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A Tesla in “self-driving” mode (https://gizmodo.com/tesla-full-self-driving-update-steering-wheel-nag-1851490765) slammed into an unoccupied police car during the early morning hours of Thursday, according to the Fullerton Police Department. No one was injured in the crash, but bodycam footage shows a police officer sprinting out of the way to avoid getting hit.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/08068f7b27fe42624d600961da280c72.jpgThe third episode of The Acolyte (https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-the-acolyte-review-disney-plus-lucasfilm-1851517218) is pretty incredible for a lot of reasons (https://gizmodo.com/the-acolyte-episode-3-recap-osha-dyad-anakin-star-wars-1851535932). It’s an episode that, in content, invites us to consider new perspectives on some of the saga’s most fundamental spiritual ideas (https://gizmodo.com/acolyte-star-wars-force-birth-explained-witches-anakin-1851538862), and delivers a meaty slice of back story for its protagonists and antagonists alike. But it also does something…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/0dbfb8c518d55c333b2289a3da805f0e.jpgOver a dozen Wells Fargo employees were fired last month for trying to fool their bosses into thinking they were working when they were not, as first reported by Bloomberg (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-13/wells-fires-over-a-dozen-for-simulation-of-keyboard-activity?sref=P6Q0mxvj) Thursday. It seems they were unsuccessful. A regulatory filing with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) says the bank investigated…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/66463e4a0a536f31a280dfbf3f7fbbb2.pngVoyager fans, rejoice! The 46-year-old spacecraft is once again probing interstellar space for cosmic wonders following a seven month-long hiatus.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/1d0a8a0c5b57179167bf61c0aff68631.pngWe all know that Elon Musk likes procreation. He has 11 kids, after all (https://www.today.com/parents/parents/elon-musk-kids-rcna19692). The tech billionaire currently has twins with an executive at Neuralink, two children with his on-again-off-again girlfriend Grimes, and a gaggle of children with his ex-wife, Justine Wilson. The billionaire was also accused of asking a former… (https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-asked-spacex-employee-have-his-babies-report-1851535121)
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/b1ff0665dd756cd12a4645ce7d83604a.pngThe MSI Claw (https://gizmodo.com/msi-the-claw-steam-deck-oled-ces-1851144527) A1M didn’t need to do much to be a contender in the still nascent gaming handheld PC space. If MSI had crafted the budget option, the lower-end device with fewer bells and whistles than its competitors, it would be a solid buy. Unfortunately for everyone involved, MSI made one of the more expensive…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/5f122566d05f15082802768232b48052.jpgÁngel Manuel Soto (https://gizmodo.com/assembling-the-blue-beetle-cast-1850720726)’s Blue Beetle ushered in the new era at DC Studios under James Gunn and Peter Safran, and while critics (including io9 (https://gizmodo.com/review-blue-beetle-dcu-james-gunn-angel-manuel-soto-1850741448)) enjoyed it, the tale of budding superhero Jaime Reyes (https://gizmodo.com/open-channel-blue-beetle-dc-movie-thoughts-1850756043) (played by Cobra Kai’s Xolo Maridueña) didn’t really catch on with audiences (it hit theaters during the Hollywood strikes)…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/7d719e3581c3119df07c2dc1e55c8d09.jpgJune 16 heralds the arrival of House of the Dragon’s second season (https://gizmodo.com/house-of-the-dragon-season-2-trailer-release-date-hbo-1851353427) on HBO and Max, bringing its large cast of morally complex characters, many with confusingly similar silver-blonde tresses, back to screens. io9 already assembled a list of House of the Dragon’s 15 most shocking moments (https://gizmodo.com/house-of-dragon-game-of-thrones-s1-most-shocking-recap-1851494337) (so far); to go with that, here…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/3bd244a6a7575afc8424220e538f6348.jpgYouTube appears to be stepping up its long war on ad blockers (https://gizmodo.com/youtube-ad-blocker-crackdown-is-getting-harder-to-dodge-1850977548) this week. The creator of SponsorBlock, a crowdsourced ad blocker, posted a tweet (https://x.com/SponsorBlock/status/1800835402666054072) on Wednesday claiming YouTube is experimenting with server-side ad injection. This would inject ads directly into a video’s stream, and render many ad blockers useless.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/b50d99331d49d547fd1e29155f4882ed.jpgIf you missed out on seeing writer-director Jane Schoenbrun’s neon-infused nightmare I Saw the TV Glow (https://gizmodo.com/i-saw-the-tv-glow-trailer-sundance-a24-justice-smith-1851293290) in theaters, you can now watch one of the year’s most unique and haunting horror films (http://one of the year’s most unique and haunting horror films) at home—which may even enhance its enchanted-by-the-boob-tube effects.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/b069ab9504d546045434b2cccaa00bd4.jpgApple’s new Apple Intelligence (https://gizmodo.com/apple-intelligence-ai-wwdc-iphone-mac-chatgpt-openai-1851525664) system is designed to infuse generative AI into the core of iOS. The system offers users a host of new services (https://gizmodo.com/apple-intelligence-wwdc-siri-chatgpt-openai-iphone-ipad-1851530638), including text and image generation as well as organizational and scheduling features. Yet while the system provides impressive new capabilities, it also brings complications.…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/ba00e419cedf9c32fb958ddb82b7bb52.pngDespite lofty expectations, the all-new, budget-enhanced (https://gizmodo.com/doctor-who-premiere-recap-space-babies-devils-chord-1851473301) Doctor Who (https://gizmodo.com/doctor-who-recap-boom-steven-moffat-varada-sethu-bbc-1851485734) has been—to be kind—a bit of a ratings bust. Speaking at a recent BAFTA Q&A, showrunner Russell T. Davies (https://gizmodo.com/doctor-who-russel-t-davies-interview-disney-lgbt-moffat-1851462126) admitted as much, with the caveat the Fifteenth Doctor era has proven to be enormously successful with younger audiences.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/40be76ca3888c2388ac9646844e569f0.jpgThe Pentagon was behind hundreds of Twitter accounts spreading anti-vaccine propaganda as a way to undermine China during the height of the covid-19 pandemic, according to an explosive report from Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/) Friday. U.S. government officials confirmed to Reuters the existence of the campaign, which started under former…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/02d0231301ab084b925b0a501febf691.pngThings can get lonely on Mars. NASA’s four-wheeled robot has been roaming the Red Planet for more than three years, trekking across the harsh terrain on its own after losing its pal Ingenuity (https://gizmodo.com/nasa-mars-helicopter-ingenuity-breaks-blade-mission-end-1851198338). But perhaps the Martian rover has found a way to connect with us from 140 million miles away. Because let’s face it, we all…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/a61fcbc5de93f48d493a851c440c6290.pngConvicted felon Donald Trump (https://gizmodo.com/donald-trump-memes-guilty-verdict-twitter-reddit-jokes-1851510671) staged another rally in Racine, Wisconsin on Tuesday, where he played all his classic hits, from xenophobia to fake news. But it was Trump’s attempt to smear President Joe Biden as senile that really went off the rails. Trump rambled for several minutes about artificial intelligence and…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/5044dbe2f796c9333c06352767f310cd.jpgEarlier this year, a team of scientists garnered a wave of media attention with their provocative report: They claimed to have found two cases of a rare but fatal prion disease in hunters that could have plausibly been caused by them eating contaminated deer meat—a frightening reminder of the mad cow crisis over 30…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/52ff5863c2a776ba9740fbd29b3f2a50.jpgI love EDM and have briefly tried my hand at DJing before to, let’s say, mixed results. So when I found out that I could make music with a pair of balls instead of a turntable or digital mixer, I though, who knows—maybe this will be the start of my career as a juggling DJ.
Here’s how the Odd Ball works. It connects to…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/aa54daaf58a7bdbf05c90ebf0293c91a.jpgJust months away from being banned in the U.S., the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) appears to be putting some salt in TikTok’s wound. The agency has issued a bizarre message about referring a complaint about the social media app to the Department of Justice (DOJ).
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/36c7fe7ea93d8008d50799bdb4a4c968.jpgThe elevator description for Fede Alvarez (https://gizmodo.com/ridley-scott-loved-2024-alien-movie-from-fede-alvarez-1850935656)’s 2009 sci-fi short, Panic Attack!, is as follows: “Giant robots invade Montevideo!” Frankly, the future director of Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe, and Alien: Romulus (https://gizmodo.com/new-alien-romulus-trailer-fede-alvarez-cailee-spaeny-1851517147) would have had us at “giant robots,” but it’s even cooler now that the short has been jazzed up and re-shared to…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/17522b19d6525d470caa5d147643f82b.pngThe creature work in Disney+ and Lucasfilm’s The Acolyte (https://gizmodo.com/the-acolyte-episode-3-recap-osha-dyad-anakin-star-wars-1851535932) has expanded the Star Wars (https://gizmodo.com/diy-lightsaber-star-wars-1851544474) universe with new species and droids. Following fellas like Pip, Grogu (https://gizmodo.com/star-wars-movie-mandalorian-grogu-release-date-disney-1851391575), Babu Frik (https://gizmodo.com/the-voice-of-star-wars-babu-frik-came-from-harry-potte-1841429434) (my personal fave), and more is no easy task, but the creatives sure pull it off. On tonight’s episode, fans of otherworldly little guys will be…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/8ed2c8317e639531acf531b99e7c22ec.pngThe Boys (https://gizmodo.com/the-boys-season-3-prime-video-amazon-review-superhero-s-1849014785) season four has gotten some disparaging ratings on Rotten Tomatoes thanks to some of the most hilarious self-owns coming from a certain small demographic of fans who didn’t realize the show was a satire (https://gizmodo.com/the-boys-prime-video-s4-eric-kripke-anti-woke-viewers-1851526418). Somehow it escaped them until now that yes—it’s always been about them.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/13618b2053d4c67102b662c177748bda.jpgUpdate, 5:31 p.m. ET: The 911 system in Massachusetts has been restored, according to a tweet (https://x.com/EOPSS/status/1803151659121406249) from the state’s Executive Office of Public Safety and Security. A cause for the outage is still being investigated and the agency writes it will, “provide more info when available.” The original article about the outage…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/07f46bb7af6022e4b50a43b7f398d210.jpgLast week, Josh Gad teased sci-fi fans (https://gizmodo.com/spaceballs-sequel-josh-gad-instagram-mel-brooks-1851531103) with an excited but cryptic social media post referencing a script “based on characters created by Mel Brooks” that opens on a “star field.” Now, a new report confirms what everyone suspected (https://gizmodo.com/mel-brooks-star-wars-spaceballs-spaceballs-2-amazon-tcm-1851426518): it’s a Spaceballs (https://gizmodo.com/spaceballs-anniversary-mel-brooks-star-wars-moranis-can-1849091157) sequel, coming from Amazon MGM.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/bf6b73ed39b6e3822e7878a90d814d36.jpgCall center employees have notoriously unpleasant jobs. They field questions from disgruntled customers all day long and can only respond with corporate-mandated jargon. Many expect AI will one day replace these customer service jobs, but for now, several corporations are using AI to address the incredible emotional…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/bd2e4eb1c8ee99a879f4932acc2f3f9e.pngAt this point, modern Doctor Who has been around for almost as long as classic Doctor Who was—which means the opportunity for returning legendary baddies (https://gizmodo.com/the-worst-dressed-villains-in-doctor-who-history-1821048513) that the series hasn’t already taken is running rather thin. But this week, Doctor Who finally played one more familiar ace up its sleeve (no, not that Ace (https://gizmodo.com/ace-returns-in-this-glorious-trailer-for-doctor-whos-ne-1837850632)), and…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/fca74c0e7435b31af774acfb3ba38593.webpTwo NASA astronauts won’t be returning back from the International Space Station (ISS) for an additional four days, the latest in a series of delays that has marred the Starliner program for years.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/5809b79ab54944f14ace310d63942cc9.jpgA team of deep sea scientists has made one mother of a find. In recent research, they detail the discovery of a female squid performing an unusual behavior for its kind: protecting and carrying around a clutch of giant eggs. The mama squid likely belongs to a previously unknown species of cephalopod, the researchers…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/4bbe8c6b454d0cc3324ec309e682f493.pngAs part of its solicitations for the month of September 2024, DC has unveiled I Know What You Did Last Crisis (https://gizmodo.com/i-know-what-you-did-last-summer-reboot-jennifer-love-he-1850078813), a superbly titled horror anthology featuring in-continuity stories “set during the events of crises past”—DC’s catch-all term for cataclysmic events (https://gizmodo.com/the-flash-missing-crisis-april-25-2024-dc-cw-1851436384) meant to streamline (https://gizmodo.com/10-crises-we-wont-miss-now-that-the-dc-universe-reboo-5846565) its universe’s ever-increasingly…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/6e9980ba0b4f57271f2a04955a30128d.jpgA new report suggests Apple is halting work on a second-generation Vision Pro (https://gizmodo.com/apple-vision-pro-1851249913) and will instead focus on a budget model due in 2025.
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/c81da4ca3a6a5394ee5401e88c160d64.jpgHouse of the Dragon is back (https://gizmodo.com/house-of-the-dragon-blood-and-cheese-book-change-hbo-1851545236) (with a third season (https://gizmodo.com/house-of-the-dragon-season-3-confirmed-hbo-max-thrones-1851538045) now on the way, too), and it’s roared onto HBO and Max with the commanding presence of Vhagar (https://gizmodo.com/15-biggest-house-of-the-dragon-characters-s2-targaryens-1851536000), King’s Landing’s fire-breathing new bodyguard. But while the season two premiere (https://gizmodo.com/house-of-the-dragon-recap-s2-ep-1-son-for-a-son-hbo-max-1851510644) was a triumph, it came up short compared to the Game of Thrones prequel’s record-breaking 2022…
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https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fit,q_80,w_636/e039aeb1bfe7cba5303c5cb7199d46d6.jpgThere was once a time when you had to call a restaurant on the phone to book a reservation. You might spend five minutes going through the whole process only to be told no tables were available. The internet and apps like Resy made all of this much more simple. Then the bots came...
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