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Last summer, Marvel Comics boldly announced that it would return to The Most Notorious Spider-Man Story Ever Told," to which the world cried out You'll really have to be more specific!" After quickly clarifying that it was a sequel to Spider-Man: Reign, the world cried out again: Oh. The one with the radioactive...Read more...

Netflix continues to add more subscribers to its service, but next year, the company won't bother telling anyone about it.Read more...

Back in the 1980s, FedEx had a great tagline: When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight." Well, in situations like ground conflicts and disaster scenarios, that's not good enough. Recognizing the need for an ultra-fast delivery service, Colorado-based Sierra Space is currently developing a system to...Read more...

Like Leigh Whannell's 2020 reimagining of The Invisible Man,Abigail proves that you don't need a bigger Dark Universe to make damn good horror films as part of Universal's legacy in the genre. The latest from Radio Silence (Ready or Not, Scream) takes vampire lore to a fun and exciting new level.

Two recent flybys of Jupiter's moon Io by NASA's Juno spacecraft revealed a couple of stunning surprises: a remarkably steep mountain and islands in the middle of a burbling lava lake. The new findings were announced yesterday by Scott Bolton, the principal investigator of the Juno mission, at the European Geophysical...Read more...

Bitcoin will go through its latest so-called halving" event starting Friday. The halving will cut the current reward for mining new coins from 6.25 Bitcoin to 3.125. Halving is an integral part of the Bitcoin blockchain system, which creates a monetary system that controls inflation.Read more...

NASA's experimental solar sail is ready to take flight in Earth orbit, using the pressure of sunlight to test a new way of propulsion through the cosmos.Read more...

It was our first look at the vision of Star Trek's future: the original ship model of the USS Enterprise that zoomed across screens in the show's opening credits. But after being loaned out during the making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, it had gone missing... until now.

Google says it terminated 28 employees associated with protests of the company's $1.2 billion cloud computing contracts with the Israeli government on Wednesday. The firings follow the arrests of nine Google employees for trespassing in the company's New York and California offices on Tuesday during an hours-long...Read more...

The power of social media virality and Gen Z's merciless wit have transmuted a boring Chinese chemical product into an overnight internet sensation.

These are the best airports in the world according to Skytrax, an air transport rating organization." By surveying travelers across more than 570 airports, the ranking tracks satisfaction across categories like check-in, arrivals, transfers, shopping, and security through to departure at the gate. Here are the top...Read more...

Tech myths are extremely pervasive. Half of the things we believe in are stuff we've seen people around us believe in. Confirmation bias leads to us blindly following without ever questioning. This guide aims to shatter some of those preconceived notions. The aim is also to teach you the truth about some headphone...Read more...

The delightfully zany Spy x Family has captured hearts in anime form since it blew up in 2022. While the Forgers won't be back on your TV for a while, they're coming to the silver screen with Spy x Family Code: White.Read more...

Star Trek: Discovery is really good with time. We knew this almost immediately when one of its earliest episodes to really wow us was Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad," a delightful time loop caper. We knew it again, when it flung caution to the wind and catapulted itself into a future no Star Trek show had...Read more...

The U.S. Air Force and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced successful tests of a new artificial intelligence system using the experimental X-62A VISTA aircraft on Wednesday. The tests-AI dogfights that pitted the X-62A against a human-piloted F-16 aircraft-are being billed as the first...Read more...

Emergency service systems tied to 911 went offline across several states on Wednesday night including parts of Nevada, Nebraska, Texas, and the entire state of South Dakota. And the cause has finally been revealed-at least partially. Apparently, the outage had something to do with the installation of a light pole,...Read more...

The best art inspires more incredible art and Denis Villeneuve's Dune films have certainly done that. In addition to the artistry in the films themselves, graphic designers from all over the world have been moved to create gorgeous Dune posters-and the latest may be the most unique, and quite possibly the best, one...Read more...

Some of your favorite produce might be dicier to eat than assumed. An analysis from Consumer Reports published Thursday suggests that a substantial portion of commonly sold fruits and vegetables have a significant risk of exposure to dangerous pesticides-around 20%. Bell peppers, watermelons, and blueberries were some...Read more...

M. Night Shyamalan is the king of the twist and, in the first trailer for his new movie Trap, the twist is right on the surface.Read more...

When you think about end-of-the-world, post-apocalyptic stories, you think about a lack of food. A lack of water. A lack of sun or a lack of power. However, all those stories have one thing in common. The characters can breathe.Read more...

A newly described fossil snake in India may be the largest that ever lived, according to a team that studied 27 vertebrae recovered from a lignite mine in India. The new species is dubbed Vasuki indicus-named for India and the mythical serpent that wraps itself around the neck of the Hindu god Shiva. Extrapolating the...Read more...

The winds are about to stop howlin' at Netflix. As the first season of its adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher novels without Henry Cavill in the title role enters production, the streamer has confirmed that season five will bring The Witcher to its final end.Read more...

Eat your heart out, A24: Some real-life bacterial germs are literally hungry for our blood, new research suggests. Scientists have found evidence that certain disease-causing bacteria, including strains of Escherichia coli, are chemically attracted to the serum in our blood as a source of food. The horrifying findings...Read more...

There are a ton of vendors and online marketplaces selling fake AirPods these days. First, you must remember that Apple's AirPods should not be retailing for $19. Even on Cyber Monday. And that should be the first thing that tells you they're fake. The second thing to keep in mind is to only purchase from reliable...Read more...

NASA is preparing to send astronauts on a spacewalk to repair a telescope mounted on the exterior of the International Space Station (ISS). The repair involves installing patches to eliminate unwanted sunlight leaking into the instrument.Read more...

Movie marketing always treads a fine line between actually giving you an indicator of what you'll see in the final film and more about evoking a specific vibe-from made-for-trailer shots to hypothetical what ifs, it's sometimes not always clear what part of it will actually be seen on screen when you're in a movie...Read more...

It's been so lovely playing Dreamlight Valley lying down. I used to do that with my Nintendo Switch Lite when I didn't have the energy to sit in my computer chair and play at my desk. But the Switch Lite's screen is too small for some games and lacks a night filter, making it hard to get in some gaming before bed. I...Read more...

Speculation about extraterrestrials is not all that new. There was a vibrant debate in 17th-century Europe about the existence of life on other planets.

Is your TikTok filled with terrible content that you don't want to see like TikTokers saying it was ok to stare at the solar eclipse? Well, those lovely people might not show up on your For You" feed anymore after TikTok's big policy changes take effect in May.Read more...

At last week's CinemaCon, Paramount unveiled more information about its upcoming animated prequel Transformers One, with Chris Hemsworth-who voices Orion Pax, a young version of Optimus Prime-in tow. Today, the actor and his co-star Brian Tyree Henry introduced the trailer as it was launching into orbit... yes, into...Read more...

The International Space Station (ISS) is home to crews of astronauts conducting research in low Earth orbit, but it also hosts a group of mutated bacteria that are thriving under the harsh conditions of space.Read more...

Werner Herzog has joined Bong Joon Ho's mysterious new animated movie. Sophia Di Martino ponders Sylvie's potential path in a future with more Loki. Plus, get a look at Sweet Tooth's return. Spoilers get!

This week, Congress is expected to vote on a bill that would update key federal surveillance authorities.The legislation hasbeen packaged by its proponents as a reform but is, in reality, an attempt to vastly expand the government's spying powers, privacy advocates say.Read more...

The United Arab Emirates was hit with historic flooding on Tuesday after roughly a year's worth of rain fell in just a single day. The record rainfall, more than four inches at the Dubai airport and 10 inches elsewhere in the country, caused some people online to speculate it was all caused by cloud seeding. But the...Read more...

Ever since dogs were first domesticated about 18,000 years ago, they've often had jobs to earn their keep. Today, some dogs are used to herd sheep while others help hunters track and flush out game. And, believe it or not, dogs were sometimes used historically to power machines in private homes and factories.Read more...

The Bravia Theater U is everything I love in a tech product. It's weird (and a bit phallic) looking, a bit janky, and still produces good-quality sound. It also has a naming scheme that reminds me of the Nintendo Wii. In Amidst Sony's new product scheme-combining its sound and TV line under the Bravia name-one of its...Read more...

If you're looking to fill your life with more sound, there's nothing like a good speaker. After thorough testing, we have a reliable list of the best speakers you can buy in 2024. Our list includes everything from $60 portable ones to $450 lounge speakers. It also covers a variety of use cases - from music production...Read more...

While Universal Pictures has long stepped away from its planned Universal Monsters Dark Universe (except at Universal Studios theme parks), the cinematic lore of the characters has found new life, thanks to standalone films like Leigh Whannell's Invisible Man, Zelda Williams' Lisa Frankenstein, and now Radio...Read more...

Hasbro's Star Wars toys truly love The Mandalorian-there are few entries in the galaxy far, far away (besides the original trilogy) that come close to the sheer depth the toymaker has delved into the Disney+ show for inspiration. Which is why it feels so bizarre that we have these new figures, missing a very familiar...Read more...

The second half of Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon is out this week and, believe it or not, it's like a completely different movie. While Part One: A Child of Fire, followed the heroic Kora (Sofia Boutella) across the galaxy as she picked up allies, Part Two: The Scargiver is way more focused. Everything takes place on one...Read more...

After last week's episode-already a contender for one of 2024's best single episodes of TV-it would be tough for even a show as consistently strong as X-Men 97 to top what it just laid down. It's not surprising then that this week's episode of the Disney+ series doesn't reach the same highs. It doesn't quite...Read more...

Truth Social's stock price appears to be making a slight rebound Wednesday after losing more than half of its peak value in the month of April. That's a bit surprising considering the fact that the far right's favorite meme-stock company has been exposed for buying into the woke ideology of DEI.

Disneyland Forward, the Walt Disney Company's initiative to expand its original theme park, just got the go-ahead from the Anaheim City Council. Deadline reports that the $1.9 billion expansion plan, which will take decades to finish, received unanimous approval.Read more...

Boeing, the troubled aircraft manufacturer that makes most of the planes that Americans fly on, was the subject of an unsettling Congressional hearing Wednesday wherein multiple invited speakers accused the company of fostering a safety culture" that is anything but safe. Among other things, speakers accused the...Read more...

NASA is building a compact seismometer for its upcoming Artemis 3 mission to the Moon, hoping to learn more about the internal structure of the dusty satellite from its lunar tremors.Read more...

There's more Star Trek around right now than there has been since its 90s heyday, but there's not exactly all that much of it in comparison. The franchise's resurgence in the age of streaming has meant condensed seasons-these days, the average season is often half the size (or less) of one from the broadcast era. But...Read more...

A jawbone found in Somerset, England, may belong to the largest marine reptile yet known, a huge ichthyosaur that lived about 200 million years ago. The new species is dubbed Ichthyotitan severnensis and may have been over 80 feet long, according to the team's estimates. The finding means that ichthyosaurs could have...Read more...

Three needs are famously fundamental to survival: food, water, and shelter. According to new research, ancient humans had at least two of those three needs met by a nearly mile-long lava tube about 77 miles (125 kilometers) north of Medina, Saudi Arabia, for at least 7,000 years.Read more...

The newest weight loss drug on the market, Zepbound, might also help keep people's snoring down. On Wednesday, Eli Lilly announced the preliminary results of two Phase III trials testing its drug tirzepatide for people with both obesity and obstructive sleep apnea. Not only did those taking the drug lose much more...Read more...