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Anakin Skywalker's opinions on sand are very well documented. He thinks it's coarse, rough, irritating, and gets everywhere. It also can be a real pain for visuals if you happen to be waging a war on a planet covered in it. That much was clear in the latest episode of Ahsoka which featured live-action flashbacks to...Read more...

If you're a betting person, what are the odds of two casinos getting hacked in succession? Following an attack on MGM casinos, Caesars Entertainment just stated in an SEC filing that it was also the subject of a hack that occurred last month.Read more...

You've waited almost five years but you're now just seconds away from seeing the first trailer for Aquaman 2. The official title, of course, is Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom and it picks up after the events of the 2018 original. Arthur Curry (Jason Momoa) is now the King of Atlantis. He's married to Mera (Amber Heard)...Read more...

French regulators halted iPhone 12 sales on Tuesday over concerns that the devices emit levels of radiation over the legal limits. The government's Agency of National Frequencies (ANFR) said it will send agents to Apple stores to ensure the devices aren't being sold, and threatened to recall all iPhone 12s in...Read more...

Space and the deep ocean have several commonalities, but perhaps the most obvious is the existence of structures that make you say what the heck is THAT?"Read more...

Jodie Whittaker's final episode of Doctor Who was a mixed farewell to a tenure beset by challenges-but as Doctor Who has barreled ahead since by mostly looking back, with its focus on the show's 60th anniversary and the celebratory return of former showrunner Russell T. Davies and star David Tennant-it has felt in...Read more...

Get a look at Eddie Izzard's Nina Jekyll in Hammer's new take on Jekyll and Hyde. Chucky takes on the White House in a new Chucky season 3 clip. Plus, what's coming on American Horror Story: Delicate, and the return of Shining Vale. Spoilers, now!

The U.S. federal government is still swimming in circles trying to form some sort of plan to regulate the exploding AI industry. So when the usual suspects of big tech again returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a closed-door meeting on potential AI regulation, they came prepared with the same talking points...Read more...

Earlier this week, France announced that it would halt iPhone 12 sales over potential radiation emissions from the devices that surpass legal limits. Now, Germany and Belgium appear to be a bit spooked as well.Read more...

Blink-182 famously sang about all the small things, but now its lead singer is embracing some very big things. Things like aliens, conspiracies, and directing his very first feature film.Read more...

Foldable phones promise us the 2-in-1 experience. There is Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 5 rolling out in the wake of Google's first device with clapping screens, the Pixel Fold. Each vow they will be users' phones and tablets, all inside your pocket. HP's latest laptop takes the same sort of philosophy and expands it to a...Read more...

A couple of weeks ago, as San Francisco emergency responders attempted to pull away from a scene where a man had been seriously injured, a pair of Cruise robotaxis allegedly loitered in the ambulance's path, not understanding that they were required to get out of the way. The man died not long afterward. It didn't...Read more...

She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan's debut novel, is a kind of" coming of age story. The first book in the Radiant Emperor duology is about people who were not allowed to desire things in the world that they were born into or told that what they desired was wrong," said Parker-Chan in an interview with io9.

Two decades after Buffy the Vampire Slayer aired its finale, the show's universe will take center stage in an new Audible series. Slayers: A Buffyverse Story is co-written and co-directed by OG cast member Amber Tara" Benson, and will bring back stars from the beloved series like James Marsters (Spike) and Charisma...Read more...

SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service brought in $1.4 billion in revenue last year, a sizable jump from the $222 million it made in 2021, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The revenue, while a significant increase from the previous year, fell short of billionaire CEO Elon Musk's projections during...Read more...

Beginning with 2011's Mortal Kombat 9, NetherRealm Studios has put a stronger emphasis on the narrative of its now 30-year-old fighting franchise. Compared to other big fighters, the series has always had a greater story bent, but the reboot trilogy went all in on that, with substantial events for major players in the...Read more...

Hurricane Lee is still churning out in the Atlantic Ocean. Since the storm formed earlier this month, it has not made landfall over the contiguous U.S. But it has continued to move northward and is becoming a legitimate threat to the Northeast.Read more...

Scientists in Japan say they've discovered some new little guys-four new species of insect-like creatures called springtails, to be more specific. The animals were found living in decayed wood across various locations in the country. The most distinctive of these new species is a small, colorful, six-eyed blue bug.Read more...

Soulja Boy and Austin Mahone are two names in music you may not have heard in a while. After a bid to stay relevant by chasing the crypto bubble before it burst, the two musicians are now in the crosshairs of the Securities and Exchange Committee after their efforts to promote Tronix cryptocurrency.Read more...

Now that Baldur's Gate 3 has been out on PC and PS5 for a little while, game developer Larian Studios has dropped a scintillating peek behind the curtain with the game's very own Art Blast on ArtStation Magazine-giving us a ton of fascinating looks at concept art, model renders, and more from the game's take on the...Read more...

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When the trailer for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom finally graces your eyeballs later this week, maybe the conversation around the film will change. Until that happens though, when most fans discuss the long-awaited sequel, they have many, many questions about its production, its secrets, and its place in the DC...Read more...

The Food and Drug Administration is warning several companies, including the retail chains CVS and Walgreens, to stop selling unapproved, potentially dangerous eye drop products. The agency claims that the companies have committed a number of violations in manufacturing or marketing these products. The FDA is also...Read more...

Brazilian scientists have found some new species of spiders that will hopefully live long and prosper. Researchers with the Emilio Goeldi Paraense Museum have identified the three new species and named them after some iconic characters from Star Trek.Read more...

In a new interview, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off executive producers Bryan Lee O'Malley and BenDavid Grabinski revealed that they had to make some adjustments to set this version of the graphic novel in a kind of suspended Scott Pilgrim Time." Edgar Wright, the director of the film, once described its setting as the Ameli...Read more...

There's a lot to say about the newly announced iPhone 15 lineup, but the one thing that has everybody talking is Apple's switch to the standard USB-C charging port. It's the first time the company has moved away from a proprietary charging port for its wildly lucrative smartphone.Read more...

Star Wars! Nothing but Star Wars! Give me those Star Wars! Don't let them end..." Just as Bill Murray said it in 1978, we're still saying it today. Star Wars is everywhere these days, with multiple movies and TV shows in the works from Disney and Lucasfilm. This article will give you the most up-to-date Star Wars...Read more...

North Korea may soon be getting technological assistance to help launch its satellites as Russia vows to contribute to its space ambitions.Read more...

Last week, Paramount debuted very Short Treks, a kooky new spin on the vibes of the original Star Trek: The Animated Series from Too Many Cooks! creator Casper Kelly. And if last week's peculiar entry-which saw the Enterprise explode as its captain pondered a series of potentially offensive euphemisms-didn't key you...Read more...

This was it. The Anakin Skywalker episode. After the legendary character-Ahsoka Tano's former Jedi master-showed up at the end of the previous episode, hype and expectations were at an all-time high. This episode of Ahsoka was even playing on the big screen in certain cities. What did series creator Dave Filoni...Read more...

Two of the most popular image editing tools available, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, are being reshaped to focus on generative AI. As of Wednesday morning, all Adobe Firefly AI tools are available to all subscribers, allowing users to create the deepfakes they always wanted to without messing about with finnicky...Read more...

On Tuesday, Apple announced what it's calling its first-ever carbon-neutral products during its Wanderlust event this Tuesday.Read more...

The second test flight of Starship could happen sooner rather than later, with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk claiming that dozens of FAA-requested corrective actions have already been implemented.

A research group X previously sued for allegedly publishing false" information about the company, released a new report slamming the social network for its refusal to remove hate speech. The new report, released Wednesday by the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) claims X (nee Twitter) failed to take action...Read more...

Today, after all votes have been counted by the National Labor Relations Board, IATSE stated that Marvel's in-house VFX studio unanimously voted yes" to forming a union with IATSE. The unprecedented demand" for unionization in digital Hollywood industries comes at a critical moment for the labor movement, IATSE...Read more...

A radio telescope in Australia recently captured a stunning image of NGC 4632, a galaxy some 56 million light-years from Earth. The image reveals a halo of cool hydrogen orbiting perpendicular to the galaxy itself.Read more...

A new romantic fantasy trilogy begins with A River of Golden Bones, the latest from author A.K. Mulford, known for their Five Crowns of Okrith series. It's described as a twist on Sleeping Beauty," and the twist is a big one: the twin protagonists have secret animal identities.

Do you need a job? Would you like to work on Mars? Well, in our first look at the fourth season of Apple TV+'s criminally underrated drama, For All Mankind, that's exactly what's at stake.

Get to know the mysterious characters of The Fall of the House of Usher. Could a Brightburn 2 really happen? Get a look at Kiernan Shipka's new time-travel slasher movie. Plus, what's coming on Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon and American Horror Story: Delicate. Spoilers, away!

If there's one drink you should pack with you on a future trip to space, let it be kombucha. The fizzy, fermented drink has not only taken over trendy spots in Brooklyn, but it can also be found in low Earth orbit as part of an ongoing experiment of its resilience in the harsh space environment.Read more...

Olivia Rodrigo is continuing her reign as Gen Z's tech mogul, but this time she's partnering with Apple. The angsty singer-songwriter released a brand new music video for her album GUTS that was shot entirely on the newly announced iPhone 15 Pro.Read more...

I use an Android watch, but even I have to say, when it comes to user interfaces, Apple knows how to hit the mark. That's nowhere more apparent than with the new double tap gesture on the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2, announced at its Wonderlust event, where it also debuted the iPhone 15.Read more...

Being a night owl might not be great for your blood sugar control, new research this week suggests. The study found that middle-aged women who prefer to stay up late were more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. This associated link was found even after the researchers accounted for other unhealthy behaviors more...Read more...

As Google faced off against the Department of Justice on the first day of a hotly anticipated antitrust trial, company lawyer John Schmidtlein laid out an interesting perspective. This case is really all about Microsoft," Schmidtlein said.Read more...

Another Tano Tuesday is upon us, and Ahsoka is setting up what could be its biggest week yet. With just four more episodes to go, including tonight's, it feels like the show has so much ground left to cover... and that's of course before you even get to the ethereal Jedi Master in the room.

Let's get into it-clickers, M3GAN, Vecna, and Chucky led the way for a killer time at Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights Hollywood in another year of not-to-be-missed scares.Read more...

Unlike last year's iPhone 14 release, this year's iPhone 15 event felt less iterative and more like an upgrade than in recent years. Meet the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro, Apple's 15th-generation smartphones. If you need to update your iPhone from an older model, now is the time to consider the kind of trade-in value...Read more...

With all the buzz about UFOs-more recently dubbed Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena," or UAPs-coming from sources not involving shadowy Men in Black these days, it's inevitable that a Netflix series was going to come along to capture the moment. Enter Encounters, which is produced in part by Amblin Television-a bona...Read more...

Authors are suing Meta for allegedly using their works to train its Llama artificial intelligence software, according to a class action lawsuit filed on Tuesday. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon is among the plaintiffs listed in the lawsuit, which accuses Meta of infringing on their intellectual property.Read more...

A mighty spacecraft is headed towards Earth, carrying rock and dust from a distant asteroid to hand off to eager scientists waiting to analyze the precious sample. The OSIRIS-REx mission recently fired its thrusters to set itself on a course towards the sample drop-off site, with its rendezvous on Earth scheduled for...Read more...