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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.
October 26, 2016No One Is Buying Smartwatches AnymoreRemember how smartwatches were supposed to be the next big thing? About that... The market intelligence firm IDC reported on Monday that smartwatch shipments are down 51.6 percent year-over-year for the third quarter of 2016. This is bad news for all smartwatch vendors (except maybe Garmin), but it’s especially bad for Apple, which saw shipments drop 71.6 percent, according to the IDC report Apple is still the overall smartwatch market leader, with an estimated 41....more3minPlay
October 25, 2016Consumer ReportsSpurns Former Crush Tesla, Ranks Company Among Least Reliable CarmakersWhen it gave the Tesla Model S an unprecedented 103 out of 100 score last August, Consumer Reports looked like it might try to marry Elon Musk’s company and have its little electric car babies. But after a year of disappointments, trust violations and janky-ass door handles, it seems the magazine can no longer advocate true love....more3minPlay
October 24, 2016Samsung Still Doesn't Know What Made Note 7 Go BoomAfter continued reports of the phones catching on fire when charged, Samsung finally put the Galaxy Note 7 out of its misery two weeks ago. But 2.5 million recalled devices and $2.3 billion in projected losses later, the company is apparently no closer to identifying what killed its flagship smartphone....more2minPlay
October 24, 2016New Horizons Spacecraft Is Approaching a Mysterious Red ObjectNASA’s New Horizons space probe is currently speeding towards a mysterious Kuiper Belt Object known as MU69. Recent observations of the distant object indicate a very reddish surface—possibly even redder than the splotches found on Pluto. This small Kuiper Belt object (KBO), which measures about 20-30 miles (30-45 km) in diameter, is located 1.6 billion miles (2.6 billion km) beyond Pluto. By the time New Horizons gets there on January 1, 2019, it’ll be about 43....more3minPlay
October 22, 2016This Is Probably Why Half the Internet Shut Down Today [Updating]Twitter, Spotify and Reddit, and a huge swath of other websites were down or screwed up this morning. This was happening as hackers unleashed a large distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the servers of Dyn, a major DNS host. It’s probably safe to assume that the two situations are related. Domain Name Servers (DNS) act as the Internet’s phone book. Basically, they facilitate your request to go to a certain webpage and make sure you are taken to the right place....more6minPlay
October 21, 2016Wells Fargo Banker Says She Drank 'Bottles' of Hand Sanitizer to Cope With Sales TacticsSince Wells Fargo’s practice of opening bogus accounts in customers’ names was first exposed, reports of the boiler room-like sales culture that led to the scheme have leaked out of the bank. In recent weeks, that trickle has turned into a flood as more and more bankers have come forward, including one former employee who says she drank “at least a bottle” of hand sanitizer each day to deal with the pressure....more3minPlay
October 20, 2016Apple's New MacBooks Will Come With E-Ink Keyboards: ReportApple is reportedly working with on a new keyboard for its laptops that will dynamically change what characters appear on the keys, depending on what apps are being used. That means your MacBook keys could soon transform into emoji on command, thanks to e-ink....more2minPlay
October 18, 2016You May Be Able to Watch a Rocket Launch From Your Backyard TonightTonight, millions of East Coasters have a rare opportunity to see a rocket zip off to the International Space Station—right from their backyards. Following a series of delays due a major Atlantic hurricane and a faulty ground support cable, Orbital ATK’s upgraded Antares rocket is on its launch pad and ready to rock at Wallops flight facility in Virginia....more2minPlay
October 18, 2016Hospital Ward Gripped by Mysterious Hallucinations Quarantined After Five Fall IllThis week, an emergency room in the Pacific Northwest was briefly quarantined after five people—including two police officers and a hospital worker—experienced mysterious hallucinations from an unidentified illness believed to be spread by touch. According to Oregon Live, the enigmatic incident began early Wednesday morning when a 54-year-old caregiver in North Bend, Oregon, called police to report seven or eight people “trying to take the roof off her vehicle....more2minPlay
October 17, 2016Report: Peter Thiel Will Donate $1.25 Million to Elect TrumpLast week, Gizmodo noted Peter Thiel’s strange radio silence regarding the theatrical implosion of Donald Trump, whom the Silicon Valley billionaire and Facebook board member stumped for at the Republican National Convention. According to the New York Times, however, Thiel is nowhere close to abandoning his candidate. Citing “a person close to the investor,” the paper reported on Saturday that Thiel “will give $1....more3minPlay
FAQs about Gadgets & Tech – Spoken Edition:How many episodes does Gadgets & Tech – Spoken Edition have?The podcast currently has 1,425 episodes available.