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Apple has set the date of May 7 for its next hardware reveal event. This show will focus on the iPad, particularly the new tablet with an OLED screen.Read more...

Star Wars: Andor: The Complete First Season is io9's most-coveted among the Disney+ series getting collector's edition Blu-ray and 4K UHD releases April 30-no offense to Marvel's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier or Moon Knight, or Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi, which are also part of the drop.Read more...

On Earth Day, the National Weather Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention teamed up to announce a new heat risk system to better communicate the severity of hot weather. The color-coded system added magenta, a fifth-tier of heat severity, beyond red, to communicate extreme heat rare and/or...Read more...

We're quickly approaching the advent of Google's annual spring developer conference, and as a result, rumors of the company's next mid-range smartphone are loudly percolating. What will the Pixel 8a look like? Will it arrive soon? Will it offer more RAM at its supposedly slightly higher price point? No one knows...Read more...

Everyone's a little freaked out about AI right now-the ramifications of unregulated tech bro start up culture smashing into industries across the board, from journalism, to science, to entertainment, being turned upside down by the hot new trend. But together, Jennifer Lopez and Netflix boldly ask in Atlas the...Read more...

A 28-year-old motorcyclist died in Washington State on Friday afternoon because a dipshit Tesla driver rear-ended him at speed. A Snohomish man, 56, was commuting in his 2022 Tesla Model S when he activated the car's camera-based advanced driver assist system and according to his statements to police, began looking...Read more...

By now, I'm assuming that we've made our way through all eight episodes of the Netflix adaptation of Liu Cixin's The 3 Body Problem (and by we, I mean sci-fi nerds). The series is packed with science-much of it way over the top-but it grounds itself in quantum mechanics and astrophysics.Read more...

It's been 23 years since Brian Helgeland gave us A Knight's Tale-and the director's been thinking about ways it could've continued ever since. But once he settled on an idea, he apparently went to Netflix to make the pitch... only to find that the streamer's algorithmic overlords disagreed.Read more...

If you were hoping that all your cultish rituals and stuck voodoo dolls would make the iPhone FineWoven cases meet an untimely end, then you don't know Apple. After one Apple tipster asserted that the maligned iPhone cases would soon be as dead as the Dodo, we may instead be looking at a whole new slate of case...Read more...

Sebastien Vaniek keeps teasing his Evil Dead spinoff. Get a new look at Dakota Fanning's creepy new horror, The Watchers. James Gunn has a Creature Commandos update. Plus, what's to come on Chucky. Spoilers, away!

Microsoft's AI chief said those building AI should make sure it's easy for the public to comprehend it-and offered his own analogy to help do so.

Three teens who allegedly stole high-end cars in Australia last week have been charged with the crimes you'd expect anyone to face for stealing property, according to a new report from the Sydney Morning Herald. But two of the teens are also being charged under a new law that criminalizes posting about your crimes on...Read more...

Former President Donald Trump could pocket more than $1 billion in paper wealth by the end of the day Tuesday.Read more...

There's a whole slew of quality TVs out there calling for the world's attention. Out of Samsung's full slate of premium 2024 TVs, the new 4K Neo QLED is certainly one of the most approachable, both from its upper-midrange base $1,500 price point and its just being a solid viewing experience. It does everything you...Read more...

If viewers felt that after the 28-minuteBluey finale The Sign"-and its unannounced season three coda episode Surprise," which dropped on Disney+ last night-that there was a sense of finality to the beloved animated series, it was in a way intentional.Read more...

With Dune: Part Two, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Deadpool & Wolverine... and probably Dune: Part Two again, 2024 has truly become the year of the popcorn bucket. And if that trend is to continue, one filmmaker with a high-profile sequel coming later this year wants on board.Read more...

Disney CEO Bob Iger recently revealed that the company's theme-park expansion plans include both land and IP-and along with that, there are plenty of rides with lore yet to be explored further. After the success of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise and the Rock's Jungle Cruise, and the mixed reception to last...Read more...

Ground was broken today on what is said to be America's first high-speed rail. The project, which is designed to connect Los Angeles and Las Vegas via a 218-mile stretch of track that will be built across the Mojave desert, will be completed within the next four years, its backers say.Read more...

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If you've been catching up on what's hip in the social media space, you might have heard of Airchat. It's the new, big, exclusive, invite-only thing that's gotten internet residents scrambling for access.

The Voyager 1 spacecraft returned usable data for the first time in more than five months, giving hope for the 46-year-old mission to finally be able to resume its normal operations.Read more...

Last week, we looked back on the 15 essential sci-fi movies of 1999-a year that brought us The Matrix and the long-awaited return of Star Wars in The Phantom Menace. But horror came a close second that year, led by multiple Oscar nominee The Sixth Sense and indie sensation The Blair Witch Project, among many others.

The Hope and Koh-i-Noor diamonds-two of the most famous Golconda diamonds-may have come from southern India's Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, according to a team of researchers that reviewed the possible origin points of the gems.

As some of our all-time legends get up there in years, if you have a chance to see them, you should because you don't know when, or if, you'll get the chance again. Among those people is iconic actor, director, writer, and comedy genius Mel Brooks who is 97 years old but doesn't act a day over 85. Brooks was in...Read more...

Meta's metaverse dreams might actually blossom a bit this spring as it's finally done trying to hole itself in its own walled garden filled with its Meta Quest 3 headsets. Starting today, the Zuckerberg-led company has its own OS ecosystem, called Horizon OS, and with new headsets coming from some of the biggest PC...Read more...

Controversial streamer Adin Ross has a rabid fanbase that'll do anything for attention, including driving a car into a lake because...reasons. These dare streams of Ross' tend to come with the promise of a carrot at the end of the proverbial stick, whether that comes in the form of expensive products or cold hard cash....Read more...

This morning we got our latest look at Deadpool & Wolverine, and while it doesn't give as much about the film's premise away as the first trailer, it's filled with a whole lotta Logan-and some surprising other details and hints. Let's go through what we spotted, shall we?

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A military court in Russia sentenced a spokesperson for Meta to six years in prison on Monday, according to a new report from the English-language Moscow Times. Andy Stone was convicted in absentia for the justification" of terrorism after the Facebook parent company changed its rules about what's considered violent...Read more...

Apple's Vision Pro debuted just two months ago, drawing crowds of people to sign up for demos and almost immediately selling out. Since then, interest in Apple's premiere mixed reality headset has plummeted and sales are grinding to a halt at some retail stores, Bloomberg reports on Monday. So, what happened to...Read more...

As discussion and speculation about a fourth Tom Holland Spider-Man film continue, one constant that's not in doubt is Tom Holland himself. I'll always want to do Spider-Man films," the actor said in a new interview. I owe my life and career to Spider-Man. So the simple answer is yes. I'll always want to do more."Read more...

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes achieves the unthinkable. It's a prequel film to an iconic classic that approaches the material in a fresh, interesting way, stands on its own, and doesn't tarnish the legacy or integrity of its predecessors. On paper, it shouldn't work. Throughout movie history, it usually doesn't. But...Read more...

That was a really close one. Further analysis of a near-miss collision between two satellites in space revealed that they came even closer to one another than initially believed, raising more alarm over the growing danger of space debris.Read more...

For the most part, Hot Toys' dips into the Star Wars universe for its highly-detailed action figures stick to what's current in the world of the galaxy far, far away. The latest shows and movies, or dips back to classic heroes and villains, the toymaker plants its feet firmly in the current continuity of Star Wars....Read more...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the so-called TikTok ban (again) on Saturday as part of a crucial package to provide foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, according to The Washington Post. The bill that could ban or force a sale of TikTok seems to be on a fast track through Congress, widely expected to b...Read more...

I had a lot of expectations for the Knuckles live-action mini-series that, it turns out, might have been a bit too lofty. But I don't think the expectation that the titular echidna voiced by Idris Elba would be in a show with his name at the top was that outrageous. I'm sad to report that Knuckles is only around for a...Read more...

Leigh Whannell's Wolf Man movie adds another mysterious cast member. Get a look at a bevy of new indie genre movies, including Takashi Miike's Lumberjack the Monster. Plus, what's coming on Ghosts. To me, my Spoilers!

Tesla was forced to issue a recall for the futuristic Cybertruck last week after it emerged that the accelerator pedal could come loose and jam the car on full power. Not good for a truck that's meant to be so rugged it can survive the apocalypse. Now, Tesla has revealed the fix for the issue is a very futuristic...Read more...

This guide was updated on April 19, 2024, to add the Baseus Eli Sport 1 buds.Read more...

Our first look at Deadpool & Wolverine earlier this year leaned heavily on the merc' with a mouth's official arrival into the Marvel Cinematic Universe-as its would-be savior. But of course, Wade's not the only guy in the title this time, so it's fitting that our latest look gives us a little more to sink our claws...Read more...

Elon Musk's social media platform X started testing AI-generated news summaries powered by Grok in early April. The feature has a disclaimer that Grok can make mistakes," and it's made quite a few of them.

Here's a classic brainteaser that I don't like. What's the next number in this sequence: 1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, ...? The answer is 312211, because each number describes the digits in the number that precedes it. We open with 1, an arbitrary choice, but the next number describes 1 as a single one," i.e. one one,"...Read more...

While digital security threats continue to get more sophisticated and complex, sometimes the best ways of protecting yourself and your data are pretty simple-and here we're going to introduce you to one of the easier checks you can carry out regularly on your various devices.

Even before its casting was officially unveiled, Marvel Studios' upcoming Fantastic Four movie was always poised to be a big deal. The First Family of Marvel Comics hasn't had a movie since Fant4stic nearly a decade ago (despite Fox's best attempts), and we're also coming up on 20 years since the studios' previous go...Read more...

There are a lot of superheroes running around the DC universe at any given time, and it often causes some headaches for its villains. If you're a bad guy in that universe, how do you tackle that problem in 2024? With some evil super-robots.

Years ago, Andy Weir's sci-fi novel Project Hail Mary was being optioned as a film with Ryan Gosling in the lead role. After years of no significant news on the project, Amazon MGM's ready to bring the adaptation to theaters, and it's even locked down a release date: March 20, 2026.

A few weeks ago, Lionsgate revealed it had another Blair Witch movie in the works. The series, which started with 1999's The Blair Witch Project, has been off and on over the decades, and both of its sequels have been about how people have been shaped by that first movie. Now, ahead of Project's 25th theatrical...Read more...

Earlier in the week, we got our first look at Transformers One, and it probably didn't look like what you were imagining. The animated movie, which is meant to serve as an origin story for Optimus Prime (Chris Hemsworth) and Megatron (Brian Tyree Henry)-here respectively known as Orion Pax and D-16-is sillier than...Read more...

When Disney bought 20th Century Fox, it seemed inevitable that the company would find a way to get Marvel to crossover with the Alien or Predator. It took some time, but thanks to comics it came to fruition last year with Wolverine fighting the Predator (because who else would?), and now it's continuing by pitting the...Read more...