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Andy Serkis Talks About the Impossible Task of ‘The Hunt for Gollum’

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Germain Lussier @ Gizmodo · 01/09/2026 13:20 EDT

'The Lord of the Rings' star turned director is currently prepping the next 'Lord of the Rings' film, due in December 2027. Read more ›

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This Ludicrously Light Headset Restored My Passion for VR

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James Pero @ Gizmodo · 01/09/2026 13:10 EDT

Pimax's Dream Air weighs less than my iPhone 17 and somehow has a micro OLED display with an 8K resolution. Read more ›

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Why Are Federal Agents Using GoPros, Smart Glasses, and Phones to Record Us?

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Matt Novak @ Gizmodo · 01/09/2026 13:00 EDT

"What happened to the police body cameras?" one Uber driver in Minnesota asked a Border Patrol agent. Read more ›

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Iconic Hubble Telescope Could Be Dead in 3 Years

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Passant Rabie @ Gizmodo · 01/09/2026 12:50 EDT

The silver lining is that there may be a privately funded alternative in the works. Read more ›

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‘Black Mirror’ Will Bring More Dystopia to Our Dystopia With Season 8

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Isaiah Colbert @ Gizmodo · 01/09/2026 12:23 EDT

Charlie Brooker's series will return to Netflix for another round of (inevitably) eerily timely episodes. Read more ›

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NASA Orders ISS Medical Evacuation—but Here’s the Real Surprise

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Ellyn Lapointe @ Gizmodo · 01/09/2026 11:55 EDT

The fact that Crew-11 is the first to leave the International Space Station early due to a medical issue is a testament to the safety of NASA’s human spaceflight program. Read more ›

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Elon Musk Moves to Monetize Grok Deepfake Abuse, UK Calls It Insulting

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Bruce Gil @ Gizmodo · 01/09/2026 11:46 EDT

It's a smokescreen solution to a problem that isn't going away. Read more ›

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Woman Visits the Galápagos and All She Got Was This Exotic Eye Parasite

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Ed Cara @ Gizmodo · 01/09/2026 11:25 EDT

These flatworms are known to infect mammals like sea lions, but documented human cases are incredibly rare. Read more ›

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The Year Ahead in Horror

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Cheryl Eddy @ Gizmodo · 01/09/2026 11:00 EDT

If you hunger for monsters and thirst for blood, 2026 is going to be an excellently gruesome year on screens both big and small. Read more ›

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Illicit Crypto Flows Climbed to $154 Billion in 2025 as Nation States Evade Sanctions, Report Finds

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Kyle Torpey @ Gizmodo · 01/09/2026 10:30 EDT

As the Trump administration is adding rocket fuel to sanction enforcement, it's also been legitimizing crypto. Read more ›

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Discovery of Oldest Known Cremation in Africa Sparks Archaeological Mystery

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Jessica C. Thompson, Elizabeth Sawchuk, Jessica Cerezo-Román, Th @ Gizmodo · 01/09/2026 10:05 EDT

A 9,500-year-old cremation site in Malawi is rewriting what we thought we knew about ancient funerals. Read more ›

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New Documentary ‘Starman’ Asks the Big Question: Are We Alone in the Universe? (Exclusive)

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Cheryl Eddy @ Gizmodo · 01/09/2026 10:00 EDT

Watch the trailer for Robert Stone's cinematic portrait of NASA engineer and sci-fi author Gentry Lee. Read more ›

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There’s Even More Rumors About Sebastian Stan’s ‘The Batman, Part II’ Role

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James Whitbrook and Gordon Jackson @ Gizmodo · 01/09/2026 09:26 EDT

Plus, Sam Raimi's return to horror teases some genre-bending elements. Read more ›

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‘Tangled’ Casts Its Villain, and It Was Agatha All Along

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Germain Lussier @ Gizmodo · 01/09/2026 08:00 EDT

Marvel's own Kathryn Hahn is in talks to play Mother Gothel in the live-action 'Rapunzel' remake. Read more ›

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The Duffer Brothers Were Worried ‘Stranger Things’ Fans Had ‘Demogorgon Fatigue’ Before the Finale

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Cheryl Eddy @ Gizmodo · 01/09/2026 07:00 EDT

Turns out the opposite was true—and those flower-headed monsters being absent from the Abyss actually became a point of contention. Read more ›

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Beatbot Announces Two New Smart Pool Cleaners and a Major Rebrand at CES 2026

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Partner Content With Beatbot @ Gizmodo · 01/09/2026 07:00 EDT

Let these Beatbot devices do the hard work. Read more ›

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Amazon’s Relentless Growth Brings Cybernetically Enhanced War in This Poignant Sci-Fi Story

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Lightspeed Magazine @ Gizmodo · 01/08/2026 18:00 EDT

Read 'Mother's Hip' by Corey Jae White and Maddison Stoff right here on io9. Read more ›

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Here’s When Elon Musk Will Finally Have to Reckon With His Nonconsensual Porn Generator

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AJ Dellinger @ Gizmodo · 01/08/2026 17:15 EDT

It would be deeply embarrassing if the law has to go into effect before X acts. Read more ›

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Don’t Sleep on ‘MAD,’ One of the Wildest Sci-Fi Manga Out Now

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Isaiah Colbert @ Gizmodo · 01/08/2026 17:00 EDT

'MAD' is basically what would happen if 'Alien: Earth' was a manga and its battles were on par with 'Chainsaw Man' and 'Jujutsu Kaisen.' Read more ›

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Disney+ Adding TikTok-Style Vertical Videos to Attract the Kids

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Bruce Gil @ Gizmodo · 01/08/2026 16:35 EDT

Those movies and stuff are too wide and long to be real content. Read more ›

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