Matthew Gault, Author at Gizmodo

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The Gizmodo Guide to Stopping Algorithms From Ruining Your Life

To be free, learn to embrace RSS feeds.

By Matthew Gault Published April 7, 2025

Stellar Laelaps / Flight Test Aegis Weapon System 32 (ftm 32)

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Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ Is Impossible—and It’ll Make Defense Companies a Ton of Money

A new study detailed all the problems with plans to shoot a missile out of the sky.

By Matthew Gault Published April 6, 2025

Estonia's Startups See Opportunity In Europe's Rush To Rearm

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Eastern Europe Wants to Build a ‘Drone Wall’ to Keep Out Russia

The proposed system would use AI connected surveillance systems to identify threats and take them down.

By Matthew Gault Published April 4, 2025

Police Probe Tesla Store Fire In Rome That Damaged 17 Cars

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Elon Fiddles While Tesla Dealerships Burn

Someone set fire to a Tesla dealership in Rome and destroyed 17 vehicles.

By Matthew Gault Published March 31, 2025

Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence

ChatGPT Sees Itself as a Smiling Brown-Haired White Man

OpenAI's new 4o image generation model loves to paint itself as a generic Bay Area programmer with glasses.

By Matthew Gault Published March 31, 2025

Tech NewsCulture

Scientists Agree That Everyone Hates Your Terrible Zoom Mic

A new study from Yale confirms what everyone already knew: we’re all judging you when your mic sounds cheap and bad on a conference call.

By Matthew Gault Published March 28, 2025

Tech NewsGadgets

If You Stop Vaping This Tamagotchi Dies

Best get to puffing.

By Matthew Gault Published March 28, 2025

Tech News

He Built a Tool to Get Around Big Tech’s Recruiting Process, Columbia Kicked Him Out of School

Roy Lee made a tool that used AI to help him pass technical interviews. He says his University has suspended him for using it.

By Matthew Gault Published March 27, 2025

Tech NewsTech Policy

An $8 Billion Subsidy for Internet in Rural Schools, Libraries and Hospitals May Be Upheld By Supreme Court

In a 3 hour long session, the Justices grilled a conservative group's lawyer about the consequences of declaring the practice unconstitutional.

By Matthew Gault Published March 27, 2025

Tech NewsPrivacy & Security

Elon Musk’s ‘Big Balls’ Doge Staffer Reportedly Ran Tech Support for a Cybercrime Ring

Reuters published new details about the storied past of 19-year-old Doge staffer Edward Coristine.

By Matthew Gault Published March 26, 2025

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Here’s the Rest of the Houthi Signal War Plan Chat that Trump Says Isn’t Classified

Hegseth sent: '1415: Strike Drones on Target (THIS IS WHEN THE FIRST BOMBS WILL DEFINITELY DROP, pending earlier 'Trigger Based' targets)' to a group chat with a journalist before the bombs started falling.

By Matthew Gault Published March 26, 2025

Tech NewsTransportation

Air Force Will Soon Test Shipping Cargo Via SpaceX Rockets

The military wants to use rockets to move supplies around the world ‘lightning fast.’

By Matthew Gault Published March 25, 2025

Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence

Lonely People Are Even Sadder After Using Chatbots, Research Finds

MIT and OpenAI teamed up to study how AI chatbots are making people feel. Where users ended up depends on where they started.

By Matthew Gault Published March 25, 2025

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A Populist Influencer Is Running for Congress, and She Actually Understands YouTube

Kat Abughazaleh launched her campaign online and will challenge an 81 year old incumbent Democrat.

By Matthew Gault Published March 24, 2025

Prince Daniel's Fellowship Entrepreneurial Journey To San Francisco, Ca

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23andMe’s Former CEO Is Posting Through Its Bankruptcy Filing

“Our foundation was the trust and respect of our customers, and they were always the guiding light on how we made decisions,” the company's former CEO said after years of eroding public trust.

By Matthew Gault Published March 24, 2025

Tech NewsPolitics

Here’s All the Most Interesting Stuff We Saw in the JFK Files This Week

The field uncovered the social security numbers of secret agents and the previously unknown details about the CIA’s illegal domestic spying operation.

By Matthew Gault Published March 21, 2025

Protesters Gather As Courts Decide President Yoon's Fate

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Investigators Say South Korean President’s Bodyguard Asked ChatGPT About ‘Martial Law’ Hours Before Coup

The accusation comes out of an investigation into the Presidential Security Services prevented prosecutors from arresting the President of South Korea.

By Matthew Gault Published March 21, 2025

Tech News

Tesla Recalls Most Cybertrucks Because the Trim Is Just Glued On

The manufacturer is recalling 46,000 of the vehicles due to a faulty exterior panel, marking the eighth time it's been recalled.

By Matthew Gault Published March 20, 2025

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The Pentagon Denies the F-35 Has a Kill Switch, but Its Software Demands Amount to the Same Thing

Buying an F-35 is a lot like buying a Tesla. Buyers are locked into an ecosystem with complicated software that’s required to operate the vehicle.

By Matthew Gault Published March 20, 2025

SciencePhysics & Chemistry

Researchers in Texas Figure Out a Non-Toxic Method of Making Fuel for Nuclear Fusion

Enriched Lithium is a critical ingredient in fusion reactors. Making it is a toxic nightmare, but scientists may have found a way to do it without poisoning the world.

By Matthew Gault Published March 20, 2025