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It’s been a big week for the service journalism here at Gizmodo dot com. We published an exhaustive guide to the 100 websites that shaped the internet as we know it, for better or worse (not you, NASA), regardless of whether this internet thing was all a terrible mistake. We explored how archivists could save history from deepfakes. We brought you the evolution of the ever-divisive (and soon possibly dead) smartphone notch. And we walked you through how Facebook’s so-called “war room” was managing at least one crisis.
When it comes to why you remember some dreams and not others, we’ve got you covered. Curious whether the Hero7 Black is worth its $400 price tag? We strapped it to a dog and a hog to find out. And if you’ve wondered what it would take to solve the mysteries of time and space, we asked a physicist who described to us his dream experiment for doing just that. So kick back, relax, and learn some stuff with Gizmodo’s best content of the week.
100 Websites That Shaped the Internet as We Know It
The World Wide Web is officially old enough for us judge what it’s produced. That’s right, it’s…
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The Incredible Evolution of the Smartphone Notch: From Bezels to All Screen
Despite Essential being first, after Apple adopted the notch, nearly every other smartphone maker…
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Facebook's War Room Is Definitely Managing at Least One Crisis
Somewhere in the heart of Facebook HQ, a shadowy team toils behind the closed doors of what would…
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'Do Not Track,' the Privacy Tool Used by Millions of People, Doesn't Do Anything
When you go into the privacy settings on your browser, there’s a little option there to turn on the …
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Intel's 5GHz i9 Processor Is Incredible for Hype and Pretty Good for Computing, Too
The product categories in the CPU marketplace are rapidly eroding. Intel and AMD have spent the…
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I Strapped GoPro's Hero7 Black to My Dog and My Hog to See How Stable the Video Really Is
On paper at least, I’m the stereotype of a GoPro customer. I snowboard and mountain bike. I ride…
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Why Do We Remember Some Dreams but Not Others?
If you’ve ever woken up on the brink of a heart attack, drenched in sweat and convinced you’ll…
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How Archivists Could Stop Deepfakes From Rewriting History
History is rife with fakes. In 1983, the German magazine Stern announced that it had acquired…
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We Could Solve the Mysteries of Time and Space—If We Had a Particle Accelerator the Size of the…
Gravity is incredibly weak. Just think: You can lift your foot despite the mass of the entire Earth …
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The Biggest Organism on Earth Is Dying, and It's Our Fault
The heaviest organism on Earth isn’t a whale or an elephant. It’s a tree—or rather, a system of…
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Scientists Discover a Weird Noise Coming From Antarctic Ice Shelf
The Antarctic is no stranger to weird sounds, from ancient trapped air bubbles popping to entire…
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How I Learned to Love the Doctor Who Companion
Back in 2015, a single image convinced me I would never watch Doctor Who. An older man running away …
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A Brief Guide to the Long, Ever-Changing History of How Star Wars Has Portrayed Mandalorians
From the Holiday Special to The Mandalorian, the Star Wars race that counts Boba and Jango Fett…
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The 13 Most Iconic TV Witches
Between the CW’s new Charmed and Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, you might be fooled into …
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Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Is a Yummy Cup of Witch's Brew in Need of a Few More Ingredients
As a 30-something woman who grew up with The Craft, Charmed, and (of course) Sabrina the Teenage…
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