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The Oviedo Leather Chair from Restoration Hardware brings together design concepts from two different eras. The curvy and laid back look of a mid-century modern chaise lounge melds fluidly with the sleek metallic finish ...

This Darth Vader Mask Macbook Decal will take you and your Macbook over to the dark side as a Star Wars fan. It's basically a Darth Vader helmet sticker that'll transform the smooth surface of the MacBook into the Dark.....

The "Keep Calm and Come In" Door Mat makes sure your guests leave their emotions outside, along with all the dirt, mud and other nasty stuff on their footwear. It's not exactly a welcome message, but it does send out...

It's official: the time has come for Nintendo to put an end to its Wii U game-playing and launch a new console in 2014. Now, I should note that the …

Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne made waves in the imaginary money world when he announced the retailer will start accepting payment in bitcoin sometime next year. In interviews, Byrne made his confidence in the cryptocur...

Gizmodo's coverage of the DARPA Robotics Challenge continues with day two at the Homestead Speedway south of Miami. The weekend has arrived and the crowds are here with their kids, cheering on the bots.

Microsoft last night sent out an email to some of its Windows Phone users informing them of some good news. They will get 20GB of additional SkyDrive storage for one …

Hey, Bay Area residents: Mountain View's hoping you'll bring its online shop your business instead of braving the crowds for some last-minute holiday shopping. Google's Shopping Express will continue doing same-day deliv...

Snapchat just rolled out a big update with a bunch of new features, the most important being Replay. Now, every day brings a one-time chance to review the most recent message in your stream. If that makes you think twice...

This week, French surgeons implanted a Carmat artificial heart in a human patient for the very first time. The device, which combines mechanical components and heart tissue derived from cows, is the first artificial hear...

This week was all about big stuff, whether it was big, unidentified objects blocking Seattle's tunnel, or big air in the form of extreme stunts. Also, there's a really yucky picture of a hand surgically attached to an an...

Recommended Reading highlights the best long-form writing on technology in print and on the web. Some weeks, you'll also find short reviews of books dealing with the subject of technology that we think are worth your tim...

In a power move by the creators of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, the team has hired on former senior vice president of EA, David DeMartini. The exec will …

With most kids these days in possession of a smartphone (they tend to see featurephones as relics from the past), it is no wonder that they have not heard of this thing called the Polaroid camera before. Instant photogra...

Working technology to cope with my irrational sentimentality.     

To say Europe was in ruins after World War II would be using understatement. Cities were destroyed. Villages were obliterated. Societies themselves would take decades of rebuilding. Out of all that rubble, though, emerge...

In the run-up to the holidays, smart folks all around the internet were talking robot ethics, fake job references, bitcoin, comics, and how streaming music supported and squashed cover bands. It's all in this week's Tech...

Can you identify with comic strip panels where a particular detective goes around a crime scene with a magnifying glass in hand? That detective will be peering closely at all of the different clues around him, trying to ...

Astronaut and space-tweeter Chris Hadfield has been chatting with followers about today's ISS spacewalk all morning. Head on over to his profile while you watch NASA's video live feed of the spacewalk below.

It’s not too late to avoid the queues and do your last bit of gift shopping online. Think Geek are offering next day delivery (via UPS) and on top of that there is a 20% discount on all orders over $40 (use code NIMBUS...

Look around at the people on a train, at a bus stop, or in an airport. Chances are, lots of them are playing some kind of game on their smartphones. But in any crowd, you'll likely see someone poring over a different poc...

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