Alex Jones’ Alleged Secret Site Gets Around Social Media Bans

The site is heavily tied to Jones and his family. They found that these posts gained more than 1.2 million interactions on the site. National File has relatively few followers across social media. Alex Jones has a large media empire including a podcast and online store, but he also has some other side projects he himself claimed ownership for.Photo: Elijah Nouvelage (Getty Images) The account maintains 13,000 followers on Facebook and 37,000 followers on Twitter....

March 17, 2023 · 1 min · 156 words · Amanda Fox

Samsung’s Galaxy A54 is an Affordable Way to Get One of the Best Smartphone Displays

This week,Samsung unveiled the Galaxy A54 5G, the mid-range follow-up to its Galaxy S flagship series. The Galaxy A54 is a mid-sized Android smartphone. It has a whopping 120Hz refresh rate, which isnt common at the phones sub-$500 price point. Samsung’s next-gen mid-range release is the Galaxy A54.Image: Samsung The current Google Pixel 6a release is 60Hz, while rumors say thePixel 7a caps at 90Hz. Speaking of battery life, the battery size in the Galaxy A54 remains unchanged from theGalaxy A53....

March 16, 2023 · 1 min · 192 words · Teresa Tucker

Does It Matter if Samsung’s Phone Cameras Fake Their Moon Shots?

It all started about a week ago onReddit, where most good controversy gets stoked. They concluded as such: The moon pictures from Samsung are fake. Samsungs marketing is deceptive. The Galaxy S23 Ultra can take detailed shots of the moon—or can it?Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo It is adding detail where there is none (in this experiment, it was intentionally removed). I have tested Samsungs space zoom mode on two Samsung smartphones....

March 15, 2023 · 1 min · 161 words · Olivia Merritt

How Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy Helps Disaster Victims

That is not treating a tornado with the respect that we came to realize it definitely deserves. It crushed concrete walls and twisted cars and semi-trucks around tree trunks. Basements where people took refuge were laid bare when homes were ripped off their foundations. Destroyed homes and debris cover the ground on May 23, 2011 after a deadly tornado in Joplin, Missouri.Photo: Julie Denesha (Getty Images) The things that we thought we could control, you were stripped of, Camp said....

March 9, 2023 · 2 min · 425 words · Kaitlin Reed

Samsung Patents Point to Potential Galaxy Ring and AR Galaxy Glasses

A Samsung smart ring could be in the works, and Im here for it. The company recently filed two new patents with the Korean Intellectual Property Right Information Services. The patents are labeledGalaxy RingandGalaxy Glasses. This is the Motiv Ring, but a Samsung Galaxy smart ring would have a similar form factor.Photo:Melanie Ehrenkranz / Gizmodo Which means we might also see a pair of AR glasses, especially with the companysextended realitypush....

February 28, 2023 · 1 min · 183 words · Joshua Howard

Samsung’s Bixby Will Clone Your Voice to Answer Calls for You

Unfortunately, it wasnt live when I reviewed theGalaxy S23 Ultra. When your phone starts ringing, youll see an option to jot down out a message to send instead. It doesnt send a text, however. Bixby, an included part of the Samsung experience, will soon get a very uncanny valley-like feature.Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo Even cooler: Itll do it sounding like you. Samsung says it also plans to make the generated voice compatible with other Samsung apps beyond phone calls....

February 22, 2023 · 1 min · 194 words · Jeremiah Montgomery

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 3 is Cracking for Some Users

It seems Samsungs Galaxy Z Fold 3 isnt impervious to cracks after all. Of course, this happened after the devices one-year warranty. Theres even evidence of it in various Samsungcommunity forums. The inside of the Galaxy Z Fold 3, but imagine it cracked.Photo: Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo Its been six months since I started living with theGalaxy Z Fold 4, and things are fine. But I already noted in the originalreviewthat long-term durability was one of my concerns....

February 14, 2023 · 1 min · 169 words · Leslie Lewis

Top Android Phones From China Are Packed With Spyware, Research Finds

Whats the big takeaway? For researchers, theres clearly some work to be done when it comes to respecting Chinese users privacy. Gizmodo reached out to the phone manufacturers in question to ask for comment. An Xaomi store sign.Photo: Robert Way (Shutterstock) We will update this story if they respond. News from the future, delivered to your present.

February 8, 2023 · 1 min · 57 words · Elizabeth Ferguson

13 Invasive Plants You Should Rip to Shreds

Conservation is about preserving the natural world for future generations and the health of our ecosystems. But sometimes, to save local environments, you have to kill some plants. Specifically, invasive plants. Chop up those pesky, invasive plants—for the planet.Photo: Pavel Danilyuk/Pexels Dont get me wrong, plants are great. We need them for so many things, including carbon capture. Invasive plants can be just as insidious. So how do you know if a plant needs destroying?...

February 6, 2023 · 1 min · 111 words · Mariah Robinson

Samsung’s SmartThings Station is a Minimal Way to Add Matter to your Smart Home

It was a big week forSamsung. Then withSmartThings, which Samsung continues to trot out as a reminder that its still in the smart home. The company was handing out the SmartThings Station as a gift for keynote attendees. The Samsung SmartThings Station is a Matter-compatible hub and smartphone charger in one!Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo And since I was in San Francisco for the event, I brought one home. Samsungannouncedthe Matter-compatible smart hub last month at CES....

February 3, 2023 · 2 min · 406 words · Shawn Miller

Samsung’s Galaxy Book 3 Pro Laptops Are Yet More Samsung Windows Machines

Like the three smartphone offerings, each Galaxy Book 3 model has its own special marketing sauce. Lets start with the main event: the Galaxy Book 3 Pro Ultra. Inside, its powered by the 13th-gen Core i5/Core i7 with integrated graphicsperfectly ample for cloud gaming. The Galaxy Book 3 Pro has three configurations, including an “ultra” tier with the highest specs.Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo you might configure it from 8-32 GB of RAM and up to 1 TB of storage....

February 1, 2023 · 1 min · 210 words · Cameron Le

Samsung’s Galaxy S23 Ultra Has the Ultimate Smartphone Camera Lens

Lets get into whats new about Samsungs smartphones. It starts at $1,200. But will it be enough to entice me away from the Z Fold 4s current role in my life? The Galaxy S23 Ultra is here and it has a whopping 200-MP camera sensor.Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo More on that in Ultras review. Inside,the Galaxy S23 Ultrais powered by the latest generation of Qualcomms Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor....

February 1, 2023 · 3 min · 479 words · Christopher Cole

12 of the Weirdest X-Plane Designs

Over the decades, these aircraft have pushed the boundaries of what humans can do in the air. An earlier version of this story was published on January 21, 2022. News from the future, delivered to your present. Eight experimental aircraft tested by NASA (one of which has made our list—can you guess which?).Photo:NASA / Tony Landis

January 24, 2023 · 1 min · 56 words · Brandon Livingston