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Intel Reportedly Lands a Chip Deal With Apple Thanks to Trump
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/04/GettyImages-2264783445-1200×675.jpg”] President Donald Trump has been calling for Intel and Apple to work together ever since his administration acquired a 10% stake in the American chip company. Now, it seems the two companies may have worked out a deal. The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing unnamed sources, that Apple and Intel…
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Watch Out, SpaceX—NASA Is Already Training on Blue Origin’s Moon Lander Prototype
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/05/Blue-Moon-MK2-prototype–1200×675.jpg”] As the U.S. races to beat China to a crewed Moon landing, SpaceX and Blue Origin are locked in a space race of their own. Each company is developing a crew lander for NASA’s Artemis program, but only one can be the first to return American astronauts to the lunar surface. Those…
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How Ricochet Became the Anime Villain of All Elite Wrestling
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/05/aew-Studio-Pierrot-toei-animation-1200×675.jpg”] One of the realest things that Last Week Tonight host John Oliver has ever said off the cuff is “Professional wrestling is better than the things you like.” Every time I see my other love, anime, spill into the squared circle, that boast only grows stronger. As a lifelong fan of both,…
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Plant Found in Obscure Brazilian Rainforest Seems Weirdly Good at Fighting Covid-19
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/05/Brazil-Atlantic-Forest-Epiphytes-1200×675.jpg”] Nearly a quarter of all plant species on Earth—or roughly 55,000 unique flora, by some estimates—currently call Brazil their home. The United Nations, in fact, classifies Brazil as the globe’s leading “mega-biodiverse” nation, “unmatched by any other.” And, while one might attribute this staggering ecological richness solely to Brazil’s 60% chunk of…
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Got a Couple Hundred Million? You Could Own a Piece of ‘The Walking Dead’
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/05/Walking-Dead-Universe-1200×675.jpg”] One of the most popular name brands in modern pop culture history is about to be up for grabs. AMC is gearing up to sell the “next round of rights” to The Walking Dead, and, reportedly, several major companies are interested. Deals for the licensing of a show end after a certain…
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‘Directionally Very Bad’: Everything You Missed During Week 2 of the Elon Musk vs OpenAI Trial
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-2272923137-1200×675.jpg”] We’re officially two weeks deep in the trial pitting Elon Musk against Sam Altman and OpenAI over the latter’s allegedly illegal decision to convert their organization into a for-profit business. After last week’s Musk-dominated time in front of the judge, the past few days have been primarily dominated by OpenAI’s time in…
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Can You Find the UFOs in These Newly Released Pentagon Videos?
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/05/ufo-red-arrow-1200×675.jpg”] Today’s the day. The U.S. military has finally started to release the much-hyped UFO videos (or UAP, if you prefer) that were promised to absolutely blow our minds. And while some of them are intriguing, many have a Where’s Waldo? quality. The Pentagon released files, including videos, images, and PDF documents, at…
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Dave Filoni Is Right About Darth Vader and Anakin
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/05/Darth-Vader-Maul-Shadow-Lord-the-Force-1200×675.jpg”] Lucasfilm president Dave Filoni knows his Star Wars. He’s been working in that world for almost 20 years, first with The Clone Wars, then Rebels, The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, and much more. When he sits down to discuss the franchise and the philosophies behind it, it’s a joy to listen to because he…
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DeFi Visa Card Takes Our Casino Economy to the Next Level With ‘Buy Now, Pay Maybe’ Scheme
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/05/tuyo_credit-card-1200×675.jpg”] The American economy increasingly looks like one big casino. Even former President Trump has acknowledged elements of this shift in recent comments, stating, “You know, the whole world, unfortunately, has become somewhat of a casino.” It may be a bad sign that Trump is one of the few people in history to…
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‘The Expanse’ Authors Know Their Next TV Show Will Be a Big Challenge
[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/05/TheExpanse_s6-1200×675.jpg”] Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham, the sci-fi writing duo known as James S.A. Corey, already know what it’s like to see one of their works adapted for the screen. The Expanse, which started out at Syfy and then jumped to Prime Video, ran for six seasons and explored a somewhat compressed (especially…