Personal news ~ this is my last day at @Gizmodo, and in a few weeks I'll be taking on a new role as a tech reporter at the @BBC. In the meantime, I want to take a minute to celebrate some of our smartest and most handsome stories from the last year and a half Tweet added by Thomas Germain @thomasgermain | Musk Viewer

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Thomas Germain

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Personal news ~ this is my last day at @Gizmodo , and in a few weeks I'll be taking on a new role as a tech reporter at the @BBC . In the meantime, I want to take a minute to celebrate some of our smartest and most handsome stories from the last year and a half

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Of course, there was my magnum opus, in which I forced a theoretical physicist to write a paper exploring how it's possible that Elmo is still 3.5 years old. Possible answers include: there could be a tiny black hole at his house

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Is Elmo a Time Traveler? We Talked to Physicists to Find Out

Scientists offer new theories to unravel how it’s possible that, after 44 years, Elmo is still 3.5 years old.

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We spent 6 months investigating the Hinge algorithm. Can't wait to do more reporting on dating apps

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‘I Was Shadowbanned:’ How Hinge's Algorithm Decides Who You Date

Some dating app users say a manipulative algorithm suppress the good matches. One giant company owns almost every popular dating app, and when a single corporation dictates American romance, the...

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The web is evaporating, but it turns out part of that is on purpose

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CNET Deletes Thousands of Old Articles to Game Google Search

Google says deleting old pages to bamboozle Search is "not a thing!" as CNET erases its history. The tech news site removed thousands of old articles in a recent bid to appease Google and improve its...

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Is there another surviving tech news site where you can A) write a story about Taco Bell, and B) start it with a quote from Revelations? Later I remember that Hunter Thompson already did the revelations thing which is a little embarrassing but great minds?

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I Went to a Wedding at a Taco Bell in the Metaverse

This year, Taco Bell threw a virtual wedding for one lucky couple. With dancing hot sauce packets and vows written by ChatGPT, it was the perfect illustration of what the metaverse really is—and what...

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The first of many investigations we did with @mysk_co earned Apple over a dozen class action lawsuits. What happens on your iPhone stays on your iPhone.... or does it

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Apple Tracks You Even With Its Own Privacy Protections on, Study Says

A new test suggests that Apple apps are sending the company extremely detailed information about your behavior even when you turn off Apple's own tracking settings, a move the company says will...

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@mysk_co When @downloadlos told me he made a dating app where he's the only guy you can date I think I heard angels singing. Hopefully this wont be the last time I get introduced to a source at a pool party

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This Guy Made a Dating App Where You Can Only Date Him

You better hope he's your soulmate, because there's only one prospect on Flirt With Los.

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@mysk_co @downloadlos Sometimes a story writes itself, like the time I heard a warring faction of Wikipedia editors started their own competing rebel Wikipedia that's ONLY about roads and highways

Rogue Editors Started a Competing Wikipedia That’s Only About Roads

A group of Wikipedia editors wrote 15,000 articles on US roads and highways. But after a fight over the platform's rules, they took a detour.

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@mysk_co @downloadlos And, of course, it will never be National Poop Day, as long as I have anything to say about it. The best thing about Gizmodo is how they let you take something so stupid so seriously. We used to call that Journalism

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Today Is Not National Poop Day

Dozens of holidays fall on February 12th. None are as meaningless, or mysterious, as Poop Day.

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@mysk_co @downloadlos Of course we did some very serious reporting too blah blah blah

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Politicians Who Voted to Ban TikTok May Own as Much as $126 Million in Tech Stocks

Disclosures suggest Congress holds millions worth of stock in Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Snap, companies that could benefit from a TikTok ban.

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@mysk_co @downloadlos & I got to collaborate with some stellar people @KyleBarr5 @RabiePassant @ZeffMax @blakersdozen @Ohthatflo @lincodega @mackdegeurin @rhettjonez @RosePastore @NoicePins @theandymills @isaac_schultz_ @jodyserrano @paleofuture @LucasRopek1 so many others I miss you guys 🥹🫡

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@mysk_co @downloadlos @KyleBarr5 @RabiePassant @ZeffMax @blakersdozen @Ohthatflo @lincodega @mackdegeurin @rhettjonez @RosePastore @NoicePins @theandymills @isaac_schultz_ @jodyserrano @paleofuture @LucasRopek1 I spent my whole life dreaming of the kind of work I got to do at Gizmodo. I get a little choked up thinking about it. God speed you beautiful little website

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@ChrisHarihar

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@thomasgermain @Gizmodo @BBC End of an era! Congrats and best of luck!

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Thomas Germain

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@ChrisHarihar @Gizmodo @BBC TY!

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@robleathern

Rob Leathern

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@thomasgermain @Gizmodo @BBC Congrats and good luck!

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Thomas Germain

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@robleathern @Gizmodo @BBC Thanks Rob!

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@lincodega

lin codega, rascal at large

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@thomasgermain @Gizmodo @BBC HELL YEAH GERMAIN

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Thomas Germain

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@lincodega @Gizmodo @BBC <3<3<3

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@ScottWestover

Scott Westover

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@thomasgermain @Gizmodo @BBC Congrats man!

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Thomas Germain

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@ScottWestover @Gizmodo @BBC Thanks!!!!!

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@JTMac32

James McQueen

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@thomasgermain @Gizmodo @BBC Congrats TG!

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@JTMac32 @Gizmodo @BBC 🫡

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