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The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed in the early morning hours of Tuesday, according to the Maryland Transportation Authority. The cause of the collapse was a container ship striking a column, which sent the bridge into the water of the Patapsco River below. The entire thing was captured on video...Read more...

We're on enough of a regular cadence with Legendary's Godzilla franchise-now expanded in the recent entries to give top-billing to an extra co-star in King Kong-that we should probably expect at this point when people say the new one is full of good dumb action and not much else. But, stop us if you've not heard this...Read more...

So, to start, yes, if you have a Netflix account, you indeed have access to a number of free and surprisingly high-quality mobile games. All of them are free. They don't have any microtransactions, gameplay timers, or ads. At least for now, none of these titles require any extra upfront payment; instead, you only need...Read more...

Jerry Bruckheimer talks about taking Pirates of the Caribbean in a new direction for its next movie. First Omen director Arkasha Stevenson teases the violent scene that nearly bumped the film's rating up. Plus, James Gunn debunks more DC rumors. Spoilers, away!

A High Court in London is seeking assurances from the U.S. government that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange won't receive the death penalty if his extradition is approved.Read more...

Technology has become so ingrained into our lives that we often don't stop to think about the electronics-small, delicate, and powerful-that have to work in perfect harmony to make our favorite gadget work. In my case, I would have never imagined that Apple's Lightning charger, a bane of my existence, would have as...Read more...

The Artemis 2 astronauts are gearing up for a key test of the Orion capsule, to see if the Moon crew can manage manual maneuvers prior to a lunar flyby.Read more...

With Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss among the big names behind the new 3 Body Problem adaptation, fans of the HBO series probably weren't surprised to see Game of Thrones alumni John Bradley, Liam Cunningham, and Jonathan Pryce among the core cast of the Netflix show-nor the cameos that pop up...Read more...

A man from suburban Kansas City was falsely accused in social media posts of being a mass shooter at the Super Bowl parade for the Kansas City Chiefs last month. And now that man has filed a defamation lawsuit against Rep. Tim Burchett, a Republican from Tennessee, who helped spread the inaccurate claim, according to K...Read more...

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When news first broke that a Texas man had successfully been able to sneak onto a plane last week in Salt Lake City using nothing but a photo of someone else's ticket, many wondered how he actually accomplished that. And new airport surveillance footage obtained by ABC News is giving us some clues.Read more...

When X-Men 97 hit Disney+ last week, enrapt viewers all shouted one thing-other than To me, my X-men!"-as they saw Marvel's mutants back in action: Where has this Cyclops been?"Read more...

There's new drama in the space industry. Boeing filed a lawsuit against Virgin Galactic, accusing it of retaining trade secrets that the two companies had exchanged while working to develop a new mothership, which is still in development.Read more...

Tits are polite, at least while mating. Don't misinterpret what I say: a team of scientists observed the birds fluttering their wings to signal their mating partner to go first when returning to their nests, expanding the number of species known to communicate by gesture.Read more...

Just in time for the Star Wars holiday known as May the Fourth, Season of the Force kicks off Star Wars season at the Disneyland Resort.Read more...

A Republican state lawmaker who has been dubbed a MAGA firebrand" recently introduced legislation to fight a well-documented Enemy of the People: chemtrails?

As the band Europe once sang, it's the final countdown, at least for United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy, which is set to retire following its final flight on Thursday, March 28. The classified mission also marks the end of an era that began more than 60 years ago, with ULA bidding farewell to the Delta series.

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire opens this week and while it prominently features both iconic characters, one has a much more satisfying, complete arc than the other. And there are several very good reasons for it.Read more...

The cinema goods are here with the release of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire bringing in more fun foodie merch inspired by the magic of the movies.Read more...

We may be months out from the iPhone 16, but that hasn't stopped the iPhone 15 gravy train from making a sloppy stop into the early spring hot Amazon deal" circuit. A new deal on Amazon's Big Spring Sale Event seems to imply you can nab an iPhone 15 or iPhone 15 Pro or Pro Max for as much as your grandpappy claims he...Read more...

In a delightful display of fucking around and finding out, the BBC recently decided to test the patience of the famously calm fandom that is the audience of Doctor Who by announcing that the sci-fi franchise was the perfect place for it to start experimenting with the use of generative AI in its marketing. Things did...Read more...

Welcome back to Gizmodo's March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time and we're officially down to our Elite Eight! Calculator took Uber to school in yesterday's tournament, garnering more than 73 percent of the vote and advancing to the next round. Today, we have the biggest encrypted...Read more...

A California court dismissed Elon Musk and X Corp.'s lawsuit against the Center for Counseling Digital Hate (CCDH) on Monday. The court ruled Musk was trying to punish" researchers for criticizing X after the CCDH reported a rise in hate speech and misinformation on the platform. The lawsuit tried to blame the CCDH...Read more...

This article was originally published on March 25, 2022. Happy Tolkien Reading Day!Read more...

Netflix's 3 Body Problem, an adaptation of Liu Cixin's sci-fi novel, arrived last week. Now that there's been time to watch all eight episodes, it's time to talk spoilers-and all the questions we still had after the final credits.Read more...

We're in the true heyday of accessible gaming. You can game on anything from your handheld console, like the Steam Deck, to your phone, like the Pixel 8 Pro or the iPhone 15 Pro, with the extra benefit of a mobile controller like the Backbone One. But let's ignore hardware for the most part because, thanks to the...Read more...

Private aerospace company Boom Supersonic got its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft in the air and back down again last week, completing the carbon fiber plane's first successful flight. It hasn't broken the sound barrier yet, but the new plane is notable for setting the stage for a fuel-efficient supersonic passenger...Read more...

Star Trek: Discovery prepares for one last ride in a series of new posters. Familiar faces return in Resident Alien's next episode. Plus, what's coming on Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live. To me, my spoilers!

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Dave Calhoun, the CEO of Boeing, announced plans to step down at the end of 2024 on Monday morning. Larger issues with the company's 737 Max planes were spotlighted this year after the door on an Alaska Airlines flight came loose mid-air.Read more...

I spent a lot of time watching YouTube on my TV, so you can imagine my surprise when app researcher Nima Owji shared an early look at X's upcoming TV app: It looks almost exactly like YouTube.

Booking flights is an unfortunately stressful part of a relaxing vacation. The internet is full of tips and tricks on how to make it cheaper. One of the most pervasive tricks" is to use incognito mode when searching for your flights to get a cheaper ticket. You wouldn't be crazy for believing it, but this is a giant...Read more...

Name the ultimate puzzler from fiction. If you didn't say Sherlock Holmes, then I need to read what you're reading. In many depictions, Holmes seems to care about nothing other than the puzzles his cases pose. Beyond the twisty plots and endearing characters, Arthur Conan Doyle's stories and the subsequent screen...Read more...

We're at the stage in the evolution of the TV where it's pretty difficult to buy a bad one, but at the same time, it can be tricky to pick out the perfect model from the many options available. Every year, a swathe of new sets come out, which means the current bunch gets knocked down in price, giving you an even...Read more...

Since 1994, My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way has dipped in and out of making comics. Beyond teaming with Gabriel Ba on The Umbrella Academy, he started DC's Young Animal imprint, teamed with acclaimed artists such as Nick Derington and Becky Cloonan, and co-created Peni Parker for Marvel. After a three-year...Read more...

In 2021, Ghostbusters: Afterlife came onto the scene as the first new entry since the mixed 2016 reboot, and as the official Ghostbusters 3 the franchise had been trying to birth for decades. A decent reception and solid box office success ensured it wouldn't be a one-and-done, and here that sequel is with Ghostbusters...Read more...

It's Day 22 of Gizmodo's March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time and we've reached the final round of the Sweet 16. Yesterday's tournament saw Google Earth running away with more than 87 percent of the vote and HQ Trivia has been eliminated. RIP HQ Trivia. Today we have our most...Read more...

If you ended up missing either Night Swim or Lisa Frankenstein during their respective runs, Peacock's got covered. The two Universal films are landing on NBCUniversal's streaming platform over the next two weeks-Lisa will drop next Friday, March 29, while Night Swim arrives the following week on April 5.

Last year, GKids and Fathom Events re-released nine of Hayao Miyazaki's films into theaters as part of its annual Studio Ghibli Fest. It ended up being the most successful marathon yet-"millions" participated, according to GKIDS President David Jesteadt. This year is bringing the tradition back, and it's got more...Read more...

Every year, Marvel and DC commemorate June with covers and stories centered around its stable of LGBTQIA+ characters. That tradition continues this year, but in Marvel's case, it's been deflating thanks to the messaging getting fumbled pretty badly.

Since 2014's Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Anthony Mackie has popped up as former pilot (and Steve's ever reliable bestie) Sam Wilson. Last we saw Sam, he'd finally accepted his role as the new Captain America in TheFalcon & the Winter Soldier, which was all the way back in 2021.

Welcome back to Gizmodo's March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time! Flashlight continues to be an unstoppable force and it eliminated Evernote in yesterday's contest, taking more than 66 percent of the vote. Today, we have two apps that have gotten a lot of love so far but one has to go.Read more...

2023 was a labor-heavy year for the entertainment industry thanks to the Hollywood strikes. While actors, writers, and directors now have new deals, other parts of the industry are still working to ensure better conditions and AI safeguards.

The universe is a deeply vexing place. Every breakthrough we make in our understanding of it begets more mysteries about how all this (gestures wildly) actually happened. In the new book Space Oddities: The Mysterious Anomalies Challenging Our Understanding of the Universe, experimental physicist Harry Cliff describes...Read more...

The Phantom Menace isn't the only Star Wars movie being re-released in theaters this spring. Theaters like AMC and Alamo Drafthouse will be playing all nine mainline movies in a 20-hour marathon.Read more...

This week's big tech news stories took a different look at the world. From a literal peek into Stanley Cups to see the lead inside, AI nurses who could be giving you health advice, and Don Lemon's interview with Elon Musk shows how his view of the truth is skewed. Check out the rest of the top tech stories for the...Read more...

This week on io9, Star Wars dropped the first trailer for Disney+ series The Acolyte, and we examined every nuance, new character, and lightsaber flash featured throughout. Elsewhere, a first look at Alien: Romulus, big Doctor Who news, the return of Ghostbusters, and more. - io9 staffRead more...

In this week's top science stories, half the world's population may be living with neurological illness; Europe's space agency has a scheme to de-ice a telescope from a million miles away; and Gizmodo writer Geo Dvorsky is struggling with some major eclipse anxiety.- Rose PastoreRead more...

Get ready to see Todd Phillips send in the clowns in Joker: Folie a Deux-the jukebox musical! Though we've long heard the DC Studios film starringLady Gaga as Harley Quinn and Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker will be a musical, we now know a bit more about the off-kilter romantic showdown.Read more...

A tweet that appears to show far-right influencer Candace Owens ridiculing Ben Shapiro with reference to a dry" bank account went viral on Friday. The tweet refers to Ben's wife" and even looks like it had been deleted, based on a viral screenshot. But the tweet isn't real. It was made by a comedian.Read more...