Talking on the Town podcast, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos—who, host Matt Belloni pointed out, has been reluctant to divulge ratings and audience numbers in the past—explained the timing of yesterday’s “What We Watched” engagement report, including why it’s taken Netflix so long to offer this level of data transparency.
Source: Gizmodo – Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos Explains Why It Has Been Hiding All That Streaming Data
NASA’s iconic space probe is having trouble communicating with its home planet due to a computer glitch, forcing engineers to resort to decades-old manuals to come up with a way to fix the 46-year-old mission.
Source: Gizmodo – NASA’s Voyager 1 Spacecraft Is Speaking Gibberish
Here’s a scary lesson about why you shouldn’t hold in your sneezes. In a case report this month, doctors in the UK describe a man in his 30s who tore open his windpipe by holding his nose and mouth closed while sneezing—apparently the first documented instance of such an injury. Though the man did have to spend some…
Source: Gizmodo – Man Holds in Sneeze, Rips Open His Windpipe
Have you ever wanted to wear the screen you play your Xbox games on? If you were desperately looking for yet another device to use your Game Pass Ultimate subscription, Meta and Microsoft told users Wednesday that they can start running through their cloud gaming library on Meta Quest headsets, including the Quest 2, Q…
Source: Gizmodo – You Can Now Play Xbox Cloud Gaming Through Meta Quest
After all this time, Hollywood still believes in The Lost Boys. After years of failed sequels and multiple attempts at TV reboots, the film is now going off the screen and onto the stage. It’s being turned into a musical.
Source: Gizmodo – Now The Lost Boys Is Being Turned Into a What?
If Elon Musk’s car company doesn’t want its Nordic offices to get really smelly, really fast, it’s going to have to put its tail between its legs and admit that it’s officially been bested by the organized labor of Europe.
Source: Gizmodo – Tesla’s Fight With Swedish Unions Just Got Trashy
Twitter is officially dead. Since Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of it late last year, people have been saying it’s dead or dying or will die. Musk ended the argument when he renamed the app “X.” And now, so many people seem to pine for the days when Twitter was good. But let me tell you, it was never good. It…
Source: Gizmodo – Twitter Hasn’t Been ‘Enshittified.’ It Always Sucked.
In the immortal words of Keanu Reeves in several of his movies: “Whoa.”
Source: Gizmodo – There Are Over 350 Movies References in This Epic Art Piece
Apple’s strategy, if there was one at all, for protecting your phone’s data from theft has been pretty bad all along. If the thief can take a glance at your password before stealing your iPhone, you have handed him your entire digital life. With the iOS 17.3 beta that rolled out yesterday, the company finally added…
Source: Gizmodo – Your iPhone Is About to Get a Lot Safer Against Theft
Netflix announced that it was branching into games back in November 2021, but so far the streamer remains far better known for its movies and TV series. The company hopes to change that in 2024, with four new games on the way it announced today, and dozens more in the works—as well as a push toward making Netflix…
Source: Gizmodo – With 16 New Titles Coming, Netflix Is Determined to Make Games Happen in 2024
So far, Monarch has done a fascinating job of exploring the legacy of Godzilla across its dual timelines, but actually getting glimpses of the big guy (and current box office darling) since we flashed back to G-Day have been hard to come by. But as io9 can exclusively reveal, we’re getting a little taste this week.
Source: Gizmodo – Monarch Can’t Keep a Good Godzilla Down in This Exclusive Preview
Worldcoin, Sam Altman’s cryptocurrency venture, is now integrating its verification services into popular apps such as Reddit, Discord, Shopify, Mercado Libre, Telegram, and Minecraft. The move is part of Altman’s World ID 2.0, which describes itself as “a human passport for the internet.”
Source: Gizmodo – Sam Altman’s Weird Eyeball Scanning Crypto Tech Comes to Minecraft
Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ private space venture, is ready to fly its New Shepard rocket again after over a year of being grounded. The company this week announced the rocket’s first cargo mission since its booster went up in flames in a liftoff malfunction back in September 2022.
Source: Gizmodo – Blue Origin Finally Ready to Launch New Shepard Rocket After Last Year’s Fiery Anomaly
As 2023 draws to a close, the io9 staff has had to admit something about ourselves: we watch a lot of TV. From a starting list that was admittedly alarmingly long, we managed to winnow down our 20 favorites—including animation, sci-fi, horror, and fantasy, and titles both brand-new, some seasons in, and (in one case,…
Source: Gizmodo – 20 Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror TV Shows of 2023
Christopher Eccleston has had a long road of private and publicly processing his time on Doctor Who—for many years, the actor simply refused to talk about why, having helped turn the series into a sensation when it returned in 2005, he left and never looked back. But, while still largely reserved, Eccleston is now…
Source: Gizmodo – Christopher Eccleston Still Has a Strong Ask For Returning to Doctor Who
Are you enjoying that new Deck smell a little too much? Valve’s support staff are now telling users that they shouldn’t be huffing the exhaust from the Steam Deck’s grills for their health and safety, though there’s no recorded issue with folks taking a hit off their electronics’ cooling vents.
Source: Gizmodo – Please Don’t Huff Fumes From Your Steam Deck
Apple says it now requires a judge’s consent before it will hand over your push notification data to law enforcement or government officials, according to an update of Apple’s Legal Process Guidelines on Tuesday. Senator Ron Wyden wrote a letter to the Department of Justice last week accusing foreign governments of…
Source: Gizmodo – Apple Makes It Harder for Police to Access Your Push Notifications
Kung Fu Panda expands its cast for its fourth movie. Terrifier 3 locks in a major return. Plus, another new look at Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. Spoilers, away!
Source: Gizmodo – Barry Keoghan Teases His Future With The Batman
Meta’s long-promised AI-enabled vision features for the company’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses are finally incoming, allowing the onboard AI to see, hear, and interpret its environment through the glasses’ 12 MP camera and microphone. The company proclaimed late Tuesday that these new AI-vision features are now available in…
Source: Gizmodo – Meta’s Ray-Ban Glasses Now Have Thoughts About Your Pants
