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07-06-24, 15:23
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/57edbb41f376104cf304c6d11909ca98.pngParamount Pictures is teaming up with Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort for haunted houses based on A Quiet Place (https://gizmodo.com/a-quiet-place-is-an-unexpectedly-terrifying-and-intense-1824209906) and A Quiet Place Part II (https://gizmodo.com/a-quiet-place-part-ii-is-a-super-solid-edge-of-your-se-1846914069) in anticipation of A Quiet Place: Day One (https://gizmodo.com/a-quiet-place-day-one-new-trailer-lupita-nyongo-prequel-1851465134). And yes, the studio hopes you can hold back screams while experiencing iconic…
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07-06-24, 15:23
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/8f8b683a02e93f29ad1c124d06a95166.jpgA particular type of bird flu has now killed its first human. On Wednesday, Mexican health officials and the World Health Organization announced (https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2024-DON520) a confirmed case of H5N2 avian influenza in a 59-year-old man, who subsequently died from complications of the infection. The incident is the first lab-confirmed case and…
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07-06-24, 15:23
The Tesla Cybertruck might be little more than a punchline (https://gizmodo.com/cybertruck-fails-elon-musk-tiktok-reddit-embarrassing-1851507057) after six months on the road, but that hasn’t stopped people from celebrating Elon Musk’s vision for the future. So we shouldn’t be surprised that some folks want to turn the Cybertruck into a cop car and have even designed modifications to make that a…
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07-06-24, 15:23
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/1a66a669fac2b0a30b14f243781e91c7.jpgAfter two consecutive failed launch attempts, the crewed Starliner capsule successfully launched (https://gizmodo.com/boeing-first-crewed-starliner-launch-iss-nasa-tense-1851512733) on Wednesday, June 5, carrying two NASA astronauts to low Earth orbit. Boeing is testing the capsule’s capability to transport crews to the International Space Station (ISS), with Starliner docking at the ISS.
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07-06-24, 15:23
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/36a278ef9b2d328ec807a93c531918b3.jpgResearchers are using AI models trained on human speech to decode the secret language of dogs (https://gizmodo.com/will-we-ever-be-able-to-talk-with-our-pets-1846924640). The study (https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.18739) comes from researchers at the University of Michigan, Mexico’s National Institute of Astrophysics, and the Optics and Electronics Institute. The promising results, presented last week at an international…
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11-06-24, 15:38
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/8bfba689baf531b316aaecb6e744b890.pngFidias Panayiotou, a YouTuber from Cyprus known for weird stunts, has been elected to the European Parliament, according to the Cyprus Mail (https://cyprus-mail.com/2024/06/10/we-have-never-seen-it-before/) on Monday. The 24-year-old secured third place in his election with 19.4% of the vote, as reported by the BBC (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nnrwr72dqo), which means he’ll become one of the six Members of the European…
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11-06-24, 15:38
At WWDC 2024, Apple unleashed a blitzkrieg of software updates to put AI, or “Apple Intelligence,” front and center in your iPhones (https://gizmodo.com/iphone-15-pro-review-1850851577), iPads (https://gizmodo.com/ipad-pro-air-2024-what-i-love-hate-1851482859), and Macs.
After Samsung (https://gizmodo.com/samsung-galaxy-ai-galaxy-watch-1851505119) and Google (https://gizmodo.com/google-io-2024-announcements-1851475463) pushed AI on phones, it’s now Apple’s turn to try and flip the script to make smartphones, tablets, and laptops “smarter” by introducing an AI…
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11-06-24, 15:38
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/c56a85b6babe3298822fb436e783cd6b.jpgThe Lord of the Rings can still make that precious, precious money. This past weekend, Fathom Events began a three-day marathon (https://gizmodo.com/lord-of-the-rings-rerelease-4k-extended-editions-fathom-1851435489) of Peter Jackson’s original trilogy, with screenings of the extended editions of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring on Saturday and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (https://gizmodo.com/lego-lord-of-the-rings-barad-dur-review-images-gallery-1851505246) on…
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11-06-24, 15:38
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/3ef4e8deb6e1b0f41f1e9840693affa8.pngApple and OpenAI’s partnership is only a few hours old, and Elon Musk is already going to war over it. The owner of Tesla, X, SpaceX, and xAI said he would ban Apple devices at his companies if Apple integrated ChatGPT at the operating system level, which the companies are very much planning to do (https://gizmodo.com/apple-intelligence-wwdc-siri-chatgpt-openai-iphone-ipad-1851530638). Musk, a founder of…
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11-06-24, 15:38
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/adf5e1ef7a664cf98f72279523500ee7.jpgAt the WWDC 2024 (https://gizmodo.com/what-to-expect-from-apple-wwdc-2024-1851527225), held in Apple Park, Cupertino, Apple demoed one of the most impressive updates that AirPods Pro (https://gizmodo.com/apple-airpods-pro-2-review-best-iphone-wireless-earbuds-1849541242) has received in a while: Siri Interactions.

This upcoming iOS 18will allow for more seamless integration between AirPods Pro and Siri to let users control calls with head gestures. If you find yourself…
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11-06-24, 15:38
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/405c567ef2c768d0fb06d5e5ebfbe426.jpgA complaint that Tesla has misled consumers with the name of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) and Autopilot features, brought by the California Department of Motor Vehicles, will be allowed to go forward, according to a report from Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-10/tesla-must-face-autopilot-false-marketing-claims-by-california) Monday.

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11-06-24, 15:38
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/ce7dee73f45806af1195e451a687d224.jpgNearly 20 years ago, astronomers observed a massive cloud of fine dust particles around a young star located just 63 light-years away from Earth. In recent observations from the Webb Space Telescope (https://gizmodo.com/improve-space-telescopes-ultrablack-coating-light-1851356614), however, the dust cloud had mysteriously vanished. Now, a new paper suggests the dust cloud may have been caused by a…
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11-06-24, 15:38
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/b53839707de8d3a0663eee205b024b24.jpgAs unbelievable as it sounds, the iPad (https://gizmodo.com/ipad-pro-m4-review-peformance-battery-life-1851470600) has never had its own Calculator app like the iPhone (https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-15-review-is-worth-the-upgrade-1850887870). That just changed with the iPad OS 18. When the new OS rolls out in the fall, users can finally do some quick math on the iPad and more.

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11-06-24, 15:38
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/6118a9ad0f30becaeb0825ad79854ce4.pngFor years, Apple has tried to make privacy a core part of its brand (https://gizmodo.com/apples-newest-luxury-product-is-privacy-1835233518). The keyword here is “tried,” since multiple investigations (including one from Gizmodo (https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-privacy-analytics-class-action-suit-1849774313)) have shown that the company doesn’t always live up to its lofty privacy promises. As part of its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (https://gizmodo.com/apple-wwdc-2024-how-to-stream-1851529354), Apple rolled out several…
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11-06-24, 15:38
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/51b7cae04973daded136d50bc20ff2fa.pngThe Doctor’s romantic history has long been a fraught topic for the show to dive into—but in its modern incarnation, the Doctor’s identity as a sexual character, and how that interplays with their gender fluidity, has slowly but surely broken down barriers to allow interpretations of the Time Lord that broach all… (https://gizmodo.com/doctor-who-ncuti-gatwa-russell-t-davies-queerness-lgbtq-1851438309)
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11-06-24, 15:38
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/04a12a756696320f83e3787b3fa6c120.jpgThe Pleistocene Epoch—with its glaciers, woolly mammoths, and Neanderthals—still looms large in Earth’s rearview mirror, having ended a mere 12,000 years ago. Now, a team of researchers posit that those hundreds of thousands of years of our planet’s history may have been chilly due to a cloud in space that briefly…
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11-06-24, 15:38
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/03be10bb476903c1bd647952095bf0fe.pngApple revealed its partnership with OpenAI during the Worldwide Developers Conference (https://gizmodo.com/apple-wwdc-2024-how-to-stream-1851529354) on Monday, integrating ChatGPT as a core technology in new iPhones, iPads and Macs coming later this year. Apple also officially unveiled Apple Intelligence, the company’s homegrown AI products weaved throughout its operating…
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11-06-24, 15:38
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/e009d4485507643af6e3e84983fbec37.jpgThe ability to freely walk around the Star Wars universe is closer than ever. Star Wars Outlaws, the new game from Ubisoft (https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-outlaws-game-ubisoft-reveal-1850527554), is the world’s first open-world Star Wars game, and brand new gameplay footage was just released (https://gizmodo.com/new-star-wars-game-outlaws-ubisoft-empire-jedi-ps5-xbox-1850529635) at the company’s event, UbiForward.
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11-06-24, 15:38
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/8f69101f3e7b5149cbafd8f51dcb390f.pngTaylor Swift, Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, and Shawn Levy walked into a Kansas City Chiefs game (https://gizmodo.com/sports-vs-movies-super-bowl-mahomes-purdy-nfl-rocky-1851220844) last year and the internet exploded. Surely, this was confirmation thatthe pop megastar (https://gizmodo.com/taylor-swift-eras-tour-concert-doc-streaming-dec-13-1851049375) would be appearing in the trio’s upcoming Marvel movie Deadpool & Wolverine (https://gizmodo.com/deadpool-3-trailer-wolverine-x-men-hugh-jackman-mcu-1851425210). Surely, it was happening.
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11-06-24, 15:38
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/a547085c317c57688b78c3ed9d8003cf.pngIs that... the sound of midnight margaritas? After much speculation and some nearly forgotten rumors of a prequel series (https://gizmodo.com/witchy-1990s-classic-practical-magic-may-get-a-prequel-1837375401), it now seems ever more likely that 1998's Practical Magic, long a Halloween staple (https://gizmodo.com/favorite-rewatches-replays-rereads-2023-xmen-halo-andor-1851109088), will get a sequel. Hey, if Hocus Pocus can get two sequels (https://gizmodo.com/disney-hocus-pocus-3-director-anne-fletcher-halloween-1850516746), why not this other 1990s witchy favorite (https://gizmodo.com/practical-magic-is-the-perfect-movie-no-matter-what-cr-1696589737)?
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11-06-24, 15:38
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/fcd569ca3b1be6824613940729a00f6d.pngGlen Powell recently shared a shocking story about his sister’s friend who went on a date with a cannibal. The only problem with his story? It sounds like an urban legend that dates back to at least 2001.
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11-06-24, 15:38
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/8981ab4055ad93eec4c035727de86057.jpgOver two years have passed since fans were treated to one of the most exciting and maddening cliffhangers ever (https://gizmodo.com/severance-apple-tv-adam-scott-ben-stiller-1848551642) on the Apple TV+ show, Severance. In that time, everyone has been dying to know what’s next for the innies and outies of Lumon Industries (https://gizmodo.com/severance-goats-comic-con-adam-scott-britt-lower-apple-1849319066). Well, the bad news is, we still don’t know. The good news is the…
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11-06-24, 15:38
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/95ceb815cd411e3c3683a6cd51ba6a37.pngThis past weekend, I sat down to bring an end to a story I have been following for the best part of the last 10 years of my life: Bungie’s Destiny saga (https://gizmodo.com/a-quick-guide-to-the-worldbuilding-of-destiny-1633035236), told across two games, myriad expansions, seasons of living-game content, and many crushing highs and lows, came to what has long been shaped as its first proper end.
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11-06-24, 15:38
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/94fd5c555ba6a7e8ecd3bd112b212394.jpgMolloy (Eric Bogosian) and Louis (Jacob Anderson) revisited their very first Interview With the Vampire (https://gizmodo.com/interview-with-the-vampire-is-good-max-stream-now-1850825628) meeting in “Don’t Be Afraid, Just Start the Tape,” directed by Craig Zisk and written by Hannah Moscovitch and Jonathan Ceniceroz. And what memories they are.
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11-06-24, 15:38
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/80e0a6bcbabca1ffad5fc86e6c4dfb23.jpgWhen it comes to Tesla, it seems like the only thing people want to talk about lately is the Cybertruck and its flaws (https://gizmodo.com/cybertruck-fails-elon-musk-tiktok-reddit-embarrassing-1851507057). And while we can all have a laugh at that monstrosity on four wheels, the electric vehicle company has a problem with its growing parking lots of unsold Teslas in Austin, Texas. Telsa has struggled to…
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15-06-24, 16:19
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/e0a9043d07ea5dd915cd2e1fb0af0576.jpgThe modern battery has come a long way in its 224-year history. In the place of Alessandro Volta’s piles of metal disks and brine-soaked cloth, we now have batteries the dimensions of a graham cracker that can last days before needing a recharge.

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15-06-24, 16:19
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/f129c1f8f339052eaf01af06a33253e5.pngIn some parts of the country (mainly the hot, humid parts), humanity’s relationship with the friendly insect known as the mosquito can be quite contentious. Not only do these wonderful little pests swarm you, suck your blood, and leave unattractive splotches all over your skin, but they’re also known to transport many…
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15-06-24, 16:19
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/c1372ff87e4ea1a9b19a19fb1cc5038d.jpgBernie Sanders, the independent Senator from Vermont, has long been railing (https://gizmodo.com/bernie-sanders-investigation-ozempic-high-cost-1851438517) against the price of prescription medications in the U.S., as Americans pay the highest prices for drugs in the world. But Sen. Sanders scored a win on Friday, as the CEO of Novo Nordisk, the maker of Ozempic (https://gizmodo.com/ozempic-wegovy-semaglutide-muscle-loss-myth-1851540184), agreed to testify about the…
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15-06-24, 16:19
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/420c19fcd897659967ce783965cc64b4.jpgRosario Dawson (https://gizmodo.com/ahsoka-star-wars-insider-220-excerpt-rosario-dawson-1850728934) and Hayden Christensen met long before they crossed paths in Star Wars (https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-ahsoka-episode-8-recap-finale-ezra-thrawn-jed-1850897938); though their careers have been mostly divergent (her breakout was 1995's Kids; his was 2002's Attack of the Clones), they attended the same NYC drama school as teens. Now both associated with major roles in Star Wars and have shared… (https://gizmodo.com/ahsoka-episode-5-anakin-final-lesson-star-wars-1850835999)
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15-06-24, 16:19
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/e0779c3eaae434d885e6570eb49d6dcc.pngThe Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has opened yet another investigation into Boeing, this one centered around concerns that counterfeit titanium may have been installed in some of the aviation giant’s planes.

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15-06-24, 16:19
https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/d4080d6f36ed8b4f2f49280d900604e6.pngI was grumpy after Google I/O (https://gizmodo.com/google-io-2024-announcements-1851475463) last month. I thought, what is the point of all this artificial intelligence if it’s hurting my Android experience now? Then I caught myself excited over similar AI features Apple announced (https://gizmodo.com/apple-intelligence-wwdc-siri-chatgpt-openai-iphone-ipad-1851530638) for the iPhone at WWDC.

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