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Back when the Pokemon anime first premiered in the 90s, nearly every kid had a Pokedex-the renowned red device that identified the delightful creatures-on their wish list. Nearly three decades later, a YouTuber has created a real-life version of the Pokedex using ChatGPT-and it looks like it actually works.Read more...

NASA's Space Shuttle operated in low-Earth orbit for 30 years before its retirement in 2011. However, the US space agency's replacement for this vehicle, Orion, returned to the conical capsule design familiar from the Apollo missions. This was because NASA intended that this newer craft be used for exploring targets...Read more...

The Africanfuturist world Nnedi Okorafor introduced in Who Fears Death-a book currently in development for an HBO series executive-produced by George R.R. Martin-grows with her new trilogy, She Who Knows. Novella Firespitter kicks off the new series with its release August 20, and io9 has an exclusive look at the...Read more...

The world is being ripped apart by AI-generated deepfakes, and the latest half-assed attempts to stop them aren't doing a thing. Federal regulators outlawed deepfake robocalls on Thursday, like the ones impersonating President Biden in New Hampshire's primary election. Meanwhile, OpenAI and Google released watermarks...Read more...

Elon Musk is still trying to make X audio and video calls happen, even though, like the infamous fetch," we all know it's not going to happen. His latest tactic: Giving up his phone number and using X exclusively for calls and texts.Read more...

Walt Disney Imagineering's theme-park innovations go back to the audio animatronics and mystical floating heads that blew minds when Disneyland first opened, and have continued with expansions at Walt Disney World and internationally. These days, we can venture into a galaxy far, far away or see superheroes...Read more...

Did a hacker gang create a botnet out of 3 million electric toothbrushes? The answer is: No, but you'd be forgiven for having believed that was the case since a viral news story made the rounds earlier this week claiming it was so.Read more...

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Game of Thrones is likely to go back in time yet again. While several other spinoffs of the hit HBO fantasy series are at various stages of rumor and development, one has just taken a giant step forward. A previously discussed prequel show following Aegon's Conquest of Westeros, which takes place roughly 100 years...Read more...

We're still bummed that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem-one of io9's favorites of 2023-didn't snag a Best Animated Film nomination, but this teaser showcasing spin-off series Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a mighty fine tonic.Read more...

OpenAI is reportedly developing agent software," that will effectively take over your device and complete complex tasks on your behalf, according to The Information. OpenAI's agent would work between multiple apps on your computer, performing clicks, cursor movements, and text typing. It's really a new type of...Read more...

An odd little moon that orbits closely to Saturn just revealed its biggest mystery: a hidden ocean that lies beneath its heavily cratered surface.Read more...

Last year, io9 took at look at Hollywood's upcoming calendar and assembled a reading list of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books tapped for movie and TV adaptations-some of which, like The Changeling and The Fall of the House of Usher, have since been released. We're still waiting for others (Dune: Part Two is soon, but ...Read more...

It's natural to feel a bit of regret when you miss a loved one's birthday. Here at Gizmodo, we're saying happy belated 30th birthday to Yahoo, the website that most of us haven't logged into since we got real jobs after the Great Recession. Even though Yahoo is a shell of what it once was at the height of when...Read more...

A UK-based nuclear fusion collaboration just produced a record amount of energy, a refreshing dose of good news in humankind's quest for cleaner energy sources. The Joint European Torus facility, or JET, produced just over 69 megajoules of heat.Read more...

Stealing is bad-we all know that. However, sometimes a theft is so masterly that it transcends our moral system and becomes impressive. I would argue that this is the case with a theft that took place in Jasper, Alabama, where unknown thieves recently ransacked a local radio station, stealing everything in sight,...Read more...

The dawn of the AI PC" is here, and every major PC maker from Dell, HP, Lenovo, MSI, and more is throwing around laptops, claiming this is a true revolution in how we will use our computers. Should you believe the hype? No, not quite, but does AI make our standard laptop design a bit smoother? Yes, though mostly on...Read more...

With Dune: Part Two about to hit theaters, it's easy to forget a time when that wasn't a certainty. When the first film was released in 2021, it was advertised as just Dune." Some fans knew it was only the first half of Frank Herbert's book, made and released with a hope and a prayer that, if it was a success, the...Read more...

Southwestern Iceland has been a world transformed over the last few months, as initial tremors gave way to a full-throated volcanic eruption. The fishing village of Grindavik was evacuated in November, along with popular tourist destinations like the country's Blue Lagoon, as residents held their breath for a...Read more...

Donald Glover has become one of those artists when, if his name is attached, you expect a certain level of quality. From his music to his show Atlanta, to even his new series Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Glover never feels like he's working for a paycheck. He's working to be creative and interesting, and because he thinks the...Read more...

After 13 years of slow orbital decay, a legacy satellite will finally be put out of its misery by plunging through Earth's atmosphere where it will burn up into tiny fragments.Read more...

The Apple Vision Pro is here and, if social media is to be believed, it's already creating a new race of goggle-fueled cyborgs. You've likely seen videos of people staggering around New York City like digitally transported zombies, the Vision Pro affixed to their faces like Scuba gear on a delirious diver who's...Read more...

While fans wait for December's big-screen release of Sonic the Hedgehog 3, more worldbuilding is coming in Knuckles, a spin-off streaming series set between the second and third Sonic films. Paramount+ has shared the official trailer, showcasing Knuckles (Idris Elba) as he begrudgingly teams up with Adam Pally's...Read more...

Palette will be a thriller about... colors? Some good stills from Quiet Place: Day One and a new poster for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. It really is spoilerin' time this time!Read more...

Sony just raised the price of anime and left American otakus with few other options. The company's anime streamer, Funimation, is officially shutting down on April 2, according to a press release on Wednesday. Crunchyroll, Sony's other anime service it acquired in 2021, sent an email to subscribers that prices will...Read more...

The Federal Trade Commission isn't happy with the outcome of Microsoft's $68.7 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, telling a court on Wednesday that Microsoft's recent layoffs contradict promises it made to get the merger approved.Read more...

When Marvel's mutant-filled film Deadpool 3 hits theaters in July, we're confident it'll be great. However, no matter how amazing that massive film ends up being, we're going to bet director Thomas Cailley's new film, The Animal Kingdom, ends up being the best mutant movie of the year. It's out in March and io9 has...Read more...

Before the year 2000, Super Bowl commercials from tech companies offered millions of viewers their first glimpses of the future. Gizmodo watched dozens of videos from the 1980s and 90s to find the most iconic Super Bowl commercials from the early tech industry.

If you felt an earthquake just now, it might have been Google's latest announcement. In one of the biggest updates in Google's history, the company unleashed the full version of its next-generation AI model Gemini. Google is changing its chatbot's name from Bard to Gemini, releasing a dedicated Gemini mobile app, and...Read more...

One of the world's most famous drug classes may have another trick up its sleeve. In a new study, scientists in the UK have found that erectile dysfunction drugs like sildenafil (more widely known as Viagra) are linked to a lowered risk of Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia. The findings don't prove...Read more...

One of Waymo's driverless cars collided with a cyclist in San Francisco this week because it apparently didn't see the human until it was too late.Read more...

NASA's Juno spacecraft captured new images of Jupiter's moon Io during its latest flyby, coming within an eerily close distance of the most volcanically active world in the solar system for a second time in less than two months. The close encounter also shows what appears to be a pair of plumes erupting from the...Read more...

Las Vegas has long attracted tourists for the obvious reasons, but it's more recently also become a foodie destinationas well as an immersive experience hub. Right off the Strip, you can be transported to Derry, Maine and have your own horrifying encounter with Pennywise the dancing clown, thanks to Warner Bros.' Esca...Read more...

Humanity's most distant spacecraft is glitching out-again-and engineers are having quite a difficult time solving the problem. Voyager 1, what are we going to do with you?Read more...

Hundreds of employees at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will be affected by budget constraints looming over the space agency for the current year, with Congress still behind on issuing the final budget for 2024 and its final decision regarding Mars Sample Return (MSR).Read more...

Thanks to a render making the rounds, we may have some insight into what the next-generation Google Pixel Fold 2 will look like and what's inside. A bulbous, protruding camera bump is one striking detail on the unreleased, as-of-yet, unannounced device.Read more...

Surprise sequels don't get announced every day, but Disney just pulled one out of Sorcerer Mickey's hat. Moana 2-the follow-up to 2016's Moana,Disney+'s most-streamed film of 2023-is coming, and it's coming this year. How is that possible? It was announced as several years ago as a sequel series for Disney+, but is...Read more...

It was forty years ago this week that two NASA astronauts embarked into uncharted orbital waters, becoming the first to perform a spacewalk without the benefit of a tether. These thrilling photos remind us of this extraordinary moment in spaceflight history.Read more...

The Oscars are quickly approaching and the anticipation to see if Ryan Gosling will perform I'm Just Ken" from the Barbie movie continues to build. Recently Gosling politely declined an invite from Clive Davis to perform it at a Grammys gala, so the film's music producer Mark Ronson tapped Lainey Wilson to sing the...Read more...

A man climbed to the top of the Las Vegas Sphere on Wednesday just days before the Super Bowl takes place in the city, according to local news outlet KTNV. The man, Maison DesChamps, was videotaped crawling up the side of the 367-foot Sphere by nervous onlookers. He posted a reel saying he climbed the building to...Read more...

Cleary, Richard Donner's 1978 Superman: The Movie is one of the best superhero films ever. It's both epic and intimate, exciting and funny, and way ahead of its time in terms of special effects. Superman is one of those movies that you watch, are in awe of, and automatically assume any chance of owning a piece of that...Read more...

Samsung still needs to officially announce which of its new Galaxy AI offerings in the Galaxy S24 series will make it to older devices. But a model comparison page offered by Samsung UK and a seemingly well-researched Reddit post may have confirmed at least four AI-powered features coming to your older Galaxy...Read more...

Dune: Part Two is finally just a few weeks away from hitting theaters, and a new sneak peek lifts the lid on one of the sequel's most eagerly awaited scenes: Paul Atreides (Timothee Chalamet) riding a sandworm on Arrakis.Read more...

The new sports streaming service from broadcast behemoths ESPN, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Fox could cost between $45 and $50, according to sources familiar with the matter who spoke withCNBC.

A harrowing story of orcas trapped in an icy prison off the coast of Japan has come to a happy ending. The dozen or so whales were spotted earlier this week near the island of Hokkaido, appearing to be enclosed by ice with no available way to help them. On Wednesday, however, officials reported that the orcas managed...Read more...

In WeWork's heyday, the office was lit. Kombucha in the water fountains, DJ sets at 5 p.m., and yoga balls where desk chairs should be. These days, expensive offices sit empty in cities across America. Adam Neumann, the co-founder and former CEO of WeWork, is reportedly trying to buy his company back in an effort to...Read more...

After months of frustration, NASA finally got the Bennu asteroid sample container open in January, revealing the large amounts of asteroid scooped up by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Now, a top member of the mission says the distant hunk of space rock may be a planetesimal-a planet's building block-that once belonged to...Read more...

A few months back, I was walking around DesignerCon and something impossible caught my eye. It was a Star Wars Black Series figure, but something was off. This looked different. It looked, dare I say, too good. The face looked so much better than usual. The outfit somehow more detailed and interesting. Then I stepped...Read more...

Apple would prefer that newfound owners of its brand spanking new Vision Pro headset enjoy their spatial computer" in the comfort of their home, hopefully, while they're on the couch and far away from spike pits or other video game-esque traps. Of course, that's not stopping the usual attention-hungry folks online...Read more...

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