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Tuesday, Apr 30

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Hubble Telescope Put Into Dreaded Safe Mode Due to Ongoing Glitch

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Update: April 30, 4:22 p.m. ET: NASA says Hubble is back online and resuming science duties, doing so on April 29. “The spacecraft is in good health and once again operating using all three of its gyros,” the space agency said. “All of…

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Apple's New Beats Solo Buds Are Dirt Cheap and Have a Long Battery Life

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Apple announced two new offerings to its Beats line of headphones and earbuds. The Beats Solo Buds are a pair of true wireless earphones that promise up to 18 hours of battery life, while the Beats Solo 4 is an upgrade for those looking to…

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'Tiger Stripes' on Enceladus Linked to Moon's Spectacular Geysers

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Jostling on the fault lines of Enceladus’ frozen crust may be responsible for the plumes of icy material spewing from the moon’s watery underbelly, according to a team of researchers that recently modeled the motion.

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Dave & Buster's Adding Bets to Its App as America's Gambling Fixation Kicks Into High Gear

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Dave & Buster’s plans to add a feature to its app that will allow customers to place bets amongst themselves on competitive games, according to an announcement from the entertainment chain on Tuesday. It’s just the latest sign that tech…

18

Apple’s Safari Browser May Let You Erase Ads Completely With New AI Makeover

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Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome are already being drowned in new AI features, so we suppose it was inevitable that Apple would also try to shove some AI activities into its default browser. With Apple reportedly jumping on the AI hype…

17

SCUF’s High-End Controller for PC Will Prove How Bad You Are at Games

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SCUF’s Envision Pro controller feels so good, so clicky, so responsive, it makes me hate it. I know it’s not the controller, it’s my dumb thumbs, and yet SCUF’s $180 device feels like a memento mori for all the years I spent trying and…

16

The Best New Gadgets of April 2024

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We hope you like TVs because that’s what April had to deliver in 2024. Samsung showed off its latest Neo QLED 4K TV, while Sony refreshed its entire QLED-based Bravia lineup.

Monday, Apr 29

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Razer Ordered to Issue Refunds for Its Absurd RGB Face Mask

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Remember when we called Razer’s Zephyr face mask one of the most disappointing gadgets of 2021? It’s even more disappointing when you realize that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleges the company never even submitted the face mask…

22

Fallout Is Prime Video's Most-Watched Series Since Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

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We already knew Fallout was a hit; the Prime Video series based on the popular video games has already been renewed for a second season. But now we know just how much of a hit it is, raking in 65 million viewers globally during its first…

21

Smarter Than Monkeys? Scientists Challenge Claim of T. Rex Intelligence

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Tyrannosaurus rex was just about as smart as modern crocodiles and other reptiles, according to a team of researchers that investigated recent claims that the Cretaceous predators may have been as smart as monkeys.

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Everything You Should Know Before You Buy the Rabbit R1 AI Companion

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Rabbit R1, the bright orange AI gadget that became the talk of the town during CES 2024, was launched and demoed at a private event in New York last week. The “pick-up party” as the company called it was exclusively for the first few…

14

iPad Pro OLED: Everything We Know So Far

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This guide was updated on April 29 at 8:15 a.m. to include new info about the iPad’s supposed chip and the Apple Pencil, April 24 at 2:10 to include new details on the iPad calculator app, and April 19 at 8:44 a.m. ET to include new rumors…

Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: Only 1% of People Can Solve These Logic Problems… But Really

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Before you accuse me of clickbait, hear me out. If you scroll the same corners of social media that I do, then you’re sick of seeing meme puzzle accounts abuse the caption “Only 1% of people can solve!” over some lightweight teasers. Are…

Sunday, Apr 28

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New Disney Leak Reveals Early Look at Gravity Falls, Owl House, and Plenty More

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Just before the weekend started, the animation space lit up when someone suddenly leaked a lot of never-before-seen internal material from Disney. We won’t link to it, but included in that material is a sizable amount of stuff from the…

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Radiant Black is Taking Its Tokusatsu Action to Audiobooks

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Since it debuted back in 2021, Kyle Higgins and Marcelo Costa’s Radiant Black has become one of Image Comics’ biggest books. Now that it’s got an entire universe of its own full of equally colorful characters headling their own books, it’s…

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How To Create AI Images on Midjourney

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There are plenty of apps you can turn to to generate pictures using artificial intelligence. Still, Midjourney remains one of the best and one of the most popular options, having launched in beta form in July 2022.

Saturday, Apr 27

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'Fallout but in Excel' Lets You Visit the Wasteland While Your Boss Thinks You're Working

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If you thought that Excel spreadsheets were just for mind-numbing office work, think again. A gaming hobbyist has created an Excel-based RPG game that he based on the popular post-apocalyptic game Fallout. It’s the end of the world, all…

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Everything We Think You Need to Know About Deadpool & Wolverine, and Then Some

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Welcome back to the week that was in io9's coverage of the latest, and greatest, in pop culture news. It’s been a busy week, as the highly anticipated new trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine brought with it oodles of insight and analysis on…

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What to Expect When You’re Expecting Google I/O 2024

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In the tech world, developer conferences are like birthdays. These mega-events happen annually and remind us of the cadence of life and that time is a neverending circle. Google I/O 2024 will be no different.

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Apple Vision Pro Sales Slump, Robot Weapons Get Scarier, TikTok Ban Is Here and More

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This week Apple got a dose of reality as people are caring less about its Vision Pro. A robot tank with green eyes and a robo dog with a flamethrower show that the future of warfare is here. And to round things out, Elon Musk’s AI bot…

ChatGPT Could Power the iPhone's AI Chatbot: Report

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Apple is reportedly holding discussions with OpenAI about using the startup’s AI technology to power some features coming to the iPhone later this year, Bloomberg reported on Friday. This comes roughly a month after reports surfaced that…

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Scientists Plan for Apophis’s Unnervingly Close Brush With Earth

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In our top stories this week, reporter Passant Rabie explores potential projects to visit and study asteroid Apophis when it performs a close encounter with Earth in 2029. Consumer Reports reveals that about 20% of fruits and vegetables…

Friday, Apr 26

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Chaturbate Owes Texas $675,000 for Not Verifying the Age of Users

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Chaturbate will pay $675,000 in fines for not adhering to a new law in Texas that requires all porn sites to verify the age of users, according to a new report from 404 Media which cites a court order released Friday.

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Google Wants to Show You More YouTube Ads When You Pause Videos

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If you already hate ads on YouTube, then you’re going to have a bad time with Pause Ads. During its earnings calls on Thursday,Google crowed about the success of the tests it’s run on the ads, which could indicate the “feature” will roll…

Nintendo Switch 2: Everything You Need to Know

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This post was updated 4/26/24 at 4:35 p.m. ET to include new rumors about the size of the Switch 2's Joycons.

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It's a Great Time to Be an Alien Fan

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Happy Alien Day to all those who celebrate. April 26, as many of you know, is the day pop culture has decided to celebrate one of the landmark franchises in science fiction: Alien. That’s because the planet in the sequel Aliens is LV…

Bring Your Favorite Creative Geniuses Home With You

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George Lucas. Hayao Miyazaki. Stan Lee. Shigeru Miyamoto. Names such as these have defined our lives. The art and products geniuses like these have created are as important to us as anything. And while we decorate our homes and…

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Former Pixar Animator Gives One Big Reason AI Video Won't Work in Hollywood

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AI-generated video has received a lot of hype lately as a tool that’s supposedly going to revolutionize Hollywood. But Craig Good, a former animator at Pixar who worked on classics like Toy Story and Finding Nemo, isn’t convinced. Good…

18

Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone

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Last week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California released a ruling that concluded state highway police were acting lawfully when they forcibly unlocked a suspect’s phone using their fingerprint. You probably didn’t hear about it.…

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Scientists Discover Mysterious Ecosystem Beneath Earth's Driest Desert

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The Atacama Desert—an arid, unpopulated swath of northern Chile that is home to some of the most perceptive ground telescopes on Earth—is actually teeming with life beneath the ground, according to a team of researchers that recently…