Humane, makers of the AI Pin, are warning customers to stop using its charging pod immediately. Humane claimed the third-party battery cells in the Charge Case were faulty and could “pose a fire safety risk.” Read more... | Continue reading
The Bride! adds a big new star in a mystery role. Alien: Romulus gets an unsurprising rating. Plus, Mattel wants a Monster High cinematic universe to happen, and what’s coming on My Adventures With Superman. To me, my spoilers! Read more... | Continue reading
Cucumbers grown in Florida and distributed across the country have been identified as the likely cause of a Salmonella outbreak in at least 25 states, according to a report from the CDC Wednesday. The agency says 162 people who’ve become sick have been identified but that’s likel … | Continue reading
Silicon Valley has always been a place for unconventional thinkers with big ideas, but in 2024, that includes former president and convicted felon Donald Trump. Two influential tech investors and hosts of the All-In Podcast, David Sacks and Chamath Palihapitiya, recently announce … | Continue reading
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It’s time for Starship to take flight once again, aiming to splashdown in the Indian Ocean on its way back from its fourth launch to demonstrate the rocket’s reusability. Read more... | Continue reading
Tim Burton’s cult classic Beetlejuice is coming back in a big way with the release of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the sequelstarring Winona Ryder returning as Lydia Deetz and Michael Keaton as the ghost with the most. To celebrate, Loungefly just dropped a first look at its upcoming … | Continue reading
I don’t make the rules. But the entity who does—the Comedy Pet Photography Awards—has announced the winners of their annual competition. The competition released its finalists last month, and now some hard cuts have been made to anoint the 16 best of the bunch. Eight of the 16 ar … | Continue reading
Producer M. Night Shyamalan—a name all horror fans are familiar with—presents The Watchers, directed by a name they’ll soon learn: Ishana Night Shyamalan. The feature from the Servant filmmaker is based on the book by A.M. Shine; it follows Dakota Fanning as Mina, an artist who g … | Continue reading
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One very good thing about a new Star Wars project means that you’re always going to get a modicum of Funny Little Guys. Your glup shittos, your merchandisable new droids, your Bell Guys, your Blurrgs, things of that nature. Star Wars worldbuilding is built on the backs of not its … | Continue reading
For no reason at all—the reason was last month’s Eurovision Song Contest—I have been lurking around Gen Z spaces and noticed a return to the old form of gadgetry. It started with wired headphones, and now it seems like the lust for single-feature gadgets has been wholly revived, … | Continue reading
The Meta Quest 3 hasn’t enjoyed much time in the spotlight this year, and that probably won’t change with the headset’s most recent hardware and app updates. But let’s cast a more intense glow on the Meta Quest anyway because there’s something else happening to the Quest ecosyste … | Continue reading
There’s only one Last of Us game remaining to adapt but it’s going to take much longer than previously expected. After turning the first Last of Us game into a complete season of television, showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann recently revealed that they have an outline of … | Continue reading
Researchers in the UK appear to have discovered a pivotal genetic cause of inflammatory bowel disease. In a new study Wednesday, the team found evidence of a specific genetic flaw that seems to play a key role in driving immune cells to attack the guts of those with IBD—a flaw fo … | Continue reading
Local prosecutors in California recently filed a lawsuit against Kroger (which also owns the Ralphs and Food 4 Less supermarket chains) for allegedly mislabeling the calorie counts on store-name bread. The Kroger Carbmaster bread line listed just 30 calories per slice, when the b … | Continue reading
Loki going from Marvel Studios’ God of Mischief to God of Stories gave actor Tom Hiddleston the opportunity to explore the full arc of the fan-favorite anti-hero. From his first appearance in Thor, directed by Kenneth Branagh, to his many deaths in The Avengers films, to finally … | Continue reading
Mystery and Star Wars go hand in hand. The franchise has, for the best part of half a century, dedicated itself to answering mysteries big and small about its galaxy—sometimes for good or ill. But rarely has a Star Wars story been a mystery in regards to its genre, and The Acolyt … | Continue reading
The 1980s were a glorious decade for horror films, heralding the rise of slasher franchises and an influx of European oddities and creative indies, with the uncertain energy of the times summoning forth movies that offered a blend of kitsch, adventurous gore, and last-days-of-the … | Continue reading
While David Lynch fans are still hoping he’ll one day to return to Twin Peaks (again), a small kernel of dreamy Lynchian bliss has just entered the atmosphere. It’s the video for “Sublime Eternal Love,” which Lynch directed, offering the first taste of Cellophane Memories, his ne … | Continue reading
Join me now for a look into my soul. Many times before on this website, I’ve written about my weird obsession with Han Solo in Carbonite from Star Wars. I love Han Solo as a character, of course, but in terms of collecting, I mainly collect Han in Carbonite, as well as Hoth Han—b … | Continue reading
House of the Dragon and Game of Thrones are both adapted from the works of George R.R. Martin, but with distinct challenges: Dragon is based on a history tome, while Thrones’ plot ended up advancing beyond that of Martin’sas-yet-unfinished book series. Dragon showrunner Ryan Cond … | Continue reading
Dermatologists are sounding the alarm over two emerging types of fungi that can cause nasty bouts of ringworm. In a new report Wednesday, they describe the first known U.S. case of one ringworm fungus that can spread sexually, while another recent paper details the arrival of a s … | Continue reading
If you’re mainly plotting routes through Google Maps on your web browser, Google is telling you it’s past time to start using the app and only the app. The company is ending access to the Timeline feature for users on the web. If you want to keep your past routes, you’ll need to … | Continue reading
In his search for giant stars hosting large worlds, Samuel Grunblatt, an astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins University, came across a strangely puffy planet that’s smaller, hotter, and older than it’s supposed to be. “We didn’t expect to find any planet that looks like this,” he tol … | Continue reading
Star Wars has long been a little in love with itself, for better or worse—familiar faces and locales showing up over and over, nods to familiar events, and of course, lines that become something akin to catchphrases. And while The Acolyte is both a series that charts a lot of new … | Continue reading
Apple and OpenAI have reportedly forged a partnership to ingrain ChatGPT into the iPhone’s operating system, according to Bloomberg and The Information. The big news is expected to be announced at next week’s Worldwide Developers Conference. Apple seems to be the latest to join a … | Continue reading
Gen V expands its cast for season 2. Paul Giamatti is set to bring Hostel to TV. A new Creep show is in the works. Plus, what’s coming on Evil. To me, my spoilers! Read more... | Continue reading
Unless you’re a horror fan, there’s a chance you’re missing out on one of the coolest cinematic universes going today. It’s Ti West’s X trilogy, which started with X, continued with Pearl, and on July 5, concludes with MaXXXine. Read more... | Continue reading
Soon enough, anybody with an Nvidia graphics card is going to have access to a chatbot they can access from any game. “Project Game Assist” has the possibility to democratize the laborious task of optimizing your in-game graphics. At the same time, the chatbot could be taking a b … | Continue reading
For more than 30 years, NASA’s iconic Hubble Space Telescope has been scouring the cosmos to look for ancient galaxies and dazzling nebulae. The wear and tear of traveling through low Earth orbit is starting to show on the aging telescope, forcing it to resort to using only one o … | Continue reading
Update, 7:50 p.m. ET: AT&T says the issue has now been fixed, telling Gizmodo over email, “We collaborated with the other carrier to find a solution and appreciate our customers patience during this period.” The original article remains below. Read more... | Continue reading
We’ve all had time to absorb the wonder that is the official Deadpool & Wolverine popcorn bucket; now, you can appreciate another subversive movie-theater flourish courtesy of Marvel’s eagerly awaited summer release. The full “Silence Your Phone” PSA featuring the characters has … | Continue reading
The fifth Avengers film is less than two years away and it seems as if Marvel is finally honing in on who is going to direct. Destin Daniel Cretton was originally announced for the film, then called The Kang Dynasty, but dropped out late last year. Now, reports are that Marvel ha … | Continue reading
Keith Gill, the popular investor who sparked the skyrocketing of GameStop’s stock back in 2021 and appears to be back at it again, might have his E*Trade account shut down, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal Monday. The stock trading platform and its owner Morgan … | Continue reading
Mixing your long plane ride with alcohol could be a dangerous cocktail for your heart, new research out Monday suggests. The small trial found that healthy volunteers experienced a greater drop in their blood oxygen level and corresponding rise in heart rate after drinking alcoho … | Continue reading
Sci-fi and fantasy entertainment has finally seen a shift toward more diverse casting—a move that not only better reflects our world, but also brings joy to fans who’ve longed to see people who look like them represented onscreen. (It can also, as we’ve seen especially with Star … | Continue reading
Meta is testing unskippable Instagram ads, first reported by TechCrunch on Monday, alongside the patience of every user who has to put up with the feature. The unskippable ads, which some users shared their experience with on other social media platforms this weekend, force users … | Continue reading
Disney Jr, Disney Channel, and Disney+ will roll out the first two Bluey minisodes over the Fourth of July weekend with a “Red, White and Bluey” marathon. Read more... | Continue reading
President Joe Biden vetoed a resolution late Friday that passed through both the U.S. House and Senate and was widely supported by the cryptocurrency industry. And it’s just the latest move from a president who’s put himself firmly in the crosshairs of powerful crypto forces who … | Continue reading
The Theatre des Vampires debuts a new show for Claudia (Delainey Hayles), while tensions brew among them after Armand (Assad Zaman) went off the script and did not kill Louis (Jacob Anderson) in last week’s episode of Interview With the Vampire. Read more... | Continue reading
Doctor Who, like all science fiction, has always rooted its storytelling in allegory—raising ideas to challenge its contemporary audience through stories of the past, the future, of monsters, and running down hallways. It always makes the moments the show wants to step away from … | Continue reading
What’s the new word of the day, kids? It’s “ceraluminum,” a real nonsense nomenclature combining ceramic and aluminum. That’s the new word to describe the next-gen Asus Zenbook S16 powered with the new AMD Ryzen 300 AI CPUs. But let’s ignore that for a second because some much mo … | Continue reading
The New York tri-state area is poised to have some large eight-legged tourists this summer. Experts are warning that the invasive Joro spider (Trichonephila clavata) could soon touch down in parts of New York and New Jersey. Striking in color and size as they may be, however, the … | Continue reading
The Predator franchise is back once again, and now it’s got its new leading lady. Director Dan Trachtenberg, whose 2022 film Prey pumped new life into the sci-fi franchise, is making another standalone Predator film and Elle Fanning has now joined its cast. Read more... | Continue reading
It’s not surprising that a pristine example of Kenner’s notoriously rare Boba Fett action figure with “rocket-firing” action—never released to the public after being deemed a choking hazard—commanded a jaw-dropping sum at a recent auction. But $525,000 is quite the handsome bount … | Continue reading
Have you seen clips from a new documentary narrated by Tom Cruise called Olympics Has Fallen, a play on the title of the 2013 movie Olympus Has Fallen? The new film claims to document the corruption in the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris, France. But it’s fake. Cruise’s narration … | Continue reading
One of the most prominent villains from Marvel’s past just appeared in Marvel’s future and it’s a little bit confusing. Monday, Sony released the first trailer for Venom: The Last Dance, the third, and final, film in the Venom trilogy. In it, we see a character played by actor Ch … | Continue reading