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Please, No More Proprietary Smartwatch Chargers

I realize this is a rarefied problem, the epitome of small potatoes in a world full of Big Existential Crises. But as the world burns and chaos reigns supreme, I am choosing to “maintain” my sanity by hyper-focusing on one, medium-sized hill to die on: We need to get rid of proprietary smartwatch chargers. Every…

Gadgets Victoria Song

Finally, You Can Get Your Old Google Icons Back

If you’re also one of those people desperate for some kind of good news today to counteract the hours of absolute horseshit you sat through last night, here’s a small win: you can officially get your old Google icons back. This nifty Chrome extension, developed by product designer Claudio Postinghel, was built to revert the…

Tech News Shoshana Wodinsky

The Election Misinformation Is Only Beginning

All the votes have been cast in the 2020 election, but thanks to the pandemic, unprecedented turnout, and Republicans delaying early counting, the results are still coming in. The misinformation campaign is in full swing, though. Early on Wednesday morning, President Donald Trump falsely declared victory. His lead has shrunk as more ballots get counted…

Politics Brian Kahn & Alex Cranz

Give Your iPhone and Apple Watch a Classic Nokia Dumbphone Demake

Tired of that beautiful OLED screen on your Apple Watch boring your eyes with over 164,000 colorful pixels? App Craft Studio has created the perfect solution. A widget that will take your smartwatch and smartphone back to the days when screens needed just 7,000 chonky pixels to inform and entertain, and the Nokia 3310 was…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

You Owe It To Yourself to 3D Print the Tongue Brush

Acid rain. International terrorism. Freeway killers. Now, more than ever, it is important to remember the true impacts of technology. It is important to realize that you, dear reader, have the power to 3D print your own tongue brush. Originally inspired by the work of Simone Giertz, Queen of Shitty Robots, this project uses a…

Gadgets John Biggs

Uber and Lyft’s Dogshit Ballot Measure Passed

Great: pop the champagne for Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, who won his exorbitantly expensive battle to avoid paying gig workers fairly at all costs. The New York Times reports that California voters have passed Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and Instacart’s ballot measure, Proposition 22, by a healthy margin. Roughly 58.3% of Californians voted yes on Prop…

Tech News Whitney Kimball

QAnon-Believer Marjorie Taylor Greene Will Become a Member of Congress

Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Donald Trump-endorsed Republican nominee for Congress in Georgia’s 14th district and noted QAnon conspiracy theorist, has won her race for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Although Greene was the favored candidate in the race for Georgia’s 14th Congressional district from the start, the outcome was all but guaranteed…

Politics Brianna Provenzano

YouTube Removes Fake Election Results Livestreams That Were Profiting Off Of Broadcasts

YouTube removed several livestream channelsset up to capitalize on voter anxiety over our collective national nightmare on Election Night, claiming that the bogus election results they were broadcasting to millions of viewers ran afoul of the platform’s community guidelines. Before any state’s polls had even closed in Tuesday’s general election, YouTube channels boasting fake results…

Tech News Brianna Provenzano

Tomorrow Is National Delete Your Account Day

We probably won’t know who won the election on Wednesday, but there’s still a way to get that feeling of catharsis and closure. Delete your account. Things are about to get confusing as polling places close, exit polls come in, and vote counting begins in the 2020 presidential election. More than ever before, many of…

Social Media Rhett Jones

Don’t Do This

I have made a terrible mistake. We do not need to do poll widgets. I absolutely did not need one, much less three of these doom feeds. And yet here I am, refreshing my home screen like a maniac as I stare down a trio of bad decisions. This was a poor life choice that…

Tech News Catie Keck

Screw It, We Asked a Neural Network to Predict the Election

Flip on the TV today and you’re liable to encounter someone running their mouth about the presidential election. Partisan people howling about why their candidate is better. Supposedly non-partisan people trying to earn their paychecks by interpreting statistics. People, people, people. Who cares! Historically, the success rate of prognostication for people skews heavily towards Doing…

Politics Avery Ellis

Looks Like Spotify Is Expanding Its Streaming Beta on the Apple Watch

Spotify on the Apple Watch is a bit of a sore spot. The first Apple Watch launched back in in 2015, but it wasn’t until November 2018 that a Spotify app made its way to the popular smartwatch. And even then, it sucked. It was a glorified remote. But now, it appears that Spotify is…

Tech News Victoria Song

The White House Is Surrounded By an ‘Unscalable’ Fence, But We’re Pretty Sure We Can Take It

In preparation for whatever follows this contentious election, federal authorities constructed an fenced barricade around the perimeter of the White House, all but ensuring that no one will ever ever extract Donald Trump from his personal Helm’s Deep. To be clear, we’re talking about a fence surrounding the existing fence that surrounds the White House.…

Tech News Whitney Kimball

Cops Used Previously Undisclosed Facial Recognition System To Identify Protestor Accused Of Assault

At an otherwise peaceful protest in Washington, D.C. this past June, one attendee is alleged to have punched an officer in the face before fleeing. According to court documents reviewed by The Washington Post, police found their culprit by mining cellphone footage from the protest posted on Twitter, using a previously unknown facial recognition program.…

Privacy & Security Shoshana Wodinsky

Franklin County, Ohio Forced to Ditch Electronic Pollbooks After Surge in Early Voting

Franklin County, the largest county in Ohio, has moved back to paper ballots after unprecedented levels of early voting created data files too large to sync with the hard drives of electronic pollbooks, according to the Columbus Dispatch. The pollbooks have been used for years, according to the Dispatch, but the surge in absentee and…

Politics Tom McKay

Here’s Everything We Expect to See at Apple’s Mac Event Next Week

After much speculation, Apple finally announced its third keynote event this fall: Mark your calendars for Tuesday, Nov. 10. Previous events focused on the Apple Watch, iPad, and iPhone, so this one is all about the Mac—or at least that’s what everyone’s betting on. And while we’re still short on concrete details, a recent surge…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

California: Vote No on Prop 22

If the ballot measure Proposition 22 passes in California, tech companies will have undermined years of work towards securing fair compensation for gig workers, and—with a record $206 million poured into the effort—will send a resounding message that laws are written solely by those with the deepest pockets. The ballot measure—created by Uber, Lyft, and…

Tech News Whitney Kimball

We’re (Still) Liveblogging the Looming Apocalypse Right Here

After nearly four years of national chaos and months of palpable fear, anxiety, mass death, economic collapse, and far too many tweets, Election Day 2020 is upon us. The day of reckoning has arrived. And the Gizmodo team will be suffering through it with you right here. There are plenty of liveblogs by people paid…

Politics Andrew Couts

Take a Guess Who Anthony Scaramucci Voted For, and Also: Remember Anthony Scaramucci???

Before swiftly deleting the tweet, Anthony Scaramucci informed the world of his decision to cast his vote in favor of Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris, on New York’s Working Families ticket. Neat! Luckily a Daniel Marans of the Huffington Post grabbed a screenshot before it disappeared from Scaramucci’s feed. New York is expected to be…

Politics Avery Ellis

The HomePod Finally Has a Third-Party Music App but No, It’s Not Spotify

Earlier this year, Apple very subtly teased that third-party music services would be coming to the HomePod. Well folks, that time has come. The HomePod (and the new HomePod Mini) will now let you use another music service other than Apple Music. No, it’s not Spotify—it’s Pandora. In an app update pushed out yesterday, Pandora…

Tech News Victoria Song

Please, No More Proprietary Smartwatch Chargers

Finally, You Can Get Your Old Google Icons Back

The Election Misinformation Is Only Beginning

Give Your iPhone and Apple Watch a Classic Nokia Dumbphone Demake

You Owe It To Yourself to 3D Print the Tongue Brush

Uber and Lyft’s Dogshit Ballot Measure Passed

QAnon-Believer Marjorie Taylor Greene Will Become a Member of Congress

YouTube Removes Fake Election Results Livestreams That Were Profiting Off Of Broadcasts

Tomorrow Is National Delete Your Account Day

Don’t Do This

Screw It, We Asked a Neural Network to Predict the Election

Looks Like Spotify Is Expanding Its Streaming Beta on the Apple Watch

The White House Is Surrounded By an ‘Unscalable’ Fence, But We’re Pretty Sure We Can Take It

Cops Used Previously Undisclosed Facial Recognition System To Identify Protestor Accused Of Assault

Franklin County, Ohio Forced to Ditch Electronic Pollbooks After Surge in Early Voting

Here’s Everything We Expect to See at Apple’s Mac Event Next Week

California: Vote No on Prop 22

We’re (Still) Liveblogging the Looming Apocalypse Right Here

Take a Guess Who Anthony Scaramucci Voted For, and Also: Remember Anthony Scaramucci???

The HomePod Finally Has a Third-Party Music App but No, It’s Not Spotify

Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic Comes Down $130 Amid a 2025 Smartwatch Lineup Clearout on Amazon

Disney Will Not Bow to Audience Belief That the Rock’s ‘Moana’ Wig Looks Awful

Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer Hits a Record Low as It Moves Beyond Espresso Machine Deals on Amazon

Doctors Struggle to Spot AI-Generated X-Rays, Raising Scam Risks

Sonos Roam 2 Speaker Turns the Amazon Spring Sale into a Black Friday Moment, Now at Its Lowest Price

What Do You Mean Glen Powell Is Fox McCloud in the ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ Movie

This Winter Fly Is Doing Something Scientists Didn’t Think Was Possible

Acer’s Mac Mini M4 Docking Station Drops to an All-Time Low, Supporting Up to 8TB Storage

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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