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  • Acer’s Latest 17-Inch Swift Is Super Dang Tiny

    The Swift 7 announced at CES is on the left. The new Swift 7 is on the right.Screenshot: Gizmodo (Acer) 17-inch laptops have, for the most part, been really ignored by laptop makers as they drive to make their 13-inch and 15-inch machines ever smaller. They trim the bezels down to nothing and strive to…

  • 2016 Was a Record Year for STDs in America

    Photo: Chris Jackson Pool (Getty Images) Sexually transmitted diseases are running rampant across the U.S., according to a new report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It found there were more than 2 million cases of the three most commonly reported STDs—syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea—in 2016, making for the highest toll…

  • Everything We Think We Know About the New iPhone

    Illustration: Adam Clark Estes (Gizmodo) Every September, kids go back to school, and Apple invites a bunch of journalists into a dark room, where it reveals the future of iPhones. That’s the beginning of the global mad dash to stand in line and secure a new Apple device with just a few modest upgrades. The…

  • To Kill or to Capture Bigfoot: The Great Cryptozoological Debate

    Feuds To Kill or to Capture Bigfoot: The Great Cryptozoological Debate Illustration: Jim Cooke (Gizmodo) Jennings BrownToday 10:05amFiled to: cryptozoologyFiled to: cryptozoology cryptozoology bigfoot sasquatch feud week 21Save Edit Embiggen Send to Editors Promote Share to Kinja Move ad slots Go to permalink FeudsIt's Feud Week at Gizmodo. We're exploring spats, gripes, and fights in…

  • NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Captures Its First Photo of Ultima Thule, Its Next Target

    Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule, or (486958) 2014 MU69, as seen by New Horizons on August 16, 2018. The forms around it are bright background stars. Image: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI Though it’s still 107 million miles from its target, the New Horizons spacecraft has caught a first glimpse of Ultima Thule, a mysterious Kuiper Belt object. With…

  • Why Your Router Has Two Wifi Bands and How They Work

    Photo: Alex Cranz (Gizmodo) Few devices are as essential to the smooth running of a modern-day digital household than a wireless router, so it’s strange that this black box is so little understood. Here we’ll outline one of the key features of many modern routers, dual band 2.4GHz and 5GHz support, so you know exactly…

  • Study Links a Happy, Peaceful Mind to Sweet Dreams

    Photo: Pexels I tend to have very vivid dreams. I recently dreamed that I hit a home run at Wrigley Field as a member of my favorite baseball team, the Chicago Cubs, for example. But I also dreamed the clown from It came to haunt me at the top of every hour as I roamed a…

  • Acer has introduced a laptop-transformer

    The opening of the exhibition IFA 2018, which will be held from 31 August to 5 September in Berlin, Acer has introduced an unusual gaming laptop. The model is called Predator Triton 900 is a transformer with a screen which can turn over on mechanized hinge. The touch screen has a 4K UHD resolution and…

  • Acer introduced the lightest 15-inch laptop in the world

    The opening of the exhibition IFA 2018, which will be held from 31 August to 5 September in Berlin, Acer introduced a new generation of ultraportable Swift 5. Model number SF515-51C claimed as the lightest 15-inch laptop in the world. It weighs only 990 grams with a metal housing. It is based on the Intel…

  • Intel introduced processors for ultrathin laptops and tablets

    The opening of the exhibition IFA 2018, which will be held from 31 August to 5 September in Berlin, Intel has introduced the Intel Core processors eighth-generation series U and Y. Previously, these chips were codenamed Whiskey Lake and Amber Lake. They are optimized for ultra slim and light laptops and hybrid tablets. In the…