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Gizmodo The Future Is Here 10 Times Kiddie Shows and Characters Took a Terrifying Turn 27 Aug 2026, 16:00 by Cheryl Eddy The new film ‘Buddy’ is the latest in a grand tradition of showing cuddly icons gone very, very wrong. Buddy_grabbing_girl-1280x853.jpg 530 KB ‍ Malaria Outbreak Kills 2 Airport Workers in Germany After Mosquito Sneaks Aboard Plane 27 Aug 2026, 15:50 by Ed Cara It's unknown at this point whether one or more mosquitoes are responsible for the outbreak. Frankfort-Airport-2_20260827_112358_0000-1280x853.jpg 251 KB ‍ Samara Weaving to Fight Killer Wasp Outbreak in ‘Hivemind’ 27 Aug 2026, 15:30 by Gordon Jackson Plus, filming wraps on James Gunn's "Man of Tomorrow." Resident-Evil-ms-1280x853.jpg 653 KB ‍ Kalshi Teams Up With the Weather Co. on Markets That Are Nearly Impossible to Insider Trade 27 Aug 2026, 15:25 by Bruce Gil The Weather Co. is now helping verify outcomes for certain weather-related markets on the platform. bbfd2208d859d6de8417931c44b4d333-1024x576.jpg 204 KB ‍ This Brain Teaser Lied to Players for 3 Years, and Math Finally Caught It 27 Aug 2026, 15:15 by Gayoung Lee “In our defense, it wasn’t on purpose.” Digit-Party-1280x853.jpg 297 KB ‍ JBL’s New Pulse Speaker Is a More of a Lantern 27 Aug 2026, 15:05 by James Pero Or is its new lantern more of a speaker? jbl-pulse-6-1280x853.jpg 288 KB ‍ Long-Time Optimus Prime Voice Actor Peter Cullen Has Died 27 Aug 2026, 14:59 by Isaiah Colbert The prolific 'Transformers' voice actor was 85 years old. GettyImages-526212816-1280x917.jpg 508 KB ‍ Samsung’s Revised Odyssey Monitors Opt for Excess in Every Direction 27 Aug 2026, 14:50 by Kyle Barr A new super-speedy Odyssey OLED G9 ultrawide is somehow less exciting than a ‘triple-mode’ monitor. 2027-Odyssey-OLED-G7_G75SJ_-Interior-1280x853.jpg 467 KB ‍ ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Races Against the Clock 27 Aug 2026, 14:46 by Alyse Wax In 'Off-Hour,' 'Strange New Worlds' turns into a real-time action thriller. star-trek-strange-new-worlds-season-4-episode-6-main-1280x853.jpg 832 KB ‍ Trend Alert: Is Anti-AI Fashion This Season’s Hottest New Look? 27 Aug 2026, 14:30 by Justin Caffier It's fashion, babe. You wouldn't algorithmically understand. digital-camouflage-shirt-ai-video-surveillance-simon-weckert_dezeen_2364_col_6-scaled-1-1280x853.jpg 555 KB ‍ ‍ A Massive Iceberg Broke off Greenland. New Images Show What Led up to It 27 Aug 2026, 13:55 by Passant Rabie An ice island the size of Manhattan broke away from one of Greenland's largest glaciers. Petermann_Glacier_calves_huge_iceberg-1280x853.jpg 3 MB ‍ Plaud’s First Wireless Earbuds Crank AI Productivity to Max Volume 27 Aug 2026, 13:00 by James Pero The Plaud One are all about agentic AI, of course. plaud-one-2-1280x853.jpg 81 KB ‍ Steph Curry’s Fitbit Air Has Nothing on This Special Edition Pokémon Sleep Version 27 Aug 2026, 13:00 by Raymond Wong It's more than just a blue woven band with Pikachu on it. Pokemon-Sleep-Fitbit-Air-Special-Edition2-1280x853.jpg 1 MB ‍ Samsung’s Galaxy S26 FE Strips the S26+ Down to Its Basics 27 Aug 2026, 12:00 by Raymond Wong The value of these 'Fan Edition' Samsung phones isn't what it used to be. samsung-galaxy-s26-fe-1280x853.jpg 1 MB ‍ Our Next Look at ‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ Is This Behind the Scenes Clip 27 Aug 2026, 12:00 by Germain Lussier Watch director Takashi Yamazaki film in IMAX for the next 'Godzilla' movie, out November 6. Godzilla-Minus-zero-BTS-1280x853.jpg 123 KB ‍ ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Is Coming to Theaters in 4K and You Can Get Tickets Now 27 Aug 2026, 11:00 by Cheryl Eddy Mamoru Oshii's groundbreaking 1995 sci-fi anime feature is returning to the big screen in September. Ghost_in_the_Shell-1280x853.jpg 465 KB ‍ The Large Hadron Collider Is Getting a Major Upgrade. But What Would Actually Surprise Physicists? 27 Aug 2026, 10:00 by Gayoung Lee Some were disappointed at the lack of "new physics" from the LHC. Could forthcoming updates be the accelerator's redemption arc—assuming it needs one? giz-asks-high-luminosity-lhc-1280x853.jpg 2 MB ‍ Nvidia Tries to Defend Against Circular Dealmaking Accusations 27 Aug 2026, 09:00 by Ece Yildirim But the numbers paint a more complicated picture. GettyImages-2291592577-1280x854.jpg 571 KB ‍ Head of Data Centers at OpenAI Reportedly Quits 27 Aug 2026, 09:00 by Mike Pearl What a job title... data-center-1280x853.jpg 651 KB ‍ ‍ You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. By using Blogtrottr, you agree to our terms. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, edit this subscription, or manage all your subscriptions.