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Officials have now located debris from the F-35 Lightning II fighter jet that went missing in South Carolina. The multi-million dollar jet-the DoD's most expensive weapon system-disappeared on Sunday near Charleston after the pilot ejected himself from the plane and safely parachuted to the ground following a mishap"...Read more...

The Royal Observatory Greenwich in the UK announced the winners of its annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition last week, and the final group of photographers doesn't disappoint. From phantasmal swirls of gas and dust to stupendous shots of our luminous Moon-and other moons, too-the images offer a...Read more...

We, as a society, did not deserve Squid Game. That's clear to me now. None of the people in charge have the media literacy needed to properly appreciate Squid Game, and none of the people in charge of franchising opportunities deserve to license Squid Game, because we got this: a fully immersive VR experience,"...Read more...

No, I'm not switching to the iPhone full-time-I'm too embedded in the Android ecosystem to consider the leap. But I have lived half the time with an iPhone over the last year. I've learned so much about the walled garden and its inner workings, enough to understand that people choose the iPhone because it's...Read more...

Google announced a supercharged update to its Bard chatbot Tuesday: The tech giant will integrate the generative AI into the company's most popular services, including Gmail, Docs, Drive, Maps, YouTube, and more. Together with a new feature that tells you when Bard provides potentially inaccurate answers, the new...Read more...

Tis the season for pre-holiday tech showcases, and Microsoft isn't done with laptops and tablets by any stretch. Microsoft's event this Thursday will likely be a Surface-palooza, at least based on leaks being drip-fed to us in the weeks leading up to the official launch.Read more...

Fans of The Muppets know that representation of the Jim Henson Company's famed icons at Disney Parks or on Disney programming (The Muppets Haunted Mansion forever!) comes few and far between all the Marvel and Star Wars blockbusters. So when a presence was announced for Disney Parks' International Food and Wine...Read more...

The X-Men turn 60 this year, and Marvel is celebrating in style by killing a bunch of them in a horrifying terrorist attack, kickstarting the downfall of an age of Mutant progress, and now by returning to an idea they first did a decade ago. Sounds about right for the heroes forever fighting for a world that hates and...Read more...

After manufacturing crystals of an HIV drug in space, the first orbital factory is stuck in orbit after being denied reentry back to Earth due to safety concerns.Read more...

There was a time when it didn't seem like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 would ever happen. Or, maybe it would happen, but without James Gunn directing it. Thankfully, after all sorts of ups and downs, Gunn not only made the film, he made it his, and his team's, farewell to Marvel Studios, all in one package.Read more...

Tropical storm Nigel formed in the Atlantic Ocean late last week and has quickly intensified into a category 1 hurricane. The storm system is not currently a threat to any community as it is far out in the middle of the ocean.Read more...

Amazon will reportedly hire Microsoft's departing Product Chief Panos Panay, mere hours after he left the company. Panay will be heading Amazon's devices group, which is in charge of the Alexa voice assistant, Echo smart speakers, and Fire TV streaming services, Bloomberg first reported.Read more...

Like Scott Bakula's Dr. Sam Beckett before him, Quantum Leap's Dr. Ben Song (Raymond Lee) is a time-traveler with purpose-popping up across history (or in the future, if you saw the season one finale) to help people in need. He'll soon be back at it, and NBC's released a season-two trailer to tease his upcoming...Read more...

Although the unique bond between the two was clear almost from the get-go of Chris Chibnall's tenure on Doctor Who, it took until the penultimate episode of Jodie Whittaker's time as the Doctor to explicitly dive into her incarnation's romantic feelings for Yaz-only for that romance to be cut short with her...Read more...

The ongoing FTC v. Microsoft court battle over the tech giant's $68.7 billion Activision merger isn't going the way the Federal Trade Commission nor antitrust activists would necessarily like it to, but the attempt to block the merger has also allowed some juicy bits of gossip to leak down to us about some moves the...Read more...

In response to a lawsuit accusing SpaceX of hiring discrimination, the private space company is seeking dismissal of the case filed by the Justice Department for being unconstitutional.Read more...

Rick and Morty fans know that the show's opening credits are always some variety of two truths and a lie." Some of the wild scenarios glimpsed in the sequence are clipped from the new season, and some are just surreal misdirections. If you're hoping season seven's credits will offer any hints about the Adult Swim...Read more...

California is suing some of the largest oil and gas companies in the world for years of climate science denialism while worsening extreme weather related to the climate crisis.Read more...

The Country Bear Musical Jamboree recently announced some changes for a new show in 2024-and apparently word got out to the bear community, because a real life black bear made a surprise appearance at Frontierland at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom.Read more...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is reportedly discussing opening a new manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia, according to a report on Monday, which cited numerous sources close to the matter. Reports of the potential collaboration come only hours after Musk and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoan met in New York to discuss...Read more...

TikTok is reportedly deploying a new employee badge monitoring app as part of a renewed effort to pressure its workers to spend more days in the office, according to a recent New York Times report. The attendance app comes as other big players in tech like Meta and Google similarly continue to clamp down on flexible...Read more...

Based on what we see in this clip, the dissonant sound design for No One Will Save You-an upcoming Hulu release about a lone woman (Booksmart's Kaitlyn Dever) facing an extraterrestrial home invasion-is enough to set you on edge, but holy Tarantino, those alien feet are nightmares come to life.Read more...

Google quietly removed the suggestion that the text of a website should be written by people" from its guidance for site owners who want to do better in search results, a change first spotted by Search Engine Land. The change will likely accelerate the deluge of AI-generated content that's already beginning to spread...Read more...

Chucky's invasion of Washington, DC commences in early October-and his namesake show will keep the murderous vibes going into election year. A new trailer for season three of Chucky gives us our best look yet at the killer doll's latest power-grab scheme, and the Kids in America" who will try to stop him.Read more...

Rebecca Roanhorse's blockbuster Between Earth and Sky fantasy trilogy-inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into a tale of celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic"-began with 2021's Black Sun, and continued in 2022 with Fevered Star. Conclusion Mirrored Heavens...Read more...

Engineers who have toiled on the world's most powerful X-ray laser for over a decade have finally achieved first light with the instrument, meaning that science with the newly energized machine is nearly upon us.

During a 15-second test flight, Stoke Space launched Hopper2 and landed the prototype upper stage in what is a major milestone in the company's plans to develop a fully reusable rocket.Read more...

When Loki returns for a second season next month, it's doing so a couple of hours earlier than expected. Disney has now confirmed that the sophomore season of the Marvel series will air on Thursday nights, starting October 5.

The Marine Corps lost an F-35B Lightning II fighter jet following a training mishap" on Sunday. Military personnel are asking for help locating the F-35 jet after the pilot ejected himself from the F-35 and parachuted safely to the ground around 2 p.m. near Charleston, South Carolina.Read more...

John Carpenter has high hope for the Christine remake. Get ready for spooky season with a trio of horror trailers. Plus, what's coming on FLCL Grunge. Spoilers, away!

NASA's Juno spacecraft has been orbiting Jupiter for more than seven years, capturing some of the most iconic images of the planet's swirling winds and tumultuous storms. In the most recent image from the mission, however, the gas giant poses alongside another familiar object that's also got a lot going on.Read more...

New York Comic-Con is almost upon us and Funko has exclusively shared some of their Star Wars Pop! and Loungeflylineup with io9.

Just in time for the iPhone 15 to go on sale later this week, Apple has officially released iOS 17 today. The new operating system version is compatible with every device released after the iPhone XR, including the iPhone SE (2nd-gen or later). If you buy the new iPhone 15, it will arrive with iOS 17 preloaded right...Read more...

Less than a week after the cross-platform game engine maker Unity announced its big plan to charge developers based on the number of installations and revenue, the company said it's rolling back its plans to some extent, though developers may already be too burned to even consider what limp olive branch the company...Read more...

If a business wants to move or expand to Las Vegas, it's going to have to shell out information on its proposed water usage.Read more...

You usually go to the Marvel Cinematic Universe for a lot of things, but memorable original music isn't really one of them. ButRogers: The Musical-a corny Hamilton-alike that told a very condensed story of Chris Evans' Captain America-is one of the more successful attempts at musically spicing things up for the...Read more...

Throughout the year, there's been ongoing concerns about the use of generative AI across various forms of entertainment such as film and TV. Every industry has their own stance on the matter, and in the case of tabletop games, it's quite divisive: some in the industry have put restrictions on AI-made products, while...Read more...

Those who played the original Final Fantasy VII know that game like the back of their hand, but its 2020 remake changed things up in significant ways over the course of its runtime. Since the end of that game, there's been plenty discussions online about what would be changed in future remakes and how those changes...Read more...

For Marvel and DC, event comics are intended as a good way to get readers attention once or twice (or more) per year. Some events clear the deck so a new status quo can be put in place for a year or two, others are meant to boost a character's profile ahead of their jump to TV or film, and others just exist as a means...Read more...

Meetings of some description are usually required to keep companies, organizations, and even families running properly-but trying to find windows of time in an increasingly busy world can be a challenge. As the number of people expected to turn up at the meeting rises, so does the difficulty in picking a time when...Read more...

Star Wars has been a fixture of video games for decades, and spanned almost every possible genre and platform you could reasonably think of. There are certain ones that have resonated with audiences over time, like the current Jedi games from Respawn Entertainment and the Knights of the Old Republic series from...Read more...

Earlier in the week, Warner Bros. revealed the first trailer of Aquaman & the Lost Kingdom. When director James Wan talked to the press, he mentioned that Yahya Abdul-Mateen II's Black Manta would serve as the film's big bad after being more of a henchman to Ocean Master (Patrick Wilson) in the original film. And part...Read more...

CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 seemed like it would be the big new thing when it released in 2020, and for the most part, it wasn't to many. The developer's spent the years since turning it into a truly solid first outing for a larger franchise, helped by the fact that the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners series was pretty...Read more...

Vertigo's Fables comics from Bill Willingham and a number of artists (such as Mark Buckingham and Lan Medina) is one of the most well known non-Big Two comics. While it officially ended in 2015, it still carries a lot of clout, which is what's made recent events such a big deal: days ago, Willingham declared that the F...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.

Since 2007, Paramount's Paranormal Activity movies have been scaring audiences straight time and time again. For the series' next big step, it's jumping over to the other kind of theater in the form of a stage play.

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Samsung may have given away its one more thing" too soon. Korean Samsung usersfound icons depicting what looks like a ring you'd wear on your finger in the Galaxy Wearable app this week. The discovery since sparked discussions about whether this means the Samsung Galaxy Ring will debut next year. I hope they do...Read more...

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