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Twitter owner Elon Musk seems to be taking the Silicon Valley adage of “move fast and break things” to a new level of speed and destruction. The drama has been most apparent in the platform’s paid verification system that rolled out this past week and has already proved a massive headache for Twitter and an all out…Read more...

A film crew working on a series about the Bermuda Triangle has made an unexpected discovery off the coast of Florida: a 20-foot segment of the Space Shuttle Challenger, which exploded in flight in one of NASA’s major tragedies.Read more...

For almost a quarter of a century, Lego’s Mindstorms line, which allowed both kids and adults to build fully-functional bots from Lego and Technic pieces, was one of the most capable STEM toys available, both for those looking to dive into robotics and those who just wanted to build cool machines.

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Even if The Witcher hadn’t been a bona fide hit, the prequel series Blood Origin would have had us watching the minute it announced Everything Everywhere All at Once star Michelle Yeoh was cast as a lead. And with this new look at Netflix’s Blood Origin miniseries, we’re even more all in... because it’s frickin’…Read more...

One tweet. Fourteen seconds. An infinite amount of excitement. That’s what happened earlier today when the official Twitter account for Studio Ghibli tweeted a video of its logo accompanied by the logo for Lucasfilm. The implication, of course, is some kind of team-up, but what could it be?

New changes to Apple’s AirDrop file sharing tool in China could make it more difficult for political dissidents or protesters to share information critical of the government. The oddly timed software changes, which limit the amount of time users can AirDrop files to non-contacts, comes less than one month after…Read more...

Headlines about the massive job losses at Twitter have focused on the big numbers—half of the 7,500-strong team left without a position, trying to find employment when their contracts run out on January 3, and in the meantime feeling unwanted at headquarters in San Francisco. (Unless, of course, you’re one of the…Read more...

The ultra-violent John Wick series is back, this time with more heart, hurt, and neon lights than ever before. With Keanu Reeves’ signature flair for the dramatic, intense, and desperate, the newest installment is truly a testosterone-fueled gunfest of epic proportions, full of fantastic sword fights, chases on…Read more...

WeWork, the real estate startup that once fooled backers into believing it was a $47 billion tech venture, is downsizing. The co-working company plans to close 40 “underperforming locations,” according to its third quarter earnings report, published Thursday.

Last night, Guillermo del Toro dropped some VFX footage on Instagram from his canceled production of his adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness. The clip was created by Industrial Light and Magic, which demonstrates that he was pretty far along in the film’s pre-viz development, and was minutes…Read more...

Original Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s massive art collection has already sold for over $1.506 billion as of Wednesday morning, according to the auction house Christie’s. More than half of those lots have sold for far above their estimated price range, and five of the paintings were priced above $100 million. In…Read more...

We’re horror-heavy this morning, with updates from Chucky and Scream 6. There are also a couple of updates from Star Girl and Diabolical; obviously, superheroes need their due too. Don’t look now, but there’s... a spoiler following you...Read more...

Recent hot and dry conditions have only fueled the seemingly endless drought that’s pummeling the U.S. for months. October saw higher-than-average temperatures and lower-than-average precipitation, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported this week.Read more...

It’s that time of year again, when climate hawks gather around to read the tea leaves about what happened in U.S. national elections. This year’s climate campaign trail, for Democrats, was a lot different than previous years, thanks to the recent passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, the U.S.’s first national…Read more...

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Back in 2014, FLIR brought the same thermal imaging technology used by law enforcement and militaries to consumers through an accessory that gave iPhones heat-sensing Predator-vision. The latest version, the new FLIR One Edge Pro, no longer requires a physical connection to a mobile device, and it works equally well…Read more...

It’s clear that Twitter owner and supreme ruler Elon Musk has no problem bombarding his employees with bad news. In his first email to the remaining staff he didn’t lay off on Wednesday, Musk purportedly ended Twitter’s permanent remote work policy and said that employees would be expected to be in the office at least…Read more...

The 2022 midterms are officially over. Well, sorta. If you don’t know what’s going on, feel free to just Google it. For our purposes here at Gizmodo, we wanted to take a quick look at how the midterms may have impacted technology. In addition to hotly contested congressional races, this election cycle saw voters …Read more...

Have you ever wanted to own a piece of Apple history, like the first Macintosh computer or an original Steve Jobs business card? Would you settle for some gross, old sandals worn by Steve Jobs? Because, if so, have we got a deal for you.

The Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating FTX, a crypto platform that halted withdrawals on Tuesday, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. And while the SEC’s investigation has reportedly been going “for months,” the agency’s scrutiny has only expanded this…Read more...

After a brutal fifth episode that divided the fandom, episode six of Interview With the Vampire, “Like Angels Put in Hell By God,” had a massive task ahead of it. The episode couldn’t downplay the horror of the violence that occurred, but it still had to find a way to make Lestat at least a little sympathetic—while…Read more...

The creatively cruel ways the Empire tortures Rebels have been vividly showcased on Andor, like floors with the power to fry people. But there’s none more disturbing than Imperial Security Bureau officer Dedra Meero’s weapon of choice: headphones that play the sounds of a species that can transmit their painful death…Read more...

People die in the name of rebellion in Star Wars all the time. X-Wings blinking out in balls of flame above the Death Star, speeders splintering on the salt of Crait. Heroic last stands like Admiral Holdo, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, or Kanan Jarrus. But this week’s Andor offers a view of sacrifice arguably as…Read more...

Amazon, one of the first companies to join the prestigious $1 trillion dollar valuation club, just passed another, admittedly less desirable milestone. This week, Jeff Bezos’ Everything Store became the first publicly traded company to lose $1 tillion in market valuation.Read more...

The final flight of an Atlas 5 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California will see the launch of an advanced weather satellite, in addition to the heat shield experiment.

Reusable rockets, whether large or small, are the future, and as a newly unveiled model of a Long March 9 launch vehicle suggests, Chinese rocket scientists are coming around to the idea.Read more...

Four counties in Florida are under mandatory evacuation orders. Residents in certain zones of Nassau, Palm Beach, Flagler, and Volusia counties have all been told to leave, ahead of likely flooding coming from storm Nicole.

A team of doctors in the U.S. and Canada are reporting a medical first. They were able to start treating a child’s rare and often deadly genetic condition while she was still a fetus in the womb—the same condition that claimed the lives of her siblings. Now 16 months old, the child, named Ayla, appears to be…Read more...

When an “animatronic, state-of-the-art Santa Claus” with laser eyes goes violently haywire, it’s up to a gaggle of over-it townspeople to defend their lives and maybe save the holidays while they’re at it. Check out this fun trailer for Christmas Bloody Christmas, set to a riff-tastic version of “Carol of the Bells,”…Read more...

Like many of the world’s best and worst ideas, MIT researchers’ plan to combat AI-generated deepfakes was hatched when one of their number watched their favorite not-news news show.

Gundam as a franchise is no stranger to some very messed up ideas. War is hell, of course, and the ruling powers that play with it are even more hellish: for 40 years, an unending litany of bad things have happened to the good people in Gundam’s worlds. But The Witch From Mercury could be setting up the stage for a…Read more...

Google has started issuing refunds to former customers for games, add-on content, and subscription feeds purchased through Stadia. I just got my email about what’s happening with my dead games library.Read more...

Side-by-side shots of the the dwarf galaxy Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte, taken by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and the Webb Space Telescope, reveal the impressive resolution offered by the newer telescope.Read more...

Fantasy author Holly Black (The Spiderwick Chronicles) kicks off a new duology set in the same world as her mega-popular Folk of the Air series with January’s The Stolen Heir. io9 is excited to share the first chapter of this highly anticipated YA release, so let’s get into it!

They’re going to need a bigger boat. A group of people fishing in New Zealand were shocked when they picked up an accidental hitchhiker: A massive mako shark that leapt aboard their fishing boat.

With this week’s “One Way Out,” Andor takes its place as masterful modern myth-making, every frame a powerful statement. We have missed, you good Star Wars, and it’s great to have you back!Read more...

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Somehow, things might be even worse than they first appeared at the crashing cryptocurrency exchange FTX. The blockchain firm, which up until very recently had been ranked as the third largest crypto platform, announced Tuesday that it was being acquired by rival exchange Binance.Read more...

Imagine the scene from Terminator 2: Judgement Day where Arnold Schwarzenegger pulls a shotgun out of a box of roses, all the flowers falling to the floor. The mindless machine steps on them as he pushes inexorably toward a young John Connor. Now in your mind’s eye, replace the box of roses with a full-sized, uncooked…Read more...

TikTok quietly launched “scores” for influences, ranking content creators on factors such as enthusiasm and their willingness to promote products, according to a new report in MarketWatch. Internal documents show that TikTok discussed plans to provide these social media credit scores to its business partners under…Read more...

Underwater video cameras have recorded over 100 instances of gloomy octopuses hurling silt and shells at one another in Jervis Bay, Australia.Read more...

Quantum Leap—a reboot/sequel of the 1990s sci-fi series about a scientist trapped in time, temporarily “leaping” into other people and helping them solve problems along the way—has been a success for NBC, so much so that the network extended its order for the show’s first season.Read more...

From its very earliest iterations, Pinocchio has never been a kid’s story. Yes, it’s about a kid, but emotionally, it deals with issues that are much more adult. And in its newest version, Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro not only leans into those complex feelings, but does so in a medium where he can say so…Read more...

Star Wars has a long, long history on the tabletop, whether it’s through RPGs, spacebound strategy games like X-Wing and Armada, or miniaturized ground warfare from the halcyon days of the Wizards of the Coast and Star Wars: Legion. Now, as Yoda once said, there is... another.

The S.S. Sally Ride has safely docked at the International Space Station following a nail-biting journey in which one of its two solar arrays failed to deploy.Read more...

Last year, right around this time, the first three episodes of Arcane dropped on Netflix, and at the end of November all three arcs, consisting of nine episodes total, had been released. Fans and critics praised the animation style, rewritten lore, emotional arcs, and any number of delightful details that made Arcane…Read more...

If you find yourself listening to free advice from notorious fraudster and pharmaceutical price-gouger, Martin Shkreli, then it might be time to re-evaluate some things. And that’s exactly the scenario Do Kwon, Terra’s disgraced CEO and “not on the run” fugitive, ended up in on a Tuesday podcast stream.

Once the David to Microsoft’s Goliath (Skype), Zoom helped us all weather the worst of the covid-19 pandemic. The now massive video communication platform hasn’t stopped evolving, and this week has announced some interesting partnerships with companies like Tesla and AMC Theaters to extend its reach past simple…Read more...

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