David Tennant teases a wild climax to the Doctor Who anniversary specials. Get a new look at Colin Farrell’s return as the Penguin. Muppets Mayhem is no more, but Black Mirror will returns for more. Plus, Cobra Kai prepares to return to filming. Spoilers away!
Source: Gizmodo – Daisy Ridley Teases Her Unexpected Star Wars Movie
Teenage Engineering, the Swedish electronics firm, is known for its beautiful but pricey products—the bulk of which amount to functionalist art. Need a $1600 aluminum desk? TE’s got you covered. How about a $2,000 set of singing, wooden dolls? Again, the company is there to serve. We also wouldn’t have the Nothing…
Source: Gizmodo – Teenage Engineering Just Released a 0 Toy Car
The Polish author behind The Witcher series is well known for his unflinching honesty about the legacy his work now has—especially in a world where Netflix has transformed that work into a streaming sensation. But how does he feel now the streamer is spinning out its Witcher world? Let’s just say, it moved him.
Source: Gizmodo – Witcher Author Andrzej Sapkowski Is Very Glad Netflix Pays His Rent
Nearly a year after an uncrewed Orion splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, NASA anticipates it still needs a few more months to resolve a lingering issue with the capsule’s heat shield before a crew can ride on board.
Source: Gizmodo – Pesky Heat Shield Issue Threatens to Delay NASA’s First Crewed Moon Journey in Decades
The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed Scream franchise star Melissa Barrera has been removed from Scream VII after social media posts referencing the Israel-Hamas war. Barrera played Sam Carpenter, the Scream series’ reboot lead in Scream V and Scream VI.
Source: Gizmodo – Scream 7 Drops Melissa Barrera Over Israel-Hamas War Comments
OpenAI’s former President and Chairman Greg Brockman announced that ChatGPT Voice is now available to all users Tuesday afternoon. Users can now speak with ChatGPT, and it will talk back, announced Brockman on X, just days after OpenAI’s leadership was ousted.
Source: Gizmodo – Former OpenAI Exec Announces ChatGPT Voice Is Now Available to All
A team of researchers may have found an effective treatment for one of the more common symptoms of long covid: a chronically changed sense of smell. In a small study, the team found that many patients improved after undergoing a minimally invasive procedure often used to treat pain and circulation problems. In some…
Source: Gizmodo – There May Be a Treatment for Covid Loss of Smell
The Daily Planet staff grows with The Righteous Gemstones star Skyler Gisondo joining Warner Bros.’ Superman: Legacy as Jimmy Olsen.
Source: Gizmodo – Superman: Legacy Adds Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen to Stacked Ensemble
With the strikes over, work is back up and running in a galaxy far, far away. First up, Star Wars: Ahsoka creator Dave Filoni has been promoted to a much bigger creative role. Second, he and his team are finally able to speak about all the huge revelations at the end of the latest Star Wars Disney+ show.
Source: Gizmodo – Ahsoka’s New Star Wars Galaxy Will Be Key to Dave Filoni’s New Movie
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) will step down from his CEO duties and plead guilty to criminal charges, paying a $50 million fine, according to court documents made public Tuesday. The Department of Justice is expected to announce a $4 billion settlement with Binance this afternoon, putting an end to an…
Source: Gizmodo – Binance CEO Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Violations, Will Step Down
Halloween is spooky and all, but—if movies are anything to go by—Christmas is the holiday that really sets off knife-wielding fiends who enjoy dress-up. If you have Shudder, you have a wealth of choices at your fingertips; we’ve assembled a list of movies you can watch right now, as well as a few coming very soon.
Source: Gizmodo – 10 Christmas Horror Movies Streaming (or Streaming Soon) on Shudder
While most customers probably have Paramount+ subscriptions for series-watching purposes (the many Star Trek shows and Yellowstone spin-offs are its big franchises), having access to a vast library of movies is also a perk. Or it was a perk: according to a new survey, the number of available feature titles is less…
Source: Gizmodo – Paramount+ Has Less Than Half as Many Movies Streaming as It Did a Year Ago
Playing games on Steam with an Xbox controller has always been a pretty user-friendly experience. But we can’t say the same for PlayStation DualShock and DualSense controllers. That changed today with a Steam update that now allows PlayStation’s DualShock and DualSense owners to find games that fully support the…
Source: Gizmodo – There’s Good News for PlayStation Controller Users on Steam
It’s nearly Black Friday and Cyber Monday—that beautiful time of the year when Americans forego their normal, sensible fiscal concerns and embrace the spirit of debauched consumerism that our great country is really all about. But before you bust out that credit card to needlessly splurge on a new 4K OLED or a Meta…
Source: Gizmodo – Don’t Get Scammed on Cyber Monday
It sure seems like there’s gonna be a second season of Ahsoka since its creator, Dave Filoni, just got a big promotion. Filoni is now the chief creative officer of Lucasfilm, which means that he’ll play a much bigger role in the direction Star Wars stories take in the future.
Source: Gizmodo – Dave Filoni Just Got a Bigger, More Important Star Wars Job
Drug commercials in the U.S. are set to become more intelligible. On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration updated its regulations regarding prescription drug ads that air on TV or radio. The change will specifically mandate that a drug’s side effects and other potential dangers “must be presented in a clear,…
Source: Gizmodo – Say Goodbye to Those Absurd Side-Effects Readouts in Drug Commercials
WandaVision—the very first Marvel series to hit Disney+, all the way back in January 2021—is finally getting a snazzy home release. It’s nicely timed, now that series co-star Teyonah Parris is currently featuring in The Marvels, and WandaVision spin-off Agatha: Darkhold Diaries waits in the wings.
Source: Gizmodo – WandaVision Creator Jac Schaeffer Explains Her Approach to the Marvel Series
The center of our galaxy is a menagerie of exotic objects; a supermassive black hole, clouds of hot gas, and giant stars that can help inform the origin story of much of the universe. Using the Webb telescope, scientists got to see this chaotic region of the Milky Way in a different light, revealing new features and…
Source: Gizmodo – The Heart of the Milky Way Glows With Unprecedented Detail in New Webb Image
Well, maybe he does—after all, part of writing a novel as long-in-the-works and expansive as The Winds of Winter, the latest novel in the Song of Ice and Fire series that gave us Game of Thrones, is going back and revising things. But if you were hoping author George R.R. Martin’s latest update on the book he hoped to …
Source: Gizmodo – George R.R. Martin Has No (New) Pages
