This Plant Summons Parasitic Wasps to Kill Its Enemies
Gizmodoby Ed Cara21 Aug 2026
Plants are even craftier than we knew when it comes to self-defense, with one plant literally summoning parasitic wasps to kill off other insects eating its leaves.
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top 18%The New 'Insidious' Director Got Very Nervous When He Watched 'Backrooms'
Gizmodoby Cheryl Eddy21 Aug 2026
Horror filmmakers also tend to be rabid horror fans—obviously—so it makes sense that Insidious: Out of the Further director and co-writer Jacob Chase made a point of watching Backrooms.
DC's Jimmy Olsen TV Show Has Its Official Title, Cast, and More
Gizmodoby Germain Lussier21 Aug 2026
James Gunn always said his DC Universe was going to be different from Marvel, and now, he’s truly putting that to the test.
Scientists Planted Telecom Cables to Find 'Thunderquakes.' Here's What Happened
Gizmodoby Gayoung Lee21 Aug 2026
When lightning strikes the ground, the impact creates small vibrations that propagate through the ground.
Proposed Oura Lawsuit Highlights Wearables' Health Limitations
Gizmodoby Ian Carlos Campbell21 Aug 2026
Smart ring maker Oura is facing a proposed class action lawsuit that claims its smart rings aren’t capable of identifying and measuring sleep cycles, TechCrunch reports.
Thousands of Goal Zero Power Stations Recalled for Catching Fire (But There's a Fix)
Gizmodoby Matt Novak21 Aug 2026
The Goal Zero Yeti 3000X portable power station has been recalled because the circuit board can overheat, which can potentially cause fires, according to an announcement from the U.S.
How 'Strange New Worlds' Made Sure the Puppet Episode Still Felt Like 'Star Trek'
Gizmodoby Cheryl Eddy21 Aug 2026
The long-awaited puppet episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds beamed onto Paramount+ this week, maybe the most out-there swing yet for a show that never met a gimmick it didn’t like.
TCL's Jedi-Like Smart Lock Is Now Even Better
Gizmodoby Wes Davis21 Aug 2026
When I first reviewed the palm vein-scanning TCL D2 Pro smart lock, I thought it was a great product with one glaring flaw made worse by another: TCL’s own software was too limited, and it had...
50 Years of Bronx River Clean-Up Efforts Lead to the First Otter Sighting in a Century
Gizmodoby Ed Cara21 Aug 2026
Nature seems to be healing along the Bronx River in New York. This week, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) confirmed the recent appearance of an North American river otter in the Bronx...
Tesla Is Pulling the Plug on Its Solar Roof Tiles
Gizmodoby Bruce Gil21 Aug 2026
Tesla appears to be calling it quits on its Solar Roof tiles nearly 10 years after their debut. Electrek reports, citing two unnamed sources familiar with the matter, that Tesla has told its...
Scientists Recreate the Melting ‘Diamond Rain’ of Neptune and Uranus. It May Help Fusion Power
Gizmodoby Matthew Phelan21 Aug 2026
Under their thin upper atmospheres, our solar system neighbors Neptune and Uranus are literally raining diamonds in their high-pressure, high-temperature, middle atmospheres.
No, AirPods With Cameras Aren’t Smart Glasses for Your Ears
Gizmodoby James Pero21 Aug 2026
It’s been a big week for Apple leaks, and arguably at the center of all that is a forthcoming pair of AirPods. Not just any AirPods, though—AirPods with cameras.
RayNeo's New Smart Glasses Are Taking the Cameraless Route
Gizmodoby James Pero21 Aug 2026
Most companies making smart glasses are chasing Meta and its lineup of Ray-Ban and first-party smart glasses—but some are trying for a different path.
ChatGPT’s Mac App Can Now Control iMessage, Which Apple Probably Won’t Like
Gizmodoby Tom McKay21 Aug 2026
OpenAI has introduced a feature that taps directly into Apple’s iMessage app via ChatGPT, which is probably not going to go down well with the gang in Cupertino.
Netflix's Anime NYC Line Up Is Ridiculously Stacked
Gizmodoby Isaiah Colbert21 Aug 2026
Typically, when a streamer announces new anime shows for a given season, they take a shotgun approach, where quantity trumps quality. Netflix has proven to be an exception to that trend.
There's Life Before Watching 'Bone Tomahawk,' and Then There's Life After Watching 'Bone Tomahawk'
Gizmodoby Isaiah Colbert20 Aug 2026
On a lark, I recently decided to put on Bone Tomahawk, starring the incomparable Kurt Russell, making the grave mistake of judging a book by its cover, or more aptly, a film by its poster.
Dave Bautista Is Kratos in 'God of War'
Gizmodoby Germain Lussier20 Aug 2026
The rumors are becoming a reality. Earlier this summer, actor Ryan Hurst tore his bicep on the set of God of War, in which he played the lead role of Kratos.
Bruce Campbell Has Been Retired as Ash for a While, Actually
Gizmodoby Germain Lussier20 Aug 2026
Here’s a story that’s not particularaly groovy. Earlier this week, new reports spread that actor Bruce Campbell was done playing Ash Williams, his iconic character from the Evil Dead franchise.
Grok Is Having a Hard Time
Gizmodoby Tom McKay20 Aug 2026
xAI’s Grok chatbot began spitting out gibberish this week in response to direct queries, TechCrunch reported.
Bigfoot-Like Ancient Apes Might Have Been Closer to Humans Than We Realize
Gizmodoby Matthew Phelan20 Aug 2026
Decades of paleontological work across southern China exploded into a wave of serious interest in famous cryptids, like Yeti and Bigfoot, after zoologist Wladimir Tschernezky first published his...