Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 update, released Tuesday, offers a few small bug and compatibility fixes as well as a lighter taskbar. Oh, and there’s one small, tiny extra detail. A “small” number of Windows 11 users will now see “notifications” encouraging them to use other Microsoft products when clicking on the…
Source: io9 – Microsoft is Slowly Rolling Out Ads in the Windows 11 Start Menu
Is April Fools for pranks or not anymore? Yesterday, Asus revealed that the Steam Deck competitor it joked about over the weekend is apparently real, and now Nothing’s following suit by actually producing the craft beer it teased for the internet’s worst holiday.
Source: io9 – Nothing Is Actually Making Its April Fools’ Beer
In February 2021, NASA landed a $2.7 billion rover on Mars that has been roaming the Red Planet ever since. The space agency got what it paid for, as the largely autonomous Perseverance rover has been dutifully collecting rock core samples from Mars and storing them for the first sample return mission from another…
Source: io9 – Is NASA Done Sending Traditional Rovers to Mars?
There’s good news and bad news for Lego fans next month. Unlike March, which brought with it some 45 new building sets, April arrives with just 14 new Lego introductions, and promises to be a little easier on budgets still recovering from last month.
Source: io9 – Budget Accordingly for the Best Lego Sets You Can Finally Buy in April
For years, Paramount has been trying to figure out a show centered around Star Trek’s Starfleet Academy—you know, the place where Starfleet educates its captains, science officers, engineers, etc. before sending them out on five-year missions to explore strange new worlds and whatnot. Well, now they’ve found the…
Source: io9 – Star Trek Is Finally Making That Starfleet Academy TV Series
In a poorly thought out plan to make Twitter as profitable as possible, Twitter has officially unveiled three new tiers of API access: Free, Basic, and Enterprise. Twitter previously backed off from rescinding free access to the platform’s API after public backlash.
Source: io9 – Twitter Details How Much Money API Access Will Cost Now
Clayface leers.Yesterday’s news included speculation that Mike Flanagan—you know, the one who did Midnight Mass? The Haunting of Hill House? Haunting of Bly Manor? Upcoming director of The Fall of the House of Usher? That Mike Flanagan—had pitched a movie about Bat-villain Clayface to James Gunn. The famed horror…
Source: io9 – Mike Flanagan Wants to Direct a Standalone Batman Villain Film
The rats don’t run this city—garbage rules do.
Source: io9 – NYC Mayor’s New Scheme in Ongoing Rat War: A Composting Mandate
The space adventures in Marvels’s Guardians of the Galaxy films are nearing their conclusion—and with that, we’ll finally be learning the mystery behind the creation of Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper) in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
Source: io9 – The Guardians of the Galaxy Trilogy Ends With Rocket Raccoon at Its Heart
Researchers studying lunar soil samples from China’s Chang’e-5 mission believe they may have found a water reservoir on Earth’s arid satellite.
Source: io9 – Chinese Moon Mission Finds a Potential Water Reservoir in Lunar Soil
There really is so much good SFF happening right now, it’s kind of wild. Renfield is looking to be a campy, Raimi-esque comedy gorefest, The Power reflects modern inequities through a sci-fi reversal, and… oh, well, I guess Joker 2 is still happening. But the animated Gamera miniseries? That looks incredible. Time…
Source: io9 – Nic Cage’s Campy Dracula Stalks New Prey in Renfield
Framework’s laptop may be modular and self-repairable, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be refreshed to keep up with new processors. The company held an event today to introduce several new configurations for the device, including the ability to upgrade to the latest generation of Intel Core processor. Framework is also…
Source: io9 – Framework’s Making a 16 Inch Modular Laptop For Gamers
A highly anticipated mission to Venus is in trouble after NASA pulled all of its funding, save for a tiny fraction meant to keep the planetary orbiter on brittle life support as its fate hangs in the balance.
Source: io9 – NASA Budget Request Is a ‘Soft Cancellation’ of Venus Mission, Experts Say
California lawmakers introduced new legislation this week aimed at pressuring tech companies like Google and Facebook into paying news publishers for content posted on their platforms. The measure comes amid a brewing battle between tech firms and lawmakers over similar legislation in Canada and on the heels of a…
Source: io9 – California Poised to Battle Google and Facebook Over ‘Journalism Usage Fees’
At this weekend’s WonderCon 2023, JAKKS Pacific will host a panel to reveal its line for The Super Mario Bros. Movie. io9 got an exclusive sneak peek of the iconic Mario Kart, inspired by Nintendo and Illumination’s new animated adaptation, which will be part of JAKKS Pacific’s 2023 toy and collectible releases.
Source: io9 – This Super Mario Bros. Movie Racer Puts a Snazzy Spin on the Iconic Mario Kart
Allergies plague millions of people each year once spring hits, the trees bud, and the flowers bloom, but the worst areas for allergy sufferers have been narrowed down to 20 locations in a study by the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.
Source: io9 – These Are the 20 U.S. Cities Where Allergies Are the Worst
Journey back to sixth-century England—by way of 1981 fantasy-movie aesthetics—with Dragonslayer, the tale of a sorcerer’s apprentice (Peter MacNicol) who must tangle with the local fire-breathing menace, delightfully named Vermithrax Pejorative. The cult-classic film has a sparking new 4K Ultra HD release, and io9…
Source: io9 – Fantasy Cult Classic Dragonslayer Is Now on 4K Ultra HD, and We’ve Got a Sneak Peek
Microsoft on Tuesday announced that it is using an advanced version of Open AI’s DALL-E image generator to power its own Bing and Edge browser. Like DALL-E before it, the newly announced Bing Image Creator will generate a set of images for users based on a line of written text. The addition of image content in Bing…
Source: io9 – Microsoft Adds DALL-E AI Image Generator to Bing
