Longtime horror alum Greg Nicotero, of The Walking Dead and Creepshow fame, has found his next project to tackle: a TV adaptation of Robert McCammon’s Swan Song.

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Boulders Covered in Weird Dust Found on the Moon
Scientists scrutinizing the fine dust covering the Moon have identified a handful of boulders on the lunar surface that they believe may be covered with uniquely magnetized dust.
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Deep Sea ROV Encounters Unknown Octopus Species and More Science News of the Week
Meet the dorado octopus, a newly described deep sea cephalopod with some seriously alien features. A remotely operated vehicle took incredible images of this species and its habitat, including just-hatched babies and a field brooding females. Click through for our top science stories from this week.
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Andor's Verada Sethu Will Be Doctor Who's Next Companion
As Ncuti Gatwa’s just beginning his tenure on Doctor Who, his newest companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) won’t be along for his full ride. Per Variety, Gibson will be on the show after a single season, after which she’ll be succeeded by Verada Sethu, last seen as Cinta Kaz over on Andor.
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Wait, Madame Web Is a Period Piece?
Ever since Sony revealed it was working on a solo movie for Madame Web, folks have had questions. Why her? How is this going to connect to whichever Spider-Man is swinging around now?

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Tron: Ares is Finally Wheeling Into Production
Now that we’re a few weeks into 2024 and the Hollywood strikes are in the rearview, the upcoming Tron: Ares has just started filming.
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These Bizarre New Musical Instruments Are Unlike Anything You've Ever Seen... or Heard
For the past 26 years, the Guthman Competition at Georgia Tech’s Department of Music has introduced the world to strange and innovative instruments. The contest welcomes inventors from all over the world to build and explore the future of music, and together, they’ve produced some truly weird and exciting sound…
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Rey Movie Rumor Debunking, Crazy Kong Rides, and More of the Top Stories of the Week
2024 is barely a few weeks old and already the future of Star Wars is driving people mad with speculation and rumormongering. io9 got you the scoop of the week with what’s really up with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daisy Ridley’s Rey movie, but here’s the rest of our big hits you may have missed—James Whitbrook
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Self-Checkout on the Outs, Google Search Kind of Sucks, and More
Tech is having a moment where everyone is wondering if it’s all that great. AI is the hot trend right now, but Big Tech wants you to pay for something that hasn’t really been shown to make your life easier. Don’t worry though, the Silicon Valley billionaires are planning their own utopia, but you’re not invited.…
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The Samsung Galaxy S24 Bets Big on AI, Apple Watch Ban Saga, and More
Fresh off the heels of CES 2024 comes another huge January tech event, in which Samsung officially launched its highly anticipated Galaxy S24 AI-powered smartphone. Ubisoft turned some heads this week when the French gaming publisher said gamers should be more comfortable not owning their digital games. Catch up on…
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Boeing's Latest Problem: A Cargo Plane's Exploding Engine
Boeing, one of the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers, has been in the news a lot lately but not in a good way. Safety incidents involving the company’s planes keep cropping up and this week brought yet another example of that unfortunate trend. On Thursday, an Atlas Air 747 cargo plane was forced to make an…
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Hazbin Hotel's Creator on the Inspirations Behind Her Cult-Beloved Series
A cult animated short with over 92 million views made a dark darling out of Hazbin Hotel, and its popularity inspired a legion of fans to raise a little hell so it could get picked up to series. It’s now a Prime Video animated (and very adult) musical comedy, and io9 got a chance to talk with creator Vivienne Medrano…
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DeepMind Co-Founder: AI Is Fundamentally a "Labor Replacing Tool"
Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodo’s weekly deep dive on what’s been happening in artificial intelligence.
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OpenAI, Microsoft’s Partnership May Be Killed Off Before the Dawn of AGI
OpenAI’s mission is to develop a god-like artificial intelligence, but it might never get there without the help of Microsoft. U.S. regulators are reportedly clamoring over who can investigate OpenAI and Microsoft’s relationship over antitrust concerns, according to Politico on Friday. If the partnership is broken up,…
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Godzilla Minus One Director's Great Week Continues With Lucasfilm Visit
If I ever happened to direct a really great Godzilla movie that also happened to become a record-breaking blockbuster of international kaiju cinema along the way, I would personally be pretty content. But I’m very glad that Takashi Yamazaki, who did exactly that with Godzilla Minus One, is going beyond that and just…
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Alex Winter on His Character in Destroy All Neighbors
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Google Sheds Responsibility for AI Sites Dominating Search Results
The internet is quickly becoming a slurry of AI-generated garbage, and Google has decided to just let us all marinate in it. Anyone online can see that Google Search is getting worse, but now it’s becoming clear why. Google News is boosting AI-generated content over real, human journalism, according to a report from 40…
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Samsung's Galaxy S24 Can Remove Its Own AI Watermarks Meant to Show an Image Is Fake
The new Samsung Galaxy S24 is all in on AI, so much so that the phone maker made a big deal about how its new AI watermark is meant to dissuade users from spreading AI-altered or purely faked images online. The problem is that the S24 boasts so many AI capabilities that a simple Magic Eraser-like tool can remove that…
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Astrobotic Feared 'Catastrophic Situation' If It Didn't Destroy Peregrine Lunar Lander
Astrobotic bid farewell to its Peregrine lunar lander on Thursday as the spacecraft plunged through Earth’s atmosphere, thereby preventing the failed mission from colliding into other spacecraft.
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Pedro Pascal Still Doesn't Know How Much Last of Us Season 2 Will Change From the Game
Even before The Last of Us became one of HBO’s biggest hits in recent memory, fans of the source material all wondered the same thing: would a potential second season follow the plot of the game? It seems like an obvious question with an obvious answer... unless you know the story’s spoiler-y, inciting event. Once you…
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