gizmodo

{{See also|Gawker Media#History}}

The blog, launched in 2002, was originally edited by Peter Rojas, who was later recruited by Weblogs, Inc. to launch its similar technology blog, Engadget.{{Cite book |last=Gillin |first=Paul |title=The New Influencers: A Marketer's Guide to the New Social Media |publisher=Linden Publishing |year=2007 |isbn=9781610351102 |pages=57–61 |chapter=Influencer Profile: The Gadget King}}{{Cite web |last= |date=August 1, 2022 |title=This Is How Gizmodo Started |url=https://gizmodo.com/this-is-how-gizmodo-started-5934312 |access-date=June 4, 2024 |website=Gizmodo |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2014-03-03 |title=10 Years In: The birth of Engadget |url=https://www.engadget.com/2014-03-03-the-birth-of-engadget.html |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Engadget |language=en-US}} By mid-2004, Gizmodo and Gawker together were bringing in revenue of approximately $6,500 per month.{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/06/01/370437/index.htm|title=What Makes Nick Tick? The smartest publisher in the blogosphere says there's no money online. So why doesn't anyone believe him?|author=Greg Lindsay|date=June 1, 2004|publisher=Business 2.0|access-date=January 27, 2007|archive-date=May 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506191532/http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/06/01/370437/index.htm|url-status=live}} In 2005, VNU Media and Gawker Media formed an alliance to republish Gizmodo across Europe, with VNU translating the content into French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, and adding European-interest material.{{cite news |url = http://www.marketingvox.com/archives/2005/10/07/vnu_to_publish_gawkers_gizmodo_blog_in_europe/ |title = VNU to Publish Gawker's Gizmodo Blog in Europe |publisher = MarketingVOX |date = October 7, 2005 |access-date = January 27, 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070324013012/http://www.marketingvox.com/archives/2005/10/07/vnu_to_publish_gawkers_gizmodo_blog_in_europe/ |archive-date = March 24, 2007}}

In 2011, Gizmodo underwent a major redesign.{{Cite web |date=2011-02-07 |title=This Is the New Gizmodo |url=https://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-new-gizmodo-5752428 |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=Gizmodo |language=en |archive-date=June 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602095441/https://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-new-gizmodo-5752428 |url-status=live }} In 2013, Matt Novak moved his Paleofuture blog to Gizmodo from Smithsonian.{{cite web |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-paleofuture-blog-has-moved-to-gizmodo-86286466/ |title=The Paleofuture Blog Has Moved to Gizmodo |work=Smithsonian |date=May 30, 2013 |access-date=August 11, 2018 |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407203222/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-paleofuture-blog-has-moved-to-gizmodo-86286466/ |url-status=live }}

In 2015, the Gawker blog io9 was merged into Gizmodo. The staff of io9 continued with Gizmodo, posting articles on subjects covered by the website, including science fiction, fantasy, futurism, science, technology and astronomy.{{cite web|last1=Ingram|first1=Mathew|title=Gawker Media merging Gizmodo and io9 teams into a tech super-hub|url=https://gigaom.com/2015/01/15/gawker-media-merging-gizmodo-and-io9-blogs-into-a-tech-super-hub/|website=GigaOM|access-date=August 19, 2016|archive-date=April 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407203224/https://gigaom.com/2015/01/15/gawker-media-merging-gizmodo-and-io9-blogs-into-a-tech-super-hub/|url-status=dead}}

{{See also|Gizmodo Media Group|G/O Media}}

Gizmodo was one of six websites purchased by Univision Communications in its acquisition of Gawker Media in 2016.{{cite web|last1=Calderone|first1=Michael|title=Gawker.com Ending Operations Next Week|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gawker-closing_us_57b5e870e4b0fd5a2f41cbb5|website=The Huffington Post|date=August 18, 2016|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-date=October 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016051720/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gawker-closing_us_57b5e870e4b0fd5a2f41cbb5|url-status=live}} Univision in turn sold Gizmodo and an array of sister websites to private equity firm Great Hill Partners in 2019; it combined the various former Gawker publications under the name G/O Media. In 2021, David M. Ewalt became the editor-in-chief (EIC) of Gizmodo with Andrew Couts promoted to executive editor;{{cite web |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/go-media-announces-new-editors-in-chief-of-av-club-gizmodo-jezebel-301366488.html |title=MG/O Media Announces New Editors In Chief Of AV Club, Gizmodo, Jezebel |work=Cision |date=2021-08-31 |access-date=2021-09-14 |archive-date=September 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210914205831/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/go-media-announces-new-editors-in-chief-of-av-club-gizmodo-jezebel-301366488.html |url-status=live }} Ewalt left in 2023 for The Messenger.{{cite web |date=2023-05-02 |title=The Messenger To Launch May 15 |url=https://www.axios.com/2023/05/02/messenger-launch-may-150-journalists |accessdate=2023-05-02 |work=Axios}} In January 2024, Rory Carroll was promoted from EIC of Jalopnik to group editor of both Jalopnik and Gizmodo.{{Cite web |last=Roush |first=Chris |date=2024-01-08 |title=Carroll takes on Gizmodo in addition to Jalopnik |url=https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/carroll-takes-on-gizmodo-in-addition-to-jalopnik/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Talking Biz News |language=en-US}} In March 2024, Rose Pastore was promoted from Gizmodo's deputy editor to its executive editor.{{Cite web |last=Roush |first=Chris |date=2024-03-20 |title=Gizmodo promotes Pastore to executive editor |url=https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/gizmodo-promotes-pastore-to-executive-editor/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Talking Biz News |language=en-US}}

G/O Media's leadership, introduced after the purchase from Univision, was frequently criticized by employees. Complaints included closer advertiser relationships, lack of diversity, and suppression of reporting about the company itself.{{Cite news |last=Tani |first=Maxwell |date=2019-07-18 |title=Gizmodo Media Staff Enraged at New CEO's 'Insane' Direction |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/gizmodo-media-staff-enraged-at-new-ceos-insane-direction |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801231955/https://www.thedailybeast.com/gizmodo-media-staff-enraged-at-new-ceos-insane-direction |archive-date=August 1, 2019 |access-date=July 28, 2019 |work=The Daily Beast |df=mdy-all}} The company also saw multiple disputes with the employee union GMG Union.{{Cite web |date=2020-01-14 |title=GMG Union votes no confidence in G/O Media CEO Jim Spanfeller |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/online-outlets/gmg-union-jim-spanfeller-no-confidence.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114100437/https://awfulannouncing.com/online-outlets/gmg-union-jim-spanfeller-no-confidence.html |archive-date=January 14, 2020 |access-date=2020-02-02 |website=Awful Announcing |language=en-US}}{{cite news |last1=Eidelson |first1=Josh |date=4 February 2021 |title=G/O Media Told Staff Activism Got Editor Fired, Union Says |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-04/gizmodo-told-staff-it-fired-editor-for-activism-union-claims |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212201843/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-04/gizmodo-told-staff-it-fired-editor-for-activism-union-claims |archive-date=February 12, 2021 |access-date=4 February 2021 |website=Bloomberg}}{{cite news |last1=Geier |first1=Thom |date=1 March 2022 |title=Jezebel, Gizmodo, The Root and Other G/O Media Writers Go on Strike |url=https://www.thewrap.com/jezebel-gizmodo-the-root-and-other-g-o-media-writers-go-on-strike/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301153355/https://www.thewrap.com/jezebel-gizmodo-the-root-and-other-g-o-media-writers-go-on-strike/ |archive-date=March 1, 2022 |access-date=1 March 2022 |website=The Wrap}} On June 29, 2023, G/O Media implemented a "modest test" of artificial intelligence-generated content on its websites, such as io9. The move sparked backlash from GMG Union members, citing AI's track record of false statements and plagiarism from its training data; basic errors in the generated content also attracted attention.{{cite news |last1=Tangermann |first1=Victor |date=30 June 2023 |title=Gizmodo and Kotaku Staff Furious After Owner Announces Move to AI Content |url=https://futurism.com/gizmodo-kotaku-staff-furious-ai-content |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705105952/https://futurism.com/gizmodo-kotaku-staff-furious-ai-content |archive-date=July 5, 2023 |access-date=6 July 2023 |work=Futurism}}{{cite news |last1=Spangler |first1=Todd |date=5 July 2023 |title=Gizmodo's io9 Published an AI-Generated Star Wars Article That Was Filled With Errors |url=https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/io9-ai-generated-star-wars-article-errors-1235662194/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706030317/https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/io9-ai-generated-star-wars-article-errors-1235662194/ |archive-date=July 6, 2023 |access-date=6 July 2023 |work=Variety}}

In June 2024, Gizmodo was purchased by the Swiss digital media company Keleops Media. It was the company's "first U.S. acquisition"; Keleops "owns several French-language technology titles, including legacy brands 01net and Presse-citron". Mark Stenberg of Adweek wrote that "financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The entire Gizmodo staff will receive offer letters to stay with the company, and Keleops plans to expand the team in the near future".{{Cite web |last=Stenberg |first=Mark |date=June 4, 2024 |title=Gizmodo Acquired by Swiss Media Firm Keleops |url=https://www.adweek.com/media/gizmodo-acquired-keleops-go-media/ |url-access=registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604171831/https://www.adweek.com/media/gizmodo-acquired-keleops-go-media/ |archive-date=June 4, 2024 |access-date=June 4, 2024 |website=Adweek |language=en-US}} Stenberg reported that, per Keleops CEO Jean-Guillaume Kleis, "the company has no immediate plans to change Gizmodo, either from a commercial or editorial perspective" and will instead "work with Gizmodo editor-in-chief Rory Carroll to discuss its forward-looking editorial plan and identify growth areas to support with investment". Claudia Cohen of Le Figaro wrote that "it is rare for a European media group to get its hands on an American player, who is also specialized in the field of tech". Kleis told the French newspaper that they "paid the price to enter the American market through a good door".{{Cite news |last=Cohen |first=Claudia |date=June 4, 2024 |title=Le groupe média Keleops (Presse Citron, 01Net...) s'offre le site tech américain Gizmodo |trans-title=The Keleops media group (Presse Citron, 01Net, etc.) acquires the American tech site Gizmodo |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/medias/le-groupe-media-keleops-presse-citron-01net-s-offre-le-site-tech-americain-gizmodo-20240604 |access-date=June 4, 2024 |work=Le Figaro |language=fr}}

Gizmodo launched associated outlets in various international markets:

• In 2006, Gizmodo Japan was launched by Mediagene.{{Cite web |date=2017-04-04 |title=Company History |url=https://corporate.mediagene.co.jp/en/company/ |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=株式会社メディアジーン (Mediagene Inc.) |language=en |quote=July 2006: Launched GIZMODO JAPAN, the Japanese version of the media blog GIZMODO published in the U.S. and eight European countries}}{{Cite web |date=2021-12-15 |title=Gizmodo Japan |url=https://www.mediagene.co.jp/en/media/gizmodo |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=メディアジーン (Mediagene) |language=en}}

• {{anchor|Australia}}In 2007, Gizmodo Australia was launched in the US,{{cite web |date=14 December 2021 |title=About Gizmodo Australia |url=https://www.gizmodo.com.au/about/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727160350/https://gizmodo.com.au/about/ |archive-date=July 27, 2023 |access-date=18 March 2022 |website=Gizmodo Australia}} by Allure Media under license from Gawker Media.{{cite web |date=August 9, 2012 |title=Gizmodo Australia |url=http://www.gizmodo.com.au/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230726114929/https://gizmodo.com.au/ |archive-date=July 26, 2023 |access-date=September 3, 2012 |publisher=Gizmodo.com.au}}{{better source needed|reason=Links to home page of web site, which does not verify material.|date=November 2015}} This site incorporates additional Australian content, and is branded Gizmodo AU. In 2018, Australian media company Nine Entertainment merged the business behind PEDESTRIAN.TV with that of Allure Media{{Cite web |last=Samios |first=Zoe |date=2018-12-11 |title=Pedestrian TV and Allure merge, with Jason Scott to depart |url=https://mumbrella.com.au/pedestrian-tv-and-allure-merge-with-jason-scott-to-depart-556664 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204140543/https://mumbrella.com.au/pedestrian-tv-and-allure-merge-with-jason-scott-to-depart-556664 |archive-date=February 4, 2023 |access-date=2021-04-14 |website=Mumbrella |language=en-US}} and formed the larger Pedestrian Group;{{Cite web |last=Bennett |first=Lindsay |date=11 December 2018 |title=Pedestrian TV to absorb Allure Media in post-Fairfax consolidation |url=https://www.adnews.com.au/pedestrian-tv-to-absorb-allure-media |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321013521/https://www.adnews.com.au/pedestrian-tv-to-absorb-allure-media |archive-date=March 21, 2022 |access-date=2021-04-14 |website=AdNews |language=en}} the website and associated company changed its name to Pedestrian, and also incorporated the brands Gizmodo AU, Business Insider Australia, Kotaku Australia and POPSUGAR Australia.{{cite web | title=Nine merging digital publishers Pedestrian.TV & Allure Media | website=Mediaweek | date=11 December 2018 | url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/nine-merging-digital-publishers-pedestrian-tv-allure-media/ | access-date=17 March 2022 | archive-date=March 17, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317054717/https://www.mediaweek.com.au/nine-merging-digital-publishers-pedestrian-tv-allure-media/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web| title=Home page| website=Pedestrian Group| url=https://pedestriangroup.com.au/| access-date=17 March 2022| archive-date=March 15, 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315163319/https://pedestriangroup.com.au/| url-status=live}} It was announced in July 2024 that Gizmodo AU would shut down amid a restructuring at Pedestrian.{{Cite web |last=Jaspan |first=Calum |date=2024-07-08 |title=Pedestrian boss to depart as group slashes staff and titles |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/pedestrian-boss-to-depart-as-group-slashes-staff-and-titles-20240701-p5jq25.html |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Taylor |first=Josh |date=2024-07-08 |title=Vice, Kotaku, Refinery29 to no longer publish in Australia after Pedestrian Group announces restructure |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/jul/08/vice-kotaku-gizmodo-job-cuts-australia-channel-nine |access-date=2024-07-08 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

• In November 2007, HUB Uitgevers took over the Dutch magazine license from VNU Media.{{Cite news |date=October 25, 2007 |title=VNU Media stoot computerbladen af |trans-title=VNU Media launched the computer magazine |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2007/10/25/vnu-media-stoot-computerbladen-af-11438614-a505474 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20240604190640/https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2007/10/25/vnu-media-stoot-computerbladen-af-11438614-a505474 |archive-date=June 4, 2024 |access-date=June 4, 2024 |work=NRC Handelsblad |language=nl-NL }}{{Cite web |date=October 25, 2007 |title=Media: HUB neemt titels VNU Media over |trans-title=HUB takes over titles from VNU Media |url=https://fonkmagazine.nl/artikelen/media/hub-neemt-titels-vnu-media-over-4034.html |access-date=June 4, 2024 |website=FONK Magazine |language=nl-NL}}

• In September 2008, Gizmodo Brazil was launched with Portuguese content.{{cite web |title=Gizmodo Brazil |url=http://www.gizmodo.com.br/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911213432/http://gizmodo.com.br/ |archive-date=September 11, 2010 |access-date=September 3, 2012 |publisher=Gizmodo.com.br}}{{better source needed|reason=Links to home page of web site, which does not verify material.|date=November 2015}}

• In September 2011, Gizmodo UK was launched with Future, to cover British news.{{cite web |date=August 31, 2011 |title=Gizmodo to launch in the UK |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/aug/31/gizmodo-launch-uk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204140549/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/aug/31/gizmodo-launch-uk |archive-date=February 4, 2023 |access-date=September 29, 2017 |publisher=Guardian.com}} Gizmodo UK was later shut down in September 2020,{{cite web |last1=Tamburro |first1=Paul |date=7 September 2020 |title=Kotaku UK and Gizmodo UK shutting down, rights reverted back to G/O Media |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/658561-kotaku-uk-gizmodo-shut-down |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204140543/https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/658561-kotaku-uk-gizmodo-shut-down |archive-date=February 4, 2023 |access-date=16 September 2020 |website=GameRevolution |publisher=Evolve Media LLC}} with all web links redirecting to Gizmodo.com.

Gizmodo contains two sub-blogs as part of the wider site:

{{Main articles|io9}}

io9 is a science fiction and fantasy pop-culture focused sub-blog which was launched as a standalone blog in 2008 by then editor Annalee Newitz under Gawker Media,{{cite magazine |last=Wortham |first=Jenna |date=2008-01-02 |title=Gawker Blasts Into Sci-Fi With New Blog, Io9; a Q&A With Editor Annalee Newitz |url=https://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/news/2008/01/gawker_scifiblog |magazine=Wired |access-date=2008-06-10 |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025002849/http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/news/2008/01/gawker_scifiblog |url-status=live }} before being folded under Gizmodo in 2015 as part of a reorganization under parent company Gawker.{{Cite web |date=2015-11-17 |title=io9 to Become Part of Gizmodo |url=https://www.cbr.com/io9-to-become-part-of-gizmodo/ |access-date=2021-06-01 |website=CBR |language=en-US |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215743/https://www.cbr.com/io9-to-become-part-of-gizmodo/ |url-status=live }} In 2021, James Whitbrook replaced Jill Pantozzi as the site's deputy editor.{{Cite web |date=6 December 2021 |title=A Message from Your New Editor |url=https://gizmodo.com/a-message-from-your-new-editor-1848163731 |access-date=December 24, 2023 |archive-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016092358/https://gizmodo.com/a-message-from-your-new-editor-1848163731 |url-status=live }}

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Earther is an environmental news sub-blog which was launched in September 2017. Earther launched with the mission to chronicle three main topics: "The future of Earth," "The future of humans on Earth," and "The future of life on Earth."{{cite news |last=Weissman |first=Cale Guthrie |date=2017-08-06 |title=Gizmodo's New Environmental Site "Earther" Will Chronicle The Earth's Decline |work=Fast Company |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/40473755/gizmodos-new-environmental-site-earther-will-chronicle-the-earths-decline |accessdate=6 August 2018 |archive-date=January 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118205317/https://www.fastcompany.com/40473755/gizmodos-new-environmental-site-earther-will-chronicle-the-earths-decline |url-status=live }} Founding managing editor Maddie Stone said that the site was created because it "felt like a salient and important time to create a destination for environmental news where folks can go to read up on the latest studies, but also hear the latest news about how natural disasters are affecting people, the big important environmental policies being raised around the world, and some of the biggest conservation stories."{{Cite news |date=2017-10-03 |title=New site aims for 'brutally honest' environmental news |language=en |work=Columbia Journalism Review |url=https://www.cjr.org/innovations/climate-change-news-earther.php |access-date=2018-02-04 |archive-date=April 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402051453/https://www.cjr.org/innovations/climate-change-news-earther.php |url-status=live }}

During its lifetime, former Earther journalists Yessenia Funues, Brian Kahn, and Molly Taft won SEAL Awards for their environmental reporting. {{cite web |date=2020-02-13 |title=2019 SEAL Environmental Journalism Award Winners Announced |url=https://sealawards.com/environmental-journalism-award-2019/ |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=SEAL Awards |archive-date=December 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219184037/https://sealawards.com/environmental-journalism-award-2019/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |date=2021-02-17 |title=Twelve Journalists Recognized as 2020 SEAL Environmental Journalism Award Winners |url=https://sealawards.com/environmental-journalism-award-2020/ |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=SEAL Awards |archive-date=December 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209160214/https://sealawards.com/environmental-journalism-award-2020/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |date=2023-02-08 |title=Twelve Journalists Recognized as 2022 SEAL Environmental Journalism Award Winners |url=https://sealawards.com/twelve-journalists-recognized-as-2022-seal-environmental-journalism-award-winners/ |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=SEAL Awards |archive-date=December 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207220355/https://sealawards.com/twelve-journalists-recognized-as-2022-seal-environmental-journalism-award-winners |url-status=live }}

As of broader G/O Media layoffs in November 2023 the last member of the sub-blog, Angely Mercado, was laid off which meant that there were then no staff listed as working for the sub-blog.{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=2023-11-09 |title=Jezebel Shutting Down, Parent Company G/O Media Laying Off 23 Staffers |url=https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/jezebel-shutting-down-go-media-layoffs-1235785877/ |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=November 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109163431/https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/jezebel-shutting-down-go-media-layoffs-1235785877/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Gizmodo |date=2011-10-04 |title=About Gizmodo |url=https://gizmodo.com/about-gizmodo-5732042 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224214226/https://gizmodo.com/about-gizmodo-5732042 |archive-date=2023-12-24 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=Gizmodo |language=en}}[https://twitter.com/AngelyMercado/status/1722664855239323954 Just got laid off from G/O with 20+ staffers (before xmas). I am going to miss my colleagues and am forever grateful that I got to work alongside so many talented people as the last Earthling at @Gizmodo. If you need a climate/science writer or fact-checker, shoot me a DM <3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222162928/https://twitter.com/AngelyMercado/status/1722664855239323954|date=December 22, 2023}}

Richard Blakeley, a videographer for Gizmodo{{'}}s publisher, Gawker Media, disrupted several presentations held at CES in 2008.{{cite web

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}} Blakely secretly turned off TVs using TV-B-Gone remote controls, resulting in his being barred from CES 2008, and any future CES events.

In April 2010, Gizmodo came into possession of what was later known to be a prototype of the iPhone 4 smartphone by Apple.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/20/technology/companies/20apple.html?hp| title=For Apple, Lost iPhone Is a Big Deal| date=April 19, 2010| access-date=April 22, 2010| work=The New York Times| first1=Miguel| last1=Helft| first2=Nick| last2=Bilton| archive-date=February 4, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204140541/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/20/technology/companies/20apple.html?hp| url-status=live}} The site purchased the device for US$5,000 from Brian J. Hogan, who had found it unattended at a bar in Redwood City, California, a month earlier.{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc1874 |title=Man who found — and sold — the missing iPhone unmasked |date=April 29, 2010 |work=Today in Tech |publisher=Yahoo News |access-date=May 4, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504011453/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc1874 |archive-date=May 4, 2010 }} UC Berkeley student Sage Robert, an acquaintance of Hogan, allegedly helped him sell the phone after failing to track down the owner. With Apple confirming its provenance, bloggers such as John Gruber and Ken Sweet speculated that this transaction may have violated the California Penal Code.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2010/apr/19/gizmodo-paid-iphone-4g |title=Gizmodo paid for iPhone 4G: so are they receivers of stolen goods? |last=Sweet |first=Ken |date=April 19, 2010 |work=Technology Blog |publisher=The Guardian |access-date=May 4, 2010 |location=London |archive-date=February 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204140543/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2010/apr/19/gizmodo-paid-iphone-4g |url-status=live }}

On April 26, after Gizmodo returned the iPhone to Apple, upon Apple's request California's Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team executed a search warrant on editor Jason Chen's home and seized computers, hard drives, servers, cameras, notes, and a file of business cards, under direction from San Mateo County’s Chief Deputy District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe.{{cite web| url=http://www.criminalbrief.com/?p=12019| title=The Fourth Estate, The Death of Journalism| last=Lundin| first=Leigh| date=May 2, 2010| work=Newsworthy| publisher=Criminal Brief| access-date=May 21, 2010| archive-date=February 4, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204140545/https://criminalbrief.com/?p=12019| url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/26/police-seize-computers-from-gizmodo-editor/ |title=Police seize computers from Gizmodo editor |last=Sutter |first=John |date=April 26, 2010 |work=SciTechBlog |publisher=CNN |access-date=May 4, 2010 |archive-date=May 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513032438/http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/26/police-seize-computers-from-gizmodo-editor/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100426/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1791 |title=Silicon Valley cops raid Gizmodo editor's home, take four computers |last=Calderone |first=Michael |date=April 26, 2010 |work=The Newsroom |publisher=Yahoo News |access-date=May 4, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503042234/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100426/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1791 |archive-date=May 3, 2010 }} Since then, Gizmodo and the prosecution have agreed that a special master will review the contents of the items seized and determine if they contain relevant information.{{cite web| url=http://www.criminalbrief.com/?p=12607| title=Prosecutor in Search of a Crime?| last=Lundin| first=Leigh| date=June 13, 2010| work=Newsworthy| publisher=Criminal Brief| access-date=June 13, 2010| archive-date=February 4, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204140552/https://criminalbrief.com/?p=12607| url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Myslewski |first=Rik |title=Search begins on seized Gizmodo journo kit |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/04/gizmodo_editor_search_begins/ |work=Der Ring des Gizmodophonelungen |publisher=The Register |location=San Francisco, California |date=June 4, 2010 |access-date=August 10, 2017 |archive-date=March 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320070312/https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/04/gizmodo_editor_search_begins/ |url-status=live }} Gizmodo was since barred from Apple-hosted events and product launches until August 2014, when they were invited once again to Apple's September 2014 "Wish we could say more" event.{{cite web| url=https://gizmodo.com/apples-iphone-event-will-be-sept-9th-1627957216| title=Apple's iPhone Event Will Be Sept 9th (And We'll Be There)| date=August 28, 2014| work=Newsworthy| publisher=Gizmodo| access-date=September 9, 2017| archive-date=March 20, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320105446/https://gizmodo.com/apples-iphone-event-will-be-sept-9th-1627957216| url-status=live}}

In March 2025, former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick sued G/O Media for defamation, claiming articles in Kotaku and Gizmodo which noted his interest in acquiring TikTok repeated claims of widespread workplace misconduct on his watch at Activision without noting that the claims were investigated and dismissed by state regulators. Kotick said he and his representatives repeatedly asked for corrections to the articles.{{cite news |last1=Healy |first1=Jackson |title=Former Activision Blizzard CEO sues over news articles accusing him of workplace harassment, discrimination |url=https://www.courthousenews.com/former-activision-blizzard-ceo-sues-over-news-articles-accusing-him-of-workplace-harassment-discrimination/ |access-date=2 April 2025 |work=www.courthousenews.com}}

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