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Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Secure Election Systems

A long-awaited election security bill is finally rolling out today with bipartisan support. The bill, which senators have hinted at for several months, would push federal agencies to share election security information with state and local officials, establish voluntary cybersecurity guidelines for election systems, and create a federal bug bounty program for voting machines and…

Privacy & Security Kate Conger

The Google Home Max Almost Made My House Go Boom

The weird thing about picking up the Google Home Max is the weight. It’s only 11 pounds, but it feels heavy, the way speakers used to feel. So I feel like I smirked when I plugged it in, thinking, “This thing’s gonna be loud.” At top volume, the Google Home Max did not blow me…

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Adam Clark Estes

Here’s Why You Can’t Find Fingerlings: How a Company Engineered the Perfect Viral Holiday Gift

You’ve seen Fingerlings. They’re the colorful monkey, sloth, or unicorn clinging to all those prepubescent fingers. Their sensors and AI allow them to react to gestures and sounds, so they can chat, kiss, snore, and even fart. They’re a hell of a lot cooler than a fidget spinner and at $15 they’re about the same…

Tech News Jennings Brown

Facebook Ditches ‘Disputed’ News Tag After It Totally Backfired

In the wake of the 2016 US presidential election, the way Facebook and other sites helped amplify fake news was found to have had a profound impact on how people reacted to current events. So earlier this year, Facebook implemented a new system to mark inaccurate stories with a “disputed” tag to help alert readers…

Social Media Sam Rutherford

Here’s Why NASA Selected Its Two Potential New Missions

Space is great, and it is very fun to have an agency that funds research missions to explore things far from our little planet. On Wednesday, NASA announced two new potential robotic missions: one to the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, and one to Saturn’s moon Titan. These missions are the finalists from 12 proposals submitted to the…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Star Wars Crew Details Alleged Canon Explanation for That Shirtless Scene in The Last Jedi

There was a lot of things fans expected of Star Wars: The Last Jedi…and some they didn’t see coming at all. According to someone who worked on the Rian Johnson-directed film, that shirtless scene had a canon reason to exist. We’re skeptical. Ok, so you’ve seen The Last Jedi by now, or you don’t mind…

Movies Jill Pantozzi

The Explosive Charge Inside an Airbag Is Terrifying

I realize that airbags have saved countless lives since they were introduced in the early ‘70s, but that doesn’t make the idea of having a giant pillow explode in your face any less terrifying. Especially after watching the explosive mechanism that fills an airbag in just 0.03 seconds detonate in super slow motion. It’s really…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

The Worst Gadgets of 2017

This was a bad year, and these gadgets made it worse. Some were epic disappointments. Others were just ill conceived from the very beginning. These are the worst. Google Pixel Buds It’s no surprise that Google wanted to join the wireless headphones parade. It’s appalling that they released such a crappy gadget right out of…

Tech News Gizmodo Staff

The NIH Lifted a Ban on Deadly Mutant Virus Research—Here’s Why

The National Institutes of Health has lifted a ban on “gain-of-function” research on Tuesday—the kind of research that requires genetically modifying viruses to make them more deadly or more contagious. This might sound like the start of a horror movie. Many people worry about the potential for a lab-made disease outbreak. But gain-of-function research has…

Health Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Another Familiar Face Will Return for the Halloween Sequel

Netflix wants more Bright. Paul Bettany talks Solo: A Star Wars Story. New casting calls tease the major names of Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina show. Plus, what’s to come on The Magicians, and a chilling new look at the return of Channel Zero. To me, my spoilers! Halloween Nick Castle, who played Michael Myers…

Television James Whitbrook

This Is What Failing at Nuclear Power Looks Like

The only nuclear reactor under construction in the U.S. is already years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget. Now, public officials in Georgia are about to decide if it’s worth even finishing the project. On Thursday, the state’s five-member Public Service Commission (PSC) will vote on whether to approve the latest plan, which…

Earther Ari Phillips

Facebook Is Also Helping Employers Keep Job Ads Away From Older People

Just like it’s gotten caught red-handed allowing landlords to tailor ads excluding potential tenants on the basis of race or ethnicity or anyone to purchase ads targeting groups like “Jew haters,” Facebook has apparently been helping dozens of companies target employment ads only to those supple, hard-working youths. According to a new report from ProPublica…

Social Media Tom McKay

Verizon, Other ISPs Won’t Say How Badly They Plan to Fuck You Over Now

Now that the Republican-controlled Federal Communications Commission has decided to toss a massive favor to their friends in the telecom industry and revoke open internet rules, there may soon be no regulatory barrier preventing ISPs from implementing paid prioritization schemes or outright blocking or censoring competitors. It’s okay, though! They say they won’t do it.…

Tech News Tom McKay

The Orc Cop Movie Bright Messily Drags Tolkien Into the Modern Age

David Ayer’s Bright is incredibly ambitious. Too ambitious, in fact. It’s an avalanche of conflicting movie ideas all jammed into one. Some of them are fascinating, others familiar, and a few are downright awful. The result is a off-putting hodgepodge that never comes together, but isn’t wholly without its merits. Bright is set in what…

Movies Germain Lussier

The Incredible Hulk Comic Just Aped Thor: Ragnarok in the Best Possible Way

Though a big part of what made Thor: Ragnarok such a delightful change from Marvel’s other Thor films was its refreshing decision to embrace the visual whimsy of Jack Kirby’s style, the movie also owed a lot to writer Greg Pak’s Planet Hulk storyline from 2006. The series of events that unites Thor, Loki, Hulk,…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

Watch Kelly Marie Tran Nail Her Audition for Star Wars: The Last Jedi

In a movie that adds a lot to the galaxy far, far away, Rose Tico is an important new window into the world of Star Wars: The Last Jedi—and actress Kelly Marie Tran is clearly having the time of her life now that the movie is out. But a new behind-the-scenes featurette lets us see…

Movies James Whitbrook

Congress Keeps Delaying Renewal of Its ‘Must-Pass’ Warrantless Surveillance Program

Efforts to renew a controversial warrantless internet surveillance program have hit another snag in Congress, with the Republican chair of the House Intelligence Committee now claiming the bill would be dead on arrival. Congress is struggling to reauthorize Section 702, an intelligence-gathering program enacted under the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, which is set to…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron

The Latest Injustice 2 Comic Indulges in Injustice‘s Favorite Pastime: Murder

But it’s a very specific kind of murder. The latest issue of the digital-first Injustice 2 series—written by Tom Taylor, and with art by Daniel Sampere and Rex Lokus, and lettering by Wes Abbott—tackles a question fans of the fighting game elseworld have had practically since the first game: What happened to Injustice’s Teen Titans?…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Nothing We Know of Stops Dementia: Broad Review Rules Out Drugs, Exercise, and Brain-Training Games

Few afflictions carry the existential dread that dementia does. Five-and-half million Americans currently suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, and the gradual loss of memory and motor skills it causes. In 2014 alone, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Alzheimer’s led to nearly 100,000 deaths, making it sixth…

Health Ed Cara

An AI Accurately Guessed Race and Voting Patterns by Counting Cars on Google Street View

A robust, timely census is vital to democracy. Censuses sketch the changing face of our nation by charting both political and demographic shifts, including changes in wealth and neighborhood transitions. Most crucially, they influence how resources and political power are doled out: Cities use census data to set budgets and the Constitution mandates a national…

Tech News Sidney Fussell

Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Secure Election Systems

The Google Home Max Almost Made My House Go Boom

Here’s Why You Can’t Find Fingerlings: How a Company Engineered the Perfect Viral Holiday Gift

Facebook Ditches ‘Disputed’ News Tag After It Totally Backfired

Here’s Why NASA Selected Its Two Potential New Missions

Star Wars Crew Details Alleged Canon Explanation for That Shirtless Scene in The Last Jedi

The Explosive Charge Inside an Airbag Is Terrifying

The Worst Gadgets of 2017

The NIH Lifted a Ban on Deadly Mutant Virus Research—Here’s Why

Another Familiar Face Will Return for the Halloween Sequel

This Is What Failing at Nuclear Power Looks Like

Facebook Is Also Helping Employers Keep Job Ads Away From Older People

Verizon, Other ISPs Won’t Say How Badly They Plan to Fuck You Over Now

The Orc Cop Movie Bright Messily Drags Tolkien Into the Modern Age

The Incredible Hulk Comic Just Aped Thor: Ragnarok in the Best Possible Way

Watch Kelly Marie Tran Nail Her Audition for Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Congress Keeps Delaying Renewal of Its ‘Must-Pass’ Warrantless Surveillance Program

The Latest Injustice 2 Comic Indulges in Injustice‘s Favorite Pastime: Murder

Nothing We Know of Stops Dementia: Broad Review Rules Out Drugs, Exercise, and Brain-Training Games

An AI Accurately Guessed Race and Voting Patterns by Counting Cars on Google Street View

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