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How to Turn Off Find My iPhone
So you've decided to go off the grid with your iPhone. There are legitimate reasons for shutting off Find My iPhone, like when taking in the device for repair or selling it to another party, so this walkthrough is for you.Read more...
A Quick Guide to Luna Snow, the Marvel Heroine You've Never Heard Of
Yesterday, Marvel revealed yet another upcoming video game:Marvel Rivals, a team-based multiplayer shooter inspired by the likes of Overwatch and Valorant. But among its roster of stalwarts-X-Men Storm and Magneto, Guardians of the Galaxy members Star-Lord and Rocket, and of course, more than a few assembled...Read more...
A Data Broker Reportedly Tracked Visitors to Jeffrey Epstein’s Island
A data broker compiled a report on the geographical movements of visitors to Jeffrey Epstein's pedophile island," culling it from mobile data that it acquired via unknown means, a new investigation by Wired reveals.Read more...
Scientists Find Evidence in Mice That Inherited Alzheimer's Could Be Transmittable
A new study this week points to a potential transmission risk of Alzheimer's disease. Researchers found evidence in mice that an inherited form of the neurological disorder can be passed on via bone marrow donation. While such a danger has yet to be confirmed in humans and likely to be infrequent if it can happen, the...Read more...
Apple Sues Former Engineer for Leaking Products He Hated to 'Homeboy'
Apple filed a lawsuit earlier this month against former software engineer Andrew Aude, alleging he leaked info about products he wanted to kill" to a journalist saved in his phone as Homeboy." The secret projects included Apple's new Journal app and the Vision Pro, first reported by MacRumors Thursday.Read more...
35 Years Later, Heathers Has Been Often Imitated, Never Duplicated
Heathers was released in theaters March 31, 1989, capping a decade of teen movies more defined by John Hughes comedies (The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off) than wickedly acidic satire. Other high school-centric films in 1989 included Say Anything, Dead Poets' Society, and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure-wild...Read more...
Watch Live as the ‘Most Metal’ Rocket Sets Itself on Fire for the Final Time
The grand Delta finale is upon us, as United Launch Alliance (ULA) prepares to launch its last Delta IV rocket and bid farewell to an iconic rocket family that dates back to the Cold War.Read more...
Russell T. Davies on Why Doctor Who's Disney Partnership Is So Important
If you watched the Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials, the most recent Christmas special, or even just the trailer for Ncuti Gatwa's first season as the Fifteenth Doctor-you have absolutely noticed the famously low-budget show's suddenly far more glorious production values. It's a big result of the BBC staple's new...Read more...
Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison
Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Thursday by Manhattan Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan. A jury found Bankman-Fried guilty of one of the largest white-collar crimes in history roughly five months ago. The 32-year-old could be in jail until he's 57.Read more...
TikTokers Are Convinced the Solar Eclipse Will Break Our World 'Simulation'
A total solar eclipse will happen on Monday, April 8, putting on quite a show for roughly 44 million people who live within the totality-the places on the Earth that will be completely shielded by the Moon as it comes between us and the sun. But there are more than a few people on platforms like YouTube and TikTok who...Read more...
Rooster Teeth's Red vs. Blue Will End With a (Feature-Length) Bang
News dropped earlier this month that Warner Bros. Discovery is shuttering Austin, Texas-based animation company Rooster Teeth-and now one of the studio's most beloved titles is getting a big send-off. Red vs. Blue: Restoration, the web series' 19th season, is arriving in May, and it'll be released as a single feature...Read more...
Family Requests 'Mamma Mia" Star Be Replaced With AI in BBC Documentary
Sara Poyzer, an actress who starred in the stage production of Mamma Mia! for over 10 years, will be replaced by AI in an upcoming production for the BBC. Sobering..." said the star in response to a crass email from producers posted in a tweet Tuesday.Read more...
How to Reset an iPad
If you want your iPad to go back to looking the way it did when you first got it, you can reset its settings to default without losing your data.
Unmarked Remains in West Virginia Are Actually George Washington's Descendants
Twenty-five years ago, a team of researchers excavated a cemetery in West Virginia hoping to find George Washington's little brother. Five graves were unearthed, and after testing small bones retrieved from these burial sites, tentative identities have been assigned. A new DNA analysis has now certified three sets of...Read more...
Hasbro's New Deadpool and Wolverine Figures Are Not Deadpool & Wolverine Figures
Truly, it is the week of here is merchandise featuring Deadpool and Wolverine, but it's definitely not Deadpool & Wolverine merchandise, because licensing takes time." Just after we got to see some rad Logan and Wade art, Hasbro has announced two updated movie figures of the irascible mutant duo... but it's mostly so...Read more...
Japan's SLIM Moon Lander Just Won't Die
The Japanese SLIM lander is still clinging onto its unfortunate existence, surviving a second lunar night while lying face down on the Moon.Read more...
Melissa Barrera Speaks Out on Her Scream Firing Fallout
The Scream revival, which kicked off in 2022 and found continued success with last year's Scream VI, took a major detour in November 2023 when star Melissa Barrera was fired from the franchise by production company Spyglass, which took issue with social media posts Barrera had shared regarding her views on Gaza and...Read more...
The Greatest App of All Time Day 28: Google Earth vs. Calculator
Welcome back to Gizmodo's March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time! Duolingo's surprise performancein the bracket was cut short in yesterday's tournament and the unstoppable Flashlight advances to the Final Four. Today we have Google Earth taking on Calculator.Read more...
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Never Quite Clicks
At the very least, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire delivers on its biggest promise. You get to see lots of giant creatures fighting other giant creatures. Godzilla and Kong are just two of many and, when they fight in fantastical-looking settings with eye-popping color and lighting, there's an undeniable pleasure in...Read more...
First Look: Samsung Music Frame
It's a picture frame! It's a speaker! No, it's... a speaker frame. Since Samsung first showed off its new Music Frame at CES, we've been jonesing to spend time in front of it to see whether it will knock our socks off or offer a gentle kiss of sound on the cheek. After checking out Samsung's latest TVs, we were granted...Read more...
The Many Lives of Asajj Ventress
It's been 16 years since Asajj Ventress stalked her way into Star Wars canon-five years after her actual debut, in 2003's Star Wars: Clone Wars-and the Clone Wars 3DCG series. Since then, she has walked many paths along the road to the one we found her in this week, when she returned in The Bad Batch for a new chapter...Read more...
Long-Lost Bombs From the World Wars Are Increasingly Likely to Blow Up, Scientists Say
Live ordnance from both the First and Second World Wars are more likely to detonate as they age, according to a new study published in Royal Society Open Science.
How to Get Google's Circle to Search on Your Samsung Galaxy Smartphone
Google's Circle to Search is arguably one of the best new features for Android devices in a long time. It's also one of the first to roll out with a major Samsung flagship launch.Read more...
Updates From Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and More
Maggie Gyllenhaal's Bride of Frankenstein movie gets a shorter name and a new cast member. Get a look at not one, but two young vampire movies. Milla Jovovich has signed up for Brad Anderson's new sci-fi thriller. Plus, what's coming on Invincible. Spoilers, away!
Police Robot Dog Shot Three Times by Barricaded Suspect, Police Claim
The Massachusetts State Police claim one of the members of its bomb squad has gone above and beyond in the line of duty and taken bullets for the team. However, the officer in question is not a human or even a canine, but rather Roscoe," the police's specialized robot dog created by Boston Dynamics.Read more...
Florida May Just Be Too Valuable for PornHub to Pull Out
A slew of conservative states have recently passed age verification laws for websites and, in response, Pornhub has gotten in the habit of shutting off service in those states rather than acquiescing to local regulations. The company has already shut off service in six states, including Texas, Utah, Mississippi,...Read more...
These Custom Toys Are More Art Than Action Figure
Human instinct dictates that when we see a toy, we want to open it. It's why old toys that are still in their box are so valuable. Everyone who bought them as a child opened and played with them, making ones still in the package much rarer. But what if there were toys that went against that instinct? Toys not meant to...Read more...
Florence Pugh Takes Us on a Tour of the Thunderbolts Set
There's a new crew of ne'er do wells joining up to save the world in Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts. The new film starring Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, this era's Black Widow, has started shooting in Atlanta, Georgia and the actress has given fans a look behind the scenes of the shoot.
Lush's Slimy New Shrek Collection Brings the Swamp to the Spa
Shrek's swamp comes home-with a spa upgrade-thanks to a new Lush collection featuring an all-star ensemble of Shrek characters, including Donkey, Princess Fiona, Gingy, and the big green ogre himself. It's the latest Lush collaboration with Universal Pictures after a successful Super Mario Bros. Movie team-up last...Read more...
NASA Rockets Set to Probe the Moon's Shadow During Upcoming Eclipse
As the Moon wedges itself between Earth and Sun, temporarily dimming the day's light over parts of our planet, three rockets will take to the skies to observe how those brief moments of darkness affect Earth's upper atmosphere.
Twitch Changes Policy to Deal With New Butt Streaming
Twitch has once again redefined its policy regarding nudity on streams. This time around, it seems like you can stream parts of your body but don't do it for the entire playthrough of Baldur's Gate 3.Read more...
Apple Users Are Getting Bombarded With ‘Reset Password’ Requests
Apple users are being targeted by an elaborate and annoying phishing scam that aims to change their password and lock them out of their devices, according to a new report from Krebs on Security. In some cases, the scammers have even called individuals and pretended to be Apple Support.Read more...
Disney's War With Ron DeSantis Might Finally Be Winding Down
Nearly two years after a highly public feud kicked off between the Walt Disney Company and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis-involving the takeover and subsequent renaming of of Disney's Reedy Creek Improvement District as the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District-a settlement has been reached.Read more...
Astronomers Watch in Real Time as Epic Supernova Potentially Births a Black Hole
A team of astronomers recently captured a series of images of a distant star as it wentsupernova, providing a remarkable play-by-play of stellar death and possibly the birth of a black hole.Read more...
10 Things AI Chatbots Can Do Besides Yap
ChatGPT has quickly become a household name, but many of us are struggling to figure out what to do with it. We all know that ChatGPT can yap quite a bit, but generative AI chatbots have some practical applications that have nothing to do with text generation. The bots continue to get better at data analysis, coding,...Read more...
Rebecca Hall on Filming Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
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A Supposedly Safer Hair-Straightening Ingredient Could Be Damaging People's Kidneys
A woman's hair care routine seems to have given her repeated bouts of kidney damage. In a new case study this month, her doctors describe how the woman's use of hair-straightening products containing a certain ingredient likely injured her kidneys. The ingredient, called glyoxylic acid, has been tied to similar...Read more...
How to Restart an iPad
Just as screenshotting on an iPad works, restarting an iPad works differently on devices with and without a home button.
X-Men '97 Just Sped Through One of the Greatest Stories in Comics History
Adaptation is always a challenge-but it's a particularly daunting one in the case of comic books, where a new medium has to reckon with translating sagas told across years of issues and continuity fluxes. For the most part, X-Men 97's latest episode navigates this task the best it can, but the sacrifices it makes...Read more...
This Website Plays Every Keanu Reeves 'Whoa' in Movie History
Keanu Reeves has been in a lot of movies and in almost every single one he manages to say whoa" at least once. Now, a website developer has helpfully created a site where you can listen to every single Reeves whoa that exists.
Carrie-Anne Moss's 10 Most Memorable Genre Performances (So Far)
The first association most fans have with Carrie-Anne Moss is the black-clad badass Trinity in The Matrix-and that makes sense. The sci-fi thriller, which was released 25 years ago this weekend, brought Moss widespread acclaim, and the movie became an instant classic. With The Acolyte, which will see Moss use her...Read more...
'Wi-Fi' Doesn't Mean What You Think It Means
Have you ever thought about where the term Wi-Fi comes from? Most people would logically assume it's a shortened version of some highly technical description for the tech that allowed computers to access the internet wirelessly. But those people would be wrong.
The Walking Dead Lawsuits Are Like Zombies, They Just Don't Die
In The Walking Dead universe, three things never die: zombies, spinoffs, and lawsuits. Just as the show's sixth spinoff enjoys newfound success, so too has a lawsuit brought against its network, AMC, which at one point almost ended, but has since returned.Read more...
The Greatest App of All Time Day 27: Duolingo vs. Flashlight
Welcome back to Gizmodo's March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time! With more than 81 percent of the vote in yesterday's tournament, YouTube is headed to the Final Four and Venmo has been eliminated. Today, we have another difficult match. Duolingo has been the Cinderella story of this...Read more...
NASA Unveils First Astronaut Moon Kit Since Apollo
The Artemis 3 astronauts will be the first to walk on the surface of the Moon in more than 50 years, unlocking a new era of lunar exploration. NASA has chosen just the right tools for the astronauts to use, designed to test the feasibility of a long-term human presence on the Moon.Read more...
Star Trek's Future Includes More Movies, More TV, and More Michelle Yeoh
Star Trek's streaming revival finds itself at a bit of a crossroads. Discovery, the series that brought the show back to its current heights, is preparing to begin its final season next week-and Picard, arguably one of its biggest successes, came to an end last year. But things ending has never stopped Star Trek from...Read more...
New Image Exposes Intense Magnetic Field of the Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole
A new image of our galaxy's central black hole reveals the magnetic field surrounding the object in polarized light. The image reveals how gas and superheated matter in the immediate vicinity of the black hole move around it. But aside from that, it's a great way to visualize the extreme physics happening at the...Read more...
Miles Morales Tackles Great Power and Great Anxiety in This Spider-Verse Short Film
Being a Spider-Man is not without its downsides-even beyond getting the superheroic snot beaten out of you by the occasional baddie. After a year's waiting for it to get a public release, Sony's new short film sees just how Miles Morales faces some of those more personal downsides as he settles into his role as a hero.Read more...
These Digital Kiosks Snatch Your Phone’s Data When You Walk By
Digital kiosks from Soofa seem harmless, giving you bits of information alongside some ads. However, these kiosks popping up throughout the United States take your phone's information and location data whenever you walk near them, and sell them to local governments and advertisers, first reported by NBC Boston Monday.Read more...
Steven Moffat Talks Returning to Doctor Who
The Bad Guys will return next year. The First Omen goes retro in its new TV spot. Get a look at Roku's take on The Spiderwick Chronicles. Plus, the X-Men go to hell in a look at today's episode of X-Men 97, and what's to come on Resident Alien. To me, my spoilers!
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