Few actors in the entire world are more qualified to talk about franchises than Djimon Hounsou. The man who most people first met when he did Steven Spielberg’s Amistad has since made an incredible career for himself jumping between fantastical film worlds. He’s worked with Marvel. He’s worked with DC. He’s been in…
Source: Gizmodo – Djimon Hounsou Explains Why Rebel Moon Is a Unique Franchise Starter
Last month, astronomers focused the Webb Space Telescope on the galaxy MRG-M0138 and found something surprising: a supernova in the ancient universe, magnified for your viewing pleasure by the gravitational lensed galaxy.
Source: Gizmodo – Webb Spots Ancient Supernova in a Gravitational Lens
It’s been a year of ups and downs, so in 2023 we’re particularly grateful for one source of reliable joy: sci-fi, horror, and fantasy entertainment. Here are the fictional characters—be they live-action, animation, made of plastic, or from galaxies far, far away—that helped guide us through.
Source: Gizmodo – All the Fictional Characters Who Helped Us Survive 2023
Will the promise of fewer ads entice more viewers to stream sports on Peacock? NBCUniversal hopes so, having announced Saturday, December 23’s match-up between the Buffalo Bills and the Los Angeles Chargers will feature a commercial-free fourth quarter.
Source: Gizmodo – Peacock Hopes Ad-Free NFL Quarters Will Pull It Out of a Death Spiral
Anthropic is reportedly in talks to raise $750 million from Menlo Ventures, which values the startup at $15 billion, according to The Information. Like OpenAI, Anthropic also has a complicated board structure with misaligned values, and this recent influx of cash begs the question: is Anthropic bound to be the next AI…
Source: Gizmodo – Anthropic Could Be Headed for an OpenAI-Style Showdown
With just 11 days left in the year, it’s clear that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will not reach his stated goal of achieving 100 Falcon 9 launches in 2023. Nonetheless, the company’s achievements during the calendar year are damn impressive, with 2024 poised to be even more remarkable.
Source: Gizmodo – SpaceX Falls Short of Elon Musk’s 2023 Goal for 100 Falcon 9 Launches
Not getting enough sleep is bad for both your physical health and your emotional well-being, as new research shows. The study, a review of existing data from clinical trials, found that even short bouts of sleep deprivation can reduce people’s positive emotions and make them more anxious.
Source: Gizmodo – Anxious and Joyless? You Might Just Be Sleep Deprived
Lego’s Technic line of mechanical construction sets mostly sticks to vehicles—lots of cars, trucks, bikes, even the occasional plane. But while it has dipped into the world of science and space exploration before, its latest addition is one of its best ideas outside of its typical wheelhouse. Within the wheelhouse…
Source: Gizmodo – Lego’s Latest Technic Set Will Let You Move Heaven and Earth
While 2023 was a big year in consumer tech and had some clever innovations to show off, not everything was a smash hit, to say the least. Whether it was subpar performance, a troubled launch, or a glaring design flaw, these products disappointed us the most.
This year’s picks, like the Apple iMac or the GoPro Hero 12,…
Source: Gizmodo – The Most Disappointing Gadgets of 2023
Tinder isn’t the best at reading the room or taking a hint. Even though its announcement of the outrageous $500-a-month tier, Tinder Select, led to considerable backlash back in September, the company has recently been expanding the membership offering by inviting additional users to apply for it.
Source: Gizmodo – Tinder’s 0 a Month Membership Tier Has Me Embracing Loneliness
Time’s just about up for holiday shopping, and the pressure is on for anyone doing last-minute runs to the mall or searching online for the quickest delivery. If you’re looking for that perfect Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, One Piece, Wonka, or Disney100 gift—don’t worry, io9’s got you covered with this handy list of…
Source: Gizmodo – Last-Minute Pop Culture Holiday Shopping Guide for Procrastinators
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Source: Gizmodo – California Could Solve Its Water Woes by Flooding Its Best Farmland
Following the launch of its next-generation satellite, Hughes Network Systems is now starting to offer faster internet speeds to compete with its main industry rival SpaceX.
Source: Gizmodo – Jupiter 3 Satellite Pushes SpaceX Rival Closer to Starlink Internet Speeds
The Einstein Probe, an X-ray telescope managed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, will be ready to launch next month. The probe will look for transient events in X-ray light and try to answer some fundamental questions about black holes and gravitational waves.
Source: Gizmodo – Finally, a Telescope Named ‘Einstein’ Is Heading to Space
Doctor Who’s Millie Gibson introduces her new companion, Ruby Sunday. Snowpiercer’s unaired final season will appear… somewhere. Time is up for Shining Vale. Plus, Frank Darabont could direct some of Stranger Things’ final season, and a new look at What If? season two. Spoilers, away!
Source: Gizmodo – Godzilla Minus One’s Director Is Open to a Sequel
Just when we thought gaming monitors were already going a little too hard on high refresh rates, LG shared Thursday details on a few of next year’s pro gamer monitors that put too much stress on the “pro.” The company’s upcoming display is yet another 4K OLED that can hit 4K resolution at 240 Hz. Sounds solid; I guess…
Source: Gizmodo – LG’s Latest OLED Can Go From a Mere 240Hz to a Blistering 480Hz With Just a Click
The initial pitch for the $380 Logitech Astro A50 X Lightspeed headset sounds like an infomercial. It’s as if a revived, gamer-ified Billy Mays made a 30-second TV pitch sounding off: “Are you tired of shoving all those dongles in your consoles? Do you hate that it’s so hard to use the same headset across all your…
Source: Gizmodo – Logitech Astro A50 X Review: Ditching All Your Dongles Means Dealing with a Mess of Wires
At one moment in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, characters are running through a mutated jungle, chased by lion-sized cockroaches while avoiding violent, human-eating plants. In another moment, multiple characters are standing around, their hair flowing wildly, delivering wooden dialogue that’s almost as painful for…
Source: Gizmodo – Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom Has Its Moments, But Mostly Fizzles
Over 90,000 users on X experienced an outage on Thursday morning, marking the platform’s most severe outage since Elon Musk’s takeover in October of 2022, according to Bloomberg. Data from Google Trends shows that many users rushed to Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads during the outage.
Source: Gizmodo – Users Flock to Threads as X Suffers Largest Outage Since Musk Takeover
