President Trump's Love of Tariffs Comes Into Conflict With His Love of Data Centers
Gizmodoby Ece Yildirim·27 Aug 2026
Since returning to office in early 2025, Trump has imposed sweeping tariffs that have disrupted nearly every sector of the global economy.
Archaeologists Found a 1,300-Year-Old Viking Dress, and the Reason It Survived Is Surprising
Gizmodoby Gayoung Lee·27 Aug 2026
In many ways, archaeology is a race against the passage of time. Metals rust, organics degrade, fabrics unravel—and often rot, too, which means that it’s nearly impossible for clothing to last...
The Fight Over Whether the 'Humankind 2' Trailer Is Slop Is Its Own Kind of AI Damage
Gizmodoby Tom Hawking·27 Aug 2026
Spotting videos made by generative AI used to be as simple as counting the fingers of the people depicted.
Reconstructed Satellite Images Show How Close D-Day Came to Disaster
Gizmodoby Matthew Phelan·27 Aug 2026
Three separate teams of meteorologists worked in secrecy on the high-stakes weather forecasts required for the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II.
Hugging Face Wants You to Stop Worrying and Love This Adorable Robot Duck
Gizmodoby AJ Dellinger·27 Aug 2026
For whatever reason, all of Silicon Valley has decided the ultimate achievement in robotics is the humanoid form. Not sure why; get past the age of 30 and tell me your body is well designed.
Scalpers Ate the Special Edition Xbox Series X25 Alive
Gizmodoby Kyle Barr·27 Aug 2026
The admittedly epic and extremely green Xbox Series X25 special edition console sold out within minutes of being available online Thursday.
Whoop's New Meridian Band Makes an Expensive Wearable Even More So
Gizmodoby Ian Carlos Campbell·27 Aug 2026
Whoop’s wearables are designed to maximize the amount of data they collect, so much so that the company built an optional battery that can top up your Whoop without taking it off.
Why Bitcoin’s Price Is Spiking This Week
Gizmodoby Kyle Torpey·27 Aug 2026
Bitcoin is experiencing an epic rebound. After falling to a low of about $62,650 on Aug. 16, the cryptocurrency climbed to roughly $80,000 this week, putting the rally from that recent bottom at...
Stephen King's Lovecraft Homage 'Crouch End' Is Coming to Prime Video
Gizmodoby Cheryl Eddy·27 Aug 2026
As Prime Video gears up for Mike Flanagan’s Carrie in the fall, another Stephen King series has just been announced by the streamer.
Americans Can Now Add Metal to Their Food From the Comfort of Their Own Grill
Gizmodoby Matt Novak·27 Aug 2026
Americans are finding metal in a variety of their foods this summer, from baked spaghetti to ice cream to sourdough bread.
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.
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