The New Space Race: Gizmodo Explores Our Ongoing Quest to Conquer the Final Frontier

Humans have been exploring space for over six decades, and our ambitions are only increasing over time. In recent years, this drive has been rekindled with fervor, ushering in an era of unprecedented innovation and competition in the realm of space exploration.Read more... | Continue reading


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Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Deleted Scene Dives Into Worf's Past

A new deleted scene from the final season of Star Trek: Picard features Worf and Riker having a heart-to-heart. | 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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GoPro Wants the Hero12 Black to Be the Sports Camera for the TikTok Generation

GoPro now says you don’t need to fall out of a plane to go fully vertical with its cameras. The company’s latest action product in its Black line supports a new vertical mode for shooting those TikTok-worthy escapades, and now the company said users should expect longer runtimes, … | Continue reading


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Facebook Supreme Court Says Posts About Abortion Are Not Death Threats

In March 2022, Meta removed a pair of posts on Facebook and Instagram criticizing a proposed South Carolina bill that would have horrifyingly applied homicide penalties to abortion seekers. One of the users, a supporter of abortion access, voiced their frustration on Instagram, d … | Continue reading


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If You’ve Got a New Car, It’s a Data Privacy Nightmare

Bad news: your car is a spy. If your vehicle was made in the last few years, you’re probably driving around in a data-harvesting machine that may collect personal information as sensitive as your race, weight, and sexual activity. Volkswagen’s cars reportedly know if you’re faste … | Continue reading


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Prepare for a Fight in Your Ahsoka Episode 4 Spoiler Discussion Zone

It’s nearly time to return to Star Wars’ galaxy far, far away for the week, with Ahsoka’s fourth episode dropping tonight on Disney+. But while we wait to talk all things spoiler, here’s another new clip from the show to get you in the mood.Read more... | Continue reading


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Lawsuit Accuses Twitter of Helping Saudi Arabia Pursue Online Dissidents

A lawsuit accuses the company formerly known as Twitter (now renamed X by Elon Musk) of helping the government of Saudi Arabia to spy on and violate the human rights of Saudi political dissidents. The legal complaint, which was originally filed in the U.S. District Court of North … | Continue reading


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Read an Exclusive Excerpt From Gundog by Gary Whitta

Imagine a world where humans live, but giant alien robots rule. A world where you find a mysterious map. A map that leads you to an ancient weapon. A weapon that might be the only thing that can destroy the alien overlords and restore freedom to humanity. Would you use the weapon … | Continue reading


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More Than 60 'Stop Cop City' Activists Hit With RICO Charges in Georgia

Prosecutors in Georgia have filed racketeering charges against several dozen people after a state investigation into ongoing local protests against a proposed police training facility that protestors have named “Cop City,” the Associated Press reported.Read more... | Continue reading


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Launch Uncertainty Lingers as Ariane 6 Rocket Undergoes Engine Test

Following numerous delays and technical hiccups, the Ariane 6 rocket is undergoing a series of tests that could finally determine a launch period for the heavy-lift launch vehicle at some point next year.Read more... | Continue reading


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The Gaming Shelf Hunts for Hellwhales on the Sea of Death

After last week’s Dungeons & Dragons-themed picket I can really feel the solidarity on this blog tonight. Now, in the spirit of industry solidarity, we’re doing something a little different, but for the better. This week is our first showcasing Actual Play podcasts and streams. T … | Continue reading


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Three Decades After Launch, Microsoft's WordPad Is Headed to the Trash Bin

Microsoft is deprecating its WordPad software from Windows, leading to the end of a decades-old staple, the company announced on Friday. WordPad will no longer be available on future versions of Windows and Microsoft says it will no longer update existing software.Read more... | Continue reading


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Award Winning Bird Images Are the Best Thing You’ll See All Day

Photographers from around the world recently submitted 20,000-odd images of bird species to the Bird Photographer of the Year contest. The showcase captures the diversity of the class Aves, as well as the dramatically different habitats the animals occupy and the ecological niche … | Continue reading


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Apple Could Be Making Its Own Low-Cost Chromebook Lookalike Laptops

Apple may be thinking up ways to offer laptops that are cheaper and more pared down than its existing MacBook Air line. As reported by DigiTimes (via MacRumors), industry sources are speculating Apple could be working on a lower-cost version of its MacBooks that would compete in … | Continue reading


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Old Ghosts Haunt a New Home in Eerie Tale 'Night in the Chrysalis'

Edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr., Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology features an introduction by acclaimed horror author Stephen Graham Jones and unsettling tales by a wide range of Indigenous authors. io9 is thrilled to share one of the … | Continue reading


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Zoom Is Jumping on the AI Chatbot Bandwagon

Less than one month after enduring public backlash over confusion about how it trains its artificial intelligence tools, Zoom says it’s prepared to plow forward with a ChatGPT-style chatbot to embed in its videoconferences and accompanying chats. Zoom believes its beefed-up AI Co … | Continue reading


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How to Watch Apple Unveil the iPhone 15

Apple has officially declared it’s iPhone time. We’ve been preparing behind the scenes to bring you up-to-date coverage of what’s next. But we won’t see anything crop up until at least 10:00 A.M. PT / 1:00 P.M. ET. on Sept. 12, 2023, when Apple’s Wanderlust event officially kicks … | Continue reading


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Around One in Three Guys Have HPV

Plenty of men worldwide are carrying the human papillomavirus, or HPV, new research has found. The study estimates that about one in three men currently have at least one strain of genital HPV, while one in five have a strain known to increase the risk of certain cancers in both … | Continue reading


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Warner Bros. Files Adjusted Income Report, Feeling the Burn of Withheld Work

Remember earlier this month when Warner Bros. said that it had saved money on the strikes? Well, it seems like that may have been more than a little presumptuous. Today, Warner Bros. filed a document with the Securities and Exchanges commission that said it would be losing more m … | Continue reading


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iPhone 15: Launch Date, Features, and Everything We Know

The next iPhone will be revealed on Sept. 12, 2023, thanks to an invite sent by Apple. The event, held at the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, California, will be streamed on Apple.com at 10:00 A.M. PT / 1:00 P.M. ET.Read more... | Continue reading


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Wheel of Time Directors and Producers on the Show's Big New Season

Adapted from Robert Jordan’s epic fantasy tales, Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time kicked off its second season last week. With three episodes out there in the world, and more coming each Friday through the eight-part season, io9 got a chance to talk to some of the show’s directors … | Continue reading


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Burning Man's Fyre Fest Moment Is Coming to a Close

About 70,000 Burning Man attendees in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert were stuck in the mud this weekend after torrential rains this past Friday evening.Read more... | Continue reading


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Facebook Is Killing the News Tab in Several Countries

Meta is removing Facebook’s dedicated news tab in some European countries starting in early December, the company announced on Tuesday. The social giant claims users do not visit the platform for news and political content and claims the change will affect a limited number of use … | Continue reading


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The Barbie Party Keeps Going at Home With an Official Release Date

There’s a Barbie blowout celebration planned for all of September, so get your Barbies and Kens together—and all their outfits, of course—for encore fun.Read more... | Continue reading


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No One Will Save You Adds Aliens to a Home Invasion and Looks Awesome

Home invasion movies are so prevalent because it’s horror, without the horror. Each and every one of us instantly shudder as we imagine the fear and shock of strangers forcing themselves into our home. But what if that “stranger” was stranger than a normal “stranger?” What if the … | Continue reading


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Google Debuts a New Android Logo and Adds AI to 'At a Glance' Widget

While we wait for Android 14's stable release, Google has decided to grace its users with an updated logo for the upcoming Android brand. The operating system has a new look, and the company is rolling out a few new features to celebrate the occasion. They include AI enhancements … | Continue reading


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Worf and Riker Have a Heart to Heart in This Exclusive Star Trek: Picard Deleted Scene

When we once again meet Michael Dorn’s legendary Klingon hero Worf in Star Trek: Picard’s third and final season, he’s a very different man to the one we saw across The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine—tempered by a long life of isolation as he has gone on a one-Klingon missio … | Continue reading


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The Exorcist: Believer's New Trailer Shows Off Its Horrifying Reunion

The Exorcist: Believer fears nothing except Taylor Swift—specifically, her surprise concert film, which nudged the horror revival’s opening date forward a week. But from the looks of its visceral latest trailer, audiences will have plenty of nightmares when David Gordon Green’s m … | Continue reading


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Star Trek: Very Short Treks Is a Bizarre Tribute to the Original Animated Series

The original Star Trek animated series turns 50 this year, and while there’s certainly at least some animation from the boldly going adventures of the Trek universe still in the works at Paramount, the network is getting into a celebratory mood in the weirdest way possible.Read m … | Continue reading


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After a Moon Hop, India's Lunar Lander Takes a Nap

Following an eventful lunar day, India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission has been put to sleep to wait out the dreadful darkness of the Moon’s nighttime.Read more... | Continue reading


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Supernatural Creator Eric Kripke Hasn't Seen Residuals From Netflix

Every time I learn something new about the residual system within the streaming era I see red. This weekend it’s the fact that Eric Kripke, the man who created Supernatural, the hit show that went on for 15 seasons, at nearly 22 episodes per season, from 2005-2020, has never rece … | Continue reading


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An Existing Drug for Multiple Sclerosis Might Be Useful for Alzheimer's Too, Study Finds

An existing medication for multiple sclerosis could possibly be retooled into a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests. A team of scientists has found evidence in mice and human brain tissue that the drug ponesimod can reduce the inflammation and toxic amyloid p … | Continue reading


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Chicken Run 2's First Trailer Sets Up a Chicken Mission Impossible

Netflix has released the first trailer for Aardman’s next movie: a follow up to the animation studio’s beloved 2000 poultry jailbreak Chicken Run. As with all good sequels, it looks like a twist on the original—this time the Chickens have to break in to somewhere rather than brea … | Continue reading


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Indonesia Issues First 'Golden Visa' to OpenAI's Sam Altman

Indonesia issued its first “Golden Visa” to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in a bid to bring in foreign investors who have impacted the country’s economic development. The visa was launched only last week and will allow recipients to live in the country for five to ten years and they’ll b … | Continue reading


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Updates From Beetlejuice 2, Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, and More

Dan Aykroyd arrives in a new clip from R.L. Stine’s Zombie Town. A new Nun II clip teases Valak’s frightful return. Plus, confirmation of My Adventures With Superman’s season 2 renewal, and what’s coming on Invasion. Spoilers, away!Read more... | Continue reading


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Musk Says He'll Sue the Anti-Defamation League for 'Almost’ Killing Twitter

Twitter is dying, and billionaire site owner Elon Musk knows precisely where to point the finger—not at the mirror, of course, but at the Anti-Defamation League. The Jewish civil rights organization is just one of several watchdog groups that have accused Twitter of platforming a … | Continue reading


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Paper Cups Are Bad for the Environment Too, Study Finds

In recent years, drink chains have switched their single-use cups from plastic to paper to avoid plastic pollution and pile-ups in landfills. But according to recent research, the plastic cup that we feel good walking out of a cafe with isn’t great for the environment either.Read … | 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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These 9 Stadiums Are Already Using Facial Recognition at Games

When the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team introduced its new “Go-Ahead Entry” facial recognition authentication method last week, it was intended to decrease wait times and increase efficiency. In reality, according to Axios, it did just the opposite. Glitches in the system ac … | Continue reading


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Immortals of Aveum is One of 2023's Most Pleasant Surprises

More than in recent years, 2023 has been extremely busy for video games. That even extends to the summer, as giants like Final Fantasy XVI and Street Fighter 6 have occupied a season that’s normally dry in terms of big releases. Larian’s Baldur’s Gate 3 pretty much dominated the … | Continue reading


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Ahsoka's Democratization of the Force Is Exactly What Star Wars Should Strive For

In the run up to Disney+ series Ahsoka, there was a lot to be said about how the show will approach its titular protagonist’s relationship to the Jedi identity—what it means to be referred to as such outside of the confines of the Jedi Order, and what it can be as Star Wars more … | Continue reading


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Wheel of Time's Make-Up and Costume Designers Explain Season 2's Most Menacing Outfits

Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time brings Robert Jordan’s fantasy realm to life with striking detail. Season two, which just kicked off last week, opens the story even wider, revealing new characters who bring menace to the screen just by the fierce way they dress—and accessorize. R … | Continue reading


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New Loki Season 2 Footage Is Here to Assure You This One Is Coming Out

New footage from season two of Loki begins with the God of Mischief nearly in tears. He may as well be Marvel fans because they’ve been waiting a long, long time for him to return and bring some order back to MCU.Read more... | Continue reading


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How The Dark Knight ARG Changed Immersive Entertainment

As pioneers at the forefront of immersive storytelling, Animal Repair Shop and its consumer brand Infinite Rabbit Holes are working on next-gen consumer products at the intersection of the physical and virtual world with their upcoming at-home alternate reality board game The Ark … | Continue reading


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The Biggest Winners and Losers of the 2023 Summer Movie Season

The only thing that’s predictable about the summer movie season is that it’s going to be wholly unpredictable. In the lead-up, it’s easy to pick out what you think are going to be Hollywood’s biggest stories. “Oh, that new Marvel movie is going to kill it.” “Who isn’t going to go … | Continue reading


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Fighting the Forces of Evil at the Dungeons & Dragons-Themed Picket Line in Hollywood

When Jon Strahd, the evil CEO of Ravenloft Studios, was defeated, the crowd at Universal Studios gave a huge roar. A group of 500 adventurers had shown up to picket at “the worst [Hollywood] location,” and about 100 were now engaged in a existential fight with a contemporary capi … | Continue reading


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NLRB Says Companies That Union-Bust Must Recognize Busted Union

New guidelines from the NLRB say that if a company opts to bust a union, that company will be forced by the Board to recognize the union. | Continue reading


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