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H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine Is Getting Another Shot at Making History
Disney’s Mulan and TNT’s Snowpiercer announce new casting and Robert Downey Jr. is starting to tease more Sherlock. Some rumors in the Marvel world with Deadpool 3 and an unspecified MCU film getting movement. Plus, a surprise appearance by Xena’s Renée O’Connor. Ayayayayaya, spoilers! Mulan Deadline reports Jimmy Wong and Doua Moua have joined the … Continued
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Fitbit’s Charge 3 Actually Seems Like a Solid Smartwatch Alternative
The Fitbit Charge 3 seems shockingly light. That’s going to be the first thing that really strikes you about this fitness tracker. You pick it up and it lacks all the heft you’re accustomed to for a device like the Charge 2 or its predecessor. It’s lighter than my Apple Watch too, which is impressive … Continued
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Pepsi Plans to Buy SodaStream in $3.2 Billion Deal
PepsiCo will buy the Israel-based DIY soda company SodaStream in a deal worth $3.2 billion. The move is widely seen as an effort by Pepsi to prop up its catalog of “healthy” food and drink options as it continues to wage battle against longtime rival Coca-Cola. Both PepsiCo and Coca-Cola have invested heavily in both … Continued
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Facebook Vigilantes, Ugly Laptops, and Red Tide: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
Read anything interesting in the news lately? No, really. I’m still catching up, because for much of the past week, I was vacationing in lovely Cook Forest, Pennsylvania, during which my access to the internet was limited to whatever stretches of 4G could be obtained amid supply runs to town. This was indeed lovely—an excuse … Continued
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Elon Musk Reduces Twitter Use, Specifically by Unfollowing Grimes
Three months ago, I had no idea who recording artist Grimes was, but after weeks of nonstop drama and intrigue, reports she’s been unfollowed on Twitter by her boyfriend Elon Musk have me shook. Musk, who heads aerospace manufacturer SpaceX and electric car company/ever-shifting robotic death maze Tesla, has had a rough go of it … Continued
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One of She-Ra‘s New Characters Is Adapted From a Game of Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons is collaborative storytelling. And, well, so is making a television show. At a panel at this weekend’s Flame Con, as reported by Entertainment Weekly, Noelle Stevenson, showrunner for the rebooted She-Ra andThe Princesses of Power, explained how one type of collaborative storytelling can influence another. Apparently, around the same time she started … Continued
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The Flash and Reverse Flash Duke It Out in This Exciting Fan Animation
Red or yellow. Pick your color. Flash and Reverse Flash are classic rivals (it’s right there in the name!), and in this new fan animation, created by CrimsonedRenz, the two Speed Force-powered supers face off in a nasty, fast, brutal battle. The animation, based on the CW’s rendition of the two’s rivalry, uses audio clips … Continued
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Wow, Spain Sure Has a Lot of Pigs
There are now enough pigs in Spain that technically everyone could have one, and there’d be pigs to spare. Per the Guardian, Spanish environmental ministry figures reveal that the country now has 50 million oinking piggies, which is about 3.5 million more than the number of humans. That’s the first recorded time the nation has … Continued
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Wonder Woman 1984 Now Has the Period-Appropriate Breakfast Club Tribute It Always Needed
Okay, fine, The Breakfast Club didn’t come out until 1985. It’s still a good look . Recently, Chris Sylvia, an employee of Regal Cinemas, posted a fantastic picture of the stars of Wonder Woman 1984, along with director Patty Jenkins, posed in a look reminiscent of the classic poster for The Breakfast Club. And now, … Continued
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Apple Store in Amsterdam Reportedly Evacuated After iPad Battery Exploded
An Apple store in Amsterdam’s Leidseplein square was briefly evacuated after an explosion believed to be the result of an overheating iPad battery resulted in leaking vapors, Dutch broadcaster AT5 as well as Dutch blog iCulture reported. The device was quickly dealt with by Apple staff who put the device in a container with sand, … Continued
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Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder Might Actually Be Married, and It’s All Dracula’s Fault
Horror movies bring people together. Cuddling on the couch during the jump scares. Getting accidentally married for real on the set of your gothic horror film. Wait, is that last one not normal? Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder, two gothic darlings of the ‘90s who have experienced independent career resurgences lately, took a turn together … Continued
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Check Out the Elaborate VFX Work That Went Into Avengers: Infinity War‘s Post-Credits Scene
One of the most striking moments (of many) in Avengers: Infinity War is the post-credits scene. We already knew that short, dramatic sequence was shot almost entirely using CGI, and now we’ve got a much better look at how it came together. That work, along with a healthy amount of other effects work for the … Continued
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Walmart: What If You Could Go to Walmart… in VR
Retail giant Walmart has apparently concluded that the experience of visiting its massive retail stores can be kind of unpleasant and appears to be working on technology that would, uh, simulate a flashy version of that experience from the comfort of your couch. Per a report in Bloomberg, Walmart has applied for patents concerning a … Continued
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The Direction of the Third Season of Stranger Things Is Heavily Influenced by a Chevy Chase Comedy
Stranger Things has always owed much of its tone and style to the 1980s. But when we started looking forward to the third season, this isn’t really the ‘80s movie we were expecting. In a new talk with Variety, Stranger Things star David Harbour (the dadbod-acious Chief Jim Hopper) explains that one of the big … Continued
By Julie Muncy - Tech NewsFacebook
HUD Makes It Official, Files Complaint Alleging Facebook Ad Tools Allow Housing Discrimination
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has filed an official discrimination complaint against Facebook, saying the site’s dizzying array of advertising tools makes it simple for advertisers to illegally exclude wide swathes of the population from seeing housing ads, Politico wrote on Friday. In a press release, HUD wrote that Facebook’s “targeted advertising” model … Continued
By Tom McKay - io9Trailers
Enter a Morphinominal New Era of Power Rangers With the First Trailer for Beast Morphers
Times are changing in the wild world of the Power Rangers. The series is not just coming off 25th anniversary celebrations, but transitioning to new ownership, under the auspices of toy giant Hasbro. For the first season of the show under Hasbro’s watch, however, Power Rangers is reaching back into the recent past—and we’ve got … Continued
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Kylo Ren’s Design Might Have an Interesting Connection to a Classic Adaptation of Hamlet
Kylo Ren’s design owes an obvious debt to the aesthetics of Darth Vader. But that’s not the only piece of film history that influenced his look and feel. In a really intriguing thread on Twitter, user @benscalligraphy suggests a really fascinating connection between Kylo Ren and Hamlet, specifically Hamlet as portrayed in the 1921 silent … Continued
By Julie Muncy - Tech NewsPolitics
Move Over Fake News Media, Trump Hates Social Media Too Now
The president has a lot of fervent grievances—everything from the “enemy of the people” news media to the “angry Democrats” supposedly on special counsel Robert Mueller’s team—but social media has now apparently earned his lasting enmity. A few weeks ago, Gizmodo reported that Twitter appeared to be demoting some accounts with a long history of … Continued
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Good Afternoon, Here’s Footage of a Shark Fighting A T-Rex From the Final Sharknado Film
For years, the Sharknado film series has offered some of the most ridiculous nonsense to ever grace television. A one-off attempt at B-movie glory that struck apparent gold for Syfy, the series is now six movies deep, and, well, there’s only so much left to do. So I’m proud and ashamed to present you with … Continued
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These Newly Released Demos Offer An Early Glimpse into the Sounds of Twin Peaks
The most important building block of Twin Peaks might be its opening theme. Eerie and wistful, it captures all the contradictory impulses of the show in just a few notes. That song, like a significant amount of the music that shaped the early two seasons of Twin Peaks, was recorded with Julee Cruise, a singer … Continued
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