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Peter Thiel Is Funding a New Olympics, Steroids Not a Problem

Meet the Enhanced Games, a new sporting event that doesn't care if you think steroids are healthy and cool, actually.

Tech News Thomas Germain Jan 31

Taylor Lorenz on How Women Started the Creator Culture Revolution

Her new book Extremely Online talks about how so-called ‘mommy blogs’ and figures like Julia Allison pioneered our current creator ecosystem despite harassment.

Internet Kyle Barr Oct 2

Good Night, Meat Prince

Bryan Menegus is one of the most frustrating editors I’ve ever worked with, which is to say he had annoying feedback like ‘Do you have a source on this?’, ‘This paragraph is complete gibberish’, ‘Did you forget to end this sentence?’, or ‘This is just totally factually wrong’. He also changed the structure of sentences…

Tech News The World May 7

Surprise, Surprise: Tim Cook Killed an Apple TV+ Show About Gawker

Surprising absolutely no one, Tim Cook is not a fan of now-dead Gawker Media, of which Gizmodo was a part. And though Gawker has been dead since 2016, it appears that Cook also decided to kill a fictional Gawker by pulling the plug on a proposed Apple TV+ show about the site’s glory days. It’s…

Tech News Victoria Song Dec 14

Gawker Media Will Settle With Hulk Hogan and Other Litigants for $32 Million

Today the founder of Gawker Media, Nick Denton, announced that his bankrupt company would settle claims with three litigants: the wrestler Hulk Hogan, the scientist Shiva Ayyadurai, and the journalist Ashley Terrill. According to documents filed in federal bankruptcy court, the three settlements total $32,250,000. In a post on his personal blog, Denton wrote, “After…

Tech News J.K. Trotter Nov 2

Peter Thiel Goes to Washington

Peter Thiel, the Silicon Valley billionaire and Facebook board member, appeared today at the National Press Club in Washington, where he gave a short speech defending his support of Donald Trump and answered journalists’ written questions about his decade-long campaign to destroy Gawker Media. His answers revealed a deep-seated hatred toward Gawker and its staff,…

Tech News J.K. Trotter Oct 31

Peter Thiel Goes All-In For Donald Trump

At a speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. this morning, Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel laid out his rationale for supporting Donald Trump, characterizing him as the only candidate with the ability to challenge establishment politics. “It’s not a lack of judgement that leads Americans to vote for Trump,” Thiel, tieless in…

Tech News Sophie Kleeman Oct 31

Is Steve Jobs Preparing His Farewell?

Steve Jobs is leaving Apple. Not tomorrow, but probably very soon. That’s why he started to say good bye today, doing something more important than just presenting new MacBooks, MacBook Pros, and an updated MacBook Air. https://gizmodo.com/next-generation-macbook-ditches-plastic-becomes-macboo-5062857 Today’s event was a play in which he clearly told everyone that the company is more than himself.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 14

Fox News’ Twitter Account Hacked, Claims Barack Obama Is Dead

Needless to say, the President is very much alive and well, having not been “shot twice in the lower pelvic area and in the neck” as the @FoxNewsPolitics Twitter account claims. The tweets began in the early hours of July 4th, and included obvious fallacies such as “@BarackObama has just passed. The President is dead.…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 4

Only You Can Help Combat America’s Sexting Epidemic

What is it with America’s powerful men? In addition to Anthony Weiner, at least three other official-type dudes have become embroiled in sexting scandals in the last week alone! All powerful men should watch Gawker’s NSFW anti-sexting PSA [Gawker] https://gizmodo.com/preview/only-you-can-help-combat-americas-sexting-epidemic-5813084

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jun 17

Does the Nixon Genie Watch Think It’s a Magic 8 Ball? “Yes”

Nixon’s Genie wristwatch has a multiple personality disorder—it thinks it’s a Magic 8 ball! Not only can it tell the time, date, and act as a timer or stopwatch, it can also answer questions with 15 random messages. It’s $120, and available in a range of colors. [Nixon via Hypebeast via OhGizmo]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jun 9

They’re Just Like Us, Honest: Apple Store Employees Caught Planking

Apple’s got quite the reputation as being a tough employer, so once they catch wind of employees planking on the job, will they follow Woolworths in giving them the sack? I mean, that’s a precious MacBook Pro he’s planking on! https://gizmodo.com/apple-gestapo-how-apple-hunts-down-leaks-5427058 Catalogued by the anonymous Apple Store Planking Tumblr (whose catchline is “The funnest sport…

Tech News Kat Hannaford May 25

How Osama bin Laden Was Found

In this age of GPS signals, Foursquare check-ins, and iPhone tracking, how did America’s most-wanted man, Osama bin Laden, stay hidden for almost a decade? A better question would ask how he was found, for that is the reason the world is rejoicing today. https://gizmodo.com/why-your-iphone-is-secretly-tracking-you-a-very-probab-5794457 Despite hiding in plain sight of a police station and…

Privacy & Security Kat Hannaford May 2

Official Steve Jobs Biography Finally Has a Title and Release Date

Not only has Steve Jobs given the thumb’s up to an official biography about his life—the first ever official biography—but he’s also agreed to be interviewed by the author, Walter Isaacson. Titled iSteve: The Book of Jobs, it will be published by Simon & Schuster and will also feature interviews and facts from his family…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Apr 11

Hot New ‘Color’ App Lets You Stalk People Having More Fun Than You

Have you heard about this “Color” phone app? It’s the hot new location-based photo-sharing social network thing that everyone’s talking about but nobody really understands. Well, I’ve figured it out: It’s the best way to stalk strangers who are richer… [Gawker]

Tech News Gawker Mar 27

A Peek Into the Celebrity Nude Pic Hacking Ring

An enterprising hacking ring has reportedly stolen nude pics and videos from more than 50 female celebrities, including Vanessa Hudgens, Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman, and the FBI is on the case. They’ve also been targeting sports stars and politicians. (Oh, boy.) But who’s the mysterious “ringleader?” We’ve dug up some possible clues. A Peek…

Tech News Gawker.com Mar 21

Inside Anonymous’ Secret War Room

Dissident members of the internet hacktivist group Anonymous, tired of what they call the mob’s “unpatriotic” ways, have provided law enforcement with chat logs of the group’s leadership planning crimes, as well as what they say are key members’ identities. They also gave them to us. The chat logs, which cover several days in February…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Mar 18

Are we witnessing the death spiral of the Hollywood blockbuster?

The Hollywood blockbuster was born in the late 1970s with Jaws and Star Wars. Will we see it die in our lifetimes? It seems silly to talk about the death of the big-budget movie spectacular now, when we’re about to have the most ridiculously overstuffed movie summer ever. Jon Favreau described summer 2011 as a…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 4

Cartoonist Trolls Bigots With Web Trickery

When cartoonist Zach Weiner discovered that NOM (an anti-gay marriage lobbying group) had appropriated one of his comics as a hotlink on its website, he fired back in the simplest, cleverest way he could. He changed the image to this. Weiner managed to turn yesterday’s Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal panel into a rainbow flag and…

Books & Comics Brian Barrett Feb 4

Cell Phones Don’t Crash Airplanes

No one wants their plane to crash, and no one wants to cause a scene during a flight. So, diligent passengers that we are, we turn off our gadgets when we’re told to. But no one’s dying if you don’t. If you were on a flight a few years ago, the pre-flight spiel likely included…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Feb 3

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Peter Thiel Is Funding a New Olympics, Steroids Not a Problem

Taylor Lorenz on How Women Started the Creator Culture Revolution

Good Night, Meat Prince

Surprise, Surprise: Tim Cook Killed an Apple TV+ Show About Gawker

Gawker Media Will Settle With Hulk Hogan and Other Litigants for $32 Million

Peter Thiel Goes to Washington

Peter Thiel Goes All-In For Donald Trump

Is Steve Jobs Preparing His Farewell?

Fox News’ Twitter Account Hacked, Claims Barack Obama Is Dead

Only You Can Help Combat America’s Sexting Epidemic

Does the Nixon Genie Watch Think It’s a Magic 8 Ball? “Yes”

They’re Just Like Us, Honest: Apple Store Employees Caught Planking

How Osama bin Laden Was Found

Official Steve Jobs Biography Finally Has a Title and Release Date

Hot New ‘Color’ App Lets You Stalk People Having More Fun Than You

A Peek Into the Celebrity Nude Pic Hacking Ring

Inside Anonymous’ Secret War Room

Are we witnessing the death spiral of the Hollywood blockbuster?

Cartoonist Trolls Bigots With Web Trickery

Cell Phones Don’t Crash Airplanes

‘Marvel Rivals’ Wants to Start Being More Than Just a Hero Shooter

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