04-15-24 -

Ryan Goslings Viral Beavis and Butt-Head Skit Was 5 Years in the Making
People watch Saturday Night Live to laugh, of course, but there are laughs and then there are sketches that last forever. This past weekend, Ryan Gosling hosted SNL and the episode may have featured one of those all-time sketches. What starts as a...

04-15-24 -

The Best Moment in Deep Space Nine's Greatest Episode Is a Punch Left Unthrown
Twenty-six years ago today, Deep Space Nine delivered the knife under its cloaked examination of Star Trek’s morals in wartime with all the delicate precision of a sewing needle: the incredible “In the Pale Moonlight,” not just one of DS9 or...

04-15-24 -

X/Twitter Wants New Users to a Pay Fee Before They Can Post
X still has a bot problem as evidenced by the numerous accounts asking you to check their bio for some reason. But Elon Musk has a brilliant plan to stop the issue on his social media platform: Pay him more money. Read more...

04-15-24 -

8 Things We Liked, and 2 We Didn't, About Fallout
After what feels like a very long cryogenic sleep in an underground nuclear bunker, Amazon’s take on Fallout dropped like a bomb on Prime Video late last week—but whether or not you’re complete newbie to the world of Interplay and Bethesda�...

04-15-24 -

Record Number of Americans Aren't Sleeping Well, Gallup Survey Finds
If you’ve been feeling the weight of insomnia lately, you’re far from alone. A new Gallup poll out Monday shows that a majority of American adults report not getting enough sleep—a first in the survey’s history. Though there are likely se...

04-15-24 -

FBI Opens Criminal Investigation Into the Collapse of Baltimore Bridge
The FBI has opened a criminal investigation into the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, a key commuter bridge in Maryland right outside of Baltimore that was struck by a cargo ship several weeks ago and subsequently collapsed. Read more...

04-15-24 -

NASA Asks for Help in Bringing Back Mars Samples After Mission Becomes Too Ex...
NASA is calling on industry players to come up with an alternative plan to return rocky samples from Mars at a lower cost and an earlier date.Read more...

04-15-24 -

Keanu Reeves Will Voice Shadow in Sonic the Hedgehog 3
A “whoa” seems fully appropriate here: Keanu Reeves, star of the John Wick franchise and many more of our favorite movies (he’s also a musician, a comic book writer, a meme inspiration, and is generally seeming to be living the dream), will ...

04-15-24 -

Ikea's Gaming Furniture Collection, Ranked
It’s the year my kid gets to pick out new furniture in her room now that she’s graduating from a convertible crib to a Big Kid Bed. I’m hoping some of Ikea’s new Brännboll gaming collection, which launches in September, catches her eye. I...

04-15-24 -

All the Out of This World Star Wars Snacks Coming to Disney Parks
Star Wars is taking over Disney Parks around the world for May the Fourth, the fandom’s official season of the Force, with more treats and foods inspired by a galaxy far, far away. Read more...

04-15-24 -

Tesla Reportedly Lays Off More Than 10% of Its Workers as Elon Musk's Trouble...
Tesla is reportedly the latest company to lay off workers, and the number of employees axed is not pretty. A memo from Elon Musk to Tesla employees, received by CNBC Monday, said the company will reduce its headcount by more than 10% globally. Rea...

04-15-24 -

Republicans Delay War on Woke Appliances to Focus on Actual War
In a turn of events that’s par for the course in American politics in 2024, House Republicans were forced to ditch plans to wage a legislative war on “woke” home appliances this week and pivoted their attention, instead, to shoring up unwav...

04-15-24 -

Sony's New Concert Headphones Are All About That Bass
Arguably, the most exciting development in the past few days is Sony finally giving its products names that are easy to pronounce and remember. Yes, I’m looking at your SRS-XP500 and WH-1000XM5. Their new Ult series, consisting of the Ult Tower,...

04-15-24 -

Disney Didn't Buy Jeffrey Epstein's Island, Despite Viral Claims Online
Social media accounts claimed in recent weeks that Disney purchased Jeffrey Epstein’s island. But it’s simply not true, even though the claims have gotten quite a bit of attention on sites like TikTok and X.Read more...

04-15-24 -

Fallout Has a Phone Number You Can Call That's Either a Wild Easter Egg or a ...
Have you finished binging Fallout on Prime Video yet? You need not have played the massively popular games that inspired the series to enjoy its blend of bonkers action, oddball humor, post-apocalyptic retro-futurism, and outrageous violence—but...

04-15-24 -

Hasbro's New Marvel Legends Are Superior, Astonishing, and Savage
Marvel Comics is celebrating its 85th anniversary in 2024, and if there weren’t already enough cool Marvel Legends figures on the way this year, Hasbro wants you to celebrate even further with a bunch of new figures for the occasion—although a...

04-15-24 -

Fool's Gold Might Actually Become Valuable
Pyrite, the yellow metal known as fool’s gold, has another trick up its sleeve: it can contain lithium, a crucial element in the world’s quest for greener energy, according to a team of researchers that studied rock deposits in the eastern Uni...

04-15-24 -

Zack Snyder Clarifies Those Controversial Rebel Moon and Barbie Comparisons
A month after making a controversial comparison between the biggest movie of last year and his own Netflix hit, director Zack Snyder straightened a few things out. Speaking to io9 recently about his new film Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver, S...

04-15-24 -

Tesla Cybertruck Hit With Stop-Sale Because of Unintended Acceleration: Report
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04-15-24 -

10 Sci-Fi Mystery Movies to Stream After 3 Body Problem
Netflix’s 3 Body Problem is still hovering near the top of the streamer’s most-watched list, but it’s been out for a few weeks, meaning many folks have probably finished it by now. If you yearn to keep those alien-invasion-scientific-mystery...

04-15-24 -

Trump Media Stock Price in Free Fall as It Files to Issue More Shares
The company behind Donald Trump’s Truth Social has been public for just a few weeks, but the stock price has plunged 50% from its first full day on the market. Trump Media filed with the SEC on Monday to issue 21 million more shares of DJT stock...

04-15-24 -

Outer Range Season 2's Trailer Sees Josh Brolin Rustle Up the Concept of Line...
Yes, Josh Brolin’s cowboy hole show is back, and indeed holier than ever—but if our first look at season 2 of the Prime Video series is anything to go by, then the Mystery Hole That Sends You Through Timeseems honestly pretty low on Brolin’s...

04-15-24 -

Space Junk Hunters Close In On Spent Rocket Stage from 2009 Mission
A Japanese mission to stalk, capture, and hurl space junk into the atmosphere is progressing rather nicely. The orbital garbage truck recently completed the rendezvous phase, parking next to a second stage rocket that’s been aimlessly zipping ar...

04-15-24 -

Lego's Star Wars Day Plans Include a Screaming New TIE Interceptor
It’s only a few weeks until May 4, a.k.a. Star Wars day, and Lego is getting ready to tempt your wallet with the latest ship to join its Ultimate Collector Series fleet—or rather, rejoin, as the TIE Interceptor makes its way back to the line f...

04-15-24 -

Fen-Phen Again? Why Ozempic and New Weight-Loss Drugs Are Different
The drug Ozempic, after just a few years on the market, has already become a household name synonymous with weight loss. The popularity of it and similar medications has skyrocketed so immensely and rapidly that one drugmaker ran commercials telli...

04-15-24 -

Apple Pulls Game Boy Emulator From App Store
Apple approved the inclusion of game emulators to the App Store earlier this month, but one of the first popular Game Boy emulators has already been removed. Apple tells MacRumors that iGBA appears to be a knockoff, not of Nintendo, but of another...

04-15-24 -

Alex Garland on Civil War's Intense Ending
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04-15-24 -

The Nintendo Virtual Boy Deserves Your Respect
In 1995, Nintendo released the Virtual Boy, a video game console billed as providing gamers a unique and immersive playing experience via its stereoscopic red-and-black 3D graphic display. Within a year, following a quickly soured public reception...

04-15-24 -

Five Things New iPad Owners Should Know
If you’re a new iPad owner, you’re probably curious about some basic things you’re too shy to ask about. We’ve compiled a guide of basic everyday actions you should know as a new iPad owner. Each of these is incredibly useful in enhancing ...

04-15-24 -

At Least One Familiar Face Won't Return for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
Production has begun on Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler’s mystery vampire movie. Get a look at more pictures from Chucky’s return. Plus, what’s next on Ghosts. Spoilers, away!Read more...

04-15-24 -

The Quiet Danger of Noise-Canceling Headphones
Noise-canceling headphones offer a tech bro’s solution to the world of sound. They deem everything in your natural environment as “noise” that can be canceled out, allowing you to purely listen to your devices. The technology is generally co...

04-15-24 -

Alienware m16 R2 Review: The Most Comfortable Gaming Laptop You Can Buy
I can’t start talking about Alienware’s redesigned m16 gaming laptop, the R2, without first telling you straight up why I like this laptop as much as I do. I don’t like it because of its performance, even if it’s fairly good for its mid-ra...

04-15-24 -

Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: Tax Evasion for Kids
Merry Tax Day, fellow law-abiding citizens. As national observances go, Tax Day could use a rebrand. Some traditions to make it more fun for the kids. We’ll adorn our tax-mas trees with 1040s and W-2s. Children will hang their stock portfolios f...

04-15-24 -

9 Ways to Make Android Easier To Use
There’s enough going on in the world without your smartphone adding to your stress levels, which is why it’s worth taking a few minutes to configure your Android handset so it’s as friendly, as intuitive, and as convenient to use as possible...

04-15-24 -

Best iPhone Portable Chargers in 2024
We tested several power banks specifically designed for iPhones, AirPods, and Apple Watch, and these are our top few picks. We recommend some of these solely for their portable form factor and others for how powerful they are. But these are great ...

04-14-24 -

10 Years Ago, Game of Thrones Gave Joffrey What He Had Coming
Back in its heyday, Game of Thrones looooooved killing off characters. Whether they were sad, hilarious, or kind of dumb, those ends have been memorable in their own ways, the mark of a good show filled with great actors. And who can forget the de...

04-14-24 -

Zack Snyder's Ready to Give Sucker Punch a Do-Over
Do you still think Sucker Punch was just shy of being a truly great work? If so, Zack Snyder agrees with you—and he’s ready to make its Snyder Cut a reality.Read more...

04-14-24 -

Open Channel: Tell Us Your Thoughts on Fallout and Civil War
We’re halfway through April, and it’s been a busy month, media-wise. After starting with last weekend’s Monkey Man and The First Omen, this week’s graced us with Prime Video’s Fallout and A24's Civil War, both of which are big for their ...

04-14-24 -

Fallout Makes the Latest Case to Kill the Binge Model
Like pretty much everyone else this weekend, I’m watching the TV adaptation of Fallout. I’m really enjoying it, and there’s a lot about it to like, from its characters and sense of place to the way it incorporates the game’s mechanics and ...

04-14-24 -

Kirsten Dunst Wonders if Spider-Man 4 Would Be Worth It
Longtime fans of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man movies have been clamoring for a fourth movie since basically forever after Spider-Man 3 dropped. While that demand isn’t quite as loud now as it was back then, there’s still hope that someone will get...

04-14-24 -

Best Smartwatches You Can Buy in 2024
I never thought I’d see the day I’d become a “wearables” person, and it’s because I’ve spent so long on the Android side of things. For years, Android users waited in vain for manufacturers to make smartwatches that fit nicely and didn...

04-13-24 -

Russell Dauterman's Incredible Marvel Art is Getting Its Own Book
Since 2014, Russell Dauterman has been an artist mainstay of Marvel comics, and one of the best working at the publisher today. From working with Jason Aaron to tell the story of Jane Foster’s Mighty Thor to giving stylish looks to the X-Men for...

04-13-24 -

Wild $300K Lego Heist Foiled by Retail Task Force
Legos are everywhere these days, including criminal enterprises. Earlier in the week, California’s Organized Retail Crime Taskforce performed a series of raids against an illegal fencing operation spread across four buildings in LA and Orange co...

04-13-24 -

Andy Samberg May Lead Radio Silence's Next Movie
Since 2014's Devil’s Due, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett have been working together as the director duo Radio Silence. Between Scream 5 and 6 and Ready or Not, they’ve managed to win over plenty of horror fans as the real deal. And wi...

04-13-24 -

Looks Like Interstellar is Blasting Off Into Theaters Agaiiiiiiiin...!
Tenet ain’t the only Christopher Nolan movie getting another theatrical run. During its presentation at CinemaCon, Paramount revealed it was going to put Interstellar back in theaters as a celebration of its 10th birthday.Read more...

04-13-24 -

Texas Hospital Halts Organ Transplant Program After Doctor Accused of Manipul...
A Texas hospital has shut down its organ transplant program after discovering that a doctor allegedly made “inappropriate changes” to medical records that would have made certain patients ineligible for operations. Read more...

04-13-24 -

Elon Gives a Cringe Deposition, X Screws Up Twitter Links, LG TV Needs an Upd...
Elon Musk continues to never stop being a joke. From his deposition to where he admits that his tweets probably hurt the value of Twitter to him finally admitting that he roleplays as a toddler on his burner account. Check out this week’s big st...

04-13-24 -

Truly, This Was the Week of Popcorn Bucket Regrets
Dune: Part Two’s success can never escape the shadow of the wormussy. Yes, even as the smash hit movie heads home, we’re all still talking about that popcorn bucket, as much as AMC probably wishes at this point we’d rather not. But it’s no...

04-13-24 -

You Can't Blame Everything on Covid-19
Measles has made an unwelcome return to the U.S., with dozens of children across multiple states having caught the highly contagious viral disease so far this year. There are several reasons why measles has become a larger problem both here and wo...

04-13-24 -

Everything You Should Know Before You Buy the Humane AI Pin
The Humane AI Pin has been out for a few days, and to say the release has been divisive might seem like an understatement. Most reviews that have come out this past week have been lukewarm at best. Most who have used the Pin for a few weeks have n...