Matthew Gault, Author at Gizmodo

New Law Would Create an ‘Internet Kill Switch’ to Fight Movie Piracy Sites

The Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FADPA) would let copyright holders force ISPs to shut down access to certain websites.

By Matthew Gault Published January 30, 2025

Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence

OpenAI Is Getting Into the Nuclear Weapons Game

The AI company is deepening its existing partnership with the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

By Matthew Gault Published January 30, 2025

Tech News

The FAA Has No Clear Leader During the Worst Air Disaster in 16 Years

The former FAA head tussled with Musk and wanted to fine SpaceX for safety violations. He resigned after Trump won the election and hasn't been replaced.

By Matthew Gault Published January 30, 2025

F 35 Heritage Flight Team Performs In Bell Fort Worth Alliance Airshow

Tech News

Here’s a Bunch of Videos of the Most Expensive Jet Fighter on the Planet Crashing

The F-35 loves to crash and Americans love to film it.

By Matthew Gault Published January 29, 2025

Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence

OpenAI Claims DeepSeek Plagiarized Its Plagiarism Machine

The White House's AI Czar said that DeepSeek 'sucked out the knowledge' of ChatGPT.

By Matthew Gault Published January 29, 2025

Robot Typing On A Typewriter Illustration

Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence

Quartz’s New AI Slop Is Regurgitated AI Slop

The business website's AI writers are scraping information from other AI writers, enabling a loop of generated garbage.

By Matthew Gault Published January 28, 2025

Tech NewsNews Analysis

Remember When Nanotech Was the Next Big Thing?

As the market reckons with AI's future, it's good to remember that we've been through this boom and bust hype cycle with technology before.

By Matthew Gault Published January 28, 2025

California Embryo Bank Provides Donated Eggs For Stem Cell Research

Tech News

U.K. Fertility Regulators Are Preparing for Lab-Grown Eggs and Sperm

Britain’s regulatory experts gathered last week to discuss laws and regulations around in-vitro gametes.

By Matthew Gault Published January 27, 2025

Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence

Chinese AI DeepSeek Deep-Sixes OpenAI on the App Store, Stocks Tank

OpenAI is getting Temu’d, Sheined to the dustbin of history.

By Matthew Gault Published January 27, 2025

Tech News

Man Arrested for TikTok Trump Assassination Threat

According to the FBI, Douglas Thrams started posting threats on TikTok after Trump's inauguration.

By Matthew Gault Published January 24, 2025

Tech NewsCulture

The U.S. Government Just Declassified Cold War-Era Docs About DIY Nukes

During the 1960s, the feds asked fresh-out-of-school physicists to try to build a nuke with no prior knowledge.

By Matthew Gault Published January 24, 2025

Tech News

Elon Musk’s Russian War Criminal Nazi ‘Doppelganger’ Begs Him for Money on Social Media

A joke post on the Telegram channel for a right-wing paramilitary group reveals how the Russian internet is reacting to Elon Musks ‘salute.’

By Matthew Gault Published January 23, 2025

Tech NewsCryptocurrencies

French Crypto Entrepreneur Released by Cops After Ransom Plot Goes Awry

David Ballard was freed by authorities less than 48 hours after being taken.

By Matthew Gault Published January 23, 2025

Tech NewsPrivacy & Security

Trump’s DHS Guts Board Investigating Chinese Hacking Group Salt Typhoon

The DHS’ acting director said that anyone who got canned is ‘welcome to reapply.’

By Matthew Gault Published January 22, 2025

Key Speakers At The Bitcoin 2024 Conference

Tech News

Trump Pardons Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht

Sentenced to life in prison in 2015, the 'Dread Pirate Roberts' is now free.

By Matthew Gault Published January 22, 2025

Tech News

Apple Deadnamed the Gulf of America and Conservatives Are Triggered

Tech companies aren’t moving fast enough for America’s most sensitive politicians.

By Matthew Gault Published January 21, 2025

Tech News

Elon Musk Admits to Paying People to Play Video Games for Him

The world’s richest man doesn’t have time to level his characters but wants people to see him as a ‘living god of video games.’

By Matthew Gault Published January 21, 2025

Donald Trump Returns To Florida Ahead Of Joe Biden's Inauguration

Tech NewsPolitics

Trump’s New Energy Policy Kills Electric Vehicle Credits, Paves Way for Old Lightbulbs and High-Flow Toilets

In sweeping executive orders, Trump clears the way for incandescent bulbs and powerful toilets while revoking Biden's old orders.

By Matthew Gault Published January 21, 2025

Tech News

Scientists Have Resurrected ELIZA, the World’s First Chatbot

The original code, once thought lost, has been found and made to run again.

By Matthew Gault Published January 17, 2025

Tech NewsPolitics

Supreme Court Says ‘Fuck Them Kids,’ Will Allow Feds to Ban TikTok

What happens next is anyone’s guess.

By Matthew Gault Published January 17, 2025