Yes, you just saw a statue come to life with state of the art Imagineering tech on Disney Parks’ Anna and Elsa’s Frozen Journey, locatedin theFrozen Kingdom at Tokyo DisneySea Fantasy Springs. If you want to ride this attraction sooner rather than later (it might be coming to Dis … | Continue reading
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Twenty-four years after it, alongside the X-Wing, launched Lego Star Wars’ sublime Ultimate Collector Series line, the TIE Interceptor screamed to life this past weekend as Lego’s latest big-ticket Star Wars model to celebrate May 4. You’ve already seen our thoughts in video form … | Continue reading
Over the next two weeks, I guarantee many of us will have at least two good hours. That’s because, in the lead-up to Furiosa: A Mad Max Story, many of us will take that time and rewatch Mad Max: Fury Road. The 2015 George Miller film almost instantly became an all-time classic an … | Continue reading
OpenAI will livestream updates to ChatGPT and GPT-4 on Monday at 1 p.m. ET. In a Friday tweet, CEO Sam Altman rejected several reports that OpenAI is launching a search engine or GPT-5 at the event. However, Altman announced something that “feels like magic” is coming to ChatGPT. … | Continue reading
Hundreds of climate protesters upset with the environmental impact of Tesla’s manufacturing plant in Grünheide, Germany broke through a police line and stormed Europe’s lone Gigafactory on Friday, according to several reports on social media. The protesters were stopped at a fenc … | Continue reading
Jan Sramek, the CEO behind the controversial California Forever project, appeared at Bloomberg’s annual tech conference in San Francisco on Thursday. He was treated to a not-exactly-amiable discussion with one of the outlet’s reporters, Karen Breslau. For the most part, Sramek tr … | Continue reading
When audiences last saw Rey Skywalker, she announced her new name and the credits rolled. What specifically she’d do next, how she was feeling, andall that kind of stuff was left for the future. Nowwe know that future includes a new movie—but well before that, an official Star Wa … | Continue reading
Just when we thought things couldn’t get any worse for Boeing’s attempt at launching a crew to orbit, in comes a longstanding industry feud over rocket valves for a shocking third act. Read more... | Continue reading
Jack Dorsey reemerged on Elon Musk’s X recently, calling it a “freedom technology” last week as he stepped down from Bluesky’s board. In an interview with Pirate Wires Thursday, the founder of Twitter says he never really left the platform, he just was posting less. Dorsey also s … | Continue reading
io9 named Scavengers Reign to our list of the best TV shows of 2023—but the series won’t be returning to Max for a second season. However, with the news of its cancellation comes a flicker of hope: the excellent 12-episode first season will also be available on Netflix starting M … | Continue reading
Paul Manafort, a top Trump associate who pleaded guilty to money laundering and obstruction of justice before being pardoned by the 45th president in 2020, is back in the news with the Washington Post reporting he’s revived his international consultancy business. But there’s one … | Continue reading
When Weta’s Erik Winquist heard Fox was making another Planet of the Apes movie, he was initally skeptical. “It was presented as ‘Hey, there’s another Apes film, are you interested in working on that?’ And I was like, ‘Oh. I don’t know.’” he told io9. “Part of it was... where is … | Continue reading
There are few more intimidating things in the world of Doctor Who than introducing something new. Despite the series’ enduring themes of change over the last 60 years, its fandom is one that is, more often than not, hesitant to adapt to change at first—and will let you know it. T … | Continue reading
They’re small, they’re convenient, and, according to security researchers, they’re extremely hackable. The car key fob doesn’t exactly have the greatest reputation when it comes to digital security. Over the past few years, law enforcement agencies have alleged an uptick in the n … | Continue reading
If you’re in the mood for a weird scavenger hunt this spring, you’re in luck. Entomologists are asking members of the public to report sightings of adult brood cicadas that have become infested with the parasite Massospora cicadina, also known as the zombie cicada fungus. Those l … | Continue reading
The timing seemed just a little too precious. A day after Warner Bros. announced it would be making a new Lord of the Rings film called “The Hunt for Gollum,” a fan film with the same name that had been online for 15 years was removed from YouTube. “This video contains content fr … | Continue reading
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center forecasted a “severe solar storm” that’s expected to hit Earth tonight, according to a release. These geomagnetic storms happen every so often, but as the Sun approaches the maximum of its 11-ye … | Continue reading
The hits just keep on coming with the Tesla Cybertruck. Yet another owner has reported having problems mere miles after picking up their brand new, low-resolution electric pickup. Read more... | Continue reading
With Apple TV+ series Dark Matter—adapted from Blake Crouch’s best-selling novel—now streaming, it seemed like the perfect time to assemble a new list of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books that have movies and TV series in the works. Add them to your summer reading list, and you’l … | Continue reading
io9 is proud to present fiction from LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE. Once a month, we feature a story from LIGHTSPEED’s current issue. This month’s selection is “We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read” by Caroline M. Yoachim. Read more... | Continue reading
Apple apologized on Thursday for a new iPad Pro commercial that featured several creative objects—including a piano, video cameras, and cans of paint—being destroyed by an industrial crusher, telling Ad Age that it “missed the mark.” The ad was met with fierce backlash from peopl … | Continue reading
Pets are our loving companions and offer moments of levity even when times are tough. Though it’s hard to say whether they understand humor, they certainly provide us with plenty. From cats stuck in stone walls to dogs stuck in cat doors, our domesticated animals give us somethin … | Continue reading
After some recent casting announcements that came with no details attached (Paul Walter Hauser, John Malkovich), Marvel’s Phase Six entry Fantastic Four—which already has Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as the main heroes, plus Julia Garner as Si … | Continue reading
Universal Pictures’ latest horror release Abigail is now available to watch on-demand at home, for those who missed it in theaters or wanted to wait for a scary movie night in. The kidnapped vampire ballerina romp directed by Radio Silence filmmakers Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettin … | Continue reading
On Wednesday, OpenAI released a draft of its Model Spec sheet that details how it intends its AI models to behave. There is a section focusing on NSFW content that gives the impression that the company is exploring ways to makeAI porn, but the company says that is not happening. … | Continue reading
The sonic background of Star Wars is almost unmatched for legendary, immediately recognizable callouts. The snap-hiss of an igniting lightsaber. The penetrating wail of a TIE Fighter shrieking into view, the alien cacophony of Mos Eisley cantina. The prequels added to this catalo … | Continue reading
The Asus ROG Ally is barelya year old, but the gaming handheld built to rival the Steam Deck (at least, the one that came the closest to dethroning Valve’s handheld goliath) is coming back with an upgrade. Details are rather sparse, but the update could include a new coat of pain … | Continue reading
The Sun is a hot mess right now. Solar maximum is fast approaching, and a giant dark spot on the surface of the Sun keeps growing while spewing radiation out to space in the process. Read more... | Continue reading
Bumble Founder and Executive Chair Whitney Wolfe Herd defended her dating app’s new AI feature on stage in San Francisco on Thursday. She went on to describe a version of the future where “AI-dating concierges” message each other on a human’s behalf. Read more... | Continue reading
All the way back in 2011, Rise of the Planet of the Apes seemed like it’d be an unremarkable but potentially solid movie. No one really knew what to make of Fox doing a prequel/reboot of the classic sci-fi series, especially since it’d already tried a decade prior with Tim Burton … | Continue reading
“Do you have it in you to make it epic?” That’s the question Chris Hemsworth’s Dementus asks in Furiosa: A Mad Max Story, and for at least one person that answer is yes. George Miller, director of Furiosa, does have it in him to make it epic. And, before you even see the movie, t … | Continue reading
At least 224 people have been injured after an iPhone app called t:connect drained the battery on its accompanying insulin pump, called t:slim X2, causing the pump to fail to deliver insulin. The FDA issued a Class I recall of the app on Wednesday, according to a press release, t … | Continue reading
Dario and Daniela Amodei, siblings and founders of Anthropic, fired indirect jabs at OpenAI while not stating the company’s name on Thursday. The founders told a San Francisco audience that Anthropic’s AI was the best in the world, and defended their competitive advantage over in … | Continue reading
Evil doppelgängers can emerge from anywhere—they pop out of parallel dimensions, are crafted by alien technology, or burst into the present as time-traveling robots. Even worse, sometimes they just exist for no reason, other than to duplicate (and inevitably torment) a story’s ma … | Continue reading
The enormous Dali container ship has been stuck in Baltimore since it hit and destroyed the Francis Scott Key bridge way back in March. The ship lost power and careered into one of the supports for the bridge, bringing it crashing down and killing six workers on the bridge. Now, … | Continue reading
We’re getting close to the end of Star Trek: Discovery, which means we’re getting close to a season finale. And if there’s one thing Star Trek: Discovery loves—more than love, more than time travel, more than being deeply unsubtle—it is presenting you with a scenario of hope that … | Continue reading
Batman: The Animated Series remains an important, influential superhero show, even nearly 30 years after its final episode, and the loss of iconic voice actor Kevin Conroy. But Batman the character lives forever, and he’ll be launching into new adventures soon in a long-teased se … | Continue reading
There’s more Bluey on the way in the form of Bluey Minisodes! A new batch of 20 shorts will be released on Disney Jr. and Disney+ this July. Read more... | Continue reading
The future of weight loss is looking more varied by the second. This week, scientists have reported the preliminary findings of a small trial testing out a novel, non-surgical procedure for obesity—one that works by burning part of the mucus-filled lining of the stomach. The pati … | Continue reading
While almost every animal in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes was computer generated, one particular species was practical: the leeches on the bodies of the entire crew. Read more... | Continue reading
A bad thing happened to another Boeing plane on Thursday. A 737-300 operated by the Senegalese carrier Transair skidded off the runway while ablaze at Blaise Diagne International Airport in Dakar, Senegal. A statement from Senegal’s Ministry of Infrastructure, Land and Air Transp … | Continue reading
The latest versions of the iPad Air and iPad Pro have effectively discontinued any Apple tablet with a headphone jack. I know, I know, that slow march away from dedicated audio jacks has been trending on for the last decade, as much as we might miss them. It seems audiophiles who … | Continue reading
Elon Musk’s neuroscience startup Neuralink has had a string of successes with its first human test subject who had a chip installed in his brain. However, it hasn’t been flawless. On Wednesday, the company described an issue with the implant that it claims has since been solved. … | Continue reading
28 Years Later’s cast just grew even further. Ryan Murphy’s mysterious new horror series just landed a wild guest star. Plus, what’s to come when Doctor Who returns tomorrow night. Spoilers, away! Read more... | Continue reading
Warner Bros. has threatened for a while that it wants to keep on telling movies in Middle-Earth—and while we’re looking forward to the animated Rohan prequelWar of the Rohirrim later this year, the studio just dropped the first details on the actual first major project of this ne … | Continue reading
Shhh! There’s a new trailer for A Quiet Place: Day One, which takes us back to the very beginning of the alien invasion that’s so devastated Earth by the time A Quiet Place and its sequel roll around. Those characters know all about hiding and not making a sound—but in Day One, t … | Continue reading