The final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is still a few hours away but one of its first secrets has already been revealed. A new clip teasing the trailer’s debut has leaked online and it includes an epic shot of spaceships unlike one we’ve ever seen in…
New form factors are always exciting, but nothing else in recent years has captured people’s imaginations quite like foldable screens. When it comes to the Galaxy Fold, drama has ensued. From its micro-debut at Samsung’s Developer Conference in 2018, to faulty review units, there have been many question marks around…
John Boyega has joined a new sci-fi caper at Netflix. The Doctor Strange sequel may have found a writer. Patton Oswalt has a mystery part to play in The Boys’ return. Filming is about to begin on The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Plus, what’s to come on Supernatural, Supergirl…
The idea of converting classic cars to EVs has been around a while, and a number of companies, including some major automakers, have been retrofitting old, classic cars with all-new EV drivetrains. Individual tinkerers have been doing this as well, but it’s not as easy as you’d hope. Dealing with…
There’s an occupation taking place in Olympia, Washington. Native American activists have established a semi-permanent camp 15 minutes away from the state Capitol as part of a campaign to push Governor Jay Inslee — the former U.S. presidential candidate who put the climate crisis front and centre as part of…
As the Australian premier season of The Masked Singer draws to a close, fans are listening hard to guess which celebrities remain behind the weird and wonderful costumes.
It looks like Kik hasn’t quite kicked the bucket yet (heh). MediaLab just acquired the popular anonymous chat app and plans to invest in its future, according to a company blog post Saturday boasting how “Kik is here to stay!” The app had one foot in the grave ever since…
Ever since Amazon bought Twitch for a cool $1.42 billion back in 2014, it seemed inevitable that eventually its catalogue of movies and shows would make their way onto the streaming platform for live viewing get-togethers. It may have taken a hot minute, but Twitch finally began testing a “Watch…
After months of radio silence, it looks like Motorola will be announcing its rebooted Razr next month.
If you’re looking for a new phone on a contract, Telstra has a deal for you. Big T has knocked $432 off its 512GB Samsung Galaxy S10+ plans, and is throwing in a free pair of Galaxy Buds to boot.
Kia is taking on the compact SUV market with its sleek new car, the Seltos, with a name derived from Greek mythology and an interior packed with features. Being a tech-focused bunch here at Gizmodo, we’re keen on covering the nerdier flavour of inclusions on offer here.
Australian Airline Qantas is running tests on a planned direct flight between Sydney, Australia and John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. If it happens, it’ll be the longest commercial flight in the world, a marvel of aviation engineering and — based on early reports — an absolute nightmare.
Most movies get their composers in normal, behind-the-scenes deals. Some calls, some emails, probably some demos. You know, business stuff. The Batman is a bit different.
It seems like Google’s getting into the Halloween spirit. A recent update for its Google Nest app — where users can control the company’s recently rebranded line of smart home products — hints at upcoming festive themes, the first of which appears to be some frightening new ringtones for the…
I can’t put an image in a headline, so just visualise the little eyes emoji there at the end.
If the seeds of a pandemic illness were planted tomorrow, how would the world fare? Well, according to a simulation carried out on Friday by Johns Hopkins University, the answer is: terribly.
This past US summer, southern California experienced a significant earthquake swarm. Analysis of the event suggests earthquakes unravel in a more complicated manner than is typically appreciated. What’s more, this event has perturbed a major, previously idle fault nearby—and scientists aren’t entirely sure about the potential consequences.
Things have seemed a little off in Eleanor’s experiment to determine the fate of humanity, and in the latest episode of The Good Place, we finally found out why. Thanks to some sleuthing from none other than…Jason Mendoza??
Barney is a dinosaur who we all know from TV, but now Mattel is bringing Barney & Friends to the big screen.
The slow march to death for Libra, Facebook’s forthcoming cryptocurrency, continues. Yesterday, a Group of Seven nations task force threw up another hurdle in a report, stating global stablecoins like Libra could potentially wreck the global monetary system and upend financial stability.
Right now, amid a storm of protest movements in Hong Kong calling to liberate the area from its status as a special administrative region of China, scrutiny of Western companies seen as implicitly supporting the actions of the Chinese government is higher than ever. So, of course, the House of…
The systems used to control the United States arsenal of nuclear weapons rely on outdated computers. But the Department of Defence is updating at least one part of the archaic technology — the floppy disk storage systems.
If you are even on the fringe of online Star Wars fandom, over the past few years you have probably heard the term “Reylo” bandied about. What was once merely the moniker for fans of a romantic relationship between Rey and Kylo Ren has, in fits and starts, become a…
There’s a new global Toyota Yaris out on a new modular platform. Still here though: a six-speed manual.
Flying, as I have written before, is one of the more vexing climate-related problems facing transportation. There are no good answers for cleaning up aviation except to fly a whole lot less, reversing the massive growth in the aviation industry over the last several decades that is projected to continue…
For people living with obesity and excess weight, fat around the belly may not be the only thing to worry about. A new study out Friday seems to show that fat can build up in a person’s lung airways, too. The discovery may help explain why some health problems like…
The blue light that emanates from every smartphone and fluorescent bulb isn’t thought to be great for our health, particularly the health of our eyes. But a new study in fruit flies suggests that blue light can even be harmful to brains and speed up ageing — again, in fruit…
U.S. federal authorities have served search warrants to social network and white supremacist haven Gab, as well as Twitter, in an investigation into a neo-Nazi arrested for child pornography in Boulder, Colorado.
Hey, you! Yeah, you all in the ceremonial robes about to perform a sacrifice in the name of the Almighty Blob! Stop it right now! Also, you over there, building the blob survival shelter. You may also stop.
As evidenced by the army of bot-like social media accounts that yell at anyone who dare criticises Elon Musk or Tesla, many people love their Teslas. But, the caveat there is most people love their new Teslas. The vast majority of Teslas on the road today are less than four…
They just don’t make Android tablets like they used to. Actually, a lot of companies don’t bother making them at all nowadays. With more and more consumers opting for hybrid devices, Chrome OS has become a more popular choice for 2-in-1 tablets, while other companies, including Google, have gotten out…
The bee population is plummeting and the ecosystems and food systems that depend on their pollination are declining. One startup’s solution to the incoming beepocalypse is to make better bees.
