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We're still reeling from last week's Astrobotic failure, in which a catastrophic propellant leak rendered the Peregrine lunar lander incapable of completing its Moon landing mission. It's not the outcome we were hoping for, but the global space community doesn't have to wait long for another opportunity at lunar...Read more...

As Godzilla Minus One-io9's top movie of 2023-continues to chart incredible success at the box office, it's about to present audiences with a whole new way to see the film. Tickets are now on sale for Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color, a gorgeously stark, newly remastered black and white version of the hit film.Read more...

The modern generation of Android phones is getting new Google Lens-like features that put Search front and center in every single app on Android by letting you highlight parts of images or text to generate Search results. The newly-announced Samsung Galaxy S24 and last year's Pixel 8 models are all getting access to...Read more...

It's a new year, which means new phones from Samsung, Android's number one phone seller. The company has officially revealed its flagship lineup for the Galaxy S24 series of smartphones. The Galaxy S24, S24+, and S24 Ultra all promise to come equipped with various features you'd expect from your daily carry,...Read more...

The third private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is getting ready to launch an all-European crew, along with dozens of scientific experiments, to low Earth orbit.Read more...

In May 1999, Star Wars hadn't been in movie theaters for nearly 20 years-well, newStar Wars, at least; the Special Editions had returned a few years prior. But the galaxy far, far away was about to explode with the arrival of The Phantom Menace. And actually, a few weeks earlier, the explosion had already begun, in...Read more...

A team of researchers found a black hole from the early universe, prompting new questions as to how such ancient massive objects might form. The black hole dates to about 400 million years after the Big Bang-the start of the universe as we know it-making the object over 13 billion years old. The universe itself is 13.7...Read more...

Let's take a trip down memory lane before we gear up for today's big Samsung Galaxy S24 event, shall we? Now, as much as I love a shiny new phone with a great camera and tons of features, there's something about looking back at Samsung's old phones to see how we got here. So, let's check out the most iconic Samsung...Read more...

With the release of Echo bringing the MCU back into the gritty criminal world that was, long ago, the bread and butter of its TV series boom on Netflix, much has been made of the show's repositioning of Marvel's canonical context to that era through characters like Charlie Cox's Matt Murdock/Daredevil, and Vincent...Read more...

Let's unpack a bit about Samsung's Unpacked, shall we? The South Korean tech giant is set to release its next big Android hit with the Galaxy S24, and this time, it's taking a roundabout route to proclaim its next smartphone as one of the true first AI phones."Read more...

Chrome's Incognito mode is a bit of a joke that even Google employees weren't so hyped about it. It's now going to be less useful for privacy" reasons, as explained in a new disclaimer change.Read more...

Mark Ruffalo hypes up his nasty character in Bong Joon-ho's Mickey 17. Alex Wolff says the Quiet Place prequel is less horror, more drama. Ghostbusters: The Frozen Empire talks villain inspirations. Plus, Jenna Ortega teases Wednesday's action-packed season 2. Spoilers, away!

A zoo in the Czech Republic is so excited about its newest arrival that it arranged a special photoshoot. Meet Mikolas the pygmy hippo, born December 1 at Dvur Kralove Zoo. Pygmy hippopotamuses are endangered, and little Mikolas is a boon to conservation efforts, the Associated Press reports.Read more...

A retired NASA Space Shuttle is slowly coming together for an unprecedented display, with the massive tank that once helped power the rocket now standing tall alongside two solid boosters at the California Science Center.Read more...

Now that the dopamine of CES 2024 has worn off, we need something else to carry us through the first month of the new year. Fortunately, we have Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked to look forward to, where the company will reveal what's new with its next series of flagship smartphones. The Galaxy S24 and its device brethren...Read more...

Commercial faster-than-sound travel over land doesn't happen anymore-but in the U.S., it could soon, with the debut of a new experimental plane developed by NASA and Lockheed Martin. The X-59 aircraft is designed to test out sonic boom-less supersonic flight, producing only sonic thumps' as it speeds through the...Read more...

The AI knows me as Kai, a bounty hunter in some vague cyberpunk city known as Kairos. Oh, but I am much more than that. I strolled into a ramen shop owned by the dull, affable Jin and patronized by the dull, professional Nova, and I weaved a yarn. I am not only a bounty hunter. I am a wizard bounty hunter and a member...Read more...

Silicon Valley is racing to create the first generation of humanoid" robots, with many tech companies promising consumers that they'll soon have their very own, live-in robo-helper to do the dishes, sweep the floor, and generally take care of all the annoying housework that you don't want to do. However, the...Read more...

The news that Our Flag Means Death would not be returning for a third season was a devastating way to kick off the new year, and it galvanized the Max pirate series' supercharged fanbase to launch a campaign to try and save the series. In a new interview, HBO and Max boss Casey Bloys said that while the show won't...Read more...

Let's give it up for Godzilla Minus One director Takashi Yamazaki, whose red carpet appearances have featured his star in fashionably iconic ways. Yamazaki has taken to X (formerly Twitter) to showcase his chonky Godzilla Minus One action figure, who's currently having his own awards season adventures.Read more...

If you had to guess which Marvel character would be the first to publicly acknowledge whether or not their show is returning to Disney+, of course, it would be She-Hulk. The self-aware, fourth-wall-breaking heroine played by Tatiana Maslany is one of several characters introduced on the streamer whose fate has yet to...Read more...

While AI tools offer new capabilities for web users and companies, they also have the potential to make certain forms of cybercrime and malicious activity much more accessible and powerful. Case in point: Last week, new research was published that shows large language models can actually be converted into malicious...Read more...

Don't ring the funeral bells just yet, but the self-checkout kiosk horror show could be nearing its end. So far, the grand experiment in robot cashiers is an abject failure. Stores across the country are reversing course on the machines, and consensus is growing among analysts and insiders that self-checkout has been...Read more...

Things were looking a little dicey for Keanu Reeves' John Wick at the end of John Wick: Chapter 4, but fear not: the John Wick extended universe still has stories to tell, thanks to John Wick director Chad Stahelski's deal with Lionsgate to be the architect of the franchise's future.Read more...

A team of scientists working off the coast of Costa Rica have identified four previously unknown deep-sea octopus species in the vicinity of hydrothermal springs on the ocean floor. They also discovered two octopus nurseries affiliated with the springs, both of which belong to the newly christened dorado octopus. The...Read more...

The global burden and death toll of fungi has substantially climbed over the past decade, new research finds. The study estimates that fungal infections help kill nearly 4 million people annually-almost double the amount estimated by similar research in 2012. Co-infections like HIV and tuberculosis, a lack of speedy...Read more...

Elon Musk threatened to abandon some of Tesla's most important work on Monday in an ongoing battle over how much he gets paid. The billionaire tweeted that he's uncomfortable" working on AI and robotics projects at the company unless he gains more control of its stock. Musk, who owns about a 13% share in the company,...Read more...

Well, the nominations were certainly promising, at least. This year's Emmy Awards-finally handed out last night after a strike-related delay-had the potential to recognize fandom favorites like Wednesday, The Last of Us, Andor, and Hulu movie Prey. In the end, sci-fi, horror, and fantasy didn't exactly score big-but...Read more...

Do you want a slim PlayStation 5? How about one that's so thin it could easily slide into your backpack's laptop sleeve? That's what one DIYer managed to do with his base PS5, again showing up Sony, which still lags behind in the burgeoning, ultra-mobile handheld console market.Read more...

You can take that latest Star Wars rumor and throw it in the sarlacc pit. Earlier this week, rumors surfaced that the upcoming Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Star Wars film featuring the return of Daisy Ridley as Rey had been delayed indefinitely. The reason? Creative differences with the film's writer, Steven Knight.Read more...

Elon Musk recently revealed that the explosion of the Starship's upper stage this past November during its second test flight was caused by a propellant dump gone wrong. Despite this setback, the incident will not impact the megarocket's upcoming scheduled flight in February, according to the SpaceX CEO.

A killer is on the loose in the world of Magic: The Gathering, but this time it's a little bit different from all the other times a killer has been on the loose! Wizards' next card set for the game, Murders at Karlov Manor, is getting its Clue on in a big way, with returning and new mechanics that will transform your...Read more...

The Peregrine lunar lander is coming back home to die. Astrobotic's shiny gold spacecraft is on a trajectory towards Earth, where it is expected to burn up in the planet's atmosphere to conclude its tragic demise.Read more...

No, AI won't be coming for your soul or turning you into a battery any time soon, and the robots certainly aren't taking over, at least not from what we saw at CES 2024. There were certainly advancements, and if what we saw at this year's biggest tech showcase is any indication, bipedal legs are long gone, and balls...Read more...

Apple has finally come up with a workaround for the recent ban on two of its watches: the Apple Watch Series 9 and the Ultra 2. It will ditch the blood oxygen measurement feature on its watches altogether.

Adam Sandler's next movie for Netflix takes him to space for what at first seems like, as far as space movies go, a down-to-earth exploration of the pressures long-term extraplanetary missions can put on even the most intrepid explorers. Then the Paul Dano spider shows up, and things only get more intense from there.

James Gunn teases the team of his Creature Commandos DC movie. Mortal Kombat 2 teases the arrival of another big villain. Matt Smith tells us just when to expect House of the Dragon season 2. Plus, Jon Bernthal teases what he wants out of the return of the Punisher. To me, my spoilers!

Smartphones can take on the roles of many other gadgets-cameras, calculators, e-readers, dictaphones, and all the rest-and they can also do double duty as webcams. In fact, this functionality is now built into both Android and iOS, so it's easier than ever to use a phone as a webcam when it's connected to your...Read more...

My colleague Maxwell Zeff once described Microsoft Copilot as if Clippy went to get his MBA." Microsoft just announced a new premium subscription to its Copilot AI, which can be analogous to Clippy getting a PhD.

Fans of Dexter's Laboratory and Adventure Time can get a hit of animated nostalgia from the late 90s to the early aughts with this BoxLunch fashion collection. The fandom gear goods store just dropped a Cartoon Network line that features popular shows from those eras. Familiar toon faces adorn shirts, cozy pajama...Read more...

Not every conflict goes the way of Star Trek's heroes-Pyrrhic victories, momentary defeats, escapes from scrapes that leave them bloody-nosed. But every once in a while we get to see, over the years, moments where the technological and strategic might of Starfleet is truly laid low: highlighting just how dire the...Read more...

The 2024 movie season kicks into high gear this week with the start of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Each year, Sundance is where many of the biggest, most buzzworthy independent films start their journeys to either box office success or critical glory-and, with the festival now being both digital and in-person,...Read more...

This week in trends, the biggest tech event of the year took place in Las Vegas. The Consumer Electronics Show features the latest devices such as a transparent TV, another TV that folds, and this adorable ball-shaped robot from Samsung. But even though they're not written about much, sex toys are the gadgets tech...Read more...

What is a giallo, and why should you watch one? io9 has previously covered that question in detail, but the quick answer is: these vintage European, horror-adjacent thrillers deliver style and sleaze in equal measures. Looking for coherent plots and capable acting? Keep it moving. But for lurid good times that very...Read more...

Someday we'll move past the point where you can spend half an hour pumping out an AI video and generate headlines. Sadly, we're not there yet. The latest piece of refuse from the AI hype machine comes in the form of an unauthorized, AI-generated" George Carlin comedy special-one that practically no one, not even...Read more...

I have three chess puzzles for you this week, but you don't need to know the rules of chess for two of them. These two are variants of the famous eight queens puzzle, which asks solvers to position eight queens on an eight-by-eight board such that no two queens attack each other. The eight queens puzzle requires a...Read more...

The MCU started with Robert Downey Jr.'s career-defining turn as Iron Man all the way back in 2008. Over the next 11 years, Downey would reprise the role for numerous sequels and team-ups, and now that he's had some distance from the whole shebang, he thinks his Marvel tenure was intentionally overlooked.Read more...

If you were someone who liked Netflix's Fear Street trilogy of movies in 2021, good news: R.L. Stine says another film is on the way.Read more...

Ever since Godzilla Minus One came to North America in December, it's been raking in cash and catching audience attention. Either on its own merits or because the MonsterVerse movies have helped keep him in folks' minds over the last few years, there's a larger Godzilla fever that made Minus One's reception and...Read more...

For the last few years now, all we've really known of Noah Hawley's upcoming Alien show is exactly that, and that it'll be more about the corporate side of the horror franchise. As a prequel, it's got its work cut out for it, since it has to explain things, an issue the series has previously run into before with Promet...Read more...