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Alex Garland's Next Movie Looks Scarier Than Any of His Sci-Fi Films
Alex Garland has written or directed several excellent, terrifying, disturbing films. Films like 28 Days Later, Sunshine, Ex Machina and Annihilation. Films that show familiar worlds in unfamiliar, and often times unfathomable, circumstances. His new film seems as if it’s going to do that too, but it’s somehow much…
Source: Gizmodo – Alex Garland’s Next Movie Looks Scarier Than Any of His Sci-Fi Films
Tesla Says It's Not Fraud, It's Free Speech
Tesla is under fire by California’s Department of Motor Vehicles over the company’s ads claiming its cars are completely self-driving, which they’re not. Elon Musk’s electric car company argues that its claims of being self-driving are protected under free speech, according to court documents made public by The…
Source: Gizmodo – Tesla Says It’s Not Fraud, It’s Free Speech
Disney's Truly Wild 100th Anniversary Year
The House of Mouse celebrated its centennial in 2023 through monumental film and television releases and Disney Parks experiences, while dealing with real-world repercussions during historic writers and actors’ strikes. And then, of course, there was the whole ongoing skirmish with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
Source: Gizmodo – Disney’s Truly Wild 100th Anniversary Year
The X-Men's Return to Lego Marvel Comes at a High Price
Although the X-Men have been returning to the world of Lego in fits and starts recently—a few characters in the Marvel minifigures line here, a giant Wolverine fist there—2014 was the last time Marvel’s mutants actually got to star in a more traditional Lego set. That’s now changing… but it’s not an entirely joyous…
Source: Gizmodo – The X-Men’s Return to Lego Marvel Comes at a High Price
Google Maps Just Made It Easier to Hide Your Life
If you give me access to your location, I am the person who will check on you constantly and bring it up the next time I see you. “So,” I’ll start casually, “what were you doing in the city last week?” Then you’ll ask me how I knew you were down there. I’ll remind you that you gave me access one summer long ago and…
Source: Gizmodo – Google Maps Just Made It Easier to Hide Your Life
Kylo Ren Wasn't Originally Supposed to Become Ben Solo Again
As if the movies themselves didn’t make it more than obvious, fans have long come to understand that the Star Wars sequel trilogy changed drastically throughout development. Multiple writers and directors worked on The Force Awakens as well as The Rise of Skywalker, sometimes with radically different results, while The…
Source: Gizmodo – Kylo Ren Wasn’t Originally Supposed to Become Ben Solo Again
Netflix Releases Its First 'What We Watched' Report Following Union Win
The era of streaming services being reticent to share viewership information appears to be ending, as Netflix, one of the biggest in the biz, is now touting the arrival of its twice-yearly “What We Watched: A Netflix Engagement Report.”
Source: Gizmodo – Netflix Releases Its First ‘What We Watched’ Report Following Union Win
Doctor Who's Big Regeneration Twist Means Everything and Nothing
In contemporary fandom, canon is king. This is not a jab against an admiration of an ordered continuity and worldbuilding, the necessary aspects of creating a story to be lost in. But what goes beyond it—a yearning for raw, wiki-able data and facts that can be collated and held in amber, where interpretation gives way…
Source: Gizmodo – Doctor Who’s Big Regeneration Twist Means Everything and Nothing
There's a Billion-Dollar Industry Between You and FEMA’s Flood Insurance
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Source: Gizmodo – There’s a Billion-Dollar Industry Between You and FEMA’s Flood Insurance
Wyatt Russell Would Love to Remake The Last Starfighter
The Last Starfighter is Hollywood’s white whale. The 1984 film about a young man who is recruited to defend a planet because of his video game skills was decades ahead of its time and, in recent years, has been the frequent subject of speculation and excitement. It seems everyone in Hollywood has attempted to bring…
Source: Gizmodo – Wyatt Russell Would Love to Remake The Last Starfighter
Marvel Just Announced a Wakanda Animated Series
When will Marvel fans get to see more adventures with Shuri as the Black Panther? It’s unclear. But Marvel did just announce when the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be returning to Wakanda, and it’ll be doing it in a very unexpected way.
Source: Gizmodo – Marvel Just Announced a Wakanda Animated Series
Judges Given the OK to Use ChatGPT in Legal Rulings
Robots may help determine your legal fate if you end up in a British court. The UK Judicial Office issued guidance Tuesday permitting judges to use ChatGPT and other AI tools to write legal rulings and perform several other tasks.
Source: Gizmodo – Judges Given the OK to Use ChatGPT in Legal Rulings
The Apple TV App Just Got So Much More Organized
Apple just redesigned its Apple TV app and brought a couple of features that should have been there a long time back. With the overall aim of making the streaming service easier to navigate, it already looks much more organized and intuitive.
Source: Gizmodo – The Apple TV App Just Got So Much More Organized
Latest Obesity Drug Really Does Keep the Weight Off—If You Keep Taking It
New research shows that tirzepatide, the latest FDA-approved obesity drug, really can help people lose substantial amounts of weight—but only if they continue taking it. The study found that people who stopped taking tirzepatide after 36 weeks regained much of their lost weight within a year, while those who continued…
Source: Gizmodo – Latest Obesity Drug Really Does Keep the Weight Off—If You Keep Taking It
Baby Yoda Comes to Life in Exclusive Clip From The Mandalorian's Home Release
Cast your memory back to season one of The Mandalorian, to the first moment you glimpsed Baby Yoda—even before Star Wars marketing nudged fans into calling the character “the Child,” and before we learned his name was “Grogu.” This clip from Disney Home Entertainment’s The Mandalorian Season 1 and Season 2, out today,…
Source: Gizmodo – Baby Yoda Comes to Life in Exclusive Clip From The Mandalorian’s Home Release
Tubi and Warner Bros. Agree to Bring the DC Universe to Streaming for Free
In the streaming world, the most important superpower is luring eyeballs to your platform—though adding actual superheroes to your line-up certainly can’t hurt. Thanks to a new deal with Warner Bros. Discovery, Tubi is now offering (or will soon offer) a wide range of DC Universe movies and TV series.
Source: Gizmodo – Tubi and Warner Bros. Agree to Bring the DC Universe to Streaming for Free
Dune Part 2's Epic New Trailer Teases a War Across Generations
It’s certainly disappointing that Dune: Part Two isn’t in theaters right now but sometimes waiting is the best part. Case in point, today we’ve been graced with a brand new trailer, and it’ll make you somehow even more excited for the sequel than you already are. Which is really saying something.
Source: Gizmodo – Dune Part 2’s Epic New Trailer Teases a War Across Generations
Asteroid Mining Startup Runs Into Trouble in First Mission
Since launching its first test mission to vaporize bits of an asteroid in space, AstroForge has struggled to keep a hold of its spacecraft and is now at risk of losing the ability to send commands to the in-orbit demonstration.
Source: Gizmodo – Asteroid Mining Startup Runs Into Trouble in First Mission
The Best Space Images of 2023
Space is an inky black yonder… but for the countless light sources that pepper the billions of light-years that human instruments can see. Thanks to ground-based telescopes and observatories parked millions of miles from Earth, 2023 has been a terrific year for space imagery. Astronomers captured fascinating new…
Source: Gizmodo – The Best Space Images of 2023