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During the total solar eclipse on April 8, millions of people across North America will stare directly into the Sun-hopefully through eclipse glasses or hand-held viewers. Sadly, fakes are entering into the market, but there are steps you can take to make sure you've got the real deal.

April is here, and it's full of brand-new sci-fi, fantasy, and horror book releases-whether you're looking for pirates, magical mysteries, shapeshifters, space adventures, seemingly abandoned planets, cold-weather vampires, cursed movies, and so much more.Read more...

As The Walking Dead's spinoff universe continues to shamble onwards-and towards reuniting like a horde of the undead on the march for human flesh-AMC has released a new look at the next season of its Zombies-en-Francais Daryl Dixon spinoff. But this time, it's not just Daryl on the hunt: it's Carol, and she's packing...Read more...

Curiosity has been exploring Mars for nearly 12 years, and the diligent robot has just made it to its next stop. As soon as it arrived at Gediz Vallis, NASA's Mars rover captured the rocky terrain of the winding channel that may have been carved by an ancient river that once flowed on Mars.Read more...

Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Office are breaking up, opting for a separate life that will make both its competitors and European regulators happy.Read more...

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A little over 3 years after it made its stomping debut, the mechanized, moving real-scale replica of the original legendary Gundam in Yokohama is no more. But Bandai sent out its walking, talking giant robot with a bang-and a tribute that paid homage to Gundam's past and present.

New Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes footage teases simian shenanigans. Invincible swaps out Ezra Miller with another familiar voice. Plus, new looks at The Strangers, and Netflix's attempts to make Woody Woodpecker happen again. Spoilers, away!

The air fryer is the hottest kitchen appliance in America right now. Many of us discovered them during the pandemic, as recipes went viral on social media claiming you could fry without the oily mess. This brilliant new device seemingly popped up out of nowhere, or did it? The idea that air frying is a new cooking...Read more...

AT&T revealed over the weekend that the data of 73 million customers, including social security numbers, had been compromised in a data breach-a hack some media outlets state was reported back in 2021.Read more...

You'd never peg John Mew as an influencer. He's a 95-year-old orthodontist who lives in a castle, complete with a moat, in Sussex, England. In the medical community, he's a pariah, a purveyor of theories so controversial that the British General Dental Council revoked his license in 2017. Chief among them is the idea...Read more...

In the very first Gizmodo Monday Puzzle, I made you a promise: I swore that the puzzles I post here will not be gimmicky, that what they seem to be asking really is what they're asking. In 35 installments, I think I've upheld the promise, but in honor of April Fool's Day it's time to break my one rule. Here's an...Read more...

In the last couple of years, it feels like more big name actors have come into the MCU rather than relative unknowns and rising stars. From Harrison Ford to Oscar Isaac and Aubrey Plaza, anyone's up for grabs these days-unless you're Kristen Stewart, that is.Read more...

When the Monsterverse versions of Godzilla and King Kong crossed over in 2021's Godzilla vs. Kong, it was inevitable that the two beasts would link up again. Surprisingly, that ended up being the immediate next movie in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (which doesn't sound how it's titled), which sets the two up as...Read more...

We've got just over a month before we finally see Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor charm it up in Doctor Who's new season. And with May so close, BBC hasn't just released a brand new trailer, it's also revealed the titles for the season to come.Read more...

Welcome to the final round of Gizmodo's March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time! After outliving billion-dollar apps with billions of users all month long, Calculator was finally eliminated by Flashlight in yesterday's tournament. Today's winner will officially wear the crown and it all...Read more...

While the new DC movie universe isn't coming until 2025 with Superman, there's still a hope for the old films to live on, either in their own pocket universe or in the new breed of movies. Or more specifically, there's still a hope that Wonder Woman's story will live on.Read more...

Earlier this year, The Lego Movie celebrated its 10-year anniversary. While the franchise was all over the 2010s with spinoffs for that movie's Batman (as voiced by Will Arnett) and its actual Ninjago toyline, it hasn't been seen since Lego Movie 2 back in 2019. Part of that can be owed to Warner Bros.' partnership...Read more...

Two lawsuits filed by an activist organization allege a conspiracy between county governments in Michigan and prison phone companies. This conspiracy has involved a quid pro quo kickback scheme" that eliminated in-person visits at prisons to boost profits for the companies, the litigation claims. As part of the...Read more...

The Hollywood Reporter revealed 27-year-old actor Chance Perdomo has died following a motorcycle accident.

Here we are again, gang: Glasgow Worldcon has unveiled its list of nominees for this year's Hugo Awards. Once again, Worldcon is changing locations: this time, it'll be Glasgow, Scotland that'll host the annual ceremony celebrating the year's best genre media like sci-fi and fantasy books, TV, games, and criticism.

Universal's been teasing a new modern take on The Wolf Man from Invisible Man and Upgrade's Leigh Whannell for a while now. Though it seemed like we'd get to see it in theaters in a couple of months, it's now been pushed back.

Ever since Monkey Man's first trailer debuted a few months ago, all eyes have been on Dev Patel's directorial debut. That it's coming to theaters at all feels like a stroke of luck, given that it was first meant for Netflix. But as it turns out, its entire existence was a saga in and of itself.

It's day 30 of Gizmodo's March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time and we now know the first of our two final players. With more than 71 percent of the vote, the people have selected Google Maps! YouTube was eliminated in yesterday's tournament. RIP YouTube. Today we have two apps that are...Read more...

Last year's Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ended on a somewhat down note: Miles Morales was trapped on Earth-42, chained up by that universe's version of himself, who's operating as the new Prowler alongside his still-alive Uncle Aaron. Gwen Stacy, meanwhile, had rounded up her own team of Spider-heroes to go...Read more...

Nearly a decade after It Follows and Under the Silver Lake, director David Robert Mitchell is back with a brand new movie-one filmed in IMAX.

This week, we took at Amazon's 1 cent iPhone 15 deal floating around online and broke down how much it'll cost you. Spoilers: It's more than a penny. Samsung announced its upcoming line of new OLED and QLED TVs, and we got a chance to check them in person. This, and more of the top product stories of the week.Read more...

This week saw a tragic event as the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore came crashing down after a cargo ship crashed into it. The rest of the week's new wasn't that better as Apple users were subject to a huge phishing scam to a Facebook plot involving Snapchat being uncovered. Check out this week's big tech...Read more...

The X-Men are so back. They never really went away-they haven't for generations at this point-but wow, has X-Men 97 got the world talking about mutants in a way they haven't since... well, the 90s. But enough X-talk! This week we looked at 3 Body Problem's problems with more than three bodies, asshole billionaire...Read more...

Freaky Friday-the 2003 version that's become one ofDisney's standout early-aughts live-action teen movies-is finally getting a sequel.Read more...

How do you say Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire? Godzilla ex" Kong, like deus ex machina"-the Godzilla from the machine? Godzilla/Kong? Godzilla cross Kong? Godzilla and Kong? Does anyone ever actually even bother saying The New Empire at all? It turns out all of these questions are moot, because the proper" way to...Read more...

Every month, all the big streaming services proudly share their newly arriving titles. But what about those movies you've been meaning to watch, but just haven't gotten around to yet? Here are 10 horror and sci-fi movies leaving Netflix very soon; add them to your queue now or risk missing out.

I've seen Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace more times than I'm comfortable admitting, and I'm pretty sure Anakin doesn't run around with a yellow lightsaber in it. And yet, in Marvel's new comic, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 25th Anniversary Special #1 coming out May 1, that's exactly what'll happen.Read more...

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Innovations in theme park attractions have come a long way. Trackless rides are the way of the future at Disney Parks, Universal Studios Resorts, and other global amusement experiences.Read more...

Rich communication services (RCS) is already a big deal on Android phones with more than a billion users. Those numbers might be going up by the fall, as Google claims Apple will be joining the RCS party.Read more...

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This story is part of our Chief Innovation Officer Forecast series with Quartz, a business report from the front lines of the future.Read more...

Samsung has developed a naughty habit of serving advertising to even its most loyal users. I noticed over the past few years of reviewing devices like the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy S24 Ultra that the company has a habit of popping in with a reminder of new stuff it has coming out at the worst possible times-like in...Read more...

Citing a supposed spike in crime, New York State and New York City officials have launched a heavy-handed, police-state-flavored push to increase safety in the city's subway systems. This has included the controversial deployment of National Guard and State Police units into the city's tunnels and, potentially, the...Read more...

Microsoft is drawing up plans to build a $100 billion supercomputer, allegedly named Stargate," to power OpenAI's next generation of artificial intelligence systems, according to a report from The Information Friday.Read more...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist's weekly newsletter here. This story was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, a nonprofit news organization.

Well, Sam Bankman-Fried is headed up the river. Once a powerful crypto power broker, SBF's glittering Web3 kingdom came crashing down on his head after a multi-billion dollar scandal. It's a good reminder that not only does Silicon Valley produce a lot of software products, but it also produces a whole lot of...Read more...

As we learned earlier this week, adapting comic books can be a daunting task even for an accomplished work. Invincible has already taken more than a few creative liberties in how it has handled adapting the original comic, but its latest episode proved that it can still take a faithful moment from the books, and make...Read more...

OpenAI announced a new AI-based audio cloning tool called Voice Engine on Friday. While the company is obviously proud of the potential of this technology-touting how it could be used to provide reading assistance for kids and give a voice to those who've lost theirs-OpenAI is clearly very nervous about how this could...Read more...

As confirmed by a splashy Variety story this week digging into the future of Star Trek, fans have a lot to look forward too, including more series (Discovery's final season starts next week), Michelle Yeoh's Section 31 streaming movie, and a big-screen return. But one pocket of the franchise that's already endured a...Read more...

Whatever the seventh Scream film was going to be or is now, there was always at least one likely scenario: Courteney Cox had to come back. Cox is the lone original cast member to appear in each of the latest films and, since she narrowly survived the last one, we all expected she'd return.Read more...

Shelters of our ancestors, galleries for our artwork, hiding places for our treasures, portals to the underworld. Caves have meant many things for human culture through the ages, and still capture the imagination with their inextricable passageways and impossibly large caverns.Read more...

Of all the highs Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' sophomore season pulled off-intense action, Vulcan drama, familiar faces, and plenty more-perhaps one of the most delightful of all was Subspace Rhapsody," its earnestly cheesy all-singing, all-dancing musical showstopper. And if you've had the soundtrack streaming...Read more...

Welcome back to Gizmodo's March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time! Yesterday's contest ended in a stunning upset with Google Earth being eliminated by the ferocious Calculator app. We've now entered the Final Four and the remaining matchups bring some tough decisions. Today's face-off is a...Read more...