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Neil Gaiman, Chuck Wendig, and More Are Uniting to Make Disney Pay Royalties

Late last year, Alan Dean Foster—the novelist who wrote the first Star Wars novels, the ghost-written novelization of A New Hope and its direct sequel, Splinter of the Mind’s Eye—went public with his struggles to negotiate a royalty contract for his work since Disney took ownership of Lucasfilm. Although Foster’s fight is nearing an end, more…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Declassified Satellite Images Show Glaciers Are Melting Faster Than Ever

The world’s glaciers are melting faster and the climate crisis is to blame, a new study shows. For a comprehensive new study, published in Nature on Wednesday, scientists analyzed half a million recently declassified 3D satellite images. The images span nearly two decades and 217,175 mountain glaciers, or nearly every single one on Earth. The…

Climate Change Dharna Noor

Scientists Closer to Creating Psychedelic-Like Drugs That Work Without Hallucinations

In a new study this week, researchers describe their work with experimental compounds that could offer the mental health benefits of a psychedelic drug, without causing people to trip out. Their early research, so far only conducted in mice, might someday provide people with more first-line treatments for illnesses like depression. Psychedelics are currently being…

Health Ed Cara

U.S. Court Says Ghost Gun Blueprints Can Stay Online

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled this week that posting plans for so-called “ghost guns”—homemade firearms and firearm parts designed to route around gun regulations—is technically legal. The ruling, which affirmed the Trump-era removal of these gun and gun parts from the State Department’s Munitions List, means that the blueprints…

Tech News John Biggs

This Fast & Furious Promo Is Either Fantastic or Terrible, I Can’t Decide

Do you have trouble remembering which movies are Fast & Furious movies? This perplexing UK promo, which is not only for F9 but the entire franchise, is here to help by telling you exactly what makes one of these movies, beginning with “cars.” There are cars in the Fast & Furious movies. Who knew?! Okay,…

Trailers Rob Bricken

Murder Cover-Up: Man Allegedly Set Deadly Wildfire to Hide His Crime

A fire that raged outside of San Francisco last summer was allegedly set to cover up a murder—and became part of the largest wildfire season on record in California as well as one of the deadliest. Officials in California said Wednesday that 29-year-old Victor Serriteno allegedlyset a fire in August in Solano County to cover…

Earther Molly Taft

Etsy-Owned Music Sales Site Reverb Hit With Data Breach

Last week, security consultant Bob Diachenko found an unsecured database run by the Etsy-owned music marketplace Reverb. The exposed database, which contained user data like phone numbers, emails, addresses, and even order information, was dangerous in its own right, but then Diachenko figured out how many customers were affected: 5.6 million, by his reckoning, an…

Privacy & Security John Biggs

NYPD Puts Down Its Godforesaken Robot Dog

The New York City Police Department’s contract with the robot dog that spawned countless Black Mirror memes has been mercifully cut short. On Wednesday, an NYPD deputy commissioner confirmed to the New York Times that in response to the pretty universal backlash stirred up by the so-called Digidog—along with a hefty subpoena from city council…

Tech News Shoshana Wodinsky

China’s Space Station Is a Step Closer to Reality With Launch of Core Module

China today launched the main module of its new space station into low Earth orbit. The ambitious project is set to be China’s answer to the International Space Station, which has never included China in its membership. The 55-foot core module is called Tianhe, or Harmony of the Heavens. It blasted off from the Wenchang…

Space & Spaceflight Isaac Schultz

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier‘s Director Breaks Down Walker’s Arc, Steve’s Shadow, and More

The curse of working on a Marvel Studios project is you can’t talk about it for a long time. There’s joy to be had in the preparation, execution, and finally the completion, of course, but in the meantime, they’re so secretive it’s usually years from when you start on something to when you can finally…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier

You May Have to Wait Longer for Your New iPad or Mac

If you’re thinking about getting a new iPad or Mac in 2021, you should factor in a longer-than-usual wait time. Although Apple raked in an obscene amount of money this past quarter, CEO Tim Cook also warned in Apple’s Wednesday earnings call that there will be supply issues affecting iPads and Macs in the second…

Tech News Victoria Song

Oh, So Apparently Sony Has Enough PS5s for China Now

It seems low supply isn’t enough to stop Sony from opening up PS5 sales in yet another country because today Sony announced plans to begin selling the PS5 in China in mid-May. Despite being launched almost half a year ago, Sony has struggled to keep up with the demand for the PS5, forcing customers to…

Games Sam Rutherford

These Finger-Worn Chopsticks Are the Best Thing to Happen to Snacking Since Doritos

The Snactiv doesn’t completely reimagine chopsticks but instead uses them as a starting point for a new utensil.

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Netflix’s Sweet Tooth May Become Our Summer 2021 Obsession

Iron Man might be gone from the Marvel Cinematic Universe but he’s bringing a whole new world to Netflix. Robert Downey Jr., along with his wife Susan Downey, are executive producers on a new dark, family, fantasy show called Sweet Tooth, based on the 2009 DC Comic series written and drawn by Jeff Lemire. The…

Trailers Germain Lussier

James Gunn Teases One of The Suicide Squad‘s Villains

Chloé Zhao explains why she’s turning Dracula into a sci-fi western. David Cronenberg is remaking one of his classics. Finally, we have a release date (and new pictures) for The Green Knight. Plus, the stars of Stargirl and Supergirl talk heroes, and what’s to come on The Nevers. Spoilers now! Crimes of the Future According…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

The Razer Blade 15 Advanced Is the Definition of a Premium Gaming Laptop

Gamers aren’t a monolith, and neither are the systems they game on. Some prefer more barebones systems that aren’t much more than a collection of components, while others seek out beastly desktop replacements that light up like a battleship. But when it comes to premium gaming notebooks, the Razer Blade 15 Advanced fits the description…

Laptops Sam Rutherford

Australian Political Staffer Fired for Filming Himself Jerking Off on Female Politician’s Desk Says Video of the Incident Is ‘Revenge Porn’

How do you define revenge porn? It might seem easy enough when it’s an angry man posting a naked photo of his ex-girlfriend to 4Chan. But what happens when it’s an image of a lewd act in the workplace that touches off a national conversation about gender bias, power imbalances, and sexual assault? Australia was…

Tech News Matt Novak

Facebook Says Posts Criticizing India’s Prime Minister Were ‘Mistakenly’ Blocked

Facebook posts criticizing India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi were being blocked on Wednesday, the tech giant confirmed to Gizmodo, adding that it was a “mistake.” But why was Facebook content with the hashtag #ResignModi being censored in the first place? Facebook is being incredibly cagey about the specifics. “We temporarily blocked this hashtag by mistake,…

Social Media Matt Novak

Hackers Leak Data on D.C. Cops as Part of Extortion Scheme

In an attempt to extort some unknown amount of money out of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, hackers with the Babuk ransomware gang have leaked large amounts of data on five of the department’s officers. The data, which was published on the gang’s dark web site early Wednesday morning, is quite extensive, and includes individual…

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek

A Cloud-Based Google Chrome Sounds Neat, but Consider Upgrading Your Hardware Instead

As I sit at my desk typing this blog, I have 15 Chrome tabs eating up 790MB of memory. I also have 17 Microsoft Edge tabs open, which take up 535MB of memory. Aside from those two extra tabs on Edge, I have the same webpages open, yet Chrome is hogging more memory. Complaints about…

Tech News Joanna Nelius

Neil Gaiman, Chuck Wendig, and More Are Uniting to Make Disney Pay Royalties

Declassified Satellite Images Show Glaciers Are Melting Faster Than Ever

Scientists Closer to Creating Psychedelic-Like Drugs That Work Without Hallucinations

U.S. Court Says Ghost Gun Blueprints Can Stay Online

This Fast & Furious Promo Is Either Fantastic or Terrible, I Can’t Decide

Murder Cover-Up: Man Allegedly Set Deadly Wildfire to Hide His Crime

Etsy-Owned Music Sales Site Reverb Hit With Data Breach

NYPD Puts Down Its Godforesaken Robot Dog

China’s Space Station Is a Step Closer to Reality With Launch of Core Module

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier‘s Director Breaks Down Walker’s Arc, Steve’s Shadow, and More

You May Have to Wait Longer for Your New iPad or Mac

Oh, So Apparently Sony Has Enough PS5s for China Now

These Finger-Worn Chopsticks Are the Best Thing to Happen to Snacking Since Doritos

Netflix’s Sweet Tooth May Become Our Summer 2021 Obsession

James Gunn Teases One of The Suicide Squad‘s Villains

The Razer Blade 15 Advanced Is the Definition of a Premium Gaming Laptop

Australian Political Staffer Fired for Filming Himself Jerking Off on Female Politician’s Desk Says Video of the Incident Is ‘Revenge Porn’

Facebook Says Posts Criticizing India’s Prime Minister Were ‘Mistakenly’ Blocked

Hackers Leak Data on D.C. Cops as Part of Extortion Scheme

A Cloud-Based Google Chrome Sounds Neat, but Consider Upgrading Your Hardware Instead

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