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The series that started Star Trek's streaming era came to an end this week, but as ever with the franchise's current moment, all eyes are already on what's next. But Starfleet Academy, the next new Trek show, won't actually be making that much of a temporal jump from Discovery, staying in the 32nd century setting that...Read more...

Siri is dumb. It's a sad fact, but the little assistant has long been a butt of jokes for its propensity to misunderstand even the most simple of requests. As Gizmodo predicted at the start of the year, Siri is getting an AI upgrade that hopefully makes it far less of a nincompoop. It's part of a wave of new AI...Read more...

For nearly a decade, a persistent myth has influenced public perception and news coverage of the opioid overdose crisis: the idea that you can get sick or even die from simply touching or being near fentanyl. But there is no strong evidence for this claim, and plenty to argue against it.Read more...

Former president Donald Trump became convicted felon Donald Trump on Thursday after he was found guilty on 34 criminal counts in his New York hush money trial. And while Trump won't be sentenced until July, large sections of the internet celebrated that Trump was finally facing consequences after so many years of...Read more...

Get a new look at Michael Keaton's return as Beetlejuice for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. Amandla Stenberg teases the layers of Force use at play in Star Wars: The Acolyte. Doctor Who takes on social media in a new clip. Plus, what's coming on Smiling Friends. To me, my spoilers!

Game streaming is big, and it just keeps getting bigger. If you're desperate to play some games without the necessity of downloading them to your PC or console, you can get them easily with an Xbox Game Pass or PlayStation Plus subscription. The biggest game console makers without a name that rhymes with spinflendo"...Read more...

It and It:Chapter Two star Bill Skarsgard (Nosferatu) has officially signed back on to reprise the role of sewer-dwelling, child-eating clown Pennywise for Max's Welcome to Derry series. The returning Pennywise joins castmates Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, and James Remar.Read more...

Niche interactive activations are now more mainstream than ever before-and the result is an uphill battle of art vs. profit. Things don't always work out in the long run, as seen with Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, but still create some of the most incredible forms of art you'll ever be able to experience and be a...Read more...

Jurors found Donald Trump guilty on 34 counts in the former President's hush money trial in New York on Thursday, according to The New York Times. He is the first American president to become a felon. The 12 Manhattan residents who sit on the jury reached a verdict after their second day of deliberations.Read more...

Hulu and Disney+ have been fully integrated for months now, which means if you happen to be on the streamer watching the new Doctor Who or upcoming Star Wars series The Acolyte, you can hang around for some deeper horror and sci-fi cuts too. Here are 10 horror movies and TV shows to check out on Hulu now.

If you always thought you could make a better TV show than Hollywood can, AI is here to help you test that theory in the worst way possible.Read more...

Chris Hemsworth, the voice of Optimus Prime in the upcoming Transformers Oneanimated movie, is now reportedly joining the live-action G.I. Joe and Transformers crossover from the franchise film series.Read more...

In a matter of two months, hopes for the Rabbit R1 and Humane AI devices crashed and burned. They presented radical new form factors and promised to break our addiction to screens but when we finally got our hands on them, they were totally busted. Some people, however, aren't ready to let go of the idea of a gadget...Read more...

Earlier this year, io9 brought you the news that Princess and the Scoundrel writer Beth Revis was teaming up with artist Sophie Li for a brand new Star Wars picture book inspired by the early events of the novel, setting the stage for Han Solo and Leia Organa's wedding on Endor. Now, we can give you a look inside-and...Read more...

When doctors take money or gifts from pharmaceutical companies those are required by law to be reported to the U.S. government. But did you know there's a website where you can look up how much money any doctor in the U.S. has taken from healthcare companies? It's completely free and run by Medicare.

Former United States President Donald J. Trump, currently facing 34 felony counts in criminal court, is campaigning for re-election this fall by taking shots at the increasingly popular electric car industry. Trump has already called for oil and gas industry executives to donate significant campaign funds in exchange...Read more...

What a long road it's been for Star Trek: Discovery, getting from there to here. Along that road it's certainly had its ups and downs, but for all its faults, it's been hard to deny in this last season that the series is assured in what its ultimate message was always going to be. So even knowing that, it's perhaps...Read more...

If it's unclear by now, TV makers are trying to sell you on mini-LED. What about OLED? Well, it sure is nice. LG has its own G3 model, which we consider one of the best TVs you can buy right now. But those are expensive, both to make them and for consumers who buy them. So yes, mini-LED. It's bright, and with extra...Read more...

Researchers recently observed a record-breaking galaxy beaming with young stars, which existed only 290 million years after the universe came into existence, challenging our view of the Cosmic Dawn with its unexpected luminosity.Read more...

As Tesla's annual shareholders meeting approaches, the company is ramping up its pushback against groups asking investors to vote against Elon Musk's $46 billion compensation package.Read more...

There's a CPU. There's a GPU. In the past year, every tech company has been talking about NPUs." If you didn't know the first two, you're probably flummoxed about the third and why every the tech industry is extolling the benefits of a neural processing unit. As you might have guessed, it's all due to the ongoing...Read more...

Singapore Airlines made international news earlier this month when severe turbulence left one person dead and more than 30 injured. Then, just a few days later, a flight attendant broke her back during severe turbulence on a Turkish Airlines flight.Read more...

The Dune 2 popcorn bucket set the bar very, very low (in the best possible way) for in-theater hijinks and Deadpool has now added his own flair.

Perfectionists unite (Virgos out there, raise your hands). Android will let you edit RCS messages you send through Google Messages. The company announced the ability, alongside other updates across the Android ecosystem.

Freddy. Jason. Michael. Leatherface. Every great horror icon has its origin story. And sure, throughout the course of horror movie history, most attempts at creating that type of long-lasting iconic character have failed miserably. But even so, every time someone conjures up a new frightening franchise foe, we pay...Read more...

Death and illness have never been strangers to humanity. But for a brief time around the 1500s, there was one particular ailment that was both brutal in its devastation and completely undecipherable to medical practitioners of the time. This malady was known as sweating sickness, and even today, scientists still don't...Read more...

Lucasfilm has had what can, charitably, be described as a rocky history with how it has handled Star Wars frequently finding itself the target of the ever-evolving reactionary culture war. In fits and starts, the studio has struggled in defending stars and crew from harassment and baseless accusations, from the...Read more...

A group of researchers in Japan built the first satellite made of wood and are getting ready to launch it later this year to test its capabilities in Earth orbit.Read more...

The What If...? brand is the ultimate cheat code in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Because everything takes place in an alternate dimension, literally anything can happen and it can simultaneously be part of the MCU or not. The same goes for What If...?: An Immersive Story, which is now available for Apple Vision Pro....Read more...

More than six months after Sam Altman was fired, then rehired, one of OpenAI's former board members is finally spilling the tea on what happened behind closed doors. Helen Toner, one of four people responsible for firing OpenAI's CEO, says Altman's incessant lying created a toxic culture that executives described as...Read more...

A hacking group called ShinyHunters claims it breached Ticketmaster, stealing sensitive information of 560 million customers, according to cybersecurity news outlet Hackread and Australian news site Cyber DailyRead more...

Google Search is often referred to as the doorstep to the internet-it's the first stop on most people's journey to information online. However, Google doesn't say much about how it organizes the internet, making Search a giant black box that dictates what we know and what we don't. This week, a 2,500-page leak, first...Read more...

Amazon is getting into the Sherlock Holmes game. The cast and crew of Evil tease what's left to come in season four. Plus, A Quiet Place: Day One gets rated, and Netflix gets ready to get one of last year's best sci-fi shows with Scavenger's Reign. Spoilers get!

The problem with the term spatial computer" is that most devices using the obtuse marketing term don't actually look like computers. Yes, the Apple Vision Pro or Meta Quest 3 meet the definition of computer," but most people still think of PC" as a desktop or a laptop. So now there's the Spacetop G1, an AR laptop,...Read more...

When Tesla's Cybertruck was first announced in 2019 it was hyped as a peek at the future of transportation. But six months after finally being launched, the vehicle has turned into little more than a punchline. And countless videos have gone viral showing the Cybertruck in some pretty embarrassing situations.

The Hargreeves clan will return for a final round of end of the world time travel hijinks in season four of The Umbrella Academy, Netflix's acclaimed series based on the Dark Horse Comics series by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba, and adapted for the platform by Jeremy Slater and Steve Blackman. Check out the first trailer!

Elon Musk has been talking with Donald Trump several times a month," about a wide range of topics, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. And while Musk has denied rumors that he might donate money to the former president, the new reporting indicates Musk is working behind the scenes to make sure his...Read more...

In April, activist investor Nelson Peltz and Trian Partners lost a proxy battle with the Disney Company. Peltz, a known associate of ousted Marvel Chairperson Ike Permutter, sought to push agendas supported by Trian Partners representing influence by Perlmutter (their silent partner) though his company-seeking to...Read more...

As Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly struggle to keep up with soaring demand for their popular diabetes and weight loss drugs, healthcare companies are introducing supply trackers to help patients navigate ongoing shortages.

After a movie that stunk like pea soup throw-up, The Exorcist franchise is returning in a brand new way. As previously rumored, Mike Flanagan will now officially write, direct, and produce what's being called a radical new take on TheExorcist" for Blumhouse and Morgan Creek.Read more...

Writer-director Ishana Night Shyamalan makes her feature debut with The Watchers, based on the novel by A.M. Shine. Starring Dakota Fanning (The Equalizer 3), the film follows a young artist who becomes lost in the woods and encounters three strangers trapped in the wilderness by a mysterious force. The Watchers is...Read more...

Most moviegoers' first impression of Bill Skarsgard came courtesy of his performance as Pennywise the Dancing Clown in 2017's It and its 2019 sequel. He's a good-looking dude, yeah, but he also has the ability to twist his charisma into something dark and terrifying. That's been a recurring motif in the characters...Read more...

We're sorry to disappoint Star Trek fans, but the exoplanet often compared to Mr. Spock's fictional world has turned out to be nothing more than star flickers masquerading as a super-Earth.Read more...

I have spent the past few weeks with Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Motorola's Razr+. These foldables were released in late 2023 and share the same $1000 price tag. However, the Razr+ is currently retailing at a discounted price of $700, and you're likely also to find the Z Flip 5 on sale. We figured we'd revisit the...Read more...

Last year, Lego returned after years away to the realm of Middle-earth, delivering one of the most remarkable sets it's ever made in in Rivendell, a gorgeous tribute to The Lord of the Rings. Now, it's headed there and back again, with a darker bent-but does heading to the land of Mordor, where shadows lie, reap the...Read more...

Samsung is coming for the Apple Watch Ultra, or at least attempting to offer an equivalent for Android wielders. The Galaxy Watch 7 Ultra, as it's referred to, has been loudly percolating in the rumor mill for the past week. It's about time. Apple is already two generations into it.

Sure, Thanos eliminated half of all existence, but at least he did it in style. Jetting across the galaxy, collecting priceless gems to put on his blinged-out glove, Thanos may be one of the most evil, murderous villains ever, but he was definitely fun to watch. Now, in a new Marvel Studios release, you not only get...Read more...

Nvidia could soon dethrone Apple as the second-most-valuable global company by market cap.Read more...

Astronomer Frank Drake formulated his influential equation in 1961 to estimate the number of civilizations in the Milky Way capable of communicating with us. Our understanding of planetary science has changed a lot since then, leading a team of scientists to propose a pair of important adjustments that produce an...Read more...

One of the biggest problems with Star Wars of late is, oftentimes, it can feel like homework. You could watch Ahsoka without having seen Rebels, but it made a lot more sense if you had. Andor works without seeing Rogue One but is definitely bolstered by it. And all the other movies and shows are set immediately...Read more...