It’s a sad day for fans of Netflix’ Shadow and Bone. The series adaptation of Leigh Bardugo’s fantasy novels—which was developed by Arrival’s Eric Heisserer and gobbled up by passionate viewers—will not return for a third season. This cancellation was just one of many announced b … | Continue reading
With an FAA launch license in hand, SpaceX is set for the second test flight of a fully integrated Starship rocket. Success or failure, it’s guaranteed to be a visual spectacle. Here’s how you’ll be able to take in the action.Read more... | Continue reading
Marvel Studios might have found its next leading man in a very familiar face: Pedro Pascal has reportedly joined Fantastic Four as Reed Richards.Read more... | Continue reading
For astronauts living aboard the International Space Station (ISS), space germs are bad news. The confined environment, plus a weakened immunity system, and more aggressive bacteria, means that catching a cold in space is way worse than on Earth. In order to help stop the spread … | Continue reading
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized its environmental assessment of SpaceX’s new water deluge system, concluding that it’s no more dangerous than a seasonal rain shower. With that assessment out of the way, and with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) also sati … | Continue reading
Good news, iPhone users. A year after introducing the feature to its walled garden, Apple has extended free access to Emergency SOS via satellite to the iPhone 14/14 Pro for another year. As previously expected, you get three years of Emergency SOS via satellite services instead … | Continue reading
Microsoft will now make its own chips to power Azure, Copilot, and ChatGPT, CEO Satya Nadella announced at the Microsoft Ignite conference Wednesday. The Maia 100 can be used to train AI models and will start rolling out into Azure data centers early next year, reducing the compa … | Continue reading
The current Warner Bros. Discovery regime is making headlines with its take-backsies on the James Gunn-produced Looney Tunes feature Coyote vs. Acme, which was briefly shelved before thankfully getting shopped around instead. As the WB strips away its legacy in its 100th year, he … | Continue reading
Meta made a quiet policy update last year allowing advertisers on Facebook and Instagram to say the 2020 election was rigged. It’s a change that mirrors shifts at Google and the rest of the tech industry. Silicon Valley has made one thing clear: you can’t use their ad systems to … | Continue reading
There are only a handful of trusted end-to-end encrypted email providers. Of those, Tuta (which has long been known as “Tutanota” but recently rebranded ) is one of the more well-known. This week, the company found itself on the defensive after being labeled a “front” for law enf … | Continue reading
The evolution of MoviePass continues, with today’s announcement that the subscription movie theater service (which has quite the tumultuous past) will now offer a virtual card—hopefully making online ticket purchases easier, including at theaters offering increasingly popular pre … | Continue reading
With so many things in flux at Marvel Studios, there’s news that Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton has departed the director’s chair of Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. A move that leaves us speculating about the crossover film’s future, if anyth … | Continue reading
The gamma-ray burst, affectionately dubbed ‘BOAT’ (Brightest of All Time), has been found to emit gamma-rays with energies reaching up to 13 teraelectronvolts, as revealed by a collaboration of scientists who have studied these emissions.Read more... | Continue reading
The first trailer for Sony’s Madame Web movie weaves a very peculiar tale out of an even more peculiar choice for the studio’s next Spider-Man spinoff film. But part of that peculiarity is in the host of Marvel Comics characters the film wants to bring to the big screen—and we’ve … | Continue reading
Amazon just released a questionable-looking robot for patrolling businesses. Taking a page out of Wall-E’s design, Amazon’s new Astro for Business looks almost comical.Read more... | Continue reading
The pop culture fashion accessories brand has released a commemorative collection marking its milestone—along with Star Wars, Marvel, and Disney goods. | Continue reading
What if Marvel had a holiday present for us all? Nine straight days of brand new stories set in an alternate reality to the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Well, that’s not a hypothetical. It’s actually happening.Read more... | Continue reading
Gizmodo chats with a neurologist and AI researcher on what form of AI he uses in his field. | Continue reading
Celebrate the lasting legacy of Harlan Ellison—the highly influential, sometimes spicy Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker Award winner—with Greatest Hits, a short-story collection (including some that have been out of print) arriving next year. It’s edited by J. Michael Straczynski an … | Continue reading
Here’s some good news if Thanksgiving doesn’t feel right without spending quality time with Charlie Brown: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, will stream free on Apple TV+ this weekend, following the streamer’s tradition of making vintage Pea … | Continue reading
OpenAI halted new signups for its premium service, ChatGPT Plus, as demand for its services exceeded capacity, according to CEO Sam Altman. The jump in demand comes days after the company’s first-ever DevDay. This is the latest speedbump in the week since OpenAI’s massive release … | Continue reading
It seems like Amazon is currently developing its own operating system for its Fire TV devices and Smart TVs that run on Android. This was reported last week in Janko Roettgers’ Lowpass newsletter and hasn’t been corroborated with an official statement from Amazon yet.Read more... | Continue reading
The Webb Space Telescope has revealed a world quite alien compared to our own: WASP-107b, a Neptune-like gas giant that orbits a star some 211 light-years from Earth. Webb has now detected water vapor and sulfur dioxide in the planet’s atmosphere, as well as sand-like silicate cl … | Continue reading
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson confirms the live-action Moana is his next project. Cobra Kai brings back a familiar name for its final season. Plus, a new look at the anime adaptation of Go! Go! Loser Ranger!. To me, my spoilers!Read more... | Continue reading
NASA has produced thousands of images over its illustrious 65-year history, but some images have had a far greater impact than others. Among this vast portfolio, certain images stand out for having reshaped our understanding of space and our place within it, capturing moments tha … | Continue reading
In the realm of home entertainment, one of the longest-running burning questions has always been “When is James Cameron going to release all his movies in 4K?” For years, there hasn’t been an answer—but finally, it’s here.Read more... | Continue reading
Tesla reversed course on its initial claims to sue Cybertruck resellers if they flipped their car within the first year of purchase. The first Cybertrucks, which start shipping out on Nov. 30th, will no longer have the strict penalties tied to reselling that they once did.Read mo … | Continue reading
Sony’s plans to expand its live-action Spider-Man universe has already given us some bizarre oddities like Morbius, and it looks like we’re not stopping any time soon. Our first look at the Madame Web movie is here, and it’s not just bringing one of comics’ most peculiar Spidey s … | Continue reading
New research this week is the latest to show that microplastics have polluted just about everywhere on Earth. Scientists discovered plastic particles in cloud samples collected from atop a mountain in Eastern China. The team also found evidence from lab experiments that these mic … | Continue reading
New research this week suggests that humanity’s war against insectkind has had some unintended consequences: declining sperm counts. The study, a review of the existing data, found a clear association between increased exposure to insecticides and lower sperm concentrations in ad … | Continue reading
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters is bringing Godzilla to Apple TV+ this week, and sci-fi fans who show up for Kurt Russell and giant monsters will want to stick around after. The streamer is one of the very best around for original content, particularly of the genre variety. Here are … | Continue reading
Even before Miles Morales got brought over to the main Marvel universe by way of Secret Wars to hang out with Peter Parker more easily, it was a given that the two Spider-Men would eventually team up on adventures. And while they’ve saved New York and the world several times in v … | Continue reading
There’s an important update on the James Gunn era of DC Studios films, with a new name stepping into the ring to script Warner Bros.’ Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.Read more... | Continue reading
Earth’s orbit can be a chaotic place, with defunct spacecraft darting aimlessly across the dark skies. In order to tackle the growing issue of space debris, Airbus created a new device designed to keep satellites from tumbling around after they’re no longer of use.Read more... | Continue reading
Uber is testing out its own version of TaskRabbit called Uber Tasks in select markets, as first reported by Bloomberg Monday. The service will let users hire people to complete household tasks, expanding beyond ride-sharing and food delivery currently supported on the platform. R … | Continue reading
After much teasing earlier this year, Netflix and Dwarf Studios’ stop motion series set in the world of Pokémon is finally ready to open its doors to the world—and it looks so adorable you might just want to reach through your screen and hug every Pokémon you can see.Read more... | Continue reading
The mobile class divide between the iPhone blue bubble and the Android green bubble might need regulators to settle things in the future, but Nothing has another solution coming soon. Read more... | Continue reading
Less than two years after it launched, Donald Trump’s social media site, Truth Social, might be headed for the internet graveyard. New federal filings show that Truth, like a lot of Trump businesses, has lost massive amounts of money ($73 million, in this case) and is drifting, i … | Continue reading
Remember when you saw the epic, awesome trailer for The Creator and thought “Oh, that’s cool, I’d like to see that” but then didn’t? Well, now you can change that because The Creator is finally available at home.Read more... | Continue reading
A recent deep field image from the Webb Space Telescope, showcasing a region of space known as Pandora’s Cluster, or Abell 2744, features two galaxies. These galaxies are remarkable for their distance from Earth, being the second and fourth most distant galaxies ever observed, ac … | Continue reading
It’s still kind of wild to us that last year brought a new Predator movie, and a good one at that. After decades of the franchise flopping around unable to figure out what it wanted to be, director Dan Trachtenberg stepped up to the plate with Prey, a standalone prequel that gave … | Continue reading
TikTok’s cultural dominance just gained another weapon, and it’s an awfully convenient one: a new feature that will easily allow users to add songs they hear on TikTok to a streaming service like Amazon Music, Apple Music, and Spotify. “Add to Music App” is available in the U.S. … | Continue reading
It doesn’t have to be the case that a monster movie has great action and truly turgid human drama between the setpieces, but that’s largely been the case for Legendary’s Godzilla reboot, the “Monsterverse.” Sometimes the action being so fun can tip the odds against some truly stu … | Continue reading
The day has arrived to gather your party and venture forth to Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures, Hasbro’s free, 24-hour ad-supported channel celebrating the wildly popular tabletop roleplaying game. Launching today on Amazon Freevee and Plex (with more to come), the channel will deb … | Continue reading
It’s a bummer being a kid whose parents get called to work on Christmas Eve—but that trouble is amplified about a billion when Dad is Batman. Damian Wayne is familiar with the burdens of being part of a superhero family, but as the trailer for Prime Video’s Merry Little Batman sh … | Continue reading
Zelle, a payments app owned by seven of America’s largest banks, began reimbursing victims of imposter scams on the platform, according to an emailed statement from the company. Early Warning Services, the network operator of Zelle, says it will process refunds for scams dating b … | Continue reading
I struggle to look at any other Samsung smartphone now that I’ve been living with its foldable. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 has effectively changed how I use Android. Most of the time, I’ll only bother with my Google Pixel 7 if someone is calling the number linked to that phone. … | Continue reading
The world of Android looks different than when I started focusing on this platform over ten years ago. Gone are the days of Google focusing on its developer-centric devices, allowing other manufacturers to compete for the top spot. If you look around the U.S. market, Android seem … | Continue reading