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As a massive fan of Transformers: The Movie, few films on the upcoming calendar fill me with as much excitement as Transformers One. Directed by Josh Cooley (Toy Story 4), the first animated theatrical Transformers film since that 1986 masterpiece is coming September 13 and, at CinemaCon, Paramount revealed footage...Read more...

Dbrand, a prominent maker of skins for mobile devices and faceplates for consoles, got into some hot water the past few days on social media. What started as making fun of a customer's last name in the most cringe (and arguably racist) way possible, ended up with the company forking over $10,000 to make amends.Read more...

A library in New Jersey issued an urgent statement after learning that the eclipse glasses handed out to its patrons may have been fake.Read more...

The next rendition of iOS 17 is right around the corner, and it's bearing gifts we want and a few better left on the drawing-room table. The latest iOS 17.5 beta includes a hidden game for Apple News+ subscribers called Quartiles. The game features word snippets in five-by-five tiles that players must match to create...Read more...

With theatrical hit Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire currently stomping all over the box office, it's an ideal moment for Legendary's Monsterverse to re-up its small-screen success. Monarch: Legacy of Monsters will return for a second season on Apple TV+. And that's not all-there are more series on the way, too.

Paramount introduced the beloved animated franchise's jump to the big screen at CinemaCon 2024 with Aang: The Last Airbender (the film's working title). The feature enlists an older crew to voice the characters in a feature that takes place presumably after Avatar: The Last Airbender but before The Legend of Korra,...Read more...

Even diehard fans of the 1987 Running Man, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, can't be angry about this promising update on its long-teased remake: Edgar Wright is still aboard to direct and produce a new version of the Stephen King novel, and now we know it'll star the in-demand Glen Powell (Twisters, Anyone But You).Read more...

If you don't mind commercial breaks, there's plenty of weird cinema to be found in Freevee's voluminous catalogue. io9 already shared recommendations of squirm-inducing titles you can stream for free on the Amazon service-but there's always room for more unhinged horror and sci-fi in your diet. Here are 10 more for...Read more...

Electrons are typically seen flitting around their atoms, but a team of physicists has now imaged the particles in a very different state: nestled together in a quantum phase called a Wigner crystal, without a nucleus at their core.Read more...

We might be preparing to see the latest take on the TMNT head to screens again with a sequel to the incredible Mutant Mayhem in 2026, but it's not the only turtle power we're going to see on the big screen: the seminal comic miniseries The Last Ronin is coming along for the ride, too.Read more...

Sometimes it's ok to think things, but you can't actually say them," Mackenzie Davis' character tells her daughter in the new trailer for Speak No Evil. That attitude is what gets a family of nice but not-very-assertive people in a lot of trouble in this movie-which, we're going to actually say it, looks like a very faithfu...Read more...

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The massive galaxy that houses our star system, along with hundreds of billions of other stars, appears as a shimmery splotch stretching across our night skies on clear, moonless nights. For an ancient people who were rather obsessed with the cosmos, looking up at the Milky Way may have symbolized a goddess that hangs...Read more...

Well, well, well. If it isn't another iOS-like feature coming to Android. Android already has Bluetooth tracker tracking (say that three times fast) through third-party offerings like Tile. However, Apple came out with its AirTags, which everyone in the walled garden bought, and then Samsung decided to join in with...Read more...

This week, John Jackson Miller returned to the world of Star Wars novels for the first time in years with The Living Force, an excellent look at the state of the Jedi and Republic in the year before The Phantom Menace. His next book is a little more earthbound... but no less wild.

After The Witch, The Lighthouse and The Northman, few filmmakers are as fascinating as Robert Eggers. So, when Focus Features announced that Eggers' new feature, Nosferatu, was coming out on freaking Christmas day, it seemed like something very unique and special-and, after seeing the first footage from the film, it...Read more...

The three-stage rocket has taken flight on three previous occasions, but today's launch from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region marks an important first, as Russia seeks to modernize its space program and keep pace with the rest of the world.

Apple dropped the term state-sponsored" from threat notifications sent to users, first reported by Reuters Thursday. Instead, Apple warned iPhone users in India and 91 countries on Wednesday that they were potential victims of a mercenary spyware attack," a term that less directly blames governments behind the...Read more...

First things first: this Dark Matter is not related to the cult-beloved Syfy series of the same name that ended its run in 2017. This new series is based on Blake Crouch's 2016 novel Dark Matter, and despite that not-entirely-original title, the fact that it's coming from Apple TV+-which has a proven track record for...Read more...

The Nintendo Switch has been around the block. To hammer that point home, Nintendo's ultra-successful console celebrated its seventh release anniversary just last month. The little console that is still widely loved for its innovative controllers and portable form factor, so much so the long-speculated Nintendo Switch...Read more...

David Lynch is trying to find a new home for his mysterious animated movie Snootworld. You're gonna have to wait a lot longer for Saw XI. Plus: Somehow, Velma returned! To me, my Spoilers!

New research might help you make the most of your exercising: Scientists tracked the long-term health of people living with obesity and found that those who exercised in the evening were the least likely to experience cardiovascular problems or to die compared to non-exercisers and those who exercised at other times.Read more...

Have you been seeing videos lately claiming to show a point where the Pacific Ocean meets the North Sea, suggesting the two don't mix? It's a nonsense claim for so many reasons, but that hasn't stopped one video from racking up nearly 20 million views by our count.

If you're a cinephile, you're probably deeply grateful for the existence of the Criterion Channel. There are few other places you can go online to see such a diverse set of classic, arthouse, independent, and hard-to-find films. Platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Max have nothing on Criterion. It's the...Read more...

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This month, Disney is celebrating the Season of the Force at its theme parks-new additions to Star Tours, character tweaks at Galaxy's Edge, and more merch and snacks than you can wave a lightsaber at. It's the apex of what the company has done with Star Wars at the parks so far... but a long time ago, in a galaxy...Read more...

One of the most surprising, exciting pieces of movie news so far this year is that writer Alex Garland and director Danny Boyle are going back to the world of 28 Days Later. Over two decades since the groundbreaking original zombie film and 17 years since its follow-up, the pair are getting ready to make 28 Years...Read more...

The news for Boeing has been bad lately. Real bad. Ever since the press caught wind of reported safety issues involving the global plane manufacturer's production process, the company can't seem to catch a break. After a flight to California lost a part of its hull in January, a seemingly endless string of frightening...Read more...

WASP-76b is a strange world. Located several hundred light-years away, the Jupiter-like planet is tidally locked to its star, has scorching temperatures, and rains molten iron. Recent observations of the hot gas giant reveal it may even have a rainbow-like optical phenomenon that's only been observed on Earth and...Read more...

Microsoft Azure's version of OpenAI's image generator, DALL-E, was pitched as a battlefield tool for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), originally reported by The Intercept Wednesday. The report says Microsoft's sales pitch of Azure OpenAI's tools was delivered in Oct 2023, likely hoping to capitalize on the US...Read more...

The next John Wick will be worth the wait. That was the message Lionsgate had at CinemaCon 2024 as it dropped all new footage from John Wick Presents Ballerina, the now June 2025 release starring Ana de Armas, Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Anjelica Huston, Lance Reddick, Gabriel Byrne, and Norman Reedus.Read more...

After Gina Carano-with the help of Elon Musk-went to court to protest her firing from The Mandalorian, Disney has moved to throw out the suit.Read more...

In an agreement confirmed earlier today, Japan will tap one of its astronauts to join an upcoming NASA Artemis mission to the Moon. Should it happen, that would make the unnamed Japanese astronaut the first first non-American astronaut to land on the lunar surface.Read more...

At CinemaCon 2024, director George Miller-along with stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth-showed an extended sneak peek at their new film, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, and it was colossally epic. Running about five minutes, the clip showed the full scope of the Mad Max: Fury Road prequel, and broke the action down...Read more...

Recently discovered software vulnerabilities in tens of thousands of LG smart TVs could allow cybercriminals to hijack them. To make sure your TV isn't one of the unlucky few that gets unscrupulously commandeered by a dark web cretin, make sure to update your device right now.

Scientists are unraveling the secrets of how our mouths can taste bitterness. A new study details the structure of a key bitter taste receptor and finds evidence that cholesterol seems to play an important role in helping this receptor function.Read more...

Chucky wrapped up the first half of its third season just before Halloween-ending on a cliffhanger that made fans wonder if the pint-sized maniac, who'd managed to infiltrate the White House, would figure out how to reverse his sudden skid into very old age. Or rather, how" he'd reverse it, not if," because if...Read more...

The story of Marvel's mutantdom is one of evolution, and with it, cycles-the rise and fall that almost always guarantees that the tale of the X-Men is one of endless battle, for a world that hates and fears them. Throughout their comic book history, two stories of their rise, and their bitter fall, become entwined on X...Read more...

Ritualized human sacrifice was common across Europe during the Stone Age, according to a team of researchers who recently tried to estimate the number of sacrifice victims on the continent.

The Blair Witch is coming back and she's bringing along a thimble. At CinemaCon 2024, Lionsgate broke some major news about its upcoming franchise films. The biggest reveals were that it will be teaming with Blumhouse to bring back The Blair Witch Project-and that Margot Robbie's company, LuckyChap, is working with...Read more...

Usually, you have to wait until the last few minutes of an M. Night Shyamalan movie to figure out the twist. However, for his new movie, the filmmaker reveals the twist in the trailer, and it's incredibly intriguing.Read more...

President Joe Biden is considering a request that the U.S. stop its legal proceedings against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange, who's currently fighting extradition to the U.S. where he faces 18 federal charges related to his publication of secret military documents.

As advances in robotics and artificial intelligence continue, efforts to make robots less creepy and unsettling and more friendly and human-like are a coveted niche of development. Now, federally funded researchers claim to have created a robot that can mimic the facial expressions of the person that it is talking to.

The trailers for Civil War, the latest film by Alex Garland, give the audience a very specific expectation of what they're going to see. It looks like a film about a United States that is so divided politically, certain states have seceded and the country is at war. A scenario that's, clearly, a fictionalized...Read more...

Those who have long been upset about their opaque data bills might finally get a glimpse of what they're really paying for. Starting Wednesday, the Federal Communication Commission's nutrition labels" we've been promised for years are now fully enforced. Every ISP with 100,000 or more customers must document...Read more...

T Coronae Borealis, a binary star system located 3,000 light-years from Earth, is a ticking time bomb waiting to explode. And if the recurring nova follows its usual pattern, we can expect to see a new, albeit temporary, star appearing in our night sky any day now.

Shgun is perhaps about as far away from science fiction as you can get. The incredible FX series is about examining the political power plays of 17th century Japan, and the cross of cultures as other nations begin finding their way to the East. But given Star Wars' own long relationship with Japanese media and...Read more...

The instant Bong Joon-ho's Parasite won the Oscar for Best Picture, everyone wondered What's next?" The answer, it turns out, is a sci-fi adaptation about clones and death that's coming out in 2025. We've seen the first trailer and it's absolutely mental.Read more...

Researchers out of the University of California San Diego say that building more, smaller 5G towers could increase everyone in an urban area's battery life by roughly 50%. Rethinking how urban areas approach 5G coverage would improve the area's carbon footprint and overall coverage, according to a new study first...Read more...

The Lovecraftian fishing game Dredge is becoming a movie. The Crow reboot just got a bit of a delay. Jennifer Tilly teases a big Chucky return. Plus, what's coming on the long-awaited return of Smiling Friends. Spoilers, away!