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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Calls for Pause in AI Development, Sort Of

Amodei called for AI firms to allow third-party evaluators and collaborate with government on safety standards.

Artificial Intelligence Tom McKay Sep 12

Judges Rule Trump Can’t Just Make Up An Emergency to Keep Coal Plant Open

Earther Tom McKay Sep 12

The ‘V/H/S: SCP’ Movie Doesn’t Involve the Actual SCP Foundation

Movies Justin Carter Sep 12

LG Denies Its TVs Are Spying on You (Unless You Opted In)

Privacy & Security Tom McKay Sep 12

Open AI CEO Sam Altman with math equations laid over his face.

OpenAI Is Beefing With Mathematicians, Will No Longer Sponsor Caltech ‘Mathathon’

Artificial Intelligence Tom McKay Sep 11

‘Spider-Noir’ Showrunner Discusses Show’s End, Season 2 Ideas

Television Justin Carter Sep 12

A ‘Diablo’ Series Is Dungeon Crawling to Netflix

Television Justin Carter Sep 12

A U.S. National Park Service employee uses a vacuum pump to clean algae off the bottom of the newly repainted Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall on June 16, 2026 in Washington, DC.

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Politics Tom McKay Sep 11

Artificial Intelligence

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Altman Says OpenAI Won’t IPO This Year

Artificial Intelligence Ece Yildirim Sep 13

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In the Wild West of AI, Everybody Is Accusing Everybody Else of Theft

Artificial Intelligence Webb Wright Sep 13

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Calls for Pause in AI Development, Sort Of

Artificial Intelligence Tom McKay Sep 12

OpenAI Is Beefing With Mathematicians, Will No Longer Sponsor Caltech ‘Mathathon’

Tom McKay Sep 11

Never Forget, AI Slop Is Polluting 9/11 History on the Internet as We Speak

Matt Novak Sep 11

NYU Mathematician Embroiled in AI Controversy Says the Machines Have Won: ‘The Game Is Up’

Webb Wright Sep 11

Trump Shrugs Off Warnings That AI Could Cause Human Extinction

Bruce Gil Sep 11

Privacy & Security

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Tom McKay Sep 12

Linkedin Cuts Close To 200 Jobs In Bay Area

LinkedIn Gets ‘Browsergate’ Proposed Class Actions Thrown Out

Tom McKay Sep 11

A man dressed as Marvel's Dr. Doom speaks at a Seattle City Council meeting.

Doctor Doom Shows Up to Support Seattle’s Surveillance Network

Bruce Gil Sep 10

Florida Sues Netflix Over Streamer’s Collection of Data From Minors

AJ Dellinger Sep 9

If Meta Glasses Freak You Out, Wait Until You Hear About the New Apple Watch Features

Ece Yildirim Sep 9

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The U.S. Government Is Using Your Financial Data to Decide Who Gets Pulled Over

Kyle Torpey Sep 9

Cryptocurrencies

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Cryptocurrencies Kyle Torpey Sep 10

President Biden Delivers Remarks At Medal Of Honor Ceremony

Hunter Biden’s Crypto Memecoin Launch Went Even Worse Than Predicted

Cryptocurrencies Kyle Torpey Sep 9

Trump’s Apparent Crypto Conflicts Could Sink the CLARITY Act

Cryptocurrencies Kyle Torpey Sep 8

Hunter Biden to Launch Trump-Esque Crypto Token Following Online Media Tour

Kyle Torpey Sep 8

Hackers Drain $320 Million From Bitcoin’s Liquid Network, Keep $47 Million for Themselves in ‘White Hat’ Operation

Kyle Torpey Sep 7

AMC CEO Furious at Robinhood for Tokenizing Stock Without Permission

Kyle Torpey Sep 6

Crypto Industry’s CLARITY Act Faces Major Setback

Kyle Torpey Sep 5

Transportation

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Tom McKay Sep 10

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Ford’s China Ties Spark a Very Public Fight With the Trump Administration

Bruce Gil Sep 9

Mourners gather around the coffin of one of the victims of an alleged U.S. strike on a wedding party on September 03, 2026 in the village of Kuhestak, Sirik County, in the Hormozgan Province of Iran.

Diesel Hits Record High as Trump’s Forever War Against Iran Grinds On

Matt Novak Sep 8

A Plane Almost Crashing Into a Bunch of Cybercabs Is a Reminder That They’re ‘Piling Up’ Unused

Mike Pearl Sep 7

First Responders May Have to Push Tesla’s Cybercabs, Turn Front Wheels by Hand

Mike Pearl Sep 6

Tesla Rolls Out Cybercab Rides—and the Feds Roll Out an Investigation

Bruce Gil Sep 4

Reviews

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Live Updates From Apple’s ‘Surprise and Shine’ iPhone Event 🔴

Follow along with the Gizmodo crew as we cover everything Apple announces at its fall event. We're expecting Apple's first foldable iPhone, the iPhone 18 Pros, new Apple Watches, and new AirPods.

Gadgets Raymond Wong, Kyle Barr, James Pero, and Matt Wille Sep 11

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Gadgets Kyle Barr, Wes Davis, Raymond Wong, James Pero, and Matt Wille Sep 6

Sony’s New $70 Wireless Headphones Have Me Rethinking Everything

Headphones James Pero Sep 7

LG Gram Pro 16-Inch (2026) Review: An Expensive Disappointment

Laptops Rami Tabari Sep 6

Maingear Zero (2026) Review: PC Gaming Bliss With a Price Tag to Make You Cry

Desktops Kyle Barr Sep 13

Buyers Guide

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Cyber Essentials

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Gary Oldman’s Sorry You Thought He Knew the Next James Bond

Some actors know when their friends are about to get a big break, but that's not the case with Oldman and James Bond.

Movies Justin Carter Sep 13

Universal Studios Japan Celebrates Halloween With First R-Rated Attraction

Theme Parks & Destinations Justin Carter Sep 13

The New ‘Crystal Lake’ Trailer Promises Plenty of Summer Camp Death and Miasma

Television Cheryl Eddy Sep 13

Three Batman Movies Return to Theaters Next Week

Movies Justin Carter Sep 13

Sebastian Stan Talks Joining ‘The Batman Part II’ and DC

Movies Justin Carter Sep 13

A ‘Diablo’ Series Is Dungeon Crawling to Netflix

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Television

A ‘Diablo’ Series Is Dungeon Crawling to Netflix

Blizzard's dark-fantasy series is going animated as Netflix keeps snatching up game IPs to adapt.

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Science

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What Do We Actually Know About Kids on Weight-Loss Drugs?

Children and teens with obesity and diabetes are increasingly turning to GLP-1 therapy, but given how much we still don't know about these revolutionary drugs, is that wise?

Health Ed Cara Sep 12

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A Metal Detectorist Just Discovered Finland’s Largest Hoard of Viking Age Silver—But Was It Plunder?

Human History Matthew Phelan Sep 11

Our Sun Might Actually Be a Planet Killer

Space & Spaceflight Gayoung Lee Sep 11

This ‘Cell Tower in the Sky’ Just Completed a Record-Breaking 18,641-Mile Round Trip to Japan

Space & Spaceflight Passant Rabie Sep 11

A Surprisingly Relatable Problem Makes Scent-Detection Dogs Worse at Their Job

Biology Ed Cara Sep 11

Anthropic Claims It Stopped Suspected Bioweapons Research Conducted With Claude

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Physics & Chemistry

The Large Hadron Collider Is Getting a Major Upgrade. But What Would Actually Surprise Physicists?

Some were disappointed at the lack of "new physics" from the LHC. Could forthcoming updates be the accelerator's redemption arc—assuming it needs one?

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