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Michigan State University has suspended an employee it said was responsible for allowing a quiz question about Hitler and an image of the dictator to be broadcast on the video screen before the school's football game against Michigan on Saturday. The School's Associate Athletic Director, Matt Larson issued an apology...Read more...

Shudder's VP of programming, Sam Zimmerman, is billed as the streamer's in-house horror curator," which not only means he has one of the coolest jobs around, it also means he's uniquely suited to recommend what to watch. This Friday, October 27, you can ask him yourself thanks to the Shudder Halloween Hotline.Read more...

Nothing against 2007 horror anthology Trick r Treat-we all love a spooky kid with a pumpkin head. But its popularity has come to overshadow Trick or Treat, the 1986 tale of a cursed heavy metal record that features some rock-royalty cameos. Horns up: it's been elusive online for some time, but Trick or Treat's return...Read more...

After struggling to land its first in-space manufacturing capsule in the U.S., Varda Space is now looking down under for future batches of space drugs to reenter through Earth's atmosphere.

Wizards of the Coast is assembling its franchise heroes, and Marvel is next to join up with Magic: The Gathering. As part of a deepening collaboration with parent company Hasbro, the publisher will develop collectible products" based around the characters of Marvel Comics for Magic. You can expect these to land on...Read more...

An unorthodox group of 7 users is now the most dominant news source for information about the Israel-Hamas war on X (formerly Twitter), according to a new report from the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public. Dubbed the New Elites" of X, the report found these users racked up 1.6 billion views on...Read more...

As Doctor Who nears another milestone anniversary, the long shadow of the BBC's loss of almost a hundred stories from the earliest eras of the show-destroyed in the process of archival junking in TV's nascent age-still lingers. But the corporation is still clinging to one lifeline that could still let fans experience...Read more...

Microsoft recently published a blog highlighting new Excel updates that allow users to disable Automatic Data Conversion. This comes as good news for the scientists because in recent years they had to rename quite a few human gene names since Excel wa converting them to dates.

This story is part of our new Future of Gaming series, a three-site look at gaming's most pioneering technologies, players, and makers.

On Monday, Tinder added a matchmaking feature that gives users' friends and family members autonomy to hand-pick who they should date. The move aims to streamline the process of getting other people's opinions and allows them to recommend potential matches within the app.

Jason Blum wants the Spawn movie to feel like a Blumhouse production. Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey director Rhys Frake-Waterfield teases the even bigger deaths of the sequel. Plus, the co-existence of Godzilla Minus One and Monarch: Legacy of Monsters gives us not one, but two Big G poster debuts. Spoilers, away!

October is almost over, but by the time spooky season is done, Apple may have a jump scare planned for all those with their finger on the tech pulse. The company is reportedly gearing up for some sort of product launch soon enough, this time dropping new versions of the MacBook Pro and iMacRead more...

A crew of researchers is preparing to conduct experiments approximately 50 miles (80.5 kilometers) above the Earth's surface while on board Virgin Galactic's spaceplane.Read more...

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Yesterday, October 21 marked the 100th day of the SAG-AFTRA strike. As a way of commemorating the occasion, the actors union affirmed that it would continue to stand firm and wanted to continue negotiations with the AMPTP after their last discussion two weeks ago fell apart. The winter season isn't that far off, and...Read more...

Daniel Craig didn't have the longest run of James Bond movies, but he did have one of the most eventful. 2007's Casino Royale gave the series a shot in the arm that both made it matter more in the eye of the mainstream public, and greatly boosted his profile.

These days, pretty much any video game is ripe to be adapted for a movie or TV show. But that didn't make it any less odd when it was revealed Netflix was aiming to make a cartoon out of 2013's Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, a retrofuture parody of 80s action media. That fondly remembered standalone hangs over Ubisoft's Far...Read more...

Anyone who's spent a moment observing US political chatter in recent months has probably encountered the following prediction: 2024 will yield the world's first deepfake election. Rapidly evolving AI video and audio generators powered by large language models have already been used by both Donald Trump and Ron...Read more...

Over 45 years ago, Stephen King released The Stand, his post-apocalyptic dark fantasy novel about a virus that wiped out much of the human race. To this day, it remains an acclaimed book and is highly regarded as one of his best novels period. Like other King books, there's an extension of that book on the way-though...Read more...

In a little under two months, WB will finally release Aquaman & the Lost Kingdom. Like the original movie, this new film looks like a wild romp that manages to stand out from other blockbuster superhero fare thanks to its visual splendor and weird mishmash of aesthetics. Whatever you may think about these movies, they...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. Also, don't forget to check out our weekly AI write-up, which will go into more detail on this same topic.

On July 13, 2023, SAG-AFTRA confirmed that its members would indeed go on strike. Much like with the WGA months prior, the organization's discussions with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) failed to result in an acceptable contract regarding streaming revenue, AI concerns, and much more....Read more...

With the newly released Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Insomniac Games introduces Venom to its superhero gaming franchise. The classic Spider-Man nemesis is voiced by Tony Todd and a pretty big dude who's been featured heavily in the game's marketing. And given the nature of superhero media, plus the studio's previous...Read more...

Despite being delayed a number of times due to the pandemic and a general pre-release skepticism surrounding it, Denis Villeneuve's Dune ended up being a well-liked film when it dropped in 2021. And even with a same day release on then-HBO Max, it ended up making a $402 million in theaters and securing several...Read more...

Halloween is just over a week away, with parties for the annual holiday likely hitting next weekend. Normally, this year's festivities would be like any other year: you dress up with your friends as your favorite characters and hang out or watch some horror movies, or you watch other people dress up as your favorite...Read more...

The trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried reached its halfway point, and a flurry of incriminating evidence, emotional testimonies, and odd tales have surfaced in the last three weeks.

The ongoing saga of The Walt Disney Company versus Ron DeSantis and his hapless oversight board continues.Read more...

The year is 1994. I head to the theater, buy a ticket for Wes Craven's New Nightmare, and I'm not ready for what happens next. The year is 2023. I flip over to Max, press play on Wes Craven's New Nightmare, and I'm still not ready for what happens next.Read more...

Colorado's Supreme Court this week had the opportunity to hand down a historic judgment on the constitutionality of reverse keyword search warrants," a powerful new surveillance technique that grants law enforcement the ability to identify potential criminal suspects based on broad, far-reaching internet search...Read more...

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Discord revealed Teen Safety Assist, a new safety initiative to promote a safer environment for younger users to hang out in. The initiative includes default enabled safety features for teenagers on the app, such as proactive filters and alerts.Read more...

Calling up an IT department for help can be a frustrating experience-the only thing more frustrating is getting scammed out of money. Microsoft, Amazon, and Indian law enforcement identified a potential fraud ring with a ton of tech confiscated during searches in the country.Read more...

Ever since the release of the original Uncharted: Drake's Fortune in 2007, PlayStation's first-party lineup has gradually evolved into flashy cinematic affairs. Like tentpole blockbusters or the HBO original series of old, you're meant to feel the effort that went into these productions, and many of them often have a...Read more...

Like more than half of adult Americans, I need a little noise to go to sleep. Some use a white noise machine or their TV, but my preference is podcasts playing on my phone. At least that was my preferred method until iOS 17 came along and messed things up.Read more...

New research might complicate our understanding of ketamine as a potential treatment for depression. The study found that people with depression who were either given saline or ketamine before undergoing anesthesia for a surgery experienced a similar improvement in their symptoms afterward. The findings suggest that...Read more...

Finally, we've reached the end credits scene from Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania and get more context about why Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and Mobius (Owen Wilson) were poking around in 1893.

Much like the previous two Spider-games, Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is all about the suits. Whether you play more as Peter Parker or Miles Morales, the farther you get in the game, the more suits you can unlock. The suits can change the way the entire game looks and feels, and often allow you to live out your wildest...Read more...

When it came to making the stars of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza come to life, Blumhouse and Universal brought out the big puppeteering guns from the Jim Henson Company.Read more...

New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit Thursday morning against cryptocurrency companies Gemini Trust, Genesis Global Capital, and Digital Currency Group (DCG) for defrauding over 230,000 investors of over $1 billion.Read more...

In July 2022, the Webb Space Telescope detected an intense jet shooting across the equator of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system. The jet is traveling at about 320 miles per hour (515 kilometers per hour) and is about 25 miles (40 km) in altitude, corresponding to Jupiter's lower stratosphere.Read more...

In a continued effort to make a dying platform profitable, Elon Musk unveiled two subscription tiers for X, formerly known as Twitter. At the same time, Musk continues his vendetta against news publishers by stripping The New York Times' official account of its gold verification checkmark, as first spotted by the...Read more...

It's no surprise that the climate crisis is fueling more intense weather, but new research shows how warming ocean temperatures are boosting tropical storms, causing hurricanes to become bigger and stronger at faster rates. A study published this week in the journal Scientific Reports found that hurricanes that form...Read more...

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is here, and with it, another entry into the great long history of adaptations of one of Spidey's greatest foes-turned-frenemies in Venom. But do Marvel's Spider-Man fans really care about examining this latest take on the iconic character, or are they... interested in a certain amount of inches...Read more...

Earlier this month, at New York Comic Con, Bryan Lee O'Malley and BenDavid Grabinski sat down with io9 and a roundtable of journalists to discuss the upcoming anime, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off. Based off O'Malley's graphic novels and reinventing the story that people fell in love with over and over again, the two spoke...Read more...

Instagram users reported last week that their bios including the word Palestinian" and the Arabic phrase Alhamdulillah", which means praise be to God", were auto-translated to say Palestinian terrorists are fighting for their freedom."Read more...

Sony recently patented a PS5 controller that can also store and charge wireless earbuds.

All three contemporary showrunners behind the return of Doctor Who-Russell T. Davies, Steven Moffat, and Chris Chibnall-have apparently not been in a room together until recently since 2009. It's perhaps easy to see why, because the sheer amount of Doctor Who nerdery contained between the three of them is dangerous to...Read more...

Charlie Brooker created Black Mirror for Channel 4 in the U.K. before it was snapped up by Netflix for streaming. The first two seasons (plus one special) were extremely dark, and Brooker admitted during a chat at SXSW Sydney that the general lightening of tone once the show was produced by Netflix was a criticism"...Read more...

Jon Stewart is best known for pissing the right people off with his nuanced political takes on his Apple TV show The Problem with Jon Stewart, and it appears he's also pissed off his employer. Stewart's The Problem has officially been canceled, and the reason why may lie in his view on artificial intelligence, a...Read more...