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Marvel's Obsession With Secrets Has Reached a New Level of Insanity
Elizabeth Olsen, star of the recent Marvel hit movie Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, has not seen the recent Marvel hit movie Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. It’s not that she doesn’t want to see it—after all, she played the Scarlet Witch in it—and it’s not she hasn’t had the opportunity to…Read more...
Researchers Blame North Korea for $100 Million Horizon Bridge Cryptocurrency Theft Amid 'Global Manhunt'
North Korean hackers have become the primary suspect in last week’s $100 million Horizon Bridge cryptocurrency heist.Read more...
Neighborhoods Wrecked by Racist Freeway Construction Could Get a Boost From New Biden Fund
The federal government on Thursday announced a program targeted at undoing the racist road and highway development of past decades. The Department of Transportation established a $1 billion grant fund called “Reconnecting Communities” as a pilot initiative. The money is set to be distributed over the course of five…Read more...
Camping Actually Sounds Enjoyable With this Portable, Gas-Powered Mattress Heater
A weekend in the wilderness is supposed to be an enjoyable experience, so why feel guilty about taking advantage of technology to make it as comfortable as possible? The BLACKCAN Ⅱ Pro fills your sleeping pad with a constant supply of warm water so no matter how cold it gets outside, you’ll remain toasty and warm…Read more...
What Song Would Matthew Modine Use to Escape Vecna?
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Dune: Part Two Release Date Shifts, Godzilla vs. Kong 2 Out 2024
If you already had plans to see Denis Villeneuve’s highly anticipated Dune: Part Two on October 20, 2023, you might want to put a pin in that. Warner Bros. has shifted the sci-fi epic a few weeks and it’ll now arrive in theaters on November 17, 2023.Read more...
Samsung Wins Race to 3nm Chips, Promises Huge Performance and Efficiency Gains
Samsung has crossed the 3nm finish line ahead of TSMC, beating the Apple supplier to the production of 3-nanometer chips. In doing so, Samsung is now on pace to release the most advanced chips in the world. According to Samsung, the new fabrication process is 45% more power efficient and delivers 23% better…Read more...
Amazon Succumbs to UAE Government Pressure to Restrict LGBTQ Products
After flaunting rainbow-colored products throughout the month of June as part of its ‘Pride Out Loud’ campaign, Amazon is now restricting items and search results related to LGBTQ people on its website in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The company received pressure from the government to remove products and keywords…Read more...
Ryan Gosling's Bootleg Doctor Who T-Shirt Is Now a Thing You Can Buy
In a new round of what can only be described as entertainment industry news Mad Libs, the original artist behind a design appearing on a bootlegged Doctor Who t-shirt depicting Ncuti Gatwa’s new Doctor has made the design available properly, after it went viral this week being worn by Ryan Gosling on the set of the …Read more...
Charlie and the Salmonella Factory: World's Largest Chocolate Plant Shuts Down Over Contamination
A Swiss chocolate manufacturer paused production this week at the largest plant in the world following a positive test for salmonella.
Biden Says He'll Support Filibuster Changes to Codify Abortion Rights
President Joe Biden told reporters on Thursday that he would support changing senate filibuster rules in order to codify the “right to privacy” and abortion rights into law.Read more...
Airlines and Airports Really Don’t Want You Flying on Independence Day
Looking for a little bit of independence this Fourth of July weekend? Good luck. Already, passengers are experiencing packed airports and planes, canceled flights, and rough customer service trying to get from here to there.Read more...
The Best Genre TV of 2022 (So Far)
2022 is halfway over and you have a lot of TV to catch up on. We say this knowing that it’s an undeniable fact. Every single person reading this has about 50 shows they’ve heard are great, but have not yet watched yet. And 2022 hasn’t helped by adding even more shows to the list. Show about sci-fi offices, potty…Read more...
Hiking Boots With a Piston Promise to Prevent Twisted Ankles
Humans generally spend most of their time walking around on flat surfaces—floors, sidewalks, lawns, and the like. So when heading out into the great outdoors, where the world is not as smooth, it’s not uncommon to occasionally lose your footing. Sometimes, that can result in an excursion-ending injury: something the …Read more...
The Supreme Court Just Ruled Against the Planet
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday in West Virginia vs. EPA in favor of plaintiffs who argued that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have the power to regulate carbon dioxide from power plants—the country’s second-largest source of CO2 emissions—without input from Congress.Read more...
Doctor Doom's MCU Future Might Have Been Teased in the Weirdest Way
Netflix has cast a whole pantheon for its upcoming, wild-sounding Greek god drama Kaos. See is returning to Apple TV+ for one final season. Rob Zombie teases another classic cameo in his Munsters movie. Plus, what’s coming on Stargirl’s third season. Spoilers get!
Give Us Abortions in National Parks
Getting an abortion inside a tent in Yosemite may sound crazy. But with the collapse of Roe v. Wade, we’re entering into unprecedented territory—and the idea of setting up emergency clinics on land where the federal government has legal authority could be a real, if short-term, solution. And given the profits that…Read more...
7 Times Taco Bell’s Menu Pushed the Boundaries of Science
Earlier this month, Gizmodo reported on a new high-tech drive-thru Taco Bell that the Tex-Mex chain opened in Minnesota; at “Taco Bell Defy,” you order via a mobile app, scan a QR code when you drive up, and have your food delivered via a series of tubes, never interacting with another human being. But that isn’t the…Read more...
U.S. Orders Omicron-Specific Covid-19 Vaccine Shipment for Big Fall Push
The U.S. federal government has reached a deal to pay pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its German-based partner BioNTech a t0tal of $3.2 billion for 105 million doses of covid-19 vaccine, according to statements from the companies. The doses are part of a fall campaign to get more people vaccinated in the U.S., a…Read more...
TikToks About Hosting 'Abortion Refugees' Aren't the Answer to an Overturned Roe, Experts Say
After the Supreme Court repealed the federal right to abortion last Friday, Jordan Jones, a TikTok creator with 1.5 million followers, decided to post a video. She wanted to help individuals seeking abortion care that wouldn’t be able to get it in their home states anymore.
Disney Decides the Only Way to Top a $5,000 Star Wars Hotel Stay Is a $5,000 Star Wars Cocktail
Yes, you read that headline correctly: a $5,ooo drink. It comes served in a camtono, the bounty hunter accessory container most recently featured on The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett—which you can find it on Ebay for far less. So why is this drink, served only on the Disney Cruise Line’s newest ship, the Wish…Read more...
Tessa Thompson Talks Valkyrie's Sexuality in Thor: Love and Thunder
With the return of Jane Foster, the addition of the Guardians of the Galaxy, and a villain as evil as Gorr the God Butcher, Thor: Love and Thunder has a lot going on. That’s why, while Tessa Thompson’s character Valkyrie is, indeed, queer in the new film, it doesn’t sound like it’s a big part of that story.Read more...
Everything You Need to Know About Paper Girls Before the Prime Video Adaptation
Here’s everything you need to know about Prime Video’s Paper Girls, the highly anticipated sci-fi YA adventure show adapting the Image Comics series from Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang. The streamer recently debuted an exciting first look at the show, which arrives next month. Keep reading for a quick crash course!Read more...
NASA's DART Mission Is Going to Really Mess Up This Tiny Asteroid
In order to protect the Earth, some sacrifices must be made. NASA’s DART spacecraft is currently on its way to a binary asteroid system known as Didymos and will essentially crash into one tiny asteroid to test out a deflection method. But rather than leaving behind an impact crater as initially intended, the DART…Read more...
Three Arrows Capital Ordered to Liquidate All Assets After Defaulting on $675M Bitcoin Loans
Three Arrows Capital, one of the crypto industry’s biggest sinking ships, is finally being put out of its misery.Read more...
First Webb Images Will Include Exoplanet Data and the Deepest-Ever Image of the Universe
It’s now been six months since the Webb Space Telescope launched from French Guiana towards its observation point in space, one million miles from us. Now the telescope’s first color images are finally being taken; they will be released to the public on July 12.
10 (Mostly) Effective Time Cops From Sci-Fi Movies and TV
So you’ve figured out how to time-travel. Don’t abuse your new skill by messing up the timeline! Irresponsible space-time shenanigans can have a devastating effect on you and the future—which is why so many sci-fi stories have law enforcement agencies ready to intervene when things start careening off the rails.Read more...
Los Angeles Votes to Return Beach Taken From Black Family After Nearly a Century
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously this week to return the ownership of a beach to a Black family almost a century after it was taken from them.Read more...
A New Firefox Update Can Stop Certain URLs from Tracking You Around the Web
Mozilla’s latest version of Firefox might just be the answer for users who hate being tracked when clicking on links off sites like Facebook.Read more...
California Gun Owners Had Lots of Their Data Exposed by the State Government
A data breach at the California Department of Justice has spilled a wealth of data about the state’s gun owners onto the internet.
Mad Max Director George Miller Almost Made Carl Sagan's Contact
Hollywood is filled with fascinating “What if?” scenarios. So and so director almost made so and so movie. Actor X was the second choice for role Y. It’s an infinite rabbit hole and director George Miller is often a big part of it. He famously got very close to making a Justice League movie long before anyone else…Read more...
Feds Start Selling New Drilling Leases After Biden Pledged to Stop Them
The U.S. Department of the Interior is restarting sales oil and gas drilling leases on federal land this week for the first time since President Joe Biden took office—and after he promised on the campaign trail to end new federal fossil fuel leasing. Beginning Wednesday and Thursday, more than 140,000 acres of federal…Read more...
Some Good News: Scientists Are Now Testing Out a Universal Flu Vaccine In People
The race to one of medicine’s elusive goals—a universal flu vaccine—is heating up. On Tuesday, the National Institutes of Health announced the phase I clinical trial of one such potential candidate, which will involve up to 100 adult volunteers. In early experiments, the vaccine appeared to protect animals exposed to…Read more...
Hasbro Is Crowdfunding a $300 Version of G.I. Joe's Cobra HISS Tank
The great thing about leveraging nostalgia to sell toys is that your customer base is all grown up with jobs and disposable money for making exorbitant purchases. This isn’t the first time Hasbro has resurrected the Cobra HISS tank from its classic G.I. Joe ‘80s toy line, but it is the first time the company has…Read more...
Ms. Marvel's Familial Homecoming Hits Harder Than Its Villains
Last we left Ms. Marvel’s Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani), her fight with the reckless ClanDestine and the apparent revelation that she inherited her power from Djinn left her very shaken. To rattle her world further, her grandmother Sana (Samina Ahmad) implored her to go to Karachi. Not only did Kamala see the vision of…Read more...
'Switch to Android' App Now Available to All Phones with Android 12
Android announced its support for the ‘Switch to Android’ app on iOS Wednesday, which will now be available to all users moving from iOS to phones with Android 12. The app is designed to make the hassle of transitioning from iPhone to Android easier. Android’s ‘Switch to Android’ is a welcome sight for former Apple…Read more...
Watch Live as Virgin Orbit Attempts Its First Nighttime Airplane-Assisted Rocket Launch
Virgin Orbit is preparing to launch a two-stage rocket that’s carrying precious payloads for the U.S. Space Force. Known as the “Straight Up” mission, it’s scheduled to begin on Thursday at 1:00 a.m. ET from Mojave Air and Space Port in California—and you can catch the action live right here.
India’s Liquid Mirror Telescope Is Ready for Its Close-up
High in the Himalayas, a new telescope is set to observe the night sky. The contraption has a 4-meter (13-foot) lens, but here’s the kicker: it’s made of liquid mercury, a material seldom used for astronomical imaging.Read more...
NASA Needs Your Help Finding Clouds on Mars
The landscape of Mars is rocky and barren, but the planet’s skies sometimes hold clues to its past in the form of clouds. NASA’s new Cloudspotting on Mars project is a science initiative that lets the public be a part of some new research as the agency studies what happened to Mars’ atmosphere, now much thinner than…Read more...
Obi-Wan Kenobi Had Many Other Plans for the Villain Reva, Including Her Death
If there’s one thing the villains of the Star Wars galaxy are good at, it’s cheating death. That’s both true in the fiction of the franchise as well as real-life, apparently, because Obi-Wan Kenobi series writer Stuart Beattie has revealed that the show’s antagonist, Reva (Moses Ingram), was supposed to die.
Paper Girls' First Trailer Blasts From the Past to the Future
Prime Video’s Paper Girls adaptation for Amazon just dropped a trailer that makes the beloved characters from Saga’s Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang’s critically acclaimed graphic novel series jump right out of the comics and onto our screens.Read more...
Tesla Lays Off 200 Employees Working on Autopilot
Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance technology may have just hit a major speed bump.Read more...
Everything Everywhere All at Once Deleted Scene Makes One of 2022's Best Action Sequences Gets Even Better
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once is already one of, if not the, best sci-fi movies of 2022 in any multiverse, but how do you make it even better? Well, it turns out you realize there’s a universe where it was ever-so-slightly longer.
FCC Commissioner Tells Google and Apple to Pull TikTok From Their App Stores
TikTok promises to keep its U.S. users’ data safe and sound are not satisfying at least one member of the Federal Communications Commission. FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said in a blistering letter Wednesday that the Chinese company has proved it can’t be trusted with the information users give it, and should bundled…Read more...
Modder Claims They Used Portal to Get Half-Life 2 Running on the Nintendo Switch
Valve’s previously announced ports of Portal and Portal 2 finally arrived on the Nintendo Switch yesterday. At just $20 for both titles it’s an absolute steal for two of the best puzzle games of all time, but according to one modder, the release also apparently means that other classic Valve games will run on the…Read more...
The U.S. Is Rolling Out Monkeypox Vaccines to the Public
The U.S. will soon greatly expand its vaccination program for monkeypox. On Tuesday evening, the Biden administration announced that it is planning to release a stockpile of over a million vaccine doses to the public by the end of fall. The vaccines will primarily be given to close contacts of confirmed cases and…Read more...
Really, Superman & Lois? Really?!
For all those people who still lie awake at night, eyes wide open, unable to sleep, because they still can’t figure out how the CW’s Superman & Lois fits into the larger Arrowverse, I have to assume you finally got a good night’s sleep after last night’s season two finale. Or maybe didn’t, because the answer the show…Read more...
SpaceX Mounts Starship Booster on Launch Tower Ahead of Orbital Test Flight
SpaceX’s massive Super Heavy booster stage is now standing (very) tall on the company’s launch pad in south Texas, as it awaits a series of tests and final checks. The company is eager to launch the fully stacked Starship rocket for a flight test as early as July, but a number of regulatory hurdles still stand in…Read more...
Air New Zealand Will Introduce the World's First Economy Class Bunk Beds
Do you have a specific airline you prefer to fly and will go out of your way to take? Starting in 2024, Air New Zealand is going to test your loyalty with a slew of upgrades, including the world’s first lay flat beds available to economy class passengers looking to fly comfortably without blowing the budget.Read more...
Updates From Barbie, The Hunger Games Prequel, and More
Bryan Fuller thinks there might be a future for more Hannibal. Chucky season 2 has found its Glen and Glenda. Plus, what’s to come in Westworld and the penultimate episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, plus a new clip from Ms. Marvel. Spoilers now!
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