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Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, which turned 20 this week, forever changed what we’d seen of the Jedi Order on film with the climactic battle in the Geonosian arena. As Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Padmé averted execution, they found themselves among friends as hundreds of Jedi ignited lightsabers across the crowd—our first…Read more...

Since the release of a Pentagon report on unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP) last year, the number of reports by Navy Pilots of mysterious, odd aircraft sightings has grown to approximately 400, top Pentagon officials revealed at the first public hearing on UAP held in nearly 50 years.Read more...

Netflix’s new film, Spiderhead, has nothing to do with spiders. It does, however, have a lot to do with “heads” and the heads involved in it are truly impressive. It’s from director Joseph Kosinski (Tron Legacy and Top Gun Maverick), writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Deadpool, Zombieland) and stars Thor himself,…Read more...

A new advisory from three U.S. federal agencies is warning businesses of North Korean hackers pretending to be your friendly neighborhood IT professional looking for contract work. Imagine Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy but instead everyone’s on the internet, and suddenly it doesn’t seem like an international spy thriller…Read more...

It is with a delighted heart and a joyful mien that I can finally, declaratively say without a doubt that the public can no long ignore the sheer expanse of homoerotic subtext at the core of Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship. Why can we no longer live in ignorance, denying ourselves the basic truth of canon that was…Read more...

MIT researchers have found that the clay that soaks up odors in kitty litter could be used to grab methane out of the air. The scientists put the zeolite clay in a copper solution to create a compound that absorbed methane and released it as carbon dioxide, a less potent greenhouse gas.

On Tuesday morning, the FDA announced that it was officially authorizing the use of covid-19 booster shots for children 5-11 years old. Specifically, the administration is authorizing a single, additional Pfizer-BioNTech booster dose for kids at least five months after the second shot in the initial course.

Paleontologists in Laos have uncovered an ancient molar that likely belonged to a young Denisovan girl. The discovery is a big deal, as the Laotian cave in which the molar was found is now one of only three spots known to host these enigmatic humans.Read more...

It looks like we’re not the only ones celebrating the 25th anniversary of Luc Besson’s surreal science fiction cult classic. Courtesy of Fathom Events, The Fifth Element, starring Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, and a truly career-defining performance by Chris Tucker, will rocket back into theaters for …Read more...

Lenovo is expanding its popular ThinkPad series with two new models that, in some ways, are opposites. In one corner is the ThinkPad P16, a workstation housing the most powerful mobile components in a chunky chassis. In the other is the new ThinkPad C14 Chromebook Enterprise, a colorful portable device running…Read more...

Like many toy companies, Lego has come to realize that selling directly to adults is just as lucrative as convincing kids to beg their parents for the latest sets. And what better way to convince grownups to welcome Lego into their homes than with a set that recreates one of the most famous paintings of all time:…Read more...

The most distressing thing about Vanity Fair’s massive look into the future of Star Wars isn’t the lack of any new details about the specific future of Star Wars. It’s that, despite claims to the contrary, I don’t know that Lucasfilm has learned anything from the lessons of the sequel trilogy and its TV series, which…Read more...

While some look up to the sky and see humankind’s future, astronomers look up with hope to see further back in time than ever before. New telescopes under construction around the world (and one already in space) are setting the stage for a new age in astronomy, one that we hope will reveal how the universe and its…Read more...

The Chinese city of Shanghai may finally be coming out of a brutal six-week lockdown, with officials saying the metropolis has hit three-day goals of little-to-no community transmission among the 16 districts that make up the global financial hub.Read more...

Apple is reportedly testing a color E Ink display that would be used as an external screen on an upcoming foldable device, says a trusted Apple analyst.

In northern New Mexico, the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak fire is now the single largest in state history, blazing through more than 298,060 acres so far. The second-largest fire was 2012's Whitewater-Baldy burn, which swept through 297,945 acres. The ongoing fire has led to widespread evacuations and the destruction of…Read more...

Apple has updated its guidelines for developers indicating that subscription based apps can charge more without notifying the user. Apple says in their update that these auto-renewable subscriptions are “a great way to let people access content, services, or premium features” in an app.

Burritos seem like the perfect self-contained meal, but they’re actually ticking time bombs, as even a masterfully wrapped one can come apart at the seams, leaving your hands and clothes dripping with salsa and sauces. But there’s a potential solution enroute, as engineering students have created what might be the …Read more...

Even more actors join Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon. Get a look at the cast of HBO’s Gremlins cartoon, Secrets of the Mogwai. The first images from the Quantum Leap reboot are here. Plus, what’s coming on the now-final season of Roswell, New Mexico. Spoilers, away!

Elon Musk, current Tesla CEO and perhaps not Twitter’s future owner, has a message for the social media network he once coveted but now comments on with a poop emoji: Prove to me that spam bots and fake accounts are less than 5% of Twitter users or watch me blow this whole deal up.Read more...

When it comes to finding the right flights, cost is a significant factor for most of us—if you really don’t care how expensive your flight is, then you’re probably either traveling on the company dime or rich enough to have your own private jet anyway. For everyone else, there are certain tips and tricks to know for…Read more...

Congress is holding its first public hearing on unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAP) in decades in light of a number of videos captured by U.S. Navy pilots that show odd-looking flying vehicles. The hearing will be held by a House panel today (Tuesday) at 9 a.m. EDT, and you can watch it live on the committee’s …Read more...

In February 2020, a cloud of gas washed over Sartartia, Mississippi, causing residents to pass out on the spot and sending nearly 50 people to local hospitals. Unbeknownst to the residents, a carbon dioxide pipeline half a mile away from the town had ruptured, sending a cloud of CO2 washing over the community.…Read more...

The inherently losable nature of wireless earbuds can make it hard to justify dropping $200+ on offerings from Apple and Google, but for $60, the new Skullcandy Mod earbuds pair excellent battery life with ambient sound boosting and multi-device connectivity, making them ideal for doing work when you’re constantly…Read more...

If you’re one of a few people fortunate enough to be able to afford a $55 million ticket to space, the odds are that you’re not much accustomed to hard labor. Members of the all-private crew to the International Space Station recently reflected on their journey to low Earth orbit, complaining that they had too much…Read more...

The white supremacist terrorist who killed 10 people and injured three on Saturday at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York openly planned his mass shooting on the messaging platform Discord, according to a new report from Bloomberg News.Read more...

Puerto Rican artist Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio —aka Bad Bunny— dropped his fifth studio album on May 6, and it’s already 2022’s most streamed album. Its title, Un Verano Sin Ti, translates to “A Summer Without You,” and the vibe recalls a languid beach day and its afterparty: There are songs about dancing,…Read more...

The originator among destinations where you can “ride the movies,” the Universal Studios Resort in Orlando pushes the boundaries of thematic entertainment to the max when it comes to thrills. Last year it opened the Velocicoaster, the tallest and fastest launch coaster in Florida, inspired by the Jurassic World…Read more...

Monday mornings can be difficult enough without watching a treasure trove of Warner Bros. intellectual properties get smushed together in the most bonkers ways possible, as if by overcaffeinated toddlers who were also put in charge of the company’s games division. And yet, we’re all forced to reckon with this very…Read more...

Time is a flat circle and every day, streaming platforms get closer and closer to replicating network television. Password sharing is out, commercials are in, and there’s a centralized hub where you can combine all of your subscriptions onto one platform.Read more...

Grant Morrison, multiple award-winning writer of acclaimed comic books like All-Star Superman, The Invisibles, Doom Patrol, New X-Men, Batman, and many many more, had a special gift released this past Free Comic Book Day. In wasn’t a new title; in fact, it was quite the opposite—a 40-year-old short story he’d written…Read more...

More than three decades after McDonald’s opened its first restaurant in Moscow in 1990 and served a staggering 30,000 customers, the fast food giant has decided that it will no longer do business in Russia. The company will begin the process of “de-Arching,” or removing all its brand elements, including its iconic…Read more...

As a kid, I remember when my father tried to use a broom handle in a last ditch effort to support a roof that was collapsing from the weight of nearly three feet of snow. You can guess how well that went. In a similar vein, Terra blockchain reportedly spent $3.5 billion to keep the roof from collapsing in on itself.…Read more...

Now that Google’s developer conference is over, it’s time to shift our focus to Apple’s reveal circus. WWDC 2022 is happening in three short weeks, beginning on June 6. Expectedly, the rumor mill has started ramping up, and the first significant bit seems to be related to what’s coming in the next version of the…Read more...

How many times do you think your privacy gets violated every day you spend surfing the web? Maybe once? Twice? A few dozen times? It turns out that daily number is in the hundreds, according to a new report from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL). On average, a European user’s data is shared with…Read more...

It’s been a record hot May in parts of Texas, and the state is in for more of the same this week. On Friday, because of the heat, six power plants in Texas went offline, taking 2,900 Megawatts off the grid, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). Texans were asked to curb their electricity…Read more...

The words “Trump” and “tweets” are trending again, a little over a year since the twice-impeached former President received his initial (and supposedly permanent) Twitter ban. But like the monster in a slasher-film franchise, nothing on the Internet ever truly goes away. You can still read all of Trump’s supposedly…Read more...

If you’re already lucky to be able to afford a home in today’s housing market, then you’re likely going to want to make sure it’s not a pile of ashes by the end of your 30-year mortgage. Can’t believe you have to now factor in wildfires when considering where to settle down? Well, that’s just the way it is.Read more...

A team of geoscientists and archaeologists found hundreds of large prehistoric pits while conducting a geophysical survey of the land around Stonehenge, a world heritage site in southwestern England. Many of the pits predate Stonehenge by thousands of years.Read more...

Graphics card prices are steadily declining, but you might want to resist buying one if you can hold out for just a bit longer. That’s because Nvidia’s next-gen GPUs are only months away, according to a tipster with a strong track record.

Fans of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman series have been waiting for a live-action adaptation of the critically acclaimed comics for multiple decades, but they can hopefully take some solace in this: if there had been a Sandman movie in the ‘90s, or a Sandman TV show in the ‘00s, then we never would have gotten this—the utter…Read more...

Yasmin Finney, best known for her breakout role as trans teen Elle in the LGBTQ Netflix sensation Heartstopper, has confirmed that she has joined Doctor Who alongside David Tennant and Catherine Tate for the series’ 60th anniversary celebrations, set to broadcast in late 2023.

Two separate sources with a solid track record for leaking news about upcoming drones (including the recently announced DJI Mini 3 Pro) have shared photos and early details about another new first-person view drone supposedly coming from DJI this Summer, one specifically designed for capturing unique shots in tight,…Read more...

Prime Video has dropped the latest full trailer for The Boys season three, which gives an explosive look at the team assembling to stop Homelander (Anthony Starr) from continuing his reign as the most powerful being. While he’s barely able to hold it together on the forgiveness trail, the Butcher (Karl Urban) and co.…Read more...

Uber Eats is now testing autonomous food delivery in the Los Angeles area. According to TechCrunch, Uber is collaborating with two companies to make this rollout happen: Motional, an autonomous vehicle company, and Serve Robotics, an autonomous sidewalk delivery company.

My life changed drastically the day I first saw Attack of the Clones. It was the first day the film opened, May 16, 2002, and I’d been awake a long time. The day before, May 15, I spent over 12 hours outside of the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City waiting for a midnight screening of the latest Star Wars film.…Read more...

Recent preliminary research might offer some comfort to the many vaccinated Americans who came across Omicron this past winter. A pair of studies suggest that vaccinated people who caught the variant went on to develop a strong and diverse immune response to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in general—more so than people…Read more...

Although Portal arrived 11 years after the N64 debuted (and five years after the GameCube, the N64's replacement, was released) a talented developer is slowly pulling off the seemingly impossible task of recreating the classic puzzle game working on Nintendo’s first 3D console—and it doesn’t look half bad.Read more...

Tatsuki Fujimoto’s hyper-gory Chainsaw Man has been lighting up manga circles since its debut in 2018. It’s about to get a whole new level of interest thanks to Studio MAPPA’s (Jujutsu Kaisen, Attack on Titan: The Final Season, and more) anime adaptation—and now we know it’ll be airing outside of Japan later this year.

As pressures mount for crypto on the world stock exchange, prosecutors and the courts aren’t too far behind looking to slap down the crypto free-for-all.Read more...