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Clever Modder Upgrades an Old Wacom Into a Pricier Drawing Tablet With $80 Worth of Parts

Wacom’s cheapest drawing tablet, the 13-inch Wacom One, will still set you back $400. So instead of upgrading, Akaki Kuumeri built their own by creating a strap-on screen for an older Wacom tablet using $80 worth of purchased and 3D-printed parts. The key to the affordability of this particular hack is that Kuumeri already had…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

The FDA Just Approved a Smart Insulin Pen Cap That Might Make the Life of Diabetics Easier

The Food and Drug Administration has granted approval for an innovative smart pen cap system to help those with both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes better manage their insulin dosage. This is huge news, as the system could help diabetics eliminate the guesswork when it comes to figuring out how much insulin to take,…

Gadgets Victoria Song

PSA: Spotify Will Now Let You Share Podcast Timestamps

Spotify is rolling out a handful of new social features. Among the more notable of these features, beginning today, Spotify is introducing a new tool to allow users to share podcast episodes from a specific point in the program—much like you can on YouTube. Now, in order to share a podcast with a timestamp, click…

Internet Catie Keck

Strap This Beeping Robotic Third Eye to Your Forehead to Help You Walk and Text

Who among us hasn’t unknowingly fallen into an open manhole, or accidentally strolled into an active construction site, while distracted by our phones? But a problem caused by technology can only be solved with more technology, right? So a design student has created a wearable robotic third eye that warns distracted users about obstacles they…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

A First Responder App Is Quadrupling the Number of Heart Attack Survivors in Denmark

In recent years, Denmark has seen the fatality rate for out-of-home heart attacks slowly dwindle to record lows. One of the factors behind the decline, per a new Washington Post report, is an app that aims a swarm of volunteers at patients in need. That app, Heartrunner, relies on connecting people in the midst of…

Tech News Shoshana Wodinsky

A TikTok Video Is New Evidence in a Nearly Two-Decade-Old Kidnapping Case

A viral TikTok video has revived the search for Sofia Juárez, a woman who was kidnapped in 2003, just before turning five. According to a police page about the case, Juárez was taken near her home in Kennewick, Washington, where she lived with her mother, grandmother, and aunts and uncles. CNN has reported that Juárez’s…

Tech News Whitney Kimball

Your Brain Deserves to Play Lovetris: a Soothing Version of Tetris That Always Gives You the Exact Piece You Need

A decade ago the world was cursed with a version of Tetris called Hatetris that frustrated players by delivering the worst possible tetromino piece imaginable. Eleven years and a pandemic later, we now have a version called Lovetris that does the exact opposite: dropping the exact piece a player needs to clear a line. On…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

The PS5 Shortage Will Likely Stretch Into 2022

If you were hoping it’d get easier to snag a PlayStation 5, Sony’s got some bad news for you. In a call with analysts, Sony warned that they likely won’t be able to meet PS5 demand and restock stores through 2022. According to Bloomberg, Sony reported it had sold 7.8 million PS5s through March 31…

Gadgets Victoria Song

Leaked Photos Give Us a Peek at the Next Generation of Sony’s Excellent Noise-Cancelling Earbuds

Sony’s WF-1000XM3 earbuds were one of the first pairs of wireless in-ears to include noise-canceling that was nearly as good as what you’ll find in full-size headphones. But they’re now two years old and in desperate need of an update, which, according to new leaked photos and details, could arrive as soon as next month.…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Why Am I Still Embarrassed About Things That Happened 10 Years Ago?

It’s a nice day, you’re strolling along, music’s queued up, prospects looking good, your sweater’s matching your pants, the person you’re seeing just sent you a cute text, no one you know is actively sick or angry at you, your dreams are, if not on the brink of actualization, not impossibly far from it, and…

Tech News Daniel Kolitz

Melinda Gates Called Divorce Lawyers in 2019 After NYTimes Revealed Bill’s Ties to Jeffrey Epstein: WSJ

Melinda Gates started talking with divorce lawyers in October of 2019 after the New York Times first revealed Bill Gates had met with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein on multiple occasions, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. The report sheds new light on the timeline of the wealthy couple’s disintegrating marriage, something…

Tech News Matt Novak

Clubhouse Launches Android Beta as iOS Downloads Nosedive

Good news: The audio-based social network Clubhouse is finally bringing its app to Android after more than a year of iOS exclusivity, the company announced Sunday. Bad news: The beta is only available for U.S. users, and, just as with Clubhouse’s iOS version, it remains invite-only for now. So not just anyone can sign up…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

Elon Musk on SNL: I Post Bad Tweets Because ‘That’s Just How My Brain Works’

Elon Musk’s bad tweets have gotten him into plenty of trouble over the years, costing him his position as Tesla chairman and landing him in federal court on more than one occasion. But during the Tesla CEO’s much-discussed appearance on Saturday Night Live last night, he offered a truly compelling reason for his behavior: He’s…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

Screenshot: Saturday Night Live / Gizmodo

This Is the Elon Musk Dogecoin Moment the Fanboys Were Waiting For

One of the most anticipated and hyped moments of Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s appearance on Saturday Night Live this weekend was the possible, and highly probable, mention of Dogecoin, the meme cryptocurrency the tech billionaire has helped inflate to record highs. Never one to disappoint his adoring fanboys, Musk gave them what they…

Tech News Jody Serrano

Justice Department Quietly Seized Washington Post Reporters’ Phone Records During Trump Era

The Department of Justice quietly seized phone records and tried to obtain email records for three Washington Post reporters, ostensibly over their coverage of then-U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election, according to officials and government letters reviewed by the Post. Justice Department regulations typically mandate that news organizations…

Privacy & Security Alyse Stanley

Hacked Verified Twitter Accounts Are Spamming Musk Fans With Bitcoin Scams Ahead of SNL Debut

Several verified Twitter accounts strangely started flooding the replies of Elon Musk and his followers with bitcoin spam on Saturday. The apparent hacks come just hours before the Tesla CEO’s much-discussed hosting gig on Saturday Night Live. Fraud tracker Malware Hunter Team shared a series of screenshots of verified Twitter accounts that appeared to be…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

Too Bad, Zuck: Just 4% of U.S. iPhone Users Let Apps Track Them After iOS Update

Apple recently rolled out its highly anticipated App Tracking Transparency feature with iOS 14.5, which lets users decide whether apps track their activity for targeted advertising. Overwhelmingly, users seem happy to leave app tracking disabled. Just 4% of iPhone users in the U.S. have agreed to app tracking after updating their device, according to the…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

YouTube Found the Pettiest Loophole in Its Battle Against Roku

Just a week after Roku yanked YouTube TV from its app store thanks to an ongoing feud with Google, it looks like YouTube found a clever (if not extremely petty) workaround. On Friday, YouTube announced it would just cram YouTube TV access into the main YouTube app, which is still available. While the company plans…

Internet Shoshana Wodinsky

Melinda Gates Reportedly Warned Bill Not to Pal Around With Infamous Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has strenuously denied that all those times he hung out with notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein—you know, the guy with the private jet and island compound who died in prison in 2019 before he could testify about who else was involved in his child sex abuse ring—was about anything other than milking…

Tech News Tom McKay

Good Night, Meat Prince

Bryan Menegus is one of the most frustrating editors I’ve ever worked with, which is to say he had annoying feedback like ‘Do you have a source on this?’, ‘This paragraph is complete gibberish’, ‘Did you forget to end this sentence?’, or ‘This is just totally factually wrong’. He also changed the structure of sentences…

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Clever Modder Upgrades an Old Wacom Into a Pricier Drawing Tablet With $80 Worth of Parts

The FDA Just Approved a Smart Insulin Pen Cap That Might Make the Life of Diabetics Easier

PSA: Spotify Will Now Let You Share Podcast Timestamps

Strap This Beeping Robotic Third Eye to Your Forehead to Help You Walk and Text

A First Responder App Is Quadrupling the Number of Heart Attack Survivors in Denmark

A TikTok Video Is New Evidence in a Nearly Two-Decade-Old Kidnapping Case

Your Brain Deserves to Play Lovetris: a Soothing Version of Tetris That Always Gives You the Exact Piece You Need

The PS5 Shortage Will Likely Stretch Into 2022

Leaked Photos Give Us a Peek at the Next Generation of Sony’s Excellent Noise-Cancelling Earbuds

Why Am I Still Embarrassed About Things That Happened 10 Years Ago?

Melinda Gates Called Divorce Lawyers in 2019 After NYTimes Revealed Bill’s Ties to Jeffrey Epstein: WSJ

Clubhouse Launches Android Beta as iOS Downloads Nosedive

Elon Musk on SNL: I Post Bad Tweets Because ‘That’s Just How My Brain Works’

This Is the Elon Musk Dogecoin Moment the Fanboys Were Waiting For

Justice Department Quietly Seized Washington Post Reporters’ Phone Records During Trump Era

Hacked Verified Twitter Accounts Are Spamming Musk Fans With Bitcoin Scams Ahead of SNL Debut

Too Bad, Zuck: Just 4% of U.S. iPhone Users Let Apps Track Them After iOS Update

YouTube Found the Pettiest Loophole in Its Battle Against Roku

Melinda Gates Reportedly Warned Bill Not to Pal Around With Infamous Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein

Good Night, Meat Prince

Toshiba’s 65-inch Smart Fire TV Now Matches 43-Inch Pricing After 44% Drop on Amazon

Kash Patel’s Email Account Hacked, Iran-Linked Group Takes Credit

Repair Workers Accidentally Stumble Upon Lost Remains of Legendary ‘Fourth Musketeer’

Dreame Aero Pro Wet Dry Vacuum Mop Drops 20% Shortly After Launch in the Spring Cleaning Sale

Darth Maul’s Legs, Ranked

April Set to Unleash Some Wild Weather Across Parts of the US, Meteorologists Warn

Scientists Create ‘Living Pharmacy’ Implant That Doses 3 Drugs at Once

Dyson Supersonic Nural Hair Dryer Cuts Into Its Premium Price Tag in the Spring Sale, Bid Frequent Salon Visits Goodbye

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

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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