George R.R. Martin Teases the NextGame of ThronesSpinoff

Daredevil: Born Againgets an intriguing rating.Scream 7adds aRiverdalestar to its cast. Plus, a tiny look at whats coming onSeverance. So [Jurassic World Rebirth] seemed like a chance to say, OK, what now?' © HBO We didnt want to deny any events that occurred. [The new film is set] in that world. But how might that world have changed in the last five years, and whose story is this now? © CBS...

January 29, 2025 · 1 min · 168 words · John Williams

Here’s a Bunch of Videos of the Most Expensive Jet Fighter on the Planet Crashing

The F-35, the worlds most advanced and most expensive fighter jet, has crashed again. On Tuesday, an F-35crashed at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. According to the U.S. Air Force, the pilot experienced an in-flight malfunction and had to bail out. Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, F-35 Heritage Flight Team pilot and commander performs a vertical climb in an F-35A Lightning II during the Bell Fort Worth Alliance Air Show Oct....

January 29, 2025 · 2 min · 391 words · Catherine Moore

Marjorie Liu Reflects On the Immortality of Superman

I grew up in the Age of the Apocalypse, along with the rest of my generation. What a time to be a kid! You think we were playing hopscotch and hide-and-seek? © Warner Bros. Sometimesbut we were also playing war-games, shoot-first-ask-questions-later games, decide-what-to-take-into-the bunker games. I was very aspirational. But throughout those years, it wasnt all gloom and doom. © Folio Society We had books and comics. I was born in 1978, the same yearSuperman: The Moviewas released....

January 29, 2025 · 3 min · 602 words · Steven Buchanan

NASA’s Historic Asteroid Sample Holds Clues to Life’s Origins

The brine contains compounds that have never been previously observed in asteroid samples, including compounds of sodium carbonate. Two studies published today inNatureandNature Astronomyreveal some of the first analyses done of theBennusamples. The only thing missing, it would seem, were little green men. Researcher Jason Dworkin holds a vial of asteroid Bennu sample from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, delivered to Earth in 2023.© NASA/James Tralie NASA successfully brought the samples to Earths surface andafter somedifficultiesopened the canistercontaining the rocky bits....

January 29, 2025 · 1 min · 204 words · Kara Trujillo

NordVPN Says Its New Protocol Can Circumvent VPN Blockers

Unfortunately, it is possible to identify traffic coming from VPNs and cut it off. A constant stream of requests coming from one computers IP address is, of course, unusual behavior. It also says the NordWhisper protocol may introduce more latency. NordVPN says its new NordWhisper protocol will help customers evade VPN blockers.NordVPN The protocol is rolling out first to users on Windows, Linux, and Android. Support for other platforms will come in the future....

January 29, 2025 · 1 min · 103 words · Nathan Kaufman

Nvidia Warns It Will Likely Run Out of RTX 5090 and 5080 Cards at Launch

Desktop towers with a yawning PCIe express slot may be sitting empty once more, according to Nvidia. Notably, MSI alreadynotedin its official U.S. Discord that it wont ship its RTX 5090 cards until Feb. 6. Both Nvidia’s own and AIC’s RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 GPUs may have high demand with limited supply at launch.© Photo: Adriano Contreras / Gizmodo This may also be the case for other OEMs planning to release their own versions of Nvidias flagship GPUs....

January 29, 2025 · 2 min · 303 words · Heather Haas

OpenAI Claims DeepSeek Plagiarized Its Plagiarism Machine

OpenAItold The Financial Timesthat it had evidence DeepSeek used what it called distillation to build its wildly successful chatbot. Theres a technique in AI called distillation, Sackstold Fox News on Tuesday. Its when one model learns from another model. The DeepSeek AI application is seen on a mobile phone in this photo illustration taken in Warsaw, Poland on 27 January, 2025.© Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images And they can kind of suck the knowledge out of the parent model....

January 29, 2025 · 2 min · 315 words · Tara Holmes

SpaceX Is Permanently Changing the Texas Landscape

If there is a leader in the aerospace industry, SpaceX is it. Elon Musk and SpaceXs influence Politically, SpaceX is an enormous boon to the United States. Its billionaire CEO, Elon Musk, has even expressedplans to colonize Mars. © Robert Kopack Boca Chica, Texas, is home to SpaceXsflagship assembly and test installation, Starbase. Fiery explosions on the ground or in the air arent unheard of over the past several years....

January 29, 2025 · 2 min · 281 words · Lucas Woodard

The Knives Are Coming Out for DeepSeek AI

When DeepSeek burst onto the scene this year the first reaction was shock. How did a little-known company achieve state-of-the-art AI performance for a fraction of the cost? Now comes the backlash: This CHINESE upstart? © Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Many of the criticisms have merit. Its dangerous for chatbots to spread misinformation. Its bad to steal intellectual property and use it to train AI systems. ChatGPT’s response to several questions adapted from Promptfoo’s analysis of censorship on DeepSeek....

January 29, 2025 · 2 min · 216 words · Dale Holmes

The Nvidia RTX 5080 Is the GPU Gamers Should Really Want

If the $2,000Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090is theundisputed king of 4K gaming, is theRTX 5080the prince? Or is it the hidden court vizier, the figure controlling the graphics kingdom behind the scenes? TheNvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Editionis more like the RTX 5090s goatee-sporting evil twin with something to prove. © Photo: Adriano Contreras / Gizmodo In most ways, its a less-capable graphics card, so you get what you pay for....

January 29, 2025 · 3 min · 544 words · Joshua Sims

There Will Be More AI Ads and Fewer Movie Trailers in the Super Bowl

You didnt think AI ads were going to end at those uncanny valleyCoca-Cola polar bear commercials, did you? No, thats just the start, and the deluge will begin on Super Bowl Sunday. If its not already here in almost every business, it will be coming like a freight train. Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts and Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes appear side by side© Mitchell Leff/Getty Images will all likely get into the mix), he did say there will be lots of AI-focused offerings....

January 29, 2025 · 1 min · 168 words · Greg Cabrera

This Atari Asteroids Watch Shoots at Space Rocks to Tell the Time

Atari and NubeosAsteroids collectionincludes five styles with similarly colored bands. Its a regular 50mm watch case size with a sapphire lens. According to Nubeos specs page, it uses a Japanese automatic movement system with three hands. © Image: Nubeo The ship rotates as the seconds hand, while the saucer acts as the hour and minutes. The asteroidspainted with glow-in-the-dark pigmentsdrift on their own disc, though they dont relate to any timing....

January 29, 2025 · 1 min · 189 words · Kelsey Duke

Trump’s Plan to Rescue ‘Stranded’ Starliner Astronauts Makes Zero Sense

A hallmark of populist politicians is to blame virtually everything on their political rivals. Such is the case here with Donald Trump, as he inserts himself into the ongoing Boeing Starliner saga. Elon will soon be on his way, Trump added. Starliner astronauts Sunni Williams and Butch Wilmore aboard the ISS.© NASA Hopefully, all will be safe. Good luck Elon!!! The@POTUShas asked@SpaceXto bring home the 2 astronauts stranded on the@Space_Stationas soon as possible....

January 29, 2025 · 1 min · 158 words · Gail Duran