The tiny black dress may be a fashion classic, but making the tiny, perfectly black dress is more a job for scientists. In nature, black can be tremendously functional and fashionable, but for materials engineers, recreating that level of darkness for real-world applications is challenging. A team of designers, ornithologists, and materials scientists at Cornell […]
Forget smart bulbs and smart glasses, I’ve fallen in love with a smart chess set
It’s almost the end of the year, and that means it’s almost the start of 2026, when we’ll all make resolutions that we’re 100% going to stick to. But it also means time is running short on me to achieve one of my 2025 resolutions. Thankfully I have a gadget to help me out, and […]
DC Comics’ Festive ‘Sweater Weather’ Covers Are a Real Winter Warmer (Exclusive)
The weather outside may be frightful, but you can stay delightfully warm inside reading comic books this holiday season—and DC Comics is giving us plenty of incentive to do so with its range of new variant covers. Some of which lean more festive, others lean… well, for a different kind of holiday spirit, in the […]
The Perfect Holiday Gifts for Your Festive Fandom
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and even if you aren’t running around trying to get the perfect gifts for your geeky friends and loved ones, there’s nothing like celebrating the holidays in style with a bit of your own festive fandom. From cute holiday decor to themed collectibles, our list of seasonally […]
This huge Nintendo Switch 2 discount gets you a free copy of Mario Kart World
Cyber Monday might now be over, but one of the very best Nintendo Switch 2 discounts is still available today. Right now you can scoop up the Mario Kart World bundle for just $449 at Walmart (was $499.99) thanks to an unprecedented $50.99 discount. This is the lowest price that we’ve ever seen the bundle […]
Shawn Levy Reveals Some Big Changes Made to ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’
James Gunn discusses his priorities when it comes to bringing Batman to the DCU. Steven Spielberg’s mystery UFO movie may get a first look soon. Plus, what’s coming on It: Welcome to Derry. To me, my spoilers! Zombois Deadline reports Daria Berenato, Tuc Watkins, Thomas Dekker, Brenna D’Amico, Adam Huss, and Aaron Goldenberg will star in […]
Vote for the Best Tech of 2025 in Gizmodo’s Readers’ Choice Awards
We’ve already shared our winners of Gizmodo’s Best Tech of 2025 Awards and now it’s your turn. Whether you’ve read our reviews and agreed or disagreed, here’s your chance to help decide what was the best tech of the year in our Readers’ Choice Awards. Which phone was your favorite? Was it an Android device or […]
Ending soon: get a 512GB Galaxy S25 Ultra for just $850 with Samsung’s Black Friday deal
If you missed the fanfare of last week’s Black Friday sales, then note that there’s still time to get the best Galaxy S25 Ultra deal of the year at Samsung. The official store’s big deal is still available – although, I expect not for much longer. Right now, you can get a free storage upgrade […]
A Bed Just Saved This Man’s Life. Here’s How
If ever a bed deserved a five-star review, it’s this one. In a recent case report, doctors describe how a smart bed’s monitoring saved a 70-year-old man from almost certain doom. James Ip, a cardiologist at Weill Cornell Medical College and New York–Presbyterian Hospital, detailed the strange tale in the New England Journal of Medicine […]
The Enshittification of Plex Is Kicking Off, Starting with Free Roku Users
Plex, a famous way for dads to show off their (okay, our) movie and TV hoarding acumen just got incrementally less useful for certain users. The Roku free-for-all is officially over, and more pain is coming soon. Enforcement of a shift signaled long ago has started, beginning with people who use Roku devices to stream […]