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Tech NewsPrivacy & SecurityGoogle Suspends Xiaomi’s Nest Integration After User Appears to Pick Up Strangers’ Camera Feeds
Google has cut off access to its Nest Hub and Assistant for Xiaomi devices after a user was reportedly able to view still images from other camera owners upon linking his Xiaomi camera to his Google account. Android Police first reported on the incident after a Reddit user posted about the disturbing encounter. “We’re aware … Continued
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Tech NewsCommerceNobody Listened
Despite the privacy concerns, labor strikes, and reports that Amazon is selling literal trash on its platform—in the face of all of the myriad reasons shoppers should have avoided buying through Amazon this year—the company still made a killing this season. The company said this week that the 2019 holiday season was record-shattering. The number … Continued
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Tech NewsRing Camera Hacks, Viral Fakes, and Decade Highlights: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
December always goes by too fast in my opinion. One moment, it’s the first and I have all the time in the world to scope out Christmas presents, and the next moment I’m in a mad dash to slap a bow and some wrapping paper on whatever last-minute gift I managed to grab that morning … Continued
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Tech NewsSwitch Lite, “Gay Gene” Myth, and Ring Acting Shady: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
It’s the end of another week and the beginning of September, and you know what that means: goodbye summer, hello fall! And no, I don’t care that it’s still 85 degrees outside; it’s fall goddammit, and I will sweat through my chunky knit scarves and cute boots if I have to. Our team broke some … Continued
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Tech NewsHopefully You Only Need to Use This Ring-Revealing iPhone Case Once
When you shell out $40 for an iPhone case, you probably expect to use it for the life of your phone. But will you really want to keep using the RokShok, a transforming iPhone case that hides a pop-up engagement ring, after you’ve popped the question? Among the many terrible, terrible things we all have … Continued
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Tech NewsWhoa, Scientists Have Detected a Ring Around This Wacky Dwarf Planet
Beyond Neptune sits one of the stranger dwarf planets, Haumea. This icy rock receives its flattened dinosaur egg shape from its lightning-fast rotation—a day only lasts four hours there. But it gets even weirder. New evidence is consistent with the presence of a ring. A tiny ring for a tiny planet. An international team of … Continued
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SciencePhysics & Chemistry
Mars Might Have Had a Kickass Big Moon Instead of Two Tiny Crappy Ones
Orbiting our dusty red neighbor are two puny potatoes, Phobos and Deimos. They look like they belong among the worst (but not the absolute worst) moons in the solar system, but their existence might tell a crazy story about Mars’ history. A Purdue graduate student built a model to figure out how Mars’ moons Phobos … Continued
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io9Watch The Ring Girl Crawl Out of an Electronics Store TV to Terrify Shoppers
Shopping for a new TV is already a hassle. Trying to decide what size to get, and what features you need, all while dealing with a pushy sales clerk, is bad enough. So the last thing you want exasperating the ordeal is a mild heart attack when a store’s demo model becomes a portal to … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidThe Crazy Craftsmanship That Goes Into Making an NBA Championship Ring
When you win a championship as a professional athlete, you get a ring. But it’s not a normal ring meant for normal humans with normal fingers. No, championship rings are enormously gaudy boulders with, like, a million diamonds set in a very specific way because it represents winning or something. The excess is impressive and … Continued
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io9Yes, Rings Is Finally Coming Out, and Here’s a New Trailer to Prove It
Rings, the latest sequel to The Ring, was first scheduled for release in 2015. Fast-forward to 2017, and the film is finally opening February 3. Ahead of that comes a new trailer which focuses heavily on two things that seemingly don’t have much to do with the plot. The actual story of Rings is about a … Continued
