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NASAs curious Jupiter probe is getting chummier with the planets most erratic moon, Io. As a result, the moon is constantly being stretched and squeezed, which contributes to its volcanic activity. The Jovian moon has hundreds of volcanoes and lakes of molten silicate lava on its surface. The north polar region of the Jovian moon Io shown in this image taken on October 15 by NASA’s Juno.Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS, Image processing by Ted Stryk...

Talk about an eyesore. According to the paper, the man is in his 30s and a Boston area resident. And since then, it seems like the splinter has been a harmless passenger. Image: Kitreel (Shutterstock) That said, there have been other reports of benign eye splinters documented before. And the authors have advised that the man keep a close eye on himself for the foreseeable future. News from the future, delivered to your present....

Its a perfectly reasonable note, which is why presumably Davies was willing to add something. Theres a casual warmth to it, an eagerness to comfort someone just because he can. But we should be glad, at least, that it got in there in the end. Screenshot: BBC Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present. Pacific Rims TV Show Drifts to Prime Video Good news for giant robot fans....

The company hired a third-party firm to review the breach, and that investigation was recently completed. Under Maine law, companies are required to share details of data breaches when users personal information is stolen. The law also mandates companies conduct a full investigation of the breach and submit that information to the state. Paramount, and its parent company National Amusements, haven’t had a great time of late. The company is so desperate to move on its even considering a merger with David Zaslav’s Warner Bros....

How can you tell if a dinosaur is female or male? Their initial results indicate that trace amounts of sex hormones may indeed survive the fossilization process. Evan Saitta presented that work during an SVP poster session. “Big John,” the largest known triceratops, could actually be Big Jane.Photo: Aurelien Meunier (Getty Images) Cholesterol, he noted, is another bang out of steroid, and sex hormones are biosynthesized from cholesterol. In other words, the body creates hormones such as estrogen and testosterone by modifying existing cholesterol molecules....

2023 was a bad year for Elon Musk. Even beforehis antisemitic tirade, the billionairesmounting failures at X/Twittertook Musk from media darling to a near-laughing stock. Now it seems Tesla is falling behind. Photo: kovop / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock) BYD isnt that well known on the world stage, but that may change in the near future. Current projections say BYD will overtake Teslas top spot for electric car sales within the next few months....

Saw XI producer Mark Burg talks about the future focus of the franchise. Michelle Yeoh discusses returning to Star Trek. Toho is now considering its options after the huge success of Godzilla Minus One. Image: Lucasfilm Plus, Glen Powell talks Twisters. To me, my spoilers! Maybe one day well come back to doing a sequel [to Spiral]. Its definitely not a reboot. Were not trying to recreate the story from the first one....

Taking a road trip across the country and looking for a side quest? Perhaps youre just looking for an escape from modernity writ large. Well, these are the places for you. The Morrison Formation at Dinosaur National Monument.Photo:Wikimedia Commons Without further ado, here are some amazing destinations for fossil spotting. News from the future, delivered to your present.

Along the way, weve been dealt some class-A techno-stupidity. Countless businessespivoted to AI-focused models. Lonely menfell in love with AI sexbots. Image: Shutterstock (Shutterstock) Heres a look back at the dumbest AI news of 2023. Click through the slideshow above, or just scroll down if youre on a mobile machine. News from the future, delivered to your present.

The lawsuit alleges OpenAI and Microsoft trained AI models on copyrighted data from The New York Times. OpenAI and Microsoft did not immediately respond to Gizmodos request for comment. The New York Times reportedly approached OpenAI about a partnership in April, but no resolution was reached. Photo: ANGELA WEISS (Getty Images) The New York Times suit will help determine whether OpenAI and Microsofts role in the AI revolution. News from the future, delivered to your present....

Zack Snyder knows what hes doing. He also knows that most people who see the film will see it on Netflix. That people expectthis movie to connect to others. Snyder making Rebel Moon.Image: Netflix All of it is circling in his head. Snyderspoke to io9 over video chatearlier this month and we dug into all of that. We discussed how conscious he is of homage in the film. One of Snyder’s many creatures....

(Assuming said show wasnt going to have its futureunceremoniouslycut off.) TVs been broken in some ways for yearsno doubt about that. What made this year feel like a turning point was watching companies like Warner Bros. Theydid it to themselvesand continue to do so. Image: Mario Tama/Getty Images During all this, creatives across the industry made it quite clear that enough was enough. In-house VFX workers at bothMarvel StudiosandDisneydecided to unionize after reports in the past year ofextensive crunchon various projects....

This past year was a tipping point for the games industry. The major game studios took the wrong lessons from the expansion of mobile gaming. They thought players really enjoyed paying through the nose for every feature drip, character skin, or mini-expansion. Pick your poison, as there’s no shortage of handheld devices that were released in 2023.Photo: Jorge Jimenez / Andrew Liszewski / Gizmodo Really, it was about access. Most people had phones, ergo, most people would play games on their phones....