The View of Earth From Space—as Seen by a North Korean Missile

New images are potential evidence that North Korean missiles can now reach Guam and the westernmost portions of Alaska. | Continue reading


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Silenced AirTags with Disabled Speakers Are Popping Up for Sale Online

Serious privacy concerns continue for one of Apple's most controversial products. | Continue reading


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7-Eleven Stores in Japan Getting Touch-Free Floating Holographic Self-Checkouts

The war on germs is about to score a major victory in Japan. | Continue reading


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Users can save Wordle as an HTML file and play the game offline for over 2,000 days. | Continue reading


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MacBooks Are Experiencing Battery Drain in Sleep Mode

The problem seems to be caused by Bluetooth devices. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

LG’s Latest Announcement Solidifies Everything Wrong with TVs

It's a sure sign of more ads with more targeting coming across more screens—and that's not what anyone wants. | Continue reading


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Pentagon Plans to Spend $52M in 2022 on U.S. Border Spy Blimps

The Department of Defense plans to send the surveillance balloons to the nation's border with Mexico to float around and try to spot drug smuggling. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

DirecTV Dumps OAN, Leaving It with No Major TV Distributor

The satellite TV provider notified One America News Network that it would not be renewing its distribution agreement. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

If I Fits, I Sits: Starlink's Self-Heating Satellite Dishes Are Attracting Cats

The dish's Snow Melt Mode prevents snow build-up from interfering with the signal—and apparently provides a toasty outdoor lounge space for critters. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

Could an Algorithm Predict the Next Insurrection Like Jan. 6?

The ability to forecast social unrest is something governments have desired for a long time—and data researchers are helping them get there. | Continue reading


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47 New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books to Start 2022 Off Right

Aiming to read more new books in 2022? We've got January releases galore to get you going. | Continue reading


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Apple Must Let Dating Apps Offer Alternative Payment Option Dutch Regulator Says

If Apple doesn't comply with the regulator's decision within two months, it could face a fine of up to $56.5 million. | Continue reading


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Finnish Man Blows Up Tesla Car Instead of Replacing Battery

A Tesla repair shop told a Model S owner that replacing the battery would cost more than $22,600. He decided to stick 66 pounds of dynamite on the car. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

Intel Is Putting Unvaccinated Employees on Unpaid Leave Until Conditions Improve

Intel is the latest—but not the first—tech company to threaten to suspend employees who aren't getting the vaccine as Omicron rampages across the U.S. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

Laptops That Were Too Strange for This World

Some of our most beloved laptops were those that dared to be different. | Continue reading


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Scientists Found a Cradle of Life Under Antarctica

Nearly 100 species were found living in extreme cold and total darkness beneath the ice in one of the world's "least-known" habitats. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

Giant Kite Will Pull a Ship Across the Ocean Next Month

A boat being propelled by the wind may sound familiar, but next month's test could help the shipping industry in its quest to clean up carbon emissions. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

New monitor by LG at CES 2022 sports unique 18:16 vertical aspect ratio

In the build-up to CES 2022, LG just announced two new monitors meant for the home office. | Continue reading


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Neanderthals Were Altering the Landscape 125,000 Years Ago New Evidence Suggests

An ancient anthropogenic footprint, brought about by hunting, tool production, fire use, and other behaviors, has been discovered in Germany. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

Vacuum-Sealed Container from 1972 Moon Landing Will Finally Be Opened

After 50 years, scientists will get a chance to study lunar gases collected during Apollo 17 mission. | Continue reading


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Amazon's Ring Doorbell Could Gain Biometric Sensors

The company has been awarded patents for using smell and skin texture to identify a "suspicious" person. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

What Is Web3 and Why Should You Care?

The next internet revolution is upon us—here's why it matters. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

USPS Tested a Blockchain Voting System Before 2020, It Didn’t Work

Just keep repeating: It doesn't work. It doesn't work. It doesn't work. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

Chip And#39;Breakthrough' Could Bring Us a Phone with One-Week Battery Life

Thermal stacking is getting Samsung, Intel, and IBM excited about the future of computing. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

Rohingya Sue Meta for $150B over Alleged Role in Myanmar Genocide

The suit alleges that the company blatantly ignored warnings about the platform's problems in the region for five years—and by then, it was too late. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

Hackers Could Make Dangerous AI Safer

A trust gap is growing between the public and AI developers. A new set of recommendations could help. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

Dark Matter Radio Could Tune into New Physics

Researchers are hoping to "hear" dark matter particles using a super-cooled experiment in California. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

Study: Investing in Legos Will Earn You More Money Than Gold

Economists have found that prices of retired Lego sets grow by 11% annually, which is higher than the average returns provided by gold and large stocks. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

Jeff Bezos’ Space Joyride Emitted a Lifetime’s Worth of Carbon Pollution

A new report chronicles the staggeringly unequal distribution of carbon emissions tied to the ultra-wealthy's lifestyles. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

Nail Lodged in Skeleton’s Foot Is First Evidence of Crucifixion in England

The skeleton was found among dozens of others buried at the site of a former Roman-era village. | Continue reading


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Facebook takes first steps towards the metaverse with Horizon Worlds open beta

The Horizon Worlds platform is now available for Quest VR headset owners. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

Early Data on Omicron: There's Good News and Bad News

Preliminary studies are finding that vaccines may not provide as much protection from Omicron, but hybrid or boosted immunity may remain robust. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

Controversial Assisted Suicide Pod Cleared for Use in Switzerland

The unit helps a patient painlessly end their life by flooding the chamber with nitrogen. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

Spotify pulls content of comedians fighting to get royalties for their work

Comedians John Mulaney, Jim Gaffigan, and Kevin Hart are part of a group of comedy writers seeking to be paid for the copyright on their jokes. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

What We Will Never Know

Science and technology have evolved, but some things may always be beyond human knowledge. | Continue reading


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1 in 44 US children are diagnosed with Autism

Greater awareness of the developmental condition is leading to more children being diagnosed and at an earlier age, but some gaps remain. | Continue reading


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Inventors Killed by Their Own Inventions [slides]

Inventing can be kind of a dangerous business—as these pioneers show. | Continue reading


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Hundreds of Malicious Servers on the Tor Network Might Be De-Anonymizing Users

New research shows a threat actor has taken over a substantial portion of the privacy-protecting service. | Continue reading


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How to Spot Leonard, the Brightest Comet of the Year

Views of Leonard with the unaided eye are a distinct possibility, as the “ultrafast” comet makes a brief trip through the inner solar system. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

Fascists Are Weaponizing Twitter's New 'Private Media' Rule

A new Twitter rule against sharing "personal media" without consent is predictably being gamed by the far right. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

Google Can Now Help You Navigate the Mess That Is American Healthcare

You can quickly find out if your doctor takes your insurance and whether they speak your language. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

United Flies First Plane with 100% ‘Sustainable Aviation Fuel’

It's a notable milestone, yes. But decarbonizing air travel has a loooooong way to go, and sustainable fuel isn't all it's cracked up to be just yet. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

Trying to Clean Up All the Ocean Plastic Is Pointless

A pollution expert on why any attempt to rid the ocean of plastic completely is doomed to fail—and what we actually need to be focusing on. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

Zoom's New Attendance Tool Will Snitch on Attendees Who Are Late to a Meeting

Meeting participants who have been invited but who have not joined will be siloed into a “Not Joined” section. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

Analysis of 5.9M PredPol crime predictions left on public server

Millions of crime predictions left on an unsecured server show PredPol mostly avoided Whiter neighborhoods, targeted Blacks and Latino neighborhoods. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

Elon Musk Frantically Warns Employees of Potential SpaceX Bankruptcy

Musk advised employees to work over the weekend after reading Raptor engine production issues were far worse than previously thought. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

Rushing and spending loads of money did not help deliver more cars

The Tesla CEO said rushing and spending loads of money did not help the company deliver more cars in the long run. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 2 years ago

Owlet Stops Selling Its Baby Monitoring Smart Socks After FDA Warning Letter

The FDA said the company's products are medical devices, but that Owlet had not obtained proper approvals for them. | Continue reading


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