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Have you seen photos on social media of a street sign that reads, Notice, Stolen goods must remain under $950"? The photos were taken in San Francisco and appear to be referring to a right-wing disinformation campaign that claims theft has been legalized in California. But the signs weren't put there by any...Read more...

Who has time for summertime sadness when there are new gadget releases to check out? This month, we got an update on the Insta360 GO and a new mini-LED QLED from Sony. We also went hands-on with the ROG Ally X, which boasts a bigger battery than the Steam Deck. These waterproof JBL speakers are affordable and perfect...Read more...

With three episodes left in the first season of The Acolyte, show creator Leslye Headland admits she isn't quite done incorporating pieces of old-school Star Wars mythology from the Expanded Universe, aka Legends.Read more...

Leave it up to Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian) to give Louis' (Jacob Anderson) interview a final definitive disruption that leads to marital woes for Armand (Assad Zaman).Read more...

It's always an honor to get to witness anything or anyone transform into the Force," young padawan Jecki Lon tells Osha in The Acolyte's fourth episode, perhaps preparing us all for the carnage that was to come just a week later in its fifth, leaving a lot of people transforming into the Force. But even with this...Read more...

Chinese company Space Pioneer accidentally launched the first stage of its Tianlong-3 rocket during a Sunday test of the vehicle that went terribly wrong. The rocket crashed and exploded near a city in Central China, but no injuries have been reported so far.Read more...

In July, there are multiple new sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books about estranged friends reuniting to confront something dark in their past-call it the It effect-as well as an array of sci-fi adventures, mythology revisions, tales of terror, supernatural mysteries, fantastical romances, and more. Read on!

Warning: this article is going to make you hungry. There's simply no way around it. Even as we humorously break down the good and bad of Deadpool & Wolverine teaming up with DiGiorno on a series of limited-edition pizzas, talking about pizza at all is going to make you crave a slice.Read more...

President Joe Biden delivered a stunningly bad performance last week during his debate with Donald Trump, causing many Democrats to worry about the future of American democracy. But some folks on social media think they've figured out why Biden looked so puzzled and frequently spoke haltingly with a blank stare in his...Read more...

After the Eye of Sauron heralded a busy start to the summer for Lego fans, you're getting a bit of a break in July-with just six major releases bidding for your time and attention to beat the heat with large amounts of plastic bricks. And one of those is a book! But that doesn't mean there aren't a few things keeping...Read more...

It took 20 years, but the design and delivery of the International Fusion Energy Project's massive toroidal magnets is complete. The 19 coils are now in Southern France, according to an ITER release, setting the stage for the massive nuclear fusion project to make its first plasma... eventually.Read more...

A lot happened on last night's House of the Dragon, a quality the show's many fans have come to expect from HBO's Game of Thrones prequel. But you have to assume most viewers gasped at the big cameo in The Burning Mill," featuring a character even diehards weren't expecting to see.Read more...

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Summer is officially here and with it comes lots of streaming content. Welcome to io9's latest edition of the Nerd's Watch, where we pare down the enormous lists of new films and television shows arriving on all your favorite streaming services into the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles we think you'll like most....Read more...

Warner Bros. has released a new trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's Trap, in which a serial killer colorfully dubbed the Butcher" (Josh Hartnett) learns the cops plan to ambush him at the concert he's just taken his daughter to. Feast your eyes below:

Scientists in California tested a way to coax certain fat cells to burn calories, rather than simply store energy. In new research involving mice, the team found it was possible to convert existing white fat cells into calorie-burning beige fat cells. The findings could pave the way to a new class of obesity...Read more...

The U.S. Supreme Court pushed lower courts to take another look at two laws in Florida and Texas that would have stopped social media companies from removing extremist content or accounts in a decision Monday that's widely being regarded as reasonable. But the court also delivered a much less reasonable decision...Read more...

House of the Dragon has been teasing a terrible civil war in Westeros since the foundations were laid in season one-and now, with House Targaryen bitterly divided, battles are just over the horizon. This week, in episode three, The Burning Mill," we see one last attempt at reconciliation-as well as the beginnings of...Read more...

Streaming services chalk up another victim as Redbox parent company Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment files for bankruptcy.Read more...

Donald Glover's career thrives on mystery. He loves working on projects in secret and then dropping them on an unsuspecting public to incur maximum shock and awe. He's done it with TV, he's done it with music, and now he's doing it with his very own IMAX sci-fi movie that looks like what might happen if Lando...Read more...

Entertainment Weekly has released the first trailer for Hellboy: The Crooked Man, introducing the world to Jack Kesy's take on everyone's favorite demonic paranormal investigator. Does the film do justice to Richard Corben's artwork from the original three-issue miniseries its based on? Take a look for yourself:

If you're so worried about the Nintendo Switch sequel that you're hovering your mouse over the buy button months before its official announcement, you can relax a bit. Nintendo is promising that they'll beat the scalpers simply by making enough Switch 2s to go around.Read more...

Most of us could probably do with Wi-Fi that's a little faster, and there are more ways to squeeze some extra speed out of your home network than you might have realized-beyond the obvious step of paying your broadband supplier for faster internet.

Later this month, Cobra Kai returns for its sixth and final season, and your ass-kicking first look is finally here. Netflix just released the first trailer for the show and in it, you'll see the now united dojos of the Valley training for their biggest test yet, the return of an unstoppable enemy, and a tantalizing...Read more...

This post was updated on 7/1/24 at 9:46 a.m. to include more information about Switch 2 stock expectations. It was updated 6/18/24 at 9:52 a.m. to include new information from the latest Nintendo Direct. It was updated 5/8/24 at 11:55 a.m. ET to include comments from Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa.Read more...

Chad Stahleski is getting ready to shoot his new Highlander film. Could the next Mission Impossible have found an intriguing new co-star? House of the Dragon prepares for carnage in a new teaser. Plus, what's next on My Adventures with Superman. To me, my spoilers!

It has been a pure delight to melt your brains every week, but today's solution will be the last installment of the Gizmodo Monday Puzzle. Thank you to everyone who commented, emailed, or puzzled along in silence. Since I can't leave you hanging with nothing to solve, check out some puzzles I made recently for the...Read more...

The U.S. Justice Department intends to criminally charge Boeing for breaching a settlement connected to two deadly 737 Max jetliner crashes, according to reports from Bloomberg and Reuters. The federal government is reportedly seeking a guilty plea from Boeing, which may include a $243.6 million criminal fine and...Read more...

Apple is reportedly bringing cameras to AirPods, ear hairs be damned.

Marvel Studios recently released new photos from Deadpool & Wolverine and while they're not groundbreaking, each is our best look yet at characters on opposite sides of the spectrum. On the one side, there's Cassandra Nova, the evil, likely main villain in the film played by The Crown's Emma Corrin. Then there's...Read more...

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is coming to an end in the biggest way imaginable. Crunchyroll just announced it acquired the rights to the upcoming Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle and will release it as a trilogy of theatrical films, bringing the story and franchise to a conclusion on the big screen.Read more...

One of the stars of A Quiet Place: Day One is Frodo the cat, the service animal companion to Lupita Nyong'o's Sam, who steals the movie from even Joseph Quinn (Stranger Things). It turns out the feline's future might be more important than we think, and that its journey in the Quiet Place franchise might not be over.Read more...

Over the last three decades, Magic: The Gathering has become increasingly complex as a card game-from new mechanics and formats, to the contemporary rotation of what cards are considered playable in those forms, a lot has been done to transform the game, even in the way it's sold. And that's even before you try and...Read more...

At first blush, the remains of an ancient Roman sandal look more like little gnarled carcasses than footwear. But upon closer inspection and using X-rays, archeologists say the shoe parts they found at an ancient military site are unusually well preserved.

While this list isn't quite a horror comedy" grouping-as much as we love horror comedies-what follows are 10 Netflix picks that will leave you feeling satisfied and entertained, and possibly a bit grossed-out and terrified along the way. What more could you ask for, really?Read more...

It's not a big moon relative to afew of its neighbors, but Jupiter's Io is exceedingly active, with volcanoes by the hundreds spewing lava plumes dozens of miles above its surface, per NASA. Infrared tech aboard the space agency's Juno probe mapped two such eruptions in February, returning valuable data on the...Read more...

Graphic novel series A Vicious Circle already tells a cinematic story-following time-traveling assassins chasing each other through the past and future-and now the title is taking its logical next step. It'll become a film produced by Ryan Coogler (Black Panther) and adapted by Mattson Tomlin, who created the original...Read more...

Everyone figured Inside Out 2 would be a hit, but this is ridiculous. In just 14 days, the sequel has already surpassed the lifetime gross, both domestically and soon internationally, of the 2015 original, which itself was considered a mega-hit.Read more...

Hollywood has been trying to adapt William Gibson's groundbreaking 1984 cyberpunk novel Neuromancer for years-and now it really seems the latest attempt, taking the form not of a feature film but a series at sci-fi hub Apple TV+-is truly happening. After a February announcement heralding the show, followed by Callum...Read more...

If you're going down the bayou to ride Walt Disney World's Tiana's Bayou Adventure, there's a few things you need to know to make sure you'll be able to experience the Magic Kingdom's newest exciting attraction. It won't have a traditional wake up early and rush to the line" queue, but rather an online virtual queue...Read more...

Those of you hunting for a new way to idle away the hours while you pretend to be productive at work are in luck. A new game has hit the internet that is the definition of a giant waste of time.

The Doctor-lite" has become a common parlance in contemporary Doctor Who-an episode that, born out of scheduling or the general rigors of a season of television show where the lead actor is in almost all of it, all the time, where the Doctor is largely absent for an episode. But Ncuti Gatwa's first season as the...Read more...

Summerween gives theme park fans a preview of what to expect this fall at Universal Studios, Disney Parks and Six Flags, with major IP coming to all the seasonal offerings.Read more...

Dr. Disrespect, the popular streamer whose real name is Guy Beahm, might have to go back to his doctor's practice as his YouTube channel is reportedly demonetized following the confirmation that he inappropriately messaged a minor.

After spending several years on Arrakis, director Denis Villeneuve said he wanted to go somewhere else for his next project. And while we don't know where" that is, we do know when." Warner Bros. just set a December 18, 2026 release date for Villenuve's next movie, which is described as an event film." It better be...Read more...

The stock price for former President Donald Trump's media company shot up Friday following a presidential debate that was widely viewed as a total disaster for his opponent, current President Joe Biden.Read more...

President Joe Biden delivered a performance at Thursday's debate with Donald Trump that was so bad even his staunchest allies are calling for the president to drop out of the race. But if Biden sticks it out until November's election, as it looks like he plans to do, he's going to need plenty of help convincing young...Read more...

Have you ever made it to the end of a hike with a scenic overlook and argued with your friend about the name of a river many miles away? I have. Google Maps wasn't any help, but perhaps if I had Unistellar's upcoming Envision AR binoculars in hand to label those faraway landmarks, we could have put that bickering to...Read more...

This week's episode of The Acolyte makes for one of the most brutal half-hours of Star Wars action we've had in a while, as a group of Jedi come face to face with the sinister threat of the Stranger-a masked monster that proves a lot more than they could've ever anticipated handling. Suffice to say, things don't go wellRead more...

When The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power returns to Prime Video for its second season in August, it can advance its storytelling in ways that felt impossible in season one as long as a certain big secret-that Halbrand," the character played by Charlie Vickers, is actually Middle-earth's big bad, Sauron-was...Read more...