The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has it alland sometimes too much of it. Well also highlight some of the weird, tacky, and weird-enough-it-just-might-work. Some companies have already debuted their wares before the show floor opens up. © Gizmodo Check back here for the most up-to-date news and hands-on impressions. Jan 10CES Impressed This Year After All Thats it! The live blog has ended. © Gizmodo To start 2025, we saw many smart glasses and a resurgence of exciting computer peripheral technology....

I Saw the TV Glows Jane Schoenbruns next film gets meta with horror. Josh Gad discusses the unenviable task of catching Mel Brooks up on 40 years ofStar Warsmovies forSpaceballs 2. Plus, Kathryn Hahn wants to keep playing Agatha Harkness all along. © Warner Bros To me, my spoilers! In the article, the project is described as Portrait of a Lady on Fireset in aFriday the 13thsequel. Mel is incredibly involved....

On Sunday, the FBIreleased footagefrom Shamsud-Din Jabbars Meta glasses. Jabbar drove a rented Ford F-150 into a crowd of people on New Years Day in New Orleans. He brought IEDs, but they didnt go off. Shamsud-Din Jabbar stares into a mirror in a rented room, testing Meta’s smartglasses which he’ll use to plot a New Year’s Day terror attack.© FBI footage via YouTube. He died in a shootout with police....

Check, checkis this thing on? The calls audio will be streamed on theNASA websiteat 1 p.m. ET tomorrow, January 7. An artist’s conception of the Earth Return Orbiter (part of the Mars Sample Return mission) over Mars.Illustration: NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC So far, that has proven an insurmountable challenge. The Mars sample return has everything to do with the Perseverance rover, whichlanded on Marsin February 2021. Thus, the sample return mission revolves around Perseverance....

Earlier today,Will Smithtook to Instagram to casually share some news with his nearly 70 million followers. Whats your take on Smiths Neo reclamation? Do you think new music is on the way, or something else? Will Smith in the “Men in Black” music video. © Will Smith YouTube Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present.

New Year, new Samsung smartphone to drop your money on. The company has officially announced it will host Galaxy Unpacked onWednesday, January 22. It will be in San Jose, Californiamy birthplace, if you care. © Samsung We expect Samsung to announce theGalaxy S25 series, from petite to Ultra. Plus, theres likely plenty of Galaxy AI in store, as the teaser for the event makes clear. Samsung will be streaming the event on itsYouTube channel....

Most planetary collision scenarios are classified as hit and run or graze and merge. Pluto and Charon are differenttheyre smaller, colder and made primarily of rock and ice. When we accounted for the actual strength of these materials, we discovered something completely unexpected, Denton said. A composite image of Pluto and its moon Charon.NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI They became fused together as a single, odd-shaped object, resembling a snowman, according to the model....

Star Warsand merchandisinggo together like life and breathing. You simplycant have one withoutthe other. Was itdriven by merchandising? Fern and Neel celebrate a good button pressing.Lucasfilm But it certainly didnt hurt. And, the action was visually portrayed by an almost literal rebirth of their ship,theOnyx Cinder. An almost prequel-inspired version that reminds us of Queen Padmes Royal Starship or Darth Mauls Sith Infiltrator. © Lego Even when they arent that, they feel like that....

Residents near other launch sites in Florida and Texas has expressed similar concerns. And it keeps getting worse; sometimes I feel like Im having a heart attack. Carpinteria is more than 70 miles from the launch site. Residents as far as 70-miles from SpaceX launch sites have complained about sonic booms rattling windows and alerting dogs in the middle of the night.Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP Starlink has become avital source of communications infrastructurein places like Ukraine where traditional ground-based connections have been severed....

During the upcoming test flight, SpaceX will attempt Starships first payload deployment test. The company made significant progress with Starship last year. Earlier in October 2024, Starship launched for a groundbreaking fifth test flight. Starship’s Super Heavy booster at the launch mount ahead of its test flight.SpaceX SpaceX plans on retrieving and reusing both Starships booster and its upper stage. SpaceX has big plans for its megarocket this year, hoping tolaunch it up to 25 times in 2025....

Honestly, every time we went on set for each game, we were all speechless, Lee recalls. It was so grand and amazing, like stepping into another world. That contrast was really interesting. Fallen players are removed from the field during the six-legged race. © Netflix The director suggested creating two circles, and it got me thinking about the meaning of the rainbows. People say the path to heaven is decorated with rainbow colors....

TCLs latest television, the QM6K is bright, vivid, andwhat will make most consumers happyrelatively affordable. Which, when you look at some of its competitors, is an absolute deal. Budget-friendly pricing aside, the QM6K is a beauty boasting eye-popping color, deep blacks, and excellent detail. © Charles Anthony Davis It starts with QD-Mini-LED, a hybrid technology that utilizes Quantum Dot and Mini-LED technology. Meanwhile, the Quantum Dots are there to produce the tantalizing vivid colors....

Otherwise, its packing a relatively standard 16 GB of LPDDR5X RAM and up to 2 TB of storage. The handheld clocks in at 2.3 pounds. Compare that to theSteam Deckat 1.4 pounds or the heavierMSI Claw 8 AI+at 1.75 pounds. © Image: Acer / Gizmodo Its closer to a full laptop PC and even includes a front-facing webcam. Its better to think of Acers 11-inch handheld as a large Windows tablet with built-in controller support....