Mutant Mayhem’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Are Back in First Look at New Series

More cast members will be announced soon, presumably to flesh out who those allies and foes might be. Heres a couple more images from the series. Want more io9 news? Image: Paramount+ News from the future, delivered to your present. Image: Paramount+ Image: Paramount+

February 8, 2024 · 1 min · 44 words · Catherine Walsh

Nuclear Fusion Machine Smashes Energy Record, Clean Energy Now ‘Closer Than Ever’

The Joint European Torus facility, or JET, produced just over 69 megajoules of heat. It sometimes seems like a fata morgana, hovering on the horizon, just out of reach. Looks like the DOE will need to update its website. Inside the JET tokamak.Photo:Wikimedia Commons Tokamaks and stellarators generate magnetic fields to confine a plasma to catalyze fusion. The NIF blasted high-powered lasers at a peppercorn-sized pellet, inducing fusion in the target....

February 8, 2024 · 1 min · 129 words · Larry Walls

OpenAI Wants to Control Your Computer

Companies like Google and Meta are also reportedly developing agent software, according to The Information. OpenAI is not only building this computer control agent but also a web browsing AI agent. Altman is slowly turning OpenAI into an AI agent company. Photo: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg (Getty Images) The recently launchedGPT Store is a marketplace of AI agents. These capabilities are often talked about in the AI field as agents. The upside of this are going to be tremendous....

February 8, 2024 · 1 min · 198 words · George Hall

Remember When Yahoo Ruled the Internet?

Its natural to feel a bit of regret when you miss a loved ones birthday. Sadly, I wiped my Yahoo account off the face of the planet during theGreat Data Breach of 2013. But I vividly remember my time on the website throughout the two decades it existed in my life. Image:Version Museum Its a pity the younger generations will never be able to experience the best things about Yahoo firsthand....

February 8, 2024 · 1 min · 83 words · Joshua Reed

Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ Moon Is Hiding an Ocean Beneath Its Mangled Surface

The discovery is detailed in astudypublished on Wednesday in the journal Nature. The ocean is estimated to be around 5 to 15 million years old. Luckily, theJUICE missionis on its way to study Jupiters icy moons, searching for signs of habitability. Saturn’s moon Mimas as seen by the Cassini spacecraft.Image: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute In the meantime, we can ponder what kind of life may exist on Saturns disfigured moon. News from the future, delivered to your present....

February 8, 2024 · 1 min · 77 words · Kathryn Simmons

Sonic the HedgehogSpin-Off SeriesKnucklesPromises Friendship… and Vengeance

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is in theaters December 20. Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present. Screenshot: Paramount+ You May Also Like Is Sega Planning a Cinematic Universe? Michael Bay and Sydney Sweeney have designs on an unexpected video game from the 80’s. Sonic 4Is Already in the Works for 2027 The blue blur stops for nothing. Without Ugly Sonic, Thered Be NoSonicMovie Franchise Sonic the Hedgehog 3opens in theaters this week....

February 8, 2024 · 1 min · 77 words · Adam Wilson

Sony Jacks Up Prices for Crunchyroll and Kills Funimation

Sony just raised the price of anime and left American otakus with few other options. When Sony Picturespurchased Crunchyroll from AT&T in 2021, it became an anime powerhouse. Crunchyrolls $55 price hike wont hit until next January. Screenshot: Toei Animation However, there was little to no explanation given about why the anime service is now becoming so expensive. Sony Pictures Entertainment did not immediately respond to Gizmodos request for comment....

February 8, 2024 · 1 min · 160 words · Billy Williams

The Best Mutant Movie of the Year Has a New Trailer

When Marvelsmutant-filled film Deadpool 3hits theaters in July, were confident itll be great. Its out in March and io9 has your exclusive look at its brand new trailer. In the film, a world much like our own begins to see mysterious mutations. A crop of the poster for The Animal Kingdom.Image: Magnet Releasing Humans just start becoming various animals. This happens to a woman and, when she goes missing, her husband and son go after her....

February 8, 2024 · 1 min · 202 words · Michael Black

Viagra and Similar Drugs Might Help Keep Alzheimer’s at Bay

One of the worlds most famous drug classes may have another trick up its sleeve. Sildenafil and similar drugs are called phosphodiesterase punch in 5 inhibitors, or PDE5Is. And thus the little blue pill was born. Though sildenafil is now widely available as a generic, it’s still commonly associated with the brand name Viagra that it was first sold under.Photo: Peter Dazeley (Getty Images) While these drugs are synonymous with ED, they are taken for other indications as well....

February 8, 2024 · 1 min · 206 words · Shawna Hull

Waymo Driverless Car Crashes Into Human Cyclist in San Francisco

The Waymo vehicle was at a complete stop at a four-way intersection. When they became fully visible, our vehicle applied heavy braking but was not able to avoid the collision. The San Francisco Police Department confirmed that the cyclist had non-life threatening injuries,The Verge reported. Photo:Waymo The department is purportedly reviewing the incident. Gizmodo reached out to the SFPD on Thursday morning but did not immediately receive a response. That same month, Californiaforced GM to take its Cruise vehicles off state roadsdue to safety concerns....

February 8, 2024 · 1 min · 119 words · Jasmine Rogers

Will Apple’s Vision Pro Make Your Real Life Unbearably Boring?

Or maybe thats just what Apple wants you to think. Either way, the entire concept seems concerning. Real life is boring, sure, but it is, you know…real. Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Giving into endless digital fantasies that are projected onto your eyeballs by a dystopian helmet doesnt seem exactly healthy. Being able to overlay workspaces, data, interactive panels, etc. will 100% make me never want to take the damn thing off lol....

February 8, 2024 · 1 min · 182 words · Madison Thompson

8kun Made an AI Chatbot and It Totally Sucks

Watkins said: The 8kun AI is now available for further beta testing. like use it responsibly. Lets not break it. Screenshot: 8kun We are currently in the process of training the AI, which will take approximately a year. Your inquiries will help guide it toward improvement. Just needs a bit more knowledge about current events. Screenshot: 8kun No offense to Ron, but he is obviously wrong. The answer from the chatbot, verbatim, is:...

February 7, 2024 · 2 min · 224 words · Michael Jackson

A Quiet Place: Day One’s First Look Teases the Start of the Invasion

But how did it all begin? Its directed byPigs Michael Sarnoski, who also wrote the script and co-wrote the story with Krasinski. The official logline is just this: Experience the day the world went quiet. Screenshot: Paramount Pictures A Quiet Place: Day One releases June 28. Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present. Image: Paramount Pictures

February 7, 2024 · 1 min · 61 words · Jacob Snyder