We’ve been losing things over the Bermuda Triangle for over 100 years, but one of the strangest occurrences took place 75 years ago, on December 5, 1945. Five torpedo bombers up and disappeared during a three-hour training mission out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. All 14 airmen were lost — alongside…
Air Fryers have made a bit of a splash in 2020. Thanks to some clever redesign a small convection oven has been rebranded to become one of the hottest home cooking trends of the year. Here’s why I don’t care. A strong narrative that you’ll see around Air Fryers is…
To no one’s surprise, especially given the reckless behaviour exhibited by President Donald Trump and those in his orbit, Rudy Giuliani, the president’s infamous personal and campaign lawyer most recently known for farting in the courtroom, has covid-19.
Police drones are already a dystopian horror story straight out of the pages of 1984, but now they’re even beginning to think for themselves.
According to some users, iOS 14.2 is causing some pretty gnarly battery issues for iPhones. iPhone users on Reddit and the Apple Developer Forums are reporting multiple battery issues with the latest iOS 14.2 update. This include rapid battery drain as well as longer-than-usual charge times. iPhone battery drain not…
After six years of travelling and exploring, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Hayabusa2 probe on Saturday sent a capsule back to Earth filled with what scientists hope is at least a 100 milligram-sample of the asteroid Ryugu, which is located about 300 million kilometres from Earth. Hayabusa2 has made history…
Off-the-shelf gadgets are all well and good – easy to set up, reliable in operation, powerful and smart – but where’s the adventure? We’re living in a golden age of gadget-making, as these DIY projects prove. Save yourself some money and learn more about the ins and outs of electronics…
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, Gizmodo’s regular roundup of the latest and greatest in nerdy merchandise. This week: The Wand Company wants to score a super effective hit on your wallet with some life-sized Poké Balls, Hasbro dips into the X-Men’s bold new age, and Jem and the Holograms’ Misfits get…
With the idea of going to a good ‘ole movie theatre seeming like a bigger and bigger pipe dream every day, I’ve spent a lot of time this year thinking about how to upgrade my TV and movie-watching experience. Right now, watching TV is one of the few reliable methods…
As if we needed more upsetting right news right now, geologists have reason to suspect that a cluster of Alaskan islands is actually part of an interconnected volcanic system of the same kind seen at Yellowstone National Park.
“Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope.” “I am your father.” “So be it. Jedi.” Star Wars is filled with moments that have become part of our lives, and have elevated the franchise to the heights of popularity it enjoys today. Chapter 14 of The Mandalorian had several of…
An invading army of CG-rendered aliens might be powerful enough to defeat a wave of superheroes, but not their kids. Writer-director Robert Rodriguez returns to his Spy Kids realm with the first trailer for We Can Be Heroes, about the children of famous heroes becoming a new force for good…
While I realise that the world won’t magically reset when the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve, I’m still counting down the days until this cursed year is over. I mean, the universe has to be running out of ammo to hit us with, right? So far 2020’s seen…
Billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is reportedly gearing up to permanently decamp to Texas in an effort to take advantage of the Lone Star State’s lack of personal income taxes.
More than 1,500 Google employees and some 2,000 academic, industry, and civil society supporters have signed a petition protesting the termination of Timnit Gebru, a Black scientist and artificial intelligence ethicist who claims that she was fired by Google after she raised concerns about the company’s diversity protocols.
In case you needed yet another reason to shop anywhere but Amazon this holiday season, here’s a good one: The company dropped a whitepaper earlier this week boasting about the stockpile of personal data it collects from every person browsing through its platform.
On December 3, Razer announced its teeny-tiny Tomahawk gaming desktop would finally be available to consumers after first revealing it at CES 2020. It’s built on Intel’s NUC 9 Extreme Compute Element, which contains the processor, memory, and SSD storage in a single module. That means it’s kind of like…
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to decriminalise cannabis at the federal level on Friday. It may not be the final legal word on the matter, but it’s a historic moment in the godforsaken war on drugs.
Using brain implants, scientists have triggered the perception of shapes in the visual field of monkeys. Sounds spooky, but the technology could enable artificial eyesight in people with severe visual impairments.
Alcohol has many well-known negative effects on our health, but a new paper this week highlights what are likely the most harmful periods during a lifetime to have alcohol in your system, at least when it comes to our brains.
The Net, starring a post-Speed Sandra Bullock, was made in 1995, so it’s a given the technology it depicts will look outdated 25 years later. But some of the broader ideas the film pokes into — amid many, many, many scenes of Bullock’s character being chased around by bad guys…
Dr. Anthony Fauci, America’s most prominent expert on infectious diseases, is warning Americans not to travel over the Christmas and Hanukkah holidays. Fauci’s warning comes as new data reveals Americans didn’t heed his pleas to stay home this Thanksgiving, with just a 5% reduction in vehicle traffic on U.S. roads…
Your first hotmail email address will forever be terrible.
Earlier this year, Razer, a brand synonymous with gaming accessories, proved its hardware isn’t just for gamers when it introduced its Opus wireless headphones that offered a Sony-like experience for just $330. As a follow-up, the company is updating its Hammerhead True Wireless earbuds with a new Pro version that…
Male masturbation. A touchy subject, am I right folks? Though sex toys designed for women are a fairly well-versed and refined subject, on a mainstream level male editions tend to be largely mired in gimmick and shame. Discussing male sex toys tends to evoke the same handful of genres: Weird…
The appearance of random monoliths has everyone asking, could this be a weird marketing ploy? Here’s a list of some weird movie marketing stunts that caught everyone’s attention.
Sure, Cyberpunk 2077 is going to launch next week. But before that, how about a new DOS game?
John Wick Hex came out on PC back in 2019 but it was yet to grace the console market. Well mates, the wait is over. John Wick Hex is now on PlayStation, Xbox and Switch so its time to skive off work. The game is published by Good Shepherd Entertainment,…
A young racist foursome, apparently threatened by our lord and saviour Zotar, tore down the California monolith and replaced it with a wooden cross last night. As Motherboard first reported, CultureWarCriminal broadcast the triumph on the gamer streaming platform DLive. They tore it down just hours after its discovery was…
Let’s say your long-term relationship totally implodes. Browsing for a new apartment, or a therapist, you hear your dog bark in the other room and realise, with a start, that it isn’t actually your dog. Once you’re all moved out, the dog will be out of your life, too. Stewing…
If your efforts to track down long-lost relatives and obscure musicians (or anyone else you’re looking for on the web) stop at Googling their name then you’ve come to the right place. Here’s how to seriously go about searching for people online, including some advice from the professionals who do…
The Second Age of Middle-Earth has received a bit of a population boost, but the One Bezos to Rule Them All isn’t saying just what a ton of new arrivals in the Lord of the Rings streaming Amazon series are actually going to be doing.
It’s time for Sabrina Spellman to close the spellbook, but only after the Eldritch Terrors have been dealt with. In the first trailer for Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Part 4 — the final chapter in showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s horror series based on Archie Comics — things get apocalyptic as Lovecraftian…
