What if Marvel Studios, Disney+, Industrial Light & Magic, and Apple all came together for a single project? Well, we don’t have to ask “What If?” It’s actually happening. It’s called What If…? – An Immersive Story, it’s a virtual reality experience exclusive to Apple Vision Pro, … | Continue reading
Amazon is reportedly releasing a generative AI version of Alexa later this year and plans to charge a monthly subscription fee separate from Amazon Prime for the technology, according to CNBC on Wednesday. It’s part of Amazon’s effort to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4 Omni and G … | Continue reading
Google Maps is one of the most popular navigation apps. Gizmodo readers have voted it the greatest app of all time. That said, it never hurts to explore your options when it comes to figuring out which navigation app is right for you. We’ve found some of the best Google Maps alte … | Continue reading
Microsoft’s full-throttle push into artificial intelligence technology is getting more scrutiny by regulators worried that the conglomerate is invading consumers’ privacy. Read more... | Continue reading
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When a film is a huge success, we often imagine studios pressuring filmmakers to follow it up. “Get the sequel out fast,” is the prevailing thought. And while sometimes that happens with varying degrees of success,George Miller told io9 he didn’t feel any pressure to follow up Ma … | Continue reading
The $700 Humane AI Pin didn’t have the best launch, mainly because reviewers got their hands on the pint-size wearable chatbot and realized a lot of features didn’t work as well as advertised. Now, the company that made the device, headed up by two ex-Apple developers, is reporte … | Continue reading
Steven Kostanki’s Deathstalker remake releases its first image. Another new look at Alien: Romulus. Plus, you’ll have to read a YA novel to find out what happened at the end of Goosebumps’ first season. Keep watching the spoilers! Read more... | Continue reading
When OpenAI’s board fired Sam Altman in late 2023, the board members said he “was not consistently candid in his communications.” The statement raised more questions than answers, indirectly calling Sam Altman a liar, but about what exactly? Six months later, creatives and former … | Continue reading
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, announced late Tuesday afternoon that he would accept donations in Bitcoin, Ether, Dogecoin, Solana, and other cryptocurrencies. With this move, he has become the first major party candidate to embrace digital currenc … | Continue reading
Fans of 3 Body Problem were thrilled to hear the show had been renewed by Netflix, but something about the announcement was puzzling. Usually, when a show gets greenlit for more, there’s a specific announcement about what that means: another season, two more seasons, a special ar … | Continue reading
C. Gordon Bell, a true visionary in the world of computing who helped design some of the first minicomputers in the 1960s, died May 17 at the age of 89, according to a new report from the New York Times Tuesday. Bell died in Coronado, California from pneumonia according to the Ti … | Continue reading
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Every movie starts with a script and a movie we’ve all been waiting for is finally getting one. Michael Lesslie, the writer of last year’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes, is in negotiations to write Marvel Studios’ upcoming live-action X-Men movie. Read more.. … | Continue reading
Star Wars fans have been buzzing about a potentially huge reveal in new footage from The Acolyte, and now a curious change to that footage on YouTube adds fuel to the fire of its accuracy. Read more... | Continue reading
Hidden right above Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean, the ride that started the Disney Parks attraction-to-movie pipeline, is the members-only Club 33, an exclusive destination for industry professionals, insiders, the rich and the famous, and their lucky friends. There’s ple … | Continue reading
Netflix fantasy Sweet Tooth—based on Jeff Lemire’s DC comic series—will unveil its third and final season in June, and the stakes are sky-high for the hybrid kids and their allies. Today brought a new trailer and images highlighting new characters, including those played by Star … | Continue reading
Despite the fact that they’re created by humans, large language models are still quite mysterious. The high-octane algorithms that power our current artificial intelligence boom have a way of doing things that aren’t outwardly explicable to the people observing them. This is why … | Continue reading
Bluey’s World is opening later this year in the Heeler family’s neighborhood of Brisbane, Australia. Inspired by Ludo Studio’s hit animated series Bluey, this mini theme park experience is an upgrade from a traveling pop-up; it’s more of a permanent residence with attractions thr … | Continue reading
Out of all the big blowout declarations from Microsoft Build, from the launch of all new “Copilot+” PCs with Snapdragon X Elite chips to new software, perhaps the most standout offering is Recall. It’s an always-on screenshotting time machine that is supposed to let users search … | Continue reading
A teen girl’s kitten turned out to cause much more trouble than usual. In a new case report this month, doctors in Portugal describe how the cat likely transmitted an usually mild germ that caused the girl to develop a serious and rare bone infection. Thankfully, once the infecti … | Continue reading
Compasses at the bottom of the ocean wobbled as a massive solar storm hit Earth last week, giving the instruments two miles under the sea a jolt of magnetic shock and awe. Read more... | Continue reading
Over the past five years, new Marvel movies may have been confusing if you didn’t watch the streaming shows. Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness was basically a direct sequel to WandaVision. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania had its roots in Loki. And The Marvels feature … | Continue reading
Our galaxy stretches across 100,000 light-years and contains somewhere between 100 to 400 billion stars. It appears in our night skies as a long, hazy strip of light littered with celestial objects. Photographers worldwide have been captivated by the sight of the Milky Way from E … | Continue reading
Star Trek just got itself another Oscar winner and Starfleet Academy just got itself a new chancellor. Holly Hunter, best known for work in films including Raising Arizona, The Incredibles, and Home for the Holidays,has just been cast as the lead in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, … | Continue reading
Minnesota legislators reached a compromise with Uber and Lyft to increase pay for drivers across the state through a newly passed bill on Sunday, according to the Star Tribune. The ridesharing companies say they will continue operating throughout the state, after threatening to l … | Continue reading
Simon Kinberg’s name is recognizable to fans of the X-Men movies—his feature directorial debut was 2019's X-Men: Dark Phoenix, but he’s long been a producer and sometimes writer on the franchise, starting with 2006's X-Men: The Last Stand right up through this summer’s Deadpool & … | Continue reading
New research this month is the latest to link the use of Ozempic, Wegovy, and other GLP-1 drugs to a greater risk of gastroparesis, a potentially serious medical condition. So what exactly is gastroparesis and how worried should you be about it if you’re on or thinking about taki … | Continue reading
It’s very possible we’ll know more about UFOs soon. Due to a stipulation inside the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, the federal government is now required to share any and all internal reports on the subject of unidentified flying objects with the National Archives, whic … | Continue reading
A Tesla owner in Ohio had a terrifying experience recently when his car tried to drive him right into a crossing train, according to multiple videos posted to the Tesla Motors Club forum. The vehicle was in Full Self-Driving (FSD) mode and allegedly, this isn’t the first time the … | Continue reading
While many of 2024's most anticipated horror titles are yet to come—think A Quiet Place: Day One, Longlegs, Trap, and MaXXXine—there are also plenty of must-see titles that either already wrapped their theatrical runs, or were released straight to streaming. Plan your next horror … | Continue reading
In a new update to its full self-driving (FSD) mode, Tesla is reportedly removing what its drivers call “steering wheel nag.” Read more... | Continue reading
The unreliable haze of nostalgia, the intoxicating connection that comes from a shared obsessive fandom, and the tricks the mind plays to shield us from unbearable truths all come into play in I Saw the TV Glow, the latest psychological horror movie from writer-director Jane Scho … | Continue reading
Imagine if you dropped your phone, and instead of bemoaning its new dented existence, you watched as the screen fixed itself before your eyes, as if watching the X-Men’s Wolverine repair himself after a battle that would kill a mortal man. A new Apple patent offers something slig … | Continue reading
Neanderthal remains from the Altai Mountains contain human viruses, a team of researchers has found, suggesting that infectious diseases may have been transmitted between anatomically modern humans and our closest (extinct) cousins. Read more... | Continue reading
Sonos, the renowned audio company known best for its speakers, has finally revealed its first-ever pair of headphones, the Ace. We’ve known for some time that Sonos has been working on a pair of high-end headphones for a while now. I spent some quality time with the Sonos Ace at … | Continue reading
What We Do in the Shadows teases its series finale. Jerry Bruckheimer clarifies his plans for the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Plus, a new look at Alien: Romulus. To me, my spoilers! Read more... | Continue reading
In case you missed it, we highly recommend you go check out Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga this week. We’ve seen it, we loved it, we’ve been covering the crap out of it, and if you’re as excited as we were for it, we think you’ll be happy. Read more... | Continue reading
Former President Donald Trump shared a video on Truth Social Monday afternoon referencing “the creation of a unified Reich” among possible headlines that would read if he wins re-election in November. Trump deleted the video sometime around 8:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday after receiving … | Continue reading
OpenAI asked Scarlett Johansson to provide voice acting that would be used in the company’s new AI voice assistant, but the actress declined, according to a statement obtained by NPR on Monday. And after last week’s demo, Johansson says she was shocked to hear a voice that was id … | Continue reading
The new iPad Pro pretty much stole the show at the May 7 Apple event. An M4 chip and an OLED display are exciting upgrades. It’s powerful (and expensive) enough to almost seriously compete with a Macbook. The iPad Air, on the other hand, leaves a lot to be desired, especially if … | Continue reading
Microsoft wants to convince you that a chip tuned for AI will all be worth it. Adobe, DaVinci, and CapCut are among the first apps to offer compatibility with the dedicated NPU inside the new Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite processor running on select PCs. Windows also provides built … | Continue reading
NASA aims to set up a long-term human presence on the Moon, but maintaining a habitat on the surface will require some innovative infrastructure. To one day transport cargo across the dusty, cratered landscape, NASA is considering a magnetic levitation railway system. Read more.. … | Continue reading
Not only is Amandla Stenberg about to become one of the newest Force wielders in the Star Wars galaxy, they’re also about to blow your mind as a musician too. Read more... | Continue reading
Rejoice New Yorkers. The Portal is back. Read more... | Continue reading
Microsoft smells blood in the water, and it seems to be exclusively gunning for Apple’s latest ultra-thin laptops and iPads with devices sporting all-day batteries and ARM-based processors that boast better performance with better energy efficiency. A new Surface Pro 2-in-1 promi … | Continue reading
A new documentary following the six-year process of making Hayao Miyazaki’sOscar-winning animated film The Boy and the Heron was released at the Cannes Film Festival. Read more... | Continue reading
Longlegs looks like a supernatural Silence of the Lambs with a hint of Zodiac, and we could not be more excited. Written and directed by Osgood Perkins, it’s the story of a new FBI agent (Maika Monroe) who finds herself on the trail of a cryptic serial killer who calls themselves … | Continue reading