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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/958df855f3fa90f873bdb55bc63b0b06.jpgMarch madness has taken hold of space exploration, with red-hot rockets, gravity-defying hops, and dramatic explosions being just a few of the many captivating highlights from the past few weeks.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/06dc79c37d518ff6dc00d611c627633c.jpgAre you excited for Deadpool & Wolverine (https://gizmodo.com/deadpool-3-trailer-ryan-reynolds-hugh-jackman-marvel-1851235379)? Us too. The highly anticipated third Deadpool movie (https://gizmodo.com/deadpool-3-trailer-wolverine-record-marvel-disney-mcu-1851253803) starring Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman is coming this summer and could potentially blow the roof off (https://gizmodo.com/breaking-down-the-mutant-mayhem-of-deadpool-wolverine-1851247437) the Marvel Cinematic Universe with its hard R-rating and multiversal connections.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/d88b225995285ec3d8613aeef6c8f560.jpgSo-called activist investor Nelson Peltz, who’s aiming to win two Disney board seats, has stirred up some controversy by calling out Disney’s recent era of “woke” strategy through diversifying its slate of films at Marvel Studios (https://gizmodo.com/chris-evans-captain-america-marvel-mcu-credit-disney-1851305754).
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/e912685f7c9334ea06dc2e6f464d90e6.pngA police department in California that started obscuring its suspects’ faces with Lego (https://gizmodo.com/lego-gifts-star-wars-marvel-disney-mario-spiderman-1850990982) heads will cease the practice after the toy company reportedly reached out and told it to please stop.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/cf83529775573b6f014e8eb4edbc6d0e.jpgThe massive cargo ship responsible for the bridge collapse in Baltimore (https://gizmodo.com/key-bridge-collapse-youtube-video-baltimore-maryland-1851365421) on Tuesday, had a previous, similar incident on its record, reports USA Today (https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2024/03/26/baltimore-bridge-collapse-ship-dali/73105394007/).
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/b783910e3e7bd394546f26615afaf2e6.jpgNinety-nine percent of the time, this sentence (https://gizmodo.com/last-of-us-season-2-hbo-pedro-pascal-filming-joel-death-1851365154)would seem free of any hidden meaning: “Pedro Pascal has finished filming The Last of Us season two. (https://gizmodo.com/last-of-us-hbo-season-2-2025-release-date-naughty-dog-1850986254)” Every day actors start filming projects and then they finish filming projects. When it happens it’s rarely, if ever, significant. In this case, though, people began to…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/edebfc570beca438229ba8a316e8b565.jpgThere was once a time when Sam Altman, CEO of titanic tech company OpenAI, was the apple of Silicon Valley’s eye. The days when the executive’s reputation was unimpeachable may be waning, however. A new report (https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-hype-openai-silicon-valley-venture-capital-2024-3) from Insider suggests that some in the tech and finance communities are less than thrilled with Altman’s…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/a61757d6565d70f11cc30a033f64d2e8.jpgFor anyone who got stuck in a game and had to run to YouTube to figure out how to proceed, Sony will add a new feature to the PlayStation 5 (https://gizmodo.com/playstation-5-pro-1851271262) to help with that. Players will be able to see video clips from others to find out exactly what to do when they can’t get past a part.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/0504081a6be0d1684975d4035b22dd35.pngTimothy Zahn’s Heir to the Empire trilogy is (https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-ahsoka-mandalorian-thrawn-heir-to-the-empire-1850368982), even now, still the definitive Star Wars text to many people beyond the films—one that we still see the reach and influence of to this very day, considering Disney and Lucasfilm are setting the stage to adapt its events (https://gizmodo.com/the-mandalorian-future-movies-star-wars-tv-1851164641) once again. But it’s also a frequently unhinged text (https://gizmodo.com/how-good-are-the-best-star-wars-books-really-1794126129),…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/63f86cc4313e3e1499ec1f4d37b22a24.jpgHow does that joke about millennials go? We don’t use ringtones anymore because our devices stay muted. Well, that’s certainly true for me. I don’t want to be bothered ever unless I’m the one reaching out and initiating the bothering.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/58e180d782f52bef7299019411a50aea.pngThe X-Men have landed on Disney+ with all the force of a particularly well-crafted optic blast (https://gizmodo.com/x-men-97-cyclops-scott-summers-marvel-disney-plus-1851364191). Disney has revealed that X-Men ‘97's premiere (https://gizmodo.com/x-men-97-review-marvel-disney-plus-streaming-mcu-1851326845) on the streamer last week has smashed records for the platform—and it’s not just helping out the new show, either.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/4b4e77adb2b77d01813781fc88022fe6.jpgMeta has lots of data through Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook, but that’s not enough for them. Court filings unsealed last week allege Meta created an internal effort to spy on Snapchat in a secret initiative called “Project Ghostbusters.” Meta did so through Onavo (https://gizmodo.com/facebook-pulls-its-data-harvesting-onavo-vpn-from-app-s-1828541718), a Virtual Private Network (VPN) service the…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/c6c71a2d40dc017945fa8fb3fe5dc2b9.jpgDonald Trump’s social media enterprise officially became a publicly traded company (https://gizmodo.com/trump-truth-social-deal-bailout-worth-millions-1851358739) on Tuesday, with its stock price jumping 16% to $58 a share. We’d like to take this moment to welcome Trump Media, trading under DJT, to the world of meme stocks (https://gizmodo.com/robinhood-meme-stock-apple-nyse-1850427929).
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/af9337c0d990c79ac5896499837cb534.jpgToo much light at night may be bad for our brains, research out this week suggests. In a population of city residents in China, researchers found a link between increased exposure to artificial outdoor light at night and a greater risk of stroke. Unsurprisingly, they also found that more exposure to air pollution was…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/dae6189d471ef270a0d10a18f65bb38f.jpgIt’s not quite a full-on Nunsploitation revival, but between Immaculate (https://gizmodo.com/immaculate-sydney-sweeney-nun-horror-movie-trailer-1851197110) and The First Omen (https://gizmodo.com/first-omen-scary-new-horror-prequel-trailer-antichrist-1851325474), horror nuns are having a bit of a moment. Continue the religious experience with these 10 earlier films featuring nuns (supernaturally pregnant (https://gizmodo.com/horror-pregnancy-movies-rosemarys-baby-dead-ringers-1850309608), demonic (https://gizmodo.com/nun-2-review-conjuring-taissa-farmiga-james-wan-valak-1850802050), and otherwise) and invariably creepy convents.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/1d7f63d8d4e69dcf9fef580d041d6b93.jpgBackyard astrophotography is experiencing a surge in popularity thanks to telescopes becoming more user-friendly and, as a result, actually fun to use. However, cost and portability remain a barrier, making the Dwarf II Smart Telescope a smart, viable option despite some annoying shortcomings.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/e4fc094dc3cecb9741161c345ed79b30.jpgApple’s annual event, the Worldwide Developers Conference (https://gizmodo.com/wwdc-2023-apple-announcements-iphone-ipad-mac-watch-1850506343), has an official start date of June 10, the company revealed (https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/03/apples-worldwide-developers-conference-returns-june-10-2024/) Tuesday. The show will have the traditional looks at upcoming software updates for Apple’s line of devices, but this year could see something even bigger from the iPhone maker.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/363a870c55fba8a9866aabe234dd7aa0.jpgScreenshotting on an iPad could be a little confusing since there’s a different way to do it, depending on whether your model has a home button. Your iPad is going to have a home button if it’s an iPad Pro from 2017 or earlier or an iPad Air, iPad Mini, or a standard iPad from 2019 or earlier.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/e2a6af80a584bb4d730400e649c23605.jpgAs it was written, the Lisan al Gaib has gone from ruling Arrakis, to the galaxy, to Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California. That’s where a young, powerful ruler by the true name of Timothée Chalamet (https://gizmodo.com/dune-2-sandworm-timothee-chalamet-zendaya-scifi-warners-1851201502) has inked a new deal with the studio that’ll allow him to star in and produce (https://gizmodo.com/timothee-chalamet-dune-messiah-duncan-idaho-spoilers-1851109288) feature films.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/74797eba2fbc40b20ecbfea4fe596422.jpgIt’s springtime in the United States, and the country’s social media landscape is budding with change. Lawmakers in the Senate are considering a bill that could ban TikTok (https://gizmodo.com/tiktok-bill-could-get-lot-apps-banned-1851337755), or force a divestment from its Chinese parent company ByteDance. Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s Truth Social is becoming a public company (https://gizmodo.com/trump-truth-social-deal-bailout-worth-millions-1851358739) this week.…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/d049b82197b06e00928029f0a4d6a83f.pngNetflix’s 3 Body Problem (https://gizmodo.com/3-body-problem-netflix-sci-fi-series-review-no-spoilers-1851313711) has been out since last week, and the streamer is starting to share spoiler-filled (https://gizmodo.com/3-body-problem-netflix-spoilers-questions-aliens-1851333553) behind-the-scenes videos (https://gizmodo.com/3-body-problem-game-of-thrones-differences-john-bradley-1851364548). Today’s drop goes into great detail about episode five, “Judgment Day,” a title that refers to both the giant ship at its center... and the memorable fate suffered by all aboard.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/3fce9803e733d0d4e00e10edebc8dcc6.jpgThe Hollywood Reporter (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/chance-perdomo-dead-chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-gen-v-star-1235863554/) revealed 27-year-old actor Chance Perdomo (https://gizmodo.com/gen-v-season-2-the-boys-spinoff-prime-video-1850942061) has died following a motorcycle accident.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/087b274dbcab471e1aeb40273976ad98.pngHere we are again, gang: Glasgow Worldcon (https://gizmodo.com/hugo-awards-rf-kuang-babel-not-eligible-controversy-1851185306) has unveiled its list of nominees for this year’s Hugo Awards. Once again, Worldcon is changing locations: this time, it’ll be Glasgow, Scotland (https://glasgow2024.org/hugo-awards/2024-hugo-award-finalists/) that’ll host the annual ceremony celebrating the year’s best genre media like sci-fi and fantasy books, TV, games, and criticism.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/89615569beaea1ca851e914d44d67e48.jpgUniversal’s been teasing a new modern take on The Wolf Man (https://gizmodo.com/ryan-gosling-may-be-our-next-wolfman-1843763052) from Invisible Man and Upgrade’s Leigh Whannell (https://gizmodo.com/ryan-goslings-wolfman-movie-lands-invisible-man-directo-1844313151) for a while now. Though it seemed like we’d get to see it in theaters in a couple of months, it’s now been pushed back.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/9a80b7ec57db06ee3f2cd8053a8daebd.jpgEver since Monkey Man’s (https://gizmodo.com/monkey-man-trailer-dev-patel-jordan-peele-john-wick-1851200641) first trailer debuted a few months ago, all eyes have been on Dev Patel’s (https://gizmodo.com/olivia-colman-dev-patel-cast-wicker-quirky-romance-film-1850955796) directorial debut. That it’s coming to theaters at all feels like a stroke of luck, given that it was first meant for Netflix. But as it turns out, its entire existence was a saga in and of itself.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/1d1edbb49b7e11d78fd8541757733bd8.jpgIt’s day 30 of Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time and we now know the first of our two final players. With more than 71 percent of the vote, the people have selected Google Maps! YouTube was eliminated in yesterday’s tournament (https://gizmodo.com/greatest-app-of-all-time-google-maps-youtube-1851374478). RIP YouTube. Today we have two apps that are…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/5c0be5eac78ae92e0985e314c42350cb.jpgLast year’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (https://gizmodo.com/spiderman-across-spider-verse-review-marvel-sony-animat-1850490027) ended on a somewhat down note: Miles Morales was trapped on Earth-42, chained up by that universe’s version of himself, who’s operating as the new Prowler alongside his still-alive Uncle Aaron. Gwen Stacy, meanwhile, had rounded up her own team of Spider-heroes to go…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/008ce8604b97fde818007e27ef71b6ec.jpgNearly a decade after It Follows (https://gizmodo.com/it-follows-proves-that-horror-movies-dont-need-to-be-du-1691019297) and Under the Silver Lake, director David Robert Mitchell (https://gizmodo.com/it-follows-2-they-follow-maika-monroe-horror-sequel-1850974119) is back with a brand new movie—one filmed in IMAX.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/9f2c4ab0a37046e46399e4494adb8e81.jpgThis week, we took at Amazon’s 1 cent iPhone 15 deal floating around online and broke down how much it’ll cost you. Spoilers: It’s more than a penny. Samsung announced its upcoming line of new OLED and QLED TVs, and we got a chance to check them in person. This, and more of the top product stories of the week.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/dd808ef6b9c2ed23b5e4a57cd838a633.jpgThis week saw a tragic event as the Francis Scott Key Bridge (https://gizmodo.com/key-bridge-collapse-youtube-video-baltimore-maryland-1851365421) in Baltimore came crashing down after a cargo ship crashed into it. The rest of the week’s new wasn’t that better as Apple users were subject to a huge phishing scam (https://gizmodo.com/apple-reset-password-phishing-scam-iphone-spoofing-call-1851370115) to a Facebook plot involving Snapchat being uncovered (https://gizmodo.com/project-ghostbusters-facebook-meta-wiretap-snapchat-1851366093). Check out this week’s big tech…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/8578ac6b8c89587721e28589a88bafd6.jpgThe X-Men are so back. They never really went away—they haven’t for generations at this point—but wow, has X-Men ‘97 got the world talking about mutants in a way they haven’t since... well, the ‘90s. But enough X-talk! This week we looked at 3 Body Problem’s problems with more than three bodies, asshole billionaire…
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