What We’re Expecting at CES 2026

CES 2026 doesn’t officially start until Jan. 6, but if you’re a regular Gizmodo reader, you already know that it has unofficially started. Like every year, companies start dripping ...

California introduces a one-stop shop to delete your online data footprint

Californians can now put a stop to their personal data being sold around on an online trading floor, thanks to a new free tool. On January 1, the state launched its Delete Request and Opt-out ...

3 ways I get the most out of my car’s wireless phone charger

In today's age of cord-cutting, the practice has spread far and wide throughout living rooms and offices, and now it's even reached our cars. Wireless phone chargers have a reputation for being ...

A Newly Created Polymarket Account Made $436,759.61 on Nicolás Maduro’s Capture

In the best of circumstances, betting on world events for fun and profit on marketplaces like Kalshi and Polymarket is an innocent way to make reading the news a little more ...

How to watch the Hyundai CES 2026 presentation live

CES has long felt like a full-on auto show, but the car-centric energy seems somewhat muted at CES 2026. Sure, the Afeela electric vehicle from the Sony-Honda joint venture is returning to the show ...

This tiny e-reader is so small it might get lost in your pocket

The appeal of Amazon's Kindle is that it's a cheap way to read books, and for people who read at a voracious pace, a more portable way to do it, too. The success of the Kindle kicked off an explosion ...

Redmagic Unveils Premium Golden Saga Gaming Devices

The Redmagic 11 Pro Plus was first released in China in October of last year, with an emphasis on small, gradual improvements, chief among them being the use of the newest ...

The ‘Stranger Things’ Finale Turned Everyone Back Onto Prince

Whether you loved or hated Stranger Things, one thing it’s done is get people listening to Prince again. Per Variety, the late artist’s 1984 hits “Purple Rain” and “When Doves Cry” ...

Volkswagen is bringing physical buttons back to the dashboard with the ID. Polo EV

We could be witnessing the start of the renaissance for real buttons in cars, courtesy of Volkswagen's ID. Polo. The German automaker unveiled the interior of its upcoming compact EV, which features ...

This $5 macOS app makes typing a lot more fun

We are thankfully well past the days when making a laptop as thin as possible drove Apple to give its MacBooks truly terrible keyboards. At the time, the "butterfly switch" keyboard the company ...