Smart Glasses Are Creeping Out Entire Countries
Gizmodoby James Pero·26 Aug 2026
As interest in smart glasses balloons, aversion toward them has tracked right along with it. In fact, that aversion is so strong that entire countries are now looking to restrict when and how smart...
Ikea Invites You to Plant Your Butt on an Xbox Joystick
Gizmodoby Kyle Barr·26 Aug 2026
Despite it putting an end to the “everything is an Xbox” era, Microsoft keeps implying that even a stool can be an Xbox.
A Nearly Total Lunar Eclipse Will Turn the Moon Blood Red This Week. Here's How to See It
Gizmodoby Passant Rabie·26 Aug 2026
If you missed the eerie darkness of the total solar eclipse earlier this month, fret not—eclipse season isn’t over yet.
Back to School: The Best Speakers to Bring to College
Gizmodoby James Pero·26 Aug 2026
Lots of gadgets are useful in a college setting—laptops, AI recorders, e-readers—but not all essential college gadgets are about productivity, at least strictly speaking.
Ryan Gosling to Produce a Surprising Take on 'The Flintstones'
Gizmodoby Germain Lussier·26 Aug 2026
If we were to tell you Warner Bros. was working on a new movie based on the classic cartoon, The Flintstones, that would make sense. Recognizable properties like that will always come back around.
How the New 'D&D' Video Game 'Warlock' Is Different From 'Baldur's Gate'
Gizmodoby Cheryl Eddy·26 Aug 2026
Our first good look at Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons is here, lifting the lid on Wizards of the Coast and Invoke Studios’ new “third-person, single-player action-adventure set in a dark fantasy open...
A Defunct Nuclear Site Had a Meltdown in 1959. A New Study Shows It's Still Causing Health Problems
Gizmodoby Ellyn Lapointe·26 Aug 2026
The Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) in Ventura County, California, is one of the most contaminated sites in the state.
This Was a Bad Day for People Who Hate X but Sometimes Like to Read X Posts Anyway
Gizmodoby Mike Pearl·26 Aug 2026
Until recently, Nitter was an open source, user-powered resource that allowed internet users to read posts on X without logging into X.
At Trial, Instagram Head Denies Having ‘Stalled’ Teen ‘Take a Break’ Feature Despite Slow Rollout
Gizmodoby Mike Pearl·26 Aug 2026
If you’re in charge of a social media platform like Instagram, what would it mean to “stall” the rollout of a safety feature aimed at getting users to pause their use of your product?
Congresswoman Wants to Add Images to Legislation to Keep Pace With the Post-Literate Future
Gizmodoby Matt Novak·25 Aug 2026
There’s plenty of evidence we live in a post-literate world, thanks to the rise of video-based social media and a steep decline in reading over recent years.
The EPA’s Response to AI Data Center Backlash: Keep Building, but Keep It Hush-Hush
Gizmodoby Webb Wright·25 Aug 2026
Americans’ antipathy towards AI data centers has become as noisy and impossible for politicians to ignore as the sprawling, humming, resource-guzzling facilities themselves.
'Game of Thrones: War for Westeros' Gameplay Trailer Captures the Excitement of the Series
Gizmodoby Cheryl Eddy·25 Aug 2026
Raise your banners, draw your swords, and—only if you’re the Night King—raise your arms very slowly and dramatically to resurrect all your fallen warriors on the battlefield.
Scientists Studied 338 NFL Players' Brains After Death. Nearly All Had the Same Disease
Gizmodoby Ed Cara·25 Aug 2026
Football is one of America’s well-treasured pastimes. Research out today, however, highlights the hidden neurological costs that many professional football players have had to pay.
Uber Is Letting Parents Keep an Eye on Their Teens Through a Driver’s Phone Camera
Gizmodoby Bruce Gil·25 Aug 2026
Just in time for back-to-school season, Uber has launched a new feature that gives parents a live view inside their teens’ rides from pickup to drop-off.
A 'Donnie Darko' Sequel Book With Massive Franchise Aspirations Is Coming
Gizmodoby Germain Lussier·25 Aug 2026
The world of Donnie Darko never felt complete. Richard Kelly’s 2001 cult classic film posed so many questions and provided so few concrete answers that it was almost begging to be explored in...
Scientists Uncover Prehistoric Landscape Hidden Beneath the Great Barrier Reef
Gizmodoby Passant Rabie·25 Aug 2026
A 24-day voyage across the coast of Queensland, Australia, revealed the hidden lives of indigenous people that once occupied an ancient landscape found frozen in time.
Anthropic to Tell Investors It Has Potential Revenue of Basically the Entire US GDP
Gizmodoby AJ Dellinger·25 Aug 2026
Conversations between companies and investors are largely a practice in the art of painting the rosiest picture possible.
PlayStation 27-inch Gaming Monitor with DualSense Charging Hook Review: Exactly as the Name Suggests, and Nothing More
Gizmodoby Kyle Barr·25 Aug 2026
From the moment it hit the scene six years ago, the PlayStation 5 was billed as the 4K console for the new era. Whether or not the console really met that promise is up for debate.
Legal Experts Are Alarmed the SEC Isn’t Investigating Trump-Linked Crypto Venture
Gizmodoby Kyle Torpey·25 Aug 2026
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission could not find records of an investigation into AI Financial Corporation, formerly Alt5 Sigma, over the previous year, according to a Freedom of...
At Least 50 Men in This Roman Mass Grave Were Hit in the Same Sensitive Spot
Gizmodoby Gayoung Lee·25 Aug 2026
In 2024, construction workers in Austria had an unlikely encounter with a mass grave. Expert analysis dated the grave back to the Roman era, finding around 150 young men who likely perished in...
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