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Think of all the years fans were waiting for Ewan McGregor to return as Obi-Wan Kenobi. Think of all the thousands of times the actor was asked about it. This year, it finally happened. Obi-Wan Kenobi is now on Disney+ and thanks to a new documentary, fans can see what all those years of anticipation and uncertainty…Read more...

Uber may have built its hailing empire, in part, by notoriously skirting past local laws and regulations, but at least one state’s finally forcing the company to pay up.Read more...

“Baby Shark,” the viral kids song, certainly is annoying. It is so annoying in fact that it was allegedly used to torture detainees in the Oklahoma County Detention Center. However, one of the inmates that brought these allegations to light, John Basco, was found unresponsive in his jail cell earlier this week.

In the much-anticipated buildup to Rick and Morty’s season six premiere, Adult Swim released an interactive fan event where Wormageddon sculptures were set up across the globe, providing clues towards the next season of the animated show. With the season now underway, Adult Swim has released the first episode,…Read more...

The Webb Telescope recently imaged a region of the Orion Nebula associated with star birth, and the result is about what we’ve come to expect from the cutting-edge space observatory.Read more...

Okay, yes, sure; this is a movie about kids who get whisked away from the normal world and stuck in a magical school taught by a plethora of A-list celebrity actors in which the heroes and the villains are rigorously defined. But if you can get certain wizards out of your head, the first trailer for Netflix’s movie…Read more...

Controllers with the CAPSTONE mission are attempting to regain control of the Moon-bound probe, which is currently tumbling, experiencing temperature issues, and unable to use its solar panels to fully recharge its batteries.Read more...

An ongoing Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against Meta has claimed the tech giant has been anticompetitive. How does Meta respond? By demanding the sensitive data of hundreds of tech companies, including several of its biggest rivals and competitors.Read more...

The one question that’s been on every Nintendo fan’s mind ever since the company started porting its past hits to newer consoles is when GoldenEye 007, the N64's beloved first-person shooter, would show up again. After years of licensing and rights battles, we finally have an answer, and it’s even better than we could…Read more...

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As Awards season continues, Squid Game supremacy is nigh. The Netflix-produced dystopian fiction show has continued to show up to award shows ready to eliminate the competition, and they have continually done so. The popularity of this show is unmatched, and frankly, they deserve every award.Read more...

Michael Giacchino says he’s somehow found time to score Marvel’s Werewolf by Night. Tiffany returns in new Chucky season 2 pictures. Plus, what’s coming on Star Trek: Lower Decks and Rick and Morty. Spoilers now!

New research indicates that a rare form of diamond may originate in the burbling cores of distant worlds, arriving on Earth thanks to violent cosmic collisions.Read more...

If all you really care about is reading, you don’t need to spend more than $100 on an e-reader. Amazon’s newest entry-level Kindle is even easier on the eyes, thanks to an an upgraded screen, but with a $100 starting price, it’s slightly more expensive than its $90 predecessor (thanks, pandemic!). It’s even pricier if…Read more...

While you might have never realized it, your Android phone can support multiple user accounts in the same way Windows and macOS can—and although you’re probably not sharing your smartphone with too many people day to day, there is a Guest Mode feature available than can be helpful if you ever need to lend your phone…Read more...

Cruise will launch its autonomous taxi service in Phoenix and Austin before the end of 2022, according to Kyle Vogt, the CEO of the driverless car company. And Vogt promises that his company is planning to expand rapidly in 2023 if everything goes to plan.Read more...

Danish import Speak No Evil was one of the standouts at this year’s Sundance Film Festival—anyone who saw it then is likely still traumatized by it. Elegant filmmaking propels its story of two families who meet on vacation, hit it off, and decide to visit again... with decidedly less pleasant results. With Speak No…Read more...

Space is a reliably terrifying place, but things elevate to a new level of “Oh hell no” in Netflix anime series Exception. With Earth in the rearview mirror, a terraforming mission sets out for a distant planet, but the mission soon goes dangerously—nay, monstrously—awry. Check out the trailer here!Read more...

Some people might be surprised to learn that Brendan Fraser (yes, The Mummy’s Brendan Fraser) was set to make his feature-length DC Universe debut in Batgirl. The actor, who is currently garnering Oscar buzz for his performance in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, was set to take on the role of Firefly, a pyromaniac…Read more...

While speaking at the National Space Council meeting on Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris announced that the U.S. will introduce a resolution at the United Nations General Assembly to call on other countries to refrain from conducting anti-satellite missile tests.Read more...

Last Monday, Sacramento reached a scalding high of 113 degrees Fahrenheit, smashing the previous daily record of 108. The same day, a Twitter data center located in the California state capital failed, according to a report from CNN that cites a leaked internal company email.

It’s an important Disney character you probably never thought too much about: the star, as in the “When You Wish Upon a Star” that Jiminy Cricket sings about, the star that Princess Tiana looks up to ask for her palace restaurant, and the star that Simba gazes at while missing his father. Now, the star is getting an…Read more...

Instagram looks a lot more like TikTok as of late, but that radical metamorphosis and new focus on short-form video hasn’t translated into TikTok’s ludicrous viewership numbers.Read more...

The air quality in Seattle, Washington was bad enough make the city the most polluted in the world on Saturday, amid ongoing wildfires. Out of around 90 major cities, the Pacific Northwest metropolis reached the top of the worst list, according to IQAir’s Air Quality Index (AQI). The Index value for Seattle peaked at…Read more...

U.S. automotive giant Ford’s bringing more driver assistance features to U.S. roads, whether drivers are ready for them or not.Read more...

The wonderful worlds of Disney and all of its franchises were well represented at the D23 Expo 2022 by cosplayers donning their fandom best. Check out these amazing looks that covered the various universes of Marvel, Pixar, Star Wars, and Disney, plus some fun mash-ups.Read more...

Hundreds of students have signed an open letter condemning Carnegie Mellon University for publicly throwing professor Uju Anya under the bus after tweeting that she wished the late Queen Elizabeth II “excruciating pain” in death for serving as the head of a “thieving raping genocidal empire.” Coincidentally, Carnegie…Read more...

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The Inflation Reduction Act has been widely described as the largest piece of climate legislation ever passed in the U.S. It contains “the most substantial federal investment in history to fight climate change,” wrote the Associated Press on the day President Joe Biden signed the bill. Biden himself called it “the…Read more...

Apple’s iOS 16 is out today and that means new features. If you’re an iPhone user and want to customize the settings to better protect your digital privacy, there are a couple new options worth checking out.Read more...

It is the year of our lord Emma Frost 2022—and readers, somehow it has taken Marvel Comics this long to team up its two most iconic clones.

It’s not a stretch to say that Tinder revolutionized what it means to date online. While the shift to online dating was already in full swing, it was relegated to web browsers, with websites like Plenty of Fish and eHarmony taking the reign as the one-stop-shop for people looking for love amongst the digital…Read more...

There’s more than one reason to avoid dropping your phone in the water. Not only is it catastrophic for devices that aren’t properly waterproofed, but your device will also lose most of its wireless connectivity when submerged, leaving you unable to text message friends who’ve gone overboard too, unless you download…Read more...

If you type the phrase “the Merge” into Google today, you’ll be treated with a countdown: It’s coming in a little over two days, as of this writing. The countdown is ticking off the time until one of the biggest shifts the crypto world has ever seen.Read more...

Now that the Apple fanfare is nearing its end, we can start focusing our sights on what might be next from Google. The company is hosting a Pixel event next month in Brooklyn, N.Y., and there are rumblings that Google may also debut its next Chromecast device there.

If you couldn’t keep up with all the news Disney dropped at its D23 Expo this past weekend, we don’t blame you. There were so many trailers dropped, so much footage released, and so much news announced for shows and movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Star Wars franchise, Disney proper, and more that it got…Read more...

If you’ve ever walked out of a Starbucks, infant-sized latte in hand, and thought, “Geez, this coffee’s really lacking some Silicon Valley-inspired innovation,” then good news. The brand that once tried to cash in on a dying CD industry is now leaning into the struggling Web3 marketing ecosystem in an attempt to…Read more...

Disney’s doing more than expanding its increasingly voluminous empire into all aspects of media, it’s now thinking of getting into the gambling game. Strap some beers to your Mickey Mouse ears hat and start chugging, because nothing says “Disney” like a debilitating sports gambling addiction.Read more...

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An uncrewed flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital rocket ended in failure shortly after liftoff on Monday morning from Launch Site One in West Texas. The capsule, packed with scientific and technological payloads, managed to survive an apparent booster malfunction, with the launch escape system successfully…Read more...

Trying to describe the Locked Tomb series is an exercise in asking yourself where to start. Tamsyn Muir’s breakout books are brutally absurd and lyrical, strangely evading these kinds of explanations, but I’ll give it a go.

Torrential rains this weekend flooded roadways and basements around Chicago, with some neighborhoods seeing up to 5 inches of rain, NBC News reported. Water reached up to car bumpers around the city’s Lincoln Square neighborhood, and part of the Eisenhower Expressway had to shut down.Read more...

In Sydney, Australia, man and bird are waging a fierce battle over the most precious of resources: garbage. Over the past several years, a team of scientists has studied sulphur-crested cockatoo parrots in the area that have learned—and even taught other parrots—how to rob garbage bins. And in new research Monday, the…Read more...

Firefly Aerospace is gearing up for another go at launching its Alpha rocket, hoping that the small-lift launch vehicle makes it to orbit this time after a fiery first attempt last year.Read more...

I loved Cobra Kai season 5. Let’s just get that out of the way. Yes, in this article I’m gonna talk about things I both liked and didn’t about the brand new season but, even the things I didn’t like aren’t “bad.” They’re just not as good as the good stuff.Read more...

Chick-fil-A is the ultimate morality test for millennials and Gen Z. While their waffles fries are easily the best fast food fries in existence and their chicken sandwiches are second to none, the company does orchestrate a well known financial relationship with anti-LGBTQ+ groups. With this elephant in the room, some…Read more...

As Apple is set to roll out a major iOS update today, which makes digital distractions available on the iPhone’s lock screen without even having to unlock the device, Astrohaus’ distraction-free digital typewriters seem like even more of a must-have for those who write for a living. The latest model, the Alpha,…Read more...

NASA’s CAPSTONE probe has nearly completed its four-month-long journey to the Moon, where it will test a unique halo orbit in preparation for a future space station. Late last week, however, as the probe was performing a course correction maneuver, CAPSTONE entered into safe mode from which it has yet to emerge.Read more...

Another set of leaks for the Meta Quest Pro hit over the weekend, showing off a wildly redesigned headset. Even leaked videos can’t get me too excited about “the metaverse,” but what’s with all these tech companies leaving prototypes around where others can find them?Read more...

As the maxim goes: If at first you don’t succeed, try again. And again. Elon Musk made a third attempt to back out of his messy, ongoing $44 billion acquisition of Twitter on Friday. The company turned around and denied the claim on Monday.