San Diego Comic-Con Loses More Big Names After Marvel Drops Out
vrijdag 23 juni 2023 inGizmodo (Gadgets)
After taking 2020 and 2021 off for obvious reasons, San Diego Comic-Con felt almost like the good old days when it returned for 2022. But 2023 has brought some new challenges for the long-running convention: thanks to the ongoing WGA strike and a li…
Lees meerBarbie Soundtrack Song From Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice Does Indeed Sample "Barbie Girl"
vrijdag 23 juni 2023 inGizmodo (Gadgets)
It’s in the picture! Aqua’s relentlessly catchy “Barbie Girl” will indeed be in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie—thanks to noted Barbie aficionado Nicki Minaj and her soundtrack needle drop with Ice Spice, “Barbie World,” which samples the 1997 track.Rea…
Lees meerHas Tesla Already Won the EV Charging War?
vrijdag 23 juni 2023 inGizmodo (Gadgets)
Update 6/23/2023, 4:24 P.M. ET: A Washington state official has announced that the WA Transportation Department also plans to require Tesla’s NACS connectors on future, federally-funded EV chargers. “It hasn’t necessarily been tested and certified f…
Lees meerOver a Billion People Predicted to Be Living With Diabetes by 2050, Study Finds
vrijdag 23 juni 2023 inGizmodo (Gadgets)
Diabetes cases are likely to skyrocket over the next few decades, new research out this week has found. The study estimates that more than a billion people worldwide will be living with the chronic condition by 2050—roughly double the amount of case…
Lees meerPaul McCartney Claims AI Beatles Song Is Less 'Artificial' Than You Think
vrijdag 23 juni 2023 inGizmodo (Gadgets)
Paul McCartney is speaking out about the widely discussed “final” Beatles song that will be released later this year. The song was reimagined using artificial intelligence, McCartney clarified in a recent interview but says it was not created by AI.…
Lees meer12 Things to Remember Before Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
vrijdag 23 juni 2023 inGizmodo (Gadgets)
“The man in the hat is back.” After a 15-year absence, Harrison Ford brings back one of his most iconic characters next week when Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny hits theaters. It’s the first Indy film not directed by Steven Spielberg (though …
Lees meer15 Dragon Ball Movies Kamehameha Their Way Onto Crunchyroll
vrijdag 23 juni 2023 inGizmodo (Gadgets)
The cinematic adventures of Goku, Vegeta, and the rest of the Z Warriors are (cha la) heading (cha la) to Crunchyroll. The anime streaming service has announced that 15 movies—including all 14 Dragon Ball Z films, and one from its sequel series, Dra…
Lees meerStar Trek: Prodigy Has Been Cancelled—and Will Be Removed From Paramount+
vrijdag 23 juni 2023 inGizmodo (Gadgets)
Paramount+ had previously given the go-ahead to a second season of kid-focused animated series Star Trek: Prodigy, but the series has now been cancelled ahead of that. Additionally, the Hollywood Reporter notes, Prodigy will be removed from the stre…
Lees meerTwo People in New Mexico Have Died From Hantavirus This Year
vrijdag 23 juni 2023 inGizmodo (Gadgets)
At least two people in New Mexico have died from a rare but dangerous form of hantavirus infection so far in 2023, local health officials reported this week. Four other residents have been hospitalized, though they ultimately survived. These viruses…
Lees meerTitanic Sub Disaster Should Serve as a Stern Warning to the Emerging Space Tourism Sector
vrijdag 23 juni 2023 inGizmodo (Gadgets)
Whether it’s diving to the depths of the ocean or flying to the edge of space, the risks associated with extreme tourism haven’t deterred wealthy billionaires and other privileged individuals from buying their way to severe environments. The recent …
Lees meerTwo Weeks After Moderators Blacked Out Reddit, Traffic Is Going Back to Normal
vrijdag 23 juni 2023 inGizmodo (Gadgets)
While Reddit’s recent moderator-led protests against the company’s new API pricing have been loud, dramatic, and sympathetic to most, they don’t seem to have affected traffic to the social media platform in a significant way, according to new data.R…
Lees meerStar Trek's Trial Episodes, Ranked
vrijdag 23 juni 2023 inGizmodo (Gadgets)
This week Star Trek: Strange New Worlds took us on an enlightened spin on a Trek classic: the courtroom drama, where spaceships and scientific ponderings give way to our Starfleet heroes sitting down and having even more fancy chats than they usuall…
Lees meerMeta Tells Canada: No News for You!
vrijdag 23 juni 2023 inGizmodo (Gadgets)
Meta is sticking to its guns—the social networking giant says it will follow through with its threat to cut off Canadians’ access to news on Facebook and Instagram following the passage of the hotly contested Online News Act. The news shutdown coul…
Lees meerBig Snails Mean Bigger Problems for Florida
vrijdag 23 juni 2023 inGizmodo (Gadgets)
The boys are back in town. Except, technically, they’re not “boys,” but hermaphroditic land snails. Also, the “town” in question is three separate counties in central and southern Florida. Let’s try this again: Giant African land snails, a potential…
Lees meerHow the Dial in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Came to Be
vrijdag 23 juni 2023 inGizmodo (Gadgets)
When making an Indiana Jones movie, there’s a certain checklist you need to complete. Get back Harrison Ford. John Williams does the music. And, of course, make sure the character has a really cool relic to go after. Read more...
Lees meerAre the Facebook Papers Too Sensitive for Public Release? | Gizmodo Interview
vrijdag 23 juni 2023 inGizmodo (Gadgets)
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Lees meerLawyers Fined $5,000 After ChatGPT Wrote Their Bogus Legal Documents
vrijdag 23 juni 2023 inGizmodo (Gadgets)
Two New York City lawyers and their firm were spanked with $5,000 in fines after they turned in legal documents written with help by ChatGPT. Unfortunately for the lawyers’ checkbooks, ChatGPT didn’t stick to the facts, and instead pulled a number o…
Lees meerSeems Like Making Across the Spider-Verse Was Another Nightmare for Animators
vrijdag 23 juni 2023 inGizmodo (Gadgets)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is hard to describe to those who haven’t seen it. The huge amount of characters on the screen at any time, the beauty of its composition, the kinetics of its action, the sheer variety of its artistry—it’s a stunni…
Lees meerJames Cameron: I 'Felt It in My Bones' That Titanic Sub Suffered a Catastrophe
vrijdag 23 juni 2023 inGizmodo (Gadgets)
OceanGate, the operator of the Titan submersible which imploded while journeying to the wreckage site of the Titanic, reportedly received numerous warnings that the vessel was unsafe. All five passengers, including the company’s CEO, are presumed de…
Lees meerChemical Giant 3M Agrees to $10.3 Billion Settlement Over Water Contamination
vrijdag 23 juni 2023 inGizmodo (Gadgets)
Chemical manufacturer 3M is set to pay $10.3 billion in settlements over forever chemical contamination of U.S. drinking water, the company announced on Thursday.Read more...
Lees meer10 Spooky Horror Movies Streaming on Prime Video
vrijdag 23 juni 2023 inGizmodo (Gadgets)
It’s officially summer, and horror fans know nothing goes better with a warm night than a movie that leaves you ice-cold and terrified. Summer is also the laziest season, so io9 has rounded up 10 excellent horror movies that just so happen to be con…
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