Before Disney bought Star Wars, the two brands began their courtship with a ride. Star Tours opened in 1987 and has seen many new upgrades and additions over the years. This week, for its Season of the Force event, Disney gave the ride another refresh. And this time, for the firs … | Continue reading
Even in the era where the House of Mouse is Star Wars’ home, few things about the galaxy far, far away have defined its relationship with Disney other than Star Tours, the Disney Parks ride that shaped generations of collaborations between Lucasfilm and Mickey Mouse. Now, as Star … | Continue reading
Elon Musk denied the accuracy of a report from Reuters early Friday that claimed Tesla was scrapping plans to produce a low-cost electric vehicle in favor of a robotaxi. But the billionaire just announced on X that he’ll be unveiling a new robotaxi on August 8, raising obvious qu … | Continue reading
Of the many Star Wars film ideas floating around right now, it’s one of the most intriguing: James Mangold’s plans to take us back tens of thousands of years before the films, before almost everything we’ve ever known about Star Wars, to explore the origins of the earliest wielde … | Continue reading
As a company that wants to make money, Roku wants you to watch as many ads as possible. That’s not currently possible when you exit Roku’s streaming player and do something like play a game on the Nintendo Switch or watch a show on your Apple TV. But if the company gets its way, … | Continue reading
New York and New Jersey were jolted by a 4.8 earthquake on Friday morning, a rare occurrence in the region. But we can’t say we weren’t warned. Scientists have been predicting The Big One could hit New York at some point. And the predictions date back over a century. Read more... | Continue reading
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Virgin Galactic has responded to Boeing’s lawsuit, which accuses the company of retaining its trade secrets. In response, Virgin Galactic has filed a lawsuit of its own, blaming Boeing for repeated failures that ultimately led to the termination of their commercial partnership. R … | Continue reading
Several eclipse-focused projects are set to make big scientific contributions this coming Monday, April 8. While many projects are already in full swing, there’s still time for you to take part and contribute. Read more... | Continue reading
Here’s what it’s like to go behind the scenes at Walt Disney Imagineering for Tiana’s Bayou Adventure. Read more... | Continue reading
A Canadian man found a rat in his toilet, and his month only got worse from there. In a recent case report, the man’s doctors described how he contracted an unusual and severe infection from being bitten by the rodent—one that ultimately sent him to the intensive care unit. Thank … | Continue reading
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7 struck northern New Jersey on Friday morning, shaking millions of Americans in New York City and along the East Coast. The quake was strong enough to rattle some dishes but resulted in fairly minimal damage. However, strong reverberations of … | Continue reading
It’s probably slightly early to get in line at the theater, but The Mandalorian & Grogu has an official release date. The next Star Wars movie will arrive May 22, 2026—replacing a slot held for “Untitled Star Wars” on Disney’s release schedule. Read more... | Continue reading
This week, Star Trek: Discovery kicked off its final season with a bold adventure—one with intimate ties to a classic Star Trek: The Next Generation story no other show in the franchise has dared to follow up on. In doing so, it’s opening up the kinds of opportunities that only D … | Continue reading
The Great North American Eclipse is happening Monday, but given the latest weather forecasts, many people across the continent will look up and see nothing but clouds. Should that be the case, here’s what you can expect. Read more... | Continue reading
While season two of House of the Dragon is arriving this summer, another HBO Game of Thrones prequel is making progress toward actually arriving on screens. Big progress, actually: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight has just found its Dunk and Egg. Read more... | Continue reading
Forgetting your iPad passcode can be a hassle. You could easily get locked out of it because there’s also a limit to how many times you can enter a different four- and six-digit combo. Once you hit that limit, your iPad is disabled. Read more... | Continue reading
You’d be correct in assuming that this is not the first Hot Toys sixth-scale figure capturing Hayden Christensen’s Anakin Skywalker as he appeared in Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series. But this is the first Hot Toys sixth-scale figure depicting the character in his Clone … | Continue reading
One of the biggest heists in Los Angeles history took place on Easter when thieves pillaged a money storage facility in the San Fernando Valley during the dead of night. The building, which holds large cash inventories for major corporations, was infiltrated by a team of robbers … | Continue reading
A Hong Kong man’s scrape with monkeys led to him contract a potentially deadly germ. This week, local health officials reported a case of B virus in a 37-year-old man—the first ever reported in the region. Human B virus infections are rare, and they can be life-threatening withou … | Continue reading
Apple decided to stop building cars and smartwatch displays in-house so it laid off 600 employees, according to a report from Bloomberg Thursday. The layoffs, which occurred in Feb. and March, affected 87 employees working at a secret Apple facility working on smartwatch screens, … | Continue reading
In a horror movie, an eclipse—a surreal occurrence that can shroud a sunny day in total darkness, or blot the moon from the night sky—is an excellent way to telegraph that something ominous will soon happen, as well as emphasize the idea that cosmic forces are controlling the fat … | Continue reading
After months of sending unusable data to mission control, there’s finally hope for the Voyager 1 spacecraft. NASA engineers pinpointed the cause behind the mission’s odd anomaly, and think they can help the interstellar probe make sense again. Read more... | Continue reading
Much of North America isn’t looking great for the upcoming total solar eclipse on April 8, with normally clear regions facing bad weather, and areas that typically see poorer conditions now unexpectedly offering some of the best views. Read more... | Continue reading
What’s the most important set on a Star Trek show? Depending on the series, it might differ—for the most part, it’s going to be the bridge of a starship. But “the bridge of a starship” isn’t really the answer to that question: it’s the place that feels most like home. And while i … | Continue reading
Some of our posts include links to retailers. If you buy something from clicking on one, G/O Media may earn a commission. Because editorial staff is independent of commerce, affiliate linking does not influence our editorial content. Many modern video games offer narrative experi … | Continue reading
As we said back in 2017, when the Beats Studio3 Wireless headphones debuted, Beats’ products have been getting better and better since Apple bought the company and started contributing to their design and hardware. The new Beats Studio Pro, the first new addition to the Beats Stu … | Continue reading
Sony may sometimes struggle with giving its products memorable names, but at the same time, calling its new flagship wireless earbuds the WF-1000XM5 is kind of a major flex. They are astoundingly good, and their sound quality and ANC performance are more than enough to sell the e … | Continue reading
Whoa! Did you feel that? It was an earthquake with an epicenter in northern New Jersey, which caused a flurry on social media Friday morning. The quake was centered about 20 miles west of North Plainfield and occurred at about 10:23 a.m. ET according to a European seismological c … | Continue reading
During a recent tour of the Walt Disney Company’s Imagineering building in Glendale, California, io9 was able to take a look behind the scenes of Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, coming to the Walt Disney World Resort and the Disneyland Resort this year. Read more... | Continue reading
Although it will poke and prod at the slow decline of the Republic and Jedi Order alike, the new Star Wars streaming series The Acolyte is still set at a point in time where the Jedi themselves are considered to be at the peak of their prowess and reach across the galaxy. So it m … | Continue reading
Disney is getting serious about laying down the law on people who share passwords for its streaming services, according to company CEO Bob Iger. Mark your calendars, password sharers, because it’s going to get a lot harder to share passwords beginning in June 2024. Read more... | Continue reading
On March 8, a small, cylinder-shaped object fell from the skies and crashed through the roof of a family home in Naples, Florida. Alejandro Otero, the homeowner, suspected it came from space but he wasn’t sure what he needed to do get NASA’s attention and be taken seriously. Read … | Continue reading
Daredevil: Born Again expands its cast. Get a gory new look at the killer vampire kid movie Abigail in new footage. Futurama sets a summer return. Plus, what’s coming on American Horror Story: Delicate. To me, my spoilers! Read more... | Continue reading
Amazon pulled Just Walk Out technology from its grocery stores earlier this week. The company claims over 130 convenience stores, and some Amazon Go locations, will keep using the technology, but it’s killed off much of the internal development. “Nearly all” of the engineers buil … | Continue reading
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Elon Musk is completely obsessed with illegal immigration—something that’s not exactly a surprise, given the fact that he’s both a Republican and one of the wealthiest people in the country. But you’d think he could stop spreading debunked conspiracy theories about President Joe … | Continue reading
The total solar eclipse will be visible to millions of people in North America on April 8, and experts warn that it’s vital everyone wears proper eye protection. But there are some conspiracy theorists on TikTok and X who are insisting the experts are lying and that it’s complete … | Continue reading
Today’s competition could not be more divergent in the battle of the everything laptop. On one hand, we have Apple and its M3 MacBook Pro, a design that has remained the same for the past several years. The company is hinging its hopes on a simple design that works along with the … | Continue reading
A team of physicists and engineers at Princeton University built a twisting fusion reactor known as a stellarator that uses permanent magnets, showcasing a potentially cost-effective way of building the powerful machines. Their experiment, called MUSE, relies on 3D-printed and of … | 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 “A Pedra” by Endria Isa Richardson. You can read the story below or listen to the podcast. Read more... | Continue reading
Today Lucasfilm gave us a surprise first look at the next Star Wars animated series—not an ongoing successor to The Bad Batch as it enters its final run of episodes, but a continuation of the anthology format established by last year’s Tales of the Jedi. This time around, it’s no … | Continue reading
If you’re a fan of The X-Files, odds are you’re also a fan of Kolchak: The Night Stalker. Though its entire 1972-1975 run encompassed just two TV movies and a single 20-episode season, the show has been a revered beacon of weird pop culture ever since, and is an oft-cited inspira … | Continue reading
After the critical and financial success of Dune: Part Two, director Denis Villeneuve can do whatever he wants. What the fans want is Dune Messiah, a third part of his Dune saga. But Villeneuve has made it clear he needs a break from sand for a while. It’s coarse, gets everywhere … | Continue reading
Roland Quandt (@rquandt) was one of the first leakers to claim the upcoming release of the Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro. His brief tweet doesn’t include any details, though. In fact, he adds, “I have no idea when, what, how, this that, anything but the fact they’re in the works.” Re … | Continue reading
iOS 17.2 brought with it the Apple Journal app, created to help balance out the unstructured, too-free-flowing nature of the Notes app. Apple Journal is for secret thoughts and feelings and taking notes about specific times in life. Those posts can all have images, locations, and … | Continue reading
There are a lot of things you could do with a time machine, but one of the most efficiently lucrative uses would be visiting a comic-book seller in 1938, and snagging multiple copies of a certain title that would prove to be highly collectible in future decades: Action Comics #1. … | Continue reading