We all know what’s happening in Hollywood right now: both the writers and actors are on strike at the same time, and are seriously fucking with the studio’s fall release promotional schedules. Disruption is, of course, the point of any strike—but simply because these studios don’ … | Continue reading
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has offered a slim olive branch to one U.S. senator and the many rights groups critical of the agency’s use of commercial and seized smartphone data. According to the office of Sen. Ron Wyden, the CBP said it will stop “utilizing Commercial … | Continue reading
On Tuesday, Lyft announced a new feature that will connect women and nonbinary riders with other female and nonbinary drivers to create a more secure and confident experience. The feature, called Women+ Connect, will allow riders to choose to match with similar drivers which Lyft … | Continue reading
A new decadal survey from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine just dropped, and establishing a sustained human presence off-Earth is on the docket. But NASA’s Division of Biological and Physical Sciences (BPS) is underfunded, the survey reports, which co … | Continue reading
Lego’s Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series has played host to massive recreations of the galaxy far, far away’s vehicles and ships, big and small, for years—and now it’s heading back to the Clone Wars for its latest, and one of its biggest sets yet.Read more... | Continue reading
Tuesday saw the opening of a major antitrust case against Google, marking the government’s first big tech monopoly trial since Microsoft. As the Department of Justice and Google lay out their arguments, two remarkable issues are at stake. First is the nature of Google’s business, … | Continue reading
The Lucy spacecraft is getting closer to its first asteroid encounter, a small, stony celestial body that was recently added to the mission’s itinerary. Still on its way to rendezvous with Jupiter’s swarm of asteroids, Lucy caught a glimpse of Dinikinesh in the main asteroid belt … | Continue reading
Is there a raven? Of course! There’s also a mansion, courtroom drama, a droll dinner party, death threats, quips about funeral attire and sympathy tweets, and what looks like a gory revenge plot being leveled at “the Usher crime family.” Strap in for the first trailer for The Fal … | Continue reading
As SAG-AFTRA reaches the end of its second month on strike, the union may have found an unlikely hero in the face of Taylor Swift. The singer-songwriter has reportedly met the union’s demands over the release of her concert film for The Eras Tour, which will hit theaters next mon … | Continue reading
TikTok officially launched its online shopping feature in the U.S. nearly a year after it first started testing the waters, the company announced on Tuesday. The Chinese-owned app has now added a “shop” button to the homepage to bring its TikTok Shop service to its more than 150 … | Continue reading
Hellboy: The Crooked Man has found a new home. Get a look at the return of Fear the Walking Dead. Plus, what’s coming on American Horror Story: Delicate, and the team behind The Crow reboot are hoping for a multimedia franchise. Spoilers go!Read more... | Continue reading
The Biden administration is trying to take a paternalistic role in stewarding the development of AI for major tech firms. It’s not exactly leading from the front but is instead placing a gentle, reaffirming hand on the shoulders of big tech, telling them to be cautious and open a … | Continue reading
Vitalik Buterin, a computer programmer who co-founded the popular cryptocurrency Ethereum, is clearing the air after his account on Twitter (now known as X) was hacked this weekend. The hack involved a post touting a commemorative NFT that was actually a cryptocurrency wallet dra … | Continue reading
Apple has officially declared it’s iPhone 15 time. We’ve been preparing behind the scenes to bring you up-to-date coverage of what’s next. But we won’t see anything crop up until at least 10:00 A.M. PT / 1:00 P.M. ET. on Sept. 12, 2023, when Apple’s Wanderlust event officially ki … | Continue reading
Parents of more than 100 trans and gender-expansive children are urging lawmakers to turn their back on the “dangerous and misguided” Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) currently wending its way through Congress. In a fiery open letter shared with Gizmodo, the parents said KOSA, which … | Continue reading
Lorcana has revealed its newest set: Rise of the Floodborn. It features characters from both classic and new Disney franchises, spread across 200 cards. Characters from films like The Jungle Book, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Great Mouse Detective, Pinocchio, Zootopia, an … | Continue reading
Researchers say they’ve discovered 85 social media accounts and blogs originating from China and working in tandem to amplify a conspiracy theory claiming the deadly fires in Maui were caused by a secretive “weather weapon” unleashed by the US military. NewsGuard, which has previ … | Continue reading
More Code Orange goodies to get in the spirit of spooky season, including Disney's Haunted Mansion, Hello Kitty, Netflix's Wednesday, and more. | Continue reading
Disney’s The Little Mermaid just posted the biggest Disney+ debut of the year. According to the company, the film got “16 million views in its first five days” on the platform, making it “the most viewed Disney movie premiere on Disney+ since Hocus Pocus 2,” which came out just o … | Continue reading
Give whoever thought to have M3GAN dancers at Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights Orlando and HHN Hollywood a bonus.Read more... | Continue reading
It would appear that MGM Resorts—one of the largest entertainment and hospitality venues in the world (and the largest casino operator on the Las Vegas strip)—just got hacked. Read more... | Continue reading
An independent developer for the kids-focused build-your-own game “metaverse” Roblox was booked into jail Sunday after he allegedly fought police outside the company’s community developer conference. Cops said they later discovered he held a concealed firearm in his car alongside … | Continue reading
The Steven Spielberg-presented Tiny Toons Looniversity brings out familiar iconic WB Animation, mixing it with the filmmaker’s Amblin touch and outrageous modern cartoon comedy.Read more... | Continue reading
Sensors placed on the surface of the Moon during the Apollo 17 mission picked up a mysterious tremor, one that regularly occurred as the Sun rose to its peak position over the lunar surface. Unlike regular moonquakes that are triggered by the varying temperatures of the lunar env … | Continue reading
A hot chip challenge might have become deadly for 14-year-old Harris Wolobah in Massachusetts this month. According to his family, the boy felt sick and died mere hours after eating a potato chip made with two of the hottest peppers on record. A final determination into his cause … | Continue reading
Critical reception to Apple TV+’s The Changeling has been mixed so far, a surprising situation considering its source material, Victor LaValle’s 2017 novel, was met with near-universal acclaim. (io9 liked the show, for the record!) But director Jonathan van Tulleken doesn’t sound … | Continue reading
In an era of misguided technological innovation, teachers in Sweden are taking things back to basics. A movement in the country’s education system is emphasizing analog technology like actual books and handwriting in a bid to make education more effective.Read more... | Continue reading
Disney and Charter Communications have finally reached an agreement after a two-week blackout that stopped Spectrum subscribers from watching Disney Channel on the streaming service starting on Aug. 31. The companies announced the agreement on Monday, only hours before the New Yo … | Continue reading
Perhaps you’ve noticed that Halloween season has begun to creep in. Perhaps this has inspired your sudden urge consume the spookiest media possible. Grab a bag of fun-sized candy bars, with or without razor blade, and start the plunge early with these 10 scary Netflix picks.Read … | Continue reading
As artificial intelligence is increasingly developing and data centers are erected to further this tech, it’s becoming clear that AI has a water usage problem.Read more... | Continue reading
A common ingredient in over-the-counter cold and cough medicines might not be long for this world. The Food and Drug Administration is about to decide whether oral phenylephrine should remain in OTC nasal decongestant drugs. Outside experts will deliberate the topic and offer the … | Continue reading
Nishimura (2023 P1), a comet discovered just last month, is set to make its nearest approach to Earth in the next 400 years during tomorrow’s predawn sky.Read more... | Continue reading
Usually when we’re talking about a new Hot Toys figure, it’s often to gush about how the company has managed to create another eerily accurate little Hollywood homunculus. This time, the eerie vibes are still there, but perhaps for... other reasons.Read more... | Continue reading
If I have to see one more variation of “why didn’t anybody tell me Interview With the Vampire was this good?” on social media I might lose it. Because, bestie, we tried! So many of us—journalists, fans, everyone—tried to tell you to watch this show. The AMC production, which aire … | Continue reading
Sir Ian Wilmut, the British scientist who led the team which cloned Dolly the sheep, has died, the University of Edinburgh in Scotland confirmed in a statement on Monday. He was 79 years old. Read more... | Continue reading
Audiences have been floored by Starfield, the new Bethesda game with seemingly no limits. Players on PC, however, have been noticing issues while whipping around the Settled Systems and hunting down alien artifacts, with those on Nvidia and Intel having an especially difficult ti … | Continue reading
X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has apparently shadowbanned The New York Times, preventing users from seeing tweets that link to the newspaper’s coverage. The move smacks of a particular irony, given that the Times is one of X’s major advertisers and is currently runni … | Continue reading
Mutts cartoonist Patrick McDonnell is has long sought to connect his own spiritual journey with the worlds that inspired him to become a comic artist in the first place—and while he got to do the former in Heart to Heart, a cartooning collaboration with the Dalai Lama, his next g … | Continue reading
When astronaut Frank Rubio launched to the International Space Station (ISS) in September 2022, he was scheduled to return back to Earth in six months’ time. Rubio’s ride to his home planet, however, suffered a malfunction that left him stranded in low Earth orbit. As a result of … | Continue reading
Sure, you might have a Disney+ subscription, but we all know that Disney is playing fast and loose with what they’re putting on that streaming service. If you’re feeling antsy you might not be able to watch your favorite Disney (and select Pixar) films whenever you want, can Disn … | Continue reading
The crypto landscape has seen better days. Vitalik Buterin, the inventor of Ethereum, was apparently the subject of a hack that targeted his Twitter account and promoted a less-than-authentic scheme to drain people’s crypto wallets.Read more... | Continue reading
Meta is reportedly building an advanced AI model equating to the efficiency of OpenAI’s language model, GPT-4. The AI tool will reportedly produce text and analysis that will target businesses, in the the company’s latest bid to compete with the flood of new AI models, according … | Continue reading
Get a look at Disney’s new Goosebumps show. Chucky heads to the White House in new pictures. Plus, another teaser for The Strangers Trilogy, and what’s coming on Quantum Leap and FLCL Grunge. Spoilers, away!Read more... | Continue reading
Apple is hell-bent on becoming a closed ecosystem unto itself by designing the chips inside its own devices. With the upcoming iPhone 15 moving toward the A17 Bionic chip, the company’s first 3nm processor, and Apple’s desktop and laptops gunning for an M3 chip, the company headq … | Continue reading
If you’re behind on what’s happening with the robot uprising, have no fear. Here’s a quick look at some of the weirdest and wildest artificial intelligence news from the past week. Also, don’t forget to check out our weekly AI write-up, which will go into more detail on this same … | Continue reading
This week, superhero fans are finally going to return under the sea. Warner Bros. has just announced that Thursday, September 14 will bring the first trailer for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, the long-awaited follow-up to James Wan’s 2018 billion-dollar hit, Aquaman. But you don’ … | Continue reading
Franchises have been the name of the game in Hollywood for years, and Warner Bros. has been franchise-heavy more than most. Between various DC movies, the different Conjuring films, and whatever else, the studio has had a big franchise push over the last decade. But for current C … | Continue reading
Throughout the decades, various writers have taken Wolverine for one ride after another. And if there’s one writer whose legacy looms large over the X-Men character, it’d certainly be Chris Claremont, who helped launch the character into being one of Marvel’s key characters and a … | Continue reading