Delays

Nvidia Pushes Back the Launch of the RTX 3070 to Avoid Furious Customers

It’s been a rough couple of weeks for anyone trying to order a shiny new graphics card or game console, and in order to prevent its next launch from going awry Nvidia is delaying the release of its RTX 3070 GPU. In a post on its website, Nvidia says that by pushing the launch date…

A Set Injury Might Mean Major Delays for Cowboy Bebop

John Cho, oh no! The star of the upcoming Netflix live-action version of Cowboy Bebop has had an on-set mishap, and it could mean that the series is a lot later than we thought it would be. As reported by Variety, Cho, while filming a scene in New Zealand, sustained a serious knee injury. Due…

Flights on Five Airlines Delayed Nationwide Due to Computer Outage

At least five airlines are experiencing delays this morning due to a computer problem. Early reports indicate that Delta, United, Southwest, Alaska, and JetBlue all experienced the same outage, which has reportedly been fixed. A spokesperson for Southwest Airlines told Gizmodo over email that the outage was caused by “a vendor that services multiple carriers…

NASA Delays Flagship Space Telescope Mission Once Again

Is this dang telescope ever going to launch? NASA has announced that, once again, it will be pushing back the launch date of the much-anticipated James Webb Space Telescope. Just a few months ago, NASA announced in a press release that it would push the launch back, from late 2018 to early 2019. Now, the…

DJI Is Misleading Customers About Delays For Its Newest Drone

Despite DJI’s promises that shipments for its new Mavic Pro drone were underway, very few drones have made their way to customers. Last week, we wrote about the shipping delays plaguing the drone. Hours after we published our story, DJI released a statement announcing that shipping had begun. But according to customer reports and leaked…

Apple Delays AirPods 

Back in September, Apple promised us that AirPods would be released at the end of October. Well, it’s the end of October. Where the hell are our AirPods? Not in your ears, that’s for sure. According to TechCrunch, Apple says it needs a “little more time” to get the AirPods right. As a result, the…

Where the Hell Is the DJI Mavic Pro? [Updated]

Last month, DJI announced its very cool new Mavic Pro drone, a tiny, foldable, super smart UAV that can do lots of cool tricks. There’s just one problem: The shipment date has come and gone and customers who pre-ordered have no idea when they can expect to get their flying cameras. DJI Mavic Pro drones…

Everything is Not Awesome: The Lego Movie Sequel Has Been Moved to 2019

We’re going to have to wait a bit longer to see The Lego Movie 2. Warner Brothers has shuffled their upcoming film slate, pushing the movie back a year to 2019. The Lego Movie 2, which was originally set to arrive May 18, 2018, will now arrive in theaters on February 8th, 2019. According to…

The final issue of Marvel’s Secret Wars event has been delayed to January 6th. Secret Wars was meant to end in early October, ahead of Marvel’s universal reboot. The addition of a new issue, and this new delay mean that we’ll have spent three months experiencing the fallout of Secret Wars before it actually finishes.

A Software Upgrade Grounded Hundreds of Flights This Weekend

Were you flying to or from the eastern seaboard over the weekend? I’m so sorry. A botched software update caused hundreds of flights to be delayed or cancelled on Saturday and Sunday, so there’s a decent chance you had a bad trip. What happened? A software upgrade, of course. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confessed…

Why Does Weather Cause Air Traffic Delays?

The effect that weather has on air traffic delays is probably one of the most misunderstood aspects of aviation. The conditions that typically can cause delays are low cloud ceilings, low visibility, convective activity (thunderstorms), icing conditions, high winds and runway conditions. There are essentially two set of regulations that relate to flying in weather.…

The Biggest Airlines, Ranked By Thanksgiving Delays

Holiday travel is hell. Combine early winter weather with hoards of angry passengers rushing for their childhood twin beds, and delays are pretty much a given. So how long will you yourself get to spend sightseeing around a crowded airport terminal? Depends on who you fly. Since not all airlines are created equal, we’ve averaged…

Seventh Son delayed again. The fantasy movie starring Jeff Bridges has had release dates of Feb. 2013, Oct. 2013 and Jan. 2014… but now it’s moved to Feb. 2015. Also, Duncan Jones’ Warcraft is delayed to 2016, to avoid clashing with Star Wars: Episode VII.

The 7 Biggest Airlines, Ranked by Thanksgiving Week Suckiness

With the East Coast on the verge of an ill-timed storm, worse than usual holiday delays seem inevitable, and there’s one question on everyone’s mind: How long am I going to be stuck in airort purgatory? Depends who you fly. Since not all airlines are created equal, we’ve averaged together Thanksgiving week airline data from…

Healthcare.gov’s Technical Problems Are Taking Their Toll

First it was a bad script at the tech support hotline. Then it was general institutional failure stemming from the U.S. government’s reliance on outside contractors. And now it’s just the plain fact that when you’re on a schedule and things go wrong you get behind. https://gizmodo.com/obamacare-customer-service-blindly-told-people-to-reset-1444331078 The deadline for having active health insurance coverage…

All delays considered, HTC is now promising the One will pop up in the U.S. “before the end of April.”

The HTC One Is Delayed Because Suppliers Think HTC Isn’t a Top Tier Company

The HTC One, the beautiful beast of an Android, is delayed because suppliers no longer consider HTC a “tier one company”. Which basically means that component companies only care about working with Apple and Samsung. Which basically means that we’re going to have to wait a little longer to get our hands on the best…

BlackBerry’s Q10 QWERTY Hero Won’t Be in the US Until May—At the Earliest

The phone that could unexpectedly become BlackBerry’s saviour, the Q10, won’t hit US shores until May—at the earliest—according to CEO Thorsten Heins. Speaking to AP, Heins explained that the new keyboard-equipped phone will end up shipping in the US eight to ten weeks after its touchscreen sibling, the Z10. Currently, the Z10 is due to…

Why Are Some iMacs Being Delayed 5-7 Weeks?

AppleInsider noticed something peculiar about some build-to-orders iMacs; they went from a shipping estimate of 1-3 days to 5-7 weeks. Specifically, the delay affects any iMac that is equipped with a 2TB hard drive. What’s going on? The answer could lie with the floods in Thailand right now, as Thailand supplies a significant portion of…

Sony CEO May Have Inadvertently Revealed iPhone 5’s 8MP Camera (Updated)

Sony CEO Howard Stringer has a bit of iPhone 5-shaped egg on his face this morning as it was revealed late last night the executive accidentally revealed the strength and supplier of the iPhone 5’s alleged camera. Spoiler: It’s 8MP! And Sony! The slip up apparently occurred during an interview with Walt Mossberg for a…