Satellites Watched a Himalayan Glacier Speed Up for Weeks Before It Unleashed a Flash Flood That Killed Over 1,000 People
Gizmodoby Matthew Phelan·2 Sept 2026
Relief workers and volunteers are still scrambling to save lives one week after a huge, glacier-coated chunk of mountain near Langtang Lirung peak collapsed catastrophically, raining rock, ice, and...
How 'Looney Tunes' Icon Mel Blanc Influenced 'Coyote vs. Acme'
Gizmodoby Isaiah Colbert·2 Sept 2026
Saying the once-shelved Coyote vs. Acme got the last laugh during its opening weekend at the box office would be an understatement.
A Giant Hexagon Has Been Spinning at Saturn’s North Pole for Decades. Now, Scientists Found Its Twin
Gizmodoby Passant Rabie·2 Sept 2026
When NASA’s Voyager spacecraft flew past Saturn in 1980, it spotted something unlike anything scientists had seen before: a colossal, six-sided storm swirling around the planet’s north pole.
This Is the Worst Possible Time for OpenAI to BfЖ7!م#2猫$9&क
Gizmodoby Webb Wright·2 Sept 2026
AI models are notoriously likened to black boxes, meaning the humans who build them can’t look inside to see how they transform mountains of training data into lines of code, sonnets, or whatever...
Google Manages to Weasel Its Way Out of Selling Its Ad Tech Business
Gizmodoby Matt Novak·2 Sept 2026
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Google doesn’t need to break up its advertising technology business after it was found to be a monopoly, according to a new report from the New York Times.
This Newly Discovered Demonic-Looking Flower Is Nightmare Fuel
Gizmodoby Ed Cara·2 Sept 2026
If you’re looking for some real-life inspiration for your Halloween decorations this year, you’re in luck: Scientists have just discovered a plant so spooky that they named it after the devil.
'Andor' Star Adria Arjona Explains Bix's Lack of Big Action Scenes
Gizmodoby Cheryl Eddy·2 Sept 2026
Adria Arjona has a diverse resume, but she’s made the most impact in action movies—including the current Onslaught and the upcoming DC Studios film Man of Tomorrow.
Looks Like Smart Glasses Are a 'No' for OpenAI
Gizmodoby James Pero·2 Sept 2026
Between Samsung, Meta, Amazon, and potentially Apple, it seems like most major tech companies are interested in making a pair of smart glasses. Most, but not all, apparently.
AI or Overhiring? Uber Targets Middle Management With 10% Cut to Workforce
Gizmodoby Bruce Gil·2 Sept 2026
Uber is the latest Silicon Valley company to blame too much bureaucracy for job cuts. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi sent a memo to staff Wednesday announcing that the ride-hailing company was cutting about...
The 'Street Fighter' Trailer Is Now a Playable Game on YouTube
Gizmodoby Tom Hawking·2 Sept 2026
Did you know YouTube Games—sorry, YouTube Playables—was a thing? Me neither. This perhaps explains why YouTube struck a deal with the upcoming Street Fighter movie, where the trailer is … also a...
Physicists Detected a Signal That Defies Explanation. It Could Be Dark Matter—or Something Stranger
Gizmodoby Ellyn Lapointe·2 Sept 2026
Deep beneath the Black Hills of South Dakota, physicists have spent years searching for dark matter.
Acer’s New Aspire Laptop Is Like if the Nintendo 3DS Had a 4K Screen
Gizmodoby Kyle Barr·2 Sept 2026
Samsung has been busy these last two years trying to force you to care about stereoscopic 3D displays. As shown at IFA 2026, Acer thinks it can make them more mobile with an Aspire G 3D 16 laptop.
'Friday the 13th' Screenwriter Victor Miller Dies at 86
Gizmodoby Isaiah Colbert·2 Sept 2026
Victor Miller, the screenwriter of Friday the 13th, has died. He was 86. Variety reported Miller’s death after receiving confirmation from his son, Ian. Miller died on Monday, August 31.
Raindrops Carry Tiny Electrical Charges That Eat Through Your Car's Fresh Paint Job
Gizmodoby Passant Rabie·2 Sept 2026
A rainy day typically washes your car clean, but it also slowly erodes at the surface. The explanation once seemed clear: rain corrodes metal because it carries salts, acids, and pollutants, but...
Nightmares Come to Life in the Convoluted but Oddly Compelling ‘Parasomnia’
Gizmodoby Cheryl Eddy·2 Sept 2026
Monsters creeping out of dreams and causing terror in the real world is not a new idea—even Freddy Krueger wasn’t the first to do it, though the Nightmare on Elm Street movies are still one of the...
'Avengers: Secret Wars' May Have Cast The Beyonder
Gizmodoby Gordon Jackson·2 Sept 2026
Robert Downey Jr. describes Doctor Doom’s peculiar friendship with Steve Rogers in Avengers: Doomsday. The Hopkinsville Goblins Case finally gets its own movie.
This New Dreame Robomower's Side Piece Seems Great at Edging
Gizmodoby Wes Davis·2 Sept 2026
I liked Dreame’s A3 AWD Pro robot mower when I reviewed it last month, and now, during IFA 2026, the company has announced a follow-up called the A4 AWD Pro that brings with it several key...
'Never After Dark' Filmmaker Will Next Remake the Already Perfect 'Pulse'
Gizmodoby Cheryl Eddy·2 Sept 2026
They remade Suspiria. A do-over of Possession is currently in production. And now, fans of already perfect films have another reason to weep.
Acer’s Smaller Intel-Based Gaming Handheld Has Sky-High Ambitions
Gizmodoby Kyle Barr·2 Sept 2026
As Atlas holds up the sky, so too does Acer have high hopes for its next handheld, the Acer Predator Atlas 7. It’s a more compact handheld that may still offer strong performance at its lower spec.
Why Can’t Our Gaming Handhelds Also Be Our Work PCs?
Gizmodoby Kyle Barr·2 Sept 2026
Today’s handheld PCs are much more so mobile gaming devices than personal computers. Acer’s latest concept device is epitomizing that much-memed Old El Paso taco commercial by asking, “¿Por qué no...
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