The first impressions for The Marvels have hit the internet, and while for some the Marvel Studios flick that soars by the might of its trio of heroes, for others that chemistry is brought down by some wider issues
Source: Gizmodo – The Marvels’ First Reactions Are Here, and All Over the Place
Everyone has their go-to annual holiday movies and specials to watch, but what if you’re itching to watch something new? Here’s a list of 10 brand-new releases coming for 2023‘s festive season, leaning heavily into the comedy and Santa-style magic, with some animation along for the ride too.
Source: Gizmodo – 10 New Holiday Movies, Specials, and Series Coming This Season
The first look at the Dinkinesh asteroid revealed a surprise: The small space rock had its own moon. Now as the Lucy spacecraft downlinked more images of its first target, it showed not one but two tiny asteroids orbiting around Dinkinesh.
Source: Gizmodo – Another Lucy Bonus: Asteroid’s Surprise Moon Is Actually Two Rocks Stuck Together
This afternoon Nintendo of Japan officially confirmed that it is working with Sony Pictures to bring one of its most seminal franchises, The Legend of Zelda, to the big screen in a live action movie adaptation.
Source: Gizmodo – Nintendo Is Officially Making a Live Action Legend of Zelda Movie
Netflix is doing its best to lure its customers into exploring its gaming options, and now another streamer—one that’s perhaps better angled for this purpose—is trying the same: anime hotspot Crunchyroll. Starting today, members of the Mega Fan ($9.99/month) and Ultimate Fan ($14.99/month) tiers can access free games…
Source: Gizmodo – Crunchyroll Comes for Netflix With Expansion Into Mobile Games
Twenty years ago today, the sight of a diminutive cartoon Yoda—shrouded in a hooded cloak, his green lightsaber ignited and held high—riding atop a goatlike mount transformed Star Wars as we knew it. A year before at the climax of Attack of the Clones, he’d told us that begun, the Clone Wars had: now they truly had,…
Source: Gizmodo – 20 Years Ago Today, Genndy Tartakovsky’s Clone Wars Changed Star Wars Forever
It surely says something about the state of the world today that one of the web’s most anodyne and wholesome memes chose to come out of retirement this week to wade into the discussion surrounding one of the most contentious political conflicts in modern history.
Source: Gizmodo – After 12 Years of Silence, Nyan Cat Says ‘Free Palestine’
Viruses are somehow even weirder than we thought. In a recent study published last month, scientists say they’ve discovered two new viruses that hijack the machinery of other bacteria-infecting viruses in order to replicate themselves. One of these vampiric viruses even acts the part, appearing to “bite” and latch…
Source: Gizmodo – Scientists Discover Vampiric Viruses That ‘Bite’ Other Viruses for Survival
A one way trip to the Red Planet would take up to nine months. During that time, astronauts on board the Mars-bound spacecraft could lose their sense of direction and ability to know up from down, making it difficult to orient themselves on the Martian surface. In order to keep astronauts on course, a wearable device…
Source: Gizmodo – New Wearable Helps Astronauts Know Up From Down—Trusting It Is the Hard Part
A UK-based startup is hoping to turn their specialized tampons into a popular test for sexually transmitted infections. The company Daye has launched a new at-home screening service for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and other common STIs. The test is currently only available in the UK but will reportedly expand to the U.S.…
Source: Gizmodo – There’s Now a Tampon That Can Test for STIs
Over a decade has passed since Christopher Paolini last published a book in The Inheritance Cycle, and he returns to Alagaësia, this time following a fan-favorite character from the original series, Murtagh. Picking up a year after 2011’s Inheritance, Murtagh, alongside his dragon, Thorn, is searching for meaning in a…
Source: Gizmodo – Read an Excerpt from Murtagh, the Newest Book in the Inheritance Cycle
Everyone’s talking about how creepy generative AI is, so Google Photos won’t let you edit pictures of your driver’s license, ID cards, or anything personally identifiable. If you try to use the Magic Editor with a compatible Pixel device, Photos pops up a window to let you know it can’t complete the action since it…
Source: Gizmodo – Google Photos Won’t Let You Use Magic Editor to Make a Fake ID
Early last week, Israel’s Arrow 2 missile system successfully intercepted and destroyed a suborbital ballistic missile suspected of launching from Yemen. It’s a notable technological achievement, but one with potentially serious legal and geopolitical implications.
Source: Gizmodo – Humanity Just Witnessed Its First Space Battle
Texas will vote on whether to give the oil and gas industry billions to make its barely-working power grid more reliable while ignoring the benefits of renewable energy. This comes two years after a winter storm shut off power for millions of Texans, and a heat wave this past summer that pushed the power grid to its…
Source: Gizmodo – Texas’ Screwed-Up Power Grid Is on the Ballot
Four episodes in, season seven of Rick and Morty has already introduced new voices (who sound just like old voices), as well as packed in fan-favorite side characters and guest stars. But amid the partying, grotesque mutations, and horrifying spaghetti reveals, the biggest theme so far has been the importance of…
Source: Gizmodo – Rick and Morty’s Dan Harmon on Bringing Rick’s Nemesis Into Season 7
The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed to hold big tech accountable to the same regulations that banks are, in a filing Tuesday. If Apple and PayPal offer financial services similar to banks like savings accounts, credit cards, and payments, the CFPB wants to regulate them like it does the banks.
Source: Gizmodo – U.S. Regulators Want to Treat Apple, PayPal Like Banks
The AMPTP has doubled down on AI—a contentious issue within the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike—with its latest “final offer” for the actors’ union.
Source: Gizmodo – Studios Keep Actors’ Strike Going by Pushing a Truly Horrifying AI Deal
Google “how many days until Christmas” on a computer, and you’ll find a little animated present that transports you to the company’s Santa Tracker hub, a winter wonderland full of activities and educational content for children. Among the offerings is a guessing game called Quick Draw, which makes an explicit and…
Source: Gizmodo – Google Promises Its Christmas Game Doesn’t Use Kids to Train AI
Waze users will start hearing directly from the app which are the most accident-prone roads on their route. Perhaps now the Google-owned app will help settle the age-old argument about which state has the worst roads and the worst drivers (hint: it’s a tie between all states in the northeast U.S.).
Source: Gizmodo – Waze Now Alerts Drivers if They’re Heading Down a Crash-Prone Road
YouTube is testing out two generative AI features for Premium users that will answer user questions about the video they’re watching and summarize a video’s comment section, Google announced Monday.
Source: Gizmodo – YouTube’s AI Chatbot Reads the Comments for You