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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/01/WD_Black-1TB-C50–1200×675.jpg”] So what’s all this crazy talk about ballooning flash-memory prices? Something about AI data centers consuming so much silicon that everyday consumers are getting crushed at the cash register? That memo apparently never made it to WD or Amazon, because the WD_BLACK C50 1TB storage expansion card for Xbox Series X|S is…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/05/mira-murati-1200×675.jpg”] OpenAI’s former CTO Mira Murati just testified under oath that CEO Sam Altman didn’t tell the truth to her, and that his habits interfered with her ability to do her job. The allegation in question, that Altman lied about safety practices, was already public, having featured heavily in a recent New Yorker…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/05/michael-saylor-1200×675.jpg”] Strategy, which is the $64 billion bitcoin treasury company led by Michael Saylor, has one overriding objective: acquire as much bitcoin as possible as quickly as possible. However, the firm posted 11-figure losses for the second quarter running, as the bitcoin price currently sits well below the all-time high of $125,000 reached…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2025/08/lucid-1200×675.jpg”] While its luxury electric vehicles have been mostly well received by critics, Lucid Motors could be in for a rocky 2026. Plans for new models are out and a new CEO is in, but the automaker’s bank ledger is creaking under the weight of the need for more sales from existing models…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/05/redline-anime-studio-madhouse-1200×675.jpg”] Whenever I explain to friends my criteria for what counts as a five-star film on Letterboxd—a rating I rarely dish out—I put it like this: every film starts at three stars and shifts up and down as I watch. Four stars means you’re objectively good in my book; four-and-a-half stars means I…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2177657481-1200×675.jpg”] AI companies have long used video games to train and test their models, so it’s not a huge surprise that Google DeepMind has now acquired a minority stake in the maker of the popular MMORPG EVE Online. The partnership comes as the studio behind EVE Online announced that it is becoming independent…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/05/advanced-test-reactor-idaho-national-laboratory-1200×675.jpg”] Last year, a private-public collaboration initiated tests for a novel nuclear fuel with big promises: reduced nuclear waste and enhanced performance for pressurized heavy water reactors. The results are now in, and, impressively, they indicate this new recipe could deliver on its promises. In a statement released earlier this week, the energy…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/05/Mint-Mobile-15OFF-1200×675.jpg”] Mint Mobile’s latest offer to new subscribers can’t really be called throwback pricing. Anyone who remembers when just one long-distance call could easily run north of $10 will tell you that the idea of getting an entire month of outstanding cellular service for that same $10 would have been preposterous. But that…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/05/noa-kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-1200×675.jpg”] A new entry in the long-running Planet of the Apes franchise is officially in the works—but before you get too excited, it sounds like we may not be getting any resolution on the cliffhanger that capped 2024’s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. Still, it could be worse: the director of…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/02/elon-folded-arms-1200×675.jpg”] Elon Musk has called Anthropic “Misanthropic” and “evil” and has claimed the company “hates Western Civilization.” Now he’s calling it a partner. On Wednesday, SpaceX (which recently absorbed xAI) announced that it will enter an agreement with the makers of Claude to allow it access to the computing power available at the…