General Tech
A ‘Super’ El Niño Is Here. Can the US Power Grid Handle It This Winter?
El Niño tilts the odds toward anomalous weather that can impact the U.S. power system in both good ways and bad ways.
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FCC Chair Brendan Carr Says Pete Hegseth Has Final Say On Broadcasting Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution
Carr said he’ll “defer to Secretary Hegseth” if the latter aims to air the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan on broadcast TV.
General Tech
Break Out the Blue Mushrooms: ‘Common Side Effects’ Will Return in January
Adult Swim’s trippy animated thriller has announced a date for its second season.
General Tech
The First Trailer for ‘Exorcist: Martyrs’ Could Make You Forget All Your ‘Carrie’ Complaints
Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King series just dropped on Prime Video, but he’s already teasing a very terrifying return to the big screen.
General Tech
Free Meals and Other Perks From Big Pharma Really Do Sway Doctors, Review Finds
A new systematic review, published by Cochrane, has found a direct “dose-response” relationship between the number prescriptions for certain drugs and the amount of free meals given to doctors.
Artificial Intelligence
Did Claude Help an Amateur Astronomer Discover a New Planet?
Billions of exoplanets are believed to be out there awaiting discovery. AI—with its ability to sift through mountains of data—could speed that process along.
General Tech
Blogger Found Guilty of Harassment for Sending Shrek Penis Meme to Ohio State Senator
Some memes are too hot to handle.
Artificial Intelligence
Contest-Winning Microscope Thrown Out for Using Generative AI
Ning Xu’s winning entry to Nikon Instruments’ Small World in Motion competition was ineligible due to AI, a spokesperson for the contest told Gizmodo.
General Tech
Amazon’s ‘Stargate’ Series Is Back in Development, This Time With ‘WandaVision’ Creator
An earlier incarnation of the new show from ‘Stargate’ veteran Martin Gero was tabled back in June.
General Tech
Ledger’s Crypto Wallets Reportedly Backdoored, $71 Million in Crypto Already Moved
An authorized Southeast Asian reseller is tied to reports of drained wallets.
General Tech
Your Ozempic Prescription May Come With a Surprising Bonus: Slower Aging
Recent data from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly suggests GLP-1s can noticeably slow down people’s molecular aging clocks.
Hardware
YouTuber Says Cops Paid Him a Visit After He Built Flock-Style Camera to Track Cops
It turns out that the gander is not actually super keen on what’s good for the goose.
General Tech
Undersea Archaeologists Recover the Only Known Ring Engraved With the Lighthouse of Alexandria
Researchers suspect that the ancient bronze signet was used to notarize official documents.
Gaming
The Onion’s First Video Game Is an Action-Packed Voting Simulator
Players can double-jump away from poll watchers to cast their ballot or simply stay at home and jerk off.
Cybersecurity
Feds Say Ransomware Expert’s Miracle Cure Was Just Paying the Hackers
An indictment says Zohar Pinhasi’s MonsterCloud billed ransomware victims millions for a decryptor it did not have, then paid the attackers a fraction of that fee.
General Tech
The Coolest ‘Star Wars’ Books Just Announced for 2027
The 50th anniversary of ‘A New Hope’ and ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ are just the tip of the iceberg.
Hardware
Don’t Expect to Buy a New TP-Link Router in the US Any Time Soon
The company is struggling to prove it’s separated itself from China.
Hardware
Elon Musk Has More Empathy for Robots Than Humans
“Cruelty to something that believes it is experiencing pain is not ok,” Musk wrote about AI.
General Tech
‘Avatar: Seven Havens’ Is Getting Four Seasons, New Animated Series Following Kuruk
‘Avatar Kuruk: Wave of Chaos’ is an action-comedy animated series following the tragic waterbending Avatar’s origins.
Gaming
‘Street Fighter’ Has 2D Anime Flashback Sequences
A new video reveals popular animation studio Titmouse animated several Ryu and Ken scenes.
General Tech
The Most Amazing Cosplay of New York Comic Con 2026, Day 1
We saw a Matt Murdock and a Daredevil, plus a literal Storm.
Artificial Intelligence
AI Companies Are Preparing to Shape the Rules After Everything Goes Wrong
Executives at major AI companies are reportedly planning for what happens the day after a major AI disaster.
General Tech
Vitamin D2 Supplements Have a Surprising Drawback. Here’s What to Take Instead
Not all vitamin D supplements do the same job. Here’s why that matters this winter.
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