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Magic: The Gathering has been going hard on the brand crossovers through its “Universes Beyond” line this year with the likes of Doctor Whoand Lord of the Rings. Over the next few years, that expansion is set to continue, with more big-name franchises added to the line—namely video games.

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Kaiju No. 8's New Trailer Is a Gross, Monstrous Origin Story
Kaiju stories often live and die not just on the monster itself, but whoever’s fighting against (or with) it. Whether it’s the military, other monsters, or giant robots, part of the fun can be seeing what’s able to go blow-for-blow with a massive beast that shoots fire out of its eyes or some such.

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Johnny Knoxville Loved Collectibles | First Fandoms
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Card Heist Occurs at Gen Con 2023, Over $300K's Worth Stolen
Gen Con 2023 is in full swing, but the day before the festivities started, a heist occurred on the show floor.

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New Dungeons & Dragons Sourcebook Features AI Generated Art
One of the artists working on Dungeons & Dragons’ newest book—Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants!, has stated that they used AI to help generate “certain details or polish and editing” in a recent post on X, on the site formerly known as Twitter. Ilya Shkipin, who drew the art in question, has deleted his posts, but…
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Black Adam Didn't Get a Sequel Literally Because the Hierarchy of Power Changed
Warner Bros.’ plans for its DC movies have shifted enough times that even Mystique would tell the company to chill, and last year’s Black Adamonly served to further complicate things. Prior to release, its claim to fame was that Dwayne Johnson would finally play a comic book superhero (that he had an iron grip on for…
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The Government's Secret Footage of Nuclear Tests Is Still Eerie Decades Later
Christopher Nolan’s new movie Oppenheimer, eponymously named after the creator of the atomic bomb, has renewed public interest in America’s dark history with nuclear weapons. Nolan’s movie focuses primarily on the “Trinity” test—the first test of an nuclear bomb to occur in the U.S. But for years after Trinity, the…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem's Director on Making 'a Monster Movie for Kids'
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is a delight for many reasons: the energetic teens who voice the Turtles, its fun embrace of ‘90s culture, its unique animation style, and the way it both honors and advances TMNT lore. But the movie’s more than just a light-hearted nostalgic trip.
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Twitch Star's NYC Event Devolves Into Chaos, Transforming Union Square Into Thunderdome
A social media influencer’s event spun wildly out of control in downtown Manhattan on Friday. For some reason, thousands of people who had turned out to Union Square park to to see Youtube star and Twitch streamer Kai Cenat began rioting, obstructing traffic, and antagonizing police. The unruly crowd eventually…
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Halloween News From Universal Studios Horror Nights, Disney Parks, and More!
There’s a lot of monsters ready to be let out of their crypts for Halloween haunt season.
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A New Witcher Novel Is on the Way
Need something Witcher to sink your teeth to now that Henry Cavill has bid his farewell to the Netflix show? Well, there’s good news: series author Andrzej Sapkowski has revealed he’s working on a new novel set in the world of his fantasy creation.
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ISS Experiment Hopes to Develop Air Conditioning for Future Habitats on Other Worlds
A group of engineers is testing an air conditioning system in space, seeing how two basic processes work in an environment with less gravity than Earth in order to design a system for future habitats on the Moon and Mars.
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Everyone's Favorite Knife-Wielding Robot Returns in Next Week's Futurama
Futurama’s new season continues its examination of 3023 by way of 2023 with next week’s “How the West Was 1010001,” which sees the gang heading to, ahem, Doge City to cash in on the bitcoin mining craze. Like most places they visit, they encounter absurdities, even more puns, and some very shady robot…
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Google Takes a Page Out of Twitter's Book: Invites Employees to Sleep 'On Campus' for a Fee
Google is trying to lure employees back to the office by offering a special for its on-campus hotel in Mountain View, California. The special will run through Sept. 30 and is serving as another attempt for Google to establish the new norm of a hybrid work-from-home schedule.
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Canada’s Wildfire Smoke Smashes Annual Pollution Record in Just Seven Months
Widespread wildfires across Canada have broken a carbon pollution record this year, a European climate monitoring agency said this week.
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Creating Dracula for The Last Voyage of the Demeter
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More Than a Meme: Artists See the GIF Format as a Beautiful Medium for Perpetual Art
There’s something about an elevator that touches on the very nature of the .GIF format. There’s a repetition to its design, a cyclical nature of destination and return, a permanent transience. It loops, constantly, permanently. What changes is the people who are there to inhabit it—or witness it.
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Google Needs Its Own Genius Bar, How About the Geek Squad?
Samsung isn’t the only phone maker expanding its quick-fix repair network. 9to5Google reports that Google will set up Pixel repair kiosks within select Best Buy locations to rival the Korean electronics giant’s new line of repair shops and Apple’s Genius Bar.

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Show Us Your Baldur's Gate 3 Characters
The time has come—after six years of waiting, and three of those spent in early access, Baldur’s Gate 3 has finally released on PC. If you’ve already started gathering your party and venturing forth, we want to see the characters you’ve come up with to venture into this latest D&D adventure.

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Los Angeles Has a Growing Typhus Problem, Thanks to the Fleas
A disease spread by fleas is becoming more common and deadlier in Los Angeles, California. In a new report this week, health officials say that recorded cases of flea-borne typhus have steadily risen in LA since 2010, with the highest tally seen last year. Additionally, three people are thought to have died from…
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Musical Episode Songs, Ranked
Strange New Worlds’ musical episode dropped this week, giving us a wonderful, all-singing all-dancing hour of Star Trek. But now that we’ve had a chance to give the Enterprise crew’s showtunes a few repeat listens, we’re ready to declare which hit the high notes and which should’ve been left on the cutting room floor.

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Lorcana Hopefuls Wait in Line for 14 Hours for Disney Magic
An older woman with steel gray hair, wearing a tiara and a stylish red dress-suit combo, sits at the front of the Lorcana line at Gen Con 2023, explaining to a group of four younger men what happened that morning. She has a diagram. This is Esther Emerald. That’s not her real name; that’s her character’s name for a …
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Players jumping into the hotly anticipated Dungeons & Dragons RPG Baldur’s Gate 3 will likely want to skip through the intensely rambling licensing agreement. But for those players who actually decide to stay awhile and listen—er, sorry, wrong game—I mean read the mountainous EULA agreement, developer Larian has a…
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NASA Chooses Axiom Space for Fourth Private Mission to the ISS
Axiom Space will fly a fourth crew to the International Space Station (ISS) as NASA once again selects the private space venture for another mission to low Earth orbit.
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Three Trump Sycophants Charged With Manipulating Michigan Voting Machines
A failed state attorney general candidate endorsed by Donald Trump, a former Republican Michigan state representative, and a Trump sympathetic election denying attorney have all been criminally charged with attempting to tamper with voting machines, according to charging documents first spotted by The Detroit News.…
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Lin-Manuel Miranda Will Coax a Warriors Musical to Come Out to Play-Yay
Lin-Manuel Miranda is a noted fan of bringing New York City stories to the stage and screen (Hamilton lyrics call it “the greatest city in the world,” after all), and he’ll be tackling a new tale set in his hometown for his next project: a stage musical adapting Sol Yurick’s 1965 novel The Warriors—previously the…
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Threads Has Lost More Than 80% of Its Daily Active Users
We’re only a month out since Meta released its Instagram-tied Twitter-killer app Threads. Since then, the time users spent on the app has tanked. Now, two separate data analysis firms say that the number of users logging in each day on the app has similarly flatlined just a month after its release.
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Tinder Is Getting an AI Upgrade to Help You Decide What Photos Are the Hottest
Like every other tech company, Tinder is bringing artificial intelligence to its operations in an attempt to create a better user experience, its parent company Matchgroup said in its Q2 earnings letter on Wednesday. The company says it plans to create new features around the needs of Gen Z users.
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The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won.
The last major holdouts in the massive protest against Reddit’s controversial API pricing have relented, abandoning the so-called “John Oliver rules” which only allowed posts featuring the beloved TV host in certain dissident subreddits. It marks the end of months of fighting, which included site-wide blackouts. Now…
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Andrew Tate Is No Longer Under Romanian House Arrest
Internet “alpha” and extreme misogynist Andrew Tate and his brother are reportedly free from house arrest following an arrest in December. The brothers and two conspirators are now awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking and sexual assault.
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Hasbro Explains How Star Wars Toys Get Chosen, and Why They Sometimes Take Forever
When I was 19 years old, I stood outside a Toys “R” Us for hours, waiting for midnight so I could buy toys from Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. It was mere weeks before the movie was released, the hype was at an all-time high, and I spent a lot of money because of it.
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Blazing Ocean Temperatures Threaten Critical Coral Reefs in the Florida Keys
Scientists and conservationists are working to observe and save coral reefs off the coast of Florida after a year of heat waves and alarming ocean temperatures.
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New Ahsoka Footage Gives Us Some Very Ready Rebels
Dark rises, and light to meet it—so when Ahsoka Tano finds out these god damn Imperials won’t stay gone, it’s a good job she’s got plenty of friends on her Rebels rolodex to call in some favors.
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'Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde' Plead Guilty to Billion Dollar Crypto Laundering Scheme
On Thursday, Heather Morgan, a.k.a. Razzlekhan, and her husband pleaded guilty to orchestrating a massive money laundering scheme. Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein became known as the modern-day “Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde” after they were linked to the 2016 theft of $4.5 billion in crypto from the Hong Kong-based exchange…
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Excellent Musical Soundtrack Is Now Streaming
Strange New Worlds’ musical episode was a great episode of Star Trek, but it was also a humdinger of a musical—a soundtrack laden with a frankly distressing number of earworms. And now you can listen to it without having to queue up Paramount+.
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AI.com Now Belongs to Elon Musk
In the latest chapter of Elon Musk’s saga to take over the world with corporations named after the letter “X,” the billionaire tech tycoon just snagged a coveted URL: AI.com.

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It's Time For Even More Casting Rumors for Fantastic Four
Final Destination’s Jeffrey Reddick says the sixth film is ready to enter production—as soon as the SAG-AFTRA strike comes to an end. Dracula strikes in even more footage from Last Voyage of the Demeter. Plus, you’re not ready for the first details about Riverdale’s final episode. To me, my spoilers!

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The Top 10 Countries Being Bombarded by Data Breaches
Security breaches rose by a shocking 156% globally from the first quarter of 2023 to quarter two, according to a report published by VPN service SurfShark on Tuesday. As hacking and security leaks become more prevalent so too does the rate at which the breaches occur.
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Talk to Me's Directors Hope to Terrify Us Again With More Talk to Me Movies
When io9 interviewed Danny and Michael Philippou—the siblings behind Talk to Me, the summer’s scariest movie—they described the “mythology bible” they assembled to keep track of the story’s many creepy spirits. Now, it seems they also picked up their cameras to create additional contextual material.
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Pixar's Slow-Burn Hit Elemental Is Coming Home Soon, With Tons of Extras
Rom-com Elemental—initially a disappointment for Pixar and Disney—has continued to rack up money at the box office, and now the sleeper hit has a new income stream in its near future: home viewers. Peter Sohn’s animated tale will soon arrive on digital, followed by a physical release, and it’s bringing tons of extras…
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The Fall of X Is Throwing Krakoa's Rules Out the Window
When mutantkind established its own sovereign nation on Krakoa, it established three new tenants for the newly-unified species to live by: Make More Mutants, Murder No Man, and Respect This Sacred Land. For the most part, give or take a few loopholes, the Krakoan Age was defined by these tenets until last week’s …
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Sorry Folks, Jack Quaid Is Not Johnny Storm in Marvel’s Fantastic 4
Jack Quaid is not going “flame on!” any time soon.
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Nothing, the company behind the second-gen, see-through, light-up smartphone that’s generated positive user reviews since its debut last month, has announced a new brand called CMF by Nothing. In a quarterly community update video, Nothing’s co-founder and CEO, Carl Pei, explains that CMF by Nothing will be focused on…
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Spotted Lanternflies Are Flapping About Again. Squash Their Buggy Brains Out.
It’s peak summer in the U.S. and spotted lanternflies have graduated into full-grown adults that are flapping about in all their spotty glory. Another year of sighting these winged insects means another year for us to do our part in squishing lanternflies and eliminating them from our ecosystems.
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Elon Really Wants to Turn Twitter Into Wall Street
What’s the point of an app if you can’t make money on it? Such is the thought process of Twitter owner Elon Musk, as the first part of his grand plan to turn the bird app into the “everything app” will start with transforming the site into yet another stock trading platform.
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Treating GIFs as Fine Art | Gizmodo Interview
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10 Global Artists Reimagine WB Classic Icons in Art and Fashion
Legendary Warner Bros. icons get reimagined by 10 global artists in a new collection for WB 100, marking the studio’s 100th anniversary.
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Apple Patent Says Siri Could Be Trained to Read Your Lips
As with many inquiries to Apple’s helper bot, asking Siri to “read my lips,” comes back with a “I’m not sure I understand” message. After all, Apple has so far eschewed talking much about modern AI systems. Why would the voice recognition service also want to be staring at me like HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey?
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15 Pieces of Apple History That Hit the Auction Block for Big Bucks
You don’t become one of the largest tech companies on the planet without leaving a trail of artifacts in your wake. While many of Apple’s former products and ventures may have been lost to time, others have been scrounged up by antique collectors and enthusiasts to be auctioned off for some huge returns. Everything…
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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Musical Episode Is a Glorious Triumph
“Will this work/Who can say?/We’re gonna sing it/anyway!” An interlude in the climactic song of Star Trek’s first ever musical episode—and an underlying thesis that guides it as it swings for one of the boldest ideas the franchise has ever tried... and by god, does it nail it.

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Facebook Isn’t Giving Up on Smart Glasses, Even if It Probably Should
Remember when the company once called Facebook tried to convince the world to spend $300 on a pair of camera-equipped Ray-Bans capable of snapping photos of people while they weren’t looking? Neither did we, really, but that hasn’t stopped Meta from moving forward with a pricey multi-year plan to roll out new…
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After 100 days of the writers’ strike, and nearly a month of the actors’ strike, Disney has realized it needs writers and actors to celebrate the company’s 100 years, which were made possible by those very artists.

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A New Alien Tradition Emerges in Exclusive Solar Opposites Season 4 Clip
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Pirate Borg Is a Grimdark Undead Nightmare Fueled by Sea Shanties
It’s an incredibly busy day at Gen Con—the annual tabletop gaming convention held in Indianapolis—and the Pirate Borgtable is full of books, dice, and, off to the side, a galleon figurine. The galleon is suitably manned by skeletons, half-dead pirates, and I think I spotted a shark or two shadowing the water.

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Massive Maui Wildfires Fueled by Hurricane Dora Cut Power and 911 Service for Thousands
Update August 9 at 5:20 p.m. EST:
Devastating wildfires that have been fueled by hurricane winds have killed several on the Hawaiian island of Maui. Emergency responders are overwhelmed by the devastation. Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen confirmed during a press conference today that the fires have killed at least 6…
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Gen Con Heist: Retailer Confirms Magic Cards Stolen in $300K Haul
Magic: The Gathering cards worth an estimated $300,000 were stolen from Pastimes, an Indiana gaming company, last week during Gen Con in Indianapolis—one of the largest gaming conventions in the world. Zack Reiter, a manager at Pastimes, confirmed via email to io9 that it was his store that was affected by the theft. …
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Yes, Marvel Really Is Revisiting the Spider-Man Story About Radioactive Semen
The House of Ideas’ latest is something that indeed could diplomatically be described as an “idea:” Marvel has confirmed after a brief period of teasing that Spider-Man hasn’t gotten enough attention for all the wrong reasons lately.

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Fewer Than 10,000 Steps a Day Needed to Keep Death at Bay, Study Finds
Getting enough steps in to stay healthy might be easier than expected, a new review of the evidence suggests. The study found that walking just under 4,000 steps a day is associated with a reduced risk of early death, while even less than 2,500 steps a day could cut your risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.…
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Code Orange: Spirit Halloween Unleashes Horror Film Fan Decor, Props, and Toys
Halloween is starting now, and if that thought makes you groan like a zombie, you’ve clearly forgotten how early things begin to sell out at your local Spirit Halloween. Yeah, pretty much as soon as doors open and hordes of horror fiends descend into the aisles.

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The ISS Has Higher Levels of Potentially Harmful Contaminants Than Most Homes
The International Space Station (ISS) has been home to more than 250 astronauts who have lived and worked on board the orbiting lab for months at a time. Unlike homes on Earth, however, the space station has been discovered to have higher levels of chemical contamination lingering in dust.
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Should You Flip Out for This Samsung Phone? | Gizmodo Review
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Saudi Arabia Passes Law Requiring USB-C Charging on New iPhones, Androids, and Laptops
Apple has once again had a wrench thrown in its plans for smartphone hardware, though it won’t affect the hotly anticipated autumnal release of the iPhone 15. Saudi Arabia had passed a law requiring all future smartphones sold in the country to have USB-C ports beginning in 2025.
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Hear More From Dan Stevens' Solar Opposites Debut in This Exclusive Clip
Solar Opposites season four arrives August 14 on Hulu, bringing a new cast member (Dan Stevens, replacing Justin Roiland) and a new set of adventures for its alien characters, who always manage to entangle themselves in plots that are somehow both mundane and potentially apocalyptic. io9 has an exclusive clip to share…
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CNET Deletes Thousands of Old Articles to Game Google Search
Tech news website CNET has deleted thousands of old articles over the past few months in a bid to improve its performance in Google Search results, Gizmodo has learned.
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Baldur's Gate 3's Astarion Talks D&D, Acting, and Yes, Bear Sex
After six years of development, Baldur’s Gate 3—Larian Studio’s highly anticipated successor to the legendary Dungeons & Dragons CRPG series—finally hit PC last week. Players have been gathering a party and venturing forth to chaos, heroics, and a motley crew of characters. But for one of those “heroes” in particular,…
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Meet the 'Event Horizon Explorer', Which Aims to See Light Rings Around Black Holes
Astronomers transfixed the public in April 2019 when they released the first-ever image of a black hole, produced by radio wave data from a collaboration of telescopes around the world known collectively as the Event Horizon Telescope.
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Epic Games Loses Supreme Court Appeal to Force Apple to Change App Store Right Now
The U.S. Supreme Court denied Epic Games’ appeal against Apple on Wednesday, which would have required the iPhone maker change its App Store’s payment options. Epic Games, the owner of the popular video game “Fortnite,” filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple in 2020 accusing the company of holding a monopoly over…
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Apple Is Moving the iPhone's End Call Button
Do I actually use my iPhone to call people? Yes, yes I do, as it so happens. The thing about calls is that their function hasn’t changed in any major way since the first iPhone started the whole smartphone craze, despite the addition of extra features like Facetime. Now Apple’s latest iOS 17 beta has changed the…
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Twitter Fined $350,000 for Delaying Search of Trump's Account in Jan. 6 Prosecution
The special counsel investigating Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election tried, failed, and ultimately succeeded in accessing the former president’s Twitter account, documents published Wednesday show. According to the courts, Twitter was late in producing all the information investigators wanted on…
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Watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse's Riveting Ghost Spider Opening
Get hooked back into the Spider-Verse with the opening sequence from the hit Sony Pictures Animation superhero film.
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Can AI Fix America's Cybersecurity Woes? The White House Thinks So.
The White House has announced a contest incentivizing the development of new artificial intelligence systems designed to hunt for software vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure. The “AI Cyber Challenge” will be a two-year government-sponsored competition designed to spur the creation of new automated security…
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Here’s some potentially happy news: Depression and anxiety might not raise the chances of cancer after all, new research this week has found. The study, a review of existing research, found no significant link between either condition and an increased risk of cancer in general, or many of the most common types of…
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The Witcher Season 3's Big Fight Was Meant to Make Up for a Season 1 'Plot Hole'
The Witcher’s long, curious road through Andrzej Sapkowski’s fantasy novels has led to a lot of frustration for some fans—even before the series’ messy downward spiral by the back half of season three. But according to a new documentary about the season from Netflix, the team behind the show wanted to patch up one…
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Slack Drops a Big Redesign to Change How You Chat
Your work chats are going to look very different very soon. On Wednesday, Slack said it would update its interface for the first time in three years, adding new ways to quickly gauge who’s screaming for your attention across multiple channels and chats and mark conversations for followup.

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Card Heist Occurs at Gen Con 2023, Over $300K's Worth Stolen
Gen Con 2023 is in full swing, but the day before the festivities started, a heist occurred on the show floor.

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Neil Gaiman Won't Let Good Omens' Story End Like That
It’s been a few weeks since Good Omens season two dropped on Prime Video, and let me tell you the Aziracrow girlies (non-gendered) have been eating good and also sobbing into their meals for the past two weeks. I’m not going to spoil it, as the entire season dropped at once and I would like more people to watch the…
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The Mic Cardi B Threw at a Fan Just Sold for Nearly $100,000 on eBay
The saga of Cardi B’s microphone retaliation in Las Vegas has come to an end. After an audio technician began an auction last week for the mic the rapper threw at a fan, it’s now sold for almost $100,000 on eBay, with the proceeds being split between two charities.
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Google Says It Will Scrape Publishers’ Data for AI Unless Forced Not To
Google hungers for all that content produced by the wealth of digital publishers creating text, video, and images on a daily basis. To deal with the sticky copyright issues at the heart of AI training, Google is proposing that all those companies who don’t want their content gobbled up will need to “opt-out” to ensure…
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NASA's Mars Helicopter Just Won't Quit, Resuming Flights After an Untimely Landing
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has had a rough few months, first losing communication with its home planet and later suffering a glitch that interrupted its flight. But you can’t keep a good chopper down. Ingenuity soared above the Martian terrain once again as its team on Earth tries to figure out what went wrong with…
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The 5 Best VPNs for the Back to School 2023 Season
Virtual Private Networks, better known as VPNs, are services that route your traffic through a sort of encrypted tunnel, hiding your online activities from your internet service provider and anyone else who manages your network. That makes VPNs a tool you should definitely not consider using when you land at your…
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WeWork Offices Could Close As The Company Struggles To Stay Afloat
WeWork, the company that offers flexible co-working spaces, said in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing on Tuesday that it is at risk of bankruptcy. The business has struggled since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when offices shuttered their doors and moved to remote work, resulting in WeWork…
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Updates From DC's Creature Commandos, Archer, and More
Peter Dinklage welcomes you to The Academy in a new Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes teaser. Universal’s live-action How to Train Your Dragon has been hit with indefinite delays. Plus, more behind the scenes on Last Voyage of the Demeter. Spoilers now!

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How to Watch Apple Unveil the iPhone 15
No, Apple hasn’t officially declared it iPhone time. We’re still waiting for the company to create a splashy signature graphic to usher in the event. But until that happens, we have rumors and reports to reference on when we can expect the iPhone 15 to launch.
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How to Watch This Year’s Promising Perseid Meteor Shower
This year’s Perseid meteor shower is set to be a good one, and it’ll reach its peak this coming weekend. Here’s what you need to know about the Perseids and the best way for you to catch this dazzling display.

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Lyft CEO on Surge Pricing: 'We're Trying to Really Get Rid of It'
The days of sky-high carshare rates could be behind us—at least if Lyft is your app of choice. The Uber competitor announced during a quarterly earnings call yesterday that phasing out surge pricing is on its list of priorities moving forward.
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You Can Now See Your Likes on Instagram Threads, Just Like on Twitter
Meta is adding more features to Instagram Threads. Users will now be able to see their own liked posts if they update the app. The feature was beta tested on Android last week but rolled out for all users over the weekend.
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Gizmodo Back to School 2023 Guide
The back-to-school season has a different feel now than in the pre-pandemic days. Today, hybrid learning is a given for many students, and having a reliable computer is table stakes for even grade schoolers, not just high school and college students.
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Hollywood Should Actually Cast Matt Berry in a Star Wars Project
Though most American audiences know Matt Berry for playing frisky vampire Laszlo on What We Do in the Shadows, he’s had a lengthy comedy career in his native England, highlighted by cult-beloved shows like Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, The Mighty Boosh, and Toast of London, to name just a few.

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Netflix Game Controller App Randomly Sprouts Up in the App Store
While you still can’t share passwords without paying extra, it sounds like Netflix will soon attempt to sweeten your subscription deal by bringing its game offerings to your TV. The streaming giant has unexpectedly published the Netflix Game Controller to the iPhone App Store without any heads-up or an official launch…
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Ken Stars in the Second Wave of Barbie Movie Dolls
Looks like a good old fashioned visit to the toy aisle might be in order if you want a chance at the second drop of Barbie movie dolls.
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Orion's Heat Shield Remains 'Biggest Open Issue' Ahead of NASA's Artemis 2 Mission
NASA is working to resolve a lingering issue with the Orion capsule’s heat shield, which is designed to protect the astronauts on board the spacecraft during its return to Earth as part of the Artemis 2 mission.

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Amazon Removes AI-Generated Books That Spoofed an Author's Byline
Amazon has removed half a dozen AI-generated books published under a living author’s name without her consent following a social media backlash. Though the misleading content was finally removed on Tuesday, the author, veteran publishing industry writer Jane Friedman, worries that a lack of clear, coherent policies at…
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Preventive mammograms for breast cancer might be less worthwhile for older women, according to research released this week. The study’s authors estimate that a substantial percentage of cancer cases caught through screening in women over 70 are overdiagnosed, that is, the detection of a tumor that isn’t likely to…
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Dracula Attacks in Exclusive Clip From The Last Voyage of the Demeter
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Disney Has a New Task Force to Spread AI Throughout Its Not So Magic Kingdom
Disney is jumping on the artificial intelligence bandwagon.
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The Gaming Shelf Reaps What It Sows
So... Gen Con happened. To like, all of us. The annual gaming con held in Indianapolis brought “record breaking” numbers of fans through the convention center. Also, a few awards. Yours truly lost the Diana Jones Award for Excellence in Gaming to a truly excellent and deserving game, Coyote & Crow. Additionally Free…
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Hottest July on Record Kills Hundreds of Cows
Alarming heat and humidity killed hundreds of cows in Iowa last month. These losses have further decreased the size of the overall U.S. cattle herd, which has shrunk to a more than 50-year low. The Department of Natural Resources in Iowa told Reuters that it had received a much higher than normal number of body…
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Streaming Platform Dropout Is Resuming Production
The ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes have made it so that Hollywood productions are largely ground to a halt, and other arms of the entertainment industry are similarly in stasis. Things have been a little murkier over in the Actual Play space, where actors play a roleplaying game on YouTube or another streaming…
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Valve Puts Cheaper, Refurbished Steam Decks up for Sale
Update: They’re real! For those thinking about getting a Steam Deck but who recently missed out on sale prices, Valve now says customers will be able to buy used, refurbished Steam Decks at discounted prices.
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'Hypnotized' ChatGPT and Bard Will Convince Users to Pay Ransoms and Drive Through Red Lights
Security researchers at IBM say they were able to successfully “hypnotize” prominent large language models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT into leaking confidential financial information, generating malicious code, encouraging users to pay ransoms, and even advising drivers to plow through red lights. The researchers were able…
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Russia Elbows Into the New Moon Race With Upcoming Luna-25 Launch
Russia is getting ready to launch its first mission to the Moon in nearly fifty years in an attempt to stay relevant amidst a renewed space race.
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Ridley Scott Says He 'Should Have' Directed Blade Runner 2049
In a new interview with Empire, Ridley Scott revealed that he regrets being forced to turn down the director position for the Blade Runner sequel. Because of scheduling conflicts with Alien: Covenant, he was asked to choose between the two films (the Alien franchise is released by 20th Century, Blade Runner by Warner…
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Marvel's Preparing the X-Men for Their Time In the Spotlight
For a long time, the X-Men were an oddity in the pages of Marvel Comics. They were extremely popular for years on end and able to stand toe-to-toe with the likes of Spider-Man and the Avengers through multiple series, but during the late 2010s, the characters were gradually diminished in favor of the Inhumans (which…
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Open Channel: Tell Us Your Favorite Keith David Role
Earlier in the week, game developer Bungie revealed that Keith David would be portraying the role of Destiny 2's Commander Zavala beginning with 2024's The Final Shape expansion. The actor is taking over the role from Lance Reddick, who passed away earlier in the year, but his relationship with Bungie goes all the way…
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Ahsoka's New Trailer Brings Back an Old Friend
The upcoming Star Wars: Ahsokahas spent much of its marketing thus far showing that our titular former Jedi (played by Rosario Dawson) is teaming up with members of old Star Wars Rebelscharacters. But there’s one important character from Ahsoka’s past that hasn’t been discussed so far: her old master Anakin Skywalker
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Timothy Olyphant Nearly Lead Star Trek's Reboot Films as James Kirk
Timothy Olyphant is one of those actors you love to see pop up in things, either as a leading man or a reliable character actor. Over the years, he’s made a name for himself thanks to leading hit shows like Justified and Deadwood and popping up in guest roles like Cobb Vanth for The Mandalorian and Joel in Santa…
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Use Beeper to Put All of Your Chats in One Place
Through the years there have been plenty of apps promising a one-stop shop for all your messages, and the latest of these is Beeper: It collects all of your conversations from WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Slack, Google Chat, Twitter (or X), and, yes, even iMessage.
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Here Are the Top AI Stories You Missed This Week
If you’re behind on what’s happening with the robot uprising, have no fear. Here’s a quick look at some of the weirdest and wildest artificial intelligence news from the past week. Also, don’t forget to check out our weekly AI write-up, which will go into more detail on this same topic.
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The Last Ronin Brings the Ninja Turtles to the World of Blockbuster Games
Throughout the decades, there’ve plenty of video games based on or featuring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. While each of them have their own fans, one thing they all share in common is that they exist pretty comfortably in a space for young kids and maybe a nostalgic fan. After all, when the whole property is …
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Has Swung Over to Disney+
Back in April, Disney+ started to gradually add a number of Spider-Man films to its catalog, from the old Sam Raimi trilogy to the considerably less older Spider-Man: Homecoming and Venom. Also added in that mix (eventually) was 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man, though it wasn’t clear at the time when its sequel would…
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Barbie's So Big, Folks Made It Their First Theatrical Pandemic Movie
Across most of the world where it’s released, Warner Bros.’ Barbiehas been a big hit, and it’s already shaping up as one of the biggest cultural events of the year, film or otherwise. And its impact is so big that it got people to break their mid-pandemic rule and actually see a movie in theaters as it was playing…
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After Newest AMPTP Meeting, WGA Says Offer is Being Evaluated
Since early May, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has been striking for better pay and protections against AI (among other conditions). Over the months, support for the union has persisted across various avenues, and grown as SAG-AFTRA has also joined in on the strike efforts. Though last weekend saw botched…
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Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Google's Pixel Fold Cost the Same, but They're Very Different Devices
Folding phones haven’t replaced the standard smartphone, but the summer of foldables heated up when Samsung announced the Z Fold 5. The fifth-generation folding device is the more expensive of Samsung’s two folding phones and the more feature-filled. It’s essentially a package of everything Samsung wants you to…
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How to Download Maps on Your Phone to Travel Offline
Even in this day and age, you can’t always guarantee a strong cellular connection to a mobile network everywhere you go, especially if you’re on vacation. That can cause a problem when you’re trying to make your way from A to B using your map app of choice. The solution is to download and cache sections of the map…
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NASA Spacecraft Will Reunite With Earth After 17 Years of Studying the Sun
For the past 17 years, a lone spacecraft has been following Earth’s tracks in its orbit around the Sun and capturing unprecedented views of our host star. Now, STEREO-A has finally caught up with its home planet, lapping us in our cosmic trail and meeting the Earth for a brief rendezvous.
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AI This Week: Zoom's Big TOS Disaster
Hello! We are officially launching a THING. It’s going to be a weekly roundup about what’s happening in artificial intelligence and how it affects you.
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We're in for an 'Above Average' Atlantic Hurricane Season, NOAA Predicts
We’ve got a storm coming, maybe. The rest of the 2023 hurricane season will be busier than previously thought, according to new projections from the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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The 5 Best VPNs for the Back to School 2023 Season
Virtual Private Networks, better known as VPNs, are services that route your traffic through a sort of encrypted tunnel, hiding your online activities from your internet service provider and anyone else who manages your network. That makes VPNs a tool you should definitely not consider using when you land at your…
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Jurassic Park Celebrates Turning 30 by Stomping Into RealD 3D Theaters
Back in 1993, Jurassic Park mined agonizing tension from the simple image of water rippling in a glass. Those heavy T-rex footsteps are going to make an even more menacing impact when Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi tale—which has been enthusiastically marking its 30th anniversary all year—hits theaters in RealD 3D.
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Blue Beetle Reactions Blast Low Expectations With Resounding Praise
Social reactions for Blue Beetle buzz with excitement, marking an auspicious future for DC Studios’ clean cinematic start for its upcoming James Gunn and Peter Safran-led superhero slate.

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OnePlus Claims Its New Screens Can Work Even in a Downpour
Modern smartphones have become incredibly water resistant, so much so that even foldables are boasting they can survive a 30-minute bath without crapping out. The one issue is that wet touchscreens are still a pain to control, and holding a phone out in the rain guarantees you’re not scrolling until you dry it off.…
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Elon Musk Wants to Brawl with Mark Zuckerberg in Ancient Rome
Are you not entertained?! Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk’s will they/won’t they continues, and it appears that the long awaited fight between the two tech billionaires could take place in Italy.
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Mickey and friends are summoned to the rabbit-filled land of Monoth in Disney Illusion Island, a new game for Nintendo Switch. They answer the call to protect it from impending doom because they’re the heroes from all the journeys we’ve seen them on—no matter that Donald points out all those adventures were just …
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Judge Throws Bankman-Fried Back in Jail
Once the lord of a multibillion-dollar crypto empire under the FTX brand name, Sam Bankman-Fried will now have to prepare himself for his upcoming trial from a cell. A New York federal judge revoked Bankman-Fried’s bail and sent the crypto wiz to jail Friday to await trial later this year.

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Futurama Has Fun With Dune in Clips From Next Week's Episode
Futuramamay have debuted over 30 years after Dune was published, but its homage to the classic sci-fi tale feels like another way the current revival season is tipping its cap to the pop culture of 2023. While we wait for Timothée Chalamet to mount a sandworm on the big screen, the Hulu series is sending team Planet…
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Scientists Just Discovered a ‘Strawberry-Like’ Antarctic Invertebrate With 20 Arms
Another day, another terrifying sea creature for our fragile human minds to process. A team of marine scientists say they’ve confirmed the existence of a bevy of new species living around Antarctica. One of these apparent discoveries is an invertebrate that somewhat resembles a strawberry, albeit with 20 arms.

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Zoom Backtracks on Training AI on Your Calls
After massive backlash over its wishy-washy communication regarding training artificial intelligence with customer data, Zoom wants to set the record straight. Today, Zoom issued an update to its previous announcement on its plans for AI to formally claim that the company will not use audio, video, chat, or similar…
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At Gen Con, Independent TTRPGs Got Their Spotlights Too
As a parliament of nerds (affectionate) walked up and down the lanes of Gen Con, the annual tabletop gaming convention in Indianapolis, there seemed to be a never-ending supply of new games to try—and independent outfits were giving con-goers a massive variety to choose from.
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Baldur's Gate 3 Has Taught Me D&D's Eldritch Blast Memes Were True
In the rare times I’ve had, well, the time to actually play Dungeons & Dragons, I’ve never played a Warlock. I usually go for some form of Ranger, or a more traditional caster class. But in my many years adjacent to the biggest TTRPG around, I’ve heard the rumors about Eldritch Blast being the D&D equivalent of…
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See 17 Years of an Exoplanet’s Orbit in One Captivating GIF
Beta Pictoris b is a young exoplanet about 12 times as massive as Jupiter, with an orbit nearly twice as long. Now, a timelapse video of the planet’s nearly 23-year orbit lets you see most of that journey in just ten seconds.
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Daryl Dixon Clip Teases The Walking Dead's Grim Take on Post-Apocalyptic France
We still don’t know exactly how Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) made it from zombie-infested America to zombie-infested France, but as this new teaser for his Walking Dead spin-off informs us, “a bunch of bad decisions” had a lot to do with it.

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Rosario Dawson Talks Preparing For Ahsoka in This Star Wars Insider Excerpt
Ahsoka Tano has been a part of the Star Wars galaxy for 15 years now, but she’s on the precipice of even greater prominence in Ahsoka. The live-action continuation of the character’s journey across animation and now the live-action world of The Mandalorian hits Disney+ in a few weeks. But how is the star behind this…
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Russia Launches Its First Moon Landing Mission in 47 Years
Russia has successfully launched its Luna-25 mission to the Moon, which will attempt to land on the lunar south pole later this month. If it sticks the landing, Russia will become the first country to pull off a soft landing on the south polar region of the Moon.
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8 Things We Liked (and 2 We Didn't) About Hulu's Solar Opposites Season 4
Solar Opposites is back with 11 new episodes, featuring the debut of Dan Stevens as Korvo, as well as the returning Thomas Middleditch (Terry), Mary Mack (Jesse), and Sean Giambrone (Yumyulack). The Shlorpians remain stuck on Earth—more assimilated than ever before, but still dealing with fish-out-of-water scenarios…
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Get a Peek at Landscape With Invisible Hand's Surreal Sci-Fi Setting
There are so many weird, awesome things to see in the upcoming sci-fi film Landscape With Invisible Hand. There’s a world subjugated by aliens, and there are the aliens themselves—aliens living with humans, with a creepy alien way of communicating. And there are the very exclusive alien cities that float above the…
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American Suicides Reached All-Time High Last Year, CDC Data Shows
Suicides have risen in the United States for the second straight year, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. In 2022, there were nearly 50,000 estimated deaths attributed to suicide in the U.S. An increase in suicide was found across most demographics, but numbers did decline for Native…
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Supermarket AI Offers Recipe for Mom's Famous Mustard Gas
Betty Crocker never had the chance to release her down-home recipe for mustard gas, but modern generative AI is making up for lost time, helping to put the “die” in “diet.”
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Sorry, Chief, Microsoft Cortana Is Finally Dead
You can now visit the gravestone of Microsoft’s virtual assistant app Cortana in the growing mortuary of failed products. The company ended support for the Bing search-based voice control engine on Windows to help make room for its continuing AI-ization of Bing and its bevy of other digital products and services.
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Olivia Rodrigo Unveils Instagram's New Musical Carousel Feature
Capitalism may breed innovation, but Instagram is no stranger to ripping off TikTok. The social network’s newest feature is a rotating carousel of images set to music, delightfully similar to TikTok’s own.

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Updates From Deadpool 3, Loki Season 2, and More
David Gordon Green talks casting Pazuzu in The Exorcist: Believer. Rick & Morty executive producer Steve Levy talks about the show’s life after Justin Roiland. Plus, get a glimpse at the finale, inevitably bonkers episodes of Riverdale. Spoilers get!

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California Lets Self-Driving Taxis Loose In San Francisco All Day and Night
Nascent robotaxi services Waymo and Cruise are going to be out in force on the Streets of San Francisco like rambunctious, autonomous, teenaged hooligans after a state public utilities body granted the companies license to drive out at all hours of the day and night, even without a safety driver behind the wheel.
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Check Out This Year's Harvey Award Nominees
The year 2023 marks the 35th anniversary of the Harvey Awards, one of the most prestigious ceremonies in comics—and a celebration of the myriad forms they’ve inspired across the world and across mediums. To mark the occasion, io9 has teamed up with the organization to lift the lid on this year’s nominees, ahead of the…
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The ongoing fires in Hawaii that have burned homes, trees, and historic sites to the ground have killed over 50 people as of Friday, according to officials. The reported death toll this Wednesday was 6 people, but yesterday it climbed to 36, and as of today the official report is 55 dead due to the fires. Officials…
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GM's New $130,000 Cadillac Escalade IQ Won't Have Apple CarPlay or Android Auto
Bad news for iPhone and Android users looking to snag a luxury car. GM just confirmed that Cadillac’s upcoming Escalade IQ—which boasts a hefty price tag of $130,000—will not have CarPlay or Android Auto support.
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Twitter's CEO Makes New Excuses for Musk's Dumb 'X' Rebranding
Twitter—the site that owner Elon Musk has desperately tried to convince users is now “X”—has a CEO, but based merely off public pronouncements, you’d still think the billionaire tech mogul is still its head. CEO Linda Yaccarino stepped up to the plate to take over Twitter’s mess back in June, but since then we’ve…
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There's Never Been a Better Time to Build Up Your Pathfinder Tales Library
It’s not every Pathfinder Tales volume, but there still are a lot represented in Humble’s current bundle deal of Paizo ebooks inspired by the fantasy world of the Pathfinder RPG. You can build your collection, or start one from scratch, in a charity promotion that starts at just five dollars.
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Looks Like the Situation Around Wonder Woman 3 Is Getting Even Weirder
After recent repeated statements from Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot that new DC film head honchos James Gunn and Peter Safran are working with her to develop the in-limbo Wonder Woman 3, a new report suggests that actually... nothing of the sort is happening.

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How to Play Lorcana, Plus a Few Starting Tips and a First Impression
Disney’s trading card game Lorcana experienced a fan frenzy at last week’s Gen Con—something that publishers Ravensburger were really not expecting. Drawing overnight lines and selling out of product every day, Lorcana was the game that everyone at the annual gaming convention was talking about. Some folks were in…
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Key to Europe's Space Ambitions, Ariane 6 Rocket Delayed to 2024
The highly anticipated debut of the Ariane 6 rocket will not happen this year as the European Space Agency (ESA) grapples with getting its heavy-lift launch vehicle off the ground.
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Assembling the Blue Beetle Cast | io9 Interview
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Woman Taking Supplements for Infertility Gets Lead Poisoning Instead
A Canadian woman’s attempt to treat her infertility went drastically wrong, her doctors say. In a new case report this week, they detail how she developed lead poisoning from taking supplements filled with the toxic metal. The woman’s symptoms were successfully treated. This discovery prompted authorities to seize…
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In a previously recorded appearance on Josh Horowitz’s podcast Happy Sad Confused promoting Gran Tourismo, the film’s star David Harbour discussed the Stranger Things finale and joining James Gunn’s Creature Commandosfor DC Studios. Both projects are currently being paused as the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes continue as…
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What’s Next for Blue Beetle in the DC Universe? | io9 Interview
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The State of the Star Wars Galaxy Coming Into Ahsoka
When Ahsoka begins next week, we’re getting even further insight into a Star Wars galaxy at a crossroads moment in time—arguably the first major crisis of a nascent New Republic, and a galaxy still picking itself up after the fall of the Galactic Empire. But what do we actually know has happened in the run-up to the…
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Pentagon Launches Study on How to Start an Economy on the Moon in the Next 10 Years
The Moon is so hot right now, metaphorically speaking. Several US government agencies, private space ventures, and foreign governments like China are plotting for mankind’s return to the lunar surface over the next decade. Unlike the days of Apollo, the modern-day race to the Moon involves establishing a sustainable…
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How birth/rebirth Explores the Joys and Horrors of Motherhood
io9 first caught director and co-writer Laura Moss’ debut birth/rebirth at the Sundance Film Festival in early 2023—read our review here—and its grisly yet deeply emotional exploration of motherhood has stuck with us for months. With the film about to hit theaters, we were excited to speak to Moss all about it.

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What Did the Actors Bring to Their Back to the Future: The Musical Performances? | io9 Interview
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Samsung's Freestyle Gen 2 Lets You Play Cloud Games on Your Ceiling
There’s no better way to play video games than lying down. That can be hard to do when the TV is situated straight ahead. But with Samsung’s new Freestyle Gen 2 projector, you can lay on your back and indulge in your favorite cozy game projected on the ceiling above.

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Draganfly’s CEO Believes Drones Will Have a Bigger Impact on War Than Tanks
When Draganfly launched as a small drone company in 1998, its co-founders did not predict hobbyist products like theirs would one day become, in the words of CEO Cameron Chell, “bigger than the advent of the tank in World War I.” Now, 25 years later, Draganfly’s drones—which are credited by the Smithsonian as being…
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D&D Beyond's First Third-Party Product for Sale Is a Critical Role Release
Tal’dorei Campaign Setting Reborn is now available digitally on D&D Beyond. This is huge news, not just for Critical Role fans, but for any third-party publisher who writes with Dungeons & Dragons in mind. For years, D&D Beyond has had agreements with Wizards of the Coast to offer digital, interactive versions of…
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San Francisco Begs California to Pause Waymo & Cruise Robotaxi Infestation
The future is nigh, but San Francisco wants to push it off just a little farther. The Bay Area city is asking California regulators to push pause on the expansion of robotaxi services from Waymo and Cruise.
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Microsoft Teases Event for September 21st
Microsoft started issuing invitations for a “special event” on Thursday where it may introduce some new hardware and software, including upgrades to its Surface laptops and additional AI products. The event is scheduled to be held in New York City on Sept. 21, Microsoft announced in its email and will be the first…
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Barbie vs. The Super Mario Bros. Movie Is a Perfect 2023 Hollywood Microcosm
When all is said and done, the biggest movies of 2023 are going to be based on a 60-year-old doll and a 40-year-old video game. Barbie and The Super Mario Bros. Movie have each, in their own unique ways, shown the best of what modern studio filmmaking can be. In an era when name brands and sequels continue to be the…
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America's Favorite Killer Doll to Take the Capitol In Chucky Season 3
Talk about a killer campaign. Chucky (Brad Dourif) takes the stage for a run—more like a run for the lives of his next victims—to tease whats next in Chucky Season 3.
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A New Walking Dead Video Game Lets Players Rewrite the Show's Story
“What if?” is always a fascinating question. It lets us explore our imaginations in scenarios we’ll never actually see play out. Now though, you can see them play out in The Walking Dead universe and it’s arguably the most intriguing thing to happen to the franchise in years.
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Apple Won't Be Shipping Nearly as Many iPhones When the New One Drops
Apple’s promising several upgrades to its upcoming iPhone 15 to entice more people to upgrade, but behind the scenes, the company is reportedly expecting far fewer sales of its mainline smartphone this time around.
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Remains of Teenage Girl May Push Back Funerary Traditions in Neolithic Iberia by a Millennium
Archaeologists studying ancient human remains in a Spanish cave system posit that one individual’s burial is the oldest Neolithic funerary site in Iberia by over 1,000 years.
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WokeGPT: Study Says ChatGPT Shows Liberal Bias
A study from researchers at the University of East Anglia in the UK suggests ChatGPT demonstrates liberal bias in some of its responses. Tech companies spent recent years desperately trying to prove their systems aren’t part of some left-wing political conspiracy. If the study’s findings are correct, ChatGPT’s…
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Xbox 360 Store to Become a Thing of the Past Starting in 2024
Microsoft is bringing an end to its Xbox 360 Store and Xbox 360 Marketplace starting July 29, 2024, the company announced on Thursday. The closure brings an end to Xbox 360’s 18-year run of bringing video games and other content to players everywhere.
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David Yost Is Returning to Power Rangers for Cosmic Fury
When Cosmic Fury—seemingly the last iteration of Power Rangers as fans have known it for the last 30 years as Hasbro looks to a new movie-and-TV take on the transforming teens—comes to Netflix last month, it’s bringing a legend with it: the original Blue Ranger, Billy Cranston, is back in spandex.

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 Review: The Best Folding Phone Still Costs Too Much
Over the past year of using Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 4 out in public, people have told me that, while they think folding phones are cool, they seem like nothing more than an expensive party trick. I don’t disagree. Life is fine with just one screen in your pocket and a smartphone that doesn’t unfold into a tablet. No…
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A few short weeks ago, the world was taken aback by claims of a room-temperature superconductor—a scientific finding that could redefine modern physics as we know it. Those claims turned out to be bunk, and a South Korean university is investigating a complaint made against the professor who published them in a paper.
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Prey, Released Exclusively on Hulu, Will Get a Physical Release
Prey, Dan Trachtenberg’s installment into the Predator franchise, is arriving on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD on October 3. There will also be a collector’s edition steelbook for the 4K edition, designed by Attila Szarca, exclusively available at Best Buy. Notably, Prey didn’t make it to theatrical release, and was…
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High Winds, Heavy Rain, and Tumultuous Waves Are Headed to California This Weekend
Tropical storm Hilary in the Pacific Ocean has strengthened to officially become a hurricane.
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Razer Launches Its First Hot-Swappable Mechanical Gaming Keyboard
Razer has done an impressive job with its mechanical gaming keyboards. Since launching the DeathStalker V2 Pro in 2021, it’s cut back on the physical bloat and opted for simpler designs so that the boards have become like blank canvasses. I’m still not on board with the decidedly masculine “esport” aesthetic, but at…
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New York Times Reportedly Considering Lawsuit That Could Throw OpenAI Into Chaos
OpenAI is facing a potential lawsuit from The New York Times for an intellectual property debate over alleged copyright violations, sources told NPR on Wednesday. The news outlet claims OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, is using the Times’ content to train its chatbot.
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Leaked Images Show Lenovo's Legion Go Is a Switch and a Steam Deck Rolled Into One
The handheld console market is about to go full-circle. Leaked images of Lenovo’s upcoming Legion Go gaming device show that the company has taken inspiration from Nintendo and Valve for its next product, with the silhouette and controls of the Steam Deck plus the snappable, swappable controllers of the Nintendo…
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Apple TV+'s Monsterverse Series Has a Title and a Hello From Godzilla
Something big, furious, and ready to fight is coming to Apple TV+, and with any luck, it’ll be bringing like-minded friends along. The streamer has just lifted the lid on its 10-episode series continuing the story of Legendary’s Monsterverse, revealing the title—Monarch: Legacy of Monsters—and some first images.
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Alleged Stalking Victims Accuse Tile of Advertising Its Devices as Women Trackers
Two alleged stalking victims filed a class-action lawsuit against Tile and its parent company Life360 Monday accusing the companies of failing to implement useful safety features and of mounting advertising campaigns that encouraged stalking. They also accuse the company of tanking the case against their alleged…
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The Worst YouTube Apology Videos of All Time
One of the most maligned tropes of the social media age is the infamous apology video. Whether it be blackface, showing a dead body to children, posting racist tweets, a convention gone wrong, or texting minors, there have been plenty of apology videos posted in the last decade of YouTube’s popularity.

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‘Race Records’ to AI Drake: How Tech Produced Key Moments in Hip-Hop
This story is part of our new Hip-Hop: ’73 Till Infinity series, a celebration of the genre’s 50th anniversary.

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Elemental's VFX Crew on How to Make a Hero Out of Water
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Hulu's The Other Black Girl Looks Like a Solid Entry in the Office Dystopia Trend
When editorial assistant Nella (Sinclair Daniel) meets her new co-worker Hazel (Ashleigh Murray), she’s thrilled that her otherwise jarringly all-white company has hired another Black person. But as the trailer for new Hulu series The Other Black Girl reveals, sometimes it’s better to be careful what you wish for.

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James Gunn Keeps Sending DC Comics to Amazon's Bestseller Lists
“How do you sell a superhero comic these days?” is a question a lot of publishers and comics retailers are grappling with, but apparently at least in some very specific cases, the answer is “have James Gunn tweet about it.”

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Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover Sparked an Exodus of Climate Voices, Researchers Find
Accounts that used to regularly engage and tweet about climate-related issues have been dropping like flies on Twitter, less than a year after Elon Musk’s purchase of the company. A report published in the journal Trends in Ecology & Evolution this week found that almost 50% of over 300,000 “environmentally oriented”…
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Amazon Now Punishes Merchants Who Ship Their Own Products
Third-party merchants on Amazon who ship their own packages will see an additional fee for each product sold starting on Oct. 1st. Sellers could previously choose to ship their products without contributing to Amazon, but the new feemeans members of Amazon’s Seller Fulfilled Prime program will be required to pay the…
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NYC Bans TikTok on City Devices
The Big Apple is joining the TikTok ban bandwagon. New York City issued a new directive on Wednesday banning TikTok from city-owned devices and forcing local agencies to remove the app from its phones and tablets within 30 days. Starting today, anyone using a city-owned device or network is prohibited from downloading …
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Coraline Just Made a Box Office Killing, 14 Years Later
Coraline, the 2009 stop-motion animated film by The Nightmare Before Christmas directorHenry Selick, was a beloved hit from the instant it was released. It had box office success, critical acclaim, award recognition, and audience adoration. What few could have predicted though was the film’s staying power, which was…
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Space Force Forms New Intelligence Unit to Target Enemy Satellites
The United States Space Force has launched a unit dedicated to warding off threats from other countries in space.
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Self-Driving Car in San Francisco Gets Stuck in Wet Concrete
Self-driving cars are one of the funniest broken promises of the modern age. Far are we from the fantasy of The Jetsons and Total Recall, self-driving vehicles may be some of the dumbest creatures to roll across planet Earth. One such car found itself stuck in wet cement while cruising through San Francisco on Tuesday.
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AP Shares Guidelines Prohibiting Staff From Using AI to Write Publishable Content
The Associated Press is putting its foot down on journalists using any kind of AI program to write articles, though that isn’t stopping the company itself from making a quick buck in exchange for training generative AI on older AP content.
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Ahsoka Tano Is Star Wars' Biggest Paradox
Star Wars is a franchise with a lot of characters, but all of them all feel rooted in a particular place in time. You can feel that the Skywalker twins and Han Solo are products of the late 1970s to some degree or another. Similarly, you can see that someone like Din Djarin or Mace Windu is born out of the late 2010s…
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8BitDo’s Latest Tiny Controller Weighs Less Than a Single AA Battery
What is this, a game controller for ants? The company that brought you wireless versions of the classic NEOGEO CD controller and an upgrade kit to turn an N64 controller into a wireless gamepad now has a controller so compact it seems purpose-built for getting lost between the couch cushions.
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HBO's The Last of Us Might Have Its Abby, But They're Not Talking Yet
As we all know, with the WGA and SAG-AFTRA currently on strike, the production of major TV shows and movies has been put on pause. One of the biggest ones impacted is The Last of Us, the hit HBO adaptation of the PlayStation game which was gearing up for season two. Co-showrunner Craig Mazin said that before the…
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NYU Professor Locked Out of Twitter After Reportedly Declining to Meet With Elon Musk
New York University professor and Kara Swisher’s podcasting buddy Scott Galloway voiced his outrage at being banned from posting on Twitter in a Threads post on Tuesday. Galloway claims he’s been locked out of Twitter (aka X) two days after allegedly declining an invitation to meet with the chief Twit himself.
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The Wheel of Time Spins Toward Season 2 With New Character Posters
The Wheel of Time returns to Prime Video on September 1, when the first three episodes of season two will reunite us with characters who went through a lot in season one—and introduce some new faces too. Get a glimpse of everyone in these new character posters that tease what’s to come in the upcoming episodes.
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Unique Triassic Reptile Had Slenderman Claws and a Beak
Paleontologists have found a fossilized pterosaur precursor with gnarly, scimitar-like claws and a beak, indicating that the reptilian group it belongs to was more diverse than previously thought.
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Twitter 'Nickel and Dimed' Feds for Trump's Personal Data
Newly unsealed court filings following a federal indictment accusing Donald Trump of trying to overturn the 2020 elections show the lengths Twitter lawyers went to try and notify the former president of the government’s inquiry and delay investigators from obtaining detailed information from the former president’s…
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Blue Beetle Sets the Bar for DC's New Movie Era
This week, DC Studios starts anew with Blue Beetle, officially kicking off the James Gunn and Peter Safran-led superhero slate in earnest with the studio’s strongest film in quite a while.
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Barbie Is Closer to Digital This September
Barbie, the billion-dollar sensation from Greta Gerwig starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, is going to digital release on September 5. It’s already available to pre-order on Amazon.

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Genetic Analysis of ‘Ötzi the Iceman’ Reveals Ancient Mummy’s Ancestry
Ötzi made international headlines when he was found by a pair of climbers, sticking out of an ice patch high in the Italian alps. When he was found, Ötzi had already been dead for about 5,300 years, but his remarkably preserved remains have since given scientists a unique window into Copper Age Europe.
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What’s this? A new book about the making and impact of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, just in time for spooky season.

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Essential Back to School Gear Guide for Pop Culture Fans
School is back in session and if there’s still fandom gear to check off your shopping list, io9 has you covered.
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Barbie's Breakout Hit Song Gets Hilarious Behind-the-Scenes Video
The goofy, deadpan performances of Barbie obviously work on screen, but what were they like to film? Well, a new video has surfaced thanks to Atlantic Records answering that question and more. It’s a full music video for the film’s standout chart-topping bop “I’m Just Ken” by Ryan Gosling, but it’s filled with behind-…
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Baldur's Gate 3 Characters Sheets for D&D Let You Put Your D&D in Your D&D While You D&D
Been playing a lot of Baldur’s Gate 3 and found yourself thinking “god, I love all of these Dungeons & Dragons characters in this Dungeons & Dragons video game. What if I simply played them in Dungeons & Dragons?” Well, the good news is that Wizards of the Coast and Larian have made that even more absurdly easy than…
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The Feds Asked TikTok for Lots of Domestic Spying Features
US government regulators reportedly tried to come to an agreement with TikTok to prevent banning the app that would have granted the federal government vast powers over the app. That’s according to a draft of a deal between TikTok and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) obtained by Forbes…
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Google’s Pixel 8 Could Eliminate the SIM Slot, Just Like the iPhone
The summer of foldables has started fizzling out, and now we’re moving on to the next batch of flagship phones. Google’s Pixel 8/8 Pro is expected to be the next major Android smartphone release this fall. And it might be Google’s first eSIM-only smartphone. Apple went eSIM-only with the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro…
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How Many People Does It Take to Start a Colony on Mars?
It might only take 22 people to establish a colony on Mars, though that small group of cosmic inhabitants should have agreeable personality types to survive on the Red Planet, according to new research.
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Godfather NFTs Weren’t Enough to Prevent Recur From Sleeping With the Fishes
Even with the inclusion of collectibles from the Nickelodeon, Paramount, and Hello Kitty back catalogs, the NFT platform Recur is calling it quits after several years of pumping the internet full of monetized images of The Godfather’s similarly ineffective Fredo.
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This New Ahsoka Clip Finally Brings the Chopper Chaos
What we’ve seen so far of Ahsoka seems promising, especially for fans of Star Wars Rebels waiting to see just what is up with those characters after the events of the show. But something has been missing: a spark, an energy, a little frisson of silliness and personality. That something is Chopper, and, at long last, a…
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Here’s What the WGA Has to Say About the Big 3 Streaming Monopolies
The Writers’ Guild of America West has released a 15-page report on the big three streaming services, outlining exactly how far each one has gone to preserve and maintain their monopoly in the space. The three companies at the heart of the report are Disney, Amazon, and Netflix. All three of these streaming services…
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850 People Remain Missing in Maui After Devastating Wildfires
850 people are currently still missing in Maui, more than two weeks after the fires first sparked, Maui County’s Mayor Richard Bissen said.
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Montana Compares TikTok to 'Cancer-Causing Radio' in Defense of State's Ban
Montana’s lawsuit-hungry attorney general Austin Knudsen wants US courts to think of TikTok less like a light-hearted home for viral trends and more akin to the harbinger of a life-threatening disease. In recent court filings defending his state’s unprecedented ban on the short-form video app, Knudsen compared TikTok …
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Webb Space Telescope Drops Two Spellbinding Shots of the Ring Nebula
The Webb Space Telescope recently imaged the Ring Nebula with its two primary imagers, revealing the gaseous formation in never-before-seen detail.
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'Benefits of Slavery:' Google's AI Search Gives Ridiculous and Wrong Answers
Google’s experiments with AI-generated search results produce some troubling answers, Gizmodo has learned, including justifications for slavery and genocide and the positive effects of banning books. In one instance, Google gave cooking tips for Amanita ocreata, a poisonous mushroom known as the “angel of death.” The…
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Elon Musk's X is Testing User Verification That Requires Government ID
X (the social media site formerly known as Twitter) is in the process of launching a new identity verification feature that could prove controversial. The feature, which is currently only offered to/forced on premium “Blue” subscribers, asks users to fork over a selfie and a picture of a government issued ID to…
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Movie Theaters Are Charging Only $4 Per Ticket This Sunday
The biggest complaint about seeing a movie in theaters these days is that it’s too damned expensive. And for 364 days in a year, that’s true. But for one day, one magical day, movie costs come down so low, you’d think it you’d traveled back in time 50 years, and that day is coming soon.
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Creepshow Season 4 Promises Generous Portions of Ghosts, Ghouls, and Gore
It’s a scarily good time to be a fan of horror TV, with Chucky recently revealing its season three premiere date, and now Shudder’s Creepshow anthology series announcing its own return. Season four of Greg Nicotero’s George A. Romero-inspired series drops Friday, October 13 on Shudder and AMC+.
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The Best Phones You Can Buy in 2023
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The smartphone audience is so wide that it’s difficult to settle on just one best phone of 2023. Some of us want 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 are the folks who want the best budget phone and/or best…
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YouTube Says Its Music AI Incubator Will 'Protect' Artists
YouTube is embracing the future of artificial intelligence in the music industry by creating a YouTube Music AI Incubator to “protect” artists and their work, the company said in a press release on Monday. The streaming platform partnered with Universal Music Group (UMG) to launch the Music AI Incubator, working…
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Samsung Tries to Entice iPhone Users With Fake Foldable Experience
With Samsung pouring its marketing money into its latest foldable phones, the company is trying to snatch up potential iPhone 15 customers by showing them all the fun and weirdness of using two screens, so long as they have an additional iPhone on hand and they’re easily distracted by playing a dull game of air hockey.
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The point of BeReal is simple: Keep your circle tight. The app where most accounts are private and users can only post once a day is unveiling a new Friends of Friends feature that allows users to explore what people they kinda know are up to.
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See How Tropical Storm Hilary Flooded Southern California
Tropical storm Hilary swept over Baja California and up into Southern California this weekend, flooding roads and felling trees. This is the first tropical storm to hit the state in over 80 years, the Associated Press reports.
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Hubble Space Telescope Snaps Galaxy Cluster That Could Hold Secrets of Dark Matter
The Hubble Space Telescope is no spring chicken, having operated in space for over 30 years. But the veteran observatory soldiers on. It recently imaged a massive galaxy cluster that could hold secrets about both dark and ordinary matter.
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Wandavision, Loki, and The Mandalorian Will All Get Physical Home Releases
As the streaming era devolves into a wave of cutbacks, consolidation, and the removing of original content for the sake of tax breaks, it’s become more important than ever that physical releases of streaming original media offers a legal path to people still being able to actually access that content. Thankfully,…
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Russia's Long-Awaited Return to the Moon Crashes and Burns
The Luna-25 mission crashed on the surface of the Moon this weekend, ending Russia’s quest to prove it still has what it takes to land on the lunar surface.
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David Tennant Teases How Different His Return to Doctor Who Is
Could a fifth Thor movie really be on the way? Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures is getting ready to celebrate Life Day. Al Gore strikes back in new Futurama pics. Plus, what’s coming on Riverdale’s final episode. To me, my spoilers!
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Tesla Says Massive Data Breach Was an Inside Job
Tesla’s data breach in May, which affected more than 75,000 people, was an inside job, the company said in a notice released to its customers on Friday. According to the notice, German news outlet Handelsblatt informed Tesla of the breach on May 10 after obtaining the confidential information.
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Charles Martinet, Longtime Voice Actor for Mario and Luigi, Retires
Nintendo has announced on X, formerly known as Twitter, that Charles Martinet, who has been the video game voice actor for Mario since 1991, is retiring. He will be stepping into a “new role” of Mario Ambassador.
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Threads Is Finally Getting a Web Browser
As the cold war between Elon Musk’s Twitter (recently rebranded as X) and Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads rages on, the latter is preparing to launch a new offensive. Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri announced that Threads was finally getting a bona fide browser version.
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Apple Is Already Working on Chips for iPhone 15's Successors
Are you already entirely up to date with all the iPhone 15 rumors ahead of its expected debut next month? Well, don’t let the impending release stop you from squinting at the product IDs for Apple’s processor series two years in advance.
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New One Piece Featurette Goes Behind the Seas With the Cast and Crew
One Piece, a beloved, long-running manga and anime that has been read and watched worldwide, is finally coming to live-action. Eiichiro Oda, the original manga’s author/artist has been working alongside Netflix throughout the production. A new featurette shows off some all new footage plus interviews with the cast and…
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‘I Was Shadowbanned:’ How Hinge's Algorithm Decides Who You Date
Last year, a friend came to me with a strange tech problem. “The algorithm is screwing me over,” he said, peering over a drink at a bar in Manhattan’s East Village. Anthony, a 31-year old engineer who asked to withhold his real name, had been on the dating app Hinge for five years. He said he always had a hard time…
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Looks Like the Website for Trump's Patriot Legal Defense Fund Just Got Hacked
The website for former President Donald Trump’s legal defense fund appears to have been hacked and defaced over the weekend. As of the writing of this blog, the defacement is still live on the site and has not been taken down.
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Twitch Will Finally Let You Ban Users From Your Streams
Twitch is finally letting streamers block out those viewers they’ve already banned from chat. However, these bans won’t be based on any user identifier beyond accounts, so the various kinds of insufferable Twitch-holes who are dedicated enough could still find ways to watch.
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Taika Waititi Thinks Thor 5 Would Need a Truly Worthy Villain
Every superhero movie is judged by how well their villain worked, and for the MCU, the success rate of antagonists is up and down. Nowhere is this more apparent than with Thor’s movies: Loki and Hela are pretty good villains, Malekith and the Dark Elves aren’t, and Gorr the God Butcher ultimately depends on how you…
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Open Channel: Tell Us What You Thought of Blue Beetle
Warner Bros. has spent years announcing (and quietly canceling) DC movies of all different shades, which made it a bit of a surprise that a movie based on Blue Beetle actually made it to release. DC films have been in an odd place for nearly a decade now, and this movie was now different, having originally been…
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My Animal Finally Lets Werewolves Be Gay
More often than not, queer stories with supernatural elements focus on the vampires. After all, biting hard enough to draw blood is just inherently erotic, and a lot of supernatural fiction tends to play up how being a dhampir can be sexual in some form or fashion. But for those whose taste skews a little furrier, it…
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Studios Complain Strikes They Caused Are Hurting Their Movies' Box Offices
The Hollywood strikes have been going on for quite a while—specifically Day 38 for SAG-AFTRA, and Day 111 for the WGA. During this time, most actors and writers haven’t been doing promo for any project they’re involved with that’s been released out into the world. It’s the price they’re willing to pay in order to get…
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Don't Think of Superman: Legacy as a "Young Superman" Film, Says James Gunn
Before we learned that David Corenswet would be playing Superman in DC movies for the next several years, various outlets such as ourselves reported that James Gunn’s Superman movie was going to focus on a younger version of the character. It was an important thing to note at the time since Henry Cavill’s Superman…
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This story is part of our new Chief Innovation Officer Forecast series with Quartz, a business report from the front lines of the future.

For our series on innovation, Gizmodo spoke to Olivia Grace, senior director of product management at Slack’s headquarters in San Francisco, about recent and upcoming changes to the…
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11 Cool Tricks You Can Do With the Google Search Box
Getting Google to search the web for you is all well and good, but there’s a ton of functionality available through the simple-looking box on the world’s most-visited website. You could call these bonus features, or Easter eggs, or hidden tricks—but they’re all useful in your own way, and can be launched by heading to …
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The Flash Finally Speeds Onto Max Next Week
First it seemed like The Flashwould never come out, for a variety of reasons. Then when it did actually see the light of day, its time in theaters was...kind of a mess. Now, after being an NFT and getting a surprise VOD drop in-mid July, the DC Comics movie is coming to Max about a week from now.
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Uber and Lyft Could Leave Minneapolis Over $0.51
Uber and Lyft threatened to leave Minneapolis after the city council approved a minimum wage for drivers that would force the tech companies to pay drivers $1.40 per mile and $0.51 per minute during rides. The ordinance, which passed the Council 7-5 on Thursday, could still be vetoed by Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey,…
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Here Are the Top AI Stories You Missed This Week
If you’re behind on what’s happening with the robot uprising, have no fear. Here’s a quick look at some of the weirdest and wildest artificial intelligence news from the past week. Also, don’t forget to check out our weekly AI write-up, which will go into more detail on this same topic.

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The Nun's Bonnie Aarons is Taking Warner Bros. to Court
Warner Bros.’ Conjuring franchise has a handful of recurring villains, and one of them is Valak the Demon Nun. Played by Bonnie Aarons, Valak first appeared in 2016's The Conjuring 2, then got boosted to primary star status with her own sub-series, whose second installment is set to hit theaters in a few weeks.
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Judge Rules Wholly AI-Created Art Can't Get Copyright Protections
For those in the entertainment industry (and creative fields more generally), AI has been an extremely divisive topic. As various websites like ArtStation have decided to basically let art created by the controversial technology persist on their platforms—either freely or with specific guidelines—Hollywood writers and …
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The Peripheral Canceled After Prime Video Undoes Season 2 Renewal
Earlier in the year, Prime Video announced that its sci-fi series The Peripheralwould return for a second season. With a first season that was said to be fairly enjoyable and starring the likes of Chloe Grace-Moretz and Jack Reynor, it sucks that the biggest bit of news about season two is also its very last, as…
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Check Out These Winning Pics of Plants, Fungi, Whales, and Dinosaurs
The BMC Ecology and Evolution photo competition has come to an end, and the winners and runners-up cover a diverse sweep of the animal and fungal kingdoms.
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How to Export All Your Photos and Videos Out of Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, and Messenger
You’ve probably got a ton of photos and videos in your social media and messaging apps at this point—pictures of sunsets posted to Instagram, pictures of the kids posted to family WhatsApp groups, and so on—but you might not necessarily have those pictures and videos saved anywhere else.
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