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I can think of a few places where “social distancing” was the norm before our current global pandemic, but the You-Yank-It junkyard is definitely one. I masked and gloved up a couple of weekends ago and paid a visit to my local yard so I could see what treasures might…
Two years ago the Samsung Galaxy Home was unveiled Unpacked 2018. Released alongside the Note 9, it was a beast that promised superb sound features and robust smart home integration. Over the next two years release times were set and missed. It is still yet to grace our homes with…
This week Samsung unleashed its new range of Galaxy Note 20 phones on the world. They’ll be out in a couple of weeks but you can already pre-order them now. If you’re looking to go with Telstra, this is what its plans look like. Telstra is only stocking the 5G…
Melburnians have now been wearing mandatory face coverings in public for two weeks. Yet Premier Daniel Andrews announced another grim milestone in Victoria’s second wave of COVID-19 infections on Wednesday: 725 new cases, a record daily tally for any Australian state since the pandemic began. Four weeks after Melbourne reintroduced…
Short-form video app TikTok is having a bit of a ‘mare, with Donald Trump constantly threatening to ban it and whatnot. Now, as the company looks at setting up shop in the UK, Apple has denied reports that it’s considering buying the social network. We know that Microsoft is in talks to buy specific parts…
There’s no shortage of people trying to make virtual reality gaming a more immersive experience. There are VR arenas where people strap on PC backpacks and play in a pre-programmed area. There are gloves and shoes, and even VR treadmills. Nothing seems to have that full immersion factor, though, either because the…
Roald Dahl was an RAF fighter pilot, an intelligence officer, the screenwriter of two Ian Fleming adaptations (You Only Live Twice and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) and, oh yes, the beloved author of several fantastical tales for children that have since become classic films…and a few that have not. Let’s…
Everyone’s favourite the final days of the war for their homeworld. But was it an Allspark or a pile of scrap? Here’s what we loved, and didn’t.
Just about a week after Canon rolled out a full-on cybersecurity toolkit for small businesses across the US, the fan-favourite camera company’s revealed that it’s suffered two pretty serious ransomware attacks that’ve resulted in at least 10 terabytes of company-wide data being held up for an undisclosed ransom.
Delivery service DoorDash is taking a page out of the Amazon playbook and creating standalone stores called DashMarts — physical locations where consumers can pick up “grocery, and restaurant items, from ice cream and chips, to cough medicine and dog food, to spice rubs and packaged desserts from the local…
When he directs a sci-fi television show we can watch in a few short weeks? We damn near froth at the mouth.
When Samsung released the Galaxy S20 Ultra, I appreciated the sheer audacity it took to make a phone that big, that powerful, and that expensive. But at the same time, it felt like Samsung overreached by slightly overpromising and under-delivering on the S20 Ultra’s abilities. Now with the Galaxy Note…
Last week, construction kicked off on the world’s largest experimental nuclear fusion reactor. It marked the start of a new era in the energy sector: The fossil fuel industry has historically dominated this arena, but renewable energy is quickly taking over. Now, nuclear scientists are hoping that the International Thermonuclear…
SpaceX’s plans to build a reusable rocket capable of landing on the Moon and Mars took a major leap forward on Tuesday, following the first successful test of the Starship system.
At first, you have to laugh at Samsung’s new Galaxy Buds Live, or at least I did ” they look like lil shiny beans. But looks aren’t everything: The top-selling Bluetooth earbuds in the world, Apple’s AirPods, were roundly mocked for their weird-looking stemmed design at launch. Now they’re inescapable.
Matthew Vaughn says stills, and what’s to come on Stargirl‘s finale. Spoilers get!
Ever since Pirelli joined the Formula One circus, taking over for Bridgestone in 2011, its rubber has rubbed me the wrong way. The series removed refuelling during in-race pit stops under the guise of safety following the 2009 season, and was looking for a way to improve ‘the show’ of…
Hey, wanna know a secret? I’m miserable right at the moment. Physically. I cleared out a bunch of brush this weekend that included way more poison ivy than I realised, and now my arms look like thick red relief maps of Mars and one eye is half swollen shut and…
What does a pandemic smell like? If dogs could talk, they might be able to tell us. We’re part of an international research team, led by Dominique Grandjean at France’s National Veterinary School of Alfort, that has been training detector dogs to sniff out traces of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2)…
No one in the White House has any idea what the fuck Donald Trump was talking about when he suggested that the U.S. Treasury should get a slice of any deal for Microsoft to buy TikTok.
Apple just quietly dropped its new 27-inch iMac, which is possibly the last we’ll see with an Intel chipset. This thing has copped some impressive upgrades so (depending on how you spec it out) it also has quite the price tag attached. Here’s how much it costs in Australia. New…
Budget airline Tigerair will no longer be in operation after Virgin Australia announced its decision to the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) this week. Virgin Australia alerted the ASX on Wednesday morning, saying it plans to deliver a stronger, more profitable and competitive airline after going into voluntary administration amid the…
As the host of this year’s remote, digital-only Hugo Awards, noted author and procrastinator George R. R. Martin was tasked with being the voice of the ceremony, guiding viewers through the pre-produced segments highlighting the work of this year’s nominees and winners. Though the Hugos didn’t suffer from any of…
Just five months ago I called the original Retro Game 350 the best portable retro gaming machine you could buy. It’s still an excellent device, but if you haven’t pulled the trigger yet, the new RG350P includes a handful of subtle but excellent upgrades that make it a better handheld…
On July 23, Garmin’s entire network went offline in what was later confirmed to be a cyberattack. Now, Sky News is reporting that the company paid millions in ransom via Arete IR, a ransomware negotiation firm, to get its services up and running again.
A ransomware variant called NetWalker is doing surprisingly well, even in this economy. The malware, which takes computers hostage and asks for a Bitcoin ransom, raked in $US25 ($35) million in the last five months, a solid haul for what amounts to a solid ransomware-as-a-service platform.
Every time a using new technology and turtle designs. And now, things are spinning back to animation.
This morning, way too early if you ask me, the Gizmodo Slack channel was dosed with acid reality, momentarily shattering a cosy illusion of purpose and the structure of days spent on the internet. I stared down my life, past, present, and future — thanks to The Endless Doomscroller.
Jiro Kuwata, the mangaka behind Phantom Detective, 8 Man, and one of the most fascinating takes on Batman around, has passed away. The news was confirmed by the artist’s publisher, Akita Shoten, in a short statement.
With the launch of Android 10, Google quietly removed Android’s previous local file sharing feature when it dropped support for Android Beam. But starting today, Google is finally ready to release Android Beam’s replacement: Nearby Sharing.
Chinese state media has responded to Donald Trump’s decision that he’s the president of TikTok now, accusing him of stealing. Reuters quoted the state-backed paper China Daily, in which the editorial board wrote that China won’t tolerate Donald Trump’s “bullying” and outright “theft” of TikTok, and that China had “plenty…
The Aurora Police Department in Colorado is blaming its licence plate reader for misidentifying a “stolen” vehicle after video went viral showing a Black family with young children being menaced and traumatised by several cops. It’s just the latest example of American police terror that likely wouldn’t have drawn much…
Neil Ottaviano, a clay sculptor at General Motors, bought an amazingly decrepit 1962 Austin Healey Sprite from a Pontiac, Michigan junkyard, and spent months turning it into a bed for his son. The transformation is incredible. Check it out.
