Gadget News

Apple is investigating the death of a flight attendant who was electrocuted by answering an iPhone 5 that was charging, and now it's taking a step to ease fears about potentially faulty USB power adapters. Though Cook an...

Humans have long wished to see through the eyes of other animals--like Bran Stark's Warg ability, say--but so far the best we've achieved is mounting GoPros on them . One Harvard research team, though, has just brought u...

Paper jams are the most basic weapon in copier vs. human warfare, but a few models of Xerox copiers are stepping up their game. They've been very stealthily going rogue and secretly changing a few key details of the docs...

​ While we were growing up, you had to take things apart to find out how they broke worked. Big Shot camera sets about things the other way around, coming in kit form to help kids learn exactly what goes into making a ...

Ever nervous about the looming threat of a devastating cyberattack, the government is redoubling its efforts to get companies that operate critical infrastructure to buy into its cybersecurity plan. It's so committed, it...

A few more of these, and it won't even be news. Netflix is going hard into the original content business, and judging by the outstanding results with House of Cards, we're guessing that it'll be aiming for similar result...

Android or iPhone--if it's a good phone, does it really matter? After all, you spend most of your life using apps available for both. So when Gizmodo's Brent Rose says the new Moto X is awesome and you can customize its ...

Camera obscuras are literally older than Jesus--but a pair of filmmakers named Romain Alary and Antoine Levi have managed to reinvent the optical trope thanks to the magic of timelapse. Their "pinhole movies" capture the...

Back in February, President Obama signed an executive order aimed at beefing up cybersecurity measures and established a 240 day deadline for the administration to hammer out the details. Today, the White House took to i...

There's a longstanding joke that kids would rather play with the cardboard box than the toy inside, but that's especially true with these wonderful Kinetic Creatures toys. Made entirely from pre-cut cardboard, clever mec...

In 1947, the Tucker Car Corporation opened shop at the Dodge Chicago Plant, the one-time world's largest building located on the city's southwest side, a stone's throw from Midway Airport. Half a decade before, construct...

Japan has built yet another aircraft carrier. They say it's a "destroyer" to carry "helicopters" but it's an offensive ship that's clearly against World War II surrender terms. It may not have combat jet catapults (yet!)...

Say what you will about Microsoft's ecosystem struggles, but no one can fault it for trying. In an effort to get more developers to give Windows Phone 8 more than a passing glance, the outfit has just launched a beta ver...

Speculation is overrated -- or at least LG seems to think so. The Korean phone-maker has already announced that the Optimus G will be succeeded by a handset dubbed the G2, and it's pretty clear that tomorrow's event will...

The internet's Nikola Tesla obsession is in full force. There's Tesla fanfic, endless blog posts rediscovering the great inventor, and of course, Matthew Inman's tremendously popular webcomic about the man. But curiously...

You might remember that last year we were dazzled by Philips' Wi-Fi controlled LED bulbs that you can set to any imaginable color with a smartphone. Warm, cool, whatever lighting you want, using only an app. Rad, man. No...

Nokia may see a surge of Windows Phone apps on the horizon, but it's not waiting for that deluge before it offers further app advice to new Lumia owners. Its new App Social Beta improves on App Highlights by crowdsourcin...

Google Docs (and Slides) just got an awesome, but subtle new trick. Now, every time you go to hyperlink a word, Google search results will automatically appear below your link box. Never open another tab to search for a ...

If you happen to be walking around the northern tip of Manhattan these days, you'll see a strange sphere floating in the water near the Inwood Hill Park. From afar, it looks like a geodesic dome stitched together from th...

FreedomPop's namesake free data hasn't been especially fast given its reliance on WiMAX and EV-DO, but the company is taking a big step forward with just-launched support for Sprint's LTE network. Those who buy the $149 ...

Not everyone has the time to painstakingly brew the perfect cup of coffee each morning. That's why simple capsule coffee machines from Keurig and Nespresso have become so popular. And if you're embarrassed at taking a sh...

Unfortunately, decrees such as the one just approved in Vietnam are seemingly becoming more common, not less. Similar outcries were voiced after both Iran and Belarus laid down draconian laws about how their citizens wer...