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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/08/why-bitcoin-price-is-spiking-1200×675.jpg”] Bitcoin is experiencing an epic rebound. After falling to a low of about $62,650 on Aug. 16, the cryptocurrency climbed to roughly $80,000 this week, putting the rally from that recent bottom at about 27%. Crypto market observers are touting several reasons for the turnaround, including renewed optimism around U.S. crypto regulation…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/08/Claude2-1200×675.jpg”] Every AI startup is hungry for a piece of Google’s pie. The company has for decades been the unquestioned ruler over the internet. The rise of AI chatbots over the past four years has seriously threatened that reign: Why waste time scrolling through an endless list of links when you can ask…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/07/Stephen-King-Mathew-Tsang-Getty-Images-1200×675.jpg”] As Prime Video gears up for Mike Flanagan’s Carrie in the fall, another Stephen King series has just been announced by the streamer. This one has quite the geographical twist: it’ll take place thousands of miles from the author’s familiar Maine turf. And not only is Crouch End the author’s only London-set…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/08/anker-power-station-1200×675.jpg”] The 2,010Wh Anker Solix S2000 is a portable power station made to keep your devices up and running on the go and during outages. Power stations generally require a hefty investment, and this one is no exception. It retails for $1,199, and if the high price has been keeping you from grabbing…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/08/Buddy_grabbing_girl-1200×675.jpg”] Casper Kelly’s slasher comedy Buddy hits theaters this week, taking viewers into a realm ruled by a sinister children’s show host who happens to look like an adorable orange unicorn. Kiddie entertainment is ripe fodder for horror, so much so that it’s created its own subgenre. Peek behind the bright lights and…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/08/Resident-Evil-ms-1200×675.jpg”] A poodle breeder finds a disturbing new use for her particular set of skills in Breeder. Amazon pares down its list of potential 007s to just 006. Netflix assembles an all-star cast to adapt the short stories of Roald Dahl in upcoming anthology series. Not a speck of light is showing, so…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2021/10/bbfd2208d859d6de8417931c44b4d333.jpg”] Kalshi and The Weather Company have teamed up on prediction markets centered on something humans have very little control over and that are a lot harder to insider trade on. The two companies announced a new strategic partnership Thursday in which Kalshi will use The Weather Company’s data to verify outcomes for…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/08/Digit-Party-1200×675.jpg”] Digit Party, an online brain teaser, has attracted hundreds of thousands of math lovers since its launch three years ago. But the creators of the game—two mathematicians—now have a confession to make. Your high scores were probably fake. In a recent paper published in Math Horizons, mathematicians Robert Brignall and Vincent Vatter,…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/08/AurzenRokuProjector-1200×675.jpg”] Fall is the best season, full stop. The colors, the smells, the vibes, and—most importantly—tjhe temperature knocks the other three seasons out of the park. It’s actually comfortable to be outside and you can to way cute and comfy layers. It’s also the ideal time to host an outdoor movie. This is…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://gizmodo.com/app/uploads/2026/08/jbl-pulse-6-1200×675.jpg”] JBL’s Pulse speakers have always been part audio product and part light show, but the Pulse 6 is really leaning into the lamp of it all. In this generation of the Pulse, JBL ups the lighting game in a few notable ways. There’s now an integrated light in the handle, which gives…