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Over the last few weeks, there's been plenty of digital ink spilled online about the box office. Movies like Furiosa and The Fall Guy had barely made their initial projections, if they did at all, and it's caused many to wonder about the state of movies this year. After 2023 being filled with banger after banger amid...Read more...

Every once in a while, pockets of the internet collectively choose to put full weight behind reviving a show that was quite well-liked and got cancelled after a season or more. Jericho, Community, and Young Justice are just a handful of examples, and the newest show to join those ranks is last year's animated sci-fi...Read more...

June has just started and that means it's only a few weeks until the official debut of Tiana's Bayou Adventure at the Walt Disney World. Construction on the ride is officially complete, and Disney's marked the occasion providing a 9-minute ride-through video showing the full breadth of what you can expect from the Prin...Read more...

An emerging option for male birth control might be even more appealing to potential users than expected. Preliminary research released Sunday suggests that NES/T-a once-daily gel applied to the shoulders-can effectively suppress men's fertility within a matter of weeks.Read more...

2023 was a pretty big, fairly messy year for Dungeons & Dragons. As Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast overstepped in their attempts to make the actual tabletop game into a massive brand, said brand had a pair of significant bright spots in the utterly massive Baldur's Gate 3 and the pretty good live-action movie Honor...Read more...

It's barely been one full trip around the sun, but Asus and its ROG Ally are back for another crack at the gaming handheld crown. Like the Steam Deck OLED before, Asus now has a new version called the ROG Ally X. It has a better battery, RAM, and redesigned chassis. And yes, it now comes in black.Read more...

Do you like action movies? Do you like the ones where a bunch of crazy nonsense is happening that seems like it defies all the laws of physics? Do you like video games? Good news, all three of those itches are going to be scratched with an adaptation of the Just Cause games.Read more...

This year's a big one for Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures' MonsterVerse: the Godzilla film that kicked off the whole shebang turned 10 earlier in May, andits direct sequel Godzilla: King of the Monsters has now hit the five-year mark. The newest MonsterVerse entry, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, came out in...Read more...

Crystal Dynamics' Tomb Raider franchise is taking two interesting roads as it's got a brand new game in the works. On one side of things, the live-action series courtesy of Phoebe Waller-Bridge has recently moved forward over at Prime Video. And on the other, more immediate end, there's Netflix's Tomb Raider: The...Read more...

Before the month of May ended, Netflix revealed it'd renewed 3 Body Problem for more seasons. At the time, it wasn't entirely clear just how long the show would go on, but the streamer has now officially revealed that fittingly enough, it'll cap things off after two more seasons.Read more...

Semaglutide, the active ingredient in popular diabetes and obesity drugs Ozempic and Wegovy, can also tweak people's taste buds for the better, preliminary research suggests. Scientists found that women taking semaglutide improved their taste sensitivity, particularly to sweetness. The findings may illuminate another...Read more...

Godzilla Minus One was one of 2023's best movies, if not the best, depending on who you ask. If you're one of the folks who didn't get the chance to see it in theaters, great news: it's now on Netflix and available to own or rent digitally.

Deadpool proved once again that it is a franchise that loves to be in on the joke this week, with its own answer to the infamous Dune popcorn bucket that invites to cram that hand all the way down Hugh Jackman's proverbial throat. And if that wasn't enough for you to catch up on, we've got Lucasfilm taking a stand...Read more...

This week, we got a look at what the future holds for virtual workspaces from some ex-Magic Leap developers. You may need to upgrade to an iPhone 15 Pro or an M4 iPad Pro to take advantage of all the AI features of iOS 18.

What's the funniest moment of live TV you've ever seen? That was the question tweeted by a user on X less than a week ago. And it's produced some of the most hilarious examples of weird broadcasting history that you can imagine.Read more...

The Tesla Cybertruck's launch has been far from smooth, to say the least. We've heard about the time a car wash bricked a Cybertruck, the frunk's taste for fingers and that coolant leaks aren't covered by the warranty even if you've only driven 35 miles since taking delivery. Those are all legitimate problems that...Read more...

This week at the Gizmodo science desk, deputy editor George Dvorsky reported on a modification to the famous Drake Equation that produces a rather sobering result about the number of extraterrestrial intelligences in our Galaxy. Health reporter Ed Cara chronicles a mysterious disease from the 1500s that vanished from...Read more...

Turns out the Elvira-inspired intro to the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice trailer is rooted in a new character development for the grown-up Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder).Read more...

Star Trek: Discovery ended this week, with an episode that, perhaps in true Discovery style, threw some wild curveballs and equally wild pacing together to give us a bumper episode of ups and downs. But it really did save its weirdest moment for last: and even weirder, it's what might have been Discovery's next...Read more...

Disney Parks' first venture into making one of their lands immersive opened five years ago today-May 31, 2019-inviting guests to live out their own Star Wars adventures at Disneyland's Galaxy's Edge.

The boxing match between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul originally scheduled to stream live on Netflix July 20 has been postponed, according to a tweet from Most Valuable Promotions, which is co-producing the fight. The stated reason for the delay is an ulcer flare-up that Tyson is suffering from.Read more...

When in doubt, add a little Giancarlo Esposito to your cast-even better if you can get him to play a villain. The Mandalorian's Moff Gideon is heading to a different Disney project to play another bad guy, this time (as rumored) in the Marvel Cinematic Universe entry Captain America: Brave New World.

June is here, and it's bringing tons of new sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books for summer reading. They're full of star-crossed couples, deep-space bounty hunters, intergalactic art thieves, and passengers on a magical train-plus two different tales of cursed movies, as well as two different tales of utopias gone wrong.Read more...

Oh, the irony of the National Security Agency suggests that smartphone users turn off their phones occasionally. But the NSA is right: you do need to restart your phone regularly to rid it of demons. Some phones even let you schedule the restart, so you don't have to think about it.

If you're in and around the United Kingdom next weekend, we're incredibly jealous. Vice Press is hosting its annual Open House pop culture convention on June 8 in Sheffield featuring some of the UK's best artists, designers, makers, and independent vendors selling movie posters, art prints, t-shirts, vinyl, Blu-ray...Read more...

After a big month for spacey goodness in May, Lego is bringing things back down to earth for its June releases-or back down to Middle-earth in particular, with the standout release of its next Lord of the Rings set, Barad-Dur. But what lies beyond the dark plains of Mordor, where shadows lie? A little Star Wars, some...Read more...

May was a loaded month with Apple and Google both releasing products. Project Astra was definitely the most interesting thing we saw at an otherwise boring Google I/O. Apple also dropped its latest iPad Pros with the all-new M4 chip and OLED displays, a 13-inch iPad Air for the first time, and the incredibly cool Apple...Read more...

He's thick, he's green, he's saving the galaxy from here to Tatooine! Yes, that's right. Kit Fisto has finally gotten his very own Hot Toys figure. And hot" is the correct word here, right? Those eyes? Those tentacles? That bonus forearm armor from Star Wars: The Clone Wars? What's not to love?Read more...

Zack Snyder may be going from This is Sparta!" to This is streaming!" The popular filmmakeris reportedly in talks to executive producer and direct a new series set before the events of his first blockbuster, 300.Read more...

Tesla is having more seat belt problems. The company is recalling more than 125,000 Models S, X, 3, and Y because their seat belt warnings aren't lighting up and chiming like they're supposed to, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said.

A female stingray that was discovered to be pregnant, despite not sharing space with a male stingray in at least eight years, has a reproductive disease according to the Aquarium and Shark Lab in Henderson, North Carolina.Read more...

May showers bring June flowers and also, lots of streaming content. Welcome to io9's latest edition of the Nerd's Watch, where we pare down the enormous lists of new films and television shows arriving on all your favorite streaming services into the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles we think you'll like most. (And...Read more...

SpaceX's Starship program is gearing up for another crucial test flight next week, pending regulatory approval. This flight will focus on reentry and landing, while also gathering comprehensive flight data to improve future missions.Read more...

When Amazon gave us our first glimpse at the second season of Rings of Power, it was easy to note that one character in particular was oddly absent. But now, it turns out she won't be in the new season at all.Read more...

For nearly 10 years, there's been only one spacecraft able to keep its cool above the hellish landscape of Venus. The Japanese Akatsuki probe was sent to Earth's neighboring planet to observe its atmospheric dynamics, but the lone Venusian mission has suddenly gone quiet.Read more...

Audiences everywhere will soon meet the first live-action Wookiee Jedi in Star Wars history: Kelnacca. He's one of the key characters on The Acolyte, the new Disney+ show that starts on June 4, and is played by the man who took over the role of Chewbacca, Joonas Suotamo.Read more...

Google rolled out AI answers called AI Overview for your search queries earlier this month, and the results were hilarious. From adding glue to your pizza to saying parachutes are useless, it was quite a mess that Google says it's fixing.Read more...

The series that started Star Trek's streaming era came to an end this week, but as ever with the franchise's current moment, all eyes are already on what's next. But Starfleet Academy, the next new Trek show, won't actually be making that much of a temporal jump from Discovery, staying in the 32nd century setting that...Read more...

Siri is dumb. It's a sad fact, but the little assistant has long been a butt of jokes for its propensity to misunderstand even the most simple of requests. As Gizmodo predicted at the start of the year, Siri is getting an AI upgrade that hopefully makes it far less of a nincompoop. It's part of a wave of new AI...Read more...

For nearly a decade, a persistent myth has influenced public perception and news coverage of the opioid overdose crisis: the idea that you can get sick or even die from simply touching or being near fentanyl. But there is no strong evidence for this claim, and plenty to argue against it.Read more...

Former president Donald Trump became convicted felon Donald Trump on Thursday after he was found guilty on 34 criminal counts in his New York hush money trial. And while Trump won't be sentenced until July, large sections of the internet celebrated that Trump was finally facing consequences after so many years of...Read more...

Get a new look at Michael Keaton's return as Beetlejuice for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Amandla Stenberg teases the layers of Force use at play in Star Wars: The Acolyte. Doctor Who takes on social media in a new clip. Plus, what's coming on Smiling Friends. To me, my spoilers!

Game streaming is big, and it just keeps getting bigger. If you're desperate to play some games without the necessity of downloading them to your PC or console, you can get them easily with an Xbox Game Pass or PlayStation Plus subscription. The biggest game console makers without a name that rhymes with spinflendo"...Read more...

It and It:Chapter Two star Bill Skarsgard (Nosferatu) has officially signed back on to reprise the role of sewer-dwelling, child-eating clown Pennywise for Max's Welcome to Derry series. The returning Pennywise joins castmates Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, and James Remar.Read more...

Niche interactive activations are now more mainstream than ever before-and the result is an uphill battle of art vs. profit. Things don't always work out in the long run, as seen with Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, but still create some of the most incredible forms of art you'll ever be able to experience and be a...Read more...

Jurors found Donald Trump guilty on 34 counts in the former President's hush money trial in New York on Thursday, according to The New York Times. He is the first American president to become a felon. The 12 Manhattan residents who sit on the jury reached a verdict after their second day of deliberations.Read more...

Hulu and Disney+ have been fully integrated for months now, which means if you happen to be on the streamer watching the new Doctor Who or upcoming Star Wars series The Acolyte, you can hang around for some deeper horror and sci-fi cuts too. Here are 10 horror movies and TV shows to check out on Hulu now.

If you always thought you could make a better TV show than Hollywood can, AI is here to help you test that theory in the worst way possible.Read more...

Chris Hemsworth, the voice of Optimus Prime in the upcoming Transformers Oneanimated movie, is now reportedly joining the live-action G.I. Joe and Transformers crossover from the franchise film series.Read more...

In a matter of two months, hopes for the Rabbit R1 and Humane AI devices crashed and burned. They presented radical new form factors and promised to break our addiction to screens but when we finally got our hands on them, they were totally busted. Some people, however, aren't ready to let go of the idea of a gadget...Read more...