Tag: gizmodo.com

  • Bitdefender Total Security Now Costs Less than Your Coffee Order — Covers Up to 5 Devices With One Subscription

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/computer-security-system-data-protection-graphic-1-1200×675.jpg”] Bitdefender Total Security’s current pricing feels unusually accessible for a full-featured security suite, especially when you break it down per device. The deal brings the price down to under $5 a month for five devices.” That framing isn’t just marketing math; it’s the kind of discount that tends to show up during…

  • 10 Cursed Islands to Visit Ahead of ‘Widow’s Bay’

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/CursedIslandtopart-1200×675.jpg”] We’re very close to the arrival of Widow’s Bay, the rare horror series from sci-fi standout Apple TV, and a tale that takes us to an island off the coast of New England where, it’s said, “bad things happen.” Situating frights on an island is a well-worn offshoot of the classic locked-room…

  • NASA Sets the Record Straight on That ‘Missing Chunk’ of Artemis 2’s Heat Shield

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/Artemis-2-splashdown-Orion-1200×675.jpg”] NASAs Artemis 2 mission returned to Earth in a blaze of glory on Friday. During atmospheric reentry, the Orion capsule’s heat shield protected the spacecraft and its crew from temperatures reaching 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit (1,650 degrees Celsius), but after splashdown, some in the spaceflight community was quick to point out what looked…

  • Beats Solo 4 Falls Back to All-Time Low, Now Emerging as a Cheaper Alternative to AirPods Max in Apple’s Headphone Lineup

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/beats-deal-1200×675.jpg”] Upgrading your headphones doesn’t have to be a stressful experience. In fact, as long as you know where to look and which ones are good, it can be a lot of fun. Of course, it can also be quite expensive, and the fact is that a lot of us don’t have a…

  • ‘The Meta Brand Is Not Something People Want to Put Anywhere Near Their Face,’ Says Snapchat CEO

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/evanspiegel-snapchat-glasses-1-1200×675.jpg”] Lawmakers and advocacy groups aren’t the only people with strong thoughts about Meta’s smart glasses. Apparently, Snap CEO, Evan Spiegel, has some opinions, too. In an interview with YouTuber David Senra, Spiegel had some choice words about Meta’s reputation in the space. Spoiler alert: he’s not a huge fan. “It’s much more…

  • DNA From 1,500-Year-Old Korean Mass Grave Exposes a Brutal Ancient Ritual

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/Excavation-of-human-skeletal-remain-imdang-sunjang-1200×675.jpg”] Studying ancient history means encountering some unsettling traditions. For me, that included learning about “sunjang,” a funeral practice in which servants were buried alive with their masters. With advances in genetic technology, scientists are now gaining new insights into the motivations and characteristics of this grim tradition. In a recent Science Advances…

  • Intel May Have an Answer to AMD’s Most Powerful Gaming CPUs

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/HP-Omen-Max-45L-desktop-PC-review-05-1200×675.jpg”] There’s essentially no competition for AMD’s best gaming CPU, the Ryzen 7 9850X3D. That may finally change. New leaks of Intel’s Nova Lake desktop CPUs may hold the key to better future gaming PCs. Or, at least, we could see more competition for out-of-this-world expensive desktop components. Intel’s codename for these chips,…

  • Google Nest Cam (Wired, 3rd Gen) Hits Its Lowest Price as 2025 Gemini Indoor Security Cameras Go on Clearance

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/GooglenestCamIndoor3rdGen-1200×675.jpg”] Leaving home doesn’t have to be stressful. Google’s Nest Cam helps make that possible, providing an easy way to check in on your space and know everything is as it should be. Right now, the camera is available for 25% off, bringing the price down from $100 to $75—a modest investment that…

  • The New ‘Sunrise on the Reaping’ Trailer Is Ready for Revolution

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping-president-snow-1200×675.jpg”] The future of The Hunger Games is still in the past, with its latest adaptation taking on Suzanne Collins’ second prequel and diving deeper into the history that shaped Panem. But while the first prequel and its film adaptation sought to explore how Coriolanus Snow became the man ruling over it all as…

  • The First Trailer for ‘The Boroughs’ Gives Seniors Their Own ‘Stranger Things’

    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/the-boroughs-netflix-1200×675.jpg”] Even before Stranger Things came to an end earlier this year, the Duffer brothers have started putting their fingers in a lot of pies to establish their post-Hawkins future as producers. Hot off the release of their co-produced matrimonial thriller Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen with Haley Z. Boston, this time the…