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Illustration: Elena Scotti (Gizmodo) The modern age has brought one of the most nightmarish inventions in all of human history—the atomic bomb. These weapons harness the power of physics, releasing an immense amount of energy from a relatively small amount of mass to generate unfathomable fire, disease, and death. The have the power to end…

Photo: Hudson Hongo (Gizmodo) Prime Day also smelled a bit like fish. While the venue for the Brooklyn event was undeniably well-chosen, tucked out of the way and offering a handsome view of the Williamsburg Bridge, its warehouse origins were undeniable. It was a big box designed to house smaller boxes, a precursor to the…

Photo: Roku If you’ve ever sat down to watch your Roku-powered TV and thought, “Boy I wish I had some Roku-powered speakers to enhance this experience,” you are in luck. The set-top box maker just announced a new set of speakers that work exclusively with Roku TV televisions. It’s kind of a curious move for…

Promotional images of a Ninebot-branded Segway go-kart were posted to the Chinese micro-blogging site Weibo last week, which the official Segway Weibo site shared, without denying the product exists. The kit appears to add a seat, steering wheel, frame, pedals, and a set of front wheels, with the Segway miniPro itself being used as the…

Photo: Getty Park department employees in Powell, Wyoming, found marijuana budding out of decorative planters in the downtown area last week. The workers had been unwittingly watering and tending to the plants for weeks before realizing the growth spouting out of the zinnias and marigolds was illegal, reports the Powell Tribune. Powell Police Chief Roy…

British automaker Rolls-Royce has introduced the concept of private flying taxi at the air show “Farnborough-2018”. The development is described as the vehicle EVTOL — electric vertical takeoff and landing. A taxi can carry four to five passengers at speeds up to 400 km/h on distance to 800 km. Rolls-Royce expects that design will be…

July 16, 1945 was the first successful test of a nuclear weapon. Namely, in the state of new Mexico (USA) at the Alamogordo landfill as part of the Manhattan project was detonated a plutonium bomb, dubbed “little Thing”. The operation itself is inspired by the poetry of John Donne scientists have dubbed as a test…

Company HMD Global has announced the beginning of sales of smartphone Nokia 1 in Russia. This is the budget smartphone Nokia at the moment. It runs on Android Oreo Go edition is a special version of Android optimized for devices having memory and at least one Gigabyte. The smartphone allows you to use changeable covers…

Case makers are often the source of information about the design of future smartphones. This time, the render of the forthcoming 6.1-inch iPhone in case from a Chinese manufacturer Sanfeng has published a resource GizmoChina. According to earlier leaks, the fall Apple will release two OLED models with a diagonal of 5.8 and 6.5 inches,…

The Indian unit of Huawei and Amazon officially confirmed the release date of the smartphone Huawei Nova 3 and Nova 3i. Their release will take place on 26 July 2018. Recall that Huawei has already published a description of the Nova 3 in its online store, but has not yet announced the price. Powerful smartphone…