The AcolyteIs Just Fine With You Seeing Carrie-Anne Moss as Trinity In Jedi Robes

[Carries character] is very much inspired by Trinity, showrunner Leslye Headland toldEmpireofJedi Master Indara. Indaras own leaning towardsTrinitys action-heroine legacyre-opened the actress eyes to her relationship with action as well. A part of me forgot how much I love action. Screenshot: Lucasfilm I love it, Moss concluded. But I was just really thrilled that I could do it, and I wanted to do it well. Gimme another take! Gimme another take!...

April 5, 2024 · 1 min · 83 words · Robert Grimes

The NewStar ToursUpdate: Everything You Need, and Want, to Know

Before Disney bought Star Wars,the two brands began their courtship with a ride. Star Tours opened in 1987 and has seenmany new upgrades and additions over the years. This week, for itsSeason of the Force event, Disney gave the ride another refresh. Cassian Andor, Ahsoka Tano, and the Mandalorian with Grogu on Star Tours.Image: Lucasfilm And this time, for the first time, its with characters from Disney+. How does it work?...

April 5, 2024 · 3 min · 543 words · Brian Ortega

Updates FromThe Acolyte, and More

Daredevil: Born Again expands its cast. Get a gory new look at the killer vampire kid movie Abigail in new footage. Futurama sets a summer return. Screenshot: Lucasfilm Plus, whats coming on American Horror Story: Delicate. To me, my spoilers! A chop and a slice. Photo: Disney #KarateKidMoviehas officially kicked off production! Futurama TV Linereports Futurama will return for a new season this July 29 on Hulu. Star Wars: The Acolyte EmpireMagazinehas a few new images from Star Wars: Acolyte....

April 5, 2024 · 1 min · 98 words · Leslie Hill

Virgin Galactic Accuses Boeing of ‘Shoddy’ Work in Its Countersuit Over Failed Agreement

Virgin Galactic has responded to Boeings lawsuit, which accuses the company of retaining its trade secrets. Richard Bransons private space venture is countersuing Boeing over an agreement to develop Virgin Galactics next generation mothership. The agreement, however, fell through, and both companies are apparently salty about it. Virgin Galactic’s Eve Mothership carries its suborbital spaceplane and releases it at an altitude of 44,500 feet above the ground.Photo: Virgin Galactic Boeing has come under heat lately for a host of safety issues and scandals....

April 5, 2024 · 1 min · 104 words · Amy Jennings

What You Should Know About New York City’s Big Earthquake

Did you feel that? An apparent aftershock was felt across the city just before 6:00 p.m. The northeast of the US tends to be pretty quiet, so events like this are quite rare. Midtown Manhattan (and the greater northeast) felt an earthquake Friday morning.Photo: Michael Lee (Getty Images) Certainly not something you see every year, or maybe even necessarily every ten years. Air traffic operations are resuming as quickly as possible....

April 5, 2024 · 2 min · 238 words · Johnny Mata

‘I’m Quakin’ Here’: The Best NYC Earthquake Memes

The quake was strong enough to rattle some dishes but resulted in fairly minimal damage. Many New Yorkers experienced an earthquake for the first time on Friday. For a moment, we all felt something, then we tweeted about it. Screenshot: X Within minutes after the earthquake happened, people on X were already posting jokes. Gizmodo collected the best memes from the earthquake for your enjoyment. News from the future, delivered to your present....

April 5, 2024 · 1 min · 73 words · Mary Cummings

62-Year-Old Man Doing Great After Leaving Hospital With Pig Kidney

The new era of animal-to-human kidney transplantation is off to a good start. Slaymans new kidney gives the impression of functioning as expected two weeks post-surgery. And the hope is that the organs from these pigs can be safely tolerated by the recipients immune system. Slayman’s new pig kidney sitting on ice, about to be transplanted.Photo: Massachusetts General Hospital Over the past few years, there have been several early successful tests of the technology in humans....

April 4, 2024 · 2 min · 265 words · Nicole Vasquez

A Vivid Near-Future Dystopia Comes to Life in This Moving Sci-FI Tale

io9 is proud to present fiction fromLIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE. Once a month, we feature a story from LIGHTSPEEDs current issue. This months selection is A Pedra by Endria Isa Richardson. Illustration: Tithi Luadthong (aka “Grandfailure”) (Shutterstock) you might read the story below or listen to the podcast. -Edgardo Rodriguez Julia I didnt run. If the boy had not called to you, you would have run. I would not have run. mae,...

April 4, 2024 · 14 min · 2866 words · Maria Gibbs

AI Lottery Website Taken Down Because It Produced A NSFW Image of a User

The purported photo, which was provided to KTTH, doesnt exactly match the prompt. First of all, Megan is sitting on a bed and feels like surrounded by giant goldfish. There was also another, more disturbing aspect to the photo: The mom was reportedly completely nude. Image: Washington Lotto While she had a bikini bottom on, she did not have a top. In addition, the AI-generated image had the Washington Lotterys logo on the bottom corner....

April 4, 2024 · 1 min · 163 words · Jason Rivas

Amazon Is Ditching Plastic Packaging Abroad—but Using Even More in the U.S.

This story was originally published byGrist. This packaging includes Amazons ubiquitous blue-and-white mailers, as well as other pouches, bags, and plastic cushioning. The company has made great progress, but its just not enough. Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Oceana then made some downward revisions to account for Amazons publicly disclosed efforts to reduce plastic packaging. Most of it is sent tolandfills or incinerators, or is discarded into the environment. Plastic production causes additional concerns....

April 4, 2024 · 2 min · 245 words · Zachary Flores

Another AI Image Generator Seems to Have a Problem With Race

Meta released its ownAI-powered image generatorback in December called Imagine. Like other image generators of its kind, Imagine seems to have some very strange racial hangups. Namely, the software cant seem to envision a world where Asian men are capable of dating white women. Screenshot: Meta Journalist Mia Sato describes her futile attempts to generate said interracial images. We did our own test and had even less luck. The program also generated a multitude of historically inaccurate images, including Black Vikings and Black Nazis....

April 4, 2024 · 1 min · 152 words · David Irwin

Apple AirPods 2024: Everything We Know So Far

The current Apple audio lineup consists of three AirPodswireless earbuds and one over-ear headphonesAirPods Max. The insanely premiumAirPods Max over-ear headphonesretail at a whopping $550. ANC will only be offered on the high-end one. Photo: Andrew Liszewski | Gizmodo Gurman expectsthese to go into production in May 2024 and be released around September or October. He adds that its currently unclear what these buds will feature, but they will compete with non-Apple earbuds....

April 4, 2024 · 1 min · 172 words · Nicole Stevens

Captain America: The Winter SoldierTrapped the MCU in a Machine of Its Own Making

That wasnt the case withCaptain America: The Winter Soldier. By far, its biggest contribution is how it led to the MCUs ostensible genre shift. It became popular to say movies that followed were x genre, but Marvel. Image: Marvel Studios So big was Winter Soldier that Marvel effectively went all-in on it. But all this imitation and success only went so far. (Case in point: Falcon & the Winter Soldiers messy handling ofraceand geopolitics....

April 4, 2024 · 1 min · 105 words · Lindsey Mcdowell