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Buying an air conditioner is hard. There are lots of specs that aren't found on any other kind of product, the damn things are heavy, so if you buy the wrong one you'll dread returning it even more, and if you mess up you will find yourself living in an unpleasant ice box, or a muggy misery. But don't worry, it's...Read more...

Things get cosmic in a new X-Men 97 clip. Velma sets the stage for its unlikely return. Plus, Chucky gets into the family atomics, and what's coming up on Smiling Friends season 2. Spoilers now!

It's been a wild ride with Google's total pivot toward infusing AI into every bit of its products, and I need a break. The company released Gemini for the Pixel phones a few months ago, and it's already wreaking havoc on my life and the lives of others on Reddit. Gemini doesn't do everything the Google Assistant does,...Read more...

U.S. officials pledged not to pursue the death penalty against Julian Assange if he's extradited from the UK to face charges related to his publication of documents highly embarrassing to the U.S. government, according to a report from Australia's ABC News Tuesday. But that will be cold comfort to some in the British...Read more...

Say what you want about gaming gear's absolute obsession with RGB lighting on every desktop, keyboard, and laptop, but at least they're consistent. We've gotten used to gaming setups awash in the glow of RGB lighting, but good old boy Razer has come out with a new extra-colorful mouse pad called the Firefly V2 Pro, a...Read more...

Warhammer 40,000's grimdark world of horrors both human and alien has developed a complicated relationship with elements of its audience over the years. What was once a biting satire of Britain's conservative government in the late 80s has, in iteration after iteration of lore and retcons, become a messy...Read more...

As much as Star Wars fans are looking forward to The Acolyte and Skeleton Crew, if we're being honest, the crown jewel of the upcoming release calendar is Andor. The highly anticipated second season of the Emmy-nominated show has had a rough road amid all the strikes and, as a result, got pushed back into the next...Read more...

There have been many things in recent years that have helped Dungeons & Dragons transform into a global pop culture force-including the pandemic's necessity for remote social forms of play, the rise of actual play into its own entertainment boom, andBaldur's Gate 3. But few perhaps match the boost that Stranger Things...Read more...

More than 10 workers held a sit-in on the 10th floor of Google's New York City headquarters on Tuesday to protest Google's ties to Israel, organizers from No Tech for Apartheid" tell Gizmodo. The New Yorkers were joined by a simultaneous sit-in inside of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian's office in Sunnyvale,...Read more...

Motorola has announced its new family of flagships, the Edge 50 series. The series features three new models, from premium to mid-range, available in various finishes, from vegan leather (plastic) to wood. And like the rest of the Android brood, Motorola is hedging its bets on AI-infused software features to attract...Read more...

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So what if you just emptied your wallet for those rare Star Wars posters io9 shared last week? This auction of vintage horror and cult movie posters has some truly staggering offerings too. And if you're not in the market for pricey memorabilia, well-you can still ogle this slideshow of the goods, courtesy of ...Read more...

Wednesday was a huge hit for Netflix, breaking records for the streamer and pulling in Emmy nominations. So it's no surprise a second season is on the way-or that the cast is adding another big name to a slate that already includes Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Christina Ricci: Steve Buscemi.Read more...

Much of the ocean's life remains a mystery to us, but an international team of scientists has just filled in a few blanks after a 40-day expeditionto the Salas y Gomez Ridge. The ridge is a lengthy corridor filled with over 100 underwater mountains that extends from Chile to Rapa Nui, more commonly known as Easter...Read more...

Though Doctor Who fans met Ncuti Gatwa's Fifteenth Doctor in Christmas special The Church on Ruby Road," he'll be setting out for his first proper season of adventures next month-and the early teases have signaled a big change for the show beyond the new star and the Disney dollars: the Doctor's incredible range of...Read more...

The Brits are getting serious about deepfake porn-so serious, in fact, that if you get caught making or sharing the content in the United Kingdom it could soon get you thrown in prison.Read more...

AirPods have taken the consumer audio industry by storm and successfully entered most households. There's a chance that most of us (like me) have never tried to look into everything they can do. Let's look at those hidden features we didn't know about one of the planet's most popular pairs of buds.

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Marvel's comics have suddenly dovetailed into what's been going on in Marvel's movies for a long time-even before the MCU hit stratospheric heights, there's always been elements from adaptations that then make their way back to the source. But while this has been an often left-unspoken (or at least diplomatically...Read more...

Rover bills itself as the most popular pet-sitting app in the U.S., with tens of millions of bookings since the service was founded in 2011. But just like other gig-economy apps such as Uber and Airbnb, Rover is offered as a technology platform rather than a direct employer of pet-sitters. And that can lead to some...Read more...

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Every year, Stanford University's Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence releases a big report about the status of the artificial intelligence industry. This year's report, published this week, is a whopping 502 pages and includes a wealth of insights on the trendy technology. Tucked into its section on...Read more...

The Bigfoot movie genre is about to get a very intriguing new entry in Sasquatch Sunset, the latest from sibling filmmaking team David and Nathan Zellner (Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter). It delighted audiences at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and hits theaters nationwide this week.Read more...

Well, this is awkward. A NASA investigation confirmed that a small piece of trash tossed from the International Space Station (ISS) survived atmospheric reentry and ended up in a Florida home. This is a rare case of space junk causing damage on Earth, and the homeowner may be seeking legal action.

The vast majority of official adventures released for Dungeons & Dragons' 5th edition have been about finding ways to introduce the legions of newcomers to the fabled TTRPG to its various worlds-stories that onboard brand new adventurers on their paths through D&D's early progression. Some have thrown in ways to advanc...Read more...

We haven't experienced a major meteor shower since the Quadrantids ended in early January, but the annual meteor drought has officially ended with the Lyrids now in action. Here's what you need to know about this yearly light show and how to watch it.Read more...

Streaming on demand is the most popular way of watching movies and TV for obvious reasons: it's way more convenient to watch something when you want to, not when a network slots it into a schedule. But many free, ad-supported channels, including Tubi and Plex, offer a live TV" feature with a continuous stream of...Read more...

The latest charts from analysts at IDC show Samsung has reclaimed the top spot on the global smartphone charts for the first quarter of the year, knocking Apple down to number two. Apple was dominating the charts for a brief second. But now, Samsung has the lead with 20.8% of the global smartphone shipments for the...Read more...

Are you disappointed that Nintendo may not release the Switch 2 in 2024? Well, Sony may have something to bandage your bleeding heart. The PlayStation 5 Pro, rumored as Trinity" may be looking for space in consumer's carts sometime around this holiday season. Just as past upgraded PlayStation models of past console...Read more...

YouTube has become the internet's go-to library for all things video, but make no mistake, advertisers run this library. YouTube escalated its war against ad blockers on Monday with an update saying the use of mobile ad-blocking apps may result in buffering issues and error messages that read the following content is...Read more...

OpenAI confronted a common problem for AI image generators when it broadly released a new edit feature for ChatGPT's DALL-E this month. Oftentimes, AI image generators misunderstand what you want to create, so OpenAI's new tool allows you to highlight sections of your image, and change them to your specifications. The...Read more...

The supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy is the undisputed heavyweight champion of the Milky Way, but a newly spotted object takes the crown for the most massive stellar black hole known in our galaxy, weighing in at an impressive 33 times the mass of our Sun.

People watch Saturday Night Live to laugh, of course, but there are laughs and then there are sketches that last forever. This past weekend, Ryan Gosling hosted SNL and the episode may have featured one of those all-time sketches. What starts as a discussion of AI then turns into one of the most absurd and random pop...Read more...

Twenty-six years ago today, Deep Space Nine delivered the knife under its cloaked examination of Star Trek's morals in wartime with all the delicate precision of a sewing needle: the incredible In the Pale Moonlight," not just one of DS9 or Star Trek's finest hours, but one of the all time greatest episodes of TV...Read more...

X still has a bot problem as evidenced by the numerous accounts asking you to check their bio for some reason. But Elon Musk has a brilliant plan to stop the issue on his social media platform: Pay him more money.Read more...

After what feels like a very long cryogenic sleep in an underground nuclear bunker, Amazon's take on Fallout dropped like a bomb on Prime Video late last week-but whether or not you're complete newbie to the world of Interplay and Bethesda's legendary roleplaying games, or a series veteran, was it worth the wait? We...Read more...

If you've been feeling the weight of insomnia lately, you're far from alone. A new Gallup poll out Monday shows that a majority of American adults report not getting enough sleep-a first in the survey's history. Though there are likely several reasons for this, many struggling with sleep also report feeling...Read more...

The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, a key commuter bridge in Maryland right outside of Baltimore that was struck by a cargo ship several weeks ago and subsequently collapsed.Read more...

NASA is calling on industry players to come up with an alternative plan to return rocky samples from Mars at a lower cost and an earlier date.Read more...

A whoa" seems fully appropriate here: Keanu Reeves, star of the John Wick franchise and many more of our favorite movies (he's also a musician, a comic book writer, a meme inspiration, and is generally seeming to be living the dream), will voice Shadow in Sonic the Hedgehog 3.Read more...

It's the year my kid gets to pick out new furniture in her room now that she's graduating from a convertible crib to a Big Kid Bed. I'm hoping some of Ikea's new Brannboll gaming collection, which launches in September, catches her eye. Ikea says the new furniture is inspired by the evolving and diverse needs of...Read more...

Star Wars is taking over Disney Parks around the world for May the Fourth, the fandom's official season of the Force, with more treats and foods inspired by a galaxy far, far away.Read more...

Tesla is reportedly the latest company to lay off workers, and the number of employees axed is not pretty. A memo from Elon Musk to Tesla employees, received by CNBC Monday, said the company will reduce its headcount by more than 10% globally.Read more...

The company behind Donald Trump's Truth Social has been public for just a few weeks, but the stock price has plunged 50% from its first full day on the market. Trump Media filed with the SEC on Monday to issue 21 million more shares of DJT stock, and made the first steps towards allowing Trump to resell some of his...Read more...

In a turn of events that's par for the course in American politics in 2024, House Republicans were forced to ditch plans to wage a legislative war on woke" home appliances this week and pivoted their attention, instead, to shoring up unwavering support for Israel.Read more...

Arguably, the most exciting development in the past few days is Sony finally giving its products names that are easy to pronounce and remember. Yes, I'm looking at your SRS-XP500 and WH-1000XM5. Their new Ult series, consisting of the Ult Tower, Ult Field, and Ult Wear, all have names that make sense for the kind of...Read more...

Have you finished binging Fallout on Prime Video yet? You need not have played the massively popular games that inspired the series to enjoy its blend of bonkers action, oddball humor, post-apocalyptic retro-futurism, and outrageous violence-but there are plenty of Easter eggs sprinkled throughout for fans of the...Read more...

Marvel Comics is celebrating its 85th anniversary in 2024, and if there weren't already enough cool Marvel Legends figures on the way this year, Hasbro wants you to celebrate even further with a bunch of new figures for the occasion-although admittedly they pull from a little more recently in Marvel's long history,...Read more...

Pyrite, the yellow metal known as fool's gold, has another trick up its sleeve: it can contain lithium, a crucial element in the world's quest for greener energy, according to a team of researchers that studied rock deposits in the eastern United States.

A month after making a controversial comparison between the biggest movie of last year and his own Netflix hit, director Zack Snyder straightened a few things out. Speaking to io9 recently about his new film Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver, Snyder gladly clarified a comment he made on The Joe Rogan Experience...Read more...