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In 1962, Walter Schirra was the first astronaut to wear an Omega chronograph watch in space during the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission. The company’s watches were also worn during the first spacewalks, but most notably, an Omega Speedmaster Professional was worn when astronauts took their first steps on the moon. It’s since…Read more...

A team of geophysicists recently strung a large wire loop from a helicopter and flew over Yellowstone National Park in order to see its hidden underground networks. They managed to collect a trove of data that highlighted electrical and magnetic properties of the water and earth under the park, as well as how the hot…Read more...

A new hacker gang has been stealing code from some of the world’s biggest tech companies and dumping it all over the internet.Read more...

North Korea tested a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile early Thursday that landed in the Sea of Japan, the first ICBM test conducted by the country since 2017. Experts believe the missile could have been the Hwasong-17, a “monster” ICBM first revealed in October of 2020, but there’s no confirmation on…Read more...

The Russian government blocked access to Google News in Russia late on Wednesday, citing “unreliable information” about the war in Ukraine, according to state media outlet Interfax.

Walt Disney World and Disneyland will be receiving quite the precious cargo at Dok Ondar’s Den of Antiquities in Galaxy’s Edge. The latest Star Wars legacy lightsaber is set for release and Cameron Monaghan was on hand to reveal the ware inspired by his Jedi: Fallen Order character Cal Kestis.Read more...

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We’re still pinching ourselves that “Nic Cage playing Dracula” is an actual thing that our eyeballs will soon be able to witness. New photos from the set of Chris McKay’s horror comedy Renfield, which stars Nicholas Hoult as the put-upon assistant of a certain famous vampire, now make us even more eager to see Cage in…Read more...

Israeli defense officials blocked an effort by Ukraine to obtain NSO Group’s Pegasus surveillance software over fears doing so could inflame tensions with Russia.Read more...

Every few years you can count on hearing this news: “A live-action Voltron movie might be in the works.” Many have tried, none have succeeded, but there’s always interest in the 1980s franchise about robot lions that form up to make a mega creature.Read more...

A hacker group claims to have stolen and leaked a trove of Nestlé’s data. The company says that can’t possibly be true. Why? Because the data was actually leaked by Nestlé itself several weeks ago.Read more...

Unusually warm temperatures broke several records in both Antarctica and the Arctic late last week. The Concordia research base in Eastern Antarctica, one of the most remote research facilities in the world, reported temperatures at around -11 degrees Celsius or about 11 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s 70 degrees…Read more...

Obi-Wan Kenobi is one of Star Wars’ most beloved characters, and even before we catch up with Ewan McGregor’s exiled Jedi Master in May, the galaxy far, far away has long been fascinated with his life before the events of A New Hope. If you want to get in the mood beyond just rewatching Revenge of the Sith, here’s…Read more...

In a bold move, Disney+ and Marvel Studios snagged one of Hollywood’s most seasoned independent film leads to play the antagonist in Moon Knight. At a recent Moon Knight press conference attended by io9, Ethan Hawke discussed how working with Marvel has really changed his perspective on blockbuster movies.Read more...

World Fantasy Award winner Lavie Tidhar has collected an impressively diverse range of voices and stories for the fifth annual independent Science Fiction Story Bundle. The featured authors come from all across the world, and Tidhar is especially interested in highlighting non-American voices in order to show a wide…Read more...

Snap, the company responsible for amplifying duck face and introducing filters that make you look like you’re dying, is officially getting into the brain monitoring business.Read more...

Fans of BookTok—chuckle if you will, but we’re fans of anything that encourages people to read, especially genre fiction—may already know the name of fantasy author Melissa Blair. But io9's got the exclusive news that her debut novel, the previously self-published A Broken Blade, will be published by Union Square &…Read more...

If companies weren’t ever willing to think outside the box and take risks with new products, we’d have never gotten such innovative devices like the Sony Walkman, the Nintendo Wii, or even the Apple iPod. But innovation isn’t always a good thing, and for every weird controller like the Wiimote that wins over…Read more...

Astronomers have long questioned whether Earth-like planets exist elsewhere in the universe and if they harbor life. So far, answers have only come from science fiction universes rather than our own. NASA’s latest observatory, the Webb Space Telescope, will take us one step closer to the answer, offering an…Read more...

You can now once again browse through vacation pics, food porn, and thirst traps in reverse chronological order. Instagram announced the roll out of two new ways to control your feed Wednesday.Read more...

Ukraine’s parliament said in a statement Monday that satellite imagery had revealed at least seven fires in the forested area around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. These fires are within 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) of the defunct plant itself, making them particularly “dangerous,” according to the statement. The…Read more...

Welcome to Gizmodo’s first installment of “What Gadget Should You Buy?” where we help you, our dear readers, choose the right gadget for your needs.

Though Paramount’s upcoming Halo TV series is just one of many video game shows out in the world right now, it is somewhat unique in how the Xbox franchise’s relationship with television has evolved over time. Gamers can almost certainly recall the expansive live action marketing for Halo 3, ODST, and Reach leading up…Read more...

Spinosaurids—the largest carnivorous dinosaurs to have ever lived—hunted for prey while fully submerged in water, according to an innovative new study that considered the bone density of these fearsome creatures.Read more...

The return of Stranger Things is still a couple of months away, but Netflix would like to keep the show in your mind and in your hearts until then. In addition to the smattering of season four trailers released so far, the streamer has released this gallery of stills—all photos that will leave you intrigued,…Read more...

If you own an iPhone, or pretty much any other smartphone, it’s likely to be your go-to camera, always in your pocket ready to go. The iPhone camera is quick and simple to use, and you won’t have a problem snapping dozens of pictures at any given opportunity —but problems start when you eventually want to organize the…Read more...

You might consider opening the YouTube app the next time you’re mindlessly scanning streaming apps for the next TV show to watch. At least, so long as you can stomach ads.

Misha Collins is returning to the CW, this time as a much less angelic character than Castiel. The Supernatural actor is set to take on the role of Harvey Dent/Two-Face in the new Gotham Knights pilot, which was greenlit in February. He revealed the casting decision on Twitter early Wednesday morning.Read more...

Carl Pei is hoping to recreate the success of OnePlus, the smartphone company he founded in 2013, with his new venture, Nothing. Today, the outfit confirmed rumors it was designing and building its first smartphone, the “phone (1),” and it’s set to arrive sometime this Summer.Read more...

It’s not often that a construction tool can elicit the same level of gadget lust as something like a new flagship smartphone does, but the T1 Tomahawk is a tape measure full of clever digital upgrades that makes me want to line up outside a Home Depot the day it goes on sale.Read more...

Tyler Gillett talks subverting fan expectations again for Scream 6. Antonia Salib teases her Moon Knight role. James Gunn might have even more projects in the work at DC. Plus, what’s coming on Superman & Lois and Naomi. Spoilers, away!

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Alex Garland is one of those sci-fi names that instantly makes you pay attention. Ex Machina, Annihilation, Devs, 28 Days Later, Never Let Me Go, Dredd, he’s had his hands on some of the best genre films in recent memory. His latest film, Men, is out May 20 and while it at first looks like a departure for him, you can…Read more...

Have you seen that viral video of a 3,000-year-old mummy screaming in pain? It’s racked up over 10 million views on Twitter alone. There’s just one problem: The video is edited to make the mummy sound funnier.Read more...

Author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $436 million to Habitat For Humanity, according to an announcement from the housing charity. Meanwhile, Scott’s ex-husband, Jeff Bezos, is continuing his mid-life crisis, wealth hoarding, and union busting. And his dick rockets. Don’t forget the carbon-spewing …Read more...

Scientists are still racing to create the first male contraceptive that isn’t a condom or surgery. In new preliminary research, a team says they’ve developed a non-hormonal form of male birth control, one that kept lab mice sterile for four to six weeks with seemingly no side effects. Early human trials of the pill…Read more...

You’ve done it, we’ve done it, everyone has done it. And now Obi-Wan Kenobi himself admits he does it too. We’re talking, of course, about pretending you are using the Force when encountering automatic doors.Read more...

In Disney+ and Marvel Studios’ Moon Knight, Oscar Isaac stars as Steven Grant/Marc Spector, a superhero with dissociative identity disorder powered by ancient Egyptian myth. The role required the actor to commit to challenging character work opposite himself; in many scenes, he had to perform full sequences as Moon…Read more...

Another month, another storm in the Doctor Who fandom as truly wild speculation about the identity of the next Doctor takes hold. This time, we’ve traded former Doctor himself David Tennant for British acting icon Hugh Grant, in a move that the actor himself has already flatly denied. But does it help... that Hugh…Read more...

Everyone is looking at Disney to do better—a lot better—as cast members and allies participate in organized walkouts to represent LGBTQIA+ people and families affected by the company’s reluctance to create real change.

Proving that nothing is sacred, some asshole recently hacked the website for the National Spelling Bee and stole personal information from the site’s users.Read more...

After a day of rigorous searching, Chinese investigators are still unable to find any survivors from the aftermath of a China Eastern Airlines plane that nosedived into a mountain. The Boeing 737-800 was carrying 132 people on board.Read more...

If you’re going to spend a princely sum on a timepiece, you probably want something big, heavy, and complicated that won’t go unnoticed on your wrist. Which is why the new Bulgari Octo Finissimo Ultra is such an odd duck. It’s engineered to disappear on your wrist. The matte gray arm chronometer just claimed the…Read more...

Fennic Shand from The Mandalorian, Spike from Cowboy Bebop, and Sylens from Horizon Zero Dawn are teaming up for a new universe-hopping adventure. Not one that links those franchises, unfortunately, but for a short called Parallel Man: Infinite Pursuit. It’s about a super-soldier trying to save the universe with the…Read more...

Archaeological evidence from the ancient city of Çatalhöyük reveals a complex funerary ritual in which human bones were dug up, circulated among the community, painted, and reburied. The coloring on exhumed bones has also been matched to paintings found on building walls.

Struggling to feel connected to nature while stuck behind a computer screen all day long? The Monitree feels your pain and isolation. So, instead of encouraging you to just go outside on your lunch break, it brings the outside to you with a terrarium wrapped around your computer screen featuring real growing vines…Read more...

March 22 is not just the birthday of Star Trek icon William Shatner, but his fictional counterpart, Captain James T. Kirk. As we get ready to meet a younger version of the Starfleet legend in Strange New Worlds, and Chris Pine’s alt-timeline Kirk is set to return in a new Star Trek movie, we look back on the…Read more...

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Five years ago this month, news broke that Disney was looking to continue the Tron franchise with actor Jared Leto. Since then though, not much has happened. A few quotes possibly mentioning a script, a working title, but nothing set in stone. It would be easy to assume the project has left the Grid entirely. However,…Read more...

Banks and other financial institutions utilizing artificial intelligence may be uniquely susceptible to retaliatory Russian cyberattacks as taxing international sanctions worsen, experts warn.Read more...