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    Default Willem Dafoe Would Return to the Spider-Verse Again

    Willem Dafoe famously starred in the first of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man films as the billionaire scientist Norman Osborne, who later in the film turned into the nefarious Green Goblin. When he was asked to return to the role for the newest Spider-Man film, Spider-Man: No Way Home, he made it clear that he had some…
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    The Ayaneo Geek Is the Closest Thing We Have to a Steam Deck Pro
    Handheld gaming PCs have been around for longer than their recent boom might indicate, even if the Steam Deck blew the doors off of the market by making a model that the average person could actually afford. While Valve may lay claim to being the “best value” portable PC with its loss-leadingly low price, if you’re in…
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    Open Channel: What Is Your Favorite Lance Reddick Role?
    After news of Lance Reddick’s passing yesterday, March 17, many fans, actors, and colleagues took to social media to express their sadness. The actor was well-known for his massive body of work, which included roles in the John Wick franchise, a long-running stint on Fringe, and guest appearances on a multitude of…
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    These Are the 25 U.S. Cities Where a $100k Salary Goes the Furthest
    More Americans are moving out of big cities like San Francisco, Chicago, and New York City, opting for less dense areas where their dollar can go farther. As the housing market skyrockets in these cities and their surrounding areas, a household income of $100,000 just doesn’t stretch as much as it used to.
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    The 10 Most Bizarre Moments From a Real Wedding in a Taco Bell-Branded Metaverse
    Taco Bell held a contest in 2022. The winners received the opportunity of a lifetime, the chance to be the first couple married at a Taco Bell in the metaverse. No, you didn’t read any part of that sentence incorrectly.

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    Watch Live: SpaceX Attempts Back-to-Back Launches of Its Falcon 9 Rocket
    SpaceX is getting ready for another double-duty launch day launching two Falcon 9 rockets on Friday, just hours apart.
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    The Arcade Brings a Surprising Discovery in Exclusive Clip From Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game
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    Spanish Speakers Are Sharing Their Hilarious Reactions to Netflix's Chupa
    Netflix’s upcoming film Chupa is a re-imagination of a creature that has haunted the nightmares of many Latin American children for at least three decades: el chupacabras. Aka the goat sucker.

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    Watch Ash Ketchum's Japanese Voice Actor Absolutely Nail the Original Pokémon Theme Song
    Pokémon bids farewell to a legend next week. In Japan, the final episode of the two-and-a-half-decade-old Pokémon anime to star Ash Ketchum (or Satoshi, as he’s known over there) will broadcast, paving the way for a new series. But the voice behind the forever-young Pokémon trainer is sending him out in style.

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    The Best Laptops In 2023
    Some of our posts include links to retailers. If you buy something from clicking on one, G/O Media may earn a commission. Because editorial staff is independent of commerce, affiliate linking does not influence our editorial content.
    With tablets becoming more capable than ever, you might wonder if you even need a laptop anymore. But for all the tablet market offers in convenience, laptops outdo them in power and potential. As full-fledged computers, there’s all sorts of things they can do that your tablet can’t even scratch the surface of.

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    Trump Breaks Facebook Silence With Incredibly Lame Post
    After more than two years of radio silence, Donald Trump has returned to Facebook, officially. “I’M BACK,” the former president (and once again presidential hopeful) posted to the social media site on Friday afternoon, along with a clip from his 2016 election win.

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    Sharkgate: Scientists Claim 'Rare Shark' in Photo Is Actually Just a Plastic Toy
    A deep-sea drama is unfolding in the world of shark science. An exciting scientific record of a rare species in a new place might actually just be a photo of a plastic toy.
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    Disney World's Tron Coaster Is a Must-Ride Experience
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    Apple Maps Quietly Added Boston to Its List of Cities With Full Color 3D Landmarks
    Apple Maps users who were thinking of visiting ol’ Beantown, AKA Boston, can now get a sneak peak at some of the area’s most famous landmarks in 3D after Apple added it to its growing list of cities with select hand-crafted 3D models.
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    Till the Last Gasp Is an Exciting and Dramatic 2-Player Grudge Match
    New from Darrington Press, Till the Last Gasp is a two-person board game that encourages dramatic storytelling through the lens of a duel taking place between two enemies. Players take on the roles of characters with a grudge to settle who are squaring up for one final fight. While Till the Last Gasp is designed to be…
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    DC Comics' Wonderful Swimsuit Covers Are Sexy and Tasteful
    Back in the ‘90s, Marvel released several Swimsuit Specials, mimicking the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues, but for its audience of horny nerds. The results were... well, tragic might be overselling it, but Marvel heroes (including some male ones) were stuffed in the skimpiest costumes imaginable, often contorted…
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    Alex Jones' Alleged Secret Site Gets Around Social Media Bans
    Alex Jones is suffering under the weight of massive lawsuits and harsh social media bans, but he’s still finding ways to get his crazed philosophy out into the wider web. A Media Matters for America investigation released Friday found that a website heavily linked to conspiracist Alex Jones has lingered on several…
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    RIP AIM: NASA Probe Retires From Observing Clouds at the Edge of Space
    For the past 15 years, a small NASA spacecraft has explored the edge of space, probing the elusive clouds that form in Earth’s mesosphere. But the spacecraft is no longer operating the way it used to, forcing the team to end its mission.
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    Celebrate Kurt Russell's Birthday With This Very Fun Escape From New York Fan Film
    It’s March 17, and we all know what that means. It’s Kurt Russell’s birthday! A group of John Carpenter super-fans have picked this occasion to release their fan film: Call Me Snake, a note-perfect homage to the director’s 1981 sci-fi classic Escape From New York, starring Russell as eye patch-wearing rebel Snake…
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    Default 'Don't Be Evil': Google Employees Petition CEO Sundar Pichai Over Job

    Employees at Google are not happy with how CEO Sundar Pichai has handled the company’s ongoing layoffs. Around 1,400 employees have signed a letter addressed to Pichai after Google announced it would be cutting 12,000 jobs in its largest round of layoffs yet.

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    ESG Is ‘Satan’s Plan,’ Utah's Treasurer Says
    Calling all asset managers, mid-tier bank employees, and financial sustainability advocates: You’re in league with the Devil, according to Utah’s State Treasurer.
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    Lance Reddick, Known for John Wick, Resident Evil, The Wire, Destiny 2, and More, Has Died
    TMZ is reporting that Lance Reddick, who gained prominence for his roles on The Wire and Fringe, among many others, has passed away. The 60-year old actor was in the middle of a press tour for John Wick 4. He plays Charon in the film, and has appeared in all four series installments; he was voice actor in the video…
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    Hundreds of Thousands of Birds Simply Didn't Breed After a Stormy Summer in Antarctica
    December and January represent breeding season for seabirds in Antarctica, a time when there should be thousands of active nests. But strong snowstorms during the 2021-2022 season made it difficult for birds to access their usual grounds and resulted in a total failure to reproduce for multiple species.
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    The Best Phones You Can Buy in 2023
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    The best phone of 2023 might look very different to different people. Some of us are power users, and look for huge screens, fast processors, and tons of memory. Other people want the very best camera so they can share photos on social media. And then there’s the folks who want something simple and cheap that will…
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    The Director of Shazam 2 Talks That DC Cameo, Black Adam, and the Ending
    The latest DC film, Shazam: Fury of the Gods, is now in theaters, and like its most recent predecessor, Black Adam, it does its best to firmly establish itself in the larger mythology of the overarching franchise.
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    In Archie Comics' New Horror Anthology, Riverdale's on the Menu
    What if Riverdale’s greatest cook—Pop Tate, of milkshake and burger-slinging diner fame—stopped using his regular recipes and picked up a copy of To Serve Man? Well, Archie Horror’s chilling new comic collection has the answer, and as our exclusive preview will tell you: it’s not a good thing for the kids of Riverdale.

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    13 Animal Species Brought Back From the Brink of Extinction
    New animals and plants are being lost to extinction every year—more than 160 species disappeared just in the past decade. Many more are teetering on the edge, and some are in endling stage: when just one individual remains, the last of its kind.
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    Uber's 'Record My Ride' Feature Is Expanding to More Cities
    Uber’s Record My Ride feature is expanding to even more cities across the United States. The feature gives both passengers and drivers the ability to easily record audio during a trip in an effort to boost safety for both parties involved.

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    Shazam 2's Post-Credits Scenes Are Wildly Optimistic
    Can a post-credit scene be more important than the movie itself? It’s an intriguing question to ponder, particularly if you’ve seen the two post-credit scenes waiting at the end of Shazam: Fury of the Gods. One’s a shocking, confusing bombshell that—actually, let’s get the spoiler warning up before I discuss them in…
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    YouTube Is Bringing Trump Back Online
    Google is ending its suspension of Donald Trump’s YouTube channel Friday, making it the last of the major U.S. social media companies to reverse course on a ban of the former president. Trump is effectively back online. How he chooses to connect with his reunited 2.6 million followers there, however, remains unclear.
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    The Best Free AI Art Generators, Ranked
    You now can’t go anywhere without finding some company shouting from the rooftops about generative AI. While the folks at Snapchat and Discord are busy slapping OpenAI’s ChatGPT into their systems, companies like Shutterstock and Adobe think more people would be interested in using a AI image generator when grabbing a…
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    A NASA Telescope on the Moon's Far Side Would Explore the Universe's 'Dark Ages'
    In a bid to understand even more about our mysterious and massive universe, NASA is partnering with the Department of Energy on an ambitious lunar project. The two agencies announced that they will develop and deploy a radio telescope, called the Lunar Surface Electromagnetics Experiment – Night (LuSEE-Night), on the…
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    Sam Bankman-Fried's Companies Bought More Than $400,000 of DoorDash Delivery in Two Months
    FTX, the defunct cryptocurrency exchange, is finally being forced to publicly detail its spending habits in the company’s ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. And the resulting documents are illuminating.

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    A Vintage Arcade Stars in This Exclusive Look at Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game
    Did you know that pinball was once illegal in New York City, after an early-1940s decision that the machines were a) too akin to gambling and b) corrupting little kids? A new film digs into that incredible period in gaming history—specifically the tail end, circa 1976, when one man began a crusade to reverse the ban.

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    The FCC Cracks Down on Text Message Scammers
    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) confirmed it is implementing rules against scam texting, becoming the first rule of its kind to combat an influx of targeted spam texts in recent years. Robotic text messages are “highly likely to be illegal,” the FCC said in a press release and confirmed that under the new…
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    They Got Married in a Taco Bell in the Metaverse
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    Jon Kasdan Sets the Record Straight On Willow's 'Cancelation'
    Jon Kasdan, one of the writers and executive producers for the Willow television show, has penned a massive letter in the wake of Willow’s reported cancelation, explaining the details of the decision and adding a lot of nuance that seems to have been lost in the wake of “punchy headlines.”
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    UK Space Agency Funds Rolls-Royce Nuclear Reactor Project to Power Moon Bases
    As humanity resets its gaze toward Moon, British aerospace company Rolls-Royce Holdings is continuing its work on developing nuclear power sources for spaceflight and exploration. Today, the company announced funding from the U.K. Space Agency to further research and develop a nuclear reactor that’s meant to power a…
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    Bruce Campbell Won't Say No to an Evil Dead Comeback–If Sam Raimi Joins Him
    James Gunn shoots down rumors about Batman’s involvement in the Penguin HBO Max show. Kinnikuman is coming back with a new anime. Plus, new looks at Renfield and Shazam: Fury of the Gods, and what’s up next in The Flash’s final season. Spoilers, away!

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    Default SVB's Parent Company Declares Bankruptcy While Tech Investors Return t

    The entity that once owned the poor, beleaguered Silicon Valley Bank, the main banking house for numerous tech-focused firms and venture capitalists, is officially holding up a white flag as it suddenly declared bankruptcy.
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    Rocket Lab's Second U.S. Launch Successfully Delivers Capella Satellites to Orbit
    Update: March 17 at 9:27 a.m. ET: Electron took flight at 6:38 p.m. ET on Thursday, March 16 and successfully delivered two Capella Space satellites to low Earth orbit.

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    Belkin's Wemo Products Will Take a 'Big Step Back' From Matter
    One of the most popular brands for smart home tech, Belkin’s Wemo, is officially pausing development of Matter devices. What was supposed to be a revolution in interconnectivity and ease of access has now lost one of its biggest contributors.

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    The Dubious Economic Calculus Behind the Willow Project
    This story was originally published by Grist. You can subscribe to its weekly newsletter here.
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    #PantryGoals on TikTok and Instagram Makes Obsessive Organization a New Status Symbol
    Neatly aligned glass spice jars tagged with printed white labels. Wicker baskets filled with packages of pasta, crackers and snacks. Rows of flavored seltzer water stacked in double-decker plastic bins.

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    Tech Exec Steps Down After Quoting Mussolini in Company Email
    In a world where rhetorical gaffes can get you fired, you might imagine that corporate executives would be careful about the stuff they put in company emails. Instead, no, a lot of leaders just seem to say whatever comes into their heads.

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    Qualcomm's Next Mid-Range Android Chip Can Support Up to 16GB of RAM
    Qualcomm has announced its second-generation mid-range mobile chip. The Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 processor is built on the 4nm process. It’ll be available on Android smartphones starting this month.

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    Samsung’s Galaxy A54 is an Affordable Way to Get One of the Best Smartphone Displays
    The Pixel 7a is around the corner, but if you don’t care for Google’s series of smartphones, there’s always a Samsung alternative. This week, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy A54 5G, the mid-range follow-up to its Galaxy S flagship series. Like the last two generations of the Galaxy A-series, the Galaxy A54 5G is worth a…
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    The Last of Us' Clicker Recording Sessions Contain No Zombies, Only Audio Terrors
    While HBO’s The Last of Us might have spent most of its time reinforcing the fact that in any given apocalypse, human beings are the worst of all monsters—the show’s clickers were also downright terrifying too. Prepare yourself for the horrifying flashbacks that will come with this video of performers recording the…
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    Star Trek: Picard's Showrunner Says Its Latest Surprise Return Always Had to Be the Plan
    Star Trek: Picard’s last season is throwing everything it can at Patrick Stewart’s legendary hero, in terms of big shocks, big enemies, and big reunions. But while the show teased the run up to season three by loudly proclaiming the returns of The Next Generation’s iconic bridge crew, some returns have been kept…
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    Man Who Ran a Website that Illegally Streamed Major League Sports Gets 3 Years Behind Bars
    A Minnesota man was sentenced to three years in prison on Thursday for illegally streaming major league sports content to outside third parties. Joshua Streit, also known as Joshua Brody, was arrested in 2021 after an investigation found he had hacked into a Major League Baseball system and attempted to extort…
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    Default Domestic Violence Charges Against Rick and Morty's Justin Roiland Have

    After losing his gigs aboard Adult Swim blockbuster Rick and Morty—which he co-created, and on which he voiced both title characters—as well as Hulu’s Solar Opposites, among other projects, Justin Roiland has seen the domestic violence charges against him dismissed.
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    Lab-Grown Chicken Closer to Your Plate With FDA Green-Light
    Manmade meat is marching ever-closer to your dinner plate. A second company has received a critical safety green light from the Food and Drug Administration, and can now move forward with next steps towards selling its lab-grown chicken substitute to U.S. consumers.

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    Samsung's Galaxy S23 is One of the Best Small Android Phones You Can Buy Right Now
    Okay, so the 6.1-inch screen on the Samsung Galaxy S23 isn’t exactly tiny compared to the 4.7-inch display on the Apple iPhone SE, or the displays on mid-range Android devices like the 5.9-inch Asus Zenfone 9. Not to mention the 3-inch Unihertz Jelly Phone 2. But the Galaxy S23 is one of the smallest Android flagships…
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    iPhones Will Soon Have Voice Isolation in Calls
    iPhone users who still use their phone as an actual—you know—phone will soon have the ability to filter out background noise to make those calls clearer, with the coming advent of iOS 16.4 and new implementations for Voice Isolation.
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    The Crows Have Always Been the Best Part of Shadow and Bone
    If you’ve discovered Shadow and Bonethanks to Netflix, you might be thinking to yourself, “Maybe I’ll pick up the books, this seems like a fun series!” And while you wouldn’t be wrong, you also wouldn’t be starting in the best place.
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    Hipstamatic Is Back in the Hopes You Hate Instagram
    Iphone users have access to what’s being pegged by some an “anti-Instagram app.” Hipstamatic relaunched its social network for iPhone users on Wednesday, offering a place to simply share photos without all the filters, short-form videos, and clawing for followers.
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    Webb Telescope Spots a Planet With 'Gritty' Clouds Just 40 Light-Years Away
    The Webb Space Telescope just turned its infrared gaze at an exoplanet and found dense clouds swirling in the atmosphere of this quirky world.

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    Photo Cropping Bug Exposes Unedited Images in Windows 11 and Google Pixels
    If you’ve been using a Windows 11 cropping tool, you’re going to want to watch out for a recently discovered bug that analysts say poses a serious privacy problem.

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    Recent Fireballs Over California Were Pieces of Discarded ISS Antenna
    Over the weekend, footage of bright, flashing streaks of light that blazed across the sky over Sacramento, California, went viral, with most people wondering whether it was a meteor or a UFO. As it turns out, it was neither. Instead, the mysterious objects ended up being some fallen space junk that was once attached…
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    This Week's Mandalorian Used Its Nostlagia for Good, at Least
    At this point it is impossible to separate the story of Din Djarin and Grogu from the wider universe of Star Wars’ galaxy far, far away. In a similar manner to how the unlikely duo met, The Mandalorian has picked up iconic characters from across Star Wars film and TV to become part of its story. But for once, its…
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    Would You Eat This 3D Printed Cheesecake?
    Scientists are taking 3D printing to a new level, this time with food. Engineers at Columbia University announced in a newly released study that they have successfully created an edible and possibly delicious cheesecake by using cartridges of food paste and powder in the printer.

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    Listing Jobs but Not Hiring: Indeed Cuts 15% of Staff
    Lots of tech company workers have found themselves unemployed recently. And with the likes of Amazon and Meta confirming new rounds of layoffs just this month—even more former employees of big tech are likely to be job hunting soon.

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    Twitter Users Are Complaining About Vanishing Tweets
    Twitter users are seeing tweets seemingly vanish before their eyes as the social media platform struggles with yet another setback. Complaints around disappearing tweets aren’t entirely new, but whether Twitter has the engineering staff to quickly solve this most recent issue is yet to be seen.
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    These Toy Mash-Up Photos Are Freaking Rad
    What happens when the aliens from Aliens attack a T-Rex? Or a Predator sets its eyes on some Ewoks? What if Ant-Man climbed to the top of the Empire State Building or E.T. got a lightsaber? All those scenarios and more are being brought to life by artist Chuck Eiler, aka Killcutter, who loves to take collectible…
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    See How a Wild, Wet Winter Has Transformed California
    California is drenched.

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    Go Behind the Scenes of Fantasy Classic Dragonslayer in This Special Edition Sneak Peek
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    'Oumuamua’s Bizarre Acceleration May Have Been Caused by Hydrogen, Not Alien Technology
    In October 2017, astronomers detected an interstellar object traveling through our solar system for the first time. Theories abounded as to the nature of the oblong object, named ‘Oumuamua, which accelerated as it made its transit. Now, a team of researchers suggests a straightforward explanation: The interstellar…
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    Apple Music Users Are Complaining That They're Seeing Other People's Playlists
    As cool as you might think your Apple Music or Spotify playlist title is, you probably don’t want any random user finding out that your hiking playlist is exclusively made up of the Lord of the Rings soundtrack. Unfortunately, some Apple Music users on Reddit have reported a very strange bug where their playlists are…
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    The Mandalorian Struggles to Find the Way, Despite Its Best Cameo to Date
    This week’s episode of The Mandalorian left us conflicted. On the one hand, it did everything we say we want the show to do: our heroes go off on an epic adventure while also expanding the mythology of the franchise. But with all that happening now, at this point in the third season—and coming after an episode that
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    Major Storm Hits California, Leaving Over 100,000 Without Power
    Communities across California are in the dark today and cleaning up debris after another atmospheric river hit the state, bringing strong winds and heavy rain.
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    The Jedi Make a Chilling Discovery in This Star Wars: The High Republic Preview
    Star Wars’ next chapter of The High Republic’s flashback phase II is about to be upon us, as the situation between the ancient Jedi Order and the Path of the Open Hand—a mysterious group that believes the Force is not for anyone to use, especially Jedi—gets worse. So it’s probably a sign of things to come that the…
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    Writers Guild of America Considers Letting AI Write Hollywood Scripts
    As Chat-GPT learns more about how to take over the human race, the Writer’s Guild of America is certainly not standing in its way. The labor union, which represents film and television writers, has recently proposed allowing AI like Chat-GPT to write scripts as long as humans get credit for their contributions.

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    Default Third Time's a Charm? Relativity Space Tries Again to Launch 3D-Printe

    A rocket built primarily from 3D-printed parts could finally take flight today, with Relativity Space targeting a late evening launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida. You can catch the action live right here.

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    California Poised to Battle Google and Facebook Over 'Journalism Usage Fees'
    California lawmakers introduced new legislation this week aimed at pressuring tech companies like Google and Facebook into paying news publishers for content posted on their platforms. The measure comes amid a brewing battle between tech firms and lawmakers over similar legislation in Canada and on the heels of a…
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    Scientists See Photosynthesis Happening in Detail, Thanks to New Laser Technique
    What if we could mimic how plants, algae, and bacteria harvest sunlight to create better solar panels? New research published Wednesday in Nature explores the molecular nitty-gritty of photosynthesis, and it may help us get closer to making this a reality.

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    The Final Renfield Trailer Has More Nic Cage, More Gore, and Lots of Radiohead
    Our first look at the new horror comedy Renfield kept its biggest selling point hidden. That being the fact the title character, played by Nicholas Hoult, is the servant of Count Dracula, played by legendary Oscar winner Nicolas Cage, who was revealed only at the end. This latest and apparently final trailer does the…
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    Nothing's Ear (2) Wireless Earbuds Will Personalize Your Sound Through a Quick Hearing Test
    No two ears are the same, and headphones that sound amazing to one user may completely disappoint another. That’s why it’s always important to try before you buy. But headphones or earbuds with customizable sound profiles allow you to tune your listening experience even after purchase. It’s an increasingly popular …
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    Holy Cow, Netflix's Power Rangers Anniversary Special Looks Morphinomenal
    Although we’ve had a few glimpses here and there, today Netflix gave us our first proper good look at Power Rangers: Once and Always, a new reunion special to celebrate 30 years of teens with attitude and brightly colored Spandex. But here’s the surprising thing: not only does it look extremely good, it looks like…
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    Here’s What TikTok’s CEO Will Tell Congress
    TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is set to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday. If there’s anyone left in Congress or the American public who hasn’t made up their minds about the ultra-popular short-form app, the executive will attempt to sway them to his side.
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    Tanzania Reports Its First Outbreak of the Deadly Marburg Virus
    At least eight people have been infected and five are dead (including one healthcare worker) in a new outbreak of the Marburg virus in Tanzania, according to a Monday statement from the World Health Organization. It is Tanzania’s first-ever confirmed outbreak of the deadly disease.

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    Virgin Orbit Reportedly Close to $200 Million Rescue Deal After Launch Failure
    Things may be looking up for Richard Branson’s private launch business Virgin Orbit, with reports suggesting the company may have secured new funding and is preparing for an upcoming rocket launch.
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    Beethoven’s Genome Reveals Clues to His Bad Health and Early Death
    Nearly 200 years after Ludwig van Beethoven died, a team of researchers has managed to sequence the German composer’s genome from locks of his hair, revealing surprising details of his health and genealogical history.

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    They Said It Couldn't Be Done: Instagram Gets Even More Ads
    For years, Instagram users wandered aimlessly through the app hoping to see just one more ad, scrolling past annoying posts from friends, family, and exes in a desperate hunt for marketing content. It seems Instagram heard our pleas. The company announced that it’s found a way to fill the app with even more ads, this…
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    Stranger Things' Writers Tease Big Things for Its Final Season
    Director Chad Stahleski talks John Wick: Chapter 4 and Odysseus, as one does. Behind-the-scenes Marvel reports give us Coven of Chaos music, Vision Quest writers, and more sneak peeks at Daredevil: Born Again. Plus, what’s coming on Quantum Leap. Spoilers, away!

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    Rail Company Sued For Train Derailment in Ohio | Extreme Earth
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    Panera Bread Is Letting Customers Pay With Amazon’s Palm Reading Tech
    Panera Bread isn’t telling its legion of customers to shove their hand directly into their broccoli and cheese bread bowl, but a few Missouri franchisees are letting their customers know they can throw their palm onto the kiosk to pay for their meal. It’s not the first time Amazon’s palm-reading payment tech has been…
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    This Super Mario Bros. Movie Racer Puts a Snazzy Spin on the Iconic Mario Kart
    At this weekend’s WonderCon 2023, JAKKS Pacific will host a panel to reveal its line for The Super Mario Bros. Movie. io9 got an exclusive sneak peek of the iconic Mario Kart, inspired by Nintendo and Illumination’s new animated adaptation, which will be part of JAKKS Pacific’s 2023 toy and collectible releases.
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    Leaked Document Shows How Amazon Ended Up Over-Listing Thousands of Jobs
    After Amazon announced another round of layoffs affecting 9,000 employees earlier this week, a leaked document from inside the company revealed that listing too many job openings and subsequently over-hiring in some departments may have been a part of the problem.

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    Plan to Build Satellites in Orbit Using Robots and 'Space Lego' Gets Space Force Funding
    In an effort to reshape the growing satellite market, a group of private companies led by Arkisys is preparing to test a system that would enable the construction of spacecraft directly in orbit.
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    Text to Video Generative AI Is Finally Here and It’s Weird as Hell
    I like my AI like I like my foreign cheese varieties, incredibly weird and full of holes, the kind that leaves most definitions of “good” up to individual taste. So color me surprised as I explored the next frontier of public AI models, and found one of the strangest experiences I had since the bizarre AI-generated …
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    Welcome to Forever Finds Romance Lurking Between False Memories and Artificial Realities
    Last year, io9 featured A Fractured Infinity, the debut novel from Nathan Tavares. The sci-fi fantasy author has a new release coming later this year, and it’s another mind-bending tale with a queer romance at its center. Read on for an excerpt from Welcome to Forever, as well as the full cover reveal.

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    All the Witches Casts a Spell Over the Gaming Shelf
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    Default Ron DeSantis Said Google Should Be Broken Up

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    Default Starlink Rival OneWeb Poised for Global Coverage After Weekend Launch

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    Default Does Your Community Have Lead in Its Soil? Here’s What to Do

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    Even the best home printer might not be the most glamorous piece of hardware you’re ever going to invest in, but there’s no doubt that these units are useful, letting you get hard copies of tickets, essays, agendas and many other kinds of documents without having to venture to a print shop.

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    Default Boeing Sets Date for First Crewed Starliner Launch, but Parachute Test

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    Default Everything We Spotted in Blue Beetle's Electrifying New Trailer

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    Default The Super Mario Bros. Movie Powers Up Its Merch Game

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    Default Hear Lady Gaga Sing on the Set of Joker: Folie à Deux

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