The First Footage From Aquaman 2 Looks Wild

This week, superhero fans are finally going to return under the sea. Warner Bros. has just announced that Thursday, September 14 will bring the first trailer for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, the long-awaited follow-up to James Wan’s 2018 billion-dollar hit, Aquaman. But you don’ … | Continue reading


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David Zaslav Thinks Warner Bros. Hasn't Used DC & Its Other Franchises Enough

Franchises have been the name of the game in Hollywood for years, and Warner Bros. has been franchise-heavy more than most. Between various DC movies, the different Conjuring films, and whatever else, the studio has had a big franchise push over the last decade. But for current C … | Continue reading


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Wolverine Celebrates Turning 50 with a Chris Claremont Miniseries

Throughout the decades, various writers have taken Wolverine for one ride after another. And if there’s one writer whose legacy looms large over the X-Men character, it’d certainly be Chris Claremont, who helped launch the character into being one of Marvel’s key characters and a … | Continue reading


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The Haunted Mansion Remake Will Scare Disney+ in October

Back in July, Disney released its remake of Haunted Mansion, which didn’t really light the world on spectral fire when it came out. Part of it was due to other big movies releasing in late July at the time and stealing whatever thunder it could’ve possibly had. (Not to mention, i … | Continue reading


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Batman 1989's Iconic Music is Going on Tour

There’ve been so many Batman movies over the last several decades, but Tim Burton’s titular 1989 film holds a special place in the history of superhero films. It was the first Batman movie—or well, one of them—seen by many a generation, and its impact can be felt across future li … | Continue reading


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Burning Man’s Climate Reckoning Has Begun

Burning Man, the transient bacchanal that attracts more than 70,000 partygoers to the remote Nevada desert for eight days every August, prides itself on its environmental bona fides. One of the festival’s main operational tenets is “leave no trace,” an essentially impossible feat … | Continue reading


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Disney is Bringing Star Wars: Ahsoka to Theaters

Like other big Disney shows before it, Star Wars: Ahsoka has been the big point of TV discussion for the last several weeks. And now that it’s hit the halfway mark of its story, Disney’s taking an extra step to make the show feel more of a big event series than it already was.Rea … | Continue reading


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Disney Teases Encanto & Ahsoka Plans for Theme Parks

It’s that time of year where Disney uses its Destination23 showcase to unveil the array of changes that’ll be coming to its theme parks within the next couple of years, and several of those will highlight some of the company’s current (and biggest) releases. According to Disney P … | Continue reading


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Berserk is Back in Action With a New Manga Arc

Since the death of manga creator Kentaro Miura in 2021, there’ve been questions about what would happen with his ongoing series Berserk. Last year, it was reported the manga would continue through the late artist’s assistant team at Studio Gaga and his close friend Kouji Mori (wh … | Continue reading


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WGA Says Studios Are Ready to Negotiate a Real Agreement

Throughout the Hollywood strikes happening this summer, the WGA has been frank in giving updates on its attempted negotiations with studios and the AMPTP. Said talks haven’t really gone well on account of the AMPTP reportedly not operating in good faith or only wanting to meet so … | Continue reading


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MOXIE, NASA’s Oxygen-Producing Experiment on Mars, Ends Operations

On April 20, 2021, the spiritedly-named MOXIE experiment on Mars extracted 5 grams of oxygen from the Martian atmosphere, demonstrating a potential future capability of an established human presence on the Red Planet—and in other atmospheres besides Earth’s, for that matter.Read … | Continue reading


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AI This Week: Elon Musk's AI-Dominated Future

The Pentagon wants to beef up its automated drone hordes with some AI. File that under Things That Will Keep You Up At Night. Read more... | Continue reading


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Arrowverse Creator Greg Berlanti Sets Up Generous Fund for Strike Relief

As the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes continue with seemingly no end in sight, members of those unions—as well as workers in adjacent entertainment fields—are feeling the sting of being without incomes. Fortunately, some of Hollywood’s highest-paid figures have stepped up to help, inc … | Continue reading


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Stranger Things,The Last of Us, and More Spooky Treats at Halloween Horror Nights

At Halloween Horror Nights Orlando, Eddie Munson fans can eat their hearts out with Stranger Things treats, while The Last of Us survivalists can collect their FEDRA rations. Read more... | Continue reading


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Legendary Lost Star Wars X-Wing Model Going Up for Auction

Just four “hero” X-Wings were created by ILM to film Star Wars’ climactic battle over Yavin IV against the Death Star—primary models detailed enough to be used for close-up shots and major action sequences. Now one of them, believed to have been missing for over 40 years, has bee … | Continue reading


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Satellite Photos Reveal Extent of Floods at This Year’s Burning Man

Tens of thousands of Burning Man attendees in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert had to trudge through rain and mud last Friday and into last weekend after an unusual bout of rain in the region.Read more... | Continue reading


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George A. Romero's Final Zombie Movie Takes a Big Step Forward

Twilight of the Dead is coming, and the long-promised last zombie movie to come from the mind of horror legend George A. Romero, who died in 2017, now has a director: Brad Anderson, whose genre bona fides include 2001 creepfest Session 9.Read more... | Continue reading


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The IRS Is Using AI to Target the Ultra-Wealthy for Tax Violations

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is adding artificial intelligence tools to crack down on potential tax violations, the agency announced on Friday. The IRS claims it will be focusing on wealthy taxpayers who have used “sophisticated schemes to avoid taxes,” instead of burdening … | Continue reading


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What to Expect From the Apple Watch at Next Week's 'Wonderlust' Event

Ready to meet all the new Apple products? Apple will announce its next generation of mobile products at next week’s Wonderlust event. We’ll know all about the new iPhone 15 on September 12th. We’ll also learn more about its companion accessory, the Apple Watch, which remains the … | Continue reading


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AI Study Says Sometimes It’s Good When Executives Act Like Robots

If you’ve ever had the privilege (or curse) of listening in on a corporate earnings call, you probably noticed that the executives behave a little mechanically. According to a new study that compared ChatGPT and other AIs to the human robots working in the C-Suite, sometimes that … | Continue reading


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The Fallen Jedi of Ahsoka's 'Fallen Jedi,' Ranked

This week’s episode of Ahsoka, “Fallen Jedi,” had a lot of Jedi in it. Perhaps even more than you might have first noticed! But did it have fallen Jedi, as promised by the title? Actually, yes! In fact, so many of the Jedi in “Fallen Jedi” could ostensibly be described as Jedi th … | Continue reading


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The US Is Apparently Backed Up And Running Short on Laxatives

It might be time for Americans to start eating more fiber. The U.S. is experiencing a shortage of laxative products, according to a report this week from the Wall Street Journal. One alleged reason for the short supply is extra demand from younger people—an interest apparently fu … | Continue reading


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Star Trek Is Celebrating Its Birthday With... Kid Cudi?

Today marks 57 years since “The Man Trap,” the first episode of Star Trek to be broadcast on TV, hit screens—and to celebrate, Kid Cudi is going where many others have gone before: a very peculiar brand deal.Read more... | Continue reading


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After Spending Billions of Dollars on SLS, NASA Admits Its Moon Rocket Is 'Unaffordable'

NASA has come under heat for the increasing cost of its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, which space agency officials have finally admitted to being unsustainable and unaffordable, a new report revealed.Read more... | Continue reading


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Actually, That AI Drake and The Weeknd Song Is Not Eligible for a Grammy

The saga of the AI-generated song that sounds like The Weeknd and Drake continues. After the head honcho behind the Grammys indicated that “Heart on My Sleeve” would be eligible for the award, it appears that the track is dead in the water.Read more... | Continue reading


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Hayao Miyazaki Will Not Be Retiring With The Boy and the Heron

At the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of The Boy and the Heron, news broke that Hayao Miyazaki’s retirement plans may have been announced too soon.Read more... | Continue reading


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We’re Not Racing to the Moon, We’re Making It Home

More than 50 years ago, the Apollo program was crafted as a result of rising political tensions between two competing nations. As a new group of countries and emerging space companies set their eyes on the Moon once more, they aren’t going back for national pride but rather to fu … | Continue reading


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Will Mining the Moon and Asteroids Be Worth the Trouble?

The new era of space exploration is opening entirely new possibilities, including the tantalizing prospect of mining for resources on the Moon and asteroids. Sounds exciting—and potentially very profitable—but the reality of the situation is that space mining is completely unchar … | Continue reading


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What You Need to Know About the New FCC Commissioner

After nearly 800 days of political deadlock, the Senate finally voted this week to confirm Anna Gomez to fill a long-vacant commissioner seat at the new Federal Communications Commission. When the Democratic telecommunications lawyer assumes the role, it will give the party a 3-2 … | Continue reading


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You Don’t Have to Be a One Piece Fan to Enjoy the Live-Action Series

Last week, Netflix’s One Piece live-action show landed massive praise across the board from old fans and new viewers alike. As someone who hasn’t ever encountered One Piece, and has not, in fact, ever felt any desire to pick up either the manga or any part of the anime (the manga … | Continue reading


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Spotify Reportedly Bringing Free Audiobook Trial to Paying Subscribers

Spotify will offer subscribers a free audiobook trial for a limited time as part of its efforts to break into the market, according to people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reported. Subscribers will reportedly have access to up to 20 hours of listening time pe … | Continue reading


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X-Ray Telescope Spots Black Hole Slowly Devouring a Star

On June 22, 2022, NASA’s Swift Observatory spotted something curious in a galaxy over 500 million light-years away. It was a routine outburst of gas that a team studying the data now believes is evidence of a black hole intermittently gobbling up a star each time the latter draws … | Continue reading


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The GoPro Hero 12 Goes Vertical: Hands On With GoPro’s Latest Action Cam

Is this action camera worth the upgrade from the previous model? | Continue reading


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We’re All Having Fun Building Iconic Spaceships From Fiction in Starfield

Starfield is the hotly-anticipated, recently-released video game from Bethesda Game Studios, the company behind the likes of other open-world titles like Fallout 4 and Skyrim. Todd Howard’s latest behemoth is a space exploration game in which you play as a planetary miner who stu … | Continue reading


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The Creator of One of Magic: The Gathering's Most Popular Formats Has Died

Sheldon Menery, former TCG journalist and the architect behind Magic: The Gathering’s multiplayer “Commander” format, has passed away after an extended battle with throat cancer.Read more... | Continue reading


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FAA Slaps SpaceX With 63 Corrective Actions Following Botched Starship Megarocket Launch

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has officially closed its investigation into the inaugural launch of SpaceX’s in-development megarocket, Starship. The company must now implement 63 corrective measures to secure its next Starship launch license from the FAA.Read more... | Continue reading


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Temperature-Related Deaths in the US Could Jump Fivefold by 2100, Study Finds

Hot weather is poised to kill many more Americans every year if current trends hold, recent research suggests. It estimates that the U.S. could see 200,000 temperature-related deaths annually by the end of the century in a bad but possible climate scenario—about five times the nu … | Continue reading


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Hurricane Lee Intensifies Into a Category 5 Storm, Unclear If It Will Make Landfall in the US

Lee has intensified into a dangerous Category 5 hurricane in the Caribbean, the first storm to reach that strength in this year’s hurricane season.Read more... | Continue reading


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I Commemorated My Baldur's Gate 3 Hero Way Better Than a Fancy Collector's Edition Could

A couple of weeks ago, I finally closed the book on my first—inevitably, first of many—playthrough of Baldur’s Gate 3. My Dragonborn Paladin saved the city, wooed a literal bear man, and became the hero they wanted to be, but I wasn’t quite ready to let go of them just yet. So I … | Continue reading


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10 Nerdy Niche Streamers Worth Checking Out

Every month, the io9 Nerd’s Watch rounds up the best sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles coming to streamers like Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, Max, Paramount+, Peacock, and Shudder. Shudder’s on the following list of streamers that specialize in more niche and c … | Continue reading


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ChatGPT Is Still Bleeding Users

ChatGPT’s explosion in popularity may have been short-lived as the number of website visits dropped for the third consecutive month, according to data released by Similarweb on Thursday. OpenAI’s ChatGPT took off in November of last year, surpassing 100 million users but started … | Continue reading


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Clever Camera Trick Unlocks Hidden Secrets of Sun's Atmosphere

Scientists behind a Sun-observing probe applied a simple hack to one of its cameras, allowing them to peer into rarely seen regions of the Sun’s atmosphere.Read more... | Continue reading


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Another Old X-Men Star Could Return For Deadpool 3

Ahsoka drops a “new” poster for a returning Mandalorian star. Disney teases its new Goosebumps show. Netflix’s new Spy Kids movie gets an apocalyptic new trailer. Plus, what’s coming on Futurama and American Horror Story: Delicate. To me, my spoilers!Read more... | Continue reading


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Beyond SpaceX: The Rising Stars of the U.S. Rocket Industry

While traditional giants like Northrop Grumman and United Launch Alliance continue to contribute to space exploration with decades of experience, a new wave of ambitious and pioneering companies is rising.Read more... | Continue reading


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Scientists Stumped by ‘Golden Orb’ From Seafloor That's ‘Biological in Origin’

A team of researchers exploring the seafloor off Alaska last week recovered a peculiar brassy-yellow object at a depth of over 2 miles (3.2 kilometers). The researchers still don’t know what it is.Read more... | Continue reading


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Enhanced Space Access Means Remarkable New Science Is on the Horizon

Rocket launches are expensive and laborious, but for decades they’ve been the price of doing business for space agencies hoping to get their latest satellite, telescope, or team of astronauts into the great blue yonder.Read more... | Continue reading


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You Need to Update Your iPhone, Right Now

Apple has just released a security update warning iPhone users to update their phones to iOS 16.6.1 to avoid becoming the target of a vicious malware attack.Read more... | Continue reading


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Hands-On With the GoPro Hero12 Black: More of the Same, But Now in Vertical

Shit always goes wrong when you think you’re at your most stable. That’s what it feels like with any new sport. I’ve rollerbladed before, but skating is a first, so it takes a bit of getting used to. I’m zipping along, and everything’s fine, up until the point I come off the trac … | Continue reading


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