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The Chicago Spire wasn't going to be the tallest building in the world but, judging by this video, it sure was going to be the most fantastic, teleported-from-the-future skyscraper on Earth. It's the kind of structure th...

Now that iOS 6 is making its way onto the phones of you iPhone owners, it's time to see what you think about it? What's great? What sucks? Notice anything weird? Let's talk about it. More »

If you're interested in noise-canceling headphones you're probably looking for refuge from the roar of jet engines or the murmurs from the water cooler. Good ones should make you deaf to the world around you. Like earplu...

As you may have noticed, the transition from Google Maps to Apple Maps in iOS 6 means that the navigation software is now without public transportation data, and that really sucks. Apple's fix for the immediate future is...

The move from Google Maps to Apple's homespun cartography in iOS 6 has been a sticking point for people, largely because it's the turd in a very ornate punch bowl. And while Apple's fancy 3D maps were supposed to tide us...

If you haven't shopped for a handheld vacuum since the Dustbuster owned the market, you're apparently in for a real treat. Vorwerk's new Kobold VC100 looks like a piece of contemporary art you'll want to frame and hang o...

Presumably in an attempt to boost sales, Sharp's got a new line of professional office photocopiers that boast a built-in Plasma-cluster Ion air purifier. It claims the gimmick is to help stop the spread of disease and s...

Who would've thought that after over 130 years of loyal service the basic design of the office stapler could be so radically improved. But that's pretty much the only way to describe the Align, which features a detachabl...

The first reviews of the iPhone 5 are out and if there's one thing everybody can agree on, it's that the aluminum body is an improvement over the glass. Who would've guessed that aluminum is significantly more durable th...

If your home is blasted by a nuclear bomb and most everyone you know dies or is at the very least severely mangled, you're going to need a drink. Honestly, you'll going to need many drinks. The good news is, no matter ho...

Imagine having a miniature grocery store in your kitchen. That's seemingly what Liebheer is promising with its new 48-inch wide SBS 246 side-by-side fridge. It's got five separate cooling zones for keeping all your food ...

There was a time when you could buy something that was compact, fast, and beautiful. That time is over. "Smaller" is just a polite way to say "here's the bad version for cheap people." And that's really awful. More ...

It's become an annual tradition here on Gizmodo's Shooting Challenge, to photograph the gorgeous season of fall. Since it officially starts this week, so does our challenge. But results aren't due Monday! You have over a...

iOS 6 is finally available for public consumption and you can get it one of two ways: You can plug your iOS device in to your computer and check iTunes for an update, or you can go into the settings menu on your iPhone (...

If Apple TV is anything like the a la carte channels as apps dream we've hoped for, it could be amazing. But according to comments from Time Warner Cable president and COO Rob Marcus we might never be liberated from our ...

If it's nearly impossible for you to tear yourself away from Facebook and deal with the real world, perhaps these amusing thumbs up paperclips will help ease the transition away from your phone. They're even multi-purpos...

Today is the day iOS 6 arrives, and it's going to make your iPhone better than it's ever been before. Why should you upgrade? There are so, so many reasons. More »

Inspired by the tragic tsunamis that hit Japan last year, Australian houseboat builder Matt Duncan decided to design and construct the ultimate life jacket. What he came up with was the Tsunami Survival Pod, designed to ...

Europe will receive nearly infallible weather data thanks to this trio of school bus-sized spacecraft, and the EU saves £4.5 billion in weather-related damage annually. This is what the atmosphere will look like in HD...

HTC's new flagship Windows Phone—the 8X—is not just impressive because it packs a 1.5 GHz, dual-core Snapdragon S4 chipset and 4.3-inch 1280x720 display good for a PPI of 342. But it also manages to make a ph...

In 1981, the White House released a secret memo regarding the stockpiling of a certain weapon. What kind of weapon? Now that it's been declassified, we still have no idea: the title remains censored. More »

When you're traveling and completely reliant on your gadgets you don't care how sketchy a power outlet looks—if it's free, you'll use it. So for those times when you have to plug in and charge no matter how dangero...