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It's not uncommon to see multiple adaptations of popular books, but this is hardly a David Lynch's Dune versus Denis Villeneuve's Dune" situation. Weeks before Netflix is set to roll out its high-profile adaptation of Chinese author Liu Cixin's award-winning sci-fi novel The Three-Body Problem, a rival streamer is...Read more...

During mating season, male seals usually have one thing on their mind. For about three months, the seals conserve all their energy to mate, or at least try to, with nearby females at the beach. But not all heroes wear capes; some of them wear 2 tons of blubber and are willing to sacrifice precious energy to save a pup...Read more...

Another week, another study finding that Ozempic/Wegovy and similar drugs may do a lot more than just help people lose weight. New research has found that patients who start taking GLP-1 drugs are less likely to be diagnosed with depression and anxiety afterward, compared to similar patients not on the drug. The...Read more...

In more ways than you realize, sports and movies are the exact same thing. On the simplest level, each consists of a group of highly trained, sometimes well-paid, professionals doing various specific jobs all with a singular purpose: telling a story, usually for profit. The main difference is that in movies (and TV)...Read more...

Google just released its long-awaited ChatGPT killer, Gemini, an ultra-smart AI chatbot that can finally match OpenAI's ChatGPT. Early reviews of Google's chatbot are slowly rolling out, and everyone is impressed. However, some can't shake this eerie feeling that Gemini has more ghosts than a haunted house.Read more...

Even before its 2022 finale, the world of AMC's The Walking Dead was expanding. Fear the Walking Dead kicked off the spinoff trend, and shows like Daryl Dixon, World Beyond, Dead City, and Tales of the Walking Dead followed. Now, the most highly anticipated of those shows, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, is set...Read more...

Great news for fans of the Predator franchise, particularly standalone prequel entry Prey: the director of that 2022 film, Dan Trachtenberg (who also made 10 Cloverfield Lane), is returning to the universe. While Prey 2 still might happen, that's not what this new project is; rather, it's another standlone titled Badla...Read more...

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Details about SpaceX's proposed land swap deal with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission (TPWC) keep getting uglier. After an overwhelming majority voted against the land exchange, the decision was delayed to March. Recent reports, however, suggest that the acres in question were already set aside for preservation...Read more...

Mike Lindell is an entrepreneur. Unsatisfied with the MyPillow empire built on a product he literally invented in a dream, Lindell set out for political fame during the Trump administration. He's spent years hawking bogus cures for COVID-19 and promoting feverish conspiracy theories about the 2020 election-some of...Read more...

I told you. It appears that the government of Canada is going to ban the Flipper Zero, the tiny, modular hacking device that's become popular with techies for its deviant digital powers. On Thursday, following a summit that focused on the growing challenge of auto theft in Canada," the country's Minister of...Read more...

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While Spider-Man and the Sinister Six have yet to share the big screen together, they can soon have a major meet-up in your home. Sideshow Collectibles just revealed a stunning new Spidey statue that shows the character with the threat of the supergroup looming large over him, and it's simply jaw-dropping.Read more...

It's that time of the year again. Super Bowl LVIII (or 58) is all set to kick off on February 11, with the Kansas City Chiefs squaring off against the San Francisco 49ers. The Super Bowl is way more than just football and will likely be a star-studded event with celebrities like Taylor Swift in attendance. The...Read more...

A new, feature-length Wynonna Earp film is in the works for discerning Tubi subscribers, and Rebel Moon part two has its rating. It's spoilerin' time!Read more...

Apple engineers deal with a lot of confidential information, but leaking those secrets could land you in jail. Xiaolang Zhang was sentenced to 120 days in prison this week after being convicted of stealing Apple's self-driving car technology, according to California court filings first reported by 9to5Mac Thursday....Read more...

Back when the Pokemon anime first premiered in the 90s, nearly every kid had a Pokedex-the renowned red device that identified the delightful creatures-on their wish list. Nearly three decades later, a YouTuber has created a real-life version of the Pokedex using ChatGPT-and it looks like it actually works.Read more...

NASA's Space Shuttle operated in low-Earth orbit for 30 years before its retirement in 2011. However, the US space agency's replacement for this vehicle, Orion, returned to the conical capsule design familiar from the Apollo missions. This was because NASA intended that this newer craft be used for exploring targets...Read more...

The Africanfuturist world Nnedi Okorafor introduced in Who Fears Death-a book currently in development for an HBO series executive-produced by George R.R. Martin-grows with her new trilogy, She Who Knows. Novella Firespitter kicks off the new series with its release August 20, and io9 has an exclusive look at the...Read more...

The world is being ripped apart by AI-generated deepfakes, and the latest half-assed attempts to stop them aren't doing a thing. Federal regulators outlawed deepfake robocalls on Thursday, like the ones impersonating President Biden in New Hampshire's primary election. Meanwhile, OpenAI and Google released watermarks...Read more...

Elon Musk is still trying to make X audio and video calls happen, even though, like the infamous fetch," we all know it's not going to happen. His latest tactic: Giving up his phone number and using X exclusively for calls and texts.Read more...

Walt Disney Imagineering's theme-park innovations go back to the audio animatronics and mystical floating heads that blew minds when Disneyland first opened, and have continued with expansions at Walt Disney World and internationally. These days, we can venture into a galaxy far, far away or see superheroes...Read more...

Did a hacker gang create a botnet out of 3 million electric toothbrushes? The answer is: No, but you'd be forgiven for having believed that was the case since a viral news story made the rounds earlier this week claiming it was so.Read more...

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Game of Thrones is likely to go back in time yet again. While several other spinoffs of the hit HBO fantasy series are at various stages of rumor and development, one has just taken a giant step forward. A previously discussed prequel show following Aegon's Conquest of Westeros, which takes place roughly 100 years...Read more...

We're still bummed that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem-one of io9's favorites of 2023-didn't snag a Best Animated Film nomination, but this teaser showcasing spin-off series Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a mighty fine tonic.Read more...

OpenAI is reportedly developing agent software," that will effectively take over your device and complete complex tasks on your behalf, according to The Information. OpenAI's agent would work between multiple apps on your computer, performing clicks, cursor movements, and text typing. It's really a new type of...Read more...

An odd little moon that orbits closely to Saturn just revealed its biggest mystery: a hidden ocean that lies beneath its heavily cratered surface.Read more...

Last year, io9 took at look at Hollywood's upcoming calendar and assembled a reading list of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books tapped for movie and TV adaptations-some of which, like The Changeling and The Fall of the House of Usher, have since been released. We're still waiting for others (Dune: Part Two is soon, but ...Read more...

It's natural to feel a bit of regret when you miss a loved one's birthday. Here at Gizmodo, we're saying happy belated 30th birthday to Yahoo, the website that most of us haven't logged into since we got real jobs after the Great Recession. Even though Yahoo is a shell of what it once was at the height of when...Read more...

A UK-based nuclear fusion collaboration just produced a record amount of energy, a refreshing dose of good news in humankind's quest for cleaner energy sources. The Joint European Torus facility, or JET, produced just over 69 megajoules of heat.Read more...

Stealing is bad-we all know that. However, sometimes a theft is so masterly that it transcends our moral system and becomes impressive. I would argue that this is the case with a theft that took place in Jasper, Alabama, where unknown thieves recently ransacked a local radio station, stealing everything in sight,...Read more...

The dawn of the AI PC" is here, and every major PC maker from Dell, HP, Lenovo, MSI, and more is throwing around laptops, claiming this is a true revolution in how we will use our computers. Should you believe the hype? No, not quite, but does AI make our standard laptop design a bit smoother? Yes, though mostly on...Read more...

With Dune: Part Two about to hit theaters, it's easy to forget a time when that wasn't a certainty. When the first film was released in 2021, it was advertised as just Dune." Some fans knew it was only the first half of Frank Herbert's book, made and released with a hope and a prayer that, if it was a success, the...Read more...

Southwestern Iceland has been a world transformed over the last few months, as initial tremors gave way to a full-throated volcanic eruption. The fishing village of Grindavik was evacuated in November, along with popular tourist destinations like the country's Blue Lagoon, as residents held their breath for a...Read more...

Donald Glover has become one of those artists when, if his name is attached, you expect a certain level of quality. From his music to his show Atlanta, to even his new series Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Glover never feels like he's working for a paycheck. He's working to be creative and interesting, and because he thinks the...Read more...

After 13 years of slow orbital decay, a legacy satellite will finally be put out of its misery by plunging through Earth's atmosphere where it will burn up into tiny fragments.Read more...

The Apple Vision Pro is here and, if social media is to be believed, it's already creating a new race of goggle-fueled cyborgs. You've likely seen videos of people staggering around New York City like digitally transported zombies, the Vision Pro affixed to their faces like Scuba gear on a delirious diver who's...Read more...

While fans wait for December's big-screen release of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, more worldbuilding is coming in Knuckles, a spin-off streaming series set between the second and third Sonic films. Paramount+ has shared the official trailer, showcasing Knuckles (Idris Elba) as he begrudgingly teams up with Adam Pally's...Read more...

Palette will be a thriller about... colors? Some good stills from Quiet Place: Day One and a new poster for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. It really is spoilerin' time this time!Read more...

Sony just raised the price of anime and left American otakus with few other options. The company's anime streamer, Funimation, is officially shutting down on April 2, according to a press release on Wednesday. Crunchyroll, Sony's other anime service it acquired in 2021, sent an email to subscribers that prices will...Read more...

The Federal Trade Commission isn't happy with the outcome of Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, telling a court on Wednesday that Microsoft's recent layoffs contradict promises it made to get the merger approved.Read more...

When Marvel's mutant-filled film Deadpool 3 hits theaters in July, we're confident it'll be great. However, no matter how amazing that massive film ends up being, we're going to bet director Thomas Cailley's new film, The Animal Kingdom, ends up being the best mutant movie of the year. It's out in March and io9 has...Read more...

Before the year 2000, Super Bowl commercials from tech companies offered millions of viewers their first glimpses of the future. Gizmodo watched dozens of videos from the 1980s and 90s to find the most iconic Super Bowl commercials from the early tech industry.

If you felt an earthquake just now, it might have been Google's latest announcement. In one of the biggest updates in Google's history, the company unleashed the full version of its next-generation AI model Gemini. Google is changing its chatbot's name from Bard to Gemini, releasing a dedicated Gemini mobile app, and...Read more...

One of the world's most famous drug classes may have another trick up its sleeve. In a new study, scientists in the UK have found that erectile dysfunction drugs like sildenafil (more widely known as Viagra) are linked to a lowered risk of Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia. The findings don't prove...Read more...

One of Waymo's driverless cars collided with a cyclist in San Francisco this week because it apparently didn't see the human until it was too late.Read more...

NASA's Juno spacecraft captured new images of Jupiter's moon Io during its latest flyby, coming within an eerily close distance of the most volcanically active world in the solar system for a second time in less than two months. The close encounter also shows what appears to be a pair of plumes erupting from the...Read more...

Las Vegas has long attracted tourists for the obvious reasons, but it's more recently also become a foodie destinationas well as an immersive experience hub. Right off the Strip, you can be transported to Derry, Maine and have your own horrifying encounter with Pennywise the dancing clown, thanks to Warner Bros.' Esca...Read more...

Humanity's most distant spacecraft is glitching out-again-and engineers are having quite a difficult time solving the problem. Voyager 1, what are we going to do with you?Read more...