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Times change, and so does the Doctor—so now that Jodie Whittaker is the latest incarnation of Doctor Who’s Time Lord adventurer, Adam Hargreaves’ line of Doctor Who/Mr. Men mashup books is adding a Little Miss. io9 can exclusively reveal the first look at Dr. Thirteenth, the latest Doctor Who take on the endlessly…Read more...

The solution to few of life’s problems can be found at the bottom of a bottle, except, maybe, the poor sound quality from tiny wireless speakers. The creators of the portable Sodapop speaker promise that by simply attaching an empty soda bottle, you can increase its loudness and bass by almost 10 decibels.

A moose drowned in a lake in Vermont this weekend—a death that authorities attribute to a bunch of people trying to take its photo.

Last week’s air pressure leak aboard the International Space Station was not caused by a micrometeorite, Russian space agency Roscosmos is now claiming, but rather the result of human error, or possibly even a deliberate act of sabotage. Either way, the incident points to poor oversight and lack of quality control…Read more...

Europe’s ongoing quest to tame the tech industry is plunging ahead with new regulations requiring streaming services like Netflix and Amazon’s Prime Video to stock their libraries with at least 30 percent local content. A vote is set for December and is said to be all but a done deal.Read more...

A big shift is coming with the upcoming arrival of foldable phones, and over the last couple years, Samsung has been pushing to be the first to market with claims of delivering one as early as 2018—and now, its top executive is back at it.Read more...

The Witcher has found its, err, Witcher—in none other than DC’s Man of Steel himself, Henry Cavill.

Spider-Man has a long history in video games—one that arguably has seen more lows than highs. Even in a world where superheroes are bigger than ever, Spider-Man is still waiting for a groundbreaking gaming experience like the Arkham series was for Batman. He might have finally got it in Marvel’s Spider-Man.

As Halloween draws near, it’s time to start thinking about macabre ways to prank your friends. The ol’ “fake knife with a notch” is a classic way to make it look like you’ve almost sliced off a finger, but in Japan, one such novelty prop kit was reportedly packaged with real, razor-sharp hobby knives instead of the…Read more...

Today only, Amazon’s running a big sale on small drinks. Specifically, Forto coffee shots (think five hour energy, but for coffee people), Stur water enhancers, and, uh, Jelly Belly drink mix bottles. At the very least, try some Forto! There are a bunch of flavors, they’re just over $1 per bottle with this sale, and…Read more...

A familiar face could make an appearance in Wonder Woman 1984. There’s more rumors about the villains of Spider-Man: Far From Home. Karl Urban hypes up the hypothetical Quentin Tarantino Star Trek. Plus, It: Chapter 2 set photos recreate an iconic moment from the book, and a look at The Gifted’s return. To me, my…Read more...

The first day of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings for the U.S. Supreme Court start today at 9:30am ET/6:30am PT. And as one of the most important political showdowns in years, you might wonder how you can watch the proceedings on platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and more. Well, Gizmodo has got you covered.

Twitter, the social media site for people who like getting angry at things, has long been a haven for misogynistic harassers, white supremacists, and garden-variety trolls. The site has claimed to be working on this, but its supposed commitment to change has been repeatedly undermined by their decision to do things…Read more...

Come on, grab your friends—because round about right now, Cartoon Network is airing the very last episode of Adventure Time. And the fun had to end at some point.

As the merchandising behemoth that is action figures has grown over the years, the market has split into two groups—the kids-focused smaller figures that trade articulation for oversized accessories and kooky action features, and then the serious (as serious as toys can be), “collector-aimed” ones. This new Star Wars…Read more...

A Google engineer discovered a vulnerability in the third-party system controlling access to doors across its campus in Sunnyvale, California, and took the opportunity to prove that he could bypass any RFID keycard-operated lock in the facility, Forbes reported on Monday.Read more...

Jacqueline Pearce, best known to sci-fi fans as the glamorous and calculating Servalan on the cult British space drama Blake’s 7, has died at the age of 74.

There are a handful of scenes scattered throughout Lionsgate’s sci-fi thriller from directors Jonathan and Josh Baker that are direct callbacks to Bag Man, the twin directors’ 2014 short about a young boy hiding a dangerous secret from the world. In those moments, you can see how the Bakers have grown as filmmakers in…Read more...

I was recently informed of the existence of something called the “Uncrustable,” a soft hunk of bread type-thing filled with peanut butter and jelly. Uncrustables are not new—the Uncrustable “sandwich” was invented in 1995 and sold to Smuckers in 1999, according to several detailed histories online—but I do not have…Read more...

Venmo is an app that should be simple and transactional. Instead, it’s thorny and oftentimes awkward to navigate. It’s truly wild that a self-professed “digital wallet” stirs up so much drama.

11,000 years’ worth of artifacts went up in smoke as the 200-year-old National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro—one of the largest collections in the Americas—burned down in a massive firestorm on Sunday night.

Since it snapped off the Larsen C ice shelf in July 2017, the trillion-ton iceberg known as A68 has spent most of its time stuck in the mud. Now, new satellite data reveals that the ‘berg made its biggest move yet over the austral winter—a dramatic counterclockwise rotation that shows no signs of stopping.

The Nun, a prequel delving into the antagonist first introduced in The Conjuring 2, comes out September 7—just the latest project spawned by the spooky franchise (lest we forget, a third Annabelle movie is now in the works). Now that horror spinoffs are all the rage, we have a few suggestions beyond the Conjuring …Read more...

All over the world, from Florida to Thailand, efforts are underway to restore mangrove forests. These ecosystem have been in serious decline for the last 10 years, and sea level rise is set to threaten them further. In Hawaii, however, heavy efforts are underway to eradicate the trees.Read more...

As the recent revelation over Google’s background tracking of your location shows, it’s not as easy as it should be to work out when apps, giant tech companies and pocket devices are tracking your location and when they’re not. Here’s what you need to know about how location tracking works on a phone—and how to…Read more...

In the latest addition of “The Trump Administration Doesn’t Give A Fuck About Security,” Axios dropped a report on how Omarosa Manigault Newman recorded almost all of her conversations during her time at the White House.Read more...

Dogs wear their hearts on their sleeves; cats—or at least some cats, some of the time—can spend years at your side without making it totally clear that they know, or care, who you are. An expression vaguely resembling contentment flits across their face and you think, triumphantly: see! My cat doesn’t despise me.Read more...

It’s not often a company creates a product that undercuts a more expensive option it’s still selling, but that’s what 8BitDo has done with its new DIY controller upgrade kits. Instead of completely replacing a wired controller with a Bluetooth alternative, you can now easily upgrade your existing hardware with…Read more...

A secret from 1994's Doom II, hidden for so long that its trigger was assumed to be a bug, has finally been discovered.

Here at Gizmodo, we’ve just wrapped up Feud Week: A series on personality and business clashes in the tech world, scientific disputes, and whether or not to shoot Bigfoot. (I say let the big guy do his thing, unless it turns out it’s kidnapping people with mind-waves to make more Bigfoots.) Some have said that a Nice…Read more...

Keanu Reeves, America’s and Winona Ryder’s once-and-future husband, turns 54 today. A very happy birthday to Keanu Reeves.Read more...

Google’s huge Pixel 3 XL smartphone is expected to be officially released in October, but it has already been unofficially released in the form of leaks to the Russian and Ukrainian tech media (possibly after someone stole a shipment in transit). Its smaller cousin, the standard Pixel 3, has also had some major leaks,…Read more...

Well, this is just a right ol’ mess, isn’t it.Read more...

The Shining is a brilliant film, and it’s a scary film, and those two things are for the same reason.Read more...

There’s a new mod that lets you be Magneto in Grand Theft Auto V. As if that game didn’t have enough in it already.Read more...

One would think that reading the script for a new Star Wars movie would be a thrilling privilege. But it might be more terrifying than exciting.Read more...

Images of the next line of GoPro cameras, the Hero 7, appear to have been leaked in the form of a product display via Reddit, the Verge reported on Saturday.

Google Chrome was released to the world 10 years ago today. I’ve been using the browser since it launched on OS X in 2009, and let me tell you what, I feel trapped now. This power-hogging, data-gobbling piece of software is where I spend most of my days, although not necessarily because I want it this way. As hard as…Read more...

While film becomes increasingly monopolistic and expensive, TV is starting to become a really cushy place for the auteur. Now David Cronenberg, creepy cult creator extraordinaire, is interested in making the leap.Read more...

Mistakes happen—one misplaced key press and suddenly your 10,000 word essay has been reduced to a blinking cursor. Don’t panic though: Whether you need to undo a single action or roll back a whole week’s worth of misguided edits to the work presentation you’re preparing, here’s how to save the day in any popular…Read more...

So, Chrome is ten years old. Officially in the double-digits. Soon it’ll be getting wispy chin-hairs and its voice will be cracking. That said, Google’s browser has accomplished a lot in the ten years that it’s been around. It went from a latecomer in the Browser Wars, with just a 1-percent market share early on launchRead more...

Football season is officially here, and whether you’re tailgating in a parking lot outside the stadium, or doing the correct thing and “tailgating” in your backyard before watching on TV, this one-day Amazon sale is full of outdoor cooking gear, lawn games, and even a giant, inflatable projector screen. A few…Read more...

A French ban on five neonicotinoid pesticides intended to protect the nation’s bees from colony collapse disorder went into effect on Saturday, Agence France-Press reported.

Time already ran out. So, as the fan theories go, I guess that means it’s time to go back, huh?Read more...

I’ve been making my way through some of the extreme sports games of the Playstation 2, and I’ve been stopped dead in my tracks by a game that I don’t hear many people mention: Mat Hoffman’s Pro BMX 2. It absolutely nailed extreme sports in a video game back in 2002.

Researchers looking into bizarre reports of U.S. diplomatic staff in Cuba and later China hearing troubling noises before developing symptoms very similar to brain trauma have pinned the most likely cause—and it’s not some form of mysterious sonic device, as previously speculated.

When we say pop culture is iconic, we don’t usually mean it this literally.Read more...

Republican Congressman Rod Blum, who is facing a tough battle from Democrats in Iowa’s 1st House District in the upcoming midterms, has shown once again his failure to comprehend the duties of being a public servant.Read more...

Fandom makes a lot of cool stuff. Sometimes, that stuff might even be better than the originals.Read more...

In the recently aired 25th anniversary Power Rangers special aired as part of this season’s Super Ninja Steel version of the classic superhero show, Tommy, the former Green Ranger, found some time to fight himself. Weirdly, he does this a lot.Read more...