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Judge Awards $5 to ‘Free Speech’ Rally Organizer Because a Woman Cursed at Him

Last summer’s infamous neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia was supposedly about “free speech.” But that claim was always ridiculous. The latest evidence? Jason Kessler, one of the organizers of the rally, sued a woman for swearing at him. And a judge in Charlottesville has now awarded Kessler $5. Kessler sued Donna Gasapo for $500 because…

Tech News Matt Novak Jul 2

Doubts About Amazon Prime, Westworld Finale, and Nazi UFO: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

Do you ever get that feeling that someone is pulling a fast one on you? That’s the feeling we’re starting to get with Amazon Prime, the flagship service that provides two-day shipping and all sorts of other perks…but quietly keeps trickling up in price. At what point do you consider dropping a service that you’ve…

Tech News AJ Dellinger Jul 1

Amazon’s PillPack Deal Could Give It Reams of Users’ Private Medical Data

E-commerce giant Amazon wiped out nearly $15 billion in value from Walgreens, CVS, and Rite Aid this week when it announced a nearly $1 billion deal to acquire PillPack, an online prescription service, sending the competition scrambling for cover. It’s unclear just how Amazon plans on integrating PillPack into the rest of its offerings, with…

Commerce Tom McKay Jul 1

Facebook Discloses More Data Sharing Partnerships As the Hits Just Keep Coming

It’s a day of the week, so that means it’s time for more revelations about Facebook’s sharing habits that it hadn’t previously revealed to users. In the latest entry in the endless attempt at retroactive transparency, Facebook revealed to Congress that it shared data with 52 hardware and software companies, including some firms headquartered in…

Social Media AJ Dellinger Jul 1

AT&T Is Jacking Up the Price of Its DirecTV Now Streaming Service By $5 a Month

AT&T is increasing the price of DirecTV Now, its subscription streaming service, by $5 a month effective August, Cordcutters News, CordCutters and Engadget reported this weekend. That brings the price of the package to $40 per month for basic service and $75 per month for extended offerings. In a statement to the two sites, AT&T…

Tech News Tom McKay Jul 1

Sounds like Colin Trevorrow Really Would Like to Put More Legacy Characters in Jurassic World 3

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is notable for bringing Jeff Goldblum back to the Jurassic universe as Dr. Ian Malcolm, and it sounds like Colin Trevorrow wants to bring more characters from the original Jurassic Park in the upcoming third Jurassic World film. Trevorrow, who will return to the director’s chair for Jurassic World 3, talked…

Movies Julie Muncy Jul 1

Actresses From The Flash and Riverdale Talk Playing Classic Comics Characters as Women of Color

CW actresses Candice Patton and Ashleigh Murray have one major thing in common. They’ve both played classic comic book characters, both traditionally portrayed as white, as women of color. And both have had to deal with backlash for it. Appearing at the Play/Ground Festival this weekend, the two appeared on a panel together and discussed…

Television Julie Muncy Jul 1

The EPA’s Top Ethics Official Is Urging More Investigations Into Scott Pruitt

Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt is under 13 concurrent federal investigations into everything from his exorbitant 24/7 security detail and habit of backstabbing whistleblowing subordinates to pricey plane tickets and cozy relationships with lobbyists. But apparently that’s not enough for the EPA’s principal deputy general counsel and chief ethics officer Kevin Minoli, who the New…

Tech News Tom McKay Jul 1

Huh, MoviePass Leadership Sure Seems Shady

MoviePass has been operating for nearly a full year on its too-good-to-be-true premise of offering essentially unlimited movie passes to subscribers for just $9.99 per month. It’s the monorail and, according to a report from the Miami Herald, company CEO Ted Farnsworth sure seems like a dead ringer for Lyle Lanley. Farnsworth, the head of…

Tech News AJ Dellinger Jul 1

Welp, Looks Like DC Comics Spoiled Batman and Catwoman’s Wedding in the New York Times

If you’re invested in Batman’s romantic life, you might want to steer clear of the paper of record today. Today, the New York Times ran a story called “It Just Wasn’t Meant to Be, Batman” which is about the upcoming Batman #50, due out Wednesday with writing by Tom King and art by Mikel Janin,…

Books & Comics Julie Muncy Jul 1

Early On, The Wasp Was Actually Planned to Appear in Captain America: Civil War

When Captain America: Civil War came out, a lot of hardcore fans had a question. We’ve got Ant-Man. Now where’s the Wasp? Now, we know that at one point, that was actually the plan. “There was a point early on where she was going to be introduced in Civil War,” Peyton Reed, director of Ant-Man…

Movies Julie Muncy Jul 1

Convicted ‘Free Tablet’ Fraudster Ordered to Pay Up $2.8 Million to Victims

New York officials announced the conviction and sentencing of Nevada-based Sungame Corporation and its CEO Neil Chandran for grand larceny and securities fraud, saying the fraudsters would be forced to pay up $2.8 million to redress hundreds of people the company scammed with promises of free 3D tablets or go to jail. Chandran, who was…

Tech News Tom McKay Jul 1

A Canadian Restaurant Refused to Serve a Man Wearing a MAGA Hat and Now Its Yelp Score is Ruined

Because we’ve apparently learned nothing and are doomed to relive the same news cycle over and over, Yelp has once again become the home for airing political grievances. This time, a Canadian restaurant was made the target of negative reviews after the manager asked a man in a “Make America Great Again” hat to leave.…

Tech News AJ Dellinger Jul 1

Watch the Trailer For This Documentary on the Power of Cult Film

Specifically, the lasting strength and appeal of The Monster Squad. Never heard of it? No worries. That’s the power of cult film: that an obscure movie can be a driver of community and passion that’s foreign to those outside of it but everything to the people in it. Enter Wolfman’s Got Nards, a documentary detailing the…

Trailers Julie Muncy Jul 1

US Intel Officials Allege North Korea Is Still Enriching Uranium After Trump-Kim Summit

Shocker: It turns out that President Donald Trump was perhaps not really being all that honest when he walked out of a summit with North Korean strongman Kim Jong Un this month and declared “There is no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea.” Per Reuters and NBC News, US intelligence officials (albeit ones speaking…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay Jun 30

Government Study Says You’re Washing Your Hands the Wrong Way, Which Is Gross and You Should Fix It

Hey, did you wash your hands recently? Well, you probably did it wrong. CNN pointed out a recent government study found that 97 percent of the time, people fail to properly wash their hands—a problem that can lead to all sorts of unnecessary illnesses being spread. According to the US Department of Agriculture, people are…

Health AJ Dellinger Jun 30

Kevin Feige Explains Why Marvel Went to Three Movies a Year

The Marvel Studios release schedule is intense. Three Blockbuster films a year? That’s a lot. But there’s a reason. According to Kevin Feige, in an interview with CinemaBlend, it’s due to a desire to keep up the pace on both big, broad-storyline-driven films with smaller character introductions and sequels. He said: It’s one of the…

Movies Julie Muncy Jun 30

Well, This Japanese Private Rocket Launch Certainly Could Have Gone Better

Saturday’s test of the MOMO-2 unmanned rocket, which was scheduled to be the first privately funded Japanese rocket to reach space, went very poorly for Interstellar Technologies’ Takafumi Horie, a convicted securities fraudster who a 2014 Financial Times profile dubbed “Japan’s enfant terrible.” Footage of the event showed the one-and-a-quarter-ton rocket disastrously failing mere seconds…

Space & Spaceflight Tom McKay Jun 30

This Animated Short Puts Some Samurai Jack in The Witcher

Geralt and Jack aren’t incredibly alike, but this mashup really works. Directed by Jason Dewey and Liam KcKeown, with animation by Liam McKeown, “SAMURAI WITCHER: Geralt vs. The Griffin” is a combination of the violent drama of The Witcher and the deliberate artistry of Genddy Tartakovsky. In it, the Witcher Geralt prepares for, and fights,…

Television Julie Muncy Jun 30

Smart Home Security Camera Sends Footage to Wrong Person, Is Maybe Not So Smart After All

Internet-connected devices are known for having their fair share of security issues—especially when it comes to cameras. But here’s a new one: the BBC reported this week that a smart home security camera started sending video clips to the wrong person. The BBC first caught wind of the problem shortly after one of its employees…

Privacy & Security AJ Dellinger Jun 30

Judge Awards $5 to ‘Free Speech’ Rally Organizer Because a Woman Cursed at Him

Doubts About Amazon Prime, Westworld Finale, and Nazi UFO: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

Amazon’s PillPack Deal Could Give It Reams of Users’ Private Medical Data

Facebook Discloses More Data Sharing Partnerships As the Hits Just Keep Coming

AT&T Is Jacking Up the Price of Its DirecTV Now Streaming Service By $5 a Month

Sounds like Colin Trevorrow Really Would Like to Put More Legacy Characters in Jurassic World 3

Actresses From The Flash and Riverdale Talk Playing Classic Comics Characters as Women of Color

The EPA’s Top Ethics Official Is Urging More Investigations Into Scott Pruitt

Huh, MoviePass Leadership Sure Seems Shady

Welp, Looks Like DC Comics Spoiled Batman and Catwoman’s Wedding in the New York Times

Early On, The Wasp Was Actually Planned to Appear in Captain America: Civil War

Convicted ‘Free Tablet’ Fraudster Ordered to Pay Up $2.8 Million to Victims

A Canadian Restaurant Refused to Serve a Man Wearing a MAGA Hat and Now Its Yelp Score is Ruined

Watch the Trailer For This Documentary on the Power of Cult Film

US Intel Officials Allege North Korea Is Still Enriching Uranium After Trump-Kim Summit

Government Study Says You’re Washing Your Hands the Wrong Way, Which Is Gross and You Should Fix It

Kevin Feige Explains Why Marvel Went to Three Movies a Year

Well, This Japanese Private Rocket Launch Certainly Could Have Gone Better

This Animated Short Puts Some Samurai Jack in The Witcher

Smart Home Security Camera Sends Footage to Wrong Person, Is Maybe Not So Smart After All

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