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In case you haven’t heard, fantasy author Brandon Sanderson is running a Kickstarter campaign titled “Surprise! Four Secret Novels by Brandon Sanderson.” It is the most successful Kickstarter of all time, with $30 million in pledges and more money rolling in every day.Read more...

The National Rifle Association, defender of gun-loving maniacs everywhere, has confirmed that it did, in fact, get hacked by cybercriminals last year.Read more...

Very little is known about what might happen in The Mandalorian season three, but a certain Dr. Emmett Brown might be able to travel to the future and tell us. Christopher Lloyd, best known for playing Brown in the Back to the Future films, has reportedly been cast in the upcoming season of the hit Disney+ Star Wars showRead more...

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Star Trek: Discovery’s fourth season ended this week, and it didn’t conclude with some wild cliffhanger or crazy reveal to set up the next season. Instead, it ended an hour of feel-good, fuzzy-logic theming on the power of love and unity with a message to the world, literally and metaphorically, that the work to be…Read more...

Ignoring the rare newcomer, few laptops are more exciting to review than HP’s Spectre models. Not what you expected? MacBooks are beloved, XPSs are ultra-sleek, and Lenovo’s are almost annoyingly consistent, but none of these products are as visually stimulating as HP’s flagship portable laptops. Now the company has…Read more...

The latest update to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the codebook used by mental health professionals, includes a new officially recognized condition: prolonged grief disorder. People with prolonged grief are considered to have intense feelings and preoccupied thoughts that distress them or…Read more...

The Batman and his Rogues’ Gallery are staying booked and busy with the film’s massive box office success. But here’s a resumé addition you might not have anticipated: DC Comics has announced that the Riddler himself, Paul Dano, has signed on to write a limited series about Edward Nashton’s journey from discarded…Read more...

Happy Birthday to Looney Tunes MVP Tweety Bird! The one and only turns 80 this year and to celebrate Warner Media has kicked off global events to highlight the milestone.Read more...

A large portion of the U.S. will experience drought-related conditions this year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said this week. The last time something like this happened was back in 2013.Read more...

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After weeks of Disney employees speaking out against the company’s handling of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, it sounds like concrete action is finally being taken. Variety reports that a kiss between two women in the upcoming Pixar animated film Lightyear, which had been edited out, will now be restored.Read more...

Dozens of volcanic eruptions in the last 60,000 years were larger than the massive 1815 eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Tambora, the largest in recorded history, according to a team of scientists that recently analyzed sulfuric residues in ancient ice cores.

In Godzilla films there’s usually one star, and his name is literally the title: “Godzilla.” But actor Akira Takarada was a rare exception to the rule. Beginning with the original 1954 Toho film, Takarada became a familiar foe to the kaiju, appearing regularly over the first few decades of the franchise with multiple…Read more...

“Spot,” the nascent Terminator on four legs invented by Skynet, er, I mean, Boston Dynamics, has landed its next public safety gig: firefighter.Read more...

Five years ago today, one of the coolest moments in Star Wars history happened, and there’s a chance you don’t know about it. It featured Obi-Wan Kenobi having one final lightsaber duel with his longtime rival Darth Maul, and Kenobi killing Maul in the process. However, the moment didn’t feature actors Ewan McGregor…Read more...

NASA’s megarocket designed to carry humans to the Moon has reached historic Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Standing 322 feet tall, the Space Launch System is an impressive sight—one we’ve waited ages to finally see—as these striking photos attest.

When a shonen anime releases its first movie, it’s always a big deal. These debuts are often thrilling adventures of debatable canon that have the potential to bring in new audiences and give fans the rush of seeing beloved characters in a new medium. It doesn’t matter what the plot ultimately is, it’s just fun to see…Read more...

Tile has largely dodged the criticism Apple has received for the privacy concerns its AirTag trackers pose, quietly staying in the background as the tech giant scrambles to release features that could mitigate the risk of stalking. Now Tile is being more proactive, taking similar measures to prevent fingers from…Read more...

Astronomers have reason to believe that a massive object is waiting to be discovered in the outer reaches of the solar system—the so-called Planet Nine. A recent search for this proposed planet produced a null result, but the case is far from closed.Read more...

Wildfires across the globe are contributing to conditions that make future fires more likely, new research finds. The study estimates that brown carbon emissions from sources like wildfires are a greater contributor to warming in the Arctic atmosphere than previously thought. And because this warming then contributes…Read more...

According to Insider, former staffers at the Disney-acquired—and then shuttered—studio Blue Sky were pressured into censoring a same-sex kiss in their animated adaptation of Nimona. The staffers took kiss out of future presentations with Disney executives, although they state that they hoped to include it in the…Read more...

The Interview With a Vampire TV series has found its interviewer. Kevin Feige says Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is as much a Sam Raimi movie as it is a Marvel one. Plus, Kate Beaton’s comics come to life in a trailer for Pinecone & Pony. To me, my spoilers!

Even the biggest tech companies continue to stumble when it comes to keeping user data protected, and that extends to giving us control over how voice command requests we make to our digital assistants are logged and processed. So we thought it was worth revisiting which key settings you need to know about on Android…Read more...

Moderna has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve a fourth dose of its covid-19 vaccine for use in adults 18 years old and over, according to a press release from the pharmaceutical company late Thursday. Pfizer and BioNTech sought similar approval on Tuesday but its fourth dose would only be…Read more...

Adult Swim may have already given Toonami two new seasons of the beloved FLCL anime and an original horror series called Housing Complex C, but I think the programming block deserves a little more celebration than that, don’t you? In lieu of gifts, however, let’s raise a glass to Toonami and remember all the wonderful…Read more...

It’s time! Marvel’s X-Men Hellfire Gala crossover event is back for another annual celebration of the Krakoan Age. And I, a Marvel stan who loves fashion, couldn’t be happier. Do I follow all these comics? No, Comixology has destroyed my will to live. Do I love supporting my favorite artists as they get that Marvel…Read more...

Following the announcement that The Suicide Squad director James Gunn will be playing himself on the upcoming third season of Harley Quinn, Deadline confirms that Harvey Guillén will also be joining the cast as Nightwing.Read more...

Star Trek loves all time travel, but perhaps the kind of time travel it loves most is a chance to take a sideways step into our current moment. From The Voyage Home to Voyager and DS9 episodes like “Future’s End” and “Past Tense,” Star Trek cannot help at times but to wrest itself from its future to play with our…Read more...

It’s St. Patrick’s Day—the holiday where everyone gathers around to drink beer and watch scary movies! OK, we might have added that second part ourselves, but it’s only because we’ve assembled this list of 10 Irish and Irish-made horror movies to add some spooky flair to the usual boozy festivities. And there’s not a …Read more...

Ever since launching a horrific assault on Ukraine, things haven’t been going particularly well for Russia. The country and its invading horde have been condemned, blacklisted, thwacked by crippling sanctions, droned, blocked, and told to go fuck themselves. Now, to top it all off, Russia appears to also be getting…Read more...

Where is Matter, the smart home standard of the future? The specification still feels like a theory. It doesn’t help that there’s yet another delay on the horizon.

A historic cabin high up in Canada’s Yoho National Park is now slated for demolition, park officials said, because the rock and soil beneath it is eroding, putting the 100-year-old structure at risk of collapse.

With its blend of fantasy, adventure, and gaming, Jumanji is a name brand that’s begging for its very own theme park. And now, it just might happen. Sony Pictures has teamed up with Merlin Entertainments to develop Jumanji theme park attractions in Europe, the United Kingdom, and North America.Read more...

Skies above Europe are murky this week, and many surfaces look as if they’ve been stained orange, after a huge plume of dust from the Sahara made its way north on March 15. Some ski slopes and snowy mountain peaks have begun to look like a creamsicle-themed winter wonderland or a landscape on Mars.Read more...

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What do you get a 25-year-old who isn’t a person but a specific programming block of content that’s mostly anime series? Why, more anime, of course. This is why Adult Swim has gifted Toonami two new sequels to FLCL, one of its most popular TV series since it debuted way back in 2003, in celebration of the brand’s 25th…Read more...

When appraising a piece of fiction, it’s often necessary to consider the context in which it was created. Sometimes a piece of work can stand on its strengths alone to convey meaning and theme—but sometimes context is necessary to allow certain understandings and conveniences. And Star Trek: Discovery’s latest finale…Read more...

Samsung announced the pre-order availability of several flagship TV models shown at CES 2022 earlier this year, but buried at the bottom of its press release were three words that immediately caught my attention: Samsung OLED TV.

A new clip from upcoming Marvel Studios and Disney+ show Moon Knight offers a reminder that this series will introduce horror into its world of superheroes. The short but chilling scene plays into everyone’s fear of dark hallways as mild-mannered Steven Grant (Oscar Isaac) is pursued by a tall, looming figure.Read more...

The second developer preview of Android 13 is now available for download. It’s not as feature-packed as the first preview that hit last month, but it still offers a glimpse of some of the new abilities coming to Google’s next-gen OS.

Today, the European Space Agency leadership took steps toward suspending the ExoMars mission, a joint project with Russian space agency Roscosmos. It’s the latest scientific fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has forced institutions collaborating with Russian entities to reevaluate their positions.Read more...

The Targaryen dynasty may have died out by the end of Game of Thrones, but hopefully those dragon-riding maniacs can take solace in the fact the people of Westeros are completely obsessed with their long rule of the Seven Kingdoms. Hopefully, the people of Earth are as well, since HBO’s upcoming GoT prequel series …Read more...

The video described in this article might be one of the most distressing things you see today. I don’t mean graphic—more like disturbing in the way you felt watching Ex Machina or when looking into the eyes of the eponymous hero in Alita: Battle Angel. I’m not going to show you a trailer for a movie tackling the…Read more...

We’re in for a treat today, as NASA plans to roll out its much-anticipated Space Launch System rocket in anticipation of the wet dress rehearsal and Artemis 1 trip to the Moon and back. You can catch the action live right here.

Following up on wonderfully detailed oversized models of vehicular Hollywood royalty like Tim Burton’s Batmobile and Ghostbusters: Afterlife’s Ecto-1, Lego is taking a second lap on the time-traveling DeLorean from the Back to the Future trilogy with a new set that lets fans build all three versions of Doc and Marty’s…Read more...

Samsung has officially pulled the curtain on its Galaxy A53 5G, revealing its latest mid-range smartphone. It’s one of Samsung’s best-selling series due to its bang-for-buck style bundling. And though it isn’t as flashy as the company’s flagships, it does offer some premium-grade specs, like a gorgeous display and a…Read more...

Elon Musk believes humans will one day use implantable brain computer interfaces to achieve a “symbiosis” between humans and artificial intelligence, preferably his. Six years out from founding his company Neuralink, new polling suggests the public still has little interest in this futuristic possibility.…Read more...

Get a look at the returning cast and new faces of Sonic 2 in some new character posters. Marc Webb’s next project brings him into the supernatural world. And speaking of Supernatural... the show’s prequel series The Winchesters has cast some new hunters. Plus, what’s coming on The Flash. Spoilers get!

To make their Mini Cheetah better equipped to skillfully scramble across varying terrains, robotics researchers at MIT’s CSAIL used AI-powered simulations to quickly teach the bot to adapt its walking style as needed. That included learning how to run, which resulted in a new gait that allows the robot to move faster…Read more...