Amazon Delivery Van Ignites in Fiery Explosion During Houston’s Summer Heat

Drone footage captured firefighters appearing to struggle to put out the blaze.

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Hackers Claim They Have Access to a Hoard of Rabbit R1 User Data

A small developer collective claims that there’s long been a giant hole Rabbit’s security, though Rabbit continues to say it was “not aware” of any compromise.

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Cybertruck Customers Report Delivery Delays Due to Windshield Wiper Problem

"My wiper never worked. Took 2 weeks to get the part," one owner said.

Apple Pay Later Is Dead, Your Debt Is Not

Apple launched its "buy now, pay later" loan service just a few months ago, but now the company is shutting it down.

AI Detectors Get It Wrong. Writers Are Being Fired Anyway

AI is already stealing writers’ work. Now they’re losing jobs over false accusations of using it.

Vengeful Club Penguin Hackers Reportedly Steal 2.5 GB of Disney’s Data

Club Penguin fans reportedly hacked into Disney's internal servers this week, uncovering internal data about Disney's larger business.

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OpenAI Reportedly Dissolves Its Existential AI Risk Team

A former lead scientist at OpenAI says he's struggled to secure resources to research existential AI risk, as the startup reportedly dissolves his team.

The Chuck E. Cheese Animatronic Band Is Breaking Up

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Cerebral Valley Hackers Build $20 Open Source Smart Glasses

A five-person team at a San Francisco hackathon created an open source approach to Meta's AI-powered Ray-Bans.

Jack Dorsey Rains on Bluesky

The founder of Twitter is embracing Elon Musk's X as Dorsey further distances himself from the decentralized social media platform, Bluesky.

Powerful New Chatbot Mysteriously Returns in the Middle of the Night

An advanced AI model with unknown origins is back online, as online communities are once again picking apart a cryptic Sam Altman tweet.

Jack Dorsey Calls X ‘Freedom Tech’ After Departing Bluesky’s Board

The Twitter founder had a busy weekend tweeting after announcing his departure from Bluesky and dealing with the Feds investigating his other company, Block.

A ChatGPT Outage Briefly Broke the Rabbit R1

Rabbit R1 users could not use the "push-to-talk" feature for a short time on Thursday after an OpenAI outage occurred.

Powerful New Chatbot Disappears as Mysteriously as It Arrived

An advanced AI model with unknown origins turned heads this week as online communities unpacked a cryptic tweet from Sam Altman.

TikTok Divest-or-Ban Bill Passes in the Senate

The TikTok bill, which bans the social media app unless it's sold to a U.S. owner, is poised to become law later this week.

Gizmodo Holiday Gift Guides 2024

Nine guides to the best presents you can give your loved ones who love (or hate) tech.

The Nintendo Virtual Boy Deserves Your Respect

The authors of an upcoming book on Nintendo's infamous video game console argue that the Virtual Boy was more than just a gimmicky failure.