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The long-running saga over a Washington woman's refusal to get treated for tuberculosis might finally be drawing to a close. The woman was released from a local jail late last week, under the condition that she stay isolated at home and complete her course of antibiotics. Should she fail to do so, she could be...Read more...

Stranger things have happened, but this one conspiracy theory might actually be true. Alex Goldman, the former host of the once-heralded, now-defunct podcast Reply All, may have just cracked the code on whether Disney replaced the skin of a Hillary Clinton robot with that of Donald Trump.

To celebrate the release of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny this week, Hasbro decided to mostly ignore that movie and show us a whole host of toys from the climactic entry in the original Indy trilogy, The Last Crusade. Did they choose wisely? Maybe, but it doesn't mean we didn't get at least some hints of what...Read more...

Cinephile's cherished Turner Classic Movies was slated to be Warner Bros. Discovery's latest amputation of beloved content. Out of the blue, famed directors Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson stepped up to bat for the classic cinema channel. Now it seems the three have managed to hold Warner...Read more...

Natural Access to Bi-directional Utilities. Doesn't sound very exciting, does it? But the acronym NABU is becoming one of most interesting, burgeoning spaces for retro computer devs. Thanks to the cheap sale of these once-defunct PCs, more and more people are helping to revitalize a long-defunct cable internet service...Read more...

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Paramount's decision to unceremoniously both renege on its season two greenlight for Star Trek: Prodigy and completely remove the show from its streaming platform has created a PR nightmare of its own making with many, many layers to it. But amid all the concerns, the thing I keep thinking about is just how rude it is...Read more...

Smart TV company Vizio is more known for its budget screens than it is for a functional, modern UI. Now, the company said it's finally ready for a facelift, one that's been a long time coming. Starting on Wednesday, Vizio's new interface does away with its old box-y look and rearranges icons to make finding apps and...Read more...

The long-in-development third installment of the Tron franchise is set to shoot this August-if the SAG strike doesn't happen-and it's just added a new star to its cast.Read more...

Pelagic Research Services is recovering debris from the Titan submersible which fatally imploded while journeying to view the Titanic wreckage last week, killing all five crew members on board. Search and rescue teams searched a 900 sq-foot area over four days in a mission that ended abruptly when an ROV discovered...Read more...

With more laws on the books demanding additional pay for gig workers, DoorDash has finally come around to offering some hourly pay for its Dashers, though only when they're hoofing it to their delivery spot. The food delivery app announced Wednesday that contract delivery drivers can now earn a base hourly pay and...Read more...

As hundreds of flights to and from the East Coast were canceled this week due to severe weather, the CEO of United has an axe to grind. In a leaked email, Scott Kirby, the airline's head honcho, blamed the Federal Aviation Administration for the cancellations.

There's a saying that the eyes are the window to a person's soul, but according to a team of researchers from the University of Maryland, the eyes might instead be a mirror, providing enough data to reconstruct exactly what a person in a short video clip was looking at as an interactive 3D model.

Director Roland Emmerich hates Earth. This we know; it's why so many of his movies feature the planet under attack by aliens, Godzillas, moons, and so forth. But it appears his frustration with not being able to properly destroy the planet is getting to him, because Emmerich is going to space... specifically Space...Read more...

Episode two of Secret Invasion, Marvel's new Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) series, continues the trend started in episode one by further cutting him off from the people he trusts. Fury's biggest power isn't flying around, super strength, or how good his gadgets are; his secret weapon has always been in how big his...Read more...

Together, dark matter and dark energy comprise 95% of the known universe, yet scientists don't know what they are. The Euclid telescope, set to launch to space from Florida on Saturday, may help decipher them.Read more...

Businesses and homes throughout Texas cranked up their air conditioning this week during the ongoing heat dome, pushing the grid into record-breaking energy usage.Read more...

Is a European post-apocalypse the big new fad? Case in point: The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon will bring the character to meet the zombies of France. Now, Bird Box Barcelona wants to bring the series' mysterious, suicide-inducing entities to Spain, and its first trailer is here.

While roaming the Martian terrain, NASA's Perseverance rover spotted an odd-shaped rock that may have traveled its way from space to land on the Red Planet.Read more...

Costco members should be wary of sharing their cards with friends or family as the company takes action against non-members. The company announced on Tuesday that it is cracking down on card-sharing, and members will soon be required to show proof of identification at the checkout counters before they can make a...Read more...

It's often impossible to watch something completely divorced from the context surrounding it. Despite what some may have you believe, once you know about the controversy attached to a film or show, you can't un-know it, and that's going to affect how you view the finished product in question.

The battle of the billionaires is heating up, and Elon Musk is looking to claim a win. Ahead of a potential cage match with Meta's own Mark Zuckerberg, Musk has accepted an offer from UFC champion and former mixed martial arts fighter George St-Pierre.Read more...

The lawsuit lodged against Montana's historic TikTok ban by influencers in the state earlier last month may not have a grassroots effort. What seemed to be a creator-led legal rebuke was actually financed by TikTok itself.

ODIN Space has passed a major milestone by powering up a super-sensitive experimental in-space sensor. Once fully developed, a dispersed network of these sensors could be capable of tracking hypervelocity objects no larger than a grain of sand.Read more...

It's never too early to start learning about spooky Christmas horror movies. Margot Robbie discusses the chances of a Barbie sequel. Plus, behind the scenes footage from Venom 3, and what's coming on this week's Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Spoilers, away!

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Although far more convenient to carry around than a set of over-ear headphones, wireless earbuds can often become uncomfortable when crammed into your ears for hours. With its new OpenFit wireless earbuds, Shokz is promising all day comfort via an open-ear design that ensures you can also hear everything going on...Read more...

The Vatican is getting in on the AI craze. The Holy See has released a handbook on the ethics of artificial intelligence as defined by the Pope.Read more...

On June 18, Bebe Rexha was performing a hometown show at The Rooftop at Pier 17 in Manhattan. During the performance, an audience member threw an iPhone at the pop singer-songwriter, which hit her just over the right eye. The impact immediately ended the show, and Rexha required three stitches in the aftermath,...Read more...

As the battle between Disney and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis continues to notch regular updates, anyone who hasn't been following from the beginning might be a bit confused. Why is this Republican presidential hopeful openly fighting with his state's biggest taxpayer? Let's take a look.Read more...

Ever since the ill-fated crypto exchange FTX went bankrupt last year, evidence has been building of rampant criminal activity on the part of the firm's top executives. A new report on the company's finances published Monday does nothing to dispel that notion, revealing instead new allegations about how the failed...Read more...

HBO has always made amazing documentaries, whether for broadcast TV or its streaming service, Max. So there's every reason to be excited about Superpowered: The DC Story even before I tell you that Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Leslie Iwerks and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Mark Catalena co-directed the three-part...Read more...

Twitter: it's a bad place. But even among all the awfulness you can find little gems of goodness and light-gems like the first episode of Silo, which Apple TV+ has released there for free.

Since the game's debut in May, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has seen players craft some incredibly clever and complex machinery. The latest example, though, seems to push the game's crafting capabilities to a whole new level with the creation of what we think is Hyrule's first-remote control airplane.Read more...

Marvel, Lucasfilm, Sony, Netflix, and more may have decided to skip this year's San Diego Comic-Con, but for you future attendees who were hoping to see the latest MCU trailers and whatnot, there is a consolation prize: a toilet, courtesy of the 30th anniversary of Jurassic Park.

New strategies to save boats from the orca uprising are in the works. Portuguese officials plan to test devices that could deter so-called killer whales from taking down ships with sound, according to a report from Lusa News Agency, Portugal's largest news outlet. Trial runs of the tech could begin over the next few...Read more...

On Sunday, four researchers donned black jumpsuits and entered into a red world where they will spend a year living and working in a simulated Martian environment.Read more...

A gust of wind from the great white north has pushed Canadian wildfire smoke down into the Midwest. Cities around the Great Lakes region are now shrouded in smoke. Skylines are pretty hazy, and air quality has plummeted.Read more...

Apple has joined WhatsApp, Signal, and other messaging companies, by raising concerns that end-to-end encryption would be threatened if the United Kingdom passes the Online Safety Bill." The bill moved to Parliament for review, and if passed, it would give the Office of Communications (Ofcom) the technology and...Read more...

James Gunn has found his Superman and Lois Lane. Actors David Corenswet (Pearl) and Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) have been cast as the two leads of Superman: Legacy, which will be released July 11, 2025.Read more...

Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Pompeii have uncovered a gorgeous still-life fresco depicting a platter covered in food and wine, including one foot item that looks suspiciously like a pizza.Read more...

If you love Barbie, this movie is for you," the main trailer for Barbie tells us in glorious neon-pink font. If you hate Barbie, this movie is for you," it slyly adds. We are primed for Greta Gerwig's surreal smash of the summer to give us a loving, but knowing look at all the iconic doll represents-but it seems...Read more...

AI hype has officially reached Metaverse" levels of incomprehensibility. Large language models are a wormhole sucking in any and all tech companies looking to promote long-existing products, and now e-bike maker Urtopia is one of the first companies trying to force chatbots on users who are simply trying to travel...Read more...

Vaccines for a common but sometimes dangerous virus are well on the way to reaching the public. This month, outside experts assembled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave their blessing to two vaccines developed against the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. The vaccines, approved for older adults,...Read more...

When news broke that a future Star Wars movie would bring back Rey in a story about a new Jedi Order, one question immediately came to mind: is this Star Wars Episode X? We still don't know if it is or isn't, but a new quote from Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy hints that the movie could be its very own episode...Read more...

The time of year is finally herewhen thousands of nerds descend upon Southern California for San Diego Comic-Con. Last year's Comic-Con was a return to form after several heavily impacted covid years but, with the Writers Guild striking and Screen Actors Guild threatening to, major Hollywood brands are being...Read more...

We've been sucking the earth dry, and it's starting to change how our planet works. A study published this month in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, explains that we've extracted so much damn water out of the ground, it has changed the planet's tilt and has contributed to sea level rise.Read more...

It feels like the closer we get to this year's San Diego Comic-Con, the more we're mostly hearing about how big studios are pulling away from the premiere event in the pop culture calendar. But now we know at least one stalwart is using the exodus to stake an even bigger claim at the con.Read more...

Twenty-seven years after the first Game Boy title was released, and over 1,000 different pocket monsters later, Pokemon is, somehow, still incredibly popular the world over, and Samsung is once again capitalizing on the franchise's rabid fandom by wrapping its wireless earbuds in three new Poke-themed charging cases.Read more...

CBS has called an emergency meeting and decided that now is indeed the time to declare an Among Us animated series is in the works.