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A Signed Steve Jobs Business Card From 1983 Just Sold for $181,000
Although Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died more than a decade ago, his presence still looms large in the fandom around tech, making ordinary items that are signed by him very valuable. The proof is in the pudding: An early Apple business card signed by Jobs just sold for $181,183 at auction.
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Boeing's Starliner Set for First Astronaut Flight After Engineers Remo
The Starliner spacecraft is finally ready for launch, targeting a liftoff date in May. It’s been a struggle to get to this point for Boeing’s crew vehicle, which suffered from a series of unfortunate delays over the years, the last of which had to do with two major safety hazards discovered on the spacecraft.
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The Biggest Way Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Has Evolved From Its P
The ending of Godzilla vs. Kong was so undeniably epic, it almost hurts to imagine the idea of topping it for a sequel. Thankfully, for director Adam Wingard, that wasn’t what he wanted to do. Sure, he could’ve brought even more monsters onto the screen and made the action that much bigger. Instead though, for Godzilla…
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OpenAI Goes Hunting for More Suckers in Hollywood
OpenAI wants to be a star. A big, bright, shining star. According to a new report, the influential AI company has spent the last few months courting Hollywood executives in the hopes of convincing them that its newest content-generator, Sora, will be useful when it comes to making movies.
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Step Inside 3 Body Problem's Gorgeous and Dangerous VR World
In Netflix’s 3 Body Problem, an important plot point involves characters—including Jess Hong’s Jin and John Bradley’s Jack—playing an unsettlingly detailed VR game, where they’re tasked with (among other things) solving the very problem that gives the show its title. Bringing that surreal and vivid setting to life…
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Starbucks Holiday Mugs Recalled After Customers Get Burns and Cuts
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Laser Strikes Against Planes Hit Record High
The number of laser strikes against planes hit another record last month, according to new data obtained by Gizmodo. And the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) would like Americans to get the message that it’s not just dangerous for people on the ground to shine lasers into the cockpits of passing aircraft, it’s…
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Star Wars and the Empire Took Over the Empire State Building
Typical Empire. It hears its name on a building or a state and it just swoops in there and takes it over. That happened on Thursday when Star Wars descended on the Empire State of New York and fully took over the Empire State Building in Manhattan, presenting an epic light show on the outside, and some dark siders on…
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Texas Escalates Its War on Porn
Pornhub already left Texas like a pizza guy hurrying back to his job after making a “special delivery” to a lonely housewife. It seems like the Lone Star State wants to drive two more popular porn sites to make a quick exit.
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Astronomers Demand Radio Silence at the Moon’s Far Side, But Resistanc
In the current era of spaceflight, the Moon is arguably the place to be. International space agencies and private companies alike are racing to the lunar surface, hoping to establish a permanent presence on Earth’s natural satellite that would propel them to farther celestial pitstops. All that increased activity on…
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All the Ways Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Sets the Stage for More Ghost
Thankfully, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire has a more definitive ending than Ghostbusters: Afterlife. That film saw two generations of Ghostbusters finally defeat Gozer but then just... ended. Multiple end-credits scenes teased something new entirely and now, finally, we see that payoff.
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FBI Says Passengers on Alaska Flight May Have Been Victim of a 'Crime'
The bad news for Boeing continues.
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How to Pin Important Messages in WhatsApp Chats
You can now pin up to three important messages in WhatsApp chats. Zuckerberg announced this update yesterday on his WhatsApp channel, along with a screenshot showing a pinned image at the top.
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Scientists Can Detect Life in Single Grain of Alien Ice
Icy moons like Europa and Enceladus are exciting venues for the prospect of life beyond Earth, because they are thought to contain oceans of water beneath their frigid surfaces.
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Late Night With the Devil Is a Retro, Occult-y Good Time
Just when you think found-footage horror has exhausted its last avenue for something creative and new, a movie like Late Night With the Devil comes along. Styled as a Halloween episode of a 1970s talk show that goes way off the rails, it perfectly captures the aesthetic of the era—as well as its burgeoning fascination…
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