The nostalgia for Nintendo’s games which inspired The Super Mario Bros. Movieis catering to grown-up fans in a big way just in time for the Chris Pratt-starring film’s release.
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Disney and Dwayne Johnson Announce Moana Live-Action Movie
In a surprising turn of events, Dwayne Johnson and Walt Disney Pictures are fast-tracking a live-action adaption of their Disney Princess tale Moana. Johnson will reprise his role as Maui.
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April Is Bringing Tons of New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books
This month, we’ve got tense thrillers set aboard claustrophobic spaceships, a magical sword-maker who gets caught up in a fantastical conflict in Shakespearean London, a sci-fi twist on Pinocchio, and more—including the latest in io9 co-founder Charlie Jane Anders’ hit YA fantasy series. Read on!

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Wild Iguana Steals Little Girl's Cake, Gives Her Rare Bacterial Infection
A 3-year-old girl’s holiday in Costa Rica was ruined by an iguana in more ways than one. The scaly reptile stole her cake, but not before biting her hand and transmitting a rare bacterial infection that endured for months, according to the girl’s doctors. Fortunately, the infection was treatable.
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Scientists Capture Deepest-Ever Footage of a Fish
Researchers using baited camera traps recorded an unknown species of snailfish more than 5 miles (8 kilometers) deep just off the coast of Japan. These are the deepest fish ever caught on film.
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What Does It Take to Make the Criterion Collection of Video Games?
If you want to watch the famously bad 1956 Sci-Fi film Plan 9 from Outer Space, you have several options on both free and paid streaming services. The film has been archived, restored, and documented by people who care about the history of cinema. The same can’t be said about the similarly horrible 1993 Atari Jaguar…
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Doctor Who Recruits Drag Race's Jinkx Monsoon
The TARDIS has picked up another new star for Doctor Who’s next season: drag star Jinkx Monsoon, who will appear in the upcoming 14th season of the show in what the BBC describes as a “major new role.”

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Turns Out Asus' Flashy ROG Ally Steam Deck Competitor is Real
Most companies will avoid making real product announcements on April Fools’ Day, as the news will inevitably get buried under a mountain of pranks from companies incorrectly assuming they can be funny. But not Asus. It used April 1 this year to announce its first handheld gaming device, leaving fans wondering if it…
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ICE Used Shady Subpoena to Get Data from Elementary Schools, Abortion Clinics, and News Orgs
Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly used a little-known administrative subpoena more than 100,000 times over six years to request information from schools, abortion clinics, and newspapers, all without first procuring warrants from judges.
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DC's Blue Beetle Trailer Is Here With a Fun, Family-Filled Superhero Origin
The next new hero of the DC Universe is here and he brought his whole family along for the ride.

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Behind the Scenes at Gerard Piqué’s Kings League Finals
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Au Revoir, Electric Scooters: Paris Votes to Ban E-Scooter Rentals
E-scooters are set to make a final French exit from the City of Lights. Residents of Paris, France have overwhelmingly voted to ban the electric micro mobility rentals in a Sunday referendum.

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The Chinese Spy Balloon Captured Sensitive Military Info After All
U.S. officials confirmed on Monday that the Chinese spy balloon that flew over the U.S. in February transmitted sensitive military information to China in real time. The Chinese government continues to claim it was a weather balloon that had blown off course.
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Elon Musk Makes It Harder to Distinguish Between Blue Verified and Paid Checkmarks to Save Face
After sparking a heated debate for saying he would take legacy blue checkmarks away from verified accounts beginning on April 1 if those users didn’t pay $8 for Twitter Blue, Twitter CEO Elon Musk backed away from his threat. To save face, though, Musk has simply made it harder to tell the difference between verified…
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California Takes the Lead on Curbing Big Oil Price Gouging
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This Week in Spaceflight: NASA's Artemis Astronaut Reveal, Plus a Space Station Shuffle
This week, NASA announces the names of the four astronauts who will venture beyond the Moon for the planned Artemis 2 mission next year, and we couldn’t be more excited.

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Move Aside, Crypto. AI Could Be The Next Climate Disaster.
The coming age of powerful AI chatbots may very well reshape the world in radical and unforeseen ways, but it could do so at an immense environmental cost. A new report released today by the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence estimates the amount of energy needed to train AI models like …
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Working on Everything Everywhere All at Once | Harry Shum Jr. Interview
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Elon 'The Dogefather' Musk Asks Judge to Toss $258 Billion Racketeering Lawsuit
Elon “the Dogefather” Musk has moved to dismiss the $258 billion Dogecoin lawsuit he is facing, according to documents filed with Manhattan federal court. The plaintiffs claim that Musk peddled a pyramid scheme in the form of Dogecoin with accusations including wire fraud and gambling.

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Senator Ted Cruz Will Unfortunately Speak Today at NASA’s Artemis Astronaut Unveiling
NASA is set to reveal the names of four astronauts who will fly around the Moon as part of the Artemis 2 mission. But first, we’ll have to endure a speech from Ted Cruz during the Houston-based event.

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