A lot has happened in Star Wars: The High Republic since we last left big bad Marchion Ro—the Eye of the Nihil, and the biggest threat the Jedi and the Republic had faced in generations—triumphant. A whole phase of the transmedia initiative, in fact, as it jumped back in time to set the stage for a climactic third…
Source: Gizmodo – Star Wars: The High Republic’s Biggest Villain Is Back in a New Book Excerpt
The S Pen Creator Edition was announced in July when the Galaxy Tab S9 was released. Well, now you can finally buy it for $99 in the US.
Source: Gizmodo – Practice Your Penmanship With the Samsung S Pen Creator Edition
A rare bipartisan coalition of lawmakers has teamed up to propose major privacy reforms that could fundamentally reign in the US government’s most powerful domestic surveillance tools.
Source: Gizmodo – Lawmakers Say FBI Can Keep Its Prized Surveillance Tool, but It’ll Need a Warrant
In space, misplacing a bag of tools is hard to recover from. A tiny mishap during a recent spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) has led to a new object in the night sky, with a tool bag now orbiting Earth ahead of the space station, temporarily taunting the astronauts who dropped it.
Source: Gizmodo – Astronaut Tool Bag Becomes Unexpected Satellite After ISS Spacewalk Slip-Up
Interview With the Vampire attracted plenty of fans during its first season on AMC—but the Anne Rice adaptation saw its audience grow exponentially when the show recently enjoyed a two-month showcase on Max. It might go without saying, but you can expect collaborations of this sort to become even more prevalent in the…
Source: Gizmodo – Max and AMC’s Content-Sharing ‘Experiment’ Is Just the Beginning
Marvel Studios is tapping into the majorly cosmic powers of Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers (Brie Larson); Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani); and Photon, Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) by fueling them with the power of family.
Source: Gizmodo – The Marvels’ Nia DaCosta Explains Why She Made a Family-Powered Movie
ByteDance, the China-based company that owns TikTok as well as one of the biggest overseas VR makers, Pico, is taking a long look at its VR headset business, finding that all those metaverse champions were way too “optimistic” in their estimation that virtual reality would take over the world.
Source: Gizmodo – TikTok Owner’s VR Headset Company Pico Lays Off Hundreds of Staff: Report
Earlier this morning, ESA released the Euclid space telescope’s first scientific images, offering a glimpse into its mission to explore the “dark universe”—the mysterious 95% of the cosmos made up of dark matter and dark energy.
Source: Gizmodo – With Euclid’s First Dazzling Images, Webb Finds a Worthy Rival in Deep Space
WeWork filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday, listing nearly $19 billion in debts, according to Bloomberg. The coworking space, once the largest office space tenant in Manhattan, will keep existing offices open, according to its bankruptcy filing.
Source: Gizmodo – Nobody Wants to WeWork Anymore
Chad Stahleski wants to keep Queen’s Highlander music in his reboot. Get new looks at Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon and Godzilla Minus One in new posters. Plus, what’s to come on Fear the Walking Dead, and even more sneak peeks at Doctor Who’s return. Spoilers, away!
Source: Gizmodo – No One Has Any Idea What the Future of John Wick Looks Like Yet
The American Ornithological Society announced this week that, next year, North American birds named for people will no longer be, as the society seeks to instead name the birds for themselves—and remove any negative human connotations from the domain of avifauna.
Source: Gizmodo – You’ll Have to Learn New Names for These American Birds
The first Marvels trailer dropped all the way back in April, giving us our first good glimpse of the movie’s superhero-switcheroo hijinks. Now, of course, we know a lot more about the Captain Marvel sequel—but of course Marvel can’t resist one last tease before the movie itself arrives Friday.
Source: Gizmodo – The Marvels’ Blazing Final Trailer Is Here
Things just keep getting worse for Cruise, the troubled robotaxi company that once dreamed of being a leader in the autonomous driving industry. Only a month after a violent collision forced the company to ground all of its fleets nationwide, multiple news outlets have reported that the company’s “self driving” cars…
Source: Gizmodo – Cruise Robotaxis Require Remote Human Assistance Every 4 to 5 Miles
There’s a slight update on Snow, Kit Harrington’s Jon Snow Game of Thrones spin-off that was being talked about at Max.
Source: Gizmodo – We’ll Be Waiting Awhile for That Jon Snow Game of Thrones Spin-Off
Marvel’s upcoming Blade movie will introduce the beloved vampire hunter to the MCU and mark his first theatrical appearance since Wesley Snipes bowed out of the role with 2007’s Blade Trinity. Much has been made about what the movie is or isn’t, but for director Yann Demange, the film will be a great showcase for star…
Source: Gizmodo – Blade’s Director Wants to Show Another Side of Mahershala Ali
This past weekend at BlizzCon, fresh off the news that Blizzard—and the rest of Activision—would be joining Microsoft officially, the video game developer lifted the lid on the future of its longest-running game, World of Warcraft, in a big way. And in doing so, it reminded us in quite a stark way just how much time…
Source: Gizmodo – World of Warcraft Is Letting One of Its Best Characters Grow Older With It
It’s nearing the end of the year, which means once holiday shopping and sales are over, we’ll be talking about the next generation of new smartphones. Samsung typically starts us off for the year with the Galaxy flagship lineup. And next year, it could be accompanied by new fancy jargon to compete with the iPhone 15…
Source: Gizmodo – Samsung’s Galaxy S24 Ultra Is Coming for the iPhone 15 Pro With Its Own Titanium Build
OpenAI revealed a lot of significant innovations during its first-ever developer conference on Monday. The company reported it currently has two million developers and 100 million weekly active users, with 92% of Fortune 500 companies building on its products. OpenAI is the “most advanced and widely used AI platform…
Source: Gizmodo – Biggest Moments From OpenAI’s DevDay
Truth Social founder, failed businessman, and flop POTUS Donald Trump has been attempting to shitpost his way through an avalanche of legal troubles. Beset by as many as four separate court cases, Trump’s solution has mostly been to whine about it a lot on social media—often taking aim at prosecutors and judges…
Source: Gizmodo – Donald Trump Gets Annoying IRL
