Elections, Summer Blockbusters, And Roach-Infested Computers: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week

The fact that we ’re already halfway through August hold up account . I feel like these past few month will go down as “ the summer that never was ” given the discrete lack of summer things available to most folks . Beach day ? Forget about it . Cookouts ? You well be societal distancing around that grill . pee commons ? Ugh , gross , they ’re a petri dish of bacterium even when we ’re not in a pandemic .

I have n’t get sunburned once this year , and do you have any idea how hard a feat that is for someone as wan as me ? The Lord’s Day cook me lobster red if I even cerebrate about leave the house without sun blocker ( which skincare Tiktok has taught me is practically a primal sin ) . For those of you able to in reality get out there and do something other than gourmandize Netflix and doomscroll , I salute you .

Here at Gizmodo , we were tackling the big questions , like why oh why do the creepy-crawly , crawliest critters on Earth — cockroaches — make a home out of so many people ’s electronics ? Someone please send a note to the universe that that should not be allowed , thank you . The perennially gifted Victoria Song also break down how the flame death spiral of Bon Appétit ’s YouTube channel reflectsa much prominent problemwith medium companies in this industry . Namely , the fact that they have zero clew when it total to making video content work .

Clockwise from top left: ABC; Elena Scotti (Photos: Shutterstock); Richard Drew (AP); Robyn Beck/AFP (Getty Images)

Clockwise from top left: ABC; Elena Scotti (Photos: Shutterstock); Richard Drew (AP); Robyn Beck/AFP (Getty Images)Image: Various

Next , the folks at io9 gave us the rundown on this year’sbig summer blockbustersthat are create their way to a cyclosis service near you given … you know….the everything going on right now . I ’ve been craving a horror movie recently , and Host looks like it might be able to scratch that itching . Though I know I ’m in the nonage here , I actually liked Unfriended a lot , and the whole “ Zoom call gone spooky ” estimate hits a luck tight to home nowadays than it did before .

Finally , at Earther , our writers explained the frankly mind - boggle method acting scientist have created fortransforming brick into batteries . As well as how Chevron is playing the rolling of “ evil openhanded oil ” far too well again , this time trying toshut up a mood lawyerbecause , well , do I even need to explain ? Even with such painfully scurvy expectations , petroleum companies still cope to let down .

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