10 Times Kiddie Shows and Characters Took a Terrifying Turn
Gizmodoby Cheryl Eddy·27 Aug 2026
Casper Kelly’s slasher comedy Buddy hits theaters this week, taking viewers into a realm ruled by a sinister children’s show host who happens to look like an adorable orange unicorn.
Malaria Outbreak Kills 2 Airport Workers in Germany After Mosquito Sneaks Aboard Plane
Gizmodoby Ed Cara·27 Aug 2026
A plane’s accidental mosquito cargo seems to have caused a deadly outbreak of malaria in an unexpected place—Germany.
Samara Weaving to Fight Killer Wasp Outbreak in 'Hivemind'
Gizmodoby Gordon Jackson·27 Aug 2026
A poodle breeder finds a disturbing new use for her particular set of skills in Breeder. Amazon pares down its list of potential 007s to just 006.
Kalshi Teams Up With the Weather Co. on Markets That Are Nearly Impossible to Insider Trade
Gizmodoby Bruce Gil·27 Aug 2026
Kalshi and The Weather Company have teamed up on prediction markets centered on something humans have very little control over and that are a lot harder to insider trade on.
This Brain Teaser Lied to Players for 3 Years, and Math Finally Caught It
Gizmodoby Gayoung Lee·27 Aug 2026
Digit Party, an online brain teaser, has attracted hundreds of thousands of math lovers since its launch three years ago.
Long-Time Optimus Prime Voice Actor Peter Cullen Has Died
Gizmodoby Isaiah Colbert·27 Aug 2026
Peter Cullen, a man many Transformers fans have come to love as the voice of Optimus Prime, the Autobots’ fearless leader, has died at the age of 85. The news of Cullen’s passing was broken by TMZ.
Samsung's Revised Odyssey Monitors Opt for Excess in Every Direction
Gizmodoby Kyle Barr·27 Aug 2026
You’ve got to hand it to the Samsung monitor team: They don’t think small. After trying to make 6K resolution work for gaming (spoiler alert, it’s not the new 4K), the Korean screen giant is...
'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Races Against the Clock
Gizmodoby Alyse Wax·27 Aug 2026
This week, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds turns into a 24-esque real-time action thriller, complete with a ticking clock that gives immediacy to the trope.
Trend Alert: Is Anti-AI Fashion This Season’s Hottest New Look?
Gizmodoby Justin Caffier·27 Aug 2026
Americans are categorically pissed off about the 130,000 automated license plate readers (ALPRs) Flock and its competitors have erected across the nation, seemingly overnight and with little to no...
A Massive Iceberg Broke off Greenland. New Images Show What Led up to It
Gizmodoby Passant Rabie·27 Aug 2026
A massive slab of ice has broken away from one of Greenland’s largest remaining floating glacier tongues, creating a Manhattan-sized iceberg in the Arctic Ocean.
Plaud's First Wireless Earbuds Crank AI Productivity to Max Volume
Gizmodoby James Pero·27 Aug 2026
Wireless earbuds have quite a few inescapable trends, but if there’s one thing that’s proven to be a gravitational force in the space, it’s AI.
Steph Curry's Fitbit Air Has Nothing on This Special Edition Pokémon Sleep Version
Gizmodoby Raymond Wong·27 Aug 2026
The special edition Steph Curry Fitbit Air with a sweat-wicking band was a good way to introduce Google’s screenless Whoop competitor, but the newly announced Google Fitbit Air Special Edition...
Samsung's Galaxy S26 FE Strips the S26+ Down to Its Basics
Gizmodoby Raymond Wong·27 Aug 2026
The fourth member of Samsung’s Galaxy S26 series has arrived: the Galaxy S26 FE. The “Fan Edition” smartphone cuts back some of the Galaxy S26+’s features to bring pricing down to $699.99.
The Large Hadron Collider Is Getting a Major Upgrade. But What Would Actually Surprise Physicists?
Gizmodoby Gayoung Lee·27 Aug 2026
As the old physics wisdom goes, to answer big questions, build big machines. To that idea, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has really delivered on all fronts in its last 16 years of operations.
Nvidia Tries to Defend Against Circular Dealmaking Accusations
Gizmodoby Ece Yildirim·27 Aug 2026
Nvidia makes a lot of money from deals fueled by AI hype. It also spends a lot of money on deals that in turn fuel that same AI hype.
Head of Data Centers at OpenAI Reportedly Quits
Gizmodoby Mike Pearl·27 Aug 2026
The head of data centers at OpenAI has reportedly left. At the risk of being a tad insensitive, can you imagine having that job title right now?
Nvidia Reportedly Stops Flirting With Hugging Face and Just Buys It
Gizmodoby Mike Pearl·27 Aug 2026
I wrote on Monday that rumors were circulating that Hugging Face was looking to be acquired for about $13 billion.
Meta Apparently Seeks to Spread Settlement Pain to Its Competitors—With Snapchat Conspicuously Absent
Gizmodoby Mike Pearl·27 Aug 2026
Meta is reportedly about to pressure its competitors hard to join it in limiting its platform’s functionality for young people. The New York Times’ Mike Isaac says tomorrow in multiple major U.S.
Republican Senator Launches Investigation Into Flock as Backlash Sweeps Country
Gizmodoby Matt Novak·27 Aug 2026
Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, sent a letter to the CEO of Flock Safety on Wednesday announcing an investigation into the “unprecedented national surveillance network” that the...
Ukraine Butters Up Musk With Highest State Honor for Starlink
Gizmodoby Ece Yildirim·26 Aug 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky just awarded Elon Musk, the billionaire whose recent controversies have included sexual deepfakes, Nazi salutes, and so-called “jokes” about killing...
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