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Big news for theme park fans out of Disney Imagineering: Disneyland and Walt Disney World are expanding with attractions and more inspired by Star Wars, James Cameron's Avatar, Encanto, and Indiana Jones.

Meta released its own AI-powered image generator back in December called Imagine. Like other image generators of its kind, Imagine seems to have some very strange racial hangups. Namely, the application can't seem to envision a world where Asian men are capable of being with white women.Read more...

The Witcher's fourth season adds some interesting new names to the post-Henry-Cavill era. Gillian Anderson is open to Scully's return in the new X-Files reboot. Plus, what's coming on Yellowjackets, and our first look at Librarians sequel. To me, my spoilers!

Elon Musk helped publicize a claim that illegals" are registering to vote in several U.S. states on Tuesday. But, like so many of Musk's tweets on X recently, the billionaire's fearmongering crumbles under the smallest amount of scrutiny. And in this case, the state of Texas is calling bullshit.

Fresh off dumping its electric vehicles project, Apple appears to be pivoting to something fairly different: household robots. Engineers at the iPhone company have been working on some sort of personal robotics" device that can cohabitate with you and follow you around, Bloomberg reported Thursday. So, basically a...Read more...

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When you think of space and Lego these days, you'd be forgiven for immediately going to one of the most important and influential lines in the toymaker's vast arsenal: Star Wars. But although Lego and the galaxy far, far away are celebrating 25 years of brick-building partnership this year, Lego's fascination with the...Read more...

We've known for some time that Microsoft is dropping support for Windows 10 on Oct. 14, 2025. But on Tuesday, Microsoft announced just how much it will cost commercial organizations to keep getting security updates for its old operating system, first reported by The Verge.Read more...

Marvel Studio's latest Fantastic Four cast seemed mostly set in Pedro Pascal (Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby (Sue Storm/Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm/Human Torch), and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Ben Grimm/The Thing), but now the missing piece has been slotted into place: Julia Garner as Silver...Read more...

An experimental liver-growing treatment is facing its biggest test in humans yet. This week, biotech company LyGenesis announced that it has just begun a phase II trial of its therapy designed to grow miniature livers inside a person's lymph nodes. If the therapy works as hoped, it could potentially save the lives of...Read more...

It's almost unfathomable to think the new film Monkey Man is Dev Patel's directorial debut. Sure, we know Patel as a talented, versatile actor. But for him to make a film that's so assured of itself, so beautifully constructed, so well-considered in every single frame, all on his very first attempt, is borderline...Read more...

Some might argue the entire point of the electric vehicle industry is to make the world a better place by cutting carbon emissions and fighting climate change. That's what makes it so hilarious that the EV startup Canoo seems to have spent twice what it generated in revenue last year on the CEO's private jet.

We're still over a year away from James Gunn's Superman arriving in theaters to usher in an new era for DC Studios, but the superhero universe that will follow is already taking shape. Supergirl may now have its director in Craig Gillespie, whose filmography includes Disney villain prequel Cruella, sports mockumentary ...Read more...

Meta platforms Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram are experiencing a global outage with thousands of reports of the app not working properly since roughly 2 p.m. ET Wednesday.WhatsApp appears to have gone down first, with Instagram and Facebook following suit about 30 minutes later.Read more...

Israel has been using an artificial intelligence system called Lavender to create a kill list" of at least 37,000 people in Gaza, according to a new report from Israel's +972 magazine, confirmed by the Guardian. Lavender is the second AI system revealed after the existence of Israel's The Gospel was first reported on ...Read more...

Not content with having depressed wages in the transportation industry, Uber is teaming up with Waymo to eliminate food delivery drivers entirely. The two companies are ramping up a collaboration begun last year that involves driverless delivery, CNBC reported Wednesday.Read more...

You've got to watch this trailer for Neon's new horror film, Cuckoo. First of all, that's a great title. Second of all, it's just very difficult to lock down in any discernible way. Is it a supernatural film? Is it a cult film? Is it an isolation film like The Shining? What the hell is going on here?Read more...

X-Men as a franchise can be defined by one idea: adapt or die. Indeed, the X-Men wouldn't exist beyond their 60s heyday if they hadn't evolved or changed, from the renaissance of the Chris Claremont run, to their adaption to the times in the 90s, to New X-Men and beyond, all the way to the Krakoan age-and whatever...Read more...

The atmosphere at Disney's corporate offices must feel slightly lighter these days, between Disney World's recent detente with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and news today that shareholders have voted against billionaire activist investor" Nelson Peltz's attempt to snag two seats on the company's board.Read more...

There is no better machine to screen capture with than Macs and MacBooks, period. Apple has made it incredibly easy to snap a picture of the full or part of the screen. If you're used to Windows and the annoying Snipper Tool, MacBooks will feel like a screenshotter's paradise by comparison. You'll need to memorize a...Read more...

You'll sometimes need to commit the dirty deed and reset your Mac when unfortunate circumstances arise. Thankfully, you'll need to follow a few simple steps to reset your Mac or MacBook to factory settings. Don't worry, if everything goes well you should be able to keep your most important documents and pictures.Read more...

A few simple shortcuts on Macs make it incredibly easy to record your screen, perhaps even easier than screen recording on mobile. These options also allow you to record audio, which will come through the Mac's built-in microphone or any connected microphone, so don't expect you'll get the best audio quality.Read more...

Have a dirty Mac or MacBook screen? You're not the only one. Those who like to slurp soup in front of their screen might have an issue when wayward slop stains their precious screen. Don't be afraid; we have the (rather obvious) best practices for making your screen as shiny and chrome as the day you bought it.Read more...

Get ready for the two keyboard shortcuts you'll get the most mileage on with MacBooks. Have you ever heard of Ctrl C + Ctrl V? Well, get ready for (drumroll) Command C + Command V. Yup, that's it. To copy text or an image, hold the Cmd key and hit C. To paste, hold Cmd and hit V. To cut text, hit Cmd + X instead. You...Read more...

For the past six years, the Parker Solar Probe has been traveling through the inner solar system to become the first spacecraft to touch" the Sun. With each close approach to the star, the probe gathers more clues as to what triggers the Sun's mysterious outbursts.Read more...

Let's face it: you have owned a big, hulking, expensive piece of tech for long enough that you start to assume you already know everything about it. If you're one of those lucky few who managed to pick up a PlayStation 5 several years ago, you probably think you've mastered the console by now. But you know what? There...Read more...

Turns out that 2021's The Matrix Resurrections wasn't the end of the Matrix saga after all: a fifth film in the highly successful sci-fi series is now in the works at Warner Bros. Franchise co-creator Lana Wachowski, who helmed Resurrections, is on board to executive produce, but this new film will be written and...Read more...

Of all the public domain woodland and fairy-tale creatures that are part of Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey's ever-expanding Twisted Childhood Universe, Bambi is probably the one with the most legitimate gripe against humanity. Knowing this, Bambi: The Reckoning's first trailer leads with hunters, who you have to...Read more...

A collection of stars 30,000 light-years away is the faintest and lowest-mass Milky Way satellite ever found, according to the group of scientists who recently observed it. Oh, and it may be dominated by dark matter, the unknown stuff that makes up about 27% of the universe.Read more...

It's one of the most infamous stories in DC's long history: the handful of public phone-in votes that decided that the Joker should take a crowbar to Jason Todd's face and leave him a bloodied, dead pulp. It's comics of course, so Jason eventually got better(?), but fans and the publisher alike have long been...Read more...

A little over a week ago, Trump Media Technology Group, which owns Donald Trump's social media platform, Truth Social, became a publicly traded company. Around the same time, Trump Media launched a lawsuit against the co-founders of the platform, claiming that they had hurt the company's value by bungling key parts of...Read more...

The Department of Homeland Security issued a damning review of Microsoft's cybersecurity practices on Tuesday, blaming the cloud provider for exposing the emails of high-ranking government officials. The review found Chinese-state affiliated hackers capitalized on a cascade of security failures at Microsoft," and...Read more...

Amazon is phasing out its checkout-less grocery stores with Just Walk Out" technology, first reported by The Information Tuesday. The company's senior vice president of grocery stores says they're moving away from Just Walk Out, which relied on cameras and sensors to track what people were leaving the store with.Read more...

When the first trailer for the original Sonic movie came out, it's hard to imagine that we'd be here five years later looking at a franchise preparing for its third film, a spinoff show with Idris Elba as an Echidna, and a sea of potential in its wake. Mostly because people watching couldn't imagine anything else but...Read more...

Spotify is once again raising prices. This time around, the subscription bump is to pay for something that subscribers might not want in the first place.Read more...

In less than a week, the Moon will come between us and the Sun, creating a remarkable view of our host star. The total solar eclipse will cross North America, passing over Mexico, the U.S., and Canada, with millions of people along the path of totality. But if you happen to not be one of them, or if clouds obscure...Read more...

Russell Crowe discusses the future of The Pope's Exorcist. The Minecraft movie set pictures reveal its take on the blocky aesthetic. Joker: Folie a Deux teases a deadly dance. Plus, what's coming on Ghosts, and a look at Star Trek: Discovery's return. Spoilers get!

Amazon's grocery stores ditched their Just Walk Out" technology on Tuesday, though it turned out the automated checkout system included 1,000 reviewers in India. However, this is hardly the only example of times when automation breakthroughs were truly powered by human workers in hiding - a phenomenon known as The...Read more...

Want to capture that fleeting content flying past your screen? There's a few simple commands you can use to screenshot on Windows PCs or desktops. On Windows 11 and Windows 10, it's all about the Snipping Tool, though the latest version of Microsoft's OS offers some easy shortcuts to avoid the Print Screen button, if...Read more...

Alex Garland's Civil War isn't shy about its premise. It's right there in the title. It's about a United States of America that's no longer united, with various sections engaged in a civil war. But while many would assume it's some kind of easy-to-understand red state, blue state thing, A24 has released an image that...Read more...

Nineteen years ago today, alien denizens of the universe gathered in the Doctor Who revival's sophomore episode, The End of the World," to bid farewell to the planet Earth by mourning her with song: the traditional ballad Toxic" by Britney Spears, played on vinyl. It took nearly two decades, but finally someone else...Read more...

It's been a nice 69 years for Disneyland's car attraction Autopia, but it's finally getting an upgrade worthy of its neighbors. Situated in the futuristic area called Tomorrowland, nestled next to Space Mountain and Star Tours, the ride has used gas-powered cars since its debut in 1955. Now though, Disney has...Read more...

California Forever, the tech billionaire-backed effort to create a new city on hundreds of acres in the Bay Area, has faced a number of challenges, including a legal dispute between the project's backers and a number of families who are longtime residents of the area where developers want to build.

Bird flu is once again setting many of us on edge. Early this week, health officials announced a human case of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in Texas, one that may have been caught from infected cows in the area. These recent cases in livestock and now humans are a real ongoing concern, but for the time...Read more...

X-Men 97 has so far been a nostalgia feast for fans of the much-loved X-Men: The Animated Series, capturing its 1990s vibes while carrying the stories of its characters into their next chapters (sometimes at dizzying speeds). This week brings episode four, Motendo / Lifedeath - Part 1," and Marvel just dropped a...Read more...

A judge in Washington state has blocked video evidence that's been AI-enhanced" from being submitted in a triple murder trial. And that's a good thing, given the fact that too many people seem to think applying an AI filter can give them access to secret visual data.Read more...

This week, Star Trek: Discovery boldly goes for one final adventure. After years of waiting-and knowing that this fifth season would be its last-the Trek show that launched the franchise's current renaissance will begin its victory lap. But before that, it has been a while since Discovery was last on our screens-so...Read more...

It's finally time to say goodbye to your trusty Samsung smartphone. But before you do, don't forget to remove all that data. You'll need to factory reset the device to restore it to its first-day" state. While this won't buff out the scratches and scuff marks the phone's outer shell has accumulated since you started...Read more...

A hunk of rock found on the South African coast may be the oldest human artwork representing another animal, according to a team of researchers that examined the stone.Read more...

One of 3 Body Problem's earliest mysteries comes wrapped in a sleek, shiny package: the seemingly not-of-this-world VR helmets that Jin (Jess Hong) and Jack (John Bradley) are given-and that transport them into an eerily lifelike environment they assume at first is a next-level immersive video game.Read more...