The Steam Deck remains extra popular partly due to the stranglehold Valve’s Steam has on the PC games market but also partially because it (arguably) popularized the modern rendition of the handheld console. It’s not the smallest, it’s not the most …
Lees meerFrom spiders struggling to make webs in orbit to bats clinging to the outside of the Space Shuttle, the history of animals in space is as fascinating as it is weird. Here are some of our favorite stories.Read more...
Lees meerThere is perhaps no funnier dichotomy in sci-fi fandom than Doctor Who—a show that has inherently been about the nature of change and the mutability of time for six decades—having a fandom that, by and large, does not cope well with change. But one …
Lees meerRobotic telescopes of various shapes and sizes are hitting the market these days, each promising clear views of the cosmos and ease of use—attributes not often found paired together in a single telescope. Amateur and backyard astronomers are now ful…
Lees meerDrake released a diss track against Kendrick Lamar over the weekend featuring AI-generated versions of West Coast legends Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur. Tupac’s estate sent Drake a letter on Wednesday threatening to sue him for using the late rapper’s…
Lees meerIf you thought Lego’s space toys for May were limited to the world of Star Wars, think again—the toymaker’s latest reveals bring things back to our time and our galaxy, and they combine stunning engineering with incredible art.Read more...
Lees meerio9 talked to cult filmmaker Don Coscarelli when he released his memoir in 2018. Now, the director of Phantasm I-IV, as well as Bubba Ho-Tep, The Beastmaster, and John Dies at the End, is trying something new: fiction. Or rather, Phiction—a book of …
Lees meerIn about five years’ time, a potentially hazardous asteroid will swing by Earth at an eerily close distance of less than 20,000 miles (32,000 kilometers). During this rare encounter, Apophis will be ten times closer to Earth than the Moon and scient…
Lees meerGarry’s Mod, a popular 2006 sandbox game that emerged from the modding scene around Valve’s Source software, has recently been issued takedown notices by Nintendo. As a result, Facepunch Studios, the developers of Garry’s Mod, are in the process of …
Lees meerPresident Biden signed the TikTok ban into law on Wednesday, forcing China-based Bytedance to sell the app or face a ban in American app stores. TikTok tells Gizmodo it will fight the law in court, a case likely to reach the Supreme Court, saying th…
Lees meerTry putting pure joy into words. The English language has plenty of worthy adjectives and beautiful metaphors but nothing quite comes close to actually, perfectly capturing what it feels like to be completely filled with happiness. To reverberate wi…
Lees meerWhen we first met General Grievous 20 years ago this month in Genndy Tartakovsky’s Clone Wars microseries, it gave him an immediate, chilling presence. But then Revenge of the Sith, and with it the Clone Wars 3DCG series, constrained what could be d…
Lees meerSteam’s refund policy for games is simple: You have two hours to play the game after you buy it to decide if you want to keep it. Like all good things, some folks decided to take advantage of a loophole, and now Valve has changed its policy to close…
Lees meerWorldcoin, the project that hands out free cryptocurrency in exchange for biometric data, is experiencing a shortage of the orbs that scan everyone’s eyeballs, according to a new report from Semafor. But Tools for Humanity, the startup behind Worldc…
Lees meerDirector Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland are not screwing around when it comes to their upcoming zombie film, 28 Years Later. Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes are the first three actors who’ve joined the film, a follow-up to …
Lees meerThe Department of Transportation announced a final rule mandating that airlines automatically give cash refunds to passengers and inform passengers of their right to a refund on Wednesday. The policy change highlights the Biden Administration’s cont…
Lees meerA study recently published in the peer-reviewed American Psychologist journal claims that a combination of facial recognition and artificial intelligence technology can accurately assess a person’s political orientation by simply looking at that per…
Lees meerMany of us watch The Office more often than we care to admit. We’ve spent so much time with the series that, over the years, the characters and the actors who portray themhave almost become family. So when a video like this comes online, it’s more t…
Lees meerTrump Media & Technology Group is doubling down on claims that its stock is being illegally traded — this time bringing its concerns to congressional leaders.Read more...
Lees meerIf you’ve read Blake Crouch’s 2016 novel Dark Matter—and a lot of people have, considering it’s a best-seller—you’re probably wondering how the upcoming Apple TV+ adaptation will handle the high-concept gimmick that propels the story: a box, designe…
Lees meerIt took 40 years, but recently one of my toy dreams came true. After writing this article about toys that you always wanted, but could never have, I was contacted to see if I’d be interested in receiving and writing about a brand new set of Voltron …
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