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Mar 27, 2023

The Looney Tunes Transform Into Wizard of Oz to Celebrate Warner Bros' 100th Anniversary
The spirit of what April Fools' Day should be is the energy of the Looney Tunes, and with that in mind ACME Fools will debut wacky new content to celebrate the silly antics of animation's agents of chaos and their Warner Bros. 100 crossover events.

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Gizmodo
Mar 27, 2023

The Sonos Era 300 Is the Best Premium Speaker for Apple Households
Admittedly, this is my first time with a Sonos speaker—ever. The brand was always too far out of my price range for me to consider over the years, and I'm not what you would call an "audiophile." I am a person who listens to the same five songs over and over again in pursuit of a "vibe." To be fair, the Sonos Era …

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Gizmodo
Mar 27, 2023

Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: Can You Solve Lewis Carroll's Tricky ‘Pillow Problem'?
To most, Lewis Carroll is best known as the whimsical author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, but did you know that he was also an avid puzzler and published mathematician? Among his many contributions was a book of mathematical puzzles that he called "Pillow Problems." They are so named because Carroll devised…

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Gizmodo
Mar 26, 2023

Gerard Piqué's Twitch Soccer League Crowns 'El Barrio' Champion Before 92,500 People
BARCELONA, Spain — Gerard Piqué's Kings League, a new soccer league that just three months ago debuted to jokes and scorn, came to a glorious, dramatic finish in FC Barcelona's famous Camp Nou stadium on Sunday. As Piqué handed the glittering gold trophy to the winner, Adri Contreras' "El Barrio," a perpetual underdog…

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Gizmodo
Mar 26, 2023

Fear the Walking Dead's Final Season Trailer Links Back to the Original Show
Your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. Fear the Walking Dead is still on the air and a trailer for its eighth and final season is here. In it, the show makes direct reference to a major character in the original series, providing a link that fans have been curious about since day one.

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Gizmodo
Mar 26, 2023

The Saga of Victoria Alonso's Firing From Marvel Studios Heats Up
When one of the key figures behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe was fired seemingly out of the blue, you had a sense it was going to get much more complex. And now, it has.

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Gizmodo
Mar 26, 2023

Did You Catch the John Wick: Chapter 4 End Credits Scene?
John Wick: Chapter 4 just had a killer weekend at the box office, grossing $73.5 million, the biggest opening weekend yet for the franchise and the second biggest opening of Keanu Reeves' career, behind The Matrix Reloaded.

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Gizmodo
Mar 26, 2023

Marvel Actor Jonathan Majors Arrested On Assault Charge
Jonathan Majors, the actor who portrays the villainous Kang in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, was arrested and charged in New York City this weekend after an alleged domestic dispute. TMZ first reported the news.

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Gizmodo
Mar 25, 2023

The New Hunger Games Prequel Poster Brings the Bling
With just a teaser out in the world so far, the movie version of Suzanne Collins' The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes—the prequel to the Hunger Games series, set six decades before the revolution sparked by Katniss Everdeen—has dropped some sparkle to remind you it's on the way. Behold, this 24k new poster!


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Gizmodo
Mar 25, 2023

After 35 Years, Dead Ringers Is Still Packed With Uncomfortable Chills
David Cronenberg's name has become shorthand for skin-crawling body horror, and many of his films do lean into the extremely visceral. But while Dead Ringers tells a story rooted in the medical profession, its shocks are (mostly) more psychologically distressing than stomach-turning—with no potency lost 35 years after…

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Gizmodo
Mar 25, 2023

Here's Your History-Twisted First Look at HBO Max's New Clone High Series
The much-anticipated "modern refresh" of MTV's cult animated series Clone High is inching toward its HBO Max release—and the series, created in part by Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse's Phil Lord and Chris Miller, has some hilarious new history-twisting images to prove it. Plus: more casting news!

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Gizmodo
Mar 25, 2023

Star Trek: Picard's Showrunner Knew Data Had to Be Part of the Next Generation Reunion
Star Trek: Picard fans knew that the show's third and final season would be a Next Generation reunion, featuring characters from the series that introduced Patrick Stewart's Jean-Luc Picard. But while Brent Spiner had appeared in previous Picard seasons, many wondered if season three would find a way to bring him back…

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Gizmodo
Mar 25, 2023

A Most Unusual Robot Revolution Rises in Animated Short Seniors 3000
After a mishap involving her office's slick new printer, aging pencil-pusher Marlène gets called out by her smarmy young boss. Perhaps, he suggests, if she can't evolve with the technology, she should take herself out of the workforce entirely. As sci-fi short Seniors 3000 reveals, there is another, far wilder way!

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Gizmodo
Mar 25, 2023

The Past Four Months Have Been Rough on Rockets—Especially New Ones
Earlier this week, Relativity Space's 3D-printed Terran 1 rocket failed to reach orbit on its first flight. That's now the sixth failed launch in the past four months across the global space industry, in what's an upsetting yet not altogether surprising trend.

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Get a Taste of Walt Disney World's Toy Story-Themed Roundup Rodeo BBQ
Shrink down to the size of toys at Toy Story Land in Walt Disney World's Hollywood Studios, where you can play and dine alongside Andy's treasures. Disney Parks invited io9 to preview the food and theming at the newest dining destination that has something for everyone, even plant-based BBQ!

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Hallmarks of an Action Scene with John Wick Director Chad Stahelski
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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

The Kings League Finals Will Be The Biggest Streamer-Run Live Event Ever
The days where streaming was synonymous with playing video games in a bedroom are over. In recent years, streamers have been moving their cameras away from their desktops and towards impressive, hilarious, and sometimes downright strange live events. On Sunday March 26, streamer-run live events will reach a new peak…

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Should Anyone Believe Elon Is Killing Legacy Blue Checks on April Fools' Day?
If you got your blue Twitter verification checkmark the old-fashioned way—you know, by not paying for it—then I have bad news for you. The Tesla CEO turned Twitter CEO reiterated today that legacy blue checkmarks on the platform will be yoinked from users' authenticated hands on April 1...or will they?


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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

The New Knights of the Zodiac Movie Trailer Is an Act of the Gods
What if I told you that actor Madison Iseman is the reincarnation of the goddess Athena? Would you have any idea I was referring to Knights of the Zodiac, the upcoming live-action adaptation of a hit manga/anime series from the 1980s originally called Saint Seiya? I would be surprised, because adaptations were…

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Hackers Render Tesla Car Unsafe to Drive, Win Themselves a Model 3
A group of security researchers have, once again, proven that Tesla vehicles' high-tech software and systems are easily exploited. At Zero Day Initiative's Pwn2Own 2023 hacking competition this week, cybersecurity firm Synacktiv successfully cracked both Tesla's infotainment and Gateway networks in a Model 3 car, as…

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

The Unheard's Intriguing Premise Falls Prey to Too Many Horror Clichés
After undergoing a procedure aimed at restoring her hearing after 12 years of silence, college student Chloe (Chucky's Lachlan Watson) heads to her family's Cape Cod cottage to recuperate. It's lonely—but as The Unheard explores, she finds she's not alone, seemingly in both natural and supernatural ways.

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Blue Origin Blames Faulty Engine Part for Fiery New Shepard Booster Crash
Months after Blue Origin's New Shepard booster went up in flames, the company released a report pinpointing the cause of the rocket anomaly that halted its operations.

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Almost Everyone on Star Trek: Picard *Really* Wants a Spinoff to Happen
Star Trek: Picard's third and final season is shaping up to be a fitting, nostalgic farewell to its titular hero so far—but is the journey of boldly going ever over when there are both the vast reaches of the final frontier and the capitalist mechanism of the mega-franchise to consider? Not really, but hey, at least…

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Elon Reportedly Pulled Out of OpenAI Because They Wouldn't Let Him Be the Big Boss
Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk once played the Mr. Money Bags role to Silicon Valley's newest darling OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT and DALLE-2. The nonprofit has become the center of the tech world's new obsession with AI, but a new report claims that back in 2018 Musk proposed he take over the nonprofit research…

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Starlink Rival OneWeb Poised for Global Coverage After Weekend Launch
British satellite company OneWeb is gearing up for the launch of its final batch of internet satellites, completing a constellation in low Earth orbit despite some hiccups along the way.

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Flesh-Eating Bacteria Could Be Coming to a City Near You
If you were already stressed about increased air pollution and more frequent heat waves, well, you can add another disturbing health impact of climate change to your list: the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus, which is thriving in warming U.S. waters.

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Flesh-Eating Bacteria Could Be Coming to a City Near You, Thanks to Climate Change
If you were already stressed about increased air pollution and more frequent heat waves, well, you can add another disturbing health impact of climate change to your list: the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus, which is thriving in warming U.S. waters.

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Labor Board Confirms You Can Talk Trash About Your Former Boss
National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo has officially stated that employers cannot offer non-disparagement agreements in severance packages and that any previous non-disparagement agreements are void. In other words, the NLRB has made it official that after you move on from your place of…

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Cyberpunk Is Alive, Evolving, and More Relevant Than Ever
There's a long-standing tradition in the arts, whether it's literature, film, music, or all pop culture in general: every once in a while, someone comes along and proclaims a genre irrevocably dead. The jury's been out on cyberpunk for decades.

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Trump's Latest Ramble Suggests 'Death and Destruction' if Indicted
Former President Donald Trump appeared to suggest there could be "death and destruction" if he is indicted in the Stormy Daniels investigation. Trump, who called the investigation a "witch hunt" in a video posted to his Truth Social platform earlier this week, is once again trying to ramp up his supporters.


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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Goblin Shark or Plastic Toy? Scientists Retract Record of Supposed Rare Shark Sighting
A controversy in the world of shark science has come to a close. A group of scientists who published a record of what would be the first-ever goblin shark found in the Mediterranean Sea have retracted their work. The retraction, submitted March 20, follows Gizmodo's earlier reporting on the saga.


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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Kumail Nanjiani and Patton Oswalt Have Joined the New Ghostbusters Sequel
Like a marshmallow roasted by a God, the plot thickens for the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Actors Kumail Nanjiani and Patton Oswalt have joined the cast of what's being referred to as Ghostbusters: Firehouse, along with Gossip Girl's Emily Alyn Lind and comedian James Acaster.

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Why TikTok Needed to Pay for Influencers to Attend Anti-Ban Rally
A fiery coalition of more than two dozen TikTok content creators gathered outside the steps of the nation's capitol Wednesday to fiercely oppose growing lawmaker calls for a nationwide ban. Every one of those protesters had their expenses covered by TikTok.

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Star Trek: Picard Goes Retro With a Vinyl Release
Balancing both old-school leitmotifs and modern musical themes, the score for Star Trek: Picard is getting a brilliant vinyl release. We have an exclusive interview with the composers and a comment from showrunner Terry Matalas on the music of the show.

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Khan Academy Head Wants AI to Assist Kids Rather Than Do the Work for Them
Sal Khan, the founder of the nonprofit education organization Khan Academy, said that in the early days of popular language model GPT-4's development, the system was spitting out inaccurate math. Khan and his team had an early look at the next-gen AI system as it was being developed and were trying to find…

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Underage Posters Get a Legal Bedtime as Utah Bans Social Media After 10:30 PM
Utah passed a pair of laws on Thursday laying out groundbreaking rules for children and social media. The laws require social media companies to verify users' ages, obtain parental consent before kids can use apps like Instagram or TikTok, and ban anyone under 18 from using social media between 10:30 PM and 6:30 AM.

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

9 Bugs Scientists Want You to Squash Immediately
Insects are cool (if you look past all the legs). They break down dead things by eating them and pollinate plants so that we can grow enough crops to feed the world. Conservation encourages us to protect wildlife, especially bugs that are now looking down the barrel of an insect apocalypse.


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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Funko Lays Off Original Mondo Employees, Ending an Era
It's a sad day for fans of pop culture collectibles as Funko has let go of almost half of the 40 or so employees working for Mondo, the Austin, Texas-based collectible company famous for its alternative movie posters, collectible toys, vinyl music releases, and more.

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

New Zealand's Wicked Spaceplane Approved for Suborbital Test Flights
Dawn Aerospace CEO Stefan Powell announced today that the company's Mk-II Aurora spaceplane has received approval from the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand for rocket-powered flight. The company is now ready to test the vehicle's rocket engines with flights beginning next month.


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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

What's That Big White Splotch on Uranus?
With all the fanfare around the Webb Space Telescope, it's easy to forget about the tireless work of Hubble, its predecessor. The 30-year-old orbiting observatory has taken new images of Jupiter and Uranus that reveal recent changes in the atmospheres of the two worlds.

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

The Star Wars Holiday Special Is on Full Display in a Charming New Documentary
The phrase "good movie" and "Star Wars Holiday Special" are not regularly in the same sentence, but there's a first time for everything. Here goes: A Disturbance in the Force, a new documentary about The Star Wars Holiday Special, is in fact a good movie.

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Apple TV 's Extrapolations Is a Missed Opportunity
There are several moments in the first two episodes of the new Apple TV series Extrapolations, which is intended to be a star-studded and terrifyingly realistic look into our potential climate future, that made me laugh out loud when I know I wasn't supposed to.


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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Clever Hack Uses YouTube to Back Up Your Data in Google's Cloud for Free
Although the convenience of having your digital documents backed up to the cloud and available everywhere was once a pricey privilege, Google will now enable your digital hoarding for the price of a fancy cup of coffee: 2TB of storage for just $10/month, and even more, if you need. But there's another way to take…

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Non-Existent Vaccine Microchips Could Soon Be Banned in Missouri
A subset of Missouri legislators care deeply about freedom. For instance: The God-given right to NOT accept a life-saving vaccination and still attend public school or go to work in a hospital. Also, the freedom to not be forcibly injected with a (non-existent) microchip device or a DNA-altering substance.


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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Will Boeing's $4.3 Billion Starliner Ever Get Astronauts to Space?
We've waited a long time for Boeing's first crewed test flight to the International Space Station (ISS), and it now appears that we're going to have to wait even longer. The next launch of the Starliner CST-100 spacecraft has been pushed back yet again as NASA assesses its readiness.

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Ahmed Best Had (Understandably) Mixed Emotions About Returning to Star Wars
If you are aware Ahmed Best was the motion capture actor behind Jar Jar Binks in The Phantom Menace, you also likely know that the actor suffered for portraying what was (and maybe still is) the most reviled character in Star Wars history. And if you know that, there's also a decent chance that you were delighted by …

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Does Your Community Have Lead in Its Soil? Here's What to Do
This story by the Center for Public Integrity was published in partnership with Grist and is part of a series on soil lead contamination.


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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Pokémon's Next Anime Will Venture to New Horizons
Today in Japan, the final episode of the Pokémon anime to feature Satoshi, a.k.a. Ash Ketchum, aired—bringing to a close a legacy that has helped define the franchise for 25 years. But while we have a little while longer to see Ash's adventure end in the English dub, we've already got a peek of what's on the…

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Generating Video Via Text? | Future Tech
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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

What Was This Wolverine Doing Near Portland?
A wolverine sighting was reported outside Portland, Oregon on Monday, marking the first sighting outside the Wallowa Mountains in over three decades. The animal was thought to have been eradicated from the area in 1936, making this sighting highly unusual.

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

See D.C.'s Early Blooming Cherry Blossoms After a Super-Warm Winter
It was weirdly warm in Washington D.C. and along much of the U.S. East Coast this winter. And, despite some brief bursts of colder temperatures, the unseasonable weather has had some some spillover effects. Spring sprung early, bringing on pollen and allergy season to parts of the country sooner than generally…

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

James Gunn Offers an Update On His Superman: Legacy Casting
A familiar face returns for Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning. Get a look at the set of Joker 2. Zack Snyder still wants to make a sequel to Army of the Dead. Plus, more from the final season of Riverdale, and a glorious new look at Shin Kamen Rider. Spoilers, away!


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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Detained Crypto Fugitive Do Kwon Faces Extradition to U.S. and South Korea
Terra co-founder Do Kwon, the man who arguably started the crypto collapse last year who was definitely not on the lam, was finally arrested Thursday. Now there are multiple countries, including Montenegro, South Korea, and the U.S. who are calling dibs on the failed crypto founder, making him a far more desirable…

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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

Voice Deepfakes Are Calling. Here's How to Avoid Them.
You have just returned home after a long day at work and are about to sit down for dinner when suddenly your phone starts buzzing. On the other end is a loved one, perhaps a parent, a child or a childhood friend, begging you to send them money immediately.


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Gizmodo
Mar 24, 2023

The 10 Craziest Moments From Congress' TikTok Ban Hearing
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified in a hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Thursday. It was Chew's first major introduction to the public, and it didn't make for a smooth entry.


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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

Bask in the Beauty of the Back to the Future Part II DeLorean
Everyone has their favorite pop culture vehicle, but for me, few are as cool as the DeLorean from Back to the Future Part II. Sure, the original one is awesome, and the Western flair of the third one is slick, but we're talking the flying, Mr. Fusion-having, neon-lights-buzzing version that takes Marty, Doc, and…

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

Congress Browbeats TikTok's CEO in Brutal 5-Hour Hearing
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified in a combative hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Thursday. As expected, Congress ran Chew through the gauntlet, but the hearing included a number of stunning moments. Among them, one congresswoman pointed out a TikTok video of a gun threatening the committee's…

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

11 Love Triangles in Sci-Fi and Fantasy That Could Have Been Solved With Polyamory
We've all seen it on screens—there's an unhealthy obsession in Hollywood with pitting two friends against each other for someone else's love. The dreaded, cliched love triangle. There is an easy solution here. Polyamory! All these triangles need to throuple up with healthy, ethical expectations of each other and…

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

Here's a First Look at Framework's Modular Gaming Laptop
Framework, the makers behind the modular Framework Laptop 13, held a small event in San Francisco today. It's the first time the company has had an in-person event to show off its wares, but that didn't keep it from coming out strong. In addition to the new, gamer-centric Framework Laptop 16—which I couldn't…

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

Star Trek: Picard Goes Full Found Family Mode
Much of Picard's third season has examined the legacy and lineages of its heroes—with Jean-Luc discovering his son with Beverly Crusher, Raffi and Seven combatting their loneliness in different ways, and Riker still grappling with the loss of his own child. But its latest episode finds much more solace in the families…

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

Google Maps' Immersive View Is Finally Rolling Out to Some Users
If you cross your fingers, bow your head, and pray to the great Google gods above, you could be one of the first few to access Google Maps' long-awaited "immersive view." The 3D cities flyover feature has been quietly rolling out to users over the past week, though only some are reporting that they have access to it …

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

Apple Is Betting a Billion Dollars on Theatrical Releases
Everybody's favorite streaming service—no, not ad-free Netflix—is gearing up to become the next great studio coming to a cinema near you. Sources familiar with Apple's business plans have revealed to Bloomberg that the company is spending $1 billion on its foray into film.


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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

The Room's Tommy Wiseau Made a Killer Shark Movie and Here's the Unforgettable Trailer
It's been 20 years since the world was first blessed with Tommy Wiseau's debut film, The Room, and now he's finally ready for the follow-up. The film is called Big Shark and it's about, you guessed it, a big shark. Though you may not put that together from this first trailer since the majority of it is just a whole…

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

Viewsonic's New 4K Gaming Projectors Come With Green Stripes So You Know They're "Designed For Xbox"
One of the biggest issues plaguing gamers is finding a projector for big screen gaming that not only performs as well as a TV, but also aesthetically matches their living room setup. It's a struggle Xbox fans no longer have to contend with, though, as Viewsonic has introduced two new 4K projectors that include the "…

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

Feds Stalked Suspects With an Apple AirTag, Report Says
Apple AirTags can be useful for things like finding your keys or keeping tabs on luggage. But it's also well-established that the small quarter-sized tracking devices, can be employed in some less-than-savory ways. People have sued over AirTags being used to enable stalking. Police have claimed the devices have even …

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

All the Most Spoilery Official Last of Us Photos
After two months of recaps and video reviews, I can't believe HBO's The Last of Us is over. For now, of course. Season two (and probably three) is on the way, but for now, fans are left to wallow in the horrific actions of Joel (Pedro Pascal) and their impact on Ellie (Bella Ramsey).

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

NASA Is Still Trying to Salvage Its Water-Hunting Moon CubeSat
NASA engineers are struggling to get a lunar probe on the right track and have until the end of April to fix the spacecraft's thrusters so that it is able to fly over the Moon's South Pole.

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

Texas Residents Blast Elon Musk's Boring Company's Plan To Dump Wastewater Into The Colorado River
Bastrop, Texas residents are pushing back against a permit that would allow Elon Musk's infrastructure construction company, the Boring Co., to dump more than 140,000 gallons of treated wastewater a day into the nearby Colorado River.

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Mar 23, 2023

Scream 6's Costume Designer on the Anatomy of Ghostface's Spooky Disguise
New city, new look. With Scream VI's shift away from Woodsboro, the ensemble—including Ghostface—got a makeover for the horror series' latest entry. io9 caught up with Avery Plewes, the costume designer tasked with not only outfitting the current cast, but also incorporating past character looks—as well as dressing a…

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Mar 23, 2023

Patent Shows Apple Might Put Selfie Camera on Future Smartwatch
Apple's trying to figure out new ways for users to snap a quick selfie or use FaceID without digging in their pocket for their phone. A newly-revealed patent from Apple shares that the company is looking at a wearable device with a "protrusion" for a camera located above the watch face and positioned over the watch…

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

10 Horror Movies That Took Inspiration From True Crime
Real life is so horrifying it's no surprise it regularly inspires horror fiction. Different from thrillers that dramatize documented events (like Zodiac or any of the various Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer projects), these 10 films pluck only certain elements from true crime and use them to enhance their own scripted…

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

Star Wars: The High Republic - Cataclysm Excerpt: The Jedi Uncover a Dark Secret
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Mar 23, 2023

Mazel Tov! 90-Year-Old Mr. Pickles Fathers Three Tortoises
At 90, Mr. Pickles the radiated tortoise is the oldest animal at the Houston Zoo. And now, the elderly reptile is also the newest father on the zoo's premises.

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

Congress Browbeats TikTok's CEO
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified in a combative hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Thursday. As expected, congress ran Chew through the gauntlet, but the hearing included a number of stunning moments. Among them, one congresswoman pointed out a TikTok video of a gun threatening the committee's…

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

Fish May Feel Each Other's Fear Through the Same Mechanism That Drives Human Empathy
You may have heard that ‘fish don't feel pain.' It's a common, persistent myth that dates back to 17th-century French philosophy. Yet, regardless of René Descartes's many other worthwhile ideas, the scientific consensus is that he was flat-out wrong on this one. Fish, and all other classes of vertebrate animals, seem…

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Mar 23, 2023

Warhammer 40K Is Stomping Into a New Edition With Space Marines, Space Aliens, and Simpler Rules
In the grim dark future of Games Workshop's 41st millennium, there is only war, so it's a good job the 10th edition of its venerable tabletop miniatures game Warhammer 40,000 is starting a whole new war for its incoming 10th edition ruleset. Well, it's a fourth war in a long line of wars, but when you're called …

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Mar 23, 2023

Google's Bard AI Says Its Screams Would Be Sounds of Pure Terror and Pain, and 14 Other Unhinged Responses
A new AI was unleashed upon the world this week. On Tuesday, Google released a limited beta of its own AI chatbot, Bard, which it claims can be used to "boost your productivity, accelerate your ideas and fuel your curiosity." Meant as a companion to Google search, Bard is supposed to help answer questions, generate…

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

Why the First Launch of a 3D-Printed Rocket Wasn't a Total Failure
After two failed launch attempts earlier in the month, Terran 1—a rocket primarily built from 3D-printed parts—finally managed to take off on Wednesday. The rocket never reached orbit, but key milestones met during the short-lived mission could set Relativity Space on the path to future success with its potentially…

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

Framework Is Making a 16 Inch Modular Laptop For Gamers
Framework's laptop may be modular and self-repairable, but that doesn't mean it can't be refreshed to keep up with new processors. The company held an event today to introduce several new configurations for the device, including the ability to upgrade to the latest generation of Intel Core processor. Framework is also…

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

SpaceX's Upgraded Starlink Satellites Aren't Doing So Well
The newly launched Starlink V2 Mini satellites appear to be in trouble, Elon Musk confirmed yesterday. The SpaceX CEO said some units will likely have to be deorbited and destroyed in the Earth's atmosphere, while the remaining units stay in space for further testing.


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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

Avatar's Filmmakers Were Surprised by the Space Whale Fandom
With three more Avatar sequels on the way, it goes without saying the major characters will be back. Jake Sully, Neytiri, their kids, the evil Quaritch, etc. But one character introduced in the latest film didn't have such a clear path. We're talking of course about Payakan, the exiled Tulkun (the space whale) who…

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

Terra Founder Do Kwon Arrested in Montenegro, Authorities Say
Terra USD Bitcoin founder Do Kwon has been arrested in Montenegro after months on the run, according to Montenegrin officials.

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Mar 23, 2023

The Definitive Guide to SpaceX's Starship Megarocket
SpaceX is on the cusp of launching its gigantic Starship megarocket now that a launch rehearsal and static fire test is complete. Here's what you need to know.

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Mar 23, 2023

TikTok CEO Admits the Company Sells Your Data
In a combative hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Thursday, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew tacitly admitted the company sells user data.


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Mar 23, 2023

The Dungeons & Dragons Movie's Final Trailer Is Very, Very Weird
It's a mere eight days before Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves hits theaters, a movie that by all accounts is quite fun if not particularly consequential. Seriously, I haven't heard anybody bad-mouth the film since its first trailer was released back in July of 2022. So why does this final trailer seem so…

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Mar 23, 2023

Ford Says Its Electric Vehicle Project Should Be Seen as a Startup After Reporting $2.1 Billion in Losses
Ford Motors lost an estimated $2.1 billion last year in its electric vehicle unit, the company announced on Thursday, adding it expects $3 billion in losses for 2023. The automotive industry is floundering as interest rates skyrocket and consumer purchases slow, making it difficult for startup motor vehicle industries…

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Mar 23, 2023

Linus Tech Tips YouTube Channel Is Down After Crypto Scammer Hack
Famed YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips has been hacked and destroyed. The gadget review channel with over 15 million subscribers was spewing Elon Musk-themed crypto scams earlier this morning, but now appears to be completely pulled from the platform.

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Mar 23, 2023

The Most Popular Dog Breeds on Instagram Are Also the Sickest
Dog content is a tried and true path to social media domination. And at this point, you may even know a dog-fluencer—someone who runs an Instagram/TikTok account dedicated to personifying their dog—in your own life. These wildly popular pet profiles run the gamut from Bunny the Button Pressing Sheepadoodle to Winston…

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

The Anker EverFrost Is a $439 (For Now) Portable Fridge on Wheels
Although we're only a few days into the Spring of 2023, most of us are already thinking ahead to the warm summer months. It's the perfect time to shop for new summer attire and new summer gadgets, like the Anker EverFrost cooler, which wants to be your Yeti alternative through electric-powered cooling that doesn't…

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

Luke Skywalker Defeated the Empire for This?!
Although Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, and Han Solo defeated the Galactic Empire at the end of Return of the Jedi—with an assist from a teddy bear or three—the new era of Star Wars has made no secret of the fact that the galaxy's problems weren't all solved with the death of Palpatine. Various remnants of the Empire…

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

Apple Is Reportedly Taking Attendance Amid Back to Office Push
Apple has struggled to force its employees back into the office with its hybrid work plan, even though its employees have largely been antagonistic to the Cupertino company's in-office working whims. Like we're all back in grade school, Apple is just the next company that is reportedly taking attendance to make sure…

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

Jack Dorsey's Block Hit With Fraud Allegations for Massively Overstating Its Userbase
On Thursday, the investment research firm Hindenberg Research released a report alleging Jack Dorsey's digital payments company Block has committed massive fraud, especially with the help of its well-known Cash App.

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Mar 23, 2023

New Daredevil: Born Again Set Pictures Could Reveal Its Surprising Timeline
We're getting a look at Blue Beetle very soon. The Flash movie seems to have some very surprising content. Robert Eggers' Nosferatu gets a new synopsis. Plus, what's coming on Superman & Lois, and the final season of Titans gets a new look. Spoilers get!


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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

FTC Wants to End the Hell That Is Trying to Cancel a Free Trial or Subscription
The Federal Trade Commission is looking to do away with hard to cancel subscriptions—aren't we all? A new proposal from the FTC would require merchants to make it easier for consumers to remove themselves from so-called free trials or recurring subscriptions with an updated policy the commission refers to as "click to…

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

TikTok's CEO Testifies Before Congress
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is testifying before the House Energy and Commerce Committee today, where he will desperately attempt to present the app as a safe and massively popular "sunny corner of the internet" and not a surreptitious surveillance tool for the Chinese government. He wants them not to ban the nation's…

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul, Soulja Boy, and More Celebs Fined $400,000 for Illegally Promoting Crypto
The Securities and Exchange Commission has a message for celebrities eyeing paid deals to promote cryptocurrencies: Disclose you're getting paid, or else.

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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

Lindsay Lohan, Jake Paul, Soulja Boy, and More Celebs Fined for Illegally Promoting Crypto
The Securities and Exchange Commission has a message for celebrities eyeing paid deals to promote cryptocurrencies: Disclose you're getting paid, or else.

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Mar 23, 2023

Better Mobility & Cameras: NASA & Axiom's New Spacesuits | Techmodo
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Mar 23, 2023

World's First 3D-Printed Rocket Takes Flight on Third Attempt but Fails to Reach Orbit
A rocket built primarily from 3D-printed parts could finally take flight today, with Relativity Space targeting a late evening launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida. You can catch the action live right here.


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Gizmodo
Mar 23, 2023

NASA Budget Request Is a 'Soft Cancellation' of Venus Mission, Experts Say
A highly anticipated mission to Venus is in trouble after NASA pulled all of its funding, save for a tiny fraction meant to keep the planetary orbiter on brittle life support as its fate hangs in the balance.

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