There’s a lot of great new releases coming out of big studios, including an absolutely massive Magic: The Gathering set in collaboration with Lord of the Rings, but I’m really excited for the indie games that are starting to get delivered as Zine Quest rewards. Here are more indie releases for you to check out!
Source: Gizmodo – Don Your Aether-Armor With the Gaming Shelf
Last October, Elon Musk closed on a deal to purchase Twitter for a whopping $44 billion. At the time, it was a price-tag that many estimated to be way too much money. Musk, himself, admitted that he and his co-investors may have overpaid for the social media platform. Nevertheless, he soldiered on with the…
Source: Gizmodo – Fidelity: Twitter is Now Only Worth a Third of What Elon Musk Paid for It
Warner Bros. and DC Studios’ The Flash has faced a long journey to get to the screen, with various filmmakers attached at various times to take on the Flashpoint-inspired story. A constant throughout, however, has been star Ezra Miller, who remained part of the project despite some very public legal troubles.
Source: Gizmodo – The Flash Director Feels No One But Ezra Miller Can Play the Speedster
He did it with Saw, he did it with The Conjuring, and now producer James Wan is expanding Insidious too. Even though the franchise’s fifth film, Insidious: The Red Door, is hitting theaters this summer, the next installment of the Insidious series is already gearing up. It’s called Thread: An Insidious Tale and it’ll…
Source: Gizmodo – Insidious Is Expanding With a Spinoff Starring Mandy Moore and Kumail Nanjiani
A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying four private astronauts is making its way down from the International Space Station (ISS) and is set to splash down in Florida on Tuesday night. The ocean touchdown will be broadcast live.
Source: Gizmodo – Watch Live: Axiom Space’s Private Crew Splashes Down to Earth From the ISS
In 2018, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse blew our collective minds by telling a story about six Spider-people teaming up to save the multiverse. It went on to universal success and acclaim.
Source: Gizmodo – More Spider-People Are Coming After Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The United States Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal to a lawsuit attempting to hold Reddit liable for allegedly letting sexually explicit images of minors run amok on its site. Tuesday’s decision marks the third time in less than a month the court has danced around high-profile cases that could open Section 230…
Source: Gizmodo – SCOTUS Declines to Hear Reddit Child Sex Abuse Case, Handing Big Tech a Win
In March, a group of mathematicians identified a thirteen-sided shape called “the hat” that can tile a surface without any patterns repeating. Now the researchers are updating the shape to maintain its quirky tiling properties while addressing an important caveat.
Source: Gizmodo – Upgraded ‘Vampire Einstein’ Shape Finally Solves Vexing Mathematical Pattern Problem
Apple is really excited to share its next steps into augmented reality tech at this year’s WWDC, so much so that it’s released a teaser of its ‘AR experience’ to iPhones and iPads. We hope the company’s rumored headset is a bit more exciting than this.
Source: Gizmodo – Apple’s Corny ‘AR Experience’ All But Confirms We’ll See Its Rumored Headset At WWDC
Celebrity voices are disappearing from Amazon’s Alexa including the widely popular voices of Shaquille O’Neal, Melissa McCarthy, and Samuel L. Jackson. Amazon jumpstarted the feature with Jackson in 2019, offering the option for consumers to download the actor’s voice for just .99 cents, but recently increased the…
Source: Gizmodo – These Celebrity Voices Are Disappearing From Amazon’s Alexa
Even lawyers aren’t big fans of legal jargon. A new study has found that lawyers have an easier time remembering legal documents written in simple English over those filled with so-called legalese. They also seem to prefer the simpler version for themselves and their clients.
Source: Gizmodo – Lawyers Hate Legal Jargon, Too
Far-right activists have taken a shotgun approach to their supposed “anti-woke” crusade, and now some of that buckshot shrapnel has hit favored brand among religious conservatives, Chick-Fil-A. The chicken sandwich chain has come under fire for daring to have a page and executive dedicated to diverse hiring programs,…
Source: Gizmodo – Right-Wingers Consider Fully Canceling Their Once-Holy Chick-Fil-A
Universal Pictures’ upcoming live-action remake of Dreamworks’ How to Train Your Dragon animated franchise has found its leading actors.
Source: Gizmodo – How to Train Your Dragon Live-Action Adds Mason Thames and Nico Parker
The Webb Space Telescope’s latest subject is a wet one: a gigantic plume of water vapor spewing from Saturn’s moon Enceladus.
Source: Gizmodo – Webb Telescope Spots a Plume of Unusual Size Spewing From Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
When we reviewed the Pixel Watch back in October, we genuinely liked Google’s first Android smartwatch, and found it to be a solid choice for those not already deep into Samsung’s eco-system. One thing we weren’t so keen on was the Pixel Watch’s disappointing battery life, but if leaked details turn out to be correct,…
Source: Gizmodo – New Pixel Watch 2 Processor Boosts Battery in a Big Way, Leaked Specs Suggest
The anticipation for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny continues to build as we get closer to its June 30 release date.
Source: Gizmodo – Who’s Who in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
The Apple Watch finally has an Ultra verson with a drastically different external appearance, but it’s watch bands that truly give users the chance to add flair to their watches. A newly-granted patent is recognizing the variety of watch bands out there and proposing they do more than contribute to the device’s…
Source: Gizmodo – Apple Considering Stuffing Watch Bands With NFC, Bluetooth, Other Connectivity
Only a handful of publicly traded companies—six, to be exact—currently hold a market capitalization of $1 trillion or more. It’s a small, gilded club, composed almost entirely of Silicon Valley’s biggest players (give or take a Saudi Arabian energy giant). Now, however, the club has a new member: longtime graphics…
Source: Gizmodo – Nvidia Soars to Trillion Market Cap on the Back of AI Hype
State Farm has stopped accepting new applications for home and business insurance in California this month due to wildfire risk and rising costs, the company announced on Friday.
Source: Gizmodo – ‘Catastrophe Exposure’ Pushes State Farm to Stop Selling Insurance in California
