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Humans have used light to trap insects for at least 2,000 years (thanks, Romans). Now, a team of researchers says they know why the animals are apparently drawn to the light-and it's not a happy tale.Read more...

Skylight recently released a 27-inch variant of its smart calendar, which looks pretty promising. It's essentially a huge touchscreen display housed in an aluminum or plastic case that you put on your wall like a framed piece of art. It lets you add, remove, and edit upcoming events and looks great as an organizer...Read more...

A Delaware judge struck down Elon Musk's $55.8 billion pay package at Tesla after finding the CEO had extensive ties" with the board members who approved his pay deal, according to the Wall Street Journal Tuesday. Musk had a temper tantrum after the decision, suggesting he may move Tesla's incorporation from Delaware...Read more...

In 2024, the ghost with the most is back and his new movie is one word short of total chaos. Warner Bros. released the first piece of official marketing for Beetlejuice 2 on Thursday and with it, we now know that it's not actually called Beetlejuice 2." It's called... Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.Read more...

SpaceX's Starship is poised to be the most coveted launch vehicle in the world once it's finally up and running, but the Pentagon is hoping to take things a step further by grabbing full control of the megarocket for critically important missions.

It's been a week since NASA announced the end of its Mars helicopter mission, and we're still not over losing our beloved Ginny. But apparently, neither is NASA, as the space agency is still trying to figure out what happened during Ingenuity's last flight on Mars.Read more...

Universal Music Group began removing its entire library of songs from TikTok on Wednesday night, according to Bloomberg, as the record label failed to renew its contract with the social media platform. The label condemns TikTok for unfairly paying artists and doing little to protect them from AI, in an open letter...Read more...

Somehow, Lightning returned. Apple's $3,500 Vision Pro is going on sale Friday, and unlike most other high-end VR headsets, it's sporting an external battery pack. Little did we know, but that external battery with its supposedly non-detachable wire is actually easily removable so long as you have a SIM card removal...Read more...

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Luke Cage showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker looks back on what could've been for season 3. La Brea teases its series finale. Netflix has iced Black Summer. Plus, what to expect on Quantum Leap. Spoilers, away!

Time to alert your friends and family members who have access to your Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ accounts. The House of Mouse is officially putting those dastardly U.S.-based customers who dare share their passwords on notice. Netflix already started cracking down on password sharing last year, so it was only a matter...Read more...

Remember fast-food kids meals with specially marketed pop culture toys? They just don't make em like they used to. In the 1990s, Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and Burger King often chose chaos with their tie-ins, like the Batman Forever glass mugs or the Hercules plates. Heck, even when big event films like...Read more...

In 2018, Mark Zuckerberg waltzed into the halls of Congress for the most high-profile moment of his career. He was pale and glass-eyed, his tie wrapped loosely around his neck, and his hair cropped high and thin in a bizarre homage to Augustus Caesar. His speech was practiced and robotic, and while his performance...Read more...

OpenAI released a study the company conducted on GPT-4's effectiveness in creating a bioweapon on Wednesday. The company found that its AI poses at most" a slight risk in helping someone produce a biological threat. There's a lot of talk about AI accelerating our impending doom, but OpenAI wants you to know that...Read more...

Starlab Space's forthcoming space station is so big and heavy that only the formidable SpaceX Starship megarocket can launch it into orbit, but the one-time delivery option comes with distinct benefits.

Rocket Lab kicked off the year with the launch and recovery of its Electron rocket as part of the company's continued efforts to reuse its small launch vehicle's first stage.

It's official: There will be no further attempts to salvage FTX. The once popular but now defunct crypto exchange that misplaced" billions of dollars in user assets before collapsing in a heap of scandal is officially headed to the corporate graveyard.

The granddaddy of the modern zombie genre is now officially back, and it seems its biggest star may also be along for the ride. Weeks after news broke that director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland were bringing back the world of their 2002 hit 28 Days Later with 28 Years Later, the sequel has now found a home at...Read more...

Wednesday's hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee got a little spicy as senators took turns bashing the CEOs of the biggest social media platforms. While well-deserved for the most part, it was Sen. Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas, who decided to go down a weird path with TikTok CEO Shou Chew.Read more...

Your manager may suggest that returning to the office is imperative for the company's success, workplace culture, and overall productivity. However, there's a growing body of evidence suggesting that's bullshit. New research out of the University of Pittsburgh examined 137 of America's largest corporations and found...Read more...

I don't know how durable the titanium is on Samsung's Galaxy S24 Ultra, and I'm not up to throwing our review unit into a blender and finding out. But JerryRigEverything is up to poking and prodding the Ultra with sharp tools, and it turns out that at least Ultra's display is the toughest thing about it so far.

The most recent Star Wars films were famously divisive, with negativity spewed by toxic fans unfortunately grabbing most of the headlines. But some fans found things to love about the movies, like new favorite characters-something that continues to surprise star Daisy Ridley, who'll soon play Rey Skywalker again on...Read more...

The Samsung Galaxy S24 is a particularly feature-packed release from the South Korean tech giant, and-yes-most of them surround all the newfangled (and, for the moment, free) Galaxy AI. Sure, there's the Ultra's titanium, but you're interested in just what the new phone is capable of compared to previous generations.Read more...

For 141 years, physicists like Richard Feynman have puzzled over a question of fluid flow: how would a sprinkler rotate if it were underwater, sucking in the stuff instead of spewing it? Now, a team of researchers has found an answer.Read more...

It is a banner week for questionable Star Trek anniversaries, but while earlier this week we found at least something to admire in Voyager's bold exploration of the Warp 10 threshold and space-amphibian evolution, there is very little to admire in the other major milestone. Thirty years ago today, The Next Generation...Read more...

In 2024, it feels as if our society's technology is propelling forward in an unknown trajectory. Just this week, a person had a computer chip installed in their brain.Read more...

We knew 2024 was going to be a landmark year in spaceflight, and judging by the wide range of developments in just the first month, we're in for an extraordinary ride throughout the rest of the year.

Last night, I flipped on Prime Video to watch a movie and, like millions of other streamers across the world, was promptly greeted with a commercial.Read more...

It's been over a year since we lost legendary voice actor Kevin Conroy, but his most famous role will live on a little bit longer. The man who voiced Batman in Batman: The Animated Seriesand beyond passed in 2022, leading many to wonder what would be the the final time we'd hear him voicing the Caped Crusader....Read more...

A recent leak on the Samsung UAE website revealed quite a lot of information on the company's upcoming fitness tracker, the Galaxy Fit 3. The info that was apparently accidentally posted by Samsung is still up on the site in the form of a web cache. Samsung Community and Gadgets & Wearables quickly spotted the leak...Read more...

The U.S. has a big syphilis problem on its hands. New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that reported cases of the sexually transmitted infection once again climbed in 2022, reaching a total not seen in over 70 years. In slightly better news, reported cases of gonorrhea have taken a slight...Read more...

For a while, #DeleteFacebook would trend every couple of months on social media. Countless people were fed up with Facebook's endless parade of scandals, they claimed, and this time they were finally pulling the plug. Some people did, but Facebook's user base continues to grow years later. Now Amazon is experiencing a...Read more...

If you've been to a movie theater in the past few months, odds are very high that you saw the trailer for Argylle. The latest film from director Matthew Vaughn (Kingsman, Kick-Ass) has been promoted so much, it's become meme-worthy, especially the question of Who is the real agent Argylle?" Well, I'm happy to report...Read more...

Fresh off of its first asteroid encounter that revealed a bonus space rock, Lucy is now ready for the big leagues. The NASA spacecraft began maneuvering its way to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, traveling to a farther orbit in deep space in order to reach the Jovian system.Read more...

There's good news for steroid fans: juicers will finally get their day on the field. A who's who of extremely online investors pitched in to fund a series of events called the Enhanced Games, which describes itself as the 21st Century Olympics without drug testing." The list includes Christian Angermayer, venture...Read more...

China is planning to send its next lander to the lunar surface, this time targeting an impact crater with a sun-lit rim that could hold precious resources for long-duration stays on the Moon.Read more...

Jason Blum really wants Godzilla Minus One's director to make a movie with him. Sony's weirdest Spider-Man spinoff yet, El Muerto, may be back on (sans Bad Bunny). Dune Part 2 teases the fierceness of Florence Pugh. Plus, when to expect X-Men 97. To me, my spoilers!

Philips announced on Tuesday that it won't sell sleep apnea machines in the US after a global recall over concerns that its devices could cause cancer risks and other health problems for hapless sleepers.Read more...

Eutelsat, a leading satellite operator based in France, is encountering troubling delays in the deployment of its OneWeb satellite constellation that affect its plans to offer global-scale broadband coverage. The disruption to potential revenues is also a...minor factor.

Samsung has a family of new devices on sale this week. The Galaxy S24 series includes the smaller Galaxy S24, the larger Galaxy S24+, and the ginormous Galaxy S24 Ultra. Most people don't need the Ultra to get the benefits of wielding a Samsung-made Android device. The Ultra also has the highest starting price at $1,30...Read more...

I know the headline says classic phones, and you're probably expecting some vintage tech here. I also know you will hate me for making you feel old by making the 2000s sound like prehistoric times. So, before we start, I'd like to clarify that, as a 1997-born, these phones are my earliest memory of cell phones in...Read more...

January was pretty busy for consumer tech. We saw some impressive stuff revealed at CES 2024 and also reviewed a handful of big releases in the following weeks. Let's take a gander at the best gadgets that stood out this month.Read more...

During Kurt Russell's acting retrospective for GQ, the famed actor gave his thoughts on the ever-constant debate of which survivor is the Thing at the end of John Carpenter's The Thing. During the shoot, what would be shown of the divisive ending was a matter of contention even for Carpenter himself, who now swears he'...Read more...

Beware any sinister party game pilfered from a dusty hiding place by smirking teens who couldn't be less concerned with following rules" that might protect them from supernatural harm. Many a horror movie has launched with that premise-and Tarot, which dropped its first trailer today, is the latest.Read more...

In the world of Transformers, Optimus Prime is the guy. The traditional leader of the Autobots is the most popular character in the entire franchise and for good reason. He rules. You'd imagine it couldn't get much bigger than him, but thanks to Hasbro, Prime is about to get a lot bigger.Read more...

In a new interview, the cast of Netflix's upcoming adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender revealed a crucial change from the animated show, one that makes sense on the surface, but maybe not in context.Read more...

A cyberattack has impacted Fulton County, Georgia, where former President Donald Trump is currently being prosecuted on charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election.Read more...

The Asa Zoological Park in Hiroshima, Japan, held what might be the cutest emergency drill ever this past Sunday. The zoo had a worker cosplay as a bear on the loose to simulate an animal escape. The faux ursine was successfully corralled by the large group of employees, who went through the motions of bringing it...Read more...

You won't need to pay for Samsung's latest Galaxy S24 AI features-at least not for another two years. Samsung's head mobile exec confirmed that users might be asked to pay for more premium AI features in two years' time, though not even the company itself knows what a paid version of Galaxy AI will look like.Read more...

Netflix has horror movies galore-and is currently on a sci-fi high thanks to Zach Snyder's Rebel Moon duology. It's got dystopias covered, too, with Squid Game's second season coming later this year. But the streamer also has plenty to offer in the way of the fantasy genre, including a current Oscar hopeful.Read more...