The pair of rocket boosters that lifted the iconic Space Shuttle to orbit are now standing tall at the California Science Center, awaiting the Endeavor orbiter for the full display that will showcase the launch vehicle in its vertical glory for the first time since its retirement.Read more...

Federal law enforcement forced Apple to put $18.25 million towards folks who tried to join the company's staff, but were rebuffed due to the company ignoring job applications sent online. While feds claimed Apple was trying to favor current workers on temporary visas, the tech giant said it was just one big...Read more...

Microsoft and OpenAI's bromance hit another snag Thursday. The Windows maker temporarily blocked employee access to ChatGPT, the premiere product it invested billions in from OpenAI, due to security concerns on Thursday, first reported by CNBC.Read more...

Apple's cofounder Steve Wozniak, Woz, is back home and feeling good" after he was hospitalized for a minor stroke in Mexico City Wednesday, according to an interview he gave with The New York Times Thursday. The 73-year-old technology legend, who was in Mexico to speak at the World Business Forum, was admitted to ABC...Read more...

After months of hype andspeculation, the self-proclaimed smart phone killer" is here. Humane, a startup founded by two former Apple employees, has launched its hotly anticipated AI pin, a small, cookie-sized device that you stick to the front of your shirt and that, according to its creators, is designed to...Read more...

When you've been around as long as Doctor Who has-it turns 60 on November 23-you go through a lot of milestones, and ways to mark those milestones. As the series prepares for what might just be its biggest celebration ever with a trio of specials, a new Doctor at Christmas, and anew digital home, we're using our...Read more...

The SAG-AFTRA strike's end is propelling another industry reset as the end of the year approaches, and with it comes another casualty at Warner Bros. This time, it's a project produced by DC Studios' James Gunn: WB Animation's hybrid live action feature Coyote vs. Acme.Read more...

Netflix made clear its intent to create a live-action version of Avatar: The Last Airbender years ago, with occasional information in the form of casting for the first season's various characters. Things really began to kick into gear earlier this year as the streamer planted the show's flag for a 2024 release, and...Read more...

Google executives defended its internal campaign Project Hug," which enticed 20 developers to not create app stores competitive with Google Play according to Epic Games, in an ongoing trial Thursday.Read more...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced GPTs were live for all users Thursday, around the same time as the company resolved a DDoS attack causing global outages for ChatGPT and its API. CEO Sam Altman said the company was planning to go live with GPTs, its new customizable chatbots, for all subscribers on Monday in a tweet,...Read more...

It's a weird time to be a Fitbit user. Google has stopped selling Fitbit devices in key markets around the world. The company quietly pulled several models of its fitness-centric wearables from store shelves in countries across several continents.Read more...

Netflix and Tsuburaya have teamed up to bring Ultraman to the world of animation once more-with a slick new look and a wild twist: this time the Giant of Light has to look after a monster, instead of simply beating them up.

The Umbrella Academy is getting a fourth and final season on Netflix. It will add Megan Mullally, Nick Offerman, and David Cross to its ensemble cast. We knew all of this already, and today's Geeked Week release regarding the series doesn't reveal much more. But it's been such a long time since season three-we miss...Read more...

Next to Castlevania, one of Netflix's most well-known animated properties has to be Arcane. The 2021 series was so popular and beloved it took on a life of its own beyond its source material League of Legends, winning multiple awards and, as of last month, becoming part of the game's canon. It's both an example of how...Read more...

The Expanse book series ended in 2021 with ninth entry Leviathan Falls, and the TV series adaptation wrapped up after six seasons in 2022. And while Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck-who write together as James S.A. Corey-have nixed any return to the world of The Expanse, they're still working on sci-fi projects together,...Read more...

Doctors made medical history by successfully transplanting a whole eye. The donated eye has reportedly survived inside the patient for six months with no major issues so farand shows signs of good health. At this point, however, the patient has not regained any functional sight as a result.Read more...

The trusty Falcon 9 is packed with 6,504 pounds of supplies destined for the International Space Station, including experiments like NASA's ILLUMA-T project, which will test laser communications from space, and the Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE), which will explore atmospheric gravity waves and their effects on...Read more...

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Do we need to say more than here's a bunch of dogs wearing cute little Loungefly backpacks and accessories inspired by Marvel, Star Wars, and Disney animation?Read more...

Elon Musk's rocket company won a court order to block the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) lawsuit that accused SpaceX of hiring discrimination against refugees and asylum seekers.Read more...

This past year was a weird time for Apple. The company revealed two new MacBook Pros within ten months. It showed off the massive gamble that is its $3,500 Vision Pro headset. Its latest Apple Watches were a very bare refresh. Plus, the company didn't reveal any new version of its iPad line. That could be a strategic...Read more...

It's not yet December, but NASA is already in a festive mood: the Webb and Hubble space telescopes recently imaged MACS0416, a pair of colliding galaxy clusters 4.3 billion light-years from Earth that is bedecked in sparkling lights.Read more...

It may come as something of a surprise but Marc Andreessen-co-founder of mega-venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and longtime rich guy-is pretty worried about the creator economy.Read more...

There are few things in tech writing that feel as good as booting up a powerful computer. It's as close as people in my line of work can get to flipping the switch to fire up a two-stage sub-orbital rocket engine.

A major new card game launching is always interesting, but few launches have managed to capture a buzz like Lorcana. Disney and Ravensburger's hot new card game launched to frenzy and sold out decks over the summer, and is about to come back for round two with its first expansion. io9 has an exclusive look at one of...Read more...

For those who like their turkey on the table and on the tube, Mystery Science Theater 3000 has your Thanksgiving viewing figured out. The series all about riffing on cheesy movies will launch its first Mega Turkey Day Marathon Telethon," this year, and the event doubles as a booster for a crowdfunding effort-something...Read more...

Need help figuring out how to program smart lights to turn on at dusk? You can ask AI for help with that. Google's generative AI-powered feature called the Help me script" started rolling out to beta testers this week. It can help you figure out robust home automation. All you have to do is copy and paste code.Read more...

Disney and Pixar have released the first teaser for their follow up to Inside Out, and the world of emotions is about to get much bigger-and panic-induced.

After wrapping up a lengthy mission in Earth orbit nearly a year ago, Space Force's spaceplane is ready to take off again for the seventh flight of the Shuttlesque test vehicle.Read more...

Anonymous video chat app Omegle, known for pairing strangers and weirdos together in a kind of raw, extended social experiment, finally threw in the towel after years of abuse. The site was forced to shut down due to a settlement from a recent lawsuit alleging the site gave free rein to sexual predators.Read more...

The Boys sets the stage for its 2024. Netflix teases the arrival of its live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series. Eddie Murphy gets on the bad side of an elf in his new Christmas movie for Amazon. Plus, Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson will headline an apocalyptic music movie. To me, my spoilers!

Nearly 120 days after authorizing an actors strike, SAG-AFTRA may have finally locked down a deal.Read more...

Even as audiences gobble up salacious rumors about purported crises at Marvel, and perhaps an end to the dominance that superhero media has had on blockbuster moviemaking in the wake of a string critical and financial misfires, people love reading about people talking about comic book movies like they're here to stay....Read more...

Have you ever seen AirPods that look exactly like Apple's, but the box would say something like Abble AirPods?' Sometimes, manufacturers of counterfeit products don't even change the company's name on the box in an attempt to trick the consumers into thinking that they are genuine products.

A new payload has been added to Firefly's upcoming mission to the far side of the Moon, one that will explore the lunar subsurface to find out if it can support future infrastructure.Read more...

Nextdoor, a popular neighborhood app, is prioritizing its commitment to shareholders" over its commitment to employees by eliminating a quarter of its staff to meet shareholder expectations, the company said in a 2023 Q3 reportTuesday. The layoffs are reportedly part of an effort to reduce Nextdoor's personnel...Read more...

No matter what you think about the House of Mouse, the Force, or Marvel's many assorted heroes and villains, there's no denying Disney+ has might behind it. According to today's quarterly report, which you can read here, the streamer now has more than 150 million subscribers worldwide, a number that includes India's...Read more...

The votes are in, and Texans overwhelmingly voted yes" for Proposition 7, which will funnel billions of dollars to fund fossil fuel power plants instead of turning to renewables to back up the state's fragile electrical grid. The proposition will allow the creation of a $10 billion energy fund, none of which can go...Read more...

Many people are carrying potentially harmful genes, research out this week has found. Scientists analyzed the genes of people living in Iceland and found that one in 25 people appear to have genetic variations linked to a shorter lifespan. The most dangerous variants were those tied to cancer.Read more...

Google's AI ecosystem continues to grow as the company expands its partnership with Anthropic, which will now run on Google Cloud's fastest AI-accelerating chips. This comes on the same day Google rolled out generative AI search capabilities worldwide, powered by PaLM2, putting AI in front of billions of people who...Read more...

Barbie wielded a lot of box-office power this year, raking in over a billion dollars at the global box office and making history as Warner Bros.' highest-grossing film of all time. But one monster hit wasn't enough to bring Warner Bros. Discovery into the realm of profitability, according to today's company earnings...Read more...

Who among us hasn't dreamed about Nicolas Cage? What might it be like to hang out with the Oscar winner, to watch him work or see how he chooses his incredible array of movies? From The Rock, National Treasure, and Renfield, to Adaptation, Wild at Heart, and Mandy, Cage is one of those actors whose career has been so...Read more...

We've barely upgraded our Apple devices to the new versions of their operating systems, and already, there's a delay on next year's software updates. But it's for a good reason, according to sources familiar with the pause.

There's officially a new and fierce competitor for Novo Nordisk's Wegovy (semaglutide) when it comes to weight loss. On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration approved the drug tirzepatide, developed by Eli Lilly, as a treatment for obesity. The weekly injectable drug will be sold under the brand name Zepbound.

Yesterday, Nintendo and Sony Pictures teamed up to deliver the shocking news that they were working on a live action adaptation of The Legend of Zelda. Even more so, they'd found their director already in Maze Runner and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' Wes Ball. But it turns out Ball has had a long, long time to...Read more...

Social media might be addictive, but it turns out quitting is complicated. A study out Wednesday from the UK's Durham University asked 51 moderate to heavy social media users to stay off the apps for one week. Participants had a decrease in negative emotions and feelings including boredom, but they reported a drop in...Read more...

OpenAI's ChatGPT and API experienced a major outage Wednesday morning affecting millions of users, two days after CEO Sam Altman's DevDay, where the company tried to entice developers to build on OpenAI products. This is the longest major outage for the company's API, the main product used by developers, in nine...Read more...

Rick and Morty's currently in its seventh season, but it was much earlier in the Adult Swim show's run that people started realizing how involved its fan base really was-remember 2017's Szechuan sauce kerfluffle?Read more...

Google sent a letter to European regulators asking them to free up Apple's iMessage for all platforms, according to a report from the Financial Times Wednesday. The EU Commission said Apple is gatekeeping iMessage in September, and Google's letter unnecessarily chimes in to say we agree."Read more...

If you were in charge of selecting the Lego minifigures for a massive celebration of a decade of Marvel Cinematic Universe films and beyond, you'd have plenty of priorities on your list. Heroes, villains, Earth's mightiest movie stars. Lego decided it had so many options, it could throw in Marvel Studios head honcho...Read more...