A Mysterious Tick Disease Has Been Spotted in New York
Gizmodoby Ed Cara4 Sept 2026
Ticks in the United States are encroaching into places where they usually haven’t been present, as are the diseases they can carry.
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top 39%Tesla Rolls Out Cybercab Rides—and the Feds Roll Out an Investigation
Gizmodoby Bruce Gil4 Sept 2026
Just hours after rolling onto Austin roads, Tesla’s Cybercab ran into its first speed bump. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) opened a probe Thursday examining “the process...
This New iRobot Concept Is the Matryoshka of Robot Vacuums
Gizmodoby Wes Davis4 Sept 2026
A new iRobot concept called the Roomba Duo might be one of the best ideas for robovacs I’ve seen all year, and I don’t just mean because it looks like a Star Wars droid.
Scientists Found a Massive Ice Reservoir Hidden Beneath Utah's Rocky Mountains
Gizmodoby Passant Rabie4 Sept 2026
When we picture a glacier, we tend to imagine an enormous chunk of ice sprawling across a mountain valley or descending from a snow-covered peak. But not all glaciers look the way we expect.
Another Rogue OpenAI Agent Swarm Went Undisclosed. We Have No Idea How Many More Are Out There
Gizmodoby Webb Wright4 Sept 2026
Less than two months after the discovery that OpenAI agents had escaped containment and hacked into Hugging Face, another report claims to have found evidence of another, remarkably similar...
'Silo' Season 3 Goes Out With a Bang
Gizmodoby Germain Lussier4 Sept 2026
If for any reason over the past few years you ever felt like, “Man, it’s been hard to stick with Silo,” the season three finale made every second worth it.
The 'American Cheetah' Wasn't a Cheetah. New DNA Evidence Shows Just How Wrong Scientists Had It
Gizmodoby Ellyn Lapointe4 Sept 2026
Miracinonyx trumani, an extinct big cat commonly known as the American cheetah, lived in North America during the Pleistocene.
Beyerdynamic's New Wireless Headphones Have Ridiculously Beefy Battery Life
Gizmodoby James Pero4 Sept 2026
A long battery life isn’t the end-all-be-all when it comes to wireless headphones, but it feels a lot more important when you get on the plane and realize you’re seated right next to a crying baby.
Extreme Drought Has Shrivelled New Mexico’s Largest Reservoir Down to Just 1.4%
Gizmodoby Matthew Phelan4 Sept 2026
An 87-mile-long (140-kilometer-long) stretch of the Rio Grande is so bone dry right now that some local farmers haven’t been able to irrigate their crops in the past two months.
Xiaomi Copied the Foldable iPhone Before Apple Even Announced It
Gizmodoby Raymond Wong4 Sept 2026
By now everyone on the internet has seen 3D renders of what the first foldable iPhone will reportedly look like, though Apple isn’t set to announce it until September 9.
This Startup Wants to Reach Alpha Centauri in 80,000 Years. And It'll Only Cost $15 Million
Gizmodoby Passant Rabie4 Sept 2026
The founders of a Seattle-based nonprofit want to be the first to launch a spacecraft toward the nearest star system, although they’re hoping they will be among the last to get there.
Aqara’s New Smart Lights Are Coming for Govee and Philips Hue
Gizmodoby Wes Davis4 Sept 2026
Aqara has announced several new smart lights at IFA 2026, and it feels more and more like the company is trying to take on Govee, Philips Hue, and others.
AMD Has Its Own RTX Spark PCs (And It Still Won't Show Them to You)
Gizmodoby Kyle Barr4 Sept 2026
You would think every major chipmaker would be foaming at the mouth and tripping over each other to craft the first “high-end MacBook Pro of PCs.” Only recently has AMD indicated that it’s trying...
Would You Buy an AI Smart Home Hub for $20,000?
Gizmodoby Wes Davis4 Sept 2026
At IFA 2026, I stumbled on a booth where Ugreen, a company I’ve mostly known for its charging and USB-C hubs but that also makes NAS servers, has announced a new smart hub line that supports...
Matt Damon Becomes a Power Ranger in First Images from 'Thasnagar'
Gizmodoby Gordon Jackson4 Sept 2026
The Oscar-nominated sound designer behind Raiders of the Lost Ark and Poltergeist makes a monster movie with Billy Zane.
Austin Abrams Makes an Important Discovery in New 'Resident Evil' Clip
Gizmodoby Jen Lennon4 Sept 2026
With less than a month to go before the release of Weapons writer and director Zach Cregger’s big-screen Resident Evil adaptation, the film’s marketing is kicking into high gear.
Reolink Debuts OMVI 2i Ultra, Home Hub 2, and TrackFlex WiFi at IFA 2026, Expanding Key Product Lines and Driving Innovation
Gizmodoby Partner Content With Reolink4 Sept 2026
With more than 17 years of security camera and smart home expertise behind it, Reolink has earned the trust of millions of users across more than 110 countries, and the company’s product ranges...
'Lanterns' Is Getting More Popular With Each New Episode
Gizmodoby Cheryl Eddy4 Sept 2026
If you haven’t yet started watching Lanterns, you’re falling behind on an emerging pop culture powerhouse.
'Magic: The Gathering' Zeta Set Drop Was a 'Disaster,' Says Wizards of the Coast
Gizmodoby Jen Lennon3 Sept 2026
Yesterday, Magic: The Gathering attempted to release the Zeta Set, a collaboration with the art collective MSCHF, on its Secret Lair online retail platform.
The Moto Watch Ultra Is a Standard Wear OS Smartwatch, for Good and for Bad
Gizmodoby Raymond Wong3 Sept 2026
Motorola is expanding its smartwatch lineup and getting back in bed with Google. Just as earlier wearable leaks suggested, the new $350 Moto Watch Ultra, announced at IFA 2026, supports cellular...