If you just look at the Pixel 10’s physical design, you’re going to be disappointed. Google’s new $800 Android smartphone looks almost identical to last year’s Pixel 9, save for an additional 5x telephoto camera lens and some new colors, including the makes-me-smile Indigo blue. But like most new phones, there are a bunch of […]
Mysterious ‘Nano-Banana’ Project Revealed to Be Google’s Latest Image Editor
Google just upgraded its AI image model, and it actually looks to be a pretty significant step up. The company rolled out Gemini 2.5 Flash Image today, a major refresh that promises smarter and more flexible image generation. The upgraded model allows users to issue natural language prompts to not only generate images but also […]
Taylor Switch 2 Is Launching the GTA 6 of Weddings
Taylor Swift is hearing wedding bells, but every website on Earth just hears the ka-ching of a cash register. At Gizmodo, we pride ourselves on bringing you the best updates in tech, science, and general nerd-ery, but every once in a while, a story comes along that sends a shockwave across the newsroom. Sometimes a […]
Intrusive Thought of the Day: Is That YouTube Video Enhanced With AI?
Have you noticed YouTube videos have started to have a little hint of the Uncanny Valley in recent months? You are far from alone, as a growing chorus of folks stuck in YouTube’s endless scroll of Shorts have started piecing together similar qualities across videos that give viewers the heebie jeebies. That’s probably not the […]
Ghislaine Maxwell Says She First Met Elon Musk at Sergey Brin’s Birthday Party
Elon Musk infamously threw Donald Trump under the bus in June when he insisted that the president was “in the Epstein files,” a reference to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But a newly released interview with Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell might put the spotlight back on Musk when it comes to all things Epstein. […]
Live Updates From the ‘Made by Google’ Pixel Event 🔴
Follow along with the Gizmodo crew as we cover all the Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro Fold, Pixel Watch 4, and Pixel Buds announcements. The time has come for Google’s “Made by Google” event. On Wednesday, Aug. 20, Google will once again unveil a family of new Pixel devices, and this time we’d bet good […]
One of the Most Prolific VR Headset Makers (Not Meta) Now Has Smart Glasses (Not Ray-Bans)
XR, or extended reality, headsets are on the outs, but smart glasses are eating more and more of what was once VR’s slice of the face-mounted wearables pie. HTC, one of the few lingering pioneers of VR headsets with its Vive series, couldn’t stand up to Meta’s Quest for cheap consumer virtual reality, but it […]
Now That Google Is Trash, It Will Let You Pick Your Own News Sources
Google seems to have destroyed the quality of its search results (and its reputation) by loading its feed with sponsored results, pages boosted by SEO black magic, and AI-generated slop. So it’s putting the control back in your hands, for better or worse. The company announced today via blog post a new feature called Preferred […]
The World Will Enter a 15-Year AI Dystopia in 2027, Former Google Exec Says
The world is hurtling towards an inevitable AI dystopia in the very near future, according to Mo Gawdat, the former chief business officer of Alphabet’s moonshot factory, formerly known as Google X. “We will have to prepare for a world that is very unfamiliar,” Gawdat said in an interview on the “Diary of a CEO” […]
OpenAI Is About to Make Employees Millionaires
It’s a figure so large it almost loses meaning: $500 billion. That is the staggering valuation OpenAI, the company behind the revolutionary ChatGPT, could soon command. The company is in discussions with investors for a deal that would allow its current and former employees to sell their privately held shares, a source familiar with the […]