Here's Everything You Need to Know About the First Googlebooks
Gizmodoby Kyle Barr18d ago
To start off its grand new adventure in laptops, Google is working with the usual troop of PC makers to craft the first slate of eponymously named Googlebooks.
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top 43%The New Googlebooks Are Chromebooks All Grown Up
Gizmodoby Kyle Barr18d ago
Googlebooks are explicitly designed to be the Macs for a legion of Android fanatics. The company is finally revealing exactly what’s going on, and I went hands-on with every single new design...
The Missing Piece to the Googlebook Puzzle Could—Hopefully—Make a Cheap Laptop
Gizmodoby Kyle Barr18d ago
Taiwan-based chipmaker MediaTek has a new chip that is obviously built for Google’s AI-centric Googlebooks.
M6 Mac mini Review: A Better Tiny Desktop, With or Without AI
Gizmodoby Kyle Barr18d ago
Boiled down to its base silicon, the new M6 Mac mini is essentially flawless. We also said the same thing about the previous M4 Mac mini from 2024, except that one launched for $300 less than the...
Screenwriter for 'I Am Legend' Sequel Says He Wouldn't 'Survive the Backlash' If He Killed Another Dog
Gizmodoby Gordon Jackson18d ago
Akiva Goldsman promises not to kill any dogs in the I Am Legend sequel. A new Clayface TV spot teases his Batman: The Animated Series-inspired final form.
Geologists Are Hunting for Camouflaged ‘Rock Glaciers’ Vital to Global Freshwater Supplies
Gizmodoby Matthew Phelan18d ago
The average person’s idea of how climate change might someday plunge the world into a series of post-apocalyptic, fresh-water resource wars probably focuses on the simple equation that rising...
'Lanterns' Is Ready to Tackle Another, Even Bigger, Mystery
Gizmodoby Germain Lussier18d ago
After spending the better part of five episodes discovering the past, Lanterns is now tackling the present.
Mars’s Ancient Clay Holds the Same Organic Molecules That May Have Sparked Life on Earth
Gizmodoby Matthew Phelan18d ago
A large group of scientists, including astrobiologists at the University of Florida, geophysicists and engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a few scientists in France and Mexico, and many...
DraftKings Built an AI Model to Target Profitable Losers, Report Claims
Gizmodoby Mike Pearl18d ago
If you’ve ever used DraftKings, you’ve probably noticed that the company is prone to emailing users, and—if they have the mobile app—sending push notifications.
A Massive, 2,000-Year-Old Iron Haul Could Rewrite What We Know About Ancient Trade
Gizmodoby Gayoung Lee18d ago
As the name implies, the late Iron Age prompted huge advances in iron production and fabrication across different cultures.
First Came Space Force. Now Prepare For AI Force
Gizmodoby Ece Yildirim18d ago
President Trump is sick of people “attacking” the AI industry, which is why he will be forming an “AI Force” and appointing an “AI Czar.” In a rambling rant posted on his Truth Social account...
Thank 'Lanterns' for That DC Cameo in 'Stuart Fails to Save the Universe'
Gizmodoby Justin Carter18d ago
The Big Bang Theory returned to television this year with the spinoff Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, whose big selling point is the series’ spin on the multiverse. Being a Warner Bros.
New Report Reveals How and Why TV Shows Are Dying
Gizmodoby Justin Carter18d ago
Data intelligence company Luminate released a 32-page report digging into the wave of canceled TV shows from streaming, broadcast, and cable in recent years.
Polymarket Bug Reportedly Let Identity Thieves Into Existing Accounts
Gizmodoby Kyle Torpey18d ago
Nearly 500 Polymarket US users were hit in late July by a fraud attack that did not require a password, a username, or a compromised phone, according to a Wall Street Journal report published...
'Handful' of Reported Layoffs at Apple Could Mean a More Robust Health App Coming Soon
Gizmodoby Mike Pearl18d ago
Reported layoffs at Apple are bolstering rumors that disparate health and fitness features may soon be consolidated into Apple’s Health app.
Aqara Multi-Sensor FP400 Review: Not Quite the mmWave of the Future
Gizmodoby Wes Davis19d ago
One of the promises of the smart home is total automation that lets your body be a trigger for getting things done.
Pentagon Investigators Say Overreliance on Palantir AI Tech Contributed to U.S. Strike That Killed 123 Iranian Children
Gizmodoby Kyle Torpey19d ago
Back in February, two Tomahawk missiles hit Shajarah Tayyebeh Elementary School in the southern Iranian town of Minab on the opening day of the Iran war.
Marvel's Finally Got Miracleman in Its Comics—Now What?
Gizmodoby Justin Carter19d ago
For years, a question hovering over Marvel Comics has been when, not if, the publisher would incorporate Miracleman into its canon of heroes.
You'll Never Guess What Trump Wants to Rename Now
Gizmodoby Mike Pearl19d ago
President Donald Trump simply has no patience for negativity around AI. He says it’s going to be the “Greatest Economic Development Engine in History — Bigger than Oil, Gold, Diamonds, or even the...
Paramount Sets Dates for 'Hearts Eyes' and 'Crawl' Sequels
Gizmodoby Justin Carter19d ago
Paramount has a lot of movies it hopes will bring audiences in theaters, and it just planted some flags for a pair of upcoming horror flicks.