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Joe Brown (2010-2013) I’m a little emo that two other people chose the Kohler junket story. That piece really encapsulated what we were trying to do: pull back the curtain of bullshit. Technology is the native language of the Internet, so the “Tech Blog” is a commodity at this point. Even just saying the phrase gives you such a clear mental picture: a reverse-chron river of pithy headlines about shiny objects that you brainlessly peruse while cramming a sandwich in your mouth. There is nothing wrong with this—I do it every day, and sometimes it’s a highlight. But Gizmodo became Skynet-self-aware before anyone else—probably when Blam threw that Halo swag off his balcony—and our mandate changed. We were so fiercely devoted to not pandering to our readers, and, whenever possible, illuminating the machine behind shiny objects. … [Read more...] about The Best Gizmodo Posts of All Time (So Far)

No matter how much you wear your Fitbit fitness tracker, it won’t do you much good if it’s not counting steps correctly. Thankfully, we know a few ways to make your Fitbit even more accurate, so you never have to worry about the quality of the data it’s collecting. … [Read more...] about How to Make Your Fitbit Even More Accurate

And then our B team is shooting entirely on point-and-shoots. I think we shot mostly on Canon S110 cameras. And the reason for that is because, with the big lenses and with the 5Ds, we know they’re still quick and easy to operate, but at the same time they’re going to capture beautiful broadcast-quality images. Our B team needs to have point-and-shoots because most of the time, their hands are occupied, so when we see something that needs to be captured, they can whip out a point-and-shoot and capture it. … [Read more...] about How Casey Neistat Shot an Amazing Car Commercial With Zero Planning

According to the Wall Street Journal, the camp was largely funded by “entrepreneurs and business partners” Timur Sardarov and Oliver Ripley. In 2014, its expenses apparently totaled hundreds of thousands of dollars, which is rich—literally—for an event that touts “decommodification” as one of its pillars. … [Read more...] about Fancy Burning Man Camp Ransacked by Vandals

Experiments to test whether a food causes cancer pose a massive logistical challenge - they require controlling the diets of thousands of test subjects over a course of many years. For example, one group would be assigned to eat lots of meat, and another less, or none. But for a variety of reasons involving cost and finding test subjects, such experiments are rarely done, and scientists instead often use other less direct methods, known as epidemiological or observational studies, to draw their conclusions. … [Read more...] about Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Panic Over Processed Meats Causing Cancer

Our tipster, who claims to be working on a title for both consoles, sent us a series of messages from June through August to our SecureDrop. The first tip came in response to a nerdy theory we published following Microsoft’s E3 briefing. While Microsoft announced the basic specs for Project Scarlett, it left us confused as to why we had to wait another year for the console’s release. I posited that one reason the console wouldn’t arrive until 2020 was that AMD was slow to get ray tracing support onto Navi, its next-generation graphics platform that will be the basis for both Sony and Microsoft’s future consoles. In the message, the tipster said, “Correct that AMD Navi v late.” … [Read more...] about A Story About Two Tiny, Fuzzy Photos of a ‘PlayStation 5 Prototype’ [Updated]