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The Andrew Cuomo Nipple Mystery, One of the Toughest Jobs on Earth and Humanity’s Origin Story: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

As I write this, I realize that most of you are probably staying at home, like me. First of all, hang in here. This is a long and difficult fight, but I have no doubt we will get through it. Today I must confess that I had lots of help from a bag of little…

Tech News Jody Serrano

Fired U.S. Navy Captain Who Fought to Get Sailors Off Carrier Tests Positive for Covid-19: Report

U.S. Navy Captain Brett Crozier, who was fired this week after sending a letter requesting assistance for sailors on the USS Theodore Roosevelt nuclear powered aircraft carrier, has tested positive for covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Citing two Naval Academy classmates of Crozier’s, the New York Times reports that he began exhibiting…

Tech News Jody Serrano

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Hospitalized Over Covid-19 Concerns

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was hospitalized Sunday after he has continued to exhibit covid-19 symptoms in the 10 days since his diagnosis, according to multiple reports. Johnson’s office elaborated that he was admitted to an undisclosed London facility for additional testing based on advice from his doctor, not due to an emergency situation. “This…

Health Alyse Stanley

This Striking Fan-Animated Warhammer 40K Short Was Years in the Making

I am not in any way shape or form an expert on Warhammer 40K. I know, like, two things: space fascists are there, and everything looks extremely cool. But even with that light level of expertise, I can see why people enjoy this fan film. Created over the course of the past few years, “Astartes”,…

Movies Julie Muncy

UK Authorities Turn to Social Media Platforms for Help Squashing Dangerous Coronavirus 5G Hoax

Several cellphone towers across the UK went up in flames this week after a bogus conspiracy theory linking the pandemic to the rollout of 5G began to pick up traction online. This string of arson attacks, as well as widespread reports of related physical and verbal threats directed at broadband engineers, has authorities calling for…

Health Alyse Stanley

Watch This Sweet Short Film About an Unemployed Special Effect

Practical effects used to be the only way of doing things. If you wanted a cool image on screen, you had to build it and figure out how to film it. Now, computers make that work, well, not easier, but different. If you were an old special effect, it would be a rough adjustment. That’s…

Movies Julie Muncy

Ant-Man 3 Has Picked Up a Rick and Morty Writer

Marvel usually goes for some humor in their movies, but few are as explicitly comedy focused as the Ant-Man series has been. Which explains why Marvel would turn to one of TV’s most effective surreal comedies to find talent. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Marvel has tapped Jeff Loveness, writer and producer on Cartoon Network’s…

Movies Julie Muncy

Etsy Encourages Sellers to Produce Cloth Face Masks, So Long as They Don’t Make Health Claims

On the day that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised the public to wear cloth face masks to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, Etsy’s CEO, Josh Silverman, told his community of sellers that those with the skills and materials to make these masks should consider doing so. But the company…

Health Jody Serrano

Cathy Yan Fought to Keep Birds of Prey‘s Most Upsetting Scene

No, not the one with the egg sandwich. Though that was tragic. No egg sandwich should ever have to go through that. Talking to the Hollywood Reporter, Cathy Yan gave a wide-ranging interview on Birds of Preyand what’s come after, reflecting on the process making the film and how she’s feeling about it after release.…

Movies Julie Muncy

This Video Essay Tries to Explain the Disaster That Is Cats

In the not-so-distant past, Cats was the most fascinating and baffling thing we’d ever seen. Tom Hoopper’s wildly unnecessary and just plain wild adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical about cats pining for the sweet embrace of death is a profound, transfixing disaster. It raises a lot of questions. Namely, what? and why? Noted…

Movies Julie Muncy

The Coronavirus Outbreak is Making Dairy Farmers Dump Milk, Even as Food Demand Skyrockets

In recent days, social media has been abuzz over photos of large trucks dumping milk, which seems astonishing since the demand for groceries has ballooned in recent weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, the pandemic has disrupted the dairy industry, and is precisely the reason why dairy farmers have to make such a drastic…

Earther Jody Serrano

Zoom Makes Common-Sense Security Measures Default After Wave of Troll Attacks

Beginning Sunday, Zoom will begin requiring passwords and enabling virtual waiting rooms by default in an attempt to tamp down on the flood of troll attacks that’s accompanied its ballooning userbase in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic. The multibillion-dollar video messaging platform’s userbase has jumped from 10 million people at the end of last…

Privacy & Security Alyse Stanley

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker‘s Lightsabers Are Holding Some Incredible Design Secrets

A lightsaber is a part of a Jedi, a defining tool that reflects their personality, their goals, their needs. It turns out, this is just as true of the prop lightsabers designed by Lucasfilm as it is for their in-universe depictions. Recently, StarWars.com posted an article about the behind-the-scenes details of some of the lightsaber…

Movies Julie Muncy

China Gives New York 1,000 Ventilators as U.S. Government Continues to Drag Its Feet

At least China is taking New York’s ventilator shortage seriously, even if President Donald Trump won’t. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced in a Saturday press conference that Chinese officials are facilitating a donation of 1,000 ventilators scheduled to be delivered at John F. Kennedy International Airport before the day’s end. “We finally got some…

Health Alyse Stanley

A Man on Lockdown Is Beset By His Action Figures in This Delightful Horror Short

Some of us are coping with life in the age of social distancing well, bettering ourselves, learning new hobbies, generally making the rest of us feel inadequate. And some of us are going to war with our action figures. Okay, maybe we’re not doing that in real life, but in the world of Mike Mendez’s…

Movies Julie Muncy

This Steven Moffat-Penned Doctor Who Short Story Is a Sweet Introduction to the Doctor

From the perspective of the young Amy Pond, meet the Raggedy Doctor. Created for a global simulcast watch-along of the Doctor Who episode “The Eleventh Hour,” this short story, with moving illustrations by Sophie Iles, is a new glimpse at the young Amy Pond’s relationship to the Doctor, in the form of a diary entry…

io9 Julie Muncy

U.S. Will Pay Hospitals to Treat Uninsured Coronavirus Patients

The Trump administration announced on Friday that it will pay hospitals to treat uninsured coronavirus patients, a persistent problem in America that has been magnified in light of the global pandemic. The government will pay for the costs of treating uninsured patients with a $100 billion fund for hospitals established by the $2.2 trillion stimulus…

Health Jody Serrano

Shazam Gets Ready for His Lego Debut in This Trailer for Shazam! Magic and Monsters

Shazam, who, after years, I still call Captain Marvel, is an excellent fit for the wacky world of Legos.

Trailers Julie Muncy

Negan Has an Awkward Conversation in This Clip From The Walking Dead‘s Season 10 Finale

Look, in the post-apocalyptic survival business, people, well, sometimes they get murdered. It’s rough going. That’s the uncomfortable truth in this clip from The Walking Dead’s tenth season finale, courtesy of Comic Book Resources and AMC. In it, Negan has an uncomfortable conversation with someone whose relative he may have, uh, killed. Look, sorry, it…

Television Julie Muncy

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10 Heartwarming Movies and TV Shows to Keep That Animal Crossing High Going

When dealing with weeks of social distancing, sometimes you have to find happiness right where you are. For many of us right now, it’s playing Animal Crossing. But the warm, fuzzy feelings of life on a quaint country island don’t have to end when the Nintendo Switch is off! Here are some movies and television…

Movies Beth Elderkin

The Andrew Cuomo Nipple Mystery, One of the Toughest Jobs on Earth and Humanity’s Origin Story: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

Fired U.S. Navy Captain Who Fought to Get Sailors Off Carrier Tests Positive for Covid-19: Report

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Hospitalized Over Covid-19 Concerns

This Striking Fan-Animated Warhammer 40K Short Was Years in the Making

UK Authorities Turn to Social Media Platforms for Help Squashing Dangerous Coronavirus 5G Hoax

Watch This Sweet Short Film About an Unemployed Special Effect

Ant-Man 3 Has Picked Up a Rick and Morty Writer

Etsy Encourages Sellers to Produce Cloth Face Masks, So Long as They Don’t Make Health Claims

Cathy Yan Fought to Keep Birds of Prey‘s Most Upsetting Scene

This Video Essay Tries to Explain the Disaster That Is Cats

The Coronavirus Outbreak is Making Dairy Farmers Dump Milk, Even as Food Demand Skyrockets

Zoom Makes Common-Sense Security Measures Default After Wave of Troll Attacks

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker‘s Lightsabers Are Holding Some Incredible Design Secrets

China Gives New York 1,000 Ventilators as U.S. Government Continues to Drag Its Feet

A Man on Lockdown Is Beset By His Action Figures in This Delightful Horror Short

This Steven Moffat-Penned Doctor Who Short Story Is a Sweet Introduction to the Doctor

U.S. Will Pay Hospitals to Treat Uninsured Coronavirus Patients

Shazam Gets Ready for His Lego Debut in This Trailer for Shazam! Magic and Monsters

Negan Has an Awkward Conversation in This Clip From The Walking Dead‘s Season 10 Finale

10 Heartwarming Movies and TV Shows to Keep That Animal Crossing High Going

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