The mobile class divide between the iPhone blue bubble and the Android green bubble might need regulators to settle things in the future, but Nothing has another solution coming soon.
Source: Gizmodo – Nothing Phone (2) Offers Possible Solution to Blue, Green Bubble Drama
Less than two years after it launched, Donald Trump’s social media site, Truth Social, might be headed for the internet graveyard. New federal filings show that Truth, like a lot of Trump businesses, has lost massive amounts of money ($73 million, in this case) and is drifting, inevitably, toward insolvency. The…
Source: Gizmodo – So Far, Trump’s Truth Social Has Set Million on Fire
Remember when you saw the epic, awesome trailer for The Creator and thought “Oh, that’s cool, I’d like to see that” but then didn’t? Well, now you can change that because The Creator is finally available at home.
Source: Gizmodo – You Can Now Watch The Creator at Home, and You Should
A recent deep field image from the Webb Space Telescope, showcasing a region of space known as Pandora’s Cluster, or Abell 2744, features two galaxies. These galaxies are remarkable for their distance from Earth, being the second and fourth most distant galaxies ever observed, according to a team of researchers that…
Source: Gizmodo – Webb Telescope Spots the Second-Most-Distant Galaxy Yet
It’s still kind of wild to us that last year brought a new Predator movie, and a good one at that. After decades of the franchise flopping around unable to figure out what it wanted to be, director Dan Trachtenberg stepped up to the plate with Prey, a standalone prequel that gave us the kind of emotion and thrills the…
Source: Gizmodo – This Is Our Best Look Yet at Prey’s Feral Predator
TikTok’s cultural dominance just gained another weapon, and it’s an awfully convenient one: a new feature that will easily allow users to add songs they hear on TikTok to a streaming service like Amazon Music, Apple Music, and Spotify. “Add to Music App” is available in the U.S. and the UK starting today, with plans…
Source: Gizmodo – TikTok Gets a New Feature to Add Those Earworms to Your Music App
It doesn’t have to be the case that a monster movie has great action and truly turgid human drama between the setpieces, but that’s largely been the case for Legendary’s Godzilla reboot, the “Monsterverse.” Sometimes the action being so fun can tip the odds against some truly stupid human beings—see King of the…
Source: Gizmodo – Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Finally Nails the Monsterverse Balance
The day has arrived to gather your party and venture forth to Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures, Hasbro’s free, 24-hour ad-supported channel celebrating the wildly popular tabletop roleplaying game. Launching today on Amazon Freevee and Plex (with more to come), the channel will debut three original series this week—and…
Source: Gizmodo – Dungeons & Dragons’ 24-Hour FAST Channel Is Here
It’s a bummer being a kid whose parents get called to work on Christmas Eve—but that trouble is amplified about a billion when Dad is Batman. Damian Wayne is familiar with the burdens of being part of a superhero family, but as the trailer for Prime Video’s Merry Little Batman shows, he’s also capable of stepping up…
Source: Gizmodo – Merry Little Batman’s Trailer Promises a Cute and Chaotic Gotham Christmas
Zelle, a payments app owned by seven of America’s largest banks, began reimbursing victims of imposter scams on the platform, according to an emailed statement from the company. Early Warning Services, the network operator of Zelle, says it will process refunds for scams dating back to June, which is a change of…
Source: Gizmodo – Zelle Begins Refunding Scam Victims in Major Tone Shift
Scarlett Johansson sure seemed shaken when asked about those rumors of her return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Source: Gizmodo – Scarlett Johansson Plays Coy About Black Widow’s Marvel Return
Radio emissions detected about 24,855 miles (40,000 kilometers) above a dark region on the Sun have aurora-like qualities, according to a team of astronomers that studied the emissions.
Source: Gizmodo – Researchers See ‘Aurora’ Above Sunspot
Bitcoin wallets older than 2016 could have a vulnerability that puts over $1 billion worth of cryptocurrency at risk, according to a report in the Washington Post.
Source: Gizmodo – Millions of Old Bitcoin Wallets Have Critical Security Flaws, Experts Say
NASA is pulling back from its Mars Sample Return program (MSR) in order to develop a revised way of bringing the Martian rocks back to Earth after its original plan was deemed unrealistic.
Source: Gizmodo – NASA ‘Pauses’ Mars Sample Return to Get a Grip on the Mission
Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, recently rolled out a few updates for Meta’s Threads and the biggest standout is that you finally have a way to delete your Threads profile separately from your Instagram account.
Source: Gizmodo – You Can Finally Delete Threads Without Losing Your Instagram
In one of those rare cases where the rumor mills are actually accurate, director Taika Waititi confirmed that if Marvel Studios decides to make a fifth Thor movie, he won’t be involved. “I wouldn’t know if that’s [a Thor 5 happening] accurate,” Waititi said to Business Insider. “I know that I won’t be involved.”
Source: Gizmodo – If There’s a Thor 5, Taika Waititi Won’t Be Part of It
The SETI Institute, a leading non-profit in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, has received a transformative $200 million gift from the estate of Franklin Antonio, a long-time supporter who passed away last year.
Source: Gizmodo – The Search for Alien Intelligence Just Scored a 0 Million Boost
Godzilla looms large in a tense new clip from Minus One. Meet Chris Pratt’s Garfield, who sounds an awful lot like Chris Pratt’s Mario, among other Chris Pratts. A Voyager icon reconfirms their return for Star Trek Prodigy. Plus, Doctor Who adds another mystery guest star. Spoilers, away!
Source: Gizmodo – The He-Man Movie Might Be Close to Finding a New Home
Finally, a robot to tell you which jacket you should wear to the function. Google DeepMind, the search giant’s AI-centric brain trust, just announced a new weather forecasting model that beats traditional systems more than 90% of the time. Named GraphCast, the machine learning model promises 10-day predictions that…
Source: Gizmodo – Google’s New AI Weatherman Will Leave Forecasters in the Dust
YouTube released new policy updates on Tuesday to combat AI-generated content that resembles the voice and style of music artists. Earlier this year, “Heart on My Sleeve,” a song that sounds like a track made by Drake and The Weeknd, created with generative AI, garnered over 600,000 plays and was even considered for a …
Source: Gizmodo – YouTube Cracks Down on Future ‘AI Drakes’ With Updated Policies