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Elon Musk has never shied away from critiquing OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT that he cofounded back in 2015. He doesn't like the fact that the company decided it wants to make money after it was founded as a nonprofit. Now, Musk is doing something about it: He's asking a court to force OpenAI to carry out its...Read more...

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California startup Varda Space released raw footage of its capsule reentering the atmosphere. This mission marked two significant achievements: bringing home the first batch of pharmaceutical crystals manufactured in orbit outside the International Space Station (ISS), and making Varda Space, with help from Rocket...Read more...

Get a creepy first look at Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-Ho's Parasyte adaptation. Harvey Guillen talks voicing" Odie in the new Garfield. Plus, another new look at The First Omen, and Imaginary celebrates making it past leap day with new footage. Spoilers get!

For 20 years, a loosely organized group of Wikipedia editors toiled away curating a collection of 15,000 articles on a single subject: the roads and highways of the United States. Despite minor disagreements, the US Roads Project mostly worked in harmony, but recently, a long-simmering debate over the website's rules...Read more...

Facebook plans to deprecate" its News tab for users in the United States and Australia by April, according to an announcement published Thursday night. What does that mean? As best we can tell, it means Facebook doesn't want anyone to use the platform for news anymore and will be killing its dedicated News tab.Read more...

After almost 15 years of development hell, the third Tron movie is finally in production. Star Jared Leto made the news official by dropping the first image of his character, Ares, for the 2025 release called Tron: Ares.Read more...

The era-defining, iconic Batman and Joker pairing of Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill will square off one more time in Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Three.Read more...

Jack Teixeira was only 21-years-old last year when he was arrested and charged with one of the worst U.S. military leaks in recent history. A former airman with the Massachusetts Air National Guard, Teixeira has been accused by the government of leaking Top Secret" U.S. intelligence, including classified details...Read more...

When Dune: Part One ended on a breathless cliffhanger, audiences at least knew Dune: Part Two was on the way. Part Two does something similar, and while the odds are good that there will be a sequel, it's not coming immediately.Read more...

Lenovo's ThinkPad series is meant for serious business. They're not as flashy and pretty as its Yoga line or as heavy and gaming-focused as its Legion line. ThinkPads are hardcore in terms of specs and quite boring regarding aesthetics. They're made for professionals and are best known for their portability.Read more...

Just when you'd gotten used to the sound of Superman: Legacy, James Gunn-the film's writer and director, as well as co-head of DC Studios-has a slight adjustment to make. In a social media post marking today's start of filming, Gunn updated the title to just be... Superman.Read more...

A lifetime of snacking and frozen food dinners may affect your body in lots of surprising ways, new research suggests. The study, a large-scale review of the existing evidence, found an association between regularly eating ultra-processed foods and a higher risk of many health problems. It also found that these foods...Read more...

Upgrading to a better pair of buds doesn't always require splurging. If you're looking for a modest, no-frills pair of buds that checks most of the must-haves list, we have a few recommendations for you for $150 or under. The must-haves list can be decent audio, a comfortable fit, intuitive controls, a battery that...Read more...

Apple's Finewoven case for the iPhone 15 has received so many returns that Amazon has started putting a warning label on the product. What, exactly, is the issue? Many people are complaining it's uncomfortable to hold and scratches easily.Read more...

Don't worry-the rat dck can no longer hurt you. The open-access paper that contained bizarre, AI-generated imagery of rat genitalia and gibberish graphics has been retracted by its publisher, which said that the study authors violated the journal's guidelines.

In current Star Wars canon, the plot to steal the Death Star's technical plans is incredibly straight forward: it's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the tale of Galen Erso's sacrifice and the ragtag team that swooped down to Scarif and gave their lives to ensure that data fell into Rebel hands. But in the expanded...Read more...

Most people turn on mobile push notifications and then promptly forget about them. However, it turns out that if you're up to no good, those notifications could get you thrown in prison. The Washington Post reports that the FBI has been using mobile push notification data to unmask people suspected of serious crimes,...Read more...

And they say physical media is dead. The popularity of vinyl records continues to explode, and even the humble CD is staging a comeback after revenue from physical music sales hit a decade high. That's great if you're into the whole nostalgia thing, but one Kentucky band dares to dream of something more.Read more...

It's time to go back to the grid. Finally. Jared Leto took to his social media on Thursday to reveal our first look at the third Tron film, Tron: Ares, along with a release window of 2025.

With the Valley of Witches set to open March 16, Ghibli Park will finally be complete. Since 2022, the attraction-nestled in the Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park in Nagoya, Japan-has unlocked realms inspired by Studio Ghibli's legacy of films. But it's not to be mistaken for a modern theme park; Hayao Miyazaki...Read more...

New York's attorney general, Letitia James, announced on Thursday that she's opened an investigation into the recent AT&T outage that left customers across the country without service. And if you live in the state of New York, James would like to hear from you.Read more...

NASA is monitoring a leak on the Russian module of the International Space Station (ISS), from which air has been escaping at an increasing rate for nearly four years. The space agency acknowledged that the leak is growing, while claiming it poses no threat to the astronauts on board.

A good mouse has the potential to upgrade your computing experience significantly. If it's made with ergonomics in mind, it will feature a thumb rest or the kind of design that's good for your wrist-a vertical mouse. If it's a gaming mouse, it will prioritize customizable buttons, a high polling rate, adjustable DPI,...Read more...

A new Ghostbusters movie comes out in three weeks. Isn't that wild? It feels like just yesterday we were watching and debating Ghostbusters: Afterlife-and now Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, which brings the franchise back to its hometown of New York, is almost here.Read more...

It was a topsy-turvy month in spaceflight, with yet another lunar lander falling over and an upsetting new view showing NASA's Ingenuity helicopter missing a rotor blade, among other memorable moments.Read more...

Peacock's selection of horror and sci-fi movies is quite good, but its genre library also has tons of titles you've probably never heard of, including overlooked oddities-and several outright howlers. We've combed through Peacock's sci-fi category to find 10 of the most WTF titles you can stream. Are these...Read more...

In a recent interview with The Verge about the future of what is now the dominant anime streaming platform in the west, Crunchyroll president Rahul Purini suggested that one way to combat anime piracy should be an embrace of AI models to speed up the subtitling process. But AI won't do anything of the sort-and a...Read more...

I'm pitting the best gaming laptop against the best productivity laptop and seeing who comes out on top. It's a real sumo match of the big boys of the laptop world. No, not in bulk, but the highest-end Razer Blade 16 and MacBook Pros with M3 Max bill themselves as top-of-the-line laptops that thread the needle between...Read more...

Archaeologists working on the site of a colonial fort in Maryland found a concave, near-rectangular metal scrap that they say was once a part of a colonial armor set.Read more...

Thinking of buying a new Samsung smartphone but don't want to shell out the cash for the Galaxy S24 Ultra? You don't have to pay for all the extra stuff Samsung's gargantuan phone offers, like the additional telephoto lens, titanium chassis, and docked stylus. Consider the Galaxy S24+ instead, which boasts most of...Read more...

An event based on Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory made international news over the weekend after a promised world of imagination turned into a full on disaster. Willy's Chocolate Experience" in Glasgow, Scotland was promoted with elaborate AI-generated images of lollipop forests and jellybean waterfalls. But...Read more...

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire's new pictures tease familiar ghouls. David Dastmalchian is joining Apple's Murderbot Diaries adaptation. Plus, get a look at Netflix's latest wild Korean series, Chicken Nugget. Spoilers now!

Wendy's says it has no plans for surge pricing, though the internet expressed quite a bit of outrage when it seemed like the fast food chain absolutely did. It briefly seemed like you might be bidding on a Baconator, shorting a Jr. Vanilla Frosty, or even buying the dip on a Biggie Bag. But rest assured, your 4 for 4...Read more...

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A new photo of Odysseus released by NASA illustrates just how rough the lander's journey to the Moon has been, shining a light on its spunky resilience against all odds.Read more...

The internet is filled with scam artists who try to swindle unsuspecting people out of their money. But impersonation scams that use Elon Musk and his bevy of tech companies-including Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and X-have exploded in popularity in recent years. And Gizmodo obtained reports about many of these scams...Read more...

Even though February is the shortest month of the year, it was jam-packed with loads of new product launches and fun concepts from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. We got to spend some time with the Apple Vision Pro to see if it lives up to the hype.

There may be bad news if you purchased one of Amazon's Overall Picks" for video doorbells in recent months. New tests from Consumer Reports find that popular doorbell cameras sold under names including Eken and Tuck are rife with security flaws that make it dead simple for anyone to watch your camera footage.

Elon Musk tweeted late Wednesday night that he's never gone to therapy, a fact that he wants to be immortalized on his gravestone. And whatever you think of the billionaire's attitude to mental health treatment, Musk's tweet would seem pretty unremarkable in isolation. However, Musk keeps tweeting about this for some...Read more...

Journalist Kara Swisher's long-anticipated memoir Burn Book hit the shelves today. Apparently, a long list of other writers have also been hard at work writing about her experience as well. On the day after her book launch, Amazon is flooded with AI-generated Swisher biographies, complete with cover art from beyond...Read more...

Have you seen a photo on social media recently that appears to show a man in 1980s-style clothes smoking a cigarette in McDonald's? The image has gone viral, racking up over 21 million views at the time of this writing. But it's completely fake. The image was made using generative AI.

These days, if you're an epic sci-fi story looking to be told, there's only one destination: Apple TV+. From popular novels like Foundation and Silo to originals like For All Mankind and Severance, the streamer is a haven for weird, bold sci-fi. Which is why it feels like the perfect, natural home for William Gibson's ...Read more...

Take a look at Disney Parks' latest fairytale theme expansion at Tokyo DisneySea in Japan. Set to feature the kingdoms of Frozen and Tangled, plusPeter Pan's Never Land, Fantasy Springs will open June 6 at the Tokyo Disney Resort.Read more...

After a nail-biting touchdown on the lunar surface that left Odysseus bent over on its side, the lander is ready for its nap. Intuitive Machines is getting ready to power down its lunar lander, with hopes that Odie may wake up once the Sun illuminates its functioning solar array again.Read more...

Season seven of Rick and Morty made it clear: Rick Prime, long the nemesis of the show's main Rick, won't be around anymore. Instead, his absence is something Rick will have to reckon with. But another of the show's big villains, Evil Morty, has plenty of runway to return-something the show is already teasing.Read more...

While normal, middle-class Americans struggle to buy starter homes or even just afford rent, American billionaires are busy buying up huge tracts of land all over the world for nebulous reasons. Case in point: Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, who is estimated to be worth over $10 billion, is said to be buying up huge...Read more...

Nearly three decades ago, Dark Forces hit the PC with all the firepower of a fully armed and operational battle station-and in doing so helped revolutionize gaming, Star Wars or otherwise. But even after it changed the genre as we knew it, its legacy has persisted; its view of the galaxy far, far away has continued to...Read more...

Honda announced a new Extended Reality Mobility Experience" debuting at this year's SXSW festival in Austin, where the company will invite attendees to strap on a VR headset and strap into a fancy wheelchair. The future is here, maybe.Read more...

A new climate intervention strategy aims to decrease the amount of water vapor in the stratosphere by injecting it with ice-forming nuclei. The idea is that, by reducing the water content, more heat in the form of infrared radiation would leak out into space.Read more...