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The last few years, the mutant race has been living it up (or trying to) on the island of Krakoa, and also on Mars/Arakko. But all things must come to an end, and in the summer, Marvel’s closing things out with the Fall of X. As is often the case with these types of events, that fall will be taking place across a…Read more...

No Time to Die wasn’t that long ago in the grand scheme of things (even though its delays made you feel like it). With Daniel Craig’s time as James Bond now come to an end with that movie, the question has naturally shifted to “who’s next?”. Not unlike with the next Doctor, figuring out who’s going to play Bond next…Read more...

Alongside Renfield, There’s a handful of films out this week, including The Pope’s Exorcist. Similar to Warner Bros. Conjuring series, the movie stars Russell Crowe as a fictional version of Father Gabriele Amorth, who served as the Vatican’s Chief Exorcist. And in this case, “fictional” means “a priest who also has a…Read more...

A new season of the year means new anime to dig into. Among the newcomers for the spring season is Studio MAPPA’s adaptation of Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku from Yuji Kaku, which started airing at the beginning of the month. Now with three episodes under its belt, the English dub for the show begins today (April 15),…Read more...

Guardians of the Galaxy crash lands on the way to Coachella for an interactive installation that will feature music and merch from the Marvel Studios film, while Disney Parks reveals the opening date for Rogers: The Musical and announces a Pride night celebration.Read more...

I love a mechanical keyboard with an OLED on it—remember the SteelSeries Apex Pro? It was neat because of the customizable window in the corner of the keyboard. Now, imagine getting those same OLEDs for each key on your board. This would let you change your layout and label macros on the fly. And it’s exactly the…Read more...

The internet loves a good debate over perception, whether it’s the color of a dress or something else, and now we have one from The Mandalorian. And it’s a little bit naughty.Read more...

Montana made history on Friday by becoming the first state legislature to approve a wholesale TikTok ban affecting nearly all devices in the state. The first-of-its-kind ban, which goes far beyond previous state efforts banning the app on government devices, could set the precedent for a wave of TikTok bans in other…Read more...

Gender-affirming healthcare is now much more difficult, nigh impossible, to access in Missouri, even for adults. Medical treatments, including hormones, puberty blockers, and surgeries, though widely accepted as safe and critically important for many transgender people, are behind a bevy of new limitations in the…Read more...

This week’s episode of The Mandalorian set the stage for season three’s finale with big stakes and reveals not just for Din Djarin and his Mandalorian friends, but the whole galaxy—and in the process, revealed the ace up Moff Gideon’s sleeve. But what precedent has there been for the Remnant’s new leaders in Star Wars…Read more...

Asteroid Apophis is scheduled for a brief rendezvous with Earth and NASA is hoping to get a good view of the close encounter in order to prepare for potentially hazardous visits by other rocky bodies.Read more...

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SpaceX has packed more than 50 payloads into a Falcon 9 rocket as the company prepares for its latest rideshare mission.Read more...

Some of our posts include links to retailers. If you buy something from clicking on one, G/O Media may earn a commission. Because editorial staff is independent of commerce, affiliate linking does not influence our editorial content.Tablets continue gaining ground in the market, even as laptop computers slim down enough to fit in paper envelopes. They’re useful as both highly portable productivity tools and as entertainment devices—whether you’re a gamer, binge watcher, or an avid reader. Sometimes, you just don’t need a whole keyboard attached…Read more...

Substack, best known as a subscription newsletter platform, just launched a copycat Twitter competitor called Substack Notes. Elon Musk wasn’t pleased and apparently took a number of steps to block Substack links on Twitter. Substack CEO Christ Best went on the Verge’s Decoder podcast to discuss his company’s rocky…Read more...

This week’s Star Trek: Picard set up big stakes for what will be the very last episode of the series—and you can’t have big stakes without some big threats and big blows for our heroes. But it turns out episode nine’s biggest blow may not matter so much in the grand scheme of things, if Picard showrunner Terry Matalas…Read more...

Xvid is rarely used these days, but that means it can be hard to know what to do with it if you come across it while digging through your old files. It’s essentially a method for compressing video, and it’s been around since 2001. It’s been stylized in a number of ways over the years, so while most file formats,…Read more...

Google Maps is so reliant on pins that it uses one for its app icon. These helpful virtual landmarks exist to direct you not only to your destination, but also towards shops, bars, restaurants, and other places of note. You can also place your own pins, though the amount of options you have in both the mobile and…Read more...

Roku’s streaming boxes and dongles have been going at it since 2008, and they still represent some of the easiest, most convenient, most user-friendly ways of getting dozens of smart streaming apps up on your big screen TV. There’s competition from the likes of Apple TV and Google TV, which have their own free channelsRead more...

Even the best home printer will probably cause you a few headaches. These things are famously unreliable, since they need moving parts and cartridges in a way that other PC accessories don’t. It’s easy for a computer to move files around digitally, but much harder for it to print them into the real world. There’s ways…Read more...

According to Elon Musk, legacy Twitter Verified checkmarks will disappear on 4/20. Nice one Elon, we’ll see if you actually follow through after previously saying that they’d disappear on April Fool’s Day. Plenty of celebrities have come out against Musk’s feverish bid to generate some inkling of revenue for Twitter,…Read more...

We’ve seen kids vs. aliens as a plot device many times over. But Kids vs. Aliens, a gleefully violent sci-fi comedy from director and co-writer Jason Eisener (Hobo With a Shotgun), just might be the ultimate execution of the idea. At just 75 minutes, there’s barely a second wasted as a pack of rowdy middle-schoolers…Read more...

NASA is setting up an independent review board to oversee the Mars Sample Return mission plans, in an effort to make sure the mission will be completed on time and—crucially—under budget.Read more...

Sam Altman has squashed rumors that OpenAI is already working on ChatGPT-5, just a month after the company’s release of its GPT-4. Currently, there is no GPT-5 in training, Altman said while speaking virtually at an event at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Earlier this year, Warner Bros. announced it would be making new Lord of the Rings movies and the collective response was, “Wait, what?” Director Peter Jackson already made six of those—and with an animated film on the way, as well as a TV show at a competing studio, it was hard to have any perspective on what these…Read more...

Historic rainfall over Fort Lauderdale sparked intense flooding that shut down schools and businesses this week. And the threat of flooding isn’t over just yet, an already waterlogged South Florida may see more rain this evening.Read more...

A highly-anticipated heavy-lift rocket was getting prepped for its inaugural flight when a spark triggered a fiery explosion at NASA’s Alabama launch facility, potentially threatening next month’s rocket debut.Read more...

The only thing more attractive to 5th graders than snow days are the days when the teacher wheels an A/V cart into the classroom. Even educational videos are a welcome reprieve from a teacher lecturing at the whiteboard, but according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, a new recall means there’s now reason to…Read more...

I can’t stop thinking about it. Since the minute it was officially announced that James Mangold would be writing and directing a film about the Dawn of the Jedi, I just keep dreaming about the possibilities. Sure, I’m curious about what Rey is doing with the New Jedi Order, though I wish we could’ve seen Luke try…Read more...

After decades of hype, biometrically enabled “smart” guns are officially on the market. Colorado-based Biofire Technologies this week said it released the first commercially available smart handgun which uses a fingerprint and facial recognition biometrics identity verification tool to unlock a 9mm handgun intended…Read more...

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A warning to those of you looking forward to celebrating 4/20 in style this year: Your weed might not be as potent as advertised. In a new study this week, scientists found that cannabis products bought from legal dispensaries in Colorado were often much lower in THC levels than their labels indicated.

The viral word game Wordle has spawned its fair share of clones, from Octordle to Absurdle to the movie-based Framed. Unfortunately, Heardle, the Spotify-owned, music-based version of the word guessing game, will be shutting down next month.

The streaming wars might be in a weird place right now, as all over the place the boom of Content has seemed to slow as studios rebalance their expectations for their platforms’ futures. But that’s not stopping Amazon from going full steam ahead on a swathe of reboots.

Parler is apparently getting another lease on life, but first it has to die. The “free speech alternative” social network, popular among conservatives and the likes of Alex Jones, officially has a new owner. And that new owner has put the site on hiatus for an unspecified length of time.

Melissa Barrera is heading to her Scream 6 directors’ Universal Monsters movie. A new Deadite rises in clips from Evil Dead Rise. Plus, behind the scenes on The Little Mermaid, and wedding bells ring for Archie and Cheryl on Riverdale. Spoilers, away!

A major software update to the Curiosity rover will allow the robot to drive faster on the Martian surface and reduce wear on its wheels, potentially boosting the mission’s lifespan.

Nothing gets the conservatives riled up quite like companies promoting progressive values. As a result, a conservative nonprofit named Consumers’ Research is providing “Woke Alerts” to notify you when your favorite company goes too woke.

Seanan McGuire is one of the most prolific fantasy authors writing today, but there’s no drop in quality to go with all that quantity, as her astonishing array of literary awards and nominations can attest. Her Hugo-nominated October Daye urban fantasy series has been going strong for 14 years, and this year brings a…Read more...

This week’s Twitter kerfuffle is all about public funding. Elon Musk decided to label National Public Radio’s account first as “government-influenced media,” which it previously applied to state-operated media outlets that shade into propaganda. Later, the label was changed to “government-funded media.”

The EU’s European Data Protection Board, or EDPB, is launching a task force to monitor ChatGPT, a move that indicates that the bloc’s privacy regulators are getting serious about looking into the LLM’s potential privacy violations.Read more...

If you were among those who had problems with their Apple weather app last week, you’re not alone. Keeping an eye on the forecast for practical reasons (what to wear, outdoor plans) is important. And knowing the forecast is especially critical when wild weather hits, whether it’s dealing with flooding, hurricanes, or…Read more...

A highly-anticipated mission to Jupiter and its intriguing moons is officially underway, with an Ariane-5 rocket successfully delivering the JUICE probe to space earlier today. The craft will now begin an eight-year journey through the solar system to reach icy worlds that may host some form of life.

Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced on Thursday that users will be able to offer subscriptions to their followers, piggybacking off the platform’s previous “Super Follow” function. The new money-making effort will allow users to offer subscription content to their followers for a small fee.Read more...

The time is quickly nearing for SpaceX to perform the first fully integrated orbital flight test of Starship. Here’s how the historic launch will unfold and what you can expect from Elon Musk’s revolutionary megarocket.Read more...

The happy experiences guests have at Disney Parks are the sum of the many moving parts that go into the creation of all the attractions—including new ride Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway and nighttime spectaculars like World of Color: One. io9 talked to a trio of Disney employees, all women in STEM, whose work…Read more...

Radio Silence—directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, and producer Chad Villella—successfully rebooted one of horror’s biggest franchises with Scream and Scream VI. Now they’ve tapped the star of those films, Melissa Barrera, to join another movie reviving a beloved property from horror’s past, in the form…Read more...

Debuting in Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16, Monica Rambeau has had a hell of a superhero career. She was the first female Captain Marvel, even before Carol Danvers. She’s been on countless teams, including multiple versions of the Avengers. Her ability to become and project anything on the electromagnetic scale makes…Read more...

Police have made an arrest in the murder of Bob Lee, 43, the tech executive and co-founder of Cash App who was found stabbed to death in downtown San Francisco last week.

As more companies realize it costs quite a bit to create generative AI content, we may be coming to the end of free, open source AI models. One of the biggest companies that once proclaimed open source from the rooftops to all that would hear is quickly trying to sell a bigger, badder, more deep fake-capable AI model…Read more...