Month: October 2026
Medical records giant Epic pauses product development to fix security bugs that risk patients’ data | TechCrunch
Epic, the software technology giant that makes the widely used MyChart software for accessing patients’ medical data, has...
The I-PPO Menstrual Cycle Tracker
Even those of us at Gizmodo who get periods don’t understand what the point of the I-PPO menstrual...
Colorectal Cancer Is Rising Among Kids and Teens—and It’s Not the Same Disease Adults Get
Colorectal cancers in people 20 and under are often aggressive and delayed in diagnosis, new research shows.
Neeerds In Spppaccee!
It must be the dream of every nerd to get into orbit, but one lucky bastiche is going...
How a New Satellite Constellation Is Rewriting the Rules of Early Wildfire Detection
FireSat is the first satellite constellation dedicated entirely to detecting the first signs of a wildfire from space.
Kevin Mandia’s new ‘agent swarm’ security startup Armadin raises $255.5M at $2.5B valuation | TechCrunch
Kevin Mandia, best known as the founder of cybersecurity startup Mandiant that sold it to Google for $5.4...
Musk’s AI chatbot Grok reportedly encouraged Trump to capture Venezuela’s president | TechCrunch
In December 2025, about a month before the U.S. invaded Venezuela and captured its president, Nicolás Maduro, President...
Science Team Explains Why Mentos + Coke = Whoosh!
You should, by now, be very familiar with the Mentos and Coke explosion effect. After all, we’ve even...
Why Pickles Light Up When You Electrocute Them
This common science demonstration has been an enduring mystery. Now, this electrical engineer has started to figure it...
South Korean Troops Thought They Found a Landmine. It Was a 600-Year-Old Gun
The exact date of the firearm is up for debate, but the discovery sets back the history of...
