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It’s no secret that Everything Everywhere All At Once is incredible. Directorial team the Daniels, Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, have made an instant classic that’s sure to endure for years to come. The film is funny, exciting, emotional, and gorgeous, but not without a few issues.Read more...

Netflix’s big pool of investors are not happy, not happy at all. Some shareholders are so unhappy they’ve turned around and filed a lawsuit against the streaming company over claims that company heads misled them on how well they were doing just a few months ago.Read more...

Got an original Game Boy Advance, the one with the unlit screen that was almost impossible to see, still kicking around in a drawer somewhere? This DIY kit lets you turn it into a standalone TV-connected console with HDMI and Bluetooth for wireless controllers, but without the need for any know-how when it comes to…Read more...

Elon Musk is brainstorming a genius plan to “unlock Twitter’s potential” in public via tweet. He’s already said he might charge third parties to embed tweets. Now the Tesla CEO says he might charge businesses and governments for tweeting.Read more...

If you’re still looking to fill that The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance-shaped hole in your heart, a solution may have arrived, at least if you’re willing to switch mediums. Writer Skottie Young and artist Kyle Strahm have created a new fantasy world for you to visit, full of whimsical and just…Read more...

A data location broker company called SafeGraph says it will no longer sell the location data of groups of people visiting Planned Parenthood and other clinics that provide abortions following a recent Vice report. Purchasers of that data previously could reportedly tell where visitors to those clinics came from, how…Read more...

Late Monday, Politico published a 98-page bombshell from the heart of the Supreme Court detailing—in Justice Samuel Alito’s caustic, disdainful language—SCOTUS’ plans to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that made abortion legal in the U.S. in 1973.

If you factor in the price of the tickets for all the movies you see in theaters (plus the over-priced popcorn and snacks), then the cost of upgrading your home theater with a projector doesn’t feel as budget-breaking as it otherwise might. Particularly when companies like Optoma are releasing full 4K options for less…Read more...

We’re on the verge of getting new Stranger Things episodes—part one of season four arrives May 27; the rest on July 1—and honestly, you’re not alone if your memories of season three have gotten fuzzy. July 2019 does feel like decades ago. With that in mind, we’re here to get our priorities in order for season four.

Before European colonizers arrived in the Americas and other parts of the world, Native peoples were cultivating tons of seafood—specifically oysters—the right way for millennia.

Moon Knight has had a stranger story than most Marvel projects to track over its six episodes—at first, starting out as something of a peculiar character piece more akin to the early days of Marvel’s own Netflix adventures with Daredevil than the blockbuster, cameo-laden action we tend to expect from the studio now.…Read more...

On Tuesday, the federal government announced that it will take unprecedented steps to maintain water levels in Lake Powell and stave off an electricity supply catastrophe for the Southwest.Read more...

A new video from NASA shows what it looks like when a star is caught in the powerful gravity of a black hole. In these binary systems, the doomed stars spin around the black holes, which steadily suck up gas from them. The visualization illustrates the variety of these parasitic partnerships in our galactic backyard,…Read more...

It’s May the Fourth (one of the Star Wars fandom’s favorite days, quickly followed by the Revenge of the Fifth), and Disney and Lucasfilm just shared a brand new trailer for Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi. I’m genuinely surprised that we actually get a discernible plotline within a trailer, and gosh, it feels good to know…Read more...

During the “Spelljammer: confirmed!” announcement at the recent live-streamed D&D Direct, there was a quick blip on the stream that showcased some of the upcoming minis that would be made for the new adventure. WizKids is producing the minis, and while we don’t have final designs, the company was kind enough to share…Read more...

Sen. Ron Wyden told Gizmodo Tuesday that a decision by the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v Wade would trigger a digital privacy crisis, one that could see authorities turn personal data into a tool for hunting down women seeking abortions.

A team of researchers scanned the roof of a limestone cave in Alabama and discovered several massive Native American mud glyphs that are estimated to be about 1,500 years old.

When the richest man in the world casually cast doubt on medications that help millions through psychological distress over the weekend, his comments met fierce resistance.Read more...

Activists fearing soon-to-be Twitter King Elon Musk may turn the platform into a “​megaphone to extremists,” are calling on the site’s biggest moneymen to keep the ship afloat.Read more...

Blah blah George R.R. Martin blah blah The Winds of Winter blah blah 11 years since A Dance With Dragons came out blah blah waiting forever blah blah never finishing it blah blah etc. But now, Martin has offered a vitally important update on the long-, long-awaited sixth volume in his A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy…Read more...

Though the edit button still has yet to materialize in timelines, and the company is undergoing a tumultuous acquisition, Twitter has been working on new features.

I liked Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 3 when I reviewed it last year, but its battery life was abysmal when compared to its non-folding flagship counterparts. Even with its built-in fast charging capabilities, the Z Flip 3's battery is one of the smallest you can get in a premium phone.

Doctor Strange has always been a peculiar character, whether it’s on the big screen or in the comics—the world of magic is so often far removed from the typical grand superhero events that populate our strips and our adventures on screens big and small always pigeon Stephen into something more befitting of a…Read more...

On Monday, a leaked draft opinion revealed that the U.S. Supreme Court is likely to soon repeal Roe v. Wade. If finalized, the ruling would reverse nearly five decades of nationwide legal abortion access.

Yesterday, Politico broke the news that the U.S. Supreme Court plans to overturn Roe v Wade, the long-enduring legal decision that enshrined a constitutional right to abortion—news since confirmed by the conservative-leaning Court. Much has been said about the factors leading up to this planned decision and the other…Read more...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reportedly bought access to people’s location data from a private date company that was banned by Google, according to documents obtained by reporters at Motherboard through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The public health agency was planning on using…Read more...

I don’t own an Xbox Series X/S yet. I’ve been tempted, but my PS5 has held me over enough to not feel any urgency to go green. However, that changed a bit this week after Microsoft revealed two glorious new colors for the Xbox Series X/S controller.

The CW’s Arrowverse may be on the decline, but the DC Extended Universe of content over at HBO Max just keeps growing. The newest project may be a series about Machiavellian ARGUS director and emotionless Task Force X (aka the Suicide Squad) overseer Amanda Waller, with Viola Davis returning to play the character.

Every time a Pixel smartphone approaches its expiration date after fighting the good fight against Apple’s market dominance, I’m tempted to give it a proper Viking funeral. The next models deserving of this commemorative treatment are the Pixel 3a and 3a XL. Both phones were the first in Google’s economy smartphone…Read more...

Spotify claims to be “entering the metaverse” by becoming the first music streaming service to enter the platform with the release of “Spotify Island.”

When Apple released the Magic Keyboard, it essentially gave iPad owners the ability to transform their tablet into a laptop. At least, from a hardware perspective.

Let’s hope that the upcoming Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse doesn’t include every rendition of the wall-crawler, especially not today’s California variety.Read more...

In the new trailer for DC’s animated League of Super-Pets, Krypto the Super-Dog (voiced by Dwayne Johnson) has to team up with a rag-tag group of newly-empowered shelter animals to save Superman from the clutches of an evil... alien (maybe?) who has kidnapped the Justice League.

Private aerospace company Rocket Lab just pulled off a mid-air capture of a rocket booster as it plunged its way back through Earth’s atmosphere, hooking it with a long rope attached to a helicopter. The mission, dubbed “There and Back Again,” also deployed 34 satellites to orbit on Monday.Read more...

On April 18, 2022, Gizmodo began releasing once-confidential Facebook documents, once the only accessible to members of Congress and the media. As of May 2, we’ve published more than 1,000 pages of what’s come to be known as the Facebook Papers. Here are some highlights from our first two releases, which cover the…Read more...

Apple employees aren’t ready to give up on remote work just yet.Read more...

For die-hard fans of Disney’s theme parks, the rides and attractions are just part of the experience. Learning what goes on behind-the-scenes in the parks can be just as thrilling, as is the opportunity to acquire park souvenirs and memorabilia that you definitely won’t find in any of Disneyland’s gift shops.Read more...

Almost two years after it officially went on sale in the U.S. for “commercial and industrial use,” Boston Dynamic’s robotic quadruped Spot is getting some upgrades that are mostly designed to improve the user experience for those behind the robot’s controls.Read more...

The skeletal remains of a human body were found inside of an old corroded barrel near the shores of Nevada’s Lake Mead over the weekend, as an ongoing drought sends water levels to troubling lows. Items found inside the barrel suggest this person, whose identity is unknown, may have died in the 1980s, the Associated…Read more...

Good news, Star Trek fans who are also fond of the letter u, the right kinds of tea, and other things! Paramount+ has finally been given a launch date in the UK and Ireland. Bad news: it’s nowhere near in time for you to keep up with at least one of the brand new Star Trek shows on the way.

Marshall just released two new Bluetooth speakers, and I’m already reaching for my wallet.

There’s a lot to enjoy about Spider-Man: No Way Home, but the most awkward part of the entire movie has always been how two franchises of Spider-Men were brought into the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Doctor Strange casually trying to cast a spell to make the world forget Peter Parker is Spidey, only to get distracted,…Read more...

Facebook will begin shutting down its podcast service this week, less than a year after its launch last June, with a permanent closure date of June 3. This, according to Bloomberg.

The Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration has made a significant discovery about the Milky Way, but we don’t know what it is yet. Members of the team are set to announce the finding in a press conference May 12, hosted by the National Science Foundation. Simultaneous press briefings are planned in Germany, Mexico,…Read more...

The U.S. federal government is creeping ever-so-slowly toward the idea that the decentralized finance space may need some centralized backbone to cut down on rampant fraud on the part of crypto startups and investors.Read more...

Meta will reportedly give users more doors to the metaverse by expanding its Quest VR headset selection with four additional models arriving in the next few years.

We present to you eight distinctive spacesuits, ranked from our least to most favorite.Read more...

The Supreme Court will strike down Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito which was leaked and initially published in a report by Politico.

Internet Explorer won’t be officially put out of its misery until next month, but its replacement, Microsoft Edge, is already gaining significant ground. According to web analytics provider StatCounter, it has officially surpassed Apple’s Safari browser as the second most popular option on desktop.Read more...

Eight months ago, when we sifted through all the options to find the best iPhone MagSafe battery pack, very few options were large enough to fully revive a dead iPhone 12 or 13 Pro Max. But for those who like their smartphones gigantic, Anker is introducing a new MagSafe-compatible battery with a 10,000 mAh capacity…Read more...