Here's How to Get a Piece of the $25 Million Apple Family Sharing Settlement

If you ever enrolled in the Apple Family Sharing with a family member between 2015 and 2019, you may entitled to a cut from the $25 million legal settlement Apple agreed to pay. MacRumors did some math and claims you could get between $30 to $50 if you qualify.

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Source: Gizmodo – Here’s How to Get a Piece of the Million Apple Family Sharing Settlement

Godzilla Minus One Is Getting a Glorious Black and White Re-Release

The best sci-fi movie of 2023 is already making an early play for the best sci-fi movie of 2024 on a technicality. After its unprecedented international success, Godzilla Minus One is returning to Japanese theaters for a special release in black and white.

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Source: Gizmodo – Godzilla Minus One Is Getting a Glorious Black and White Re-Release

Flightless Bird: E-Scooter Company Bird Declares Bankruptcy

Electric scooter company Bird is flying south for the winter, and it might be a very different kind of fowl by the time it returns. The Miami, Florida-based micro-mobility company known for allowing rambunctious, helmetless e-scooterists to fly down city streets declared bankruptcy Wednesday, saying it was entering…

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Source: Gizmodo – Flightless Bird: E-Scooter Company Bird Declares Bankruptcy

Disney+ Sets Its Star Wars and Marvel Slate for 2024

Mutant Mayhem’s Jeff Rowe talks keeping Shredder back for the sequel. Wyatt Russell discusses’ Thunderbolts filming schedule. Get a look at Jadis’ return for Walking Dead: Ones Who Live. Plus, get a look at Adam Sandler’s new sci-fi movie for Netflix, Spaceman. To me, my spoilers!

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Source: Gizmodo – Disney+ Sets Its Star Wars and Marvel Slate for 2024

Adorable Cat Video Reaches Earth After 16-Million-Mile Journey from Deep Space

NASA just combined all of my favorite things: space, lasers, and cats. In a first-of-its-kind demonstration of deep space optical communication, the space agency streamed a high-definition video from 19 million miles away from Earth. And as it turns out, NASA is just as obsessed as we are when it comes to sharing cat…

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Source: Gizmodo – Adorable Cat Video Reaches Earth After 16-Million-Mile Journey from Deep Space

Elon Musk Draws the Ire of the Tesla Hoe

This week, Tesla made an abrupt change to its in-vehicle entertainment system interface, appearing to cut Disney+ out of the rotation of apps that could be accessed by users. Teslarati initially reported that the car company appeared “to have axed Disney+ from its vehicles.” The site later updated its reporting,…

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Source: Gizmodo – Elon Musk Draws the Ire of the Tesla Hoe

10 Movies to Stream Tonight If You Can't Stand Christmas

Christmas horror movies are never not popular—but what about those holiday-themed dramas, film noirs, and action comedies that never seem to surface on festive watch lists? We’ve gathered 10 movies to stream if all the traditional titles make you want to gouge your eyes out with candy canes.

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Source: Gizmodo – 10 Movies to Stream Tonight If You Can’t Stand Christmas

Magic: The Gathering Formally Bans the Use of Generative AI in 'Final' Products

An error in judgement earlier this year—when a D&D artist confirmed they had used generative AI programs to finish several pieces of art included in the sourcebook Glory of the Giants—saw Wizards of the Coast publicly ban the use of AI tools in the process of creating art for the venerable TTRPG. Now, the publisher is…

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Source: Gizmodo – Magic: The Gathering Formally Bans the Use of Generative AI in ‘Final’ Products

INTERPOL Arrests 3,500 Suspects in Sweeping Cybercrime Operation

Interpol, an international police organization, has arrested nearly 3,500 people allegedly connected to cybercrime in a sweeping operation announced on Tuesday. $300 million worth of assets across 34 countries were reportedly seized. The operation, Haechi IV, blocked over 80,000 suspicious bank accounts and warned…

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Source: Gizmodo – INTERPOL Arrests 3,500 Suspects in Sweeping Cybercrime Operation

The Google Play Store Ruling Is Bad News for Longtime Android Phone Users

Last week, Epic won a years-long suit against Google for anti-competitive practices within the Play Store. We were all left wondering: what would happen to Android’s app store moving forward?

Today, Google laid out what’s happening in its Keyword blog, and it’s all in time for the holiday when we can finally slow down…

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Source: Gizmodo – The Google Play Store Ruling Is Bad News for Longtime Android Phone Users

2023 Was the Weakest Year for Memes in History

For the last two decades, some of the weirdest and most creative things on the internet played out in images and GIFs. There have always been terrible memes, but for years, memes as a category were consistently funny, useful, inspiring, and even thought-provoking. They crossed over into all of the furthest reaches of…

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Source: Gizmodo – 2023 Was the Weakest Year for Memes in History

Lego Is Officially Making a Twilight Set

Vampires are so hot right now. With Interview With the Vampire and Baldur’s Gate 3’s Astarion being anywhere and everywhere online, we’re in a toothsome renaissance not seen since the days of… well, Twilight’s cultural dominance. So it’s perhaps fitting that it itself returns for the occasion, although in a much…

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Source: Gizmodo – Lego Is Officially Making a Twilight Set

Fantastic Gifts for the Skywatchers in Your life

Amateur astronomy is so hot right now, and it’s never been easier for backyard enthusiasts to gaze into the cosmos and contemplate their puny, meaningless existences. We’ve assembled a collection of exceptional gift ideas to help your favorite space enthusiast take their skywatching skills to the next level.

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Source: Gizmodo – Fantastic Gifts for the Skywatchers in Your life