Photo: Sam Rutherford (Gizmodo) For a few years, the Voyage was Amazon’s flagship e-reader. While it was never cheap, its 300 PPI resolution and fantastic design often made it a better buy even after Amazon released the first Kindle Oasis in 2016. However, it seems time and the emergence of the second-generation Kindle Oasis have…

Screenshot: Serralves Museum (YouTube) Like a real-life version of a Looney Tunes cartoon, a visitor to a Portuguese museum was injured last week when he stepped into an art installation resembling an inky void. Currently on exhibit at the Serralves Museum in Porto, Descent Into Limbo by Anish Kapoor includes an actual eight-foot hole that’s…

Triatoma infestans, one of the kissing bugs responsible for spreading Chagas disease.Photo: CDC/World Health Organization A disease that often causes no symptoms, but which can suddenly become fatal years after a person was infected, is receiving a big spotlight from the American Heart Association (AHA). On Monday, the organization published a scientific statement in its…

Photo: Damian Dovarganes (AP) Paul Hansmeier, a Minnesota lawyer who could generously be called enterprising, has plead guilty to charges of money laundering and wire fraud, concluding a bizarre saga of porn, piracy, and extortion. As Gizmodo covered when the charges first came down in Minnesota District Court nearly two years ago, Hansmeier and his…

Here’s a quick compare and contrast on the differences between rasterization and ray tracing. Screenshot: Nvidia WTF is “ray tracing” Previously, ray tracing—which is often referred to as the “holy grail” of graphics—was so computationally intense that most games relied on less accurate statistical light models to create the shadows and reflections see in a…

The Lothagam North Pillar Site in Kenya. The large circular formation in the foreground marks the location of the mortuary pit.Image: Katherine Grillo Archaeologists in Kenya have discovered a 5,000-year-old cemetery containing at least 580 bodies. Built by Africa’s earliest herders, the ancient cemetery contains virtually no signs of social stratification, pointing to a surprisingly…

Illustration: Wav / Gizmodo A woman identified as Natasha Aponte used Tinder to invite several dozen guys on a simultaneous date in New York City this past Sunday afternoon, leaving her targets bewildered by the stunt. The date turned out to be an event that the host described as “Live Tinder,” a real-life game show…

Photo: Sam Rutherford (Gizmodo) When the Essential Phone first came out, I didn’t like it very much. But my main objection wasn’t its build or features—no, it was basically that for $700, its camera simply wasn’t in the same league as the Galaxy S8, the iPhone 7, or any other expensive flagship. Thankfully though, post-launch,…