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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2025/12/meta-og-1200×675.jpg”] Online search has become a nightmare, littered with AI-generated misinformation, spammy sites that brute-force their way to the top of results, and tons of sponsored results. It’s been enough to lead people to start using ChatGPT as their de facto search engine, which can only mean one thing: time to enshittify that,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2025/07/George-Lucas-Photo-Gustavo-Caballero-Getty-Images-1200×675.jpg”] George Lucas never looks backwards. When he didn’t know how to make a shot he wanted in Star Wars, he invented the technology to do it. When he had a vision for the Star Wars prequels, he waited until technology caught up before he brought it to life. And when he and…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/05/Xbox-Series-S-and-Series-X-Consoles-1-1200×675.jpg”] When PlayStation announced earlier this month that it would be doing away with physical discs beginning in 2028, the gaming community’s response was swift and damning. (Well, not everyone thought it was the end of the world.) Based on rumors building for the last few months, it’s looking like PlayStation’s main competitor could…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/07/KongXGodzilla_ride-1200×675.jpg”] Everything in life is made better when Godzilla is involved—and if King Kong wants to tag along, well, the more the merrier. That includes theme-park rides, and the only bummer we have to report about Kong x Godzilla: The Ride is that you’ll need to find yourself in Seoul, South Korea, to…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2025/12/hochul-1200×675.jpg”] New York is hitting pause on new hyperscale data centers in the state just as the AI boom is supercharging demand for these facilities. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order on Tuesday establishing a temporary moratorium on certain new data centers that consume 50 megawatts or more of power. The move…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/07/Mandalorian-and-Grogu-sitting-1200×675.jpg”] It’s not every day you can say this, but this is definitely one of those days. Ahem. A new Star Wars movie was released in theaters this year, and if you didn’t get a chance to see it on the big screen, now we know when you can watch it at home.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/07/two-Yip-humanoid-robots-surgery-1200×675.jpg”] It’s a fact. Specialist surgeons who tackle rare and frequently challenging operations report some of the highest burnout rates among physicians, according to the American Medical Association. You can imagine why: emergency globetrotting, difficult high-stakes work even when the patient comes to you, and all the usual miseries America’s for-profit healthcare system…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/07/vanguard-1200×675.jpg”] There are lots of ways to get disqualified from a cycling race, but until recently, wearing the wrong glasses was not one of them. This is 2026, though, and “the wrong glasses” can actually mean smart glasses loaded with a camera, speakers, and AI, and that distinction is increasingly swaying people’s opinions.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/07/Fram-2-mission-in-space-hand-x-ray-1200×675.jpg”] SpaceX’s Fram2 mission, launched in late March 2025, sent four amateur astronauts where no human had gone before. The flight will go down in history as the first to send a crew to polar orbit, but it will also be remembered for a major achievement in aerospace medicine. During their mission, the…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/07/Doomsday-Hall-H-io9-SDCC-1200×675.jpg”] The time is finally upon us. Yes, at this time next week, the world of pop culture will pull a Sauron and turn its eye to San Diego for Comic-Con 2026. For four straight days, everything you love about comics, movies, TV, games, toys, and more all gather under one roof to…