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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/07/Siri-AI-1200×675.jpg”] As my colleague Raymond Wong noted earlier today: Apple f*cking did it—Siri AI, the long-delayed Apple AI assistant with “personal context” doesn’t suck—a huge achievement when you consider how much Apple has struggled with Siri suckage over the years. He also noted that if you choose, you can join the public beta…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/07/Saktahnwaax-glyphs-annotated-1200×675.jpg”] In 2010, archaeologist David Stuart and colleagues ran into a painted chamber at Xultun, a Maya relic in modern-day Guatemala. Then the team noticed that the many mathematical and astronomical formulas appeared to be attributed to someone—an individual whose name has now been identified. In a paper published today in Antiquity, the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/07/siri-ai-hands-on-3-1200×675.jpg”] The first public beta for iOS 27 is now available for download, which means if you have a supported iPhone, you can try out the new Siri AI before it officially rolls out this fall. This public beta is equivalent to the third developer beta of the new iPhone software. While there…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/07/reflect-orbital-1200×675.jpeg”] California startup Reflect Orbital received clearance to launch its first satellite, aiming to build a constellation to illuminate dark areas with in-space mirrors. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted approval for the launch of Reflect Orbital’s prototype satellite, which will test the ability to reflect sunlight down to Earth after dark. The…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/03/ParamountWB-1200×675.jpg”] Paramount Skydance’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery is facing a new legal hurdle from a dozen states. A coalition of 12 states filed a lawsuit in federal court in California on Monday seeking to block the merger, which they argue would harm movie theaters, cable providers and consumers. “The unlawful merger of…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/07/Marvel-Comics-Nova-1200×675.jpg”] What’s next for the Marvel Cinematic Universe after Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars? We don’t yet know specifically, but it seems it could potentially include Nova. Deadline reports that writer Michael Waldron, co-creator of Hulu’s Chad Powers and writer of Marvel Studios’ Loki and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, is…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/07/GettyImages-2285277287-1200×675.jpg”] The European Union is months away from a final bill for a social media ban that is looking likely to be one of the strictest introduced thus far worldwide. On Monday, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen announced that an expert report was completed and that the governing body would now…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2025/08/Google-Pixel-Phone-Watch-11-1200×675.jpg”] The Cosmic Orange iPhone 17 Pro proved one thing: people go crazy for new colored phones. If bar-style phones are all iterative from here on out, brands should at least make them fun to look at again. That may be Google’s plan for what might otherwise be a snoozy Pixel 11 series…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2024/09/Taylor-Swift-at-a-concert-in-England-copy.jpg”] We are in the middle of a collectibles craze in which people are increasingly looking for things that help them feel connected with their passions and a community, but we’re really gotta do better than this. According to a report from CBS News, people paid $25 a pop for literal trash that…