- newSo Unreal Uses Movies To Illuminate Our Tech-Driven Lives
Before the world premiere of So Unreal at Fantastic Fest 2023, the programmer said one of the reasons they loved this particular movie was because they love movies about movies. That got my attention. I too enjoy movies about movies and so, right awa…
- 18 hours ago 23 Sep 23, 11:15am -
- newQuantic Dream Assures Star Wars Eclipse, Unlike the Movies, Still Exists
For better or worse, the timeline between a big triple-A game’s reveal and its actual release can often be a long one. Star Wars Eclipse’s debut trailer was shown at the 2021 Game Awards, and in that time, there’s been nary a mention of the fut…
- 20 hours ago 23 Sep 23, 9:30am -
- newThese Award-Winning Images Will Change the Way You See the Natural World
Life finds a way. It’s a cliché, but one borne of the inarguable perseverance of creatures in hostile conditions. The images that follow—part of this year’s Nature TTL Photographer of the Year competition—showcase life’s indomitable nature…
- 20 hours ago 23 Sep 23, 9:00am -
- newPhone as Webcam: Android 14 Has New Tricks Up Its Sleeve
As the Pixel 8/8 Pro nears its debut, so does the eventual launch of the next version of Android. Google typically plans its software updates around new phone launches. This week, Google released Android 14 QPR1 Beta 1, essentially the dress rehearsa…
- 21 hours ago 23 Sep 23, 8:00am -
- newSchool Surveillance Tools Are Harming Kids and Making It More Difficult to Finish Homework, Report Finds
The pandemic-era shift to remote learning sparked an acceleration of an already growing trend: education technology companies jockeying to sell schools on systems for monitoring students and filtering their internet browsing. Though school administr…
- 22 hours ago 23 Sep 23, 7:00am -
- The Fall of the House of Usher Is an Exquisite Corpse of Poe's Best Work
Mike Flanagan’s The Fall of the House of Usher isn’t an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story. It is instead a reimagining of the entire Poe oeuvre, a resurrected corpus operis with all the bodies laid out on the table, given new, feveris…
- 1 day ago 22 Sep 23, 7:00pm -
- Futurama Season Finale Clips Tease the Ups and Downs of Living in a Simulation
The idea that the universe is just a simulation has become increasingly popular in sci-fi—and Team Planet Express will explore just that in the Futurama season 11 finale, “All the Way Down.” Hulu has released a trio of clips ahead of Sunday’s…
- 1 day ago 22 Sep 23, 6:00pm -
- Generations: Blue Beetle Documentary Clip
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- 2 days ago 22 Sep 23, 5:00pm -
- California Considers New Rules to Stop Insurers From Fleeing the State
Officials including Governor Gavin Newsom are working to stabilize the state’s insurance market. In an attempt to keep insurers in California, the state will allow insurance companies to consider climate change when setting prices.Read more...
- 2 days ago 22 Sep 23, 4:53pm -
- The Exorcist: Believer Teases How Its Demon Started Creeping In
We know The Exorcist: Believer is going to feature two girls being targeted by evil spirits after something happens to them while they’re lost in a forest, with demon-fighting veteran Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn) coming to their aid. Thanks to a f…
- 2 days ago 22 Sep 23, 4:30pm -
- An Experimental Drug May Help Prevent Bone Loss in Space
A team of scientists say they may have found a new way to mitigate one of the most dangerous complications of space travel: the steady and inevitable loss of bone mass. In new research published this week, the team’s experimental treatment was able…
- 2 days ago 22 Sep 23, 4:00pm -
- Hasbro's New Marvel Legends Toys Are Spider-Man: No Way Home Unleashed
Hasbro’s movie-based side of Marvel Legends is about to swing into high gear with a brand new wave based on Spider-Man: No Way Home—and if you were patiently waiting through the company’s past releases from the movie expecting certain heroes an…
- 2 days ago 22 Sep 23, 3:33pm -
- Unity Introduces New Pricing Model Following Developer Mutiny
Unity is backpedaling after a disastrous attempt to change the fees it charges developers to a model that would charge on a per-download basis, the company announced on Friday. Subscribers to the current Unity Personal platform will not be charged a…
- 2 days ago 22 Sep 23, 3:14pm -
- Courtship of Princess Leia Is the Most Important Star Wars Novel Around
In the last 11 years since Star Wars’ Expanded Universe faded into “legends” as a new canon for the galaxy far, far away was laid out, many elements big and small from its time as Star Wars’ ancillary text have made their way back into conti…
- 2 days ago 22 Sep 23, 2:48pm -
- Halloween Event News From Disney Parks, Universal Studios, and More Fan-tastical Destinations
From Los Angeles and Las Vegas, to New York City and Orlando—Halloween is in full force across the country, and it isn’t even October yet.Read more...
- 2 days ago 22 Sep 23, 2:00pm -
- If You Resold Taylor Swift Eras Tour Tickets, the IRS Is Watching
Two of the hottest concert tours of the summer, Beyonce’s Renaissance World Tour and Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour, sparked a national conversation on the way online marketplaces and ticket resellers exploit diehard fans looking to have some fun.…
- 2 days ago 22 Sep 23, 1:44pm -
- Pilot of Crashed F-35 Fighter Jet Pleads for an Ambulance in Newly Released 911 Call
On a newly released 911 audio recording, the pilot who ejected from the F-35 fighter jet that went missing last weekend is heard requesting an ambulance from a South Carolina home. In the four-minute-long recording, the homeowner is heard telling the…
- 2 days ago 22 Sep 23, 1:23pm -
- Teen Titans Go! Warner Bros. Animation Crossover for WB100
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- 2 days ago 22 Sep 23, 1:15pm -
- NASA's Plan to Return Samples From Mars Is Pure Science Fiction, Report Finds
The findings from an independent review board suggest that NASA’s quest to return samples from Mars is riddled with challenges and seemingly impossible to accomplish under the current cost and schedule expectations.Read more...
- 2 days ago 22 Sep 23, 12:52pm -
- The Exorcist III Is Its Own Wonderfully Unsettling Beast
For many horror fans, much of their thinking about The Exorcist III is tied into That One Scene. It may be the scariest movie scene ever, and that’s saying a lot for a movie that’s the second sequel to what many call the scariest movie ever. But…
- 2 days ago 22 Sep 23, 12:40pm -
- Ahsoka's Mysterious Villains Are Getting the Action Figures You've Been Waiting For
Ahsoka has given us a bunch of very interesting Star Wars-y things to ruminate on so far, but perhaps few are as interesting or as immediately compelling as two of its new characters have been—the former Jedi turned sinister mercenary Baylan Skoll,…
- 2 days ago 22 Sep 23, 11:47am -
- Vizio’s Latest TVs Go All Quantum
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- 2 days ago 22 Sep 23, 11:23am -
- Tropical Storm Brewing Off the Carolina Coast That Could Head Up to New England
National forecasters are keeping an eye on a storm system brewing just off the coast of the Carolinas that is likely to move up to some states in the Northeast this weekend, according to the National Hurricane Center.Read more...
- 2 days ago 22 Sep 23, 11:15am -
- Webb Telescope Spots Carbon on Jupiter’s Moon Europa, Boosting Prospects for Alien Life
The Webb Space Telescope has made its latest significant discovery: the observation of carbon dioxide coming from a part of Europa, the frozen moon orbiting Jupiter which harbors a salty water ocean under its icy surface.Read more...
- 2 days ago 22 Sep 23, 11:03am -
- Alien Invasion Thriller No One Will Save You Will Surprise and Challenge You at Every Turn
About 20 minutes into watching new sci-fi thriller No One Will Save You, I said to myself, “Wait, has anyone spoken in this yet?” Sure, there had been sound. Lots of very interesting, creepy sounds. And there’d been music too; evocative, atmos…
- 2 days ago 22 Sep 23, 11:00am -
- It’s Been a Rough Week for Rockets
It was an unfortunate week for the rocket industry, with three distinct setbacks occurring and challenging the plans of three different aerospace companies across the globe.Read more...
- 2 days ago 22 Sep 23, 10:34am -
- The New Toxic Avenger Is Stupid in All the Best Ways
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- X/Twitter Is Shutting Down Circles Next Month
Twitter, recently renamed X, is shutting down its Circles feature. Circles allows users to share posts with select people rather than all of their followers but it seems Elon Musk would prefer people just put it all out there or keep it to themselves…
- 2 days ago 22 Sep 23, 9:56am -
- Amazon Restricts Authors to Self-Publishing Three Books a Day, a Totally Human Amount
As authors grapple with the anxiety of an impending AI takeover in the publishing world, Amazon wants you to know that it’s taking those concerns very seriously. The bookstore-turned-commerce giant has revealed a new self-publishing limit that cann…
- 2 days ago 22 Sep 23, 9:19am -
- Updates From Rick and Morty, Loki, and More
Take a listen to creepy tracks from Saw X. David Duchovny talks Pet Sematary: Bloodlines. Plus, Upload prepares for season 3 with a new trailer, and what’s coming on Invasion. Spoilers now!Read more...
- 2 days ago 22 Sep 23, 9:15am -
- It Looks Like Microsoft's Activision Deal Is a Go in the UK
Amidst a massive $69 billion dollar deal by Microsoft to purchase Activision—the largest deal in video game history—the tech giant has faced a good bit of turbulence. After UK regulators initially blocked the acquisition last spring, Microsoft sc…
- 2 days ago 22 Sep 23, 8:48am -
- Amazon Will Stick Ads on Prime Video Unless You Pay Up
Amazon has always handled its streaming video slate a little differently than the competition. Other companies have slyly introduced a cheaper ad-free option while slowly raising prices on non-ad-based subscription tiers, Prime Video is taking a diff…
- 2 days ago 22 Sep 23, 8:09am -
- NSYNC Confirms They Were Jedi in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
In this, our year of 2023, NSYNC has broken the internet with a reunion and confirmation that three members of the group were in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. My ‘90s nerdy teeny bopper brain can’t process two of my core fandoms alm…
- 2 days ago 21 Sep 23, 6:00pm -
- V/H/S/85 Trailer Promises Grainy Nightmares of the Highest Order
While we can’t really tell what’s happening in the trailer for V/H/S/85, based on the disturbing glimpses it gives—as well as our prior knowledge of the V/H/S series—we can assume it’s a lot of just godawful things, made even more terrifyin…
- 3 days ago 21 Sep 23, 4:30pm -
- Facebook Now Allows Users to Link Separate Profiles
Facebook users can now create multiple personal profiles with unique feeds and relevant content for each one, Meta announced in a press release on Thursday. Historically, users had to create a completely unattached profile and log in and out to toggl…
- 3 days ago 21 Sep 23, 4:00pm -
- FAA Proposes Stricter Rocket Disposal Rules to Tackle Space Junk
As more rockets liftoff into the skies, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is trying to control how long those launch vehicles stay in orbit as floating space junk.Read more...
- 3 days ago 21 Sep 23, 3:49pm -
- iFixit Teardown Shows Off the Repairability of the iPhone 15 Pro
Are you thinking of buying the new iPhone 15 Pro? Take a look inside first. An unofficial teardown of the iPhone 15 Pro by PBKreviews is currently making the rounds. The ten-minute video shows a modular disassembly of components, which vibes with App…
- 3 days ago 21 Sep 23, 3:45pm -
- Kagurabachi Is Big, But Not as Big as the Internet Wants You to Think
This week Shonen Jump launched one of its most anticipated new series of the season: Takeru Hokazono’s contemporary Yakuza/Fantasy swordsman series Kagurabachi. But while it’s already making big waves after just one chapter, the manga has become…
- 3 days ago 21 Sep 23, 3:45pm -
- Telescope Spots a Sample-Laden OSIRIS-REx Returning From Asteroid Bennu
NASA’s $800 million OSIRIS-REx mission launched to space in September 2016 with a simple, albeit ambitious, objective: travel to a distant asteroid and bring back a sample of it. The spacecraft is now nearly home, and scientists spotted the it for…
- 3 days ago 21 Sep 23, 3:16pm -
- Terraforming Mars Creators Will Not Be Using AI in Their Next Project
Enoch Fryxelius, the CEO of FryxGames, took to Facebook today to defend the use of AI in the Terraforming Mars project, and announced that the company’s next board game will not be including AI. Read more...
- 3 days ago 21 Sep 23, 3:00pm -
- Snap Is Doing What Twitter Can’t
As Elon Musk threatens to charge all users with a monthly subscription to access Twitter, Snap is seeing a userbase more willing to pay to use the perks of its platform. Snap’s membership service Snapchat+ has reached a whopping 5 million users, wh…
- 3 days ago 21 Sep 23, 2:45pm -
- Deepest Virus Ever Detected Unearthed by Scientists in the Mariana Trench
In new research this week, scientists say they’ve unearthed a viral denizen from the depths of the Mariana Trench. The virus is believed to be the deepest of its kind ever discovered and preys on certain bacteria.Read more...
- 3 days ago 21 Sep 23, 2:30pm -
- Doom Patrol's Final Trailer Is an Off-Kilter, Butt-Filled Delight
“All good things are doomed,” warns the marketing for the final chunk of Doom Patrol episodes, but you can bet Max’s DC series about a misfit team of oddly powered superheroes isn’t going to say farewell without some high-stakes action—and…
- 3 days ago 21 Sep 23, 2:15pm -
- X/Twitter CEO Shares Video Ad That Features Tweets Dunking on Elon Musk
It seems Twitter—the company now calling itself “X” based on one billionaire’s nostalgic whim—can’t escape users’ dissatisfaction with the platform, not even in its own advertising.Read more...
- 3 days ago 21 Sep 23, 2:08pm -
- Lower Decks Is Making More Room for Its Underused Characters
Even four seasons in, it’s not a difficult argument to make that for all its aims of being a show with four primary characters, Lower Decks has been most focused, and at its strongest, on two of those characters in particular. But season four is wo…
- 3 days ago 21 Sep 23, 1:30pm -
- Ahsoka's New Faces, Including Some Very Familiar Ones, Get Star Wars Posters
Thrawn has finally arrived on Ahsoka and into live-action Star Wars media at large, and—as has become the tradition—Disney+ is marking the character’s debut with a snazzy new poster. All the major new faces in “Far, Far Away” got them, in f…
- 3 days ago 21 Sep 23, 1:00pm -