The Boy & the HeronFlies to Break a North American Box Office Record

Is it actually Miyazakis for real, final film? Was it really the best idea tonot really promote itor even give any idea as to what its about? Want more io9 news? Image: Studio Ghibli News from the future, delivered to your present. Get your finest dark clothing and all your creepy things, part one ofWednesdayseason two is dropping in August.

December 10, 2023 · 1 min · 60 words · Traci Johnson

2024 Will Be an Epic Year in Spaceflight

Heres your 2024 calendar. Before that happens, however, theres a trove of robotic missions we can look forward to. These payloads are part of NASAsCommercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. A view of the Moon and Earth as taken from NASA’s Orion spacecraft. A similar mission around the Moon could take place in late 2024, but with four astronauts on board.Photo: NASA The lander is expected to operate for one lunar day, roughly equivalent to about 14 Earth days....

December 9, 2023 · 3 min · 511 words · Christina Freeman

Fortnite Festival Hands-on: An Ounce of That OldRock BandMagic Back From the Dead

Is Rock Band back? Well, kinda, maybe, eventually. A game within a game, if you will. Now, you can perform your favorite Fortnite dance emote in front of thousands of (fake) fans.Gif: Epic Games Though we didnt get to try it, the four-button controls are essentially the same with touch. Back in the days of Rock Band 1 through 4, the different instruments had vastly different controls. Drums had the usual four notes and a foot pedal to represent the bass drum....

December 9, 2023 · 1 min · 181 words · Kelly Weaver

Google Gemini AI, M3-Powered Apple iPads, and More Top Product News of the Week

Gemini, Googles ambitious new AI for phones, will make its way to Pixel 8 Pros next week. Gizmodos consumer tech team has all the latest news and more. Heres a roundup of our most-read stories this week. Photo: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto (Getty Images) / Photo: Vladimka production (Shutterstock) / Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo / Photo: Keychron / Image: Logitech / Image: Florence Ion / Image: Apple / Image: Photo: Eliseu Geisler / Shutterstock....

December 9, 2023 · 2 min · 309 words · Jamie Powell

Google’s Gemini, Grok Goes Premium, and More of the Top AI News of the Week

There were a few AI product launches this week. Apple, meanwhile, tried to keep up by releasing…an open-source machine learning framework. Not quite as exciting. Graphic: Google News from the future, delivered to your present.

December 9, 2023 · 1 min · 35 words · Patricia Hughes

Mace Windu ShattersThe Glass Abyssin NewStar WarsNovel

I was busy with television work…but how could I pass this up? A chance to wield the purple lightsaber? I cant wait to share The Glass Abyss with the fans, he concluded. Image: Random House Worlds Heck…I cant wait to read it myself. Star Wars: The Glass Abyssreleases on August 6, 2024. Want more io9 news? Image: Random House Worlds News from the future, delivered to your present.

December 9, 2023 · 1 min · 68 words · David Smith

MRI Shoots Woman, a Betelgeuse Eclipse, and More Top Science News of the Week

Our most-read science stories this week contain a few timeless life lessons. One, dont go into an MRI room carrying metal, particularly if that metal is a loaded gun. Two, dont cross a killer whale, even if youre a great white shark. Image: nimon (Shutterstock) / Image: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin / Image: Photo: Shutterstock Graphics: Vicky Leta / Image: Sergey Neanderthalec (Shutterstock) / Image: YARphotographer (Shutterstock) / Image: photo-denver (Shutterstock) / Image: Hiyas A....

December 9, 2023 · 2 min · 286 words · Alicia Wright

New Report Accuses Sam Altman of Being a Terrible Boss

Altmanwont talk about it. Microsoft obviously isnt talking. In short: One of the most dramatic blowups in Silicon Valley history is still a total mystery. Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Until then, all we really have are theories. Well, that and a lot of allegations about asshole-ish behavior on the part of Altman. Thats not exactlyanomalous CEO behaviorbut it could still explain a few things. More specifically, the CEO was accused of pitting employees against each other and causing chaos at the startup....

December 9, 2023 · 1 min · 212 words · Timothy Barnett

Scientists Created Tiny VR Goggles for Lab Mice, With Adorable Results

At last, researchers say theyve found a way for lab mice to easily use virtual reality goggles. Sending mice into virtual reality isnt a new concept. Ideally, VR allows scientists to simulate naturalistic environments for mice under more controlled conditions. An illustration of the iMRSIV VR setup, with an “overhead threat” projected into the top field of view.Illustration: Dom Pinke/Northwestern University But even the most advanced systems today are clunky....

December 9, 2023 · 1 min · 163 words · Kelsey Wolfe

Silk’s Show Still Exists, Writers Room to Spin Back Up Next Month

ButDeadlinereports that Silks writers room will begin again in earnest in mid-to-late January. Allegedly, the reason for the holdup is that Amazon Studios management was examining the teams scripts so far. Want more io9 news? Image: Helen Chen/Marvel Comics News from the future, delivered to your present. Two banks say Amazon has paused negotiations on some international data centers. Pacific Rims TV Show Drifts to Prime Video Good news for giant robot fans....

December 9, 2023 · 1 min · 73 words · Pamela Johnson

The Marvels‘ Box Office,DeadpoolLeaks, and More Top Pop Culture News of the Week

Germain LussierRead More Deadpool 3 Set Pictures Reveal the Return (and Death?) of Another X-Men Character Chris Hemsworth teases his villainous turn in Furiosa. The Last of Us season 2 sets a date to begin production. Image: Marvel Studios / Image: 20th Century Studios / Image: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Disney / Image: Universal / Image: BBC / Image: BBC / Image: Bottleneck Gallery / Screenshot: YouTube Netflix reveals its next Gundam project....

December 9, 2023 · 2 min · 242 words · Jesus Miller

Twisted MetalRevs Up for a Second Two on Peacock

A lot happened this summer, so its easy to forget thatTwisted Metalaired on Peacock over the summer. Fans of the show will be pleased to hear that its coming back for more. Meanwhile, the sophomore outing forCastlevania: Nocturnelacks a solid release date at time of writing. Image: Peacock I have to give a Sweet Tooth-sized thank you to our incredible fans, wrote co-showrunner Michael Jonathan Smith. The complete 10-episode first season of Twisted Metal can be watched over on Peacock....

December 9, 2023 · 1 min · 116 words · Christopher Wall

Your Browser Has a Hidden Setting That Will Speed Up the Web

Theres actually an integrated net web client setting to help with this, too: Hardware acceleration. Youll see the biggest gains on the most complex websites, like those hosting games or sophisticated apps. Most of the time, youll want to leave hardware acceleration switched on. Do more inside your browser tabs.Image:Choong Deng Xiang/Unsplash And for those reasons, theres no hardware acceleration option in Safari sincemacOS Catalinais switched on all the time....

December 9, 2023 · 1 min · 176 words · Justin Koch