OnePlus Admits It Throttles Popular Apps on Its Flagship Phones

OnePlus claims it was trying to "optimize" the performance of the OnePlus 9 and 9 Pro. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

An Open Letter to the 5M Confused People Who Bought a Samsung Galaxy Note

"Bro, it's so big." That's an actual thing I heard from an actual person. The man was a personal trainer at my gym, the "it" was a Galaxy Note mutant phone. He clenched the massive thing in his iron grip. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Angry Consumer Complaints to the FTC About Binance

Gizmodo obtained the complaints about Binance through a FOIA request. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

"Star Trek: The Motion Picture" Gets a 4K Remaster for Paramount+

Robert Wise's "Director's Edition" of the first Star Trek film will be released for streaming on Paramount+. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Astronomers Spot a Batch of Rogue Planets Near the Galactic Core

It's further evidence that planets without stars are surprisingly common in the Milky Way. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

In 2030, You won’t own any Gadgets

When you buy a device that requires proprietary software to run, the money you hand over is an entry fee, nothing more. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

A Large Ransomware Attack Has Ensnared 1000 of Companies

A supply chain attack on Kaseya, which offers remote services to IT providers, may have infected companies throughout the world. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Secret Recordings Reveal How Exxon Lobbyists Manipulate Politicians and Public

A sting by Greenpeace UK exposes how the company talks a big climate game while ensuring nothing actually gets done. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

A Google Drive Update Might Break All Your Links

Get ready for an onslaught of permissions requests. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Walmart Rolls Out a Cheaper Insulin

Prices for the drug have become untenable, now there's at least a slightly more affordable option. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Sam Altman's 'Worldcoin' Wants to Give You Crypto in Exchange for Eyeball Scans

Its creators want a crypto-based UBI and plan to use an eyeball scanner to prevent fraud. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

It's Time to Treat Social Media Like the Climate Crisis, Researchers Argue

An assorted group specializing in climate, psychology, and ethics say that it's time to call social the threat that it is. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Canada to Make Online Hate Speech a Crime Punishable by $16,000 Fine

The proposed law would likely run afoul of the First Amendment in the U.S., but despite popular misconceptions Canada is actually its own country. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Western Digital Confirms 'My Book Live' Drives Are Being Deleted Remotely

Unplug your drives from the internet right now to keep any data safe. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Could We Live Under the Sea?

We surveyed a number of experts on the question of whether underwater living might ever be possible. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

New Device Creates Water from Thin Air

Researchers say they have solved the tricky problem of making a totally passive, 24/7 water generating system. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

For Just $125,000, You Too Can Take a Balloon Ride to Space

Liftoffs won't begin until 2024, but the six-hour trip features a 360-view that's out of this world. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Weird Air-Filtering Face Mask Picked the Worst Possible Time

The AirPop Active+ Halo Smart Mask monitors air quality, but as mask requirements are lifted, no one needs to pay this much for cleaner air. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

What's the Most Significant Hack in History?

“No one knows exactly how much information was accessed, because the government has been kind of cagey about it.” | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Birds Use Quantum Mechanics to See Magnetic Fields

A protein in birds' eyes is sensitive to magnetic fields, which may help explain how they navigate across the planet. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Ground Temperatures Hit 118 Degrees in the Arctic Circle

The ongoing climate crisis is not going to spare Siberia. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

The FBI Is Trying to Break Encryption Without Breaking Encryption

An encrypted platform created by the FBI led to over 800 arrests in dozens of countries, but at what cost? | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Bot Clicking Ads on Climate Articles Shows the News Is Broken

Synthetic Messenger, a project from artists Tega Brain and Sam Lavigne, makes climate news stories more visible with clicks. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Great, Snakebots Can Now Burrow Underground So We'll Never See Them Coming

Inspired by plants and octopus, this snakebot is like the movie Tremors come to life. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Aging Hubble Space Telescope in Safe Mode Following Computer Glitch

Please come back, for what seems the billionth time. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

The Big Oil Instagram Influencers Are Here

Big Oil has made small forays into the world of Instagram influencer marketing—but if history is any indication, they're just getting started. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

NASA’s ‘Moonikin’ Will Boldly Go Where No Test Dummy Has Gone Before

A naming contest for the inanimate Artemis crew member launches today. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

The Last Images from Doomed Space Probes

These space explorers managed to document their final moments, sending back precious data before going silent forever. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Aliens Wouldn't Need Warp Drives to Take over Galaxy, Simulation Suggests

It’s also further evidence that extraterrestrials should've settled the entire Milky Way by now. So where are they? | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Facebook Is Officially Beta Testing Hotline a Clubhouse-Inspired Audio Feature

“Audience” members will see their questions appear in a list at the top of the stream, which other users can then choose to upvote or downvote. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Self-Balancing Electric Bicycle in Action

Learning to ride a bicycle is about to become trivial. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Amazon Unveils Fleet of Cutesy-Named Robots to Make Warehouses Less Hazardous

'Ernie,' 'Bert,' and AI-powered robots are being tested to help notoriously overworked staff | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

China’s New Rover Captures Unique Selfie on Mars

The China National Space Administration released new images today to commemorate the early success of the mission. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Fighter Jets Lock on (and How the Targets Know)

The primary technology that a military aircraft uses to lock and track an enemy aircraft is its onboard radar. Aircraft radars typically have two modes: search and track. In search mode, the radar sweeps a radio beam across the sky in a zig-zag pattern. When the radio beam is … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

DARPA Defense Weapon Knocks Drones Out of the Sky Using Confetti Streamers?

The party's just getting started when DARPA's new streamer-blasting counter-drone arrives. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

I Would Rather Die Than Let Facebook Monitor My Heart Rate

Facebook reportedly plans to launch a smartwatch in 2022, but between the competition and concerns about how Facebook handles data, this watch might be DOA. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Why a Mediocre Keyboard App Is Topping the App Store Charts

It’s hard to tell what will go viral online at any given time. Carp? Sure. Andrew Cuomo’s Nipples? That happened. The latest darling of the internet’s eye is less fishy and less... fleshy than both of the above, but no less bizarre: a low-grade knock-off of Apple’s Notepad app th … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Sony's First Drone Is a $9k Professional-Grade Beast

And that price doesn't include a camera or a gimbal. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Lawyer Who Sued Treasury Department for Exxon to Be Agency’s General Counsel

Suing an agency on behalf of corporate America appears to be a good path to a senior government role. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Gizmodo: It’s about to really, really suck to lose your iPhone

If you use all the features Apple's Wallet app offers in iOS 15, you're asking for trouble. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Cops Are Now Using a High-Tech Lasso on People

In an apparent effort to kill fewer people, police departments across the country are investing in the BolaWrap Remote Restraint device—basically an electronic lasso designed to automatically restrain suspects without cops having to electrocute or shoot them. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

The pandemic might have killed off some flu strains for good

Scientists say that two common strains of the seasonal flu have seemingly vanished from circulation, likely due to public health measures like mask-wearing meant to slow the covid-19 pandemic. Though it will take time to confirm the disappearing act, the unexpected good news coul … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Microsoft Blames 'Human Error' Amid Suspicion It Censored Bing for 'Tank Man'

Throughout Friday afternoon, using the image search function on Microsoft-operated Bing using the words “Tank Man” returned the message, “There are no results for tank man / Check your spelling or try different keywords.” | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

DOJ to Treat Ransomware Hacks Like Terrorism Now: The Full Memo

The U.S. Department of Justice plans to take a much harsher tack when pursuing cybercriminals involved in ransomware attacks—and will investigate them using similar strategies to the ones currently employed against foreign and domestic terrorists. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Supreme Court Issues Radical New Reading of Anti-Hacking Law

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday said a Georgia police officer had not violated the country’s main anti-hacking law by improperly accessing a government database for financial gain, a decision likely to curtail prosecutions under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) of indiv … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

Why Can’t We (Reporters) Call It (Climate Change) an Emergency?

Today, all of humanity is under attack, this time from an overheated planet—and too many newsrooms still are more inclined to cover today’s equivalent of dance competitions. Climate change is underway and threatens unparalleled catastrophe. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

You Have a Week to Opt-Out of Amazon Sidewalk, Do It Now

Unless you specifically tell it not to, Amazon will automatically enroll you in Sidewalk, which—it’s easy to imagine—could lead to some potentially unwanted privacy and security issues down the road. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago

ViacomCBS Avoid Nearly $4B in Tax on Franchises Like Spongebob and StarTrek

Paramount Pictures has found a way to avoid paying taxes on franchises including Spongebob Squarepants, Mission: Impossible, and Star Trek by routing revenue from international licensing through a complicated network of foreign subsidiaries, according to a new study. | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 3 years ago