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Updated 2025-08-08 21:04
10 Sci-Fi and Horror Movies to Stream Before They Leave Netflix
While Netflix and its streaming rivals love to trumpet what's coming soon, they're understandably less vocal about which movies are shuffling out of their libraries. Netflix, at least, adds a little badge to certain popular titles warning you that they're leaving soon." Here are 10 sci-fi and horror suggestions (plus...Read more...
Viggo Mortensen Snuck His Lord of the Rings Sword Into His New Movie
You're making a movie. You need a sword. You happen to have starred in one of the most famous fantasy films of all time which itself has some famous swords in it. Plus, wouldn't you know it? You've got one lying around. What are you doing to do? Not use your own sword?Read more...
Democrats Will Nominate Biden Over Zoom to Get on Ohio’s Ballot
American political parties usually make a big production out of nominating their presidential candidate, but not this year. The Democratic Party plans to nominate President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris over Zoom, according to CBS News, ahead of a previously scheduled convention in late August.Read more...
What We Know About Sauron's War With the Elves in Rings of Power
When The Rings of Power returns this August, it'll bring to life a climactic conflict that has long been a turning point in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings chronology-not the battles of the final alliance to lay Sauron low, but the climactic war that set the stage for the rest of the Second Age.Read more...
Chinese Spaceplane Releases Mysterious Object in Orbit Months After Launch
China's curious spaceplane is at it again, releasing an unidentified object into orbit that could signal the end of its mysterious mission.Read more...
Seattle Public Library Website and Ebook Lending Are Down Following Ransomware Attack
The Seattle Public Library has been hit by a ransomware event" that's impacted several systems, including ebook lending and the library's website, according to a new report from the WordPress blog maintained by the library. But the library's physical collection of books, CDs, and DVDS, are all still available to...Read more...
This Vincent Price Figure Comes With a Tiny Cookbook and True Fans Know Why
Vincent Price's endlessly entertaining career saw him starring in now-classic horror films-as well as TV shows, plays, and even a certain smash-hit pop song that gets endlessly replayed every spooky season. This expressive new entry in NECA's Ultimates line plays up his ties to the macabre-but also nods to Price's...Read more...
Ancient Gladiator Sketches Likely Drawn by a Child Discovered in Pompeii
Two sets of human remains, a variety of paintings, and a handful of childrens' doodles were recently found in Pompeii, the ancient Roman town that was buried by a volcanic eruption in 79.
Trump Vows to Commute Sentence for Silk Road Founder While Sucking Up to Crypto Bros
Former president Donald Trump tried to cozy up with the Libertarian Party on Saturday, but it didn't go well. As boos and chants of End the Fed" filled the convention during his speech, there were two campaign promises that brought cheers from the crowd: commuting the sentence of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht and...Read more...
Leslye Headland Is Fine With You Knowing The Acolyte's Big 'Spoiler'
That big thing you may or may not have heard about The Acolyte? Well, it's apparently not that big of a thing at all. Leslye Headland, the creator of the upcoming Disney+ Star Wars show, and its star, Amandla Stenberg, spoke to Good Morning America this week and confirmed the speculation, a surefire sign that knowing...Read more...
The Worst Google AI Answers So Far
Google recently rolled out AI-generated answers at the top of web searches in a controversial move that's been widely panned. In fact, social media is filled with examples of completely idiotic answers that are now prominent in Google's AI results. And some of them are pretty funny.
WeWork Founder Adam Neumann Abandons Bid to Regain Control of the Company
Adam Neumann is going to end his effort to buy WeWork. The Wall Street Journal reports that the company's once-jettisoned founder has changed his mind about trying to regain control of it.Read more...
Japan Unveils New Robot for Cleaning Radioactive Fuel at Fukushima
The operators of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan demonstrated a new robot to help clean up melted fuel debris on Tuesday, according to a report from the Associated Press. The robot won't actually start working until October, but it underscores just how much there is to do 13 years after a 9.0...Read more...
Solar Storm Threat Is Back as Giant Sunspot Cluster Reappears
It's back! After unleashing the strongest geomagnetic storm in more than 20 years, the notorious sunspot cluster AR3664 is once again visible and still spewing copious amounts of radiation into space.Read more...
Animation History Comes to Life in Rare Cels Featuring Akira, Disney, Looney Tunes, and More
Looking for some limited-edition or even one-of-a-kind animation art to hang on the wall? Rare, hand-drawn relics are on the block this week at Propstore, including an art-deco moment from Batman: The Animated Series, a monster family portrait from some Flintstones guest stars, and some very cool Akira mementos.Read more...
The Acolyte: Meet the New Star Wars Characters
A whole new era of Star Wars is about to begin. The Acolyte debuts June 4 and it's the first live-action Star Wars story ever not set in an era defined by a Skywalker. That means you can go in without any preparation. It's a new time frame, with new characters and a whole new story, specifically built to be an entry...Read more...
Elon Musk Is Fighting With Meta’s Chief AI Scientist
Say what you will about X, but it's still the best place to watch powerful people slam each other on social media. Elon Musk walked into an unsuspecting Twitter beef this holiday weekend with none other than Meta's Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun, who used the platform against the billionaire that owns it.Read more...
YouTube's Crackdown on Adblockers Makes Videos Unwatchable
YouTube has been at war with adblockers for quite some time now and has employed various tactics to keep users off those extensions. Its most recent defense strategy is to skip right to the end of the video you're playing. If you try replaying it, it'll do that again. If you tap anywhere on the timeline, your video...Read more...
House of the Dragon's 15 Most Shocking Moments So Far
It's time for House of the Dragon season two, which means it's also time to remember how we left those chaotic Targaryens. The short answer: on the brink of civil war. But how did we get to the Dance of the Dragons? Here are the 15 most shocking moments of House of the Dragon season one in chronological order, because...Read more...
New Cybertruck Sends Owner to the Emergency Room Before He Even Gets a Chance to Drive It
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...
Family Eats Bear, Ends Up With Parasitic Worms
A family reunion's bear feast turned into a medical disaster, thanks to some parasitic worms. In a recent paper, scientists with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention detail how the family caught trichinellosis from contaminated bear meat that wasn't cooked thoroughly enough. Several family members became so...Read more...
13 Invasive Plants You Should Rip to Shreds
Conservation is about preserving the natural world for future generations and the health of our ecosystems. But sometimes, to save local environments, you have to kill some plants. Specifically, invasive plants.
An Experimental mRNA Vaccine Targets H5N1 Bird Flu
Researchers are developing an mRNA-based vaccine against the contagious H5N1 bird flu virus that is spreading rapidly among poultry and cattle and has already infected two humans in the United States.Read more...
The Best Features on Chromebook Plus Have Nothing to Do With AI
The biggest monoliths in tech can't stop talking about Plus" as of late. Google had its own Chromebook Plus laptops introduced last year, and just this week, Microsoft revealed its new Copilot+ PCs, promising some of the fastest ultra-thin PC performance yet with new ARM-based chips.
Beyond the Planets: The Quirky Underdogs of the Solar System
The Sun is orbited by eight planets, at least five dwarf planets, tens of thousands of asteroids, and around three trillion comets and icy bodies. Although not all objects of the solar system are as well known as Earth, Jupiter, or other celestial bodies with main character energy, they still make up a valuable part...Read more...
Lego's First Legend of Zelda Set Is Absolutely Incredible
For years, fans have been trying to get Nintendo and Lego to team up on one particular adventure. From one failed attempt after another through Lego's crowd-voted set series Lego Ideas, to official partnerships between the two on Mario and Animal Crossing sets, one white whale has always been out of sight: The Legend...Read more...
OpenAI Is Pushing Towards AGI With New Sam Altman-Led Safety Group
OpenAI says it's training the next frontier model, according to a press release on Tuesday, and anticipates it will bring the startup one step closer to artificial intelligence systems that are generally smarter than humans. The company also announced a new Safety and Security Committee to guide critical safety and...Read more...
Updates From The Boys, 28 Years Later, and More
Dwayne Johnson is back in the booth for the live-action Moana remake. Dafne Keen teases the aesthetic of her Acolyte Jedi Padawan, Jecki Lon. Plus, what's coming on My Adventures With Superman. To me, my spoilers!
In Interview With the Vampire's Latest Episode, the Paris Coven Lets the Right One In
In No Pain," the third episode of Interview With the Vampire season two, Armand (Assad Zaman) shares the story of the Theatre des Vampires as Louis (Jacob Anderson) expresses reluctance to join-something that doesn't stop Claudia (Delainey Hayles) from eagerly wanting to be a part of it.Read more...
George Miller Reveals How Many Visual Effects Are in Furiosa
Everyone knows the magic of George Miller is his practical effects. The Max Max filmmaker loves to do actual stunts and capture them in-camera, and the results are masterful. But what maybe not everyone knows is that Miller's films, in particular Mad Max: Fury Road and the new Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, have a ton of...Read more...
Fresh Lava Flows on Venus Hint at Active Volcanoes
The surface of Venus is littered with thousands of volcanoes, some of which may still be active until today. A fresh look at 30-year-old radar images captured by the Magellan spacecraft revealed new lava flows on Venus, suggesting that the planet was volcanically active between 1990 to 1992.Read more...
10 Weird, Wild Movies to Stream on Shudder Tonight
You can certainly comb through the big streaming services-Netflix, Peacock, Prime Video, Max-to get your horror-movie fix. But if horror is all you want, Shudder should top your list of subscriptions. It has an excellent library spanning many sub-genres, with classics and new releases alike. If you're looking for a...Read more...
Doctor Who Put Its New Companion Through a Perfectly Creepy Crucible
The latest era of Doctor Who has been all over the place-from festive fantasy, to madcap sci-fi silliness, to jauntily uneven camp, and to anti-capitalist wartime thrillers. But its latest juke lands itself somewhere familiar but entirely new for the series, and finally decides to give Millie Gibson's Ruby Sunday the...Read more...
AI Agents Promise to Connect the Dots Between Reality and Sci-Fi
If you tuned in for Google I/O, OpenAI's Spring Update, or Microsoft Build this month, you probably heard the term AI agents come up quite a lot in the last month. They're quickly becoming the next big thing in tech, but what exactly are they? And why is everyone talking about them all of a sudden?Read more...
Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: The Amazon Interview Question Bezos Doesn’t Want You to See
Tech companies try to keep their interview questions secret, so that prospective employees can't prepare answers in advance. Applicants reclaim the power by sharing their interview experiences publicly on websites like Glassdoor and CareerCup. As a result, what were intended as forums to help career hopefuls navigate...Read more...
The Most Disturbing Places We've Found Microplastics So Far
Scientists first found microplastics, those tiny pieces of plastic smaller than 5 millimeters, on British beaches in 2004. In the 20 years since, the world has watched on in horror as microplastics began turning up in virtually every nook and cranny on the planet. Today, we've got far-from-complete list that gives you...Read more...
How To Find All the People You’ve Ever Blocked
Sadly, people aren't always as nice as they could be, and that's where you need to turn to the various blocking and reporting features on the digital platforms you frequent. Overall, these features work well and effectively put up barriers between you and those you don't want to hear from.
Batman's Coming Back to Have One Last Long Halloween
Batman fans have their favorites miniseries, and among the most beloved is The Long Halloween. The original miniseries from Jeph Loeb and the late Tim Sale saw widepsread acclaim when it released in 1996 and spawned two sequels and a film adaptation. And much like Frank Miller with hisDark Knight Returnsseries, Loeb...Read more...
Friday the 13th's Co-Creator Thinks Its Studio is Afraid to Revive It
As old horror franchises have gotten new leases on life in recent years, more and more people have just wanted to know why Friday the 13th can't get the same treatment. While the series was kept semi-alive with a video game not too long ago, there hasn't been a new movie since the 2009 reboot. It sounds like even with...Read more...
Open Channel: Tell Us Your Thoughts on Furiosa
Nearly 10 years ago, George Miller brought the Mad Max franchise blasting back to relevance with Fury Road. The film wasn't just well-liked, it was basically a game changer for plenty of moviegoers and delivered them something they'd never really seen at the time. And of the many things to love about Fury Road, people...Read more...
Disney Musician Richard Sherman Has Died at Age 95
Disney announced revered composer Richard Sherman passed away on Saturday from age-related illnesses." He was 95 years old.Read more...
Blumhouse Invites My Bloody Valentine to Make a Return
There's been a number of dormant horror franchises that've been revived in the past few years-your Alien, Halloween, Strangers, and so on. (Sorry, Jason.) Several of these have come courtesy of Blumhouse, and it's now working to resurrect another old movie: My Bloody Valentine.
George Miller Wants Mad Max to Take Another Ride Into Video Games
The newly released Furiosa has the world blazing with Mad Max fever. Some are celebrating the occasion by rewatching 2015's Fury Road, if not all four movies. Others are thinking about what could've been, particularly as it pertains to the 2015 Mad Max game from Just Cause creator Avalanche Studios.
Star Trek 3 Is Finding Its Way Back to Theaters
Between now-classic movies like the Spider-Man films and the 1999Mummy flick, it's been a spring of re-releases. Most of them have been from studios like Sony and Disney, but now Paramount is making a play by returning Star Trek III: The Search for Spock to the silver screen.
WB's Green Lantern Show Has Enlisted Damon Lindelof to Write It
Update, 5/25 @ 1:15 PM ET: James Gunn has confirmed Chris Mundy and Damon Lindelof are involved with Lanterns. The two men, along with DC Comics scribe Tom King-who was previously cooking up a New Gods movie with Ava DuVernay-came up with the show's initial pilot script and bible. (King, said Gunn, has been involved...Read more...
Ghost in the Shell Returns With a New Anime in 2026
Ghost in the Shell is making a comeback, courtesy of a brand-new anime by Scott Pilgrim Takes Off studio Science SARU and longtime franchise studio Production I.G (Kaiju No. 8).Read more...
Toss a Coin to This Week's Top Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy Stories
This week, pop culture had lots to get excited about: Steven Spielberg's intriguing new sci-fi film; long-awaited horror comedy sequel Beetlejuice Beetlejuice; our first glimpse of the (new) star of The Witcher; more details about Australia's mini-theme park celebrating all things Bluey, and beyond! - Cheryl EddyRead more...
Man Charged After Trying to Body Slam an Orca in New Zealand
It turns out that killer wales do not like boats. They really don't like them, in fact, and have made it their mission to sink them all to the bottom of the ocean in recent years. Now, instead of letting the orca have their fun with boats sailing the seven seas, one New Zealander has tried to fight back, which is...Read more...
Taylor Swift's Private Jet Will Be Harder to Track While Info About UFOs Might Be Easier to Get
The federal government made some interesting moves by making private jets owned by celebrities such as Elon Musk and Taylor Swift harder to track, but at the same time, advancing legislation to make agencies share more info about UFOs. Back on the ground, AI is coming for your voice if you're Scarlet Johansson, you're...Read more...
Who's Going to Buy Humane for a Billion Dollars?
This week, the company behind the wearable chatbot AI Pin is already looking to sell for upwards of a billion dollars just one month after its rough product launch. Speaking of AI, Microsoft shared its plans for the future of AI in Windows with Copilot+. However, we still have some privacy concerns over its spotlight...Read more...
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