Leah Williams
With massive fronds creating a luxuriously green canopy in the understory of Australian forests, tree ferns are a familiar sight on many long drives or bushwalks. But how much do you really know about them? First of all, tree ferns are ferns, but they are not really trees. To be…
Elon Musk has confirmed Tesla will finally be adding two-factor authentication (2FA) to its customer accounts. Tesla 2FA Musk made this assertion on Twitter over the weekend, admitting that this added security measure is “embarrassingly late.” The CEO also revealed that 2FA will be available via SMS and authentiticator. While…
Bill Shorten gave #AusPol quite the shock over the weekend. The former opposition leader introduced mainstream media to the term “Simp” on ABC’s Insiders in reference to Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Shorten was answering a question regarding the possible release of a an Afghan man who was convicted of killing…
You can only learn you’re very wrong about the life choices you’ve made one way: the hard way. By chasing the American Dream, buying a house and filling the garages and backyard with cars I never had time to drive, I ran myself ragged chasing the things that I thought…
Jake Johnson may have to duck out of Jurassic World: Dominion. Amazon and Blumhouse are teaming up for a series of special horror films. Peacock has landed itself a mystical martial arts series based on Fonda Lee’s Green Bone saga. Plus, the CW has more comic book shows to give…
Nothing is “business as usual” in a world ravaged by a pandemic — especially in the United States, which is sitting at over 5 million cases and 160,000 deaths. Even though they are keeping safety in mind, several studios are rushing to get things moving again. According to two recent…
The fantasy genre is more than fairy tales and ghost stories. It’s how we share cultural heritage — bringing the myths and legends of the past, along with modern beliefs, to life in a new way. Netflix is embracing this storytelling with an array of international fantasy shows and we’ve…
As the sun descends behind sand dunes and wind-carved escarpments, central Qatar’s Al Rayyan region gets a reprieve from the intense heat of day. In the calm of twilight, a once-foreign sound emerges: the rasping croaking of toads drifts in over miles of parched rock and sand. Qatar’s harsh landscape…
After the comedian was accused of sexual misconduct, he’s getting recast.
What happens after you win?
Apparently running out of cataclysmic events to throw at us this year, Mother Nature decided to reach deep into her bag of tricks and pull out a Biblical classic: swirling hellfire.
U.S. President Donald Trump has given TikTok’s parent company, Bytedance, 90 days to find a buyer for the app’s U.S. operations, stating in an executive order on Friday that there’s “credible evidence” that the Chinese tech giant “might take action that threatens to impair the national security of the United…
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Welcome back to Toy Aisle, Gizmodo’s regular round up of all things fun and plastic. This week, Playmobil unleashes a boatload of awesome Scooby-Doo toys, Hasbro’s Power Rangers figure line finally fills in the regular MMPR team, and He-Man takes the most bizarre leap of all…into UNO? Check it out!
It’s been a tough time for for Apple. Just a few weeks ago CEO Tim Cook testified under oath that his company’s app store policies — including the sky high tax that gives Apple 30% of any in-app purchases — were fair game, only to be slammed with an antitrust…
Earlier today, I received an Apple Watch notification that made me gasp out loud. A quick glance at the alert, which was from Canada’s official covid-19 exposure-tracking app, stopped me in my tracks. I immediately assumed the worst, but instead, the app was instead letting me know I hadn’t been…
As you anxiously await a return to safely travelling, now’s as good a time as any to upgrade all of your mobile gear. The stylus you’ve been using that only works as a stylus? That just doesn’t cut it anymore. Adonit’s new Note-M looks like it could be a better…
I was in middle school when the George W. Bush administration began stoking the flames of war with Iraq in 2003. I watched as TV newscasters and government officials shouted about the need to restore order in the country, alleging that the Iraqi government had weapons of mass destruction and…
I mean. When you’re up against the Wyld Stallyns, second place next to “music that literally unites the cosmos” is pretty good, no?
The saying ‘a little goes a long way’ doesn’t really apply to climate change, so our piddly break from driving hasn’t really done much to move the needle. A new study found that the roughly three months we were all inside at the beginning of the year only lowered the…
The Hyperion XP-1, unveiled Wednesday, is a hydrogen fuel cell supercar with over 1,609 km of range, a claimed zero to one hundred time of 2.2 seconds, and a claimed top speed of over 354 km/h. It’s also trying to make the case for hydrogen fuel cell technology.
Intel has finally given actual details on its upcoming Xe GPU architecture that will power its future CPUs with integrated graphics. While Tiger Lake, Intel’s upcoming 11th generation, 10nm mobile processor, will be the first product to leverage Xe, the company also said it was designing a more powerful mobile…
A Maserati Trofeo (Italian for “Trophy”) is kind of like a BMW M or Mercedes AMG; it’s the Italian automaker’s hot-version trim. And new-for-2021 are Trofeo production performance versions of the Quattroporte and Ghibli sedans, both promising entry to the 326 km/h club.
On Friday Fortnite was removed from the App Store and Google Play. But fortunately for Android users, you can still download it. Here’s how. Farewell, Fortnite On Friday Fortnite was was booted off the Google Play Store and Apple’s app store for violation of store guidelines. This was due to…
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On Friday Fortnite was removed from the Google Play store and the Apple App Store. Some Samsung users may not be able to see it on the Galaxy Store but it is still available. Correction: A previous version of this story said that Fortnite had been removed from the Samsung…
Way back in September of 2019, a care-free, more innocent time, a car carrier cargo ship named the MV Golden Ray capsized off the coast of Georgia in the U.S. with 4,200 Hyundais inside. Well, that big sucker is still there because of, what else, coronavirus.
Is Donald Trump deliberately undermining the U.S. Postal Service to sabotage the transit of mail-in ballots on Election Day? Abso-fucking-lutely, Trump said in an interview with Fox Business News on Thursday.
The moment Miles Morales shows up in Insomniac Games’ Marvel’s Spider-Man, it’s essentially a foregone conclusion that the teen will be bit by a genetically modified arachnid, giving him an array of spider-related superpowers and setting him swinging across New York City on an adventure of his own.
Watching a six-minute YouTube video is a lot to ask when the internet serves up bite-size snippets of entertainment requiring just a few seconds of your attention. But close-up magician Eric Chien manages to squeezed so many impossible tricks into his 2018 World Championships of Magic-winning routine, you actually might…
The billionaires are fighting. But it’s not a Twitter slap fight between VC goons this time. Nope: The biggest company in the world is getting slapped with a lawsuit filed by an absolute goliath of the video game world. And because we’re all cooped up in our homes worrying about surviving…
With a seemingly ever-increasing number of cable and streaming services, simply figuring out where to watch that one live event or show has become its own challenge. So in an effort to help cut down on the noise, Google is upgrading Google Search with some new features to help you…
The Infinity Train runs on trauma and the process of healing from it. In the first season, the story was about a girl learning to manage her parents’ divorce. The second season explored identity and feeling like you don’t have a place in the world. But what happens when you…
Earlier this week, the U.S. Midwest got absolutely pummelled by a powerful derecho. But the impacts were most severe in Iowa where winds cranked to 180 km/h and torrential rain fell. Now, it’s becoming clear it was a disaster for farmers’ corn and soy fields that were flattened by the…
Back in March, the Google Assistant learned a new song that detailed the proper technique and duration for washing your hands as a way to help combat the spread of germs and viruses. But just this week, it appears the Google Assistant has learned a new tune that reminds people…
