The internet has... thoughts about Nvidia's DLSS 5, a new iteration of the company's gaming AI suite that makes video game characters like Grace Ashcroft look super photorealistic. https://bit.ly/4rCVIyt

The Apple reviews keep on coming @gizmodo.com. @kylebarr.bsky.social reviewed the 14-inch M5 Max MacBook Pro and the performance is just BONKERS 💻Incredible Liquid Retina XDR display 💪M5 Max chip performance is 📈 🎮 Plays games with ray tracing really well 🔊Great speakers 🔋Good battery life

Sick Detainees Describe Poor Care at Facilities Run by ICE Contractor “People with injuries often wait days or weeks to receive X-rays, diabetes patients lack regular access to insulin and people hoping to see outside specialists such as cancer doctors or dentists are frequently denied…”

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

Also this hand-wringing claiming that he "changed" post election is weird. Did they not watch any of his campaign?

Congratulations to Nintendo for not just the biggest console launch of all time but the most colorful console launch chart of all time.

Trump confirms he is weaponizing hunger

We’ve reviewed soooooo many products this year. Now we have something to boil down the best. Read it, and then come at me when your favorite didn’t make the list. gizmodo.com/gizmodo-best...

I like how the NYT tried to do a “some experts say” framing, and the expert was like, you do not need an expert opinion to see this is bad.

“When reached for further information about the chatbot’s usage, Friend CEO Avi Schiffmann said, ‘Fuck Gizmodo.’”

This got a little lost in today's news, but I got to try Unistellar's Envision binoculars that will show you the names of both terrestrial mountains and stars in the night's sky. There's still a heap of software that needs finalizing, but the device left a strong first impression.

Price increases for gaming hardware and accessories is the new norm. All while prices in everyday spending categories like grocery and shelter are also rising sharply. Not a great combo. support.xbox.com/en-US/help/h...

Nintendo Direct confirmed for Friday, 9/12. Here’s hoping Nintendo finally reveals Metroid Prime 4 release date.

Reading about this brought to mind a piece I wrote two years ago, inspired by one of my favourite authors. Ursula K. Le Guin emphasized that there’s a big difference “between production of a market commodity and the practice of an art.” OpenAI’s AI-generated movie offers us nothing.

My 2-month Nintendo Switch 2 review video with @kylebarr.bsky.social is now live on @gizmodo.com's YouTube channel. We're getting back into "regular" tech review videos so go easy on us. Each video will get better. I promise! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdpc...

DJI Reportedly Working on a Tiny Magnetic Action Cam, Proving GoPro Needs to Get its Act Together https://gizmodo.com/dji-reportedly-working-on-a-tiny-magnetic-action-cam-proving-gopro-needs-to-get-its-act-together-2000650413

This may be the most signifcant update on Windows in a while, at least for me and many other writers (especially since I keep switching to laptops without a numpad).

Hey look at that you can hear me talk about gadgets! Was actually a great conversation and you can tell we could have kept going for many more hours.

Here's this week's Better Offline. I'm joined in studio by Michael Fisher (AKA Mr. Mobile), @cranz.bsky.social and @kylebarr.bsky.social to talk about the weird and fun gadgets that are still getting made, both in the US and abroad. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... Linktr.ee/betteroffline

Oh look, it's the thing every fascist government says about the opposition party before they dissolve them and turn the country into a one party state.

Donald Trump says he is going to deploy the National Guard to Chicago. This is what weak men do to pretend they’re strong. Stay safe, stand with your community, and most importantly, know your rights:

“The planning, which has not been previously disclosed, involves several options, including mobilizing at least a few thousand members of the National Guard as soon as September…”

So wait. Part of the Trump admin's efforts to distract from the Epstein situation is to argue we should change laws to treat children as adults?

"The man who is not yet mayor is to blame for a shooting that happened under the watch of an ex-cop mayor who's thrown every available dollar at the NYPD," insists sex pest

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It’s a damn fucking shame. The media landscape is tightening and the fewer independent voices there are in tech the worse the products and services we use become. www.theverge.com/news/695969/...

how are we supposed to meet the growing demand for AI by kneecapping some of the cheapest and fastest energy we have available? i have no idea, but i did write about the senate:

OH SHIT

11.8 million people stripped of health insurance and $3.3 trillion more debt? Sounds like a winner, folks!

Useful technology isn't something people are forced to use. This was one of the really interesting things I heard maybe a year ago from so many pundits. Things like "I'm trying to think of ways to use this so I become good at it." That's not how productivity tools are supposed to work.

The singularity is awesome

The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it. - Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders. - Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.

#TradeMagWeek DAY 3 We've digitized EVERY ISSUE of Games Business, a leading industry magazine that ran from 1998–2000. NONE of these have previously been scanned! archive.gamehistory.org/folder/2eaca...

Our Nintendo Switch 2 review is live on @Gizmodo! @kylebarr.bsky.social and I spent the past 2 weeks playing the new console and digging into every little piece of the hardware/software and, well, somehow Nintendo 1-upped the Switch 1/4

We know what we have to do to save our city from Andrew Cuomo. We're cross endorsing 🤝 @bradlander.bsky.social

The No King's Day protests will inevitably result in viral videos, but you should be seriously considering what goes up on your social media, especially if you plan to travel. I talked to experts and used @blockpartyapp.com to show what you can do to protect yourself. gizmodo.com/as-trump-com...

"They took her in a car, in essence kidnapping her ... I met another young woman whose husband has quite literally disappeared" -- Newsom shares harrowing details of specific cases of ICE terrorizing immigrants in California

By now, we've all seen the video of Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) being forcibly removed and handcuffed for asking a question during Kristi Noem's press conference. But what Noem said just moments before the video was taken is "classic authoritarian red-baiting," points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.

We feed you. They hunt us.

Fascism. www.tiktok.com/@labyrinthlo...

BBC is the only one covering the Los Angeles protests right now as Fox, CNN and MSNBC ignore it.

RFK Jr.: Fast food is healthy now because they're using tallow. The tallow:

I know I should take this seriously but this ICE tweet genuinely made me laugh.

It’s been- One week since we asked IGN Entertainment to recognize our friends on the product, engineering, and Humble Bundle teams as part of the IGN Creators Guild. The sooner that happens, the sooner we can start working with management to build towards a stronger future for us all!

So, uhhh, Staples is gonna sell Switch 2 units. - 1 per customer - Only available after June 5 - Only at participating stores. www.staples.com/stores/gamin...

So GameStop is going to be absolutely bananas the day before the Switch 2.

After just one week in market (w/e 4.26) Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion: Remastered is already the 3rd best-selling game of 2025 in the US ($ sales) trailing only Monster Hunter: Wilds and Assassin's Creed: Shadows. It was the best-selling game of the week. Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service

I may have recieved my golden ticket from the absolute wasteland that was GameStop's Nintendo Switch 2 preorder scene. I'll wait and see if GameStop does any more shenanigans. Don't worry, I'll be writing up this whole travesty soon enough.

In case you needed more confirmation about Fortnite getting its own version on the Switch 2. You can find the full list of incompatible games here: www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-sy...