Matt Novak
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Etsy Struggles To Pay Sellers After Collapse Of Silicon Valley Bank
Etsy, the online marketplace best known for homemade goods, has struggled to pay some sellers on the platform, according to a new statement from the company. The payment issues are a direct result of the collapse on Friday of Silicon Valley Bank, which includes a number of tech startups as clients. → Read More
Pentagon Releases Photo Of Chinese Spy Balloon Taken From U-2 Spy Plane
The Pentagon has released a high-resolution photo of the Chinese spy balloon that was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean on Feb. 4 after sailing over the continental U.S. → Read More
China Says It’s Preparing To Shoot Down Unidentified Flying Object Near Yellow Sea
Authorities in China are preparing to shoot down an unidentified flying object currently over Shandong Province, according to Chinese state media. → Read More
5 Predictions For An Economic ‘Soft Landing’ That Were Totally Wrong
If you listen to financial news these days, you’re bound to hear one term over and over again: soft landing. That’s the hope shared by many economic forecasters that the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes won’t push the economy into a brutal recession. But experts always predict a soft landing. → Read More
18 Jokes Elon Musk Stole From His Fans On Twitter
Elon Musk loves to make jokes on Twitter, but I’m starting to wonder whether he’s ever made an original joke on the social media platform. → Read More
Yes, Chinese Spy Balloons Flew Over The U.S. When President Trump Was In Office Too
Talking heads on cable TV are up in arms about the Chinese spy balloon that’s currently floating across the continental U.S., last spotted over North Carolina. But Chinese balloons were flying over the U.S. when former President Donald Trump was in office too. → Read More
Elon Musk Announces Ad Revenue Sharing For Creators On Twitter
Twitter will begin to share ad revenue with users, according to a tweet from CEO Elon Musk on Friday morning. → Read More
9 Viral Photos And Videos That Are Actually Fake
Today, I’m looking at a fake quote from President John Adams, fake photos from outer space, and a snowball fight from the 19th century that’s not exactly what it looks like. → Read More
25 Elon Musk Impersonator Scams On Social Media People Actually Fell For
Social media is filled with countless scammers trying to capitalize on Elon Musk’s name. But does anyone actually fall for these frauds? Yes, they do. And I’ve obtained the stories to prove it. → Read More
Goodbye and Thank You From Matt Novak
After 10 years with Gizmodo, the writer is launching Paleofuture+. → Read More
Dolly Parton Wants to Dig Up a Time Capsule She Buried With a Secret Song
It's not scheduled to be opened until the legendary singer is 99 years old, though. → Read More
Southwest Cancels Thousands of Flights, Pushing Holiday Travel Plans Into Chaos
Southwest has already cancelled over 8,000 flights since Thursday. → Read More
FTX Execs Plead Guilty While Throwing Sam Bankman-Fried Under the Bus
SBF was extradited overnight from the Bahamas to New York where he's expected to be arraigned Thursday. → Read More
Elon Musk Kills Twitter Audio Feature After Bizarre Talk With Journalists
It's clear Musk would rather burn Twitter to the ground than hear people question the wisdom of his choices. → Read More
Elon Musk Bans Several Journalists From Twitter After Reinstating Literal Nazis [Updated]
Reporters from the Washington Post, New York Times, and others were banned for sharing publicly available information. → Read More
Smucker's Goes After Small Business Making Crustless Sandwiches for Trademark Infringement
Smucker's says the "round crustless design" of its Uncrustables sandwich is protected by trademark law. → Read More
Twitter Users Skewer Elon Musk for Claiming He Got '90% Cheers' at Chappelle Show
“A major fight broke out in the audience just as I was about to talk, so didn’t get to say much,” Musk said in a deleted tweet. → Read More
Man Accused of 1988 Airplane Bombing That Killed 270 People Now in U.S. Custody
Over half of the people on board were Americans, including 35 students from Syracuse University. → Read More
Elon Musk Gets Viciously Booed by Stadium Crowd at Dave Chappelle Show
“You shut the fuck up,” Chappelle said as the crowd booed the billionaire. → Read More
FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Once Said Blockchain Would've Fixed Enron
Many of SBF's old interviews are darkly funny after FTX's speedrun from $32 billion to bankruptcy. → Read More