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A military court in Russia sentenced a spokesperson for Meta to six years in prison on Monday, according to a new report from the English-language Moscow Times. Andy Stone was convicted in absentia for the justification" of terrorism after the Facebook parent company changed its rules about what's considered violent...Read more...

Apple's Vision Pro debuted just two months ago, drawing crowds of people to sign up for demos and almost immediately selling out. Since then, interest in Apple's premiere mixed reality headset has plummeted and sales are grinding to a halt at some retail stores, Bloomberg reports on Monday. So, what happened to...Read more...

As discussion and speculation about a fourth Tom Holland Spider-Man film continue, one constant that's not in doubt is Tom Holland himself. I'll always want to do Spider-Man films," the actor said in a new interview. I owe my life and career to Spider-Man. So the simple answer is yes. I'll always want to do more."Read more...

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes achieves the unthinkable. It's a prequel film to an iconic classic that approaches the material in a fresh, interesting way, stands on its own, and doesn't tarnish the legacy or integrity of its predecessors. On paper, it shouldn't work. Throughout movie history, it usually doesn't. But...Read more...

That was a really close one. Further analysis of a near-miss collision between two satellites in space revealed that they came even closer to one another than initially believed, raising more alarm over the growing danger of space debris.Read more...

For the most part, Hot Toys' dips into the Star Wars universe for its highly-detailed action figures stick to what's current in the world of the galaxy far, far away. The latest shows and movies, or dips back to classic heroes and villains, the toymaker plants its feet firmly in the current continuity of Star Wars....Read more...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the so-called TikTok ban (again) on Saturday as part of a crucial package to provide foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, according to The Washington Post. The bill that could ban or force a sale of TikTok seems to be on a fast track through Congress, widely expected to b...Read more...

I had a lot of expectations for the Knuckles live-action mini-series that, it turns out, might have been a bit too lofty. But I don't think the expectation that the titular echidna voiced by Idris Elba would be in a show with his name at the top was that outrageous. I'm sad to report that Knuckles is only around for a...Read more...

Leigh Whannell's Wolf Man movie adds another mysterious cast member. Get a look at a bevy of new indie genre movies, including Takashi Miike's Lumberjack the Monster. Plus, what's coming on Ghosts. To me, my Spoilers!

Tesla was forced to issue a recall for the futuristic Cybertruck last week after it emerged that the accelerator pedal could come loose and jam the car on full power. Not good for a truck that's meant to be so rugged it can survive the apocalypse. Now, Tesla has revealed the fix for the issue is a very futuristic...Read more...

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Game emulation has been a tried and true pastime on PCs and Macs for a while now, but it's a whole new frontier for folks who are only used to their regular, unmodified iPhone. Apple updated its rules earlier this month, and now there's a building wave of old console emulators streaming onto iOS. If you're getting...Read more...

Our first look at Deadpool & Wolverine earlier this year leaned heavily on the merc' with a mouth's official arrival into the Marvel Cinematic Universe-as its would-be savior. But of course, Wade's not the only guy in the title this time, so it's fitting that our latest look gives us a little more to sink our claws...Read more...

Elon Musk's social media platform X started testing AI-generated news summaries powered by Grok in early April. The feature has a disclaimer that Grok can make mistakes," and it's made quite a few of them.

Here's a classic brainteaser that I don't like. What's the next number in this sequence: 1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, ...? The answer is 312211, because each number describes the digits in the number that precedes it. We open with 1, an arbitrary choice, but the next number describes 1 as a single one," i.e. one one,"...Read more...

While digital security threats continue to get more sophisticated and complex, sometimes the best ways of protecting yourself and your data are pretty simple-and here we're going to introduce you to one of the easier checks you can carry out regularly on your various devices.

Even before its casting was officially unveiled, Marvel Studios' upcoming Fantastic Four movie was always poised to be a big deal. The First Family of Marvel Comics hasn't had a movie since Fant4stic nearly a decade ago (despite Fox's best attempts), and we're also coming up on 20 years since the studios' previous go...Read more...

There are a lot of superheroes running around the DC universe at any given time, and it often causes some headaches for its villains. If you're a bad guy in that universe, how do you tackle that problem in 2024? With some evil super-robots.

Years ago, Andy Weir's sci-fi novel Project Hail Mary was being optioned as a film with Ryan Gosling in the lead role. After years of no significant news on the project, Amazon MGM's ready to bring the adaptation to theaters, and it's even locked down a release date: March 20, 2026.

A few weeks ago, Lionsgate revealed it had another Blair Witch movie in the works. The series, which started with 1999's The Blair Witch Project, has been off and on over the decades, and both of its sequels have been about how people have been shaped by that first movie. Now, ahead of Project's 25th theatrical...Read more...

Earlier in the week, we got our first look at Transformers One, and it probably didn't look like what you were imagining. The animated movie, which is meant to serve as an origin story for Optimus Prime (Chris Hemsworth) and Megatron (Brian Tyree Henry)-here respectively known as Orion Pax and D-16-is sillier than...Read more...

When Disney bought 20th Century Fox, it seemed inevitable that the company would find a way to get Marvel to crossover with the Alien or Predator. It took some time, but thanks to comics it came to fruition last year with Wolverine fighting the Predator (because who else would?), and now it's continuing by pitting the...Read more...

There's a lot of video games set to get TV or film adaptations in the next few years, and even more that seem like they'd be ripe for the picking. Bungie's Destiny franchise seemed like a viable candidate, especially after the studio was acquired by PlayStation in 2022, but it sounds like any plans to bring the games...Read more...

Nearly four years ago, we learned Disney was hoping to get a movie about its Space Mountain ride off the ground and into theaters. A lot's happened since then, but the studio's apparently still determined to make this a reality, hence bringing on a new pair of writers to get the movie into proper shape.

Chinese government hackers are constantly trying to infiltrate the computer systems of U.S. water treatment facilities and energy grids in a bid to be pre-positioned" for inducing panic, according to an alarming new speech from FBI Director Christopher Wray. And given the success of China's Volt Typhoon program to...Read more...

It was a bad week for Truth Social and the Tesla Cybertruck. Both showed that they might not be as great as Donald Trump and Elon Musk thought. This week also saw a terrifying AI video generator, major complaints about a dog-sitting app, and the retirement of a beloved robot. Check out the big tech stories of the...Read more...

Are you watching For All Mankind? I hope so, because our regular reminders that you absolutely should be culminated this week with the news that Apple doesn't just want more, but a whole extra show on top of what some of you already aren't watching. But that's not all this week-we looked back at DS9's finest episode,...Read more...

A new study might point to the first signs of a frightening public health scenario: Researchers found two recent cases of prion disease-universally fatal ailments caused by rogue proteins-that could have been caused by the victims eating contaminated deer meat. This connection is still far from confirmed, but doctors...Read more...

To no one's shock, Samsung reclaims the top spot in global phone sales over Apple in this quarter. We also got a first look at the new line of Sony Bravia TVs featuring Mini-LED, which makes a really strong case against OLED. And finally, Ikea revealed its Gaming Furniture Collection, so we, of course, ranked our...Read more...

In our top science stories this week, reporter Ed Cara explores the similarities and differences between today's popular obesity drugs and fen-phen, a briefly trendy weight loss aid that was pulled from the market after doctors discovered dangerous side effects. NASA confirmed that a chunk of debris that crashed into...Read more...

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If you excitedly went to Peacock on Thursday to watch the latest episode of Chucky, only to find it was not yet available to stream-and then screamed with the wrong kind of horror-you are not alone among the killer doll's legions of fans.

Trump Media, the parent company that owns Truth Social, has filed a formal complaint with the Nasdaq, expressing concern for potential market manipulation impacting the stock.Read more...

Transformers is known for being more than meets the eye." But when it comes to the characters from Transformers One, it's more than meets the eyes, nose, and mouth.Read more...

Star Trek likes to imagine itself as a franchise that is largely above conflict, but it is defined by it: and how its most idealized heroes in Starfleet and the Federation react to, and become shaped by it. While Trek's history is littered with devastating battles, few conflicts hold a mirror to Star Trek quite like...Read more...

This guide was updated on April 19, 2024, to add the Belkin BoostCharge 10K and Belkin Magnetic Wireless 5K.Read more...

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This guide was updated on April 19, 2024, to reflect the latest real-life" leaks of the Pixel 9 and upcoming satellite connectivity available on Android.Read more...

An iconic horror duo makes its debut in Abigail with Alisha Weir's vampire ballerina and Melissa Barrera's would-be kidnapper Joey. The Radio Silence film introduces a friends-to-enemies relationship you root for between Barrera-one of this generation's best final girls, having left an indelible mark on the Scream franchi...Read more...

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Typically, when a person isn't performing well at their job, they get put under review or get a stern talking to. Well, unless you're a top executive, that is. Then you might get a 25 percent raise, as the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery just did.Read more...

A breakout anime's first movie often falls into one of two categories. Either it's a showcase of the source material that feels like a stretched-out arc of the anime itself, or it attempts to fill in some backstory and set up some dominoes for the season to come. In the case of the former, the question of whether it's...Read more...

Apple removed several U.S.-based messaging apps from its App Store in China, including WhatsApp, Signal, and Threads, according to the Washington Post Friday. Officially, the apps were already banned in China but could still be accessed by users with a VPN.

You don't make a movie as sumptuous and engrossing as Dune: Part Two and not think of every little detail. How the planets move, who all the people are, how people get off the sandworm. In preparing and making both Dune films, Denis Villeneuve thought of everything. And, to illustrate that, in a new interview he...Read more...

As the year 2000 approached, pop culture channelled its millennial unease into science fiction. While 1999 did see some standout horror (The Sixth Sense, The Blair Witch Project) and fantasy (Toy Story 2, The Mummy) releases, one genre reigned supreme-and it involved aliens, time-travelers, virtual realities, robots,...Read more...

This article was updated on 4/18/2024 to include information about how Apple may attempt to reduce lens flare, Wi-Fi 7 capabilities for the iPhone 16 Pro series, and the debut of a convincing set of machined blanks that show the iPhone's new family of side buttons.

It's been a wild and wacky last few weeks in space, not to mention awe-inspiring, as a spectacular total solar eclipse graced the skies across North America. We also said goodbye to a trusty old rocket, while saying hello to what might finally be the first crewed mission of Boeing's beleaguered Starliner spacecraft.Read more...

This week's excellent episode of Star Trek: Discovery, Face the Strange", let the series take a moment to reflect on the four seasons that came before it in a wonderful meld of a classic Star Trek storytelling device and metatextual commentary. But in preparing to do so, its star found it much more challenging than...Read more...

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