The traditional way to make a cellphone call is for your handset to ping whichever base station you’re closest to, with your voice and the voice of the person you’re speaking to flying through the air via radio waves. However, there might be times when the signal between your phone and the base station is weak, or…
Source: Gizmodo – What Is Wifi Calling and How to Enable It on Your Phone
Godzilla, and Godzilla movies, has been many things over the past 69 years—the King of All Monsters has changed in character as often as he’s changed in design, from horrifying force of nature to heroic defender of the Earth. It’s fitting then, that his latest incarnation refocuses on Godzilla in some ways, and his…
Source: Gizmodo – Godzilla Minus One Is a Terrifying, Hopeful Throwback
If you’re behind on what’s happening with the robot uprising, have no fear. Here’s a quick look at some of the weirdest and wildest artificial intelligence news from the past week. And be sure to check out our weekly newsletter on the biggest developments in AI.
Source: Gizmodo – The Week When AI Got High on Its Own Supply
Americans tossed 292.4 million tons of trash into landfills in 2018, or about 5 pounds of garbage per person per day. Once in a landfill, much of that trash undergoes some wild chemistry, often polluting the surrounding area. But amid all the stinking refuse is potentially valuable material, and some environmentalists…
Source: Gizmodo – Why Isn’t Landfill Mining More Popular?
When it comes to Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary celebrations, all eyes are on this weekend as the series prepares to kick off a trio of weekly special episodes. But on Doctor Who’s anniversary itself yesterday, fans were treated to a wonderful couple of surprises that offered some lovely nods to the show’s future.
Source: Gizmodo – Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary Night Played With the Past and the Future
The season of giving is upon us, and fandom friends, here’s a list of deals and festive inspired geeky gifts and gear ideas.
Source: Gizmodo – Best Deals This Week For Geeky Holiday Pop Culture Finds
Chris Nolan insists he’s not joining the Bond franchise. Tim Burton insists he wants no part in a Nightmare Before Christmas sequel. The cast of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom discuss its new creatures. Plus, what’s coming on Shining Vale. To me, my Spoilers!
Source: Gizmodo – Kelsey Grammer Wants His Beast to Return In More MCU Movies
As Aaliyah sang in her 2000 hit, “Try Again,” “If at first you don’t succeed, oh, then dust yourself off and try again.” Google did that. It went back to the drawing board, scrapped everything except the look of the Pixel Watch, and made a better Pixel Watch 2. This year’s model has a better battery, improved…
Source: Gizmodo – Google Pixel Watch 2 Review: The First Android Smartwatch I’m Willing to Sleep With
For a show that is about the capability to be everywhere and anywhere, any period in time, Doctor Who is a show that is arguably burdened with context. Now 60 years old today, the thought of navigating any of its stories without an awareness of its place in that history is almost unthinkable. But every once in a…
Source: Gizmodo – 10 Years Later, “Day of the Doctor” Remains One of Doctor Who’s Finest Hours
Everyone remembers 1962’s What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? as a camp classic, but that movie—which starred Bette Davis and Joan Crawford and kick-started the “psycho-biddy” horror subgenre—was also nominated for five Oscars. In 1972, Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? didn’t rake in the same acclaim, but it’s nearly as…
Source: Gizmodo – Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?, Asks One of the Most Daft Christmas Movies Ever
Scientists from the Telescope Array Collaboration have detected an ultrahigh-energy cosmic ray, a discovery that’s challenging our current understanding of exotic cosmic phenomena and their origins.
Source: Gizmodo – Utah Telescopes Intercept Ultra-Powerful Cosmic Ray
After Scream 7 imploded this week—with Spyglass firing lead star Melissa Barrera for her social media posts denouncing Israel’s war in Gaza, and the purportedly ill-timed confirmation that Jenna Ortega would not return either—a new report suggests the production house is undertaking a major rework of the film that…
Source: Gizmodo – Scream 7’s Major Reworks Could Try and Bring Back Some Familiar Faces
New research may eventually help solve a mystery relevant to holiday drinkers. Scientists at the University of California Davis and elsewhere believe they’ve figured out why some people quickly develop headaches after drinking red wine but not other alcoholic beverages: too much of a particular flavonoid that mixes…
Source: Gizmodo – Scientists May Have Figured Out Why Red Wine Gives You a Headache
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ 100 years of creating timeless magic is at the core of Wish, its latest feature now playing in theaters.
Source: Gizmodo – Wish Directors on Crafting a Modern Fairytale to Celebrate Disney100
When Renita Adams puts a pot on the stove in her Virginia home, she also puts a rubber band around her wrist. The 62-year-old retiree prefers a tight band that squeezes a little bit, so she won’t forget it’s there–usually one of the colorful, stretchy rings that come wrapped around produce bundles. Her years as a…
Source: Gizmodo – What Happens When Your Body Becomes a Sensory Deprivation Chamber?
With all the handheld gaming devices popping up, like the Steam Deck OLED, Lenovo Legion Go, Ayaneo Slide, and the ROG Ally, I wouldn’t blame you if you first saw the PlayStation Portable and thought, “Whoa, did Sony just make a new PSP?”
Source: Gizmodo – PlayStation Portal Review: A Great Remote Play Tablet, but That’s Pretty Much It
Our mouths might help keep our hunger in check. A recent study found evidence in mice that our brains rely on two separate pathways to regulate our sense of fullness and satiety—one originating from the gut and the other from cells in the mouth that let us perceive taste. The findings could help scientists better…
Source: Gizmodo – Your Tastebuds Help Tell You When to Stop Eating, New Research Suggests
Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodo’s weekly roundup where we do a deep dive on what’s been happening in artificial intelligence.
Source: Gizmodo – After OpenAI’s Blowup, It Seems Pretty Clear That “AI Safety” Isn’t a Real Thing
Andrzej Sapkowski is a man who does not mince his words, no matter how prominent he becomes on an international stage after Netflix’s adaptation of his Witcher series became a smash hit. But even with that reputation, there’s something incredibly funny about how willing the man is to just not give a single care in the…
Source: Gizmodo – Witcher Author Andrzej Sapkowski Says Netflix Never Listened to His Ideas
