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A few steps remain before the bulk of the asteroid sample can be removed. The OSIRIS-REx mission launched in September 2016 and reached asteroid Bennu in December 2018. Bennu is a small, near-Earth asteroid that makes a close pass to Earth every six years or so. The OSIRIS-REx TAGSAM head with the lid removed, revealing the remainder of the asteroid sample.Photo: NASA/Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebersold The final mass of the sample will be determined in the coming weeks, NASA stated....

Despite Jurassic World Dominionbeing truly terrible, it did not kill the Jurassic franchise. Theres no director attached but Frank Marshall, one of the producers of the original, is on board. At least to start. The Jurassic world is coming back.Image: Universal We said the same thing about 2015s Jurassic World and the original film stars. We will keep an eye on this moving ahead but, tell us below, what do you think?...

However, as of today,fans can now stream all of season seven on Max. Theres no word yet on exactly when Rick and Morty: The Anime will hit Adult Swim. you might now stream all of Rick and Morty, including last years seventh season,on Max. Screenshot:Adult Swim Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present.

One thing OpenAI doesnt want you to find, however, is an AI girlfriend. People really want AI romance bots, and developers really want to sell them. But rather than embrace the world of digital love, Sam Altmans company is trying to snuff it out. Photo: Thomas Germain / cjmacer / MeSSrro / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock) Or, to be more specific, OpenAI has a no-AI girlfriend policyone that the company isnt really enforcing....

The massive Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra doesn’t disappoint. But there’s nothing here that’s screaming, “Upgrade now! Starts at $1,300 Pros Cons TheSamsung Galaxy S24 Ultrais big, beautiful, and a heck-of-a-lot-of smartphone. Samsung’s Galaxy S24 Ultra, with the S Pen out and laid down.Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo Still, it will overpower people with my sized hands. Its also about $100 more this generation, starting at $1,300 for the 256GB storage version....

And it includes a character fans surely couldnt have guessed would appear. So the fact that the season will see the Batch go after their sister Omega makes sense. It also seems Tech is actually dead dead. The Bad Batch is back, baby.Screenshot: Lucasfilm But, as tends to happen with these trailers, the biggest reveal is saved for last. Ventress was a fan-favorite villain in The Clone Wars show, as one of Count Dookus best Force-sensitive assassins....

The Hugo Awards are no stranger to controversy. And now theres another controversy to add to the list. On the second image, you’re free to seeR.F. Image: Harper Voyager As the Hugo Awards website points out, The Hugo Awards website does not administer the Awards. The Hugo Awards isnt a single entity. We dont run any of those entities; we essentially just publish the official news that comes from them....

O. megalodon, my megalodon. The enormous O. megalodon went extinct around 3.6 million years ago. Megalodon remains are fragmentary, and inferences about the shark are generally made from its fist-sized teeth and vertebrae. The endangered shortfin mako, O. megalodon’s closest living relative.Photo:Wikimedia Commons (Which is a relief, because imagine the logistics of megalodon-sized box.) Alas, food availability is a prime suspect for what may have killed off the ancient shark....

TikTokis a welcome pacifier for people looking to disconnect as our world careens towards the fiery abyss. Terrible, yes, but that nightmare may be ending. TikTok famously loops the video youre currently watching in perpetuity. Screenshot: ivansnap / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock) AutoScroll offers some respite. TikTok didnt answer Gizmodos questions about AutoScrolls status. Big platforms like TikTok often test features in the wild before an official release. Regardless, some significant number of users have access to the feature already....

It begs the question, was Ron Desantis running on ChatGPT this whole time? Politicians are reeling from OpenAIs ban on ChatGPT for the 2024 election, but none more so than Desantis. Now, his campaign is over, but the timing is oddly coincidental with ChatGPTs removal from political campaigns. Photo: Anna Moneymaker (Getty Images) The interface Dean.Bot would converse with voters in real-time through a website. If Desantis is powered by ChatGPT, there are several kinks to be worked out....

Gamers have called out some convincing similarities between Palworld and Pokemon. PalworldsGrintalelooks an awful lot like PokemonsGalarian Meowth. Another Palworld design looks strikingly similar toLucario, and one shares a resemblance toLilligant. Image: Palworld, Pocketpair The concept behindPalworldis a familiar one. A human character battles, trains, and captures different creatures called pals. Pocketpair isnot afraid of a copyright lawsuitfrom Nintendo, according to Kotaku. However, Kotaku also reported that modders have alreadyput actual Pokemon in Palworld....

All the things I love in one. Barrera can be seen next inAbigail, which reunited her with Scream 5 and 6sRadio Silence. Not that she even wants to, since she told THR how much she loves the genre. Image: Paramount No stars have to be in the movie for people to show up. […] Theres just something about it. Abigail comes to theaters on April 19, while Your Monster is currently seeking a distributor....

But when it arrives there, itll be dropping the Part One from its subtitle. (Cruise reportedlywent to warwith Universal over the latter film taking up his movies IMAX screenings). But it also probably didnt help that Dead Reckoning openly advertised itself a part one in its title. Image: Paramount That descriptor implies it effectively cant actually end until a Part Two theoretically comes a year or two later. Want more io9 news?...