PS5 Supply Issues No Longer a Problem, Sony Says

Three years into the PlayStation 5’s existence, Sony is now absolutely sure customers are going to have no issues getting their hands on the company’s console.Read more... | Continue reading


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Google Maps Now Uses AI to Find Where People Are Having Fun

Google users can now make plans through a new Maps update that will generate events and activities by typing “things to do” into the search bar. Activities like art exhibitions or lists providing inspiration for things to do will now populate, giving photo-first results to users, … | Continue reading


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Building a Spacecraft to Deorbit ISS 'Not Optional,' Claims NASA Safety Panel

A safety panel highlighted the urgency of safely deorbiting the International Space Station (ISS) after it retires in 2030, warning of a catastrophe if the spacecraft were to make an uncontrolled reentry through Earth’s atmosphere.Read more... | Continue reading


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Blue Eye Samurai's Showrunners Took Their Time With Each Episode

Blue Eye Samurai is a remarkable new adult animation series coming out on Netflix, led by the husband-and-wife team of Michael Green (Logan, Blade Runner 2049) and Amber Noizumi. With an all-star voice cast that includes Maya Erskine (Mizu), George Takei (Seki), Masi Oka (Ringo), … | Continue reading


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Review of SpaceX Starship’s Water Deluge System Critical to Next Launch

In the wake of an explosive debut in April, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is conducting a review of SpaceX’s Starship launch system upgrades, focusing primarily on the new water deluge system and its potential environmental impacts at the south Texas launch site. Read more.. … | Continue reading


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Missing Doctor Who Episodes Will Be Available to Listen to Soon

When the BBC brings over 800 episodes of Doctor Who to its iPlayer streaming service next week, part of the celebrations will include an extra treat for Who fans young and old: the chance to listen to audio recordings of stories lost to the BBC’s archival junking program decades … | Continue reading


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Apple Could Face an Import Ban on Its Watches Due to a Patent Violation

On Thursday, the U.S. International Trade Commission determined that Apple had infringed on a patent held by the medical-technology company, Masimo. This infringement could potentially result in an import ban on specific Apple Watch models.Read more... | Continue reading


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Spider-Man 2's Writers Break Down the Game's Big Spoilers

Like the original Spider-Man and Spider-Man: Miles Morales before it, the recently released Spider-Man 2 is a bombastic superhero journey. With two Spider-Men on hand in Peter Parker and Miles Morales, plus the introductions of Kraven the Hunter and the alien symbiote who’ll beco … | Continue reading


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Elon 'Back to the Office' Musk Called in Remotely to First X All-Hands

There is very little surprising about Elon Musk’s methods of running X, the social media platform known as Twitter, seemingly into the ground. A year after Musk officially took over the platform, both he and recently installed X CEO Linda Yaccarino held a joint all-hands Thursday … | Continue reading


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Cruise Abruptly Pulls Its Robotaxis After California Says They're 'Not Safe'

GM-owned Cruise suspended its driverless taxis, the company said in a post on X, formerly called Twitter. This comes after the California DMV’s temporary ban on Cruise robotaxis earlier this week. Cruise says it’s working to “rebuild public trust” and will examine its operational … | Continue reading


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Microsoft Word Is 40 Years Young and Here to Make You Feel Old

There was a time when most folks weren’t on Google Docs or Word. There was a time when every grade schooler thought the best way to make their essays pop was with garish Word Art. There was a time when Microsoft Word wasn’t turning into just another AI playground for Microsoft’s … | Continue reading


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Chucky and M3GAN Could Stage a Frightful Crossover

M. Night Shyamalan’s next thriller might have found its stars. The Looney Tunes’ first ever fully-animated theatrical movie is a sci-fi buddy comedy. Go behind the scenes on the songs of the Hunger Games prequel. Plus, a new look at the return of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Spoilers … | Continue reading


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The UN Wants to Figure Out Just How Dangerous AI Is

The United Nations created a 39-member advisory body to guide the world through governance issues around artificial intelligence, announced United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres Thursday.Read more... | Continue reading


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The NBA's #1 Draft Pick Has a Truly Unique Ranking of Star Wars Movies

When it comes to debating Star Wars, the prevailing thought is that all opinions are equal. Where that changes ever so slightly is if you’re 7 foot 4 inches tall and were just drafted number one overall in the NBA like Victor Wembanyama | Continue reading


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SBF Finally Testifies in Court With No Jurors Present

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried testified in his fraud trial Thursday with no jury present. In his testimony, he acknowledged that Alameda was being used as a payment processor for FTX, but did not recall conversations around the $13 billion hole in his crypto empire, according to … | Continue reading


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With Invincible, Robert Kirkman's Superpower Is Hindsight

Robert Kirkman, the prolific comic writer behind The Walking Dead and Invincible, is gearing up for the second season of his superhero satire. But when he’s writing out the seasons of the Prime Video show, he has the benefit of hindsight; the original Invincible comic book series … | Continue reading


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Threads Users Can Now Post Polls, GIFs

Threads’s chess match against X, formerly called Twitter, continues with the launch of its polls and GIF features on Thursday. The additions bring to Threads two staples that are widely used on X and are yet another change Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced on the platform in re … | Continue reading


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This Boston Dynamics Robot Dog Uses ChatGPT to Sound Vaguely British

“Now behold the rock pile, a splendid collection of stone ensconced within wood boxes,” said Boston Dynamics’ famous Spot robot dog, mustering all the emotional vitality of a beleaguered tour guide eight hours into their shift. The Boston Dynamics engineers are famous for their a … | Continue reading


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Woman Hearing Strange Sounds Finds Out She Had a Spider in Her Ear

Here’s a terrifying medical tale, just in time for Halloween. In a new case report, doctors detail finding a spider inside a woman’s ear. The arachnid had likely made itself comfortable for at least four days, even managing to molt once. Thankfully, it was removed without any iss … | Continue reading


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10 Eerie TV Episodes to Stream for Halloween

It’s the season of horror movies—but if you don’t have the time or the fright tolerance to watch a feature, why not stream a spooky TV episode instead? Here are 10 to get you started, with animated and live-action picks; please share your favorites (and where to watch them!) in t … | Continue reading


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Leica Hopes Its New $9,500 Camera Can Save Photojournalism From AI

Leica, one of the oldest, most venerable camera companies in the world, has debuted a new $9,500 camera that, among other things, is designed to fight the scourge of digital manipulation. The M11-P is specifically marketed to professional photojournalists, and, in addition to pro … | Continue reading


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Apple’s Reportedly Working on Patch For iPhone 15 BMW Charging Issue

Apple is aware there’s a significant issue with iPhone 15s breaking when attached to the charging pad on some modern cars, according to a report from MacRumors Wednesday. While the company has yet to make any public statement regarding iPhone 15 becoming bricked when plugged into … | Continue reading


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Jupiter’s Giant Face Looks Super Unhappy About Something

Jupiter, who hurt you? Last month, NASA’s Juno mission spotted a region of the gas giant’s atmosphere forming an abject face, complete with wide eyes, a nose, and frowning mouth.Read more... | Continue reading


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One Year On: The 12 Worst Moments of Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover

My oh my, what a year it’s been. After several months of back-and-forth between billionaire and tech tycoon Elon Musk and social media company Twitter, the former officially took over as owner of the platform one year ago on Oct. 26, 2022. Read more... | Continue reading


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You Can Now Order a Waymo Robotaxi on the Uber App in Phoenix

Uber’s partnership with Waymo, a driverless taxi service, began Wednesday to provide autonomous ride options for customers in Phoenix. Riders who book an UberX, Uber Green, Uber Comfort, or Uber Comfort Electric could be paired with an autonomous Waymo vehicle.Read more... | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 year ago

Patrick Stewart Thinks He Wasn't That Great in The Next Generation's Early Seasons

When you have an acting career as vast and varied as Patrick Stewart’s, you’re allowed a little moment or two of going “well, that wasn’t great, was it?” But it’s surprising to see him reflect so harshly on what, to legions of people, will remain some of defining work: as Captain … | Continue reading


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Pieces of Asteroid Bennu Land at the Smithsonian After 200 Million Mile Voyage

After traveling through space for 200 million miles, rocky pieces from asteroid Bennu were dropped off on Earth by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in late September. Now, some of those fragments will be put on display for museum-goers to observe firsthand.Read more... | Continue reading


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Roku's New Channels Include One Dedicated to Universal Monsters

The Roku Channel, which already has a robust array of free-with-ads content, has added even more live linear channels, all curated around a specific theme, to its 400-plus options. Just in time for Halloween, there’s a new channel completely dedicated to Universal Monster movies— … | Continue reading


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Samsung's Temporary Cloud Backup is Like a Scratch Pad for Your Phone's Data

Need to fix your Samsung device? Why not temporarily back up your data in the cloud before attempting it yourself or sending it to a technician? Samsung announced it’s started rolling out a “temporary cloud backup” feature to select smartphones and tablets running the latest vers … | Continue reading


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Five Nights at Freddy's Animatronics Steal the Show in Their Movie Debut

If you’ve always wanted to see more of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, your time has arrived: Five Nights at Freddy’s will soon be both in theaters and streaming on Peacock, offering an entertaining if imperfect expansion on the popular Five Nights at Freddy’s video game franchise.Read m … | Continue reading


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Meta and Its Oversight Board Are Squabbling Over Ads for Dubiously Legal Drugs

Meta is once again showing the limits of its own Supreme Court’s policy recommendations. This time, the disagreement centers around the ways users can post about certain drugs like ketamine on Facebook and Instagram. These drugs, which can straddle the line between recreational a … | Continue reading


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Amazon Clinic Is the Latest Sign That American Healthcare Has Failed Us

You can now treat your cough, cold, and flu with Amazon Clinic, the company’s latest expansion into the healthcare space Wednesday that begs the question: Why is Amazon now my doctor?Read more... | Continue reading


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Doctor Who's Next Animated Remake Could Have Ties to Its 60th Anniversary

There’s no weirder, more Doctor Who thing than the fact that right now you can’t go back and watch the last appearance of this year’s big 60th anniversary villain—the Toymaker, now played by Neil Patrick Harris—57 years ago because 75% of that story doesn’t actually exist anymore … | Continue reading


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Star Trek: Lower Decks Just Tied It All Together in the Best Way

Back in Star Trek: Lower Decks’ first season three years ago, it took a few episodes in before the show began to explore what it really meant to borrow its entire name and premise from the iconic TNG episode. In the years since, it’s gone on to explore that idea more holistically … | Continue reading


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Motorola Reveals a Bendable Smartphone That Wraps Around Your Wrist

Motorola revealed a quite interesting phone prototype at the Lenovo Tech World 2023 that’s turning heads and wrists. This bendable smartphone has a flexible display that can wrap around your wrist like a watch. Read more... | Continue reading


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Happy Twitter Anniversary, Elon Musk! Your Platform Is Dying

Ever since Elon Musk took over X, formerly known as Twitter, this time last year, plenty of decisions ranging from head-scratching to plain bad have been made. Now, one year later, there is clear data indicating that those decisions have done next to nothing except destroy the on … | Continue reading


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Life-Sized Crown of Gondor Comes With Significantly Less-Life-Sized Minas Tirith

As the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy begins celebrating a string of landmark anniversaries over the next few years, and Warner Bros. remains eager to delve too greedily and too deep into getting what it can out of the franchise, there’s at least one way we all get to win: absur … | Continue reading


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NASA Plans to Visit a Toxic Moon—Here's How It's Testing a 'Dragonfly' for the Mission

A car-sized rotorcraft is getting ready to soar through the thick atmosphere of Saturn’s largest moon. Before it’s ready to explore the possible habitability of the bizarre methane-soaked world, Dragonfly was put to the test here on Earth, flying through intense wind tunnels that … | Continue reading


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SpaceX Rival Rocket Lab Is Cleared to Launch Again After September Anomaly

Following an in-flight anomaly during an Electron launch in September, Rocket Lab has been granted FAA authorization to resume its launch operations, with an anticipated return this quarter.Read more... | Continue reading


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Lisa Frankenstein's First Trailer Features a Girl, a Corpse, and a Quirky Romance

When her high-school crush dies, a lonely teen digs him up and reanimates him—what could go wrong? The neon-soaked, blood-splattered, very hairspray-filled first trailer for Lisa Frankenstein (written by Jennifer’s Body scribe Diablo Cody, who won an Oscar for Juno) promises ghou … | Continue reading


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Pro-Russia Hackers Target European Government With Roundcube Webmail Bug

Winter Vivern, believed to be a Belarus-aligned hacker, attacked European government entities and a think tank starting on Oct. 11, according to an Ars Technica report Wednesday. ESET Research discovered the hack that exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Roundcube, a webmail ser … | Continue reading


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Double Tap Gesturing Comes to Apple Series 9 and Ultra 2 Watches

Apple bringing double-tap gesturing to its WatchOS 10.1 today, which means you can use it on the Series 9 and Ultra 2 watches.Read more... | Continue reading


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David Jenkins Talks Our Flag Means Death's Finale, and That Tragic Twist

Our Flag Means Death has just wrapped up its sophomore season, and it’s time to say goodbye to our favorite pirates for, well, at least another year. Streaming service MAX hasn’t renewed the workplace comedy/action-adventure show for a third season, but if the numbers are anythin … | Continue reading


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McDonald’s Ditches the Weird McFlurry Spoons

When the McDonalds ice cream machine is not perpetually broken, there’s nothing quite like a McFlurry to bring you joy. While you’ll still be able to enjoy the tasty treat, you’ll no longer be able to eat it with its iconic, chunky plastic spoon. After almost three decades, the f … | Continue reading


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Bubble of Toxic Coolant Abruptly Ends Russian ISS Spacewalk

A bubble of coolant leaked out of a radiator attached to the International Space Station (ISS), jeopardizing an ongoing spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts on Wednesday.Read more... | Continue reading


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Hyundai Rolls Out Anti-Theft Software Upgrade, Spurred by TikTok's 'Kia Challenge'

Hyundai said Wednesday it’s pushing an anti-theft software update for select vehicles targeted by thieves using the viral TikTok “Kia Challenge.” Both Kia and Hyundai car thefts started to spike in the summer of 2022 after thieves realized they lacked engine immobilizers and anti … | Continue reading


@gizmodo.com | 1 year ago

SteamVR 2.0 Makes Valve's Virtual UI a Lot Steamier

Valve is finally giving some love to those still looking to play their VR games on Steam. The newly-released SteamVR 2.0 has finally brought its virtual reality interface in line with its more current Steam and Steam Deck. The company previewed this update a month ago when it ent … | Continue reading


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More Movies Face Delays as Studios and SAG-AFTRA Continue Negotiation

Mike Flanagan has found the rest of his cast for Life of Chuck. Chucky prepares to go out in a blaze of glory in our first look at the back half of Chucky season 3. Plus, another Five Nights at Freddy poster to tide you over, and a new look at Lisa Frankenstein. Spoilers away!Rea … | Continue reading


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