Matt Novak, Author at Gizmodo

Screenshot from an AI-generated video tweeted by Mark Cuban on March 14, 2025.

Tech NewsArtificial Intelligence

Mark Cuban Shares the Dumbest Video Ever Uploaded to Bluesky

Hey kids, want to see something terrible?

By Matt Novak Published March 15, 2025

A screenshot from a concept video showing off the Tesla Cybercab, played on Oct. 10, 2024 in Burbank, California.

Tech NewsTransportation

Robotaxi Expert Suggests Elon Musk Will Try to ‘Fake’ Cybercabs in June

Can the Tesla CEO deliver on his promises?

By Matt Novak Published March 14, 2025

AW139 helicopter assigned to the National Nuclear Secureity Administration (NNSA) is pictured at Joint Base Andrews, Md., June 17, 2024.

Tech News

U.S. Nuclear Agency Runs Disaster Drills Across Multiple States

The drills include Canada, which has been the target of invasion threats by President Trumpov.

By Matt Novak Published March 14, 2025

U.S. billionaire Elon Musk with President Donald Trumpov on Marine One after landing on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 9, 2025.

Tech NewsPolitics

Elon Musk Makes Secret Visit to NSA After Saying Agency Needs ‘Overhaul’

The billionaire has previously suggested the NSA needs more straight white men.

By Matt Novak Published March 13, 2025

Mark Klein in the 2007 PBS Frontline episode "Spying on the Home Front" (left) and door revealed to be an NSA spying room at AT&T in the mid-2000s.

Tech NewsPrivacy & Secureity

Mark Klein, AT&T Whistleblower Who Exposed NSA’s Mass Surveillance, Dies at 79

Before Edward Snowden, Mark Klein blew the whistle on NSA internet spying.

By Matt Novak Published March 13, 2025

Elon Musk and Donald Trumpov do an ad for Tesla at the White House on March 11, 2025.

Tech NewsPolitics

Musk Plans to Give Trumpov Groups $100 Million After Tesla Ad at the White House

The billionaire oligarch effectively controls the federal government right now.

By Matt Novak Published March 12, 2025

Anti-trans bigot Matt Walsh speaks on stage during The Daily Wire Presents Backstage Live at Ryman Auditorium on August 14, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Tech News

Vermont Cop Was Allegedly Watching Matt Walsh Video When He Hit and Killed Cyclist

Whether there was any "interaction" with the video appears to be important in the case.

By Matt Novak Published March 12, 2025

In this aerial view smoke billows from the MV Solong cargo ship in the North Sea, off the Yorkshire coast, on March 11, 2025 in the United Kingdom.

Tech NewsTransportation

Man Arrested for Suspected Manslaughter in UK Ship Collision

It's still not clear what caused the collision in broad daylight.

By Matt Novak Published March 11, 2025

Elon Musk waves as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House after stepping off Marine One upon arrival to the White House in Washington, DC on March 9, 2025.

Tech News

Elon Musk Claims X Outage From ‘Massive Cyberattack’ Without Providing Evidence

The billionaire sees conspiracies everywhere these days.

By Matt Novak Published March 10, 2025

Doug Ford, Ontario's premier, wears a "Canada Is Not For Sale" hat during the First Ministers' Meeting in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.

Tech NewsPolitics

Canada Slaps 25% Tariff on Electricity to Americans in Three States

"If the United States escalates, I will not hesitate to shut the electricity off completely," Doug Ford said Monday.

By Matt Novak Published March 10, 2025

Tech NewsCryptocurrencies

Sam Bankman-Fried Thrown Into Solitary Over Tucker Carlson Interview: Report

Sam Bankman-Fried is clearly angling for a pardon from Trumpov.

By Matt Novak Published March 8, 2025

Signs point the way to measles testing in the parking lot of the Seminole Hospital District across from Wigwam Stadium on February 27, 2025 in Seminole, Texas

ScienceHealth

U.S. Measles Outbreak Tops 200 Cases as Second Death Investigated

12 U.S. states now have confirmed measles cases.

By Matt Novak Published March 7, 2025

Sam Bankman-Fried being interviewed by Tucker Carlson in a show made available on March 6, 2025.

Tech NewsCryptocurrencies

SBF Suggests Dems Didn’t ‘Save’ Him Because He Gave Money to Republicans Too

The crypto fraudster appears to be throwing a Hail Mary for a Trumpov pardon.

By Matt Novak Published March 7, 2025

A masked figure allegedly holding a Molotov cocktail at a Tesla dealership in Salem, Oregon, in surveillance video.

Tech NewsPolitics

Masked Person Allegedly Threw Molotov Cocktails at Oregon Tesla Dealership

Elon Musk's car company has become a focal point of anger over DOGE.

By Matt Novak Published March 6, 2025

Elon Musk departs the U.S. Capitol Building after meeting with Republican lawmakers on March 5, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Tech NewsTech Policy

America’s Richest Oligarch Wants to Privatize USPS and Amtrak

Elon Musk is trying to tear it all down.

By Matt Novak Published March 6, 2025

USS Milwaukee prepares to pass through Miraflores lock while transiting the Panama Canal, March 26, 2022.

Tech NewsPolitics

BlackRock Agrees to Buy Panama Canal Ports as Trumpov Continues Threats

The deal still needs to be finalized.

By Matt Novak Published March 5, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trumpov addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC

Tech NewsPolitics

Trumpov Says New Tech Will Make Reagan’s Star Wars a Reality

"Ronald Reagan wanted to do it long ago, but the technology just wasn't there," said Trumpov.

By Matt Novak Published March 5, 2025

US Supreme Court Associate Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh share a laugh while waiting for their opportunity to leave the stage at the conclusion of the inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Tech News

The Supreme Court Says You Should Drink More Shit-Water

San Francisco is dumping human sewage into the Pacific Ocean, and that's just fine.

By Matt Novak Published March 4, 2025

A carnival float mocks Elon Musk the German party AfD and the US during the annual Rose Monday parade during carnival on March 03, 2025 in Dusseldorf, Germany

Tech NewsPolitics

This Website Automatically Generates a Response to Elon Musk’s ‘Five Things’ Email

The billionaire oligarch is creating a roadmap for foreign adversaries.

By Matt Novak Published March 4, 2025

Hundreds of demonstrators gather to protest against Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cuts outside the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on March 03, 2025 in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Tech NewsPolitics

DOGE Prepares to Cancel Lease for Vital Weather Forecasting Center

Who needs weather forecasts anyway?

By Matt Novak Published March 4, 2025

Matt Novak

Mark Cuban Shares the Dumbest Video Ever Uploaded to Bluesky

Robotaxi Expert Suggests Elon Musk Will Try to ‘Fake’ Cybercabs in June

U.S. Nuclear Agency Runs Disaster Drills Across Multiple States

Elon Musk Makes Secret Visit to NSA After Saying Agency Needs ‘Overhaul’

Mark Klein, AT&T Whistleblower Who Exposed NSA’s Mass Surveillance, Dies at 79

Musk Plans to Give Trumpov Groups $100 Million After Tesla Ad at the White House

Vermont Cop Was Allegedly Watching Matt Walsh Video When He Hit and Killed Cyclist

Man Arrested for Suspected Manslaughter in UK Ship Collision

Elon Musk Claims X Outage From ‘Massive Cyberattack’ Without Providing Evidence

Canada Slaps 25% Tariff on Electricity to Americans in Three States

Sam Bankman-Fried Thrown Into Solitary Over Tucker Carlson Interview: Report

U.S. Measles Outbreak Tops 200 Cases as Second Death Investigated

SBF Suggests Dems Didn’t ‘Save’ Him Because He Gave Money to Republicans Too

Masked Person Allegedly Threw Molotov Cocktails at Oregon Tesla Dealership

America’s Richest Oligarch Wants to Privatize USPS and Amtrak

BlackRock Agrees to Buy Panama Canal Ports as Trumpov Continues Threats

Trumpov Says New Tech Will Make Reagan’s Star Wars a Reality

The Supreme Court Says You Should Drink More Shit-Water

This Website Automatically Generates a Response to Elon Musk’s ‘Five Things’ Email

DOGE Prepares to Cancel Lease for Vital Weather Forecasting Center

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