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I Reset the Dumb GE Smart Lightbulb

I’ve spent most of my day thinking about the video going around describing the absurd, 12-part process that’s required to reset GE C-Life smart bulbs. So I bought some and performed the Sisyphean ritual myself. If you haven’t watched the video yet, go ahead and do it right now. I’ll wait. Wild right? Why is … Continued

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Heartbreaking: A Frothy Farewell to Alex Dicko, Our Thunder From Down Under

After three years of toil, Gizmodo Media Group’s last Executive Managing Editor Alex Dickinson is off to his next adventure. By the end, Dicko was a fixer. You had problems, Dicko fixed them. Trapped by circumstance, he spent the last two years in an executive role helping a bunch of bloggers deal with the incompetence … Continued

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The Samsung Galaxy Fold Is Probably Too Thick

After months of waiting, the Samsung Galaxy Fold is official. Is its fatal flaw already apparent? Folding phone, phone that folds, flexible phone—we’ve known since last year that this was coming and now it is a thing. Very soon, you will be able to buy a bendy device for just under $2000 from one of … Continued

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Can This Little Magic App Make Your Headphones Sound Perfect?

A new app from a Latvian outfit called Sonarworks claims it can tune music to play perfectly through specific headphone models. So whether you’re using AirPods or a swanky pair of $900 Auduze LCD-2s, you’ll hear the same exact mix. Could the future of making music sound good be an app that compensates for the … Continued

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The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Is Just a Delight

I’ve been using successive iterations of the Kindle Paperwhite for five years now, and yes, the new one is better than the ones that came before. It’s slightly smaller, and slightly lighter, and even a little bit brighter too. Plus it’s waterproof! At this point, it feels almost pointless to extol the benefits of the … Continued

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Samsung’s Galaxy Book 2 Tries to Do Too Much, Fails

Using the Samsung Galaxy Book 2 I’m reminded of the time I tried to install curtain rods in an old apartment using just the tiny Philips-head screwdriver on my Leatherman. I got the job done, but it was a real pain in the ass. From its kickstand to its keyboard cover, the Galaxy Book 2 … Continued

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Who the Hell Needs a Fancy iPad Anyway?

The iPad has always been a fantasy, and even as the device is more powerful and beautiful than it’s ever been before, I can’t bring myself to understand why most people would ever want one. I remember sitting in a newsroom nearly a decade ago as extremely smart and well-meaning editorial executives told a group … Continued

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Surface Laptop 2 Review: Design Overkill

  The Surface Laptop 2’s billboard new feature isn’t a feature at all. It’s a colorway: You can now get the device in a severe matte black that manages to be deeply opaque whilst still being totally striking and beautiful. But that the device’s leading point of interest is a colorway should raise some red … Continued

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Grado GW100 Review: A Wireless Dream Come True

After years of speculation about whether it would ever happen, Grado Labs’ first wireless headphone, the GW100, is finally here. Even if they’re using the same Bluetooth tech used by big box brands you might be more familiar with, they’re unlike any other wireless headphone I’ve ever used. For a certain brand of nerd, Brooklyn-based … Continued

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Remember How Bad Android Was?

Over the last week or so, bloggers have been posting warm and fuzzy reflections about Android because we’ve just passed the 10th anniversary of the reveal of the T-Mobile G1, (AKA the HTC Dream, or colloquially the “G phone”), the platform’s first commercial device. Many folks—including this here blogger—had basically the same idea: Get your … Continued

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Do You Answer the Phone?

I’m not talking about when your mom calls. If your mom calls, you should answer the phone, and actually, you should just probably call your mom more often so she doesn’t have to call you. (HI MOM!) What I want to know is what you do when a number you don’t know calls. Do you … Continued

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Is Apple Brave Enough to Make an iPad With Face ID?

I know what you’re thinking: Innovation has slowed in Cupertino. I agreed until I heard this news. For years we’ve lamented that some of Apple’s biggest big ideas haven’t been big at all. Perhaps the most sterling example is the MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar, which I exclusively use for the purpose of accidentally activating Siri. … Continued

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Microsoft Surface Laptop, One Year Later

When the Surface Laptop was released a year ago, it immediately struck me as the Microsoft-built computer I’d been waiting for. You see, I’ve always admired the design of all of Microsoft’s Surface products, but at the same time felt that they weren’t exactly for me. The keyboard cover on the Surface Pro is just … Continued

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Someone Convince Me That an iPhone Wallet Case Isn’t the Dumbest Idea in the World

Wallet phone cases have always seemed like a total absurdity to me. Am I wrong? My phone is a very large concentration of value in an easy-to-lose, easy-to-break package that I’m constantly waving around recklessly. The next time you plop your phone down on a bar, which is a dark place buzzing with dizzy people … Continued

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Audeze Wants to Change How You Think About Gaming Headphones and 3D Audio

3D audio in headphones that envelops you like a surround sound home theater is an elusive thing. The market is dominated by products for gamers, who play content that’s mixed for surround sound, and who want to hear the crunch of opponents in the bushes behind them as it’s a matter of life and death … Continued

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We’re Going to Write More About Design

We’ve always written about design at Gizmodo, usually in the context of how gadgets look and work. Over the last fifteen years, we’ve gradually expanded our coverage to include the many ways technology is transforming almost everything in the world, and it makes sense for us to take a broader view of design as well. … Continued

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Microsoft’s Giant Surface Book 2 Is Very Powerful, Very Fast, Very Pretentious

Typing at work on Microsoft’s new 15-inch Surface Book 2, I can’t shake the feeling that this thing’s not for me. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a powerful laptop, it’s beautiful, and the workspace its giant screen affords made me completely forget I wasn’t seated at my desk with my usual 34-inch extra-wide display. So … Continued

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The New Kindle Oasis Is the Best Ereader of All Time, But Is It Worth It?

I’m not terribly fussy about how I read. I used an old Kindle Keyboard until a stray pen in my backpack broke its display, and I’ve long happily used a Paperwhite without so much as considering thefancier Kindles Amazon has released since I got it back in 2013. Hell, half the time I’m just reading … Continued

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Here’s How Much the Note 8 Costs Since Samsung Didn’t Say [Update: Samsung Said]

As expected, today Samsung announced the Galaxy Note 8, its follow up to the catastrophic Galaxy Note 7. It looks pretty sweet! The company was noticeably mum about pricing at the launch extravaganza, and told us nothing of price in briefings leading up to the event. Why? Well, it might have to do with that … Continued

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Shooting With Sony’s Killer A9 Almost Feels Like Cheating

If you’ve ever wondered how a photographer managed to capture the exact moment of an incredible end zone reception or the instant a bird takes flight, the answer, in part, is that the photographer’s camera also captured the garbage moments directly before and after that golden frame, with a very expensive camera rattling off photos … Continued