Little Florida Memo Could Have Big Impacts on Flock Cameras
Gizmodoby Mike Pearl·1 Sept 2026
A small victory in Florida for Flock camera critics may herald major statewide changes, and law enforcement may be taking an almost symbolic gesture as a cue to change its ways.
George Santos Gets Kalshi’s First-Ever Lifetime Ban
Gizmodoby Bruce Gil·31 Aug 2026
Disgraced former New York Congressman George Santos just pulled off something no one else has. He became the first person ever banned from Kalshi for life.
FTC Sues Amazon for Allegedly Duping Advertisers
Gizmodoby AJ Dellinger·31 Aug 2026
Amazon is one of the biggest digital advertising platforms in the world. Turns out, according to a lawsuit filed Monday by the Federal Trade Commission and 22 states, the company allegedly used its...
Podcaster's Viral Post About the Hugging Face Hack Sparks Debate Over AI Conciousness
Gizmodoby Webb Wright·31 Aug 2026
Debates about whether or not AI could ever become conscious are older than the technology itself.
We Were Wrong About How the Extinct Tasmanian Tiger Hunted Its Prey
Gizmodoby Matthew Phelan·31 Aug 2026
Australia’s colonists, followed by citizens of the newly autonomous Commonwealth, hunted the nation’s iconic Tasmanian tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus, to extinction 90 years ago—seemingly because...
Scientists Discover a Hidden Supervolcano Buried Beneath England
Gizmodoby Ellyn Lapointe·31 Aug 2026
The phrase “hidden supervolcano” sounds a bit like an oxymoron, doesn’t it? Supervolcanoes are notoriously conspicuous, what with their enormous size and penchant for spewing massive amounts of...
MapQuest Surges in Usage as Google Bends the Knee to Trump on 'Lake America'
Gizmodoby AJ Dellinger·31 Aug 2026
When it comes to navigation, MapQuest is back on the map. The mapping company from way back when (that is still around, as it turns out) had a massive surge in downloads after it announced that it...
A Forested Island Suddenly Appeared in This Gigantic Reservoir—and Then Mysteriously Vanished
Gizmodoby Matthew Phelan·31 Aug 2026
Welling up against the northernmost ridge of the Canadian Rockies, the Williston Reservoir in British Columbia is the seventh-largest reservoir by volume in the entire world.
Chess.com Vibe-Coded a Poker Site and Says More Is on the Way
Gizmodoby Tom Hawking·31 Aug 2026
You’d never die wondering what a site called Chess.com has to offer. The site claims over 275m members—including your forlorn, terribly-ranked correspondent—and is widely considered the internet’s...
The Next Apple Watch Might Address a Long-Term Sensor Shortcoming
Gizmodoby Ian Carlos Campbell·31 Aug 2026
Apple is testing continuous heart rate monitoring on the Apple Watch Series 12, Bloomberg reports, a feature that, if enabled, would bring the company’s smartwatch into even closer competition with...
'ThunderCats' Movie Still in the Works, Says Adam Wingard
Gizmodoby Jen Lennon·31 Aug 2026
Back in 2021, news broke that Adam Wingard, director of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, would direct and co-write a hybrid CGI-animation ThunderCats movie, based on the classic ’80s animated TV...
Bank of England Governor Warns AI Represents Threat to the Global Economy
Gizmodoby Ece Yildirim·31 Aug 2026
The governor of the central bank of the United Kingdom is worried that AI’s potentially catastrophic economic impact can spread across borders.
This 'Wallace and Gromit' Lego Set Is Almost as Enticing as Cheese
Gizmodoby Cheryl Eddy·31 Aug 2026
Lego‘s full-scale assault on wallets, particularly in the pockets of people prone to nostalgia, continues with this adorable new tribute to Nick Park and Aardman Animation’s Wallace and Gromit...
Meet the Google Exec Trying to Convince a Skeptical Gaming Industry to Love AI
Gizmodoby Kyle Barr·31 Aug 2026
In a gold rush, the people who get rich aren’t the grubby prospectors digging for those nuggets in the muck; it’s the men who sell the shovels.
Trump to Communities Fighting Data Centers: Have Fun Being Poor
Gizmodoby Matt Novak·31 Aug 2026
President Donald Trump has heard the complaints from Americans across the country who don’t want data centers in their communities. And he has a simple message: Shut your mouth, you stupid rubes.
The EU Has Officially Decided ChatGPT Is a Search Engine
Gizmodoby Bruce Gil·31 Aug 2026
The European Union just put OpenAI’s ChatGPT under the same legal designation as Google. That means the AI chatbot will now face greater scrutiny and stricter rules over in Europe.
Adam Wingard's 'Onslaught' Is Its Own Worst Enemy
Gizmodoby Germain Lussier·31 Aug 2026
The first two words that came to mind after watching Onslaught were “wasted potential.” It’s a film filled with beautiful visuals, solid action, incredible actors, and fun ideas, almost none of...
Fleeing Data Center Backlash at Home, American AI Startup Sets Up Shop In Saudi Arabia
Gizmodoby Webb Wright·31 Aug 2026
Americans’ hatred towards AI data centers is big business for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. San Francisco-based tech startup Together AI announced on Monday that it’s partnering with Humain, the...
Climate Change Is Supercharging El Niño, 1,000 Years of Coral Data Shows
Gizmodoby Ellyn Lapointe·31 Aug 2026
As the peak of El Niño approaches, there is little doubt that this will be the strongest one on record.
A Massive Steam Leak Has Unearthed Thousands of Lost Game Builds
Gizmodoby Tom Hawking·31 Aug 2026
Between 2003 and 2013, Steam distributed games through a system known as Steam2. In February 2013, Valve replaced it with SteamPipe, which remains in use today.
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