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Japanese Billionaire Breaks Retweet Record with Promise of $10,000 Each to 100 Twitter Users
Yusaku Maezawa at SpaceX in September 2018Photo: AP Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa broke the record for most retweeted tweet over the weekend. How? The 43-year-old, who uses the name YouSuck2020 on Twitter, promised free cash to 100 randomly selected people who follow and retweet him. The tweet has been retweeted by over 5 million accounts…
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This Smart Bra Measures Your Bust So You Finally Buy the Right Size
Photo: Soma Dudes, let me tell you: Bras are expensive, and no matter what your cup size, finding one that actually fits is incredibly difficult. No seriously—some 80 percent of women are wearing ill-fitting bras. There’s a lot of bra calculators on the internet and tutorials about how to measure your cup size, band size,…
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Withings Takes a Page From Apple and Adds ECG to Its New Smartwatch
Photo: Andrew Liszewski (Gizmodo) The Apple Watch Series 4 nabbed lots of headlines in 2018 thanks to its electrocardiogram (ECG) feature. Now, Withings is looking to follow suit by adding ECG capabilities to two new products at CES 2019. The first is an analog wristwatch—the aptly named Move ECG. It looks similar to the type…
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What’s the Worst Pain?
Giz AsksIn this Gizmodo series, we ask questions about everything from space to butts and get answers from a variety of experts. Some people say that life is pain. Those people are optimistic: life isn’t pain, it’s pains, plural—tooth pain, back pain, breakup-pain, the pain of watching your parents grow old and die, the pain…
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Huawei Is Going Hard at the MacBook Air With Its New MateBook 13
Photo: Sam Rutherford (Gizmodo) Huawei has only been in the laptop game for a few years now, but following up on the success of systems like the MateBook X Pro, Huawei is expanding its notebook portfolio with the new MateBook 13. Starting at $1000 for an Intel Core i5-8265U CPU, 8GB of RAM, 256GB PCIe…
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Millions of Americans Are Wrong About Having a Food Allergy, Study Suggests
Drinking milk may make you feel sick and gassy, but that doesn’t mean you’re allergic.Photo: Pezibear (Pixabay) Millions of Americans might be mistaken about their self-professed food allergy, suggests a new survey. It found that while nearly 20 percent of people said they had a food allergy, only half as many people reported the sort…
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Science Teacher Who Fed a Live Puppy to a Snapping Turtle at School Found Not Guilty
Screenshot: WMUR9 ABC Robert Crosland, a high school science teacher in Preston, Idaho, was found not guilty of animal cruelty by a six-person jury on Friday. Crosland came under fire last summer after he fed a live puppy to a snapping turtle in front of his students. According to East Idaho News, a Franklin County…
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Samsung zeigte neue Micro-LED-Fernseher
Ein paar Tage vor Beginn der internationalen Ausstellung Electronics Show CES, die traditionell in Las Vegas kündigte Samsung seine neuen Micro-LED-Displays. Auf jeden Fall erinnern, dass auf der Grundlage der bisherigen Micro-LED war ein riesiges 146-Zoll-The Wall (die Wand). In diesem Jahr der Südkoreanische Riese zeigte eine kleinere und eine größere Version – 75 und…
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Samsung visade en ny Micro LED-tv-apparater
Ett par dagar före starten av den internationella utställningen av elektronik CES, som traditionellt hålls i Las Vegas, Samsung meddelade sin nya Micro LED-displayer. Bara i fall vi vill påminna om, att det tidigare på grund av Micro-LED var enorma 146-cm från Väggen (väggen). Under innevarande år, den sydkoreanska jätten visade en mindre och en…
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Hva er det Verste Smerte?
Illustrasjon: Chelsea Beck (Gizmodo) Giz AsksIn dette Gizmodo-serien, kan vi stille spørsmål om alt fra plass til å rumper og få svar fra et utvalg av eksperter. Noen sier at livet er smerte. Disse menneskene er optimistisk: livet er ikke smerte, det er smerter, flertall—tann smerte, ryggsmerter, samlivsbrudd-smerten av å se på dine foreldre blir…