Science

This week’s excerpt is not for the the faint of heart! We recount the savage murder and grisly disposal of Toussaint-Augustin Gouffé as well as the groundbreaking forensic techniques used by Dr. Alexandre Lacassagne to bring his killers to justice. In mid-November 1889, Dr. Alexandre Lacassagne, head of the department of legal medicine at the…

Tech News Douglas Starr

O Crank Up the Old-Timey Lego Letterpress Machine

You know when you see your favorite flavor combos on a menu, like brie and cranberry, and feel a sudden rush of completeness? I feel that way after spotting this letterpress machine that uses Lego pieces as the stamps. Possibly the best part of this taste-explosion is that Physical Fiction, the design studio who clamped…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Steve Jobs Sends Chilean Miners New iPods

In addition to Japanese space underwear, Oakley sunglasses and $10,000 apiece from a local businessperson, all 33 Chilean miners will receive new iPods, courtesy of Apple. Now this is really the feel good news story of the year. And since everything turned out OK, we can joke. What’s on their playlist? Post yours in the…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

How This Philips Viral Ad Led to a Gun-Toting Bear Hunt

There’s nothing a marketing department loves more than a viral campaign. Millions of impressions! All that BUZZ! But what happens when authorities think your video of a bear just chilling on a street corner is real? Men with guns happen. The video above—which was somehow, some way intended to get people to buy a specific…

Tech News Brian Barrett

This Bridge Looks Like It Can Fly to Space

The Paik Nam June Media Bridge project—in Seoul, Korea—is more than a kilometer long (0.67 miles). It has museums, libraries, and shopping malls, but what it really needs are anti-gravity engines so it could fly to orbit. Those ramps are not engines of any kind, however. They just lead to gardens by the river and…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Which Apps Do You Want Us To Review?

Put Your Camera on Canon’s Prototype Dock and Watch it Magically Charge and Share

Gizmodo’s Sexy Robot Costume Contest!

Take Five: Never Accidentally Stop Listening to Music on Your iPhone Again

Palm Pre 2 Heading To Verizon?

Fake Your Own Spectacular 50 Explosion Fireworks Finale

Miniature Kinetic Sculptures Are the Coolest Snail Mail You Could Possibly Send Someone

Siemens MiniTek Beams Music To Hearing Aids Over Bluetooth

StarDunk, Where You Play Basketball In Space

Let’s Be Best Friends On Facebook!

The Smartest Advancements in Technology Series: The CPU

Ask Giz: Textual Intercourse, Flabby Gamers, and Online Scams

Spherical Egg Discovered in England

Mike Tyson Gets Another Shot At The Video Game Title

Gadget Deals of the Day

Murder in 19th Century France and the Birth of Forensic Science

O Crank Up the Old-Timey Lego Letterpress Machine

Steve Jobs Sends Chilean Miners New iPods

How This Philips Viral Ad Led to a Gun-Toting Bear Hunt

This Bridge Looks Like It Can Fly to Space

Trump Posts Concept Art of His Presidential Library, and It’s AI Slop

Forget Tower Desktop, GMKtec Mini PC Drops to a Record Low as Amazon Clears Out Final Spring Sale Stock

‘Fallout’ Season 2 Was a Hit Despite That Unsatisfying Release Strategy Change

JBL Authentics 500 Retro-Style Home Speaker Hits 40% Off, Now at Its Lowest Price as Amazon’s Spring Sale Clearance Begins

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You Too Will Learn to Fear the XenoFrog

Amazon Echo Dot Sees Its Last Price Drop in the Spring Sale, Final Hours Tick Down Ahead of an Uncertain Prime Day

Artemis 2 by the Numbers: Breaking Down NASA’s Big Return to the Moon

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

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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