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Half the appeal of James Bond movies are the action sequences—dramatic gunfights, daring car chases, the final showdowns that dismantle the villain’s masterfully laid plans for world domination at the last minute. The other half are the gadgets—watches that deploy circular saws, Aston Martins with machine guns behind…Read more...

Apple’s Emergency SOS service has officially launched in the U.S. and Canada for the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro. Emergency SOS is a new feature that connects you with emergency services using a satellite connection rather than cellular or wifi so that you can call for help even in rural places.

FTX filed for bankruptcy on Friday, leaving reasonable people to wonder how a cryptocurrency platform founded in 2019, which reached a valuation of $32 billion in 2021, could plummet to zero in such a short time. There’s a new piece in the New York Times which gained exclusive access to FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried,…Read more...

Test time. If you’re a professional drug trafficker, what’s your favorite way to move product in and around the U.S.? Is it...Read more...

As fans of Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire know, when Louis and Claudia first attempt to murder Lestat in the books, it’s a much less gory affair than the AMC series—which just released its season one finale—might lead you to believe.Read more...

Summer in Pangnirtung—“Pang” to the Inuit locals, an island hamlet located “a million miles from anywhere,” except maybe the Arctic Circle—is peak mischief time for the bored teens who live there... until, as we see in sci-fi tale Slash/Back, a slimy visitor touches down for an invasion vacation.Read more...

The cryptocurrency exchange FTX has collapsed and filed for bankruptcy, deflating the entire crypto market with it.Read more...

Here we are fledglings, nearing the end of our time together with AMC’s adaptation of Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire, and I have to say, it’s been a ride. I’ve said as much elsewhere, but this show constantly surprised me with its intricate storytelling, nuanced characters, and unyielding dedication to the…Read more...

Tesla will play a vital role in an upcoming trial for a 2019 manslaughter case that left two people dead and calls into question the potential hazards of autopilot, or vehicles equipped with advanced driver-assist technology.Read more...

Communication about climate change between the United States and China screeched to a halt in August amid escalating tensions over contested Taiwan. China cut off climate cooperation at the time, but now talks have resumed, as first reported by the New York Times.

The FTX debacle, where one of the world’s most popular and lauded crypto exchanges proved to be a massive smokescreen for an immeasurably mismanaged company, has every crypto company exec putting on their Sunday best to try and appear as legitimate as possible. Now crypto execs are scrambling over each other to prove…Read more...

Hasbro’s “Selfie Series” line of create-your-own action figures wants to give the world its own toys in an unprecedented scale. There have been print-your-own heads for ages at this point, but the combination of Hasbro’s scale as one of the world’s biggest toymakers and the whole host of IP it licenses make it a…Read more...

A software company whose code is used in thousands of widely downloaded American apps has been pretending to be based in the U.S. when, in reality, it operates out of Russia, new reporting from Reuters shows. The company, Pushwoosh, used fake street addresses and even fake employee profiles on LinkedIn to create the…Read more...

A 72-year-old climate activist rode her electric bicycle all the way from Sweden to Egypt, just in time to attend COP27 last week. Her mission? To raise awareness about rising emissions and climate change, the Associated Press reported.

After a nearly 8-month hold on extravehicular activities outside the International Space Station (ISS), NASA is resuming its spacewalks on Tuesday with plans to install new solar arrays. But that’s not the only spacewalk set to take place outside the ISS this week.Read more...

Most people are familiar with The Neverending Story thanks to the 1984 fantasy film and its relentlessly catchy theme song. But before it was a movie, it was a book—and the Folio Society has just released a stunning new version of Michael Ende’s tale. io9 has a look inside, including some exclusive images, to share…Read more...

Google hasn’t announced its folding smartphone yet, but it’s been a few years since the rumors started circulating, enough that we have an idea of what the company will do when it finally commits to the form factor. Over at Front Page Tech, a popular YouTube channel that’s been on the money a few times with leaks, new…Read more...

There’s a lot unprecedented about Doctor Who’s latest regeneration, where outgoing Time Lord Jodie Whittaker, the series’ first female Doctor, transformed into returning star David Tennant’s 14th Doctor. But one particular tweak was done because... well, frankly some people suck.

Amazon is set to scrap about 10,000 employees starting this week, according to a report from the New York Times which cites multiple unnamed sources and follows days of speculation about coming cuts. The lay offs will reportedly target the company’s device sector, responsible for voice-assistant Alexa, plus the retail…Read more...

Tourism industries around the world are flourishing again after a pandemic slowdown, but not all places are benefitting from the boom. Over-tourism and environmental concerns have made some spots a bad idea to visit, as Fodor’s Travel has highlighted in its 2023 ‘No List.’Read more...

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is proof that great movies drive conversation. Case in point, the article you’re now reading is 21 questions we have about the movie, which may make it seem like we had huge problems with the movie. We did not.Read more...

Google agreed to a $391.5 million dollar settlement on Monday to end a lawsuit accusing the tech giant of tricking users with location data privacy settings that didn’t actually turn off data collection. The payout, the result of a suit brought by 40 state attorneys general, marks one of the biggest privacy…Read more...

Trying to describe the wonder and bliss that is RRR could never do it justice. The fictional story of two actual Indian revolutionaries blends fact with fantasy in ways most filmmakers wouldn’t even dare to dream. It’s incredible. It’s epic. And now, it might be coming back for another round.Read more...

Going about 15 mph on the open tech highway, micromobility company Bird was apparently also unable to avoid clotheslining itself on a proverbial open car door. In filings sent to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Bird said it has overestimated its revenues for the last couple years starting in the first…Read more...

Back in 2020, Margot Robbie and her Birds of Prey writer, Christina Hodson, announced that they were working on a film for the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Robbie was set to star and Hodson was taking up the pen for the female-led installment. While the Hollywood Reporter said that Jerry Bruckheimer, the…Read more...

In the 1970s, laboratory honey bees generally lived for over a month. But now, according to new research published in Scientific Reports, lab-kept bees only live about two weeks.Read more...

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Most people agree that Andor is the best Star Wars anything since the first season of The Mandalorian. It seems the powers that be over at Disney+ do as well, as the company will be making the first two episodes of the show free to watch on the ABC, FX, and Freeform TV networks, as well as the other Disney-owned…Read more...

The U.S. Space Force’s spaceplane touched down at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida after spending nearly three years orbiting around Earth on a secretive mission.Read more...

In late October, Netflix released an adaptation of Sally Green’s Half Bad, renamed The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself, without much fanfare. In a world divided between witches and fains, two warring clans of magic-users fight over legacy, tradition, and power; creating a brutal rift in between Fairborn witches and…Read more...

SpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket company, has bought a bevy of advertisements on Twitter, Elon Musk’s social media platform. The ad campaign purchase, first reported by CNBC, comes amid other advertisers fleeing Twitter during the billionaire’s thus-far chaotic stint as the site’s owner.

As much as last week’s $8 Twitter verification chaos warped many public faces into gross parodies of their sterilized brands, one pharma company that has long hiked the price of a life-saving drug was caught in the crossfire and may have lost millions because of one fake post. New reports reveal just how much chaos…Read more...

NASA’s Artemis program took an important step forward this weekend, with CAPSTONE finally reaching its destination—a near-rectilinear halo orbit (NRHO) around the Moon. The 55-pound cubesat will now test this promising orbit in preparation for the Gateway lunar space station.Read more...

Lindsay Lohan wants a Freaky Friday 2 to happen. Giselle breaks into song in a new Disenchanted clip. Plus, what’s coming on the Chucky season 2 finale and the next episode of Titans. Spoilers, away!

Although at times it seems like no one can stop Twitter owner Elon Musk from doing whatever he wants with the platform, Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey recently reminded the billionaire that there are still things called “laws,” telling the billionaire on Sunday to fix his companies “or Congress will.”Read more...

Hong Kong-based crypto trading platform AAX halted withdrawals on Sunday and claims it will try to resume trades in 7-10 days, according to a press release from the company. But we’ve certainly heard that one before in crypto land.

In last week’s recap, I wrote the following: “Do you ever feel tense when watching The Walking Dead anymore? Does the TV show ever truly surprise you anymore? I’m pretty sure it’s been quite a while since TWD made me feel like a character was in real danger or did anything that made me wonder what was going to happen…Read more...

The FBI came very close to using commercial spyware to aid in its domestic criminal investigations, the New York Times has reported. The spyware was developed by the NSO Group, the notorious surveillance vendor from Israel whose products have been tied to spying scandals all over the world.Read more...

Marvel movies tend to have big box office openings, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is no exception. With the promise of Letitia Wright’s Shuri taking up the heroic mantle, the film being a tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman, and seeing Wakanda go to war with the underwater warrior Namor (Tenoch Huerta),…Read more...

The early days of Warner Bros. being acquired by Discovery saw the abrupt cancellation of two films that were well on their way to being done: Batgirl and Scoob! Holiday Haunt. Both films were killed simultaneously as part of WB Discovery’s efforts to cut costs following the merger, but understandably, it’s Batgirl’s …Read more...

The timeline of events starting from the hard confirmation of a sequel to 2018's Black Panther to said sequel’s actual release this weekend has been nothing short of odd, to say the least. With the sudden passing of Chadwick Boseman overwhelming nearly everything about the film’s production, it seemed like Black…Read more...

Just before the weekend started, it was reported that longtime Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy passed away at the age of 66 following a short battle with cancer. And similar to what part of nerd Twitter has been doing over the weekend, we asked you about some of your favorite scenes that encapsulated why Conroy’s take…Read more...

Hundreds of millions of dollars in funds were mysteriously siphoned out of the collapsing crypto exchange FTX on Friday, in what company executives have referred to as a potential hacking incident.Read more...

Thus far, every time you hear that Jordan Peele is cooking something up, it’s worth paying attention to. Just this year alone, he delivered a fun, occasionally grim look at the Hollywood and entertainment culture machinery with Nope back in July, followed by his reunion with longtime collaborator Keegan-Michael Key…Read more...

Ever since Stranger Things arrived on Netflix in 2016, folks have been enamored with David Harbour. While he’s been one of those actors who’ve always been around, you may not have realized it before his turn as Hopper in the Netflix series. That show gave his career a huge boost, and it’s only grown after he joined…Read more...

It’s been 18 since months since the death of Kentaro Miura, creator of the best-selling manga Berserk. In the time since his passing, the Young Animal manga responsible for publishing the high fantasy series has confirmed that it’ll live on past the recently released Volume 41. Mirua’s close friend Kouji Mori, who’s…Read more...

I hold up a little toy to the camera; it’s a Lorme, a resin art toy that my friend made. “Is that a plague doctor?” Jacob Anderson, star of AMC’s Interview With the Vampire, asks as I turn it around to show him the little details. Anderson has a collection of art toys himself, so I thought I’d share a few of my own…Read more...

Earlier in the week, and after double checking that it was the official account, everyone’s eyebrows raised when they saw Studio Ghibli use its Twitter to tease a collaboration with Lucasfilm. Followed by a single cryptic tease, speculation ran wild: did Disney convince Hayao Miyazaki to do a short for Star Wars…Read more...