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Star Trek: Lower Decks has been a riot since its first season, and Tawny Newsome's Beckett Mariner is a big reason why. Over the course of the show's four-season run, she's gone from being a chaotic, self-destructive ensign to...well, still that, but now promoted to a junior grade lieutenant alongside the other Lower...Read more...

It's been nearly a full decade since Amazon acquired Comixology. The popular storefront for reading and buying comics online was able to relatively remain its own thing until about early last year when it was hit with a heavily criticized redesign. Things have gotten worse since then: not only did it get caught up Amaz...Read more...

The first thing I noticed about the Row was that it spanned my entire living room. When stored standing upright, it loomed over my apartment like a spaceship from Arrival. I wouldn't recommend this machine if you live in a one-bedroom apartment like mine. You're better off with a Peloton Bike, which we loved.

Mike Flanagan's been a well-known horror director for years, but 2018's Haunting of Hill House series for Netflix arguably put him in the spotlight. After following that up with Haunting of Bly Manor two years later, Flanagan's been busy with other series for the streamer like last year's The Midnight Club and more...Read more...

Last year, Marvel revealed it had a movie in the works for the Thunderbolts, a team of villains and antiheroes trying to redeem themselves. While the main cast consists of MCU mainstays like Sebastian Stan's Winter Soldier and relative newcomers in Florence Pugh's Yelena Belova and Wyatt Russell's John Walker, the...Read more...

Pre-release, Netflix's Scott Pilgrim Takes Off was billed as a nostalgic return for the beloved graphic novel series. Not only is creator Bryan Lee O'Malley co-writing and showrunning the show with BenDavid Grabinski, the original cast from the live-action 2010 Scott Pilgrim movie is all here reprising their original...Read more...

Nearly two years ago, Warner Bros. revealed that Wonder Woman would finally get to star in her own solo game, courtesy of developer Monolith Productions. Since then, there's been no mention of the title, and the only real piece of information about it would be that it's a single-player open-world game (groundbreaking, ...Read more...

SpaceX's latest test flight of the Starship rocket lasted for around eight minutes-twice the length of the previous test. Both the booster and the Starship upper stage were lost, but SpaceX achieved many key milestones during the flight test.

This article has been updated to reflect the new Saturday launch date. Ground teams need the extra time to replace a grid fin actuator on the booster.

OpenAI announced Friday that Sam Altman departed the company on Friday. Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati has been appointed interim CEO to lead OpenAI. The news comes just weeks after OpenAI's DevDay, where Sam Altman announced some of the company's biggest advancements yet.Read more...

Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodo's weekly roundup where we do a deep dive on what's been happening in artificial intelligence.Read more...

Former Jedi Knight and forever warrior against the dark side Ahsoka Tano gets her own fierce figure inspired by her live-action look in Disney+ and Lucasfilm's Ahsoka.Read more...

The idea for Eli Roth to make a horror movie about Thanksgiving was originally a joke. Several holidays are synonymous with Hollywood horror. Halloween, of course. Christmas has a few movies. Valentine's Day too. But Thanksgiving? That's so silly. Or is it?Read more...

Tesla shareholders condemned Elon Musk's antisemitic behavior, on his own social media platform, X, and other media outlets Thursday. Some investors are publicly saying he should be suspended, according to a Bloomberg report Friday. Apple also took action over Musk's tweets by pausing ads on X, Axios reported Friday.Read more...

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Netflix's animated take on Bryan Lee O'Malley's seminal graphic novel series, hit the streamer today, and it's a must-watch for fans of either the comics themselves or Edgar Wright's 2010 movie adaptation. It's one of our favorite animated shows of the year, but to find out why... we really...Read more...

The 14th Doctor has arrived-a little earlier than we first expected. Although Doctor Who will return to TV in a little over a week in a big way to celebrate its 60th anniversary in a trio of specials, tonight the BBC released a short scene marking the first onscreen adventure for David Tennant's latest take on the...Read more...

While Stranger Things season five is still in the far future-but finally back in production, at least, with the Duffer Brothers and company-the Netflix series' official theater spin-off prequel is now in previews.Read more...

OpenAI will roll out GPTs, customizable chatbots similar to ChatGPT, worldwide by the end of November via the GPT Store. Developers already created thousands of these GPTs in just a couple of weeks, and Gizmodo went through a lot of them to figure out the best ones you should check out.Read more...

The Hubble Space Telescope just ogled an exoplanet passing in front of a star in a triple system, revealing the nearby world's mass.

Dune: Part Two just had its release date moved up. Unfortunately, that date is not tomorrow" but we'll take what we can get.Read more...

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One of the most anticipated horror movies of 2023 is about to make its Peacock debut. And while The Exorcist: Believer didn't exactly set critics on fire, here's your chance to check out David Gordon Green's would-be franchise reviver and trilogy-starter ahead of the annual slew of best/worst" film lists.Read more...

An engineer hacked Apple's infamous Magic Mouse to make it more user-friendly, ergonomic, and overall less annoying. Ivan Kuleshov is the said engineer, and he has also hacked the Apple Mac Mini in the past to be powered over Ethernet.

Thanksgiving is almost here and it's a special time for Star Wars fans. That's because 45 years ago, it was during Thanksgiving week that a Star Wars event for the ages took place. CBS aired The Star Wars Holiday Specialone time, and one time only. After airing, it was quickly buried, left only to the imaginations of...Read more...

Every November, there's a fantastic event for bringing people together: that's right, the Leonid meteor shower. It will peak in the night sky this weekend, and this is how you can optimize your view of the show.

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Disney celebrates its legacy in Wish-a movie filled with the company's own mythology that also has bold allegorical similitudes to its recent history, all weaved into a powerful fairytale.Read more...

A gold-capped laser transceiver attached to the asteroid probe Psyche saw its first light on Tuesday, sending and receiving data through laser beams from far beyond the Moon for the first time.Read more...

If you're behind on what's happening with the robot uprising, have no fear. Here's a quick look at some of the weirdest and wildest artificial intelligence news from the past week.

The season finale of Goosebumps hits Hulu and Disney+ today, wrapping up the fun that started during spooky season with the return of Slappy in a new reboot of the seminal YA horror series inspired by R.L. Stine's YA horror books.Read more...

Discord is shutting down its AI chatbot, Clyde, in December. Considering it was introduced just earlier this year, why it's being shut down so soon is unclear.

Tom Hardy confirms filming has resumed on Venom 3. Eli Roth digs deep into designing Thanksgiving's villain. Harley Quinn will return to Max for another season. Plus, get a look at Disney's Percy Jackson series. Spoilers, assemble!

Gather round, weary shoppers, and rest with me for a moment beneath the veil of the celestial canopy, where stars twinkle like forgotten spells and the moon casts its silvery incantations upon the world. As the world around us transforms into a realm of holidays and merriment, I, a grizzled explorer of the online...Read more...

Google is having a hard time catching up with OpenAI. Google's competitor to ChatGPT will not be ready until early 2024, after previously telling some cloud customers it would get to use Gemini AI in November of this year, sources told The Information Thursday.Read more...

Including the unusual, hard-to-find, totally new and strangely wonderful, we've got a selection of gifts and games that will be appreciated by both hardcore tabletop roleplayers and people who are curious about TTRPGs but might not know where to start. Most-if not all-of these products physically came out this year,...Read more...

And there it goes. The astronaut tool bag that floated away during the most recent extravehicular activity outside the International Space Station (ISS) appears as a tiny white speck in this new astronomical image.Read more...

AI is the name of the game for this year's chips, particularly for Qualcomm's mobile processors. The chipmaker has announced the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 processor for mid-range Android devices with promises of improved AI performance.

Finally, Iman Vellani can geek out publicly about going from Marvel fan to Ms. Marvel and The Marvels star to Marvel Comics writer.Read more...

The 90s are about to become hot again, both on the small screen and in your comic book shop.Read more...

Well, we have our first quarter of the MCU's Fantastic Four. Yesterday, reports broke revealing that Pedro Pascal is likely to end up playing Reed Richards in the upcoming Matt Shakman-directed film, provided Pascal isn't too busy with other projects, namely Gladiator 2 and new seasons for The Mandalorian and The Last...Read more...

Exoplanets pushing their atmospheres away may explain a gap in exoplanet masses, according to a team of researchers that recently studied data from NASA's retired Kepler Space Telescope.

Just when you thought his reputation couldn't get worse, TikTok has officially canceled Osama bin Laden. Somehow, videos promoting Osama bin Laden's letter explaining his reasoning for orchestrating the 9/11 terrorist attacks have gone viral this week and TikTok is responding with a crackdown on bin Laden stan...Read more...

Next week, Doctor Who turns 60, and it's preparing for a blockbuster celebration in the days and weeks to come, with a re-colored release of one its most iconic early stories, a trio of brand new specials, and a new Doctor arriving on Christmas Day. We can't judge just how good the 60th has it just yet-but what about...Read more...

This article has been updated to reflect the new Saturday launch date. Ground teams need the extra time to replace a grid fin actuator on the Starship booster.Read more...

The surface of the Moon is littered with defunct hardware from past missions that are now buried amongst the lunar regolith. A recent crash site left a distinct and curious mark, creating two impact craters of equal size. Scientists examining the collision believe that there may have been an undisclosed object that...Read more...

Cult-beloved cult-movie series Mystery Science Theater 3000 has big plans for its crowdfunded 14th season, with a 48-hour version of its traditional Thanksgiving marathon styled as a telethon to help it reach its goal. Ahead of next week's Mega Turkey Day Marathon Telethon," io9 got a chance to talk to MST3K...Read more...

Here's an AI tool you probably hadn't considered. Google's AI-powered Search Generative Experience (SGE) is getting a slew of updates this December, including a feature that lets you dream up a product out of thin air with artificial intelligence, and then search the web for something similar that exists in the real...Read more...

Later this week, SpaceX is poised for a highly anticipated, and undoubtedly exciting, second test flight of its Starship megarocket-provided it receives the final regulatory approvals. Here's what you need to know about this critically important test.

At its core, Poor Things is the relatively simple story of a woman growing up and finding herself. However, in the hands of director Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster, The Favourite), it tells that tale in the most fantastical, imaginative, disturbing, and hilarious way possible. Words that, in fact, also describe the...Read more...

Amazon already has a stranglehold on most of the stuff people buy, and now the retail giant wants to sell you a car.