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Gizmodo provides information and articles related to technology, design, and social trends. A SpokenEdition transforms written content into human-read audio you can listen to anywhere. It's perfec... more
FAQs about Gadgets & Tech – Spoken Edition:How many episodes does Gadgets & Tech – Spoken Edition have?The podcast currently has 1,425 episodes available.
May 26, 2017Preschoolers Hospitalized After School Science Experiment Goes WrongTwelve students at a Houston preschool were injured on Tuesday when a class science experiment didn’t go as planned. Most reportedly had minor burns but seven of the students had to be rushed to a local hospital. According to CNN, the incident occurred at the Yellow School which is run by Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church. The students were outdoors watching an unidentified teacher demonstrate how to make colored flames using boric acid and methanol....more2minPlay
May 25, 2017President Trump Lands in Rome, Gets Rejected by Melania AgainRemember yesterday when First Lady Melania Trump swatted away Donald’s extended hand? Well, the President just landed in Rome, and it looks like things are still a bit shaky in the Trump household. Donald Trump is a tremendous asshole to his wife, Melania. And the internet has seen that play out in GIF form ever since the day he was inaugurated. We have a GIF that will surely be inducted into the GIF Hall of Fame, where her smile turns to a depressed look as soon as he turns his back....more2minPlay
May 24, 2017That Horrible 'Spider Bite' On Your Arm Could Be AnthraxImagine this thing that has actually happened: Your infant has a strangely-shaped skin lesion. Seeing this disgusting skin lesion and thinking it might be anthrax, you take your child to the doctor. “Doc, I think I my kid has anthrax,” you might say. The doctor’s eyes roll. “It’s obviously a spider bite,” doc probably replies. Turns out your kid had anthrax all along....more4minPlay
May 23, 2017The Doomsday Vault Isn't Flooded But We're All Still Going to DieIt was a story that was too good to pass up. The Svalbard ‘doomsday’ seed vault had flooded because of global warming-induced high temperatures melting the surrounding permafrost. But according to one of the vault’s creators, the reports are pretty overblown and everything’s fine. Well, the vault’s fine. The apocalypse is still ticking along nicely....more4minPlay
May 22, 2017Will Your Summer Be Uncomfortably Hot?It’s hot. It’s been hot. It’s going to be hot. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration just released its 2017 summer temperature outlook for the United States. And hopefully this won’t surprise you, but chances are that this summer will be hotter than average. The map might look confusing, at least it confused me at first, since red usually means “hotter” and blue usually means “colder....more3minPlay
May 19, 2017Chris Cornell's Last Tweet Shows Just How Surprising His Death Was Last Night at 52When a celebrity dies unexpectedly, there’s a strange new ritual that fans partake in as we remember the person’s contributions to our lives. We scour the internet for the social media posts for a glimpse of their last moments. In the case of Chris Cornell, the lead singer for Soundgarden who died last night at the age of 52, we have his last tweet. The tweet was posted at 8:06pm Eastern time and showed the marquee in Detroit just before his last show....more4minPlay
May 18, 2017The Most Interesting Part of Apple's New $5 Billion Campus Is a Pizza BoxThis morning, Wired magazine published an early look into Apple’s brand new spaceship campus. The giant circle features the kinds of ridiculous details you might expect from Apple, like sliding glass doors that weigh 440,000 pounds each and 9,000 trees supposedly durable enough to survive the forthcoming climate crisis....more3minPlay
May 17, 2017This Simple Smartphone App May Just Trick People Into Thinking You Don’t Suck at GraffitiHave you ever dreamed about impressing the people around your neighborhood with preachy Banksy-inspired graffiti? SketchAR is an augmented reality drawing app that uses a smartphone and its camera to let you trace images. And when used with a device that supports Google’s Project Tango technology, suddenly anyone can become a tagger who doesn’t suck. The app, available for both iOS and Android, has been around for about a month....more2minPlay
May 16, 2017Trump's Staff Literally Gives Him Fake News That's Printed From the InternetHave you seen that 1977 Time magazine cover proclaiming that you need to prepare for the coming Ice Age? It’s popular on right wing sites that claim climate change is a hoax. But the magazine cover itself is 100 percent fake. Good thing nobody printed it off and showed it to the president though, right? Yes, according to Politico, Trump’s staff regularly prints articles from the internet and hands them to the president....more3minPlay
May 15, 2017Top Secret Air Force Spaceplane Lands with Sonic Boom After Two Years in OrbitThe US Air Force’s secretive X-37B spaceplane landed yesterday after 718 days in orbit—just twelve days shy of a full two years. What was it doing up there in the sky? The government won’t say. Even the spaceplane’s budget is a secret. But the X-37B’s landing wasn’t so stealth. The spaceplane caused a sonic boom that woke up people living near NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida....more4minPlay
FAQs about Gadgets & Tech – Spoken Edition:How many episodes does Gadgets & Tech – Spoken Edition have?The podcast currently has 1,425 episodes available.