Deep into the night before All Hallows Eve, Apple’s Cupertino spaceship headquarters was shrouded in a dense, black fog as if preparing to release a malevolent force upon the world. Thankfully, when the fog cleared, what we had instead was three new chips, a MacBook Pro update, and an iMac refresh.
Source: Gizmodo – Hands-on With the Apple M3 MacBook Pro: Made for Enticing the Lingering Intel Users
Government leaders in more than 40 countries are signing a pledge agreeing never to pay a ransom to cybercriminals again. U.S. President Joe Biden introduced the International Counter Ransomware Initiative in 2021 and will discuss countries agreeing to push back against cybercriminals and cutting off their revenue…
Source: Gizmodo – 48 Countries Set to Refuse Future Ransomware Payments, White House Says
It’s hard to imagine that the next Marvel movie is out in just a few weeks, but here we are—The Marvels is set to fly into cinemas November 10 and we’re only just getting our first extended look at the film. At least it’s a pretty fun one?
Source: Gizmodo – The Marvels’ First Clip Is a Body Swapping Brawl
As American-based tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon begin to chase the seemingly unstoppable tidal wave of generative AI, Chinese company Alibaba wants in on the action too. The e-commerce giant is reportedly readying to release its own large language model that will compete with Microsoft and Amazon.
Source: Gizmodo – Alibaba Soups Up Its AI to Stick It To Microsoft and Amazon
Not one, but two giant crocodile movies are on the way. Get a sumptuous look at Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron in a new video. Plus, it’s spaghetti Thursdays on the next episode of Rick & Morty. Happy spoiloween, everybody!
Source: Gizmodo – Updates From Loki Season 2, Doctor Who, and More
Microsoft’s generative AI work assistant Copilot will debut to millions of enterprise customers Wednesday. Chief Information Officers around the country are stepping up training in preparation for the Microsoft 365 product launch, according to the Wall Street Journal, and it may be a change coming to your office place…
Source: Gizmodo – Microsoft Copilot Launches Worldwide Tomorrow, but What the Hell Is It?
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Source: Gizmodo – Lawn Equipment Spews ‘Shocking’ Amount of Air Pollution, New Data Shows
The UK is currently dealing with an alarming rise of crypto—the diarrhea-causing intestinal parasite, not the baffling currency. In a report this month, health officials documented a much higher number of cases than expected so far in 2023. It’s not clear yet why crypto is surging in the country, though the increase…
Source: Gizmodo – Diarrhea-Causing ‘Crypto’ Parasites Are Surging in the UK
It’s Halloween eve, and Apple brought along a few new desktop products to bask in the dark joys of spooky season, most notably a new Space Black color for the company’s leading laptops. Gizmodo had the opportunity to trick or treat through the new M3-powered laptops and desktop PCs as the company is trying to tout…
Source: Gizmodo – The MacBook Pro is Back in Black, Now Powered with M3
In a not-so-spooky event on Halloween Eve, Apple revealed the details of its latest MacBook Pro and iMac desktop computers. Both lineups have been refreshed with Apple’s new M3 silicon, the company’s first 3nm process outside of the iPhone.
Source: Gizmodo – Everything Apple Announced at Its ‘Scary Fast’ Event
Last Thursday, Hasbro had an investor’s call to discuss the third quarter, and while Hasbro itself might be going through a rough time, with lower-than-expected earnings, Wizards of the Coast was once again the high earner for the company—bolstered by two big releases.
Source: Gizmodo – Baldur’s Gate 3 Hype and Magic Crossovers Saved Hasbro’s Bottom Line
Hasbro’s 6″ line of Star Wars action figures, the Black Series, launched a decade ago, and has gone on to give us many great representations (and some not so great) of Star Wars heroes and villains from across the galaxy. It is, however, absolutely insane that it will take until 2024 for the line to give us a second Pa…
Source: Gizmodo – Hasbro’s Next Star Wars Toys Are Giving Us Some Phantom Menace Classics
Android users can finally join the realm of the easy login life. Google revealed Monday that Credential Manager will arrive on Android devices beginning Nov. 1, ushering in the next phase of the company’s conversion to passkeys. This also means Android users will finally have the iPhone’s FaceID-like unlocking…
Source: Gizmodo – Android Users to Get Apple-like Login Features This Week
In It Follows, an unstoppable entity stalks its victims to the ends of the Earth. It’s slow, steady, and it can’t be stopped. So it’s almost fitting that while it took a long time, now, after a 10-year wait, a sequel is finally on its way to us.
Source: Gizmodo – The Terrifying It Follows Is Finally Getting a Sequel
The PlayStation Pulse Explore earbuds will be available on Dec. 6, allowing holiday shoppers just enough time to grab the wireless, low-latency buds for $199.99, Sony revealed Monday. The earbuds will be the only Bluetooth headphones on the market compatible with the PlayStation Portal, Sony’s upcoming portable gaming…
Source: Gizmodo – Sony PlayStation Wireless Earbuds Set to Release Just in Time for the Holidays
After traveling millions of miles over the past two years, the Lucy spacecraft has almost reached its first destination. NASA’s asteroid probe will briefly rendezvous with Dinkinesh in the main asteroid belt on Wednesday to prepare for its future visits of Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids.
Source: Gizmodo – NASA’s Lucy Ready to Explore Its First Asteroid This Week
Google CEO Sundar Pichai upheld the company’s decision to pay out billions of dollars to remain the top global search engine at the U.S. anti-trust trial on Monday, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Pichai claimed he tried to give users a “seamless and easy” experience, even if it meant paying Apple…
Source: Gizmodo – Sundar Pichai Defends Google Paying Billions to Remain Top Search Engine
In a surprise move, Lionsgate has signed an interim agreement with SAG-AFTRA for the upcoming Hunger Games prequel film, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Variety reports. This means that the actors—including top-billed Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler—will be able to promote this film, and will very likely be walking…
Source: Gizmodo – Stars of the New Hunger Games Prequel Will Likely Walk the Red Carpet
Health officials in Austria are the latest to warn the public to stay away from sketchy sources of semaglutide, the active ingredient in popular weight loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic, following recent reports of severe adverse effects linked to counterfeit products. Residents have reportedly been hospitalized with…
Source: Gizmodo – Fake Ozempic Has Sent Several People to the Hospital, Health Agency Warns
