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Riddle of Fire Puts a Fantasy Spin on a 1980s Kids Adventure Movie
by Germain Lussier on September 27, 2023 at 11:00 pm
Recovering a password has never been as elaborate or entertaining as it is in Riddle of Fire, which had its U.S. premiere at Fantastic Fest 2023 this week. In […]
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Castlevania: Nocturne's Opening Explores the Bloody Belmont Legacy
by James Whitbrook on September 27, 2023 at 10:00 pm
Netflix’s new Castlevania show, Nocturne, is set hundreds of years after the events of the original series, with a long-line descendant of heroes Trevor […]
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NASA's Cloud Observing Satellite Bids Farewell After 17 Years
by Passant Rabie on September 27, 2023 at 9:10 pm
After blasting beams of energy through the clouds for the past 17 years, NASA’s lidar satellite mission came to an end this past August, the agency has […]
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A Rabid Otter in Florida Went on a Rampage Last Week, Attacking a Man and a Dog
by Ed Cara on September 27, 2023 at 9:10 pm
As if life isn’t hard enough already: rabid otters are apparently a thing. Florida health officials reported this week that a 74-year-old man and a dog were […]
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Concrete Utopia Takes the Disaster Movie in a Whole New Direction
by Germain Lussier on September 27, 2023 at 9:00 pm
Most modern disaster movies are rather cheesy—big, special effects spectacles that are an excuse to showcase lots of destruction and action. Concrete Utopia, […]
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DoJ Accuses eBay of Selling Thousands of Environmentally Harmful Products
by Nikki Main on September 27, 2023 at 8:59 pm
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) filed a lawsuit against eBay, Inc. in a Brooklyn Court on Wednesday for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act and other […]
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Snoop Dogg's a Dungeon Master and All of Meta’s Other AI Announcements
by Lucas Ropek on September 27, 2023 at 8:41 pm
Every tech company in existence is currently racing to cram as much AI into their product base as possible, so it’s not at all surprising that Meta’s […]
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Scientists Spot Black Dust and Debris on Canister Containing Asteroid Sample
by Passant Rabie on September 27, 2023 at 8:20 pm
Following a nearly three-year journey through space, the canister containing samples from asteroid Bennu has finally been opened. Read more...
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Dan Harmon Dishes on Justin Roiland and Rick and Morty's New Voices
by Cheryl Eddy on September 27, 2023 at 8:10 pm
The much-anticipated seventh season of Rick and Morty arrives in just a few weeks; a few days ago, we got a trailer revealing the show’s new “soundalike” […]
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Paleontologists Find Trilobite’s Last Meal in 465-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Stomach
by Isaac Schultz on September 27, 2023 at 8:05 pm
Here’s something to chew on: a fossilized trilobite from the Ordovician Period, which is so well preserved that a team of paleontologists was able to […]
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Warner Music Group CEO Says We Should Embrace AI in the Music Industry
by Kevin Hurler on September 27, 2023 at 8:00 pm
As the Writers Guild of America comes to an agreement with movie and television studios over the use of AI in Hollywood, it would appear that the music […]
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The Next Big Boner Treatment Might Come From Spider Venom
by Ed Cara on September 27, 2023 at 7:20 pm
Men looking for a better sex life might someday own their thanks to a spider. A Brazilian pharmaceutical company is developing a topical treatment for erectile […]
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Breaking Down What the Writers Guild Won
by Linda Codega on September 27, 2023 at 7:15 pm
After nearly 150 days on strike, the Writers Guild of America and the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers have finally reached an agreement. […]
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Meta's New Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Look Kinda Cool and Can Livestream Your Life
by Florence Ion on September 27, 2023 at 7:10 pm
Smart glasses seem to be having a resurgence lately. First, Amazon reminded us they still make them with Alexa built in. Now, Meta is launching a new lineup […]
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Congress's Lone Surgeon Wants States to Regulate AI
by Mack DeGeurin on September 27, 2023 at 7:00 pm
A new battle is brewing between states and the federal government. This time the fight isn’t over taxes or immigration but rather the limits of regulating […]
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The Future Supercontinent Will Be Way Too Hot for Mammals to Survive, Study Says
by Angely Mercado on September 27, 2023 at 6:50 pm
Mammals are halfway through their era on this planet. We’ve existed about 250 million years since mammals evolved on earth and we only have another 250 […]
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Disney's Jennifer Lee on World of Frozen and Co-Creating a New Heroine in Wish
by Sabina Graves on September 27, 2023 at 6:30 pm
It all starts with a classic “wish upon a star” in Disney’s centennial animated release Wish.Read more...
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Meta's Mixed Reality Quest 3 Has Arrived, Starting at $500
by Kyle Barr and Florence Ion on September 27, 2023 at 6:19 pm
Meta’s been questing around for a new vision for its VR, and it’s finally arrived. At Meta’s 2023 Connect conference, the company introduced the Meta […]
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Netflix's Tomb Raider Will Show Lara Croft's Journey from Survivor to Legend
by Justin Carter on September 27, 2023 at 5:05 pm
During its “Drop 01" livestream event, Netflix unveiled the first official look at its Tomb Raider anime, The Legend of Lara Croft. The show was originally […]
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Masters of the Universe: Revolution Announces 2024 Return With Scare Glow's Help
by Cheryl Eddy on September 27, 2023 at 5:05 pm
He-Man returns to Netflix next year for more of Kevin Smith’s epic animated series—this time titled Masters of the Universe: Revolution. A new clip […]
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New Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Clip Explains Ramona's Netflix Connection
by Cheryl Eddy on September 27, 2023 at 5:00 pm
When Scott Pilgrim searches for his dream girl—you know, the one who has “hair like this”—he gets some important intel from Julie Powers. The rest of […]
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OpenAI Employee Discovers Eliza Effect, Gets Emotional
by Kevin Hurler on September 27, 2023 at 4:55 pm
Designing a program in such a way that it can truly convince someone that another human is on the other side of the screen has been a goal of AI developers […]
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Ahsoka's Penultimate Episode Left Us Breathless for the Finale
by Germain Lussier on September 27, 2023 at 4:50 pm
Thrawn and Ezra have been found. Our heroes have reached—or are on their way to—a new galaxy far, far away. With season one of Ahsoka nearing its end, the […]
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British Museum Asks Public for Help Locating Stolen Artifacts
by Nikki Main on September 27, 2023 at 4:45 pm
The British Museum is asking the public for help to recover several stolen artifacts on a webpage launched on Tuesday. The museum dismissed an unnamed employee […]
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Blue Eye Samurai Cuts It Up in a Bloody, Slick First Trailer
by Justin Carter on September 27, 2023 at 4:35 pm
During its animation-focused “Drop 01" livestream event, Netflix unveiled a first look at Blue Eye Samurai, a brand new series from Michael Green (A Haunting […]