Legendary Gaia Spacecraft Maps Entire Galaxy, Promptly Retires

Its work complete, and with the spacecraft running out of fuel, Gaia is now slated for retirement. The distant parts of the Milky Way remain educated guesses based on incomplete data, Payne-Wardenaar added. But the spacecrafts story will live on after its observational work is done. An artist’s impression of the Milky Way, seen edge-on.Image: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, Stefan Payne-Wardenaar Gaia has produced 500 terabytes of data so farand thats just from 5....

January 15, 2025 · 1 min · 96 words · Rachel Hudson

Lina Khan’s FTC Is Suing John Deere to Break Its Repair Monopoly

For years John Deere has made it hard for farmers to fix their equipment. Today the Federal Trade Commission announced its going to sue to give a shot to stop them. According to the complaint, Deere has unlawfully restricted farmers from fixing their own farm equipment. The John Deere autonomous orchard tractor during a Deere & Co. automation technology preview event in Gilroy, California, US, on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024.© David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images...

January 15, 2025 · 2 min · 229 words · Bryan Ortega

Marvel’s Vision Show May Bring Back a Very Early MCU Villain

Fede Alvarez teases where theAlien: Romulussequel will take the franchise. The next chapter of James Gunns DCU starts filming. Plus, couldCreature Commandos real foe make a return? © Marvel To me, my spoilers! If youre going for comedy then youre going for extremes. We are guilty of putting far more blood in our human bodies than is really in a human body. When someone explodes in this movieand a couple of people dotheres a lot of mess....

January 15, 2025 · 2 min · 220 words · Elizabeth Turner

Nightmare Before ChristmasMerchandise Is Coming to Take Over Your Other Holidays, Too

And who can complain about Zero? Zero leads us towards yet another holiday forNightmareto co-opt in the form of Valentines Day. Hes melting our frozen hearts and makes us want tofollow him through every holiday door! © Loungefly This full-sized backpack is $80.00 MSRP. For year-round spooky vibes thatarentholiday-specific, this light up mini-backpack features Zero looking like the perfect model for WeRateGhostDogs. Stay cozy and warm in this Zero hoodie, which is running for $70....

January 15, 2025 · 1 min · 119 words · Joshua Hartman

Nvidia’s RTX 50-Series Cards Are Powerful, but Their Real Promise Hinges on ‘Fake’ Frames

Weve seen multiple demos ofNvidias multi-frame genrunning in person. Of course, its a more powerful card. It has 21,760 CUDA cores and the new Blackwell shader cores. © Photo: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo However, the VRAM was explicitly upped for the sake of AI processing. The RTX 5090 is a GPU targeted at AI developers and gamers alike. Does AI processing mean anything for gamers? © Photo: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo...

January 15, 2025 · 2 min · 409 words · Gabriel Myers

RFK Jr. Made a Million Dollars From His Anti-Vax Work He Previously Claimed Was ‘Unpaid’

In actuality, Kennedy made money from the non-profit and reported it. He initially reported that he had made $731,470.53 in 2022 and 2023. Gizmodo reached out to the Trump transition team for comment. © Jon Cherry/Getty Images Its possible that a guy as rich as Kennedy doesnt really consider this kind of income worth mentioning. Maybe making a million dollars counts as unpaid work to the millionaire scion from a political dynasty....

January 15, 2025 · 1 min · 176 words · Randy Jacobs

Skeleton CrewEnded With a Rousing Episode That Left Us Wanting More

On the one hand, the finale gave us everything we wanted and hoped to see. We got that and we loved it. But we dont know that just yet. Jod was one thing that came into the light in the finale of Skeleton CrewImage: Lucasfilm Immediately though we learn Jod isnt going to go all Anakin younglings on them. It was just a little peacocking. The Supervisor, however, isnt a person....

January 15, 2025 · 2 min · 425 words · Rachel Allen

Skeleton CrewShowrunners Talk Finale Spoilers and Season 2 Potential

Just him now alone and thinking his thoughts, ruminating. That hit me in a way that it hadnt before. I was trolling Reddit while you were watching with your family. If nothing else, Skeleton Crew gave us Neel. And for that we’re grateful.Image: Lucasfilm Different people were reading different things. Some people were like, Oh, hes happy to finally have to drop this ruse. People saw every different variety. One piece of variety we wont get to see just yet is which Jedi Jod was training with....

January 15, 2025 · 2 min · 253 words · Lisa Smith

SpaceX Just Launched Two Private Moon Landers. Here’s What Happens Next

Update: Wednesday, January 15, 9:10 a.m. ET from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Moon is about to get busy. Firefly’s Blue Ghost spacecraft shortly after reaching Earth orbit.Image: SpaceX Firefly AerospacesBlue Ghostlander and ispaces Resilience lander areset for launch on Wednesday, January 15 at 1:11 a.m. NASA will livestream the launch on itswebsiteandNASA+, with the broadcast beginning at 12:30 a.m. you’ve got the option to also tune in to the live feed below....

January 15, 2025 · 1 min · 204 words · Sarah Owens

Supreme Court Weighs Texas Age-Gating Law for Porn Sites

What form that age verification could take remains open to interpretation. In their questioning, the justices didnt delve into the efficacy or privacy implications of various age-verification technologies. News from the future, delivered to your present. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday on a Texas law seeking to force porn websites to verify visitors' ages.© Drew Angerer/Getty Images In that environment, all things are possible.

January 15, 2025 · 1 min · 66 words · Heather Green

These Nvidia AI NPCs Are Just as Obnoxious as Real Players

TheRTX 50-series GPUsmay have been the stars of the showthis CES, butAI is Nvidias real bread and butter. If there were anything I wish AI could do, it would be to stop talking so much. Some of its planned models could make sense with more fine-tuning. © Photo: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo The generative AI made to renovate your classic NPC or enemy AI in games doesnt quite stick the landing....

January 15, 2025 · 2 min · 374 words · Sabrina Tucker

This Gorgeous Version ofFire and BloodIs Probably the OnlyGame of ThronesBook We’re Getting This Year

As the calendar turns to a new year, George R.R. Giventhe authorsmost recent non-updates, its difficult to say. And if youre a Targaryen fan, this edition ofFire and Bloodwould make a handsome addition to your collection. © Audrey Benjaminsen/The Folio Society Explore the Targaryen dynasty with beautiful illustrations, detailed maps, sigils and family trees. Fit for paging through while seated upon the Iron Throneno matter how you happened to propel yourself there....

January 15, 2025 · 1 min · 119 words · Zachary Medina

TikTok Will Reportedly Shut Down Its U.S. App Completely on Sunday

Piggies, you better get your last tastes of slop in before it is too late. Technically speaking, TikTok could continue to function for users who already have the app installed. It could theoretically keep running the app for U.S. users from foreign infrastructure. TikTok intends to shut off access to its app to U.S. users on Sunday, January 19.Andrew Harnik/Getty Gizmodo reached out to TikTok for comment but has not received a response....

January 15, 2025 · 1 min · 126 words · Jessica Lewis