After the Eye of Sauron heralded a busy start to the summer for Lego fans, you’re getting a bit of a break in July—with just six major releases bidding for your time and attention to beat the heat with large amounts of plastic bricks. And one of tho…
Lees meerIt took 20 years, but the design and delivery of the International Fusion Energy Project’s massive toroidal magnets is complete. The 19 coils are now in Southern France, according to an ITER release, setting the stage for the massive nuclear fusion …
Lees meerSummer is officially here and with it comes lots of streaming content. Welcome to io9's latest edition of the Nerd’s Watch, where we pare down the enormous lists of new films and television shows arriving on all your favorite streaming services into…
Lees meerWarner Bros. has released a new trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap, in which a serial killer colorfully dubbed “the Butcher” (Josh Hartnett) learns the cops plan to ambush him at the concert he’s just taken his daughter to. Feast your eyes below:…
Lees meerScientists in California tested a way to coax certain fat cells to burn calories, rather than simply store energy. In new research involving mice, the team found it was possible to convert existing white fat cells into calorie-burning beige fat cell…
Lees meerThe U.S. Supreme Court pushed lower courts to take another look at two laws in Florida and Texas that would have stopped social media companies from removing extremist content or accounts in a decision Monday that’s widely being regarded as reasonab…
Lees meerHouse of the Dragon has been teasing a terrible civil war in Westeros since the foundations were laid in season one—and now, with House Targaryen bitterly divided, battles are just over the horizon. This week, in episode three, “The Burning Mill,” w…
Lees meerStreaming services chalk up another victim as Redbox parent company Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment files for bankruptcy. Read more...
Lees meerIf you’re so worried about the Nintendo Switch sequel that you’re hovering your mouse over the buy button months before its official announcement, you can relax a bit. Nintendo is promising that they’ll beat the scalpers simply by making enough Swit…
Lees meerMost of us could probably do with Wi-Fi that’s a little faster, and there are more ways to squeeze some extra speed out of your home network than you might have realized—beyond the obvious step of paying your broadband supplier for faster internet.R…
Lees meerThis post was updated on 7/1/24 at 9:46 a.m. to include more information about Switch 2 stock expectations. It was updated 6/18/24 at 9:52 a.m. to include new information from the latest Nintendo Direct. It was updated 5/8/24 at 11:55 a.m. ET to inc…
Lees meerIt has been a pure delight to melt your brains every week, but today’s solution will be the last installment of the Gizmodo Monday Puzzle. Thank you to everyone who commented, emailed, or puzzled along in silence. Since I can’t leave you hanging wit…
Lees meerThe U.S. Justice Department intends to criminally charge Boeing for breaching a settlement connected to two deadly 737 Max jetliner crashes, according to reports from Bloomberg and Reuters. The federal government is reportedly seeking a guilty plea …
Lees meerApple is reportedly bringing cameras to AirPods, ear hairs be damned.Read more...
Lees meerDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is coming to an end in the biggest way imaginable. Crunchyroll just announced it acquired the rights to the upcoming Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle and will release it as a trilogy of theatrical films, …
Lees meerAt first blush, the remains of an ancient Roman sandal look more like little gnarled carcasses than footwear. But upon closer inspection and using X-rays, archeologists say the shoe parts they found at an ancient military site are unusually well pre…
Lees meerIt’s not a big moon relative to some of its neighbors, but Jupiter’s Io is exceedingly active, with volcanoes by the hundreds spewing lava plumes dozens of miles above its surface, per NASA. Infrared tech aboard the space agency’s Juno probe mapped …
Lees meerGraphic novel series A Vicious Circle already tells a cinematic story—following time-traveling assassins chasing each other through the past and future—and now the title is taking its logical next step. It’ll become a film produced by Ryan Coogler (…
Lees meerThose of you hunting for a new way to idle away the hours while you pretend to be productive at work are in luck. A new game has hit the internet that is the definition of a giant waste of time. Read more...
Lees meerThe “Doctor-lite” has become a common parlance in contemporary Doctor Who—an episode that, born out of scheduling or the general rigors of a season of television show where the lead actor is in almost all of it, all the time, where the Doctor is lar…
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