Scientists Thought Mars’s North Polar Ice Was 25% Dust. They Were Way Off
Gizmodoby Gayoung Lee9d ago
When NASA’s Mars Phoenix mission successfully sampled ice from the Martian arctic regions, it made astrobiological history.
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top 39%The 40th Anniversary Zelda Switch 2 Is a Beauty to Behold and Now I Hate That I Want It
Gizmodoby Raymond Wong9d ago
Like a moth drawn to a flame, I am a real sucker for a limited-edition Nintendo console. The collector in me takes over, and the next thing you know, my credit card is screaming from euphoria.
Hair Loss Was Just the Start. Ozempic Users Are Also Reporting Nail Trouble
Gizmodoby Ed Cara9d ago
GLP-1 medications like semaglutide and tirzepatide may come with some unexpected hair-raising side effects, research out this week suggests—or rather, hair- and nail-losing ones.
DC's James Gunn and Peter Safran Survived the Skydance Bloodbath
Gizmodoby Germain Lussier9d ago
A merger means a lot of things. Among the most upsetting is layoffs, and while the Paramount and Warner Bros.
Big Oil Perfected Sideways Drilling. A Startup Wants to Do the Same With Nuclear Waste
Gizmodoby Matthew Phelan9d ago
The thorny puzzle of how to store nuclear waste that will pose a danger to humanity for at least the next 10,000 years has historically been the kind of thing that governments turn to science...
Some Retailers Are Opting Out of Selling Smart Glasses
Gizmodoby James Pero9d ago
Smart glasses are giving all sorts of people the ick: courts, teachers, restaurants, celebrities, and women in general, just to name a few.
Billionaire Collector of Legendary Studio Names Uses None of Them
Gizmodoby AJ Dellinger9d ago
With more than a little help from his father’s piggy bank, David Ellison started Skydance in 2006, and it was… fine, as far as production companies go.
Nvidia Is Killing Its Beloved Shield TV Because It Had Too Much Memory
Gizmodoby Kyle Barr9d ago
If there’s any one device that represents the Nvidia of ages past, it’s the Nvidia Shield TV set-top box, a TV streamer the company has promised to keep actively updated from now until eternity.
Sonos Beam Ultra Review: The Soundbar You Really Want
Gizmodoby James Pero10d ago
Soundbars are just one of those things; most people don’t necessarily want to own one, but they also don’t want to sit there and try to divine muddy dialogue out of their tiny, underpowered TV...
Revenge of the Nerd: Trump Kinda Seems to Like Anthropic's CEO
Gizmodoby Matt Novak10d ago
When the Pentagon launched a campaign against Anthropic for not bending the knee earlier this year, it seemed like President Donald Trump was fully on board.
Actually, We Have to Talk About Tom Cruise's 'Digger'
Gizmodoby Germain Lussier10d ago
We weren’t going to talk about Digger. All the trailers for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s new movie starring Tom Cruise looked insanely weird and intriguing but exhibited none of the...
Amazon Is Making Concessions to Data Center Critics—and Warning Them Not to Get in the Way
Gizmodoby Bruce Gil10d ago
Amazon is trying to win over data center critics with a pledge to be more transparent and invest in the communities where it builds its facilities.
Don't Be Scared of Lego's Amazing October Releases
Gizmodoby Germain Lussier10d ago
October marks the high point of spooky season. The rare time when you can put ghosts in your front yard, eat candy without guilt, and dress as a crazy fictional character in public.
This 2,100-Year-Old Shipwreck Carried 6,511 Luxury Dishes—and They're Somehow Still Intact
Gizmodoby Gayoung Lee10d ago
A long time ago, a merchant ship carrying luxury tableware sank to the bottom of the Mediterranean.
'Torturing' LLMs Is Not Real, But Doing It Still Probably Makes You a Bad Person
Gizmodoby Tom Hawking10d ago
“What does an AI model do when it’s in pain?” asks a new website styling itself as the “Research Chamber,” which purports to subject three LLMs to the delights of a sort of virtual robot torture...
Neurable’s Wireless Headphones Track How Close Your Brain Is to Burnout
Gizmodoby James Pero10d ago
Neurable is going solo to make its first pair of brain-reading wireless headphones without the help of another company.
Apple’s Flirtation With Surveillance Tech Could Put Its Reputation to the Test
Gizmodoby Kyle Barr10d ago
Apple seems to be edging closer and closer to touching the third rail “perv” problem that Meta has been so happy to grip with both blistered hands.
'This Matters': Researchers Identify Thousands of New Tells in AI Writing
Gizmodoby AJ Dellinger10d ago
Much ado has been made of “AI tells” in writing—so much so that an entire micro-economy of so-called AI detectors has cropped up and is somehow worth millions of dollars.
The Opening Scene of 'Crystal Lake' Is Now Online
Gizmodoby Gordon Jackson10d ago
Two pioneers of the found footage genre team up for a mystery project. The Crypt Keeper returns to host AMC. The Lilo & Stitch sequel is rumored to introduce a brand-new character.
Colorectal Cancer Is Rising Among Kids and Teens—and It's Not the Same Disease Adults Get
Gizmodoby Ed Cara10d ago
Colorectal cancer is increasingly becoming a bigger problem for younger people, even children and teens.