The Best of Gizmodo
20+ most popular Gizmodo articles, as voted by our community.
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Bitcoin Surges Toward All-Time High as Everyone Forgets What Happened Last Time
Crypto investors lost $2 trillion in the crash of 2022.
Here’s What a Solar Eclipse Looks Like on Mars
The clearly defined videos will help researchers understand Mars' moons and the planet’s interior.
OpenAI Wants to Control Your Computer
Sam Altman sees a future where ChatGPT uses your computer for you.
Hell Yeah, We’re Getting a Space-Based Gravitational Wave Observatory
Imagine LIGO, but flying through space. That’s LISA.
Gizmodo on 3D Printing
Mattel Is Making a $300 3D Printing Toy Studio For Kids
One of the world’s largest toy makers, Mattel, has long embraced the idea of helping kids build their own toys. Back in the 1960s, the company released the very first ThingMaker, which let kids create figurines by pouring liquid plastic into molds and then heating them up in an oven. Now, Mattel thinks it can bring back the toymaker movement with its own affordable 3D printer.
Gizmodo on Amazon
Amazon Is Helping Researchers Study How to Dim the Sun
Climate models are usually run on supercomputers. But Amazon has donated cloud computing time to run a model—with a twist.
Gizmodo on Gadgets
Teenage Engineering's Latest Musical Toy is a $2,000 Collection of Singing Wooden Dolls
The dolls form a singing choir that pays homage to the company's first musical project from 15 years ago.
The Most Disappointing Gadgets of the Decade
For every major leap in technology, there have been plenty of face plants, ill-advised cash grabs, and just plan bad tech. So here are the gadgets and technology that absolutely screwed the pooch.
Gizmodo on Internet Of Things
The House That Spied on Me
In December, I converted my one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco into a “smart home.” I connected as many of my appliances and belongings as I could to the internet: an Amazon Echo, my lights, my…
Don't Buy Anyone an Echo
Three years ago, we said the Echo was “the most innovative device Amazon’s made in years.” That’s still true. But you shouldn’t buy one. You shouldn’t buy one for your family. You definitely should…
Gizmodo on Medicine
DARPA Wants to Find a Drug That Makes You Impervious to Cold
The agency is funding research projects to find ways to boost people's resilience to extreme cold.
FDA Will No Longer Require Animal Tests Before Human Trials for All Drugs
The new legislation is a big adjustment in decades-old drug testing requirements.
Gizmodo on Nature
Only 1,280 breeding humans once roamed Earth, gene study shows
New research suggests that humanity faced a startling population bottleneck and teetered on the brink of extinction around 800,000 years ago.
Fish May Feel Each Other's Fear Through the Same Mechanism That Drives Human Empathy
In a set of experiments, researchers examined emotional contagion in social zebrafish. The results have big implications for the roots of empathy.
Gizmodo on Pokemongo
Sore Legs Become Pandemic As Pokémon Go Players Accidentally Get Exercise
Pokemon Go is the hottest game to hit the market in forever. People are currently trying to catch their Pikachus and Fitzybutts (honestly, I don’t know what they’re called) but they’re paying the price. And by paying the price, I mean they’re accidentally getting some exercise.
Gizmodo on Privacy
How Facebook Figures Out Everyone You've Ever Met
In real life, in the natural course of conversation, it is not uncommon to talk about a person you may know. You meet someone and say, “I’m from Sarasota,” and they say, “Oh, I have a grandparent in Sarasota,” and they tell you where they live and their name, and you may or may not recognize them.
Your Credit Score Should Be Based on Your Web History, IMF Says
International Monetary Fund (IMF) researchers see the possibility of using the data from your browsing, search, and purchase history to create a more accurate mechanism for determining the credit…
Gizmodo on Robotics
First of Its Kind Gene Therapy Treatment Approved for Hemophilia
Hemgenix's list price will be $3.5 million, the highest cost yet for a single-dose drug.
Woman's Experimental Bionic Hand Passes Major Test With Flying Colors
The Mia Hand prosthetic, fused with bone and connected to the nervous system, has given its owner a new lease on life and much less phantom pain.
Gizmodo on Space
Microbes May Hold the Secret to Creating More Powerful Rocket Fuel
An anti-fungal molecule produced by the Streptomyces bacteria could enable supercharged biofuels.
Space Tourism Is a Waste
Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and Elon Musk want to make "space tourism" a thing. This could jumpstart a pointless industry that's totally unsustainable.
«Virgin Galactic, we can estimate that carbon emissions per passenger mile are about 60 times that of a business class flight»
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How Addictive Tech Hacks Your Brain
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In 2030, You Won't Own Any Gadgets
When you buy a device that requires proprietary software to run, the money you hand over is an entry fee, nothing more.
«The reality is when you buy a device that requires proprietary software to run, you don’t own it. The money you hand over is an entry fee, nothing more.»
21 Tips to Make Google Docs, Sheets and Slides Work for You
Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides have evolved to become very component online productivity tools, enabling you to churn out documents, spreadsheets and presentations from any computer (with other…
Why These Social Networks Failed So Badly
Sixteen years ago, the sun set on Web 1.0, and we embarked by the light of our smartphones to 24/7 connectivity, down a road paved with corporate blunders, littered with yesterday’s top 8 friends,…
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