Jul 25
The public release of OS X Mountain Lion is available for download now. Is it worth it? Should you upgrade? We’ve got you covered. Here’s everything you need to know.
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Jul 25
Did Chick-fil-A Pretend to Be a Teenage Girl on Facebook? (Updated) [Chick-Fil-A]
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Chick-fil-A, home of chicken-loving bigots, is in the middle of a PR nightmare. After Chick-fil-A’s COO admitted to being anti-gay, the Jim Henson Company (bless their heart) pulled their toys from Chick-fil-A’s kids meals. Only Chick-fil-A claimed the toys were pulled because of a “possible safety issue”. That, of course, is a complete lie. A lie that the company may be propagating with fake Facebook accounts of Chick-fil-a sympathists. More »
Jul 25
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion is here. You’re probably going to read a lot about all the new features and how Apple’s out of ideas. Here’s a guide to what will make using all that ML stuff easier—and what’s going to make the new OS a pain. More »
Jul 25
Apple OS X Mountain Lion is now available for download. There are a ton of new features, but many of them are hidden or hard to find. Don’t worry, these are the best 10 tricks—each with a short, easy video tutorial created for Gizmodo by app developer It’s About Time. More »
Jul 25
Bad news, people. As expected, nothing has changed in the final version of OS X Mountain Lion. That’s why this is a revision of February’s Mountain Lion review, updated with impressions from all these months working with the betas and the final version that you can get from Apple now. More »
Jul 24
The Google Nexus 7 is the first of the second generation 7 inch Tablets out of the gate. and it sure looks like it could be a winner. The published display specs look pretty good, and some of the basic Lab measurements also look pretty good. But just like in Triple Crown races, an important but overlooked issue can spoil the outcome. More »
Jul 24
It was just another day for the Aquanauts exploring the warm, crystal waters of Conch Reef when a storm hit. The divers registered the 10-degree temperature drop on their skin a moment after the visibility went from 60 feet down to a dozen. More »
Jul 24
About 4.1 billion years ago, our solar system was a huge cluster of comets bombarding every planet orbiting the Sun and crashing into each other. That period of chaos is known as the Late Heavy Bombardment, and astronomers believe it was key to the formation of life in our planet. More »
Jul 24
The Local Shop Where You Can Slice Through Six Inches of Anything [Where The Magic Happens]
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Some projects go beyond Vise-Grips and duct tape. Sometimes the only thing that will get the job done is a fully equipped metalworking shop with a 32 square foot CNC machine. But those things cost a fortune, and who has room for one, anyway? TechShop does. More »
Jul 24
Since the end of WWII, America’s naval might has been undisputed and our aircraft carriers have been its crown jewels. However, the days of dominance could end with China’s new DF-21D ballistic missile—the only device on Earth capable of sinking an aircraft carrier—four and a half acres of sovereign US territory—with one shot. More »
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