Avatar: The Way of Waterproducer Jon Landau has cleared up rumors about Vin Diesel (Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol.3) being in the film after the actor’s long con troll on fans.
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California's Winter Storm Nightmare Could End Soon
California has been slammed by storm after storm since late December, but it looks like the weeks of chaotic weather may finally be over soon.
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The Atari Gamestation Plus Is a Beautiful Modern Console For the Ugliest Retro Games
Unlike previous attempts to resurrect the Atari and its library of classic games that helped launch an industry, the Gamestation Plus—a joint venture between Atari and My Arcade—should come with considerably less drama, although when it will actually arrive remains a mystery.
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Dead End: Paranormal Park's Hamish Steele Reflects on Adaption and DeadEndia's Future
Every author who wants their work adapted for the screen would probably hope that it is done with care and respect for the source material. But when you find yourself in charge of your own adaptation, do you stick to every word or do you use it as an opportunity to make something new?

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Physicists Say This Is the Best Place to Hide Indoors From a Nuclear Shockwave
A new study provides a reality check about your chances of surviving a nuclear explosion. It suggests that, even if you’re hiding indoors and far away enough to avoid immediate disintegration, the high-speed winds created from the blast could still be enough to kill or seriously injure you. But the findings also…
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Nick Cave Says the Song an AI Wrote for Him 'Sucks'
There’s a lot of strong opinions to be had about ChatGPT, the AI chatbot that has taken the world by storm, but the most recent of which has come from Australian singer-songwriter Nick Cave. After a fan used the chatbot to write a song for Cave, the singer expressed his dismay.

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Meta's Nudity Policies Discriminate Against Trans People, Oversight Board Says
Meta should adjust and clarify its adult nudity and sexual content policies on Instagram and Facebook, according to a new set of recommendations from the tech giant’s Oversight Board.

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Do AI Art Tools Break Copyright Laws? Two New Lawsuits Will Find Out.


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Power Rangers Will Finally Get Its First Full-Time Female Red Ranger
Ever since Mighty Morphin Power Rangersdebuted back in the halcyon days of 1993, there have been, conservatively speaking, an estimated one bajillion Red Rangers to grace our TV screens—yet a woman has only ever held the mantle in a temporary capacity. That finally changes when Power Rangers: Cosmic Fury debuts on…
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Video of Nepal Plane Crash Circulates Online as Investigators Piece Together What Went Wrong
The final moments aboard the deadly Yeti Airlines plane heading for Nepal surfaced in a video mere moments before the aircraft came crashing to the ground following an explosion on Sunday, killing all 72 passengers on board.
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Microsoft Is Expanding Access to Its Azure OpenAI Service, With ChatGPT Available 'Soon'
Generative artificial intelligence’s path toward real-world usefulness just became a bit more clear. On Monday, Microsoft announced it’s widening access to its Azure OpenAI Service, a move likely to increase business uses of Open AI’s popular GPT-3.5, Codex, and DALL E 2 systems. ChatGPT, the impressive chatbot that…
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Newspaper Pulls Obituary Praising Man Who Killed His Wife and 5 Kids in Murder-Suicide After Backlash
A local newspaper has pulled an obituary praising a deceased Utah man for his “life of service” and dedication to his family, all the while ignoring the way that he died—a murder-suicide that took the life of his wife, five children, and mother-in-law. The obituary described his children as “truly a cherished miracle”…
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Brazil’s New President Faces ‘Scorched Earth Scenario’ Left Behind by Bolsonaro
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Tiny Retro TV That Plays Thousands of Classic Games Makes My Childhood Portable
Turning a Raspberry Pi into a retro gaming machine is relatively easy; we even have a step-by-step video tutorial for those ready to dive in. But turning a Raspberry Pi mini PC into a retro gaming machine with style? That’s not as easy, as one Redditor made it seem with this 3D-printed miniature tube TV packed full of …
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New Looks at Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, and More
Scream VI teases some of the New York locales Ghostface will visit. The Last of Us shows off what to expect for the rest of the season. Plus, get a look at what’s in store on Superman & Lois, Syfy’s new space-disaster colony show The Ark, and Poker Face. Spoilers get!

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Apple's Finally Bringing the M2 to Its Bigger MacBook Pros
When Apple released its first M2 MacBook Variants last year, the MacBook Air and the 13-inch MacBook Pro, we were torn. The Air’s design and feature set made the 13-inch Pro look ancient, but its lack of a fan put a cap on its utility for power users. Now the M2 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros are here to rectify the…
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The Propane Industry Is Paying TV Influencers to Shill for Fossil Fuels
If you’re watching HGTV or Netflix, there’s a chance that you might run into a show hosted by an influencer who shills for the natural gas industry. An industry group is using federally sanctioned funds that are supposed to go to consumer education to pay for influencers and celebrities to promote natural gas and…
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A Young Warrior Battles a Djinn in This Spice Road Excerpt
A new epic fantasy series begins with Spice Road, Maiya Ibrahim’s YA debut inspired by Arab and Middle Eastern mythology—with a huge dose of magic too. In this story, we meet a fierce 16-year-old whose reputation for monster-hunting is already established, but whose family life is spinning into turmoil. io9 has an…
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The New Mandalorian Season 3 Trailer Is Chock Full of Mandalorians
Din Djarin and his adopted son Grogu are on their way back. The Mandalorian has just dropped a new trailer for season three, or what I’m going to call Oops! All Mandalorians!
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James Cameron's Already Setting Avatar 3 on Fire
If you’re wondering what the future holds for the planet of Pandora after Avatar: The Way of Water, you likely won’t have to wait another 13 years for the sequel. Now that the Avatar sequel is about to cross the $2 billion mark, director James Cameron seems happy to share what’s coming in what is tentatively titled …
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