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The AMC adaptation of Anne Rice's Interview With the Vampireis a rich gothic romance that takes the source material and updates it in ways that are both fascinating and, at time, far more explicit than the books ever were. While gay sex was deftly skirted around, the deed was all but said in the novels. In the new...Read more...

Remember Matter? The smart home standard that was supposed to unify all gadgets in the connected home? It's been updated with support for a bevy of connected devices, mainly home appliances. The update should help more third-party accessories work together in Google, Apple, and Amazon-led smart homes, provided...Read more...

Today, the Biden administration announced a massive dose of funding to the tech industry-the president named 31 tech hubs" across the U.S. and Puerto Rico in an effort to spur economic growth.Read more...

It's been a year since Doctor Who bid farewell to Jodie Whittaker's 13th Doctor in Power of the Doctor"-an episode that didn't exactly provide the most fitting farewell to her tenure. But enough about that! Remember when David Tennant showed up for like 30 seconds at the end? The BBC would like you to remember that....Read more...

Google Maps and Waze have disabled live traffic updates for areas of Israel and the Gaza Strip at the request of the Israeli military, according to a Bloomberg report. The live data tool was removed ahead of a potential ground invasion for the safety of local communities.Read more...

Where do we start with Sam Altman's Worldcoin? The OpenAI CEO's startup is building a new cryptocurrency. Worldcoin is also part of Altman's disquieting plan to capture all of the world's money with AI and then redistribute this wealth to the people." (Literally). And, because you log in by scanning your eyeball,...Read more...

About a month ago, pristine samples from an asteroid landed on Earth while enclosed within a tight capsule. The sample canister was designed to keep the main chunk of the asteroid safe during its journey through space, but now teams at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) are struggling to open it to get at the space...Read more...

Loki's Tom Hiddleston is already aboard as The Life of Chuck's title character, and Mark Hamill-coming off an excellent turn in Mike Flanagan's The Fall of the House of Usher-is also a known part of the cast. But Flanagan's next big-screen project, which marks a return to Stephen King for the Doctor Sleep and Gerald's...Read more...

A duck's back is not the only slippery surface water is prone to slide off of. Researchers have developed a new method of coating surfaces in a liquid-like layer to make them extra slick.Read more...

My latest book, The Hard Switch, is about the crew of a small cargo ship, comprising Ada, Haika, and Mallic (an extractor, pilot, and engineer, respectively), and as I was thinking about this central trio, I started musing on crews" in general. What makes a great crew? Which crew would I most happily join (impending...Read more...

Sure, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom has been delayed multiple times, but that just means the DC Movie Machine has had more time to prime the media on what to expect from the second installment in the Jason Momoa-led franchise. Today's fanservice character of the day is Topo."

Temperatures are currently cooling down across the U.S., but much of the country is in for a warmer, wetter winter than usual, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in this year's winter outlook.Read more...

Matthew Vaughn, the director of X-Men: First Class (2011), the Kingsman franchise, and the upcoming Argylle, shared a few opinions on superhero films at New York Comic Con last week. I genuinely don't know what's happening with the superhero in the sense that, I do think, maybe we all need a little bit of time off...Read more...

NASA's Voyager team has rolled out important measures in an attempt to further prolong the interstellar journey of the two Voyager spacecraft, which have been transmitting data from deep space since 1977.

If you're on the internet browsing with the recently redesigned Google Chrome, you're probably not the most privacy-minded person out there. Still, the world's most popular browser is gearing up to allow users to hide their IP address from websites, even without a VPN.Read more...

You can now use passkeys to sign into your Amazon account, the company announced on Monday. Amazon is following suit from other big tech players who are moving away from passwords and towards biometrics, such as your fingerprint or face, as well as pins to secure your digital identity.

The social experiments seen in Netflix's Squid Game dystopian future series have become real in our dystopian present: the trailer for thereality game show inspired by the hit series gathers 456 real contestants to put their skills to the test for that grand, glass-pig-encased prize of $4.56 million.Read more...

Michigan State University has suspended an employee it said was responsible for allowing a quiz question about Hitler and an image of the dictator to be broadcast on the video screen before the school's football game against Michigan on Saturday. The School's Associate Athletic Director, Matt Larson issued an apology...Read more...

Shudder's VP of programming, Sam Zimmerman, is billed as the streamer's in-house horror curator," which not only means he has one of the coolest jobs around, it also means he's uniquely suited to recommend what to watch. This Friday, October 27, you can ask him yourself thanks to the Shudder Halloween Hotline.Read more...

Nothing against 2007 horror anthology Trick r Treat-we all love a spooky kid with a pumpkin head. But its popularity has come to overshadow Trick or Treat, the 1986 tale of a cursed heavy metal record that features some rock-royalty cameos. Horns up: it's been elusive online for some time, but Trick or Treat's return...Read more...

After struggling to land its first in-space manufacturing capsule in the U.S., Varda Space is now looking down under for future batches of space drugs to reenter through Earth's atmosphere.

Wizards of the Coast is assembling its franchise heroes, and Marvel is next to join up with Magic: The Gathering. As part of a deepening collaboration with parent company Hasbro, the publisher will develop collectible products" based around the characters of Marvel Comics for Magic. You can expect these to land on...Read more...

An unorthodox group of 7 users is now the most dominant news source for information about the Israel-Hamas war on X (formerly Twitter), according to a new report from the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public. Dubbed the New Elites" of X, the report found these users racked up 1.6 billion views on...Read more...

As Doctor Who nears another milestone anniversary, the long shadow of the BBC's loss of almost a hundred stories from the earliest eras of the show-destroyed in the process of archival junking in TV's nascent age-still lingers. But the corporation is still clinging to one lifeline that could still let fans experience...Read more...

Microsoft recently published a blog highlighting new Excel updates that allow users to disable Automatic Data Conversion. This comes as good news for the scientists because in recent years they had to rename quite a few human gene names since Excel wa converting them to dates.

This story is part of our new Future of Gaming series, a three-site look at gaming's most pioneering technologies, players, and makers.

On Monday, Tinder added a matchmaking feature that gives users' friends and family members autonomy to hand-pick who they should date. The move aims to streamline the process of getting other people's opinions and allows them to recommend potential matches within the app.

Jason Blum wants the Spawn movie to feel like a Blumhouse production. Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey director Rhys Frake-Waterfield teases the even bigger deaths of the sequel. Plus, the co-existence of Godzilla Minus One and Monarch: Legacy of Monsters gives us not one, but two Big G poster debuts. Spoilers, away!

October is almost over, but by the time spooky season is done, Apple may have a jump scare planned for all those with their finger on the tech pulse. The company is reportedly gearing up for some sort of product launch soon enough, this time dropping new versions of the MacBook Pro and iMacRead more...

A crew of researchers is preparing to conduct experiments approximately 50 miles (80.5 kilometers) above the Earth's surface while on board Virgin Galactic's spaceplane.Read more...

This story is part of our new Future of Gaming series, a three-site look at gaming's most pioneering technologies, players, and makers.

Yesterday, October 21 marked the 100th day of the SAG-AFTRA strike. As a way of commemorating the occasion, the actors union affirmed that it would continue to stand firm and wanted to continue negotiations with the AMPTP after their last discussion two weeks ago fell apart. The winter season isn't that far off, and...Read more...

Daniel Craig didn't have the longest run of James Bond movies, but he did have one of the most eventful. 2007's Casino Royale gave the series a shot in the arm that both made it matter more in the eye of the mainstream public, and greatly boosted his profile.

These days, pretty much any video game is ripe to be adapted for a movie or TV show. But that didn't make it any less odd when it was revealed Netflix was aiming to make a cartoon out of 2013's Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, a retrofuture parody of 80s action media. That fondly remembered standalone hangs over Ubisoft's Far...Read more...

Anyone who's spent a moment observing US political chatter in recent months has probably encountered the following prediction: 2024 will yield the world's first deepfake election. Rapidly evolving AI video and audio generators powered by large language models have already been used by both Donald Trump and Ron...Read more...

Over 45 years ago, Stephen King released The Stand, his post-apocalyptic dark fantasy novel about a virus that wiped out much of the human race. To this day, it remains an acclaimed book and is highly regarded as one of his best novels period. Like other King books, there's an extension of that book on the way-though...Read more...

In a little under two months, WB will finally release Aquaman & the Lost Kingdom. Like the original movie, this new film looks like a wild romp that manages to stand out from other blockbuster superhero fare thanks to its visual splendor and weird mishmash of aesthetics. Whatever you may think about these movies, they...Read more...

If you're behind on what's happening with the robot uprising, have no fear. Here's a quick look at some of the weirdest and wildest artificial intelligence news from the past week. Also, don't forget to check out our weekly AI write-up, which will go into more detail on this same topic.

On July 13, 2023, SAG-AFTRA confirmed that its members would indeed go on strike. Much like with the WGA months prior, the organization's discussions with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) failed to result in an acceptable contract regarding streaming revenue, AI concerns, and much more....Read more...

With the newly released Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Insomniac Games introduces Venom to its superhero gaming franchise. The classic Spider-Man nemesis is voiced by Tony Todd and a pretty big dude who's been featured heavily in the game's marketing. And given the nature of superhero media, plus the studio's previous...Read more...

Despite being delayed a number of times due to the pandemic and a general pre-release skepticism surrounding it, Denis Villeneuve's Dune ended up being a well-liked film when it dropped in 2021. And even with a same day release on then-HBO Max, it ended up making a $402 million in theaters and securing several...Read more...

Halloween is just over a week away, with parties for the annual holiday likely hitting next weekend. Normally, this year's festivities would be like any other year: you dress up with your friends as your favorite characters and hang out or watch some horror movies, or you watch other people dress up as your favorite...Read more...

The trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried reached its halfway point, and a flurry of incriminating evidence, emotional testimonies, and odd tales have surfaced in the last three weeks.

The ongoing saga of The Walt Disney Company versus Ron DeSantis and his hapless oversight board continues.Read more...

The year is 1994. I head to the theater, buy a ticket for Wes Craven's New Nightmare, and I'm not ready for what happens next. The year is 2023. I flip over to Max, press play on Wes Craven's New Nightmare, and I'm still not ready for what happens next.Read more...

Colorado's Supreme Court this week had the opportunity to hand down a historic judgment on the constitutionality of reverse keyword search warrants," a powerful new surveillance technique that grants law enforcement the ability to identify potential criminal suspects based on broad, far-reaching internet search...Read more...

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Discord revealed Teen Safety Assist, a new safety initiative to promote a safer environment for younger users to hang out in. The initiative includes default enabled safety features for teenagers on the app, such as proactive filters and alerts.Read more...

Calling up an IT department for help can be a frustrating experience-the only thing more frustrating is getting scammed out of money. Microsoft, Amazon, and Indian law enforcement identified a potential fraud ring with a ton of tech confiscated during searches in the country.Read more...