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Scientists Aren’t Sure What Triggered Indonesia’s Deadly Tsunami

Late on Friday, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck near Sulawesi, Indonesia, quickly followed by a highly localized, intense, and devastating tsunami. Waves up to 18 feet high inundated Palu Bay, drowning a beach festival, destroying buildings, and claiming over 800 lives. The tsunami caught the region tragically off guard in part due to a failed…

Earth Science Mika McKinnon

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’s Bewitching Art Came Courtesy of Hellraiser’s Clive Barker

Hail Satan! Netflix’s The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is full of nods to famous horror works like Suspiria and Hellraiser through its creatively terrifying set design, but it’s not limited to mere tributes. Clive Barker, the horror visionary behind Hellraiser and Candyman, has contributed over 150 paintings to grace the walls of Greendale’s bewitching academy.…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Withings Is Back With an Activity Tracker I Don’t Mind Wearing All the Time

Most fitness trackers are still butt-ugly. But Withings, fresh from its split with Nokia, is back to remind us that it doesn’t have to be this way. The old Withings made a name for itself by embracing the hybrid smartwatch trend that sacrificed cutting-edge features for looks, and Withings’ newest watch, the Steel HR Sport, is…

Accessories & Wearables Harri Weber

Imagine What This One-Handed, Rubik’s Cube-Solving Robot Could Do With a Deck of Cards

Rubik’s Cube-solving robots are far from a new idea. In fact, while the human record holder can solve a cube in just 4.22 seconds, the fastest cube-solving robot does it in a little over half a second. This robot isn’t quite as fast, but it’s ability to quickly solve a Rubik’s Cube using just one…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Google Is Killing Inbox—Here Are Some Alternatives

Bad news for fans of innovative email systems: Inbox by Gmail is shutting down, less than four years after it first saw the light of day. If you’re a deeply invested Inbox user, where can you find the same sorts of features and tools beyond next March? We’ve got some ideas. You might want to…

Tech News David Nield

Nobel Prize for Medicine Awarded to Researchers Who Harnessed the Immune System to Fight Cancer

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been jointly awarded to a pair of immunologists for devising an effective new class of cancer therapy that unshackles the body’s immune system. Congratulations to James P. Allison, professor at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Tasuku Honjo, professor at Kyoto University in…

Health George Dvorsky

Trump Wants to Roll Back Safety Regulations That Could Have Helped Prevent Deepwater Horizon Disaster

Nearly 10 years ago, an oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, spilling millions of gallons of crude into the water. The notorious Deepwater Horizon, or BP, oil spill left 11 people dead and tens of thousands sick. But apparently, the disaster’s lessons haven’t hit home for the Trump administration. The Department of Interior…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes

Runaways’ Season 2 Trailer Has the Teen Heroes Training for the Fight of Their Lives

It took a whole season for Marvel’s Runaways to do the thing—you know, actually running away. Now that they’re on the lam, our teenage heroes are getting ready for war. The first teaser trailer for season two of the Hulu series is here, and the Runaways are no longer living in fear. They’ve found a…

Trailers Beth Elderkin

Hurricane Walaka Just Set a Quirky Milestone in the Central Pacific

Hurricane Walaka spun up over the weekend in the central Pacific Ocean. It’s turning into a powerful storm, though it will likely miss Hawaii and shuffle off into the ocean. But it will occupy a special place in history. Wakala is the last name on a set of lists created in 1982 for Central Pacific…

Earth Science Brian Kahn

FBI Makes Child Porn Suspect Unlock iPhone X Using His Face

In August, federal agents in Ohio made a suspect unlock his iPhone X using his face, in what may be the first instance of law enforcement using such a tactic. Forbes reports that a child pornography investigation led the FBI to the home of Grant Michalski, 28, in Columbus, Ohio, where agents searched the house.…

Privacy & Security Jennings Brown

Watch Evangeline Lilly Shape a Kickass Fight Style in This Exclusive Ant-Man and The Wasp Clip

Ant-Man and The Wasp is a delightfully charming movie, and part of that is down to the sheer joy of getting to see Hope Van Dyne suit up as the titular Wasp, one of Marvel’s most iconic female heroes. Not only does Hope play a huge part in the story this time round, she gets…

Movies James Whitbrook

Finally, a Humanoid Robot With an Electric Screwdriver Hand

It’s been a few years since Japan’s AIST updated its HRP humanoid robot line. While the last iteration, HRP-4C, strived to make the robot seem as human as possible with a realistic female head, the new industrial-looking HRP-5P looks like it escaped the factory before its bodywork was finished. It’s not pretty, but the ‘skills’…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Google Is Sprucing Up Maps With a New Tab for Commuters and Built-In Music Controls

Depending on whom you ask (and where you live), the average American spends between 17 and 33 minutes each way commuting to work, which adds up to a nearly a day (or more) of wasted time every month. So to help take a little stress out of your daily work route, Google is building a…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

HP Thinks It Cracked the 2-in-1 Code

At first glance, The HP Spectre Folio looks like any old tablet in a leather case. It’s not outstanding or even very interesting looking. But it’s a very clever device, hiding in an elegant package. When you see it in person, your excitement slowly builds as its design reveals itself to you. Indeed, if you…

Gadgets Alex Cranz

The First Set Pictures From the Live-Action Star Wars TV Show Tease a Familiar Location

Charlie’s Angels adds a third Bosely. The Kingsman prequel could go far back into the past. Get a better look at X-Men: Dark Phoenix’s comic book-inspired costumes. Plus, Sophie Turner talks the end of Game of Thrones, and Mike Colter teases what’s in store for Luke Cage’s third season. To me, my Spoilers! Charlie’s Angels…

Television James Whitbrook

There’s Finally an Affordable Universal Remote to Unseat Logitech

Finding a universal remote can be a trial, largely because the only company making a good one that works with all the major set-top boxes, TVs, and game consoles, also charges around $150 for the experience. Earlier this year a $400 challenger became available, and it was an extremely bad buy. It was overpriced, its…

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Alex Cranz

Did the Release of the iPhone Cause Millennials to Move Back in With Their Parents?

Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams recently posted an interesting question to Twitter. Adams shared a graph showing that the percentage of people between the age of 18 and 34 who live with their parents skyrocketed after 2008. Adams tweeted, “The iPhone was launched in 2007. Is it a coincidence?” The implication, of course, is that people…

Tech News Matt Novak

California Net Neutrality Bill Signed Into Law

California Governor Jerry Brown on Sunday signed into law Senate Bill 822, legislation that seeks to reestablish net neutrality as the core principle by which internet service providers treat all data carried over their networks within the state. Like the 2015 Open Internet Order repealed by the FCC in December, S.B. 822 extends to the…

Tech News Dell Cameron

Memory Week, Amazon, and Seafloor Sludge: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

It’s September 30th, 2018, and the theme of the last week was memory. Not just at Gizmodo, where we wrapped up Memory Week, our series on nostalgia, neuroscience, and all that data tightly locked up in our brains. No, you should additionally be trying to remember everything you’ve put into the sprawling Facebook information ecosystem,…

Tech News Tom McKay

High-Quality Jurassic Park Stills Are the Ideal Decoration for the Serious Dinosaur Lover

A single frame from a film can often be a work of art. They should be displayed as such. And if you’re a Jurassic Park fan in particular, this 25-year-anniversary of the franchise has brought yet another bounty to your door: a limited run of official stills from the film, printed in high quality and…

Toys & Collectibles Julie Muncy

Scientists Aren’t Sure What Triggered Indonesia’s Deadly Tsunami

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’s Bewitching Art Came Courtesy of Hellraiser’s Clive Barker

Withings Is Back With an Activity Tracker I Don’t Mind Wearing All the Time

Imagine What This One-Handed, Rubik’s Cube-Solving Robot Could Do With a Deck of Cards

Google Is Killing Inbox—Here Are Some Alternatives

Nobel Prize for Medicine Awarded to Researchers Who Harnessed the Immune System to Fight Cancer

Trump Wants to Roll Back Safety Regulations That Could Have Helped Prevent Deepwater Horizon Disaster

Runaways’ Season 2 Trailer Has the Teen Heroes Training for the Fight of Their Lives

Hurricane Walaka Just Set a Quirky Milestone in the Central Pacific

FBI Makes Child Porn Suspect Unlock iPhone X Using His Face

Watch Evangeline Lilly Shape a Kickass Fight Style in This Exclusive Ant-Man and The Wasp Clip

Finally, a Humanoid Robot With an Electric Screwdriver Hand

Google Is Sprucing Up Maps With a New Tab for Commuters and Built-In Music Controls

HP Thinks It Cracked the 2-in-1 Code

The First Set Pictures From the Live-Action Star Wars TV Show Tease a Familiar Location

There’s Finally an Affordable Universal Remote to Unseat Logitech

Did the Release of the iPhone Cause Millennials to Move Back in With Their Parents?

California Net Neutrality Bill Signed Into Law

Memory Week, Amazon, and Seafloor Sludge: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

High-Quality Jurassic Park Stills Are the Ideal Decoration for the Serious Dinosaur Lover

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