NEWS: GIZMODO
Setup News Ticker
   NEWS: GIZMODO
Gizmodo
Apr 24, 2024

NYU Doctors Perform First-Ever Pig Kidney Transplant Combined With Heart Pump Implant
Another milestone in pig-to-human transplantation has been crossed, with doctors at New York University Langone today announcing the world's first combination pig kidney and heart pump transplant. The recipient is a 54-year-old woman named Lisa Pisano who was diagnosed with terminal kidney disease and heart failure.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 24, 2024

Cities Scramble to Find Trees That Will Survive the Century
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist's weekly newsletter here.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 24, 2024

Home Depot's New Halloween Collection Brings Back All Your Giant-Sized Skeletal Friends
It's just about halfway to Halloween and Home Depot is ready to start rolling out spooky season decor to celebrate. The store's most viral release—Skelly, the 12-foot skeleton—is consistently hard to find as the holiday gets closer, so with that in mind the popular must-have will be released early as part of this drop.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 24, 2024

First Look: Qualcomm Is Coming for Intel's Lunch With the Snapdragon X Plus
Tired of the so-called AI PCs already? Buckle up because we, or perhaps the artificial intelligence, haven't even begun to peak. More power-efficient ARM-based CPUs don't get nearly as much limelight as the x86 type. Still, chipmaker Qualcomm is trying to turn your eyes toward its latest Snapdragon chips by promising…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 24, 2024

Explore NASA's Best Photos of the Year
NASA is a proud boomer that loves posting a good photo album. The space agency released 100 of its best 2023 photos on flickr, which go through the exciting highlights of the previous year.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 24, 2024

Top 7 AirPods Tips for Newbies
If you have really basic questions about your new AirPods, this guide will help you with everything from connecting them to cleaning them. It also includes some tips for improving sound and customizing controls—that will make the most out of your new Apple earbuds.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 24, 2024

Nathan Fillion Teases Superman's Take on Guy Gardner
Apple's Neuromancer adaptation finds itself a new hacker. Al Pacino and Dan Stevens are teaming up for a new exorcist horror. Plus, more casting news from Wednesday season 2, what's coming on Chucky season 2, and a new clip from X-Men ‘97. Spoilers get!

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 24, 2024

NASA Rover Reaches Promising Place to Search for Fossilised Life on Mars
Unlike its predecessor Curiosity, NASA's Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to "search for potential evidence of past life," according to the official mission objectives.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 24, 2024

NASA Launches Solar Sail to Test Sunlight-Propelled Space Travel
A new experimental mission by NASA is now flying in orbit, aiming to use photons from the Sun to propel its way to higher altitudes.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 24, 2024

Viral Photo of Dog Humping a Robot Dog Is Sadly Fake
Have you seen that photo of a dog attempting to make sweet and passionate love to a robot dog? It's gone viral on sites like Reddit, Instagram, and X. But it's fake. Hopelessly, tragically fake.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 24, 2024

The Best Alternatives to Spotify for Streaming Music
Things have been rough for Spotify. There was anti-vaccine misinformation prominently featured on a Joe Rogan podcast on the app, which garnered quite a lot of criticism, and earlier this month, it also once again raised its prices. The famous music streaming app is also notorious for being anti-artist by severely…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 24, 2024

Does Washing Produce Really Remove Pesticides?
A recent analysis from advocacy organization Consumer Reports is the latest to highlight the potential threat of pesticides in our produce. It suggests that around 20% of commonly sold fruits and vegetables in the U.S. could contain unsafe levels of pesticides. Given that concerning news, you might be wondering how to…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 24, 2024

How to Install the Android 15 Beta
The first public beta of Android 15 for the platform's most faithful users rolled out this month. While the operating system version will arrive much later this year—typically right before October's Pixel launch event—it can be fun to try on new features as they're being built out.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

TikTok Divest-or-Ban Bill Passes in the Senate
The U.S. Senate passed the TikTok bill on Tuesday evening in a vote of 79-18. The bill, which bans TikTok unless Bytedance sells it to a U.S. owner, flew through Congress this week as part of a broader package to provide $90 billion in foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. President Joe Biden said in a statement…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

Weight Loss Drug Users Are Giving Up Their Vices
It's not only food CEOs who need to worry about their bottom lines thanks to in-demand weight loss drugs like Ozempic. Big Tobacco and Alcohol have reason to fret, too.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

Bioluminescence Is at Least Half a Billion Years Old
Bioluminescence, the eerie, beautiful phenomena that allows living things to glow, is way more ancient than previously thought, according to a team of researchers that recently studied the ability in octocorals.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

Rebel Moon - Part Two Couldn't Quite Eclipse Part One
After a fourth-month wait, Netflix viewers turned up by the tens of millions to see how Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon saga finished, but the number didn't quite hit that of the first film.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

Bane From Batman: The Animated Series Gets an Eye-Popping New Figure
At over 13 inches tall, Mondo's take on Bane as he appears in Batman: The Animated Series will lend plenty of charismatic villainy to your toy shelf. He comes with swappable facial expressions and hands, with options increased if you go for the deluxe version.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

FTC Bans Non-Compete Clauses for All Companies Nationwide
Non-compete clauses are a thing of the past thanks to a new ruling from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

The 8 Most Annoying Things About Windows 11 and How Microsoft Could Make It Better
We've all been there before. You unbox your shiny new PC, everything preinstalled, and you're so excited you're practically molting in your chair in anticipation for it to boot up. You're so engrossed that you forget there's a 10-ton gorilla lying in wait just around the corner. It's Windows 11, a mammoth operating…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

Cops Are Now Using AI to Generate Police Reports
Axon, the public safety contractor that popularized the Taser, has launched a new product that is less actively terrifying but still vaguely concerning: an AI-powered software program that lets cops automate their police reports.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

The Best Things You Didn't Know Your Switch Could Do
Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

This Westworld Auction Suggests the Show Really Is Over Forever
With Fallout's success and season-two renewal, it's been seeming ever more unlikely that Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy would get a chance to revisit their previous sci-fi series, Westworld—cancelled by HBO after four seasons, despite talk about how season five had already been plotted out. Well, here's another nail in…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

Elon Musk Has a Point
Elon Musk is currently battling government officials in Australia who are trying to force X to remove a video of a man being stabbed last week. An Australian court has ordered the video removed globally rather than just having it geo-blocked in Australia. And while Gizmodo has been extremely critical of Musk's poor…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

Chromecast With Google TV Might Finally Get an Update This Year
It's not like you didn't already have a dozen Chromecasts floating around your house. What is one more? A new Google TV dongle, potentially packed with upgraded features, is on the horizon. Hopefully, this will be a significant update to the current four-year-old favorite. But the current pricepoint that's rumored…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

Bacteria-Hunting Viruses Could Be Key to Defeating Stinky Armpits
The deodorant of the future might be possible thanks to viruses that hunt down stink-making bacteria. Scientists in Japan believe they've discovered a chemical weapon sourced from bacteriophages that can target a species of bacteria known for contributing to body odor emitted by our armpits.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

That Game of Thrones Spin-Off About Queen Nymeria Would Have Been an Oceanic Epic
House of the Dragon returns in June, and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight—aka "Dunk and Egg"—is moving full speed ahead. But despite the hunger for Game of Thrones projects, HBO is still being selective about its spin-offs. Among the shows left in the lurch: that Naomi Watts-starring prequel, the Jon…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

Apple Vision Pro Gets a Reality Check
Many of us have moved on from the Vision Pro less than three months after its buzzy launch, but Apple can not. The company slashed its 2024 and 2025 sales expectations for the Vision Pro to nearly half what the market expected for this year, according to a new report from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo on Tuesday. As initial…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

WTF Is Happening in the Star-Studded Trailer for Blink Twice?
The best trailers are the ones that tell you absolutely nothing and that's exactly what you get with the first trailer for Blink Twice. Directed by Zoë Kravitz and starring a who's who of awesome actors, it's some kind of murder mystery cult thing that's either supernatural or just weird rich white people stuff. It's…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

Thermonator, the Flame-Throwing Robot Dog, Can Now Be Yours for $9,420
The year is 2024 and technology is doing incredible things. For the first time ever, you can purchase a walking robot dog with a flame thrower on its back. Yes, the Thermonator, which was announced late last year, is finally available for purchase in the United States. Shockingly, the product can be yours for a mere…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

Everything You Need to Know About Cassandra Nova, Deadpool & Wolverine's Surprising X-Villain
Deadpool & Wolverine's new trailer yesterday didn't really give fresh details on what the film's going to be about, beyond the vague threat of multiversal shenanigans and Wade and Logan's team-up. But it did give us our first really good look at one of the several villains the movie is playing with—and one of the most…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

New Vegas' Director Doesn't Mind Whatever Fallout Has Planned With It for Season 2
Fallout's first season took the bold step of jumping a good chunk beyond the events of any game in the beloved post-apocalyptic RPG series so far, to tell its own story. But that didn't stop fans of one of the more beloved entries in the gaming franchise—the iconic Obsidian spinoff, Fallout: New Vegas—from freaking…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

Apple to Reveal New iPads During Its 'Let Loose' Event on May 7
Apple has set the date of May 7 for its next hardware reveal event. This show will focus on the iPad, particularly the new tablet with an OLED screen.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

See How Andor Crafted Its Adorably Anxious Droid in This Exclusive Bonus Clip
Star Wars: Andor: The Complete First Season is io9's most-coveted among the Disney series getting collector's edition Blu-ray and 4K UHD releases April 30—no offense to Marvel's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier or Moon Knight, or Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi, which are also part of the drop.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

Watch Live as NASA Launches Solar Sail to Test Sunlight-Propelled Space Travel
A new experimental mission by NASA is ready to set sail in orbit, using photons from the Sun to propel its way to higher altitudes.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

The World's Getting So Hot, Scientists Needed a New Color
On Earth Day, the National Weather Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention teamed up to announce a new heat risk system to better communicate the severity of hot weather. The color-coded system added magenta, a fifth-tier of heat severity, beyond red, to communicate extreme heat "rare and/or…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

Google Pixel 8a: Everything We Know So Far
We're quickly approaching the advent of Google's annual spring developer conference, and as a result, rumors of the company's next mid-range smartphone are loudly percolating. What will the Pixel 8a look like? Will it arrive soon? Will it offer more RAM at its supposedly slightly higher price point? No one knows…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

Jennifer Lopez's Mecha Movie Is All About Learning to Love Artificial Intelligence
Everyone's a little freaked out about AI right now—the ramifications of unregulated tech bro start up culture smashing into industries across the board, from journalism, to science, to entertainment, being turned upside down by the hot new trend. But together, Jennifer Lopez and Netflix boldly ask in Atlas the…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

Tesla Driver Charged With Killing Motorcyclist After Turning on Autopilot and Browsing His Phone
A 28-year-old motorcyclist died in Washington State on Friday afternoon because a dipshit Tesla driver rear-ended him at speed. A Snohomish man, 56, was commuting in his 2022 Tesla Model S when he activated the car's camera-based advanced driver assist system and according to his statements to police, began looking…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

Life Under Three Suns: The Real Physics Behind Netflix's 3 Body Problem
By now, I'm assuming that we've made our way through all eight episodes of the Netflix adaptation of Liu Cixin's The 3 Body Problem (and by we, I mean sci-fi nerds). The series is packed with science—much of it way over the top—but it grounds itself in quantum mechanics and astrophysics.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

Google Fires More Workers Behind Israel Sit-Ins as War Protests Spread Across the Nation
Google fired at least 20 more employees on Monday evening related to the April 16 sit-in protests of the company's cloud computing contracts with Israel, No Tech For Apartheid organizers tell Gizmodo. Google confirmed the additional firings in a statement, noting the company has concluded its investigation of the…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

There Was Almost a Knight's Tale Sequel—Before Netflix's Algorithm Killed It
It's been 23 years since Brian Helgeland gave us A Knight's Tale—and the director's been thinking about ways it could've continued ever since. But once he settled on an idea, he apparently went to Netflix to make the pitch... only to find that the streamer's algorithmic overlords disagreed.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

Widely Mocked iPhone FineWoven Cases Not Killed After All
If you were hoping that all your cultish rituals and stuck voodoo dolls would make the iPhone FineWoven cases meet an untimely end, then you don't know Apple. After one Apple tipster asserted that the maligned iPhone cases would soon be as dead as the Dodo, we may instead be looking at a whole new slate of case…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

Updates From Alien: Romulus, and More
Sébastien Vanicek keeps teasing his Evil Dead spinoff. Get a new look at Dakota Fanning's creepy new horror, The Watchers. James Gunn has a Creature Commandos update. Plus, what's to come on Chucky. Spoilers, away!

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

Microsoft Exec Says AI Is ‘a New Kind of Digital Species'
Microsoft's AI chief said those building AI should make sure it's easy for the public to comprehend it—and offered his own analogy to help do so.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

Teens Who Allegedly Stole Cars Face Two Extra Years for Bragging About It on Social Media
Three teens who allegedly stole high-end cars in Australia last week have been charged with the crimes you'd expect anyone to face for stealing property, according to a new report from the Sydney Morning Herald. But two of the teens are also being charged under a new law that criminalizes posting about your crimes on…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

Trump Could Pocket Over $1 Billion in Trump Media Stock This Week
Former President Donald Trump could pocket more than $1 billion in paper wealth by the end of the day Tuesday.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 23, 2024

Samsung QN90D 4K Neo QLED Review: Looking Good From (Almost) Every Angle
There's a whole slew of quality TVs out there calling for the world's attention. Out of Samsung's full slate of premium 2024 TVs, the new 4K Neo QLED is certainly one of the most approachable, both from its upper-midrange base $1,500 price point and its just being a solid viewing experience. It does everything you…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

There'll Be No More Bluey for a While After This Week's 'Surprise' Episode
If viewers felt that after the 28-minuteBluey finale "The Sign"—and its unannounced season three coda episode "Surprise," which dropped on Disney last night—that there was a sense of finality to the beloved animated series, it was in a way intentional.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

We Need This Terrifier 3 Popcorn Bucket in Our Lives
With Dune: Part Two, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Deadpool & Wolverine... and probably Dune: Part Two again, 2024 has truly become the year of the popcorn bucket. And if that trend is to continue, one filmmaker with a high-profile sequel coming later this year wants on board.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

Every Disney Theme Park Ride Movie That Is Somehow Still in Development
Disney CEO Bob Iger recently revealed that the company's theme-park expansion plans include both land and IP—and along with that, there are plenty of rides with lore yet to be explored further. After the success of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise and the Rock's Jungle Cruise, and the mixed reception to last…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

Construction on America's First High-Speed Rail Has Begun
Ground was broken today on what is said to be America's first high-speed rail. The project, which is designed to connect Los Angeles and Las Vegas via a 218-mile stretch of track that will be built across the Mojave desert, will be completed within the next four years, its backers say.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

What Did Tatiana See at the End of 3 Body Problem?
Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

Airchat Is Basically Twitter With Voice Notes, and That's Not a Bad Thing
If you've been catching up on what's hip in the social media space, you might have heard of Airchat. It's the new, big, exclusive, invite-only thing that's gotten internet residents scrambling for access.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

NASA's Voyager 1 Is Finally Making Sense After Months of Transmitting Gibberish
The Voyager 1 spacecraft returned usable data for the first time in more than five months, giving hope for the 46-year-old mission to finally be able to resume its normal operations.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

1999's 15 Most Essential Horror Movies, 25 Years Later
Last week, we looked back on the 15 essential sci-fi movies of 1999—a year that brought us The Matrix and the long-awaited return of Star Wars in The Phantom Menace. But horror came a close second that year, led by multiple Oscar nominee The Sixth Sense and indie sensation The Blair Witch Project, among many others.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

Researchers May Have Pinpointed Origin of Hope and Koh-i-Noor Diamonds
The Hope and Koh-i-Noor diamonds—two of the most famous Golconda diamonds—may have come from southern India's Wajrakarur Kimberlite Field, according to a team of researchers that reviewed the possible origin points of the gems.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

Mel Brooks Talks His Love of Star Wars and Teases a Spaceballs Sequel
As some of our all-time legends get up there in years, if you have a chance to see them, you should because you don't know when, or if, you'll get the chance again. Among those people is iconic actor, director, writer, and comedy genius Mel Brooks who is 97 years old but doesn't act a day over 85. Brooks was in…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

Meta Quest Horizon OS Will Finally Make 3rd Party VR Headsets Worth Buying
Meta's metaverse dreams might actually blossom a bit this spring as it's finally done trying to hole itself in its own walled garden and its Meta Quest 3 headset. Now, the Zuckerberg-led company has its own OS ecosystem, called Horizon OS, and with new headsets coming from some of the biggest PC makers out there, we…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

Tiktoker Tricks Fans Into Smashing Their Tech
Controversial streamer Adin Ross has a rabid fanbase that'll do anything for attention, including driving a car into a lake because…reasons. These dare streams of Ross' tend to come with the promise of a carrot at the end of the proverbial stick, whether that comes in the form of expensive products or cold hard cash.…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

Breaking Down the Heroes and Villains of Deadpool & Wolverine's New Trailer
This morning we got our latest look at Deadpool & Wolverine, and while it doesn't give as much about the film's premise away as the first trailer, it's filled with a whole lotta Logan—and some surprising other details and hints. Let's go through what we spotted, shall we?

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

Zack Snyder on Using Jimmy, the Fan-Favorite Android Character in Rebel Moon
Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

Russia Sentences Meta Spokesman to 6 Years in Prison for 'Justification of Terrorism'
A military court in Russia sentenced a spokesperson for Meta to six years in prison on Monday, according to a new report from the English-language Moscow Times. Andy Stone was convicted in absentia for the "justification" of terrorism after the Facebook parent company changed its rules about what's considered violent…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

Everyone Already Forgot About the Apple Vision Pro
Apple's Vision Pro debuted just two months ago, drawing crowds of people to sign up for demos and almost immediately selling out. Since then, interest in Apple's premiere mixed reality headset has plummeted and sales are grinding to a halt at some retail stores, Bloomberg reports on Monday. So, what happened to…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

Tom Holland Is Determined to Make Spider-Man 4 and Beyond
As discussion and speculation about a fourth Tom Holland Spider-Man film continue, one constant that's not in doubt is Tom Holland himself. "I'll always want to do Spider-Man films," the actor said in a new interview. "I owe my life and career to Spider-Man. So the simple answer is yes. I'll always want to do more."

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

Staggering Quantities of Valuable Metals Are Winding Up in the Garbage Bin
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist's weekly newsletter here.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

Rise of Planet of the Apes Is a Minor Miracle
Rise of the Planet of the Apes achieves the unthinkable. It's a prequel film to an iconic classic that approaches the material in a fresh, interesting way, stands on its own, and doesn't tarnish the legacy or integrity of its predecessors. On paper, it shouldn't work. Throughout movie history, it usually doesn't. But…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

Russian Space Junk Came Alarmingly Close to Smashing Into NASA Satellite
That was a really close one. Further analysis of a near-miss collision between two satellites in space revealed that they came even closer to one another than initially believed, raising more alarm over the growing danger of space debris.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

Hot Toys' Latest Star Wars Figures Dip Back Into Some Gaming Legends
For the most part, Hot Toys' dips into the Star Wars universe for its highly-detailed action figures stick to what's current in the world of the galaxy far, far away. The latest shows and movies, or dips back to classic heroes and villains, the toymaker plants its feet firmly in the current continuity of Star Wars.…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

The TikTok Ban Has a Real Shot at Becoming Law This Week
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the so-called TikTok ban (again) on Saturday as part of a crucial package to provide foreign aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, according to The Washington Post. The bill that could ban or force a sale of TikTok seems to be on a fast track through Congress, widely expected to b…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

Wait, Knuckles Is Hardly Even in His Own TV Show?
I had a lot of expectations for the Knuckles live-action mini-series that, it turns out, might have been a bit too lofty. But I don't think the expectation that the titular echidna voiced by Idris Elba would be in a show with his name at the top was that outrageous. I'm sad to report that Knuckles is only around for a…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

Updates From House of the Dragon Season 2, and More
Leigh Whannell's Wolf Man movie adds another mysterious cast member. Get a look at a bevy of new indie genre movies, including Takashi Miike's Lumberjack the Monster. Plus, what's coming on Ghosts. To me, my Spoilers!

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

Tesla's Fix for the Cybertruck's Defective Gas Pedal Is to Just Bolt It On
Tesla was forced to issue a recall for the futuristic Cybertruck last week after it emerged that the accelerator pedal could come loose and jam the car on full power. Not good for a truck that's meant to be so rugged it can survive the apocalypse. Now, Tesla has revealed the fix for the issue is a very futuristic…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

Best Running Earbuds in 2024
This guide was updated on April 19, 2024, to add the Baseus Eli Sport 1 buds.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

Deadpool & Wolverine's New Trailer Is Filled With Mutant Mayhem
Our first look at Deadpool & Wolverine earlier this year leaned heavily on the merc' with a mouth's official arrival into the Marvel Cinematic Universe—as its would-be savior. But of course, Wade's not the only guy in the title this time, so it's fitting that our latest look gives us a little more to sink our claws…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

The Most Embarrassing Blunders From Elon Musk's Attempt at AI-Generated News
Elon Musk's social media platform X started testing AI-generated news summaries powered by Grok in early April. The feature has a disclaimer that Grok "can make mistakes," and it's made quite a few of them.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: The Only Number That Describes Itself
Here's a classic brainteaser that I don't like. What's the next number in this sequence: 1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, …? The answer is 312211, because each number describes the digits in the number that precedes it. We open with 1, an arbitrary choice, but the next number describes 1 as "a single one," i.e. "one one,"…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 22, 2024

How To Cut Off Access to Your Camera and Mic on Any Device
While digital security threats continue to get more sophisticated and complex, sometimes the best ways of protecting yourself and your data are pretty simple—and here we're going to introduce you to one of the easier checks you can carry out regularly on your various devices.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 21, 2024

Joseph Quinn's Ready to Blaze His Own Trail as the Newest Human Torch
Even before its casting was officially unveiled, Marvel Studios' upcoming Fantastic Four movie was always poised to be a big deal. The First Family of Marvel Comics hasn't had a movie since Fant4stic nearly a decade ago (despite Fox's best attempts), and we're also coming up on 20 years since the studios' previous go…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 21, 2024

DC's Absolute Power Event Pits Metahuman vs. Murder Machine
There are a lot of superheroes running around the DC universe at any given time, and it often causes some headaches for its villains. If you're a bad guy in that universe, how do you tackle that problem in 2024? With some evil super-robots.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 21, 2024

Project Hail Mary is Lifting Off with Ryan Gosling in March 2026
Years ago, Andy Weir's sci-fi novel Project Hail Mary was being optioned as a film with Ryan Gosling in the lead role. After years of no significant news on the project, Amazon MGM's ready to bring the adaptation to theaters, and it's even locked down a release date: March 20, 2026.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 21, 2024

Blair Witch Project's Cast Wants Lionsgate to Give Them Their Due
A few weeks ago, Lionsgate revealed it had another Blair Witch movie in the works. The series, which started with 1999's The Blair Witch Project, has been off and on over the decades, and both of its sequels have been about how people have been shaped by that first movie. Now, ahead of Project's 25th theatrical…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 20, 2024

Transformers One Will Have Younger, Messier Robots in Disguise
Earlier in the week, we got our first look at Transformers One, and it probably didn't look like what you were imagining. The animated movie, which is meant to serve as an origin story for Optimus Prime (Chris Hemsworth) and Megatron (Brian Tyree Henry)—here respectively known as Orion Pax and D-16—is sillier than…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 20, 2024

It's Finally Happening: the Avengers Are Gonna Fight the Alien
When Disney bought 20th Century Fox, it seemed inevitable that the company would find a way to get Marvel to crossover with the Alien or Predator. It took some time, but thanks to comics it came to fruition last year with Wolverine fighting the Predator (because who else would?), and now it's continuing by pitting the…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 20, 2024

Destiny Might Have Lost Its Chance to Become a TV Show
There's a lot of video games set to get TV or film adaptations in the next few years, and even more that seem like they'd be ripe for the picking. Bungie's Destiny franchise seemed like a viable candidate, especially after the studio was acquired by PlayStation in 2022, but it sounds like any plans to bring the games…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 20, 2024

Cowboy Bebop's Showrunners Will Write Disney's Space Mountain Movie
Nearly four years ago, we learned Disney was hoping to get a movie about its Space Mountain ride off the ground and into theaters. A lot's happened since then, but the studio's apparently still determined to make this a reality, hence bringing on a new pair of writers to get the movie into proper shape.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 20, 2024

FBI Director Says China's Hacking Aimed at U.S. Infrastructure to 'Induce Panic'
Chinese government hackers are constantly trying to infiltrate the computer systems of U.S. water treatment facilities and energy grids in a bid to be "pre-positioned" for inducing panic, according to an alarming new speech from FBI Director Christopher Wray. And given the success of China's Volt Typhoon program to…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 20, 2024

Trump's Truth Social Stock Dropped, Cybertrucks Broke, the Virtual Boy Deserves Respect, and More
It was a bad week for Truth Social and the Tesla Cybertruck. Both showed that they might not be as great as Donald Trump and Elon Musk thought. This week also saw a terrifying AI video generator, major complaints about a dog-sitting app, and the retirement of a beloved robot. Check out the big tech stories of the…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 20, 2024

There's Never Been a Better Time to Remember to Actually Watch For All Mankind
Are you watching For All Mankind? I hope so, because our regular reminders that you absolutely should be culminated this week with the news that Apple doesn't just want more, but a whole extra show on top of what some of you already aren't watching. But that's not all this week—we looked back at DS9's finest episode,…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 20, 2024

Two Hunters Died of Rare Prion Disease. Doctors Suspect a First-of-Its Kind Deer Transmission
A new study might point to the first signs of a frightening public health scenario: Researchers found two recent cases of prion disease—universally fatal ailments caused by rogue proteins—that could have been caused by the victims eating contaminated deer meat. This connection is still far from confirmed, but doctors…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 20, 2024

Samsung Overtakes Apple In Worldwide Phone Sales
To no one's shock, Samsung reclaims the top spot in global phone sales over Apple in this quarter. We also got a first look at the new line of Sony Bravia TVs featuring Mini-LED, which makes a really strong case against OLED. And finally, Ikea revealed its Gaming Furniture Collection, so we, of course, ranked our…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 20, 2024

NASA Spacecraft Sees a Lava Lake With Islands on Jupiter's Moon Io
In our top science stories this week, reporter Ed Cara explores the similarities and differences between today's popular obesity drugs and fen-phen, a briefly trendy weight loss aid that was pulled from the market after doctors discovered dangerous side effects. NASA confirmed that a chunk of debris that crashed into…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 19, 2024

How Exciting Was It Working on Guy Ritchie's The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare?
Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 19, 2024

Chucky Fans Now Have to Wait a Week Before Streaming New Episodes on Peacock
If you excitedly went to Peacock on Thursday to watch the latest episode of Chucky, only to find it was not yet available to stream—and then screamed with the wrong kind of horror—you are not alone among the killer doll's legions of fans.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 19, 2024

Truth Social Files Complaint with Nasdaq, Blames Market Manipulation for Stock Price
Trump Media, the parent company that owns Truth Social, has filed a formal complaint with the Nasdaq, expressing concern for potential market manipulation impacting the stock.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 19, 2024

What Do We Think About These Transformers One Designs?
Transformers is known for being "more than meets the eye." But when it comes to the characters from Transformers One, it's more than meets the eyes, nose, and mouth.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 19, 2024

How Deep Space Nine's Dominion War Nearly Wrecked Star Trek's Utopia
Star Trek likes to imagine itself as a franchise that is largely above conflict, but it is defined by it: and how its most idealized heroes in Starfleet and the Federation react to, and become shaped by it. While Trek's history is littered with devastating battles, few conflicts hold a mirror to Star Trek quite like…

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 19, 2024

Best iPhone Portable Chargers in 2024
This guide was updated on April 19, 2024, to add the Belkin BoostCharge 10K and Belkin Magnetic Wireless 5K.

Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 19, 2024

Wagner Moura on Filming One Particularly Difficult Scene in Civil War
Read more...



Gizmodo
Apr 19, 2024

Everything We Know About the Google Pixel 9
This guide was updated on April 19, 2024, to reflect the latest "real-life" leaks of the Pixel 9 and upcoming satellite connectivity available on Android.

Read more...



  • CEOExpress
  • c/o CommunityScape | 200 Anderson Avenue
    Rochester, NY 14607
  • Contact
  • As an Amazon Associate
    CEOExpress earns from
    qualifying purchases.

©1999-2024 CEOExpress Company LLC