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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/openai-attack-1200×675.jpg”] Two people were arrested Sunday for allegedly firing a gun near OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s house in San Francisco, according to a report from the San Francisco Standard. The arrests came just a day after a 20-year-old man was arrested for allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at Altman’s home and then driving…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/usc-yang-et-al-memory-chip-optical-image-1200×675.jpg”] One standout moment from last week’s Artemis 2 mission involved a seemingly “missing” chunk of the Orion capsule’s heat shield. While NASA clarified that nothing abnormal happened, it’s a reminder that during missions to extreme environments, heat management is crucial. Even without astronauts, high temperatures and pressures inside spacecraft can wreak havoc…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/02/altman-impact-1200×675.jpg”] Over the weekend, OpenAI’s chief new revenue officer, Denise Dresser, sent a memo to employees meant to detail the company’s strategy going forward, but somehow ended up spending a considerable amount of ink on how little the company thinks of Anthropic. The memo, reported on by The Verge, included some direct shots…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/mini-deal-1200×675.jpg”] Working from home can be a frustrating affair, but it mostly depends on your set up. If you’re looking to start doing it, but you know you don’t have the space for a full PC, then you might feel like you’re out of luck, but there are plenty of ways to sort…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/g-love-crypto-theft-1200×675.jpg”] Musician G. Love lost his life savings after downloading a fake Ledger Live app from Apple’s Mac App Store, according to a post made to his X account. Noted blockchain investigator ZachXBT traced the stolen 5.92 bitcoin, worth about $424,000, through nine transactions to deposit addresses at KuCoin, an exchange with a…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/PeterCapaldi_DoctorWho-1200×675.jpg”] A lot of pressure comes with playing a famous character. While Peter Capaldi was aware of that when he joined Doctor Who, he recently admitted one surprising lesson he had to learn during his time as the Twelfth Doctor. As a guest on the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg (watch the Instagram…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/chromosome-1200×675.jpg”] Scientists are laying the groundwork for treating one of the most common genetic conditions in humans. Research out today highlights a promising new approach to Down syndrome, also known as trisomy 21. Neurologists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School have developed a new way to possibly repair the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/cosmic-distance-ladder-hubble-constant-1200×675.jpg”] One major, unsolved problem in astronomy involves the Hubble constant, a number representing how quickly the universe expands. Specifically, the two main ways to measure the constant keep contradicting each other. To reconcile this Hubble “tension,” an international team of astronomers tried to combine these methods into a single framework in hopes…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/bluetti-deal-1200×675.jpg”] With the weather getting a little nicer, it’s only natural to want to get outside and enjoy it. The only trouble is that we’re all feeling a little more tech-reliant after the colder months, and it’s hard to give up things like music whenever you want, or even a fan for when…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/01/GameofThrones-2-1200×675.jpg”] You can file this one under both internet hoax and “no duh.” A tweet claiming to have insider information regarding the release date of George R.R. Martin’s The Winds of Winter has turned out to be pure fantasy—just like Martin’s Westeros-based tale of zombies and dragons, though we sure do hope the…