This ‘Tank’ Tablet Houses a Projector for When 11 Inches of Screen Just Isn’t Big Enough

Is tech feeling too samey? Does the bright, tandem-OLED display on the newiPad Profeel too dull? Perhaps this TANK Padhybrid tablet projectorwill get your imagination spinning. © Image: 8849 Is it better as a tablet or projector? The devices top edge has a 100-lumen projector. Otherwise, it sports a 10.95-inch FHD (1920 by 1080) display up to 120 Hz. At least it supports a 5G base and includes a SIM card slot....

December 10, 2024 · 2 min · 269 words · Michael Thomas

Viral Countdown Video Supposedly From Luigi Mangione Is a Fake, YouTube Says

The video went viral Monday on YouTube, getting attention on sites likeHacker News. But its completely fake. A video popped up on Monday that appeared to be from a YouTube account associated with Mangione. Screenshot from a hoax video posted to YouTube claiming to be from Luigi Mangione.Screenshot: YouTube It opened with the words The Truth and If you see this, Im already under arrest. It ended with the words All is scheduled, be patient....

December 10, 2024 · 1 min · 144 words · Catherine Stewart

Warm and Sunny Weather on Mars Could Mean Disaster for Future Missions

The team discovered that warm and sunny weather may help trigger the dust storms. Mars storms can sometimes be large enough to be seen by telescopes on Earth. Those bad boys are the ones we need to worry about. An illustration of a dust storm on Mars.NASA Thats why scientists are studying the causes of these dust storms to improve predictions of when they might occur. We dont even fully understand the basic physics of how dust storms start at the surface....

December 10, 2024 · 1 min · 116 words · Michelle Hardy

‘They Continue to Abuse Our Country for Immense Profit’: Luigi Mangione’s Alleged Manifesto Leaks Online

The note is262 wordslong and some of the hand-written words are transcribed as unreadable. Klippenstein says major media outlets also have the manifesto but have refused to publish it. To save you a lengthy investigation, I state plainly that I wasnt working with anyone. Luigi Mangione is physically pushed by police into the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition hearing December 10, 2024 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.© Jeff Swensen/Getty Images This was fairly trivial: some elementary social engineering, basic CAD, a lot of patience....

December 10, 2024 · 2 min · 356 words · Dustin Williams

A Humanities Course at UCLA Will Use an AI-Generated Textbook

UCLA announced the forthcoming AI textbookin a blog post. The company that generated the textbook iscalled Kudu. College textbooks and the economy around them have long beena nightmare. The AI-generated cover for the forthcoming “textbook.“© UCLA AI-generated image. For decades, printing presses churned out massive textbooks that cost hundreds of dollars. Worse was the proliferation of expensive access codes. Kudu is charging students $25 per semester to use the textbook....

December 9, 2024 · 2 min · 232 words · Kristen Bruce

Apple Image Playground Lets You Generate Your Own Hallmark Christmas Movie Poster

Apple started rolling outiOS 18.2to anyone in thepublic betalast week. you might read the officialrelease notesfor the update to see everything. While those improvements will likely enhance the iOS experience, everyones hankering for Image Playground and Apple Intelligence. © Florence Ion / Gizmodo Im here to give the people what they want. But Im almost wondering if thats the point of how Apple tuned things to be. It took a few tries with the Apple Intelligence prompter to get the images I wanted to share here....

December 9, 2024 · 2 min · 352 words · Shelly Nguyen

Apple May Team With PlayStation for New VR Controllers

Unlike every other VR headset released over the past half-decade,Apples Vision Prodid not launch with controllers. Such an update could make the Vision Pro a fully gaming-capable gear. Apple is also reportedly working with other third-party developers on controller support. © Photo: Artem Golub / Michelle Ehrhardt / Gizmodo Apple could announce VR2 controller compatibility with Vision Pro soon. Gurman reported that Sony and Apple planned to share this news earlier this year....

December 9, 2024 · 2 min · 230 words · Danny Alvarez

BeastarsCaps Off Netflix’s Fall Anime Season in Spectacular Fashion

Key among them are the social unrest and power dynamics between carnivores and herbivores. Louis, on the other hand, has a robot leg (incredible!) That epidemic leads to the segregation inBeastars universe, heightening its already palpable allegory for classicism and xenophobia. © Netflix/Studio Orange Your tweets about BEASTARS are always fun to read. That isnt to say the show beats the allegations because its actually one ofanimes best and brightest furry anime....

December 9, 2024 · 1 min · 113 words · Christine Blevins

Can Billionaire Space Tourist Jared Isaacman Save NASA?

On Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trumpselected Isaacman to lead NASA,pending Senate approval. The tech entrepreneur and pilot served as commander on two private missions to space on board SpaceXs crew capsules. Thats $6 billion more than initial estimates for the Moon rocket. Jared Isaacman commanded the Polaris Dawn mission on board a SpaceX Dragon.Polaris Dawn NASA needs to rebalance its priorities, the report concluded. It used to be that only NASA could do this stuff, Cowing said....

December 9, 2024 · 1 min · 190 words · Jeffery Pitts

Computer Programmer Named ‘Person of Interest’ in Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO

4killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to theNew York Times. He appeared for a preliminary arraignment in a Blair County, Pennsylvania, court at 6 p.m. The same name and address were allegedly used at the hostel where the shooter stayed in New York. FBI images of the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.Images: FBI The accuracy of those quotes could not be independently verified by Gizmodo....

December 9, 2024 · 2 min · 367 words · Bryan Benson

Dune: ProphecyIs Now the Desmond Hart Show

We begin with a sound, a rhythmicthunkthatDunemovie fans will recognize assomething one might hearon Arrakis. Fortunately,Jen rouses her before Emelines able to bring a knife to her own throat. At House Harkonnen, Valyas family reunion is going as awkwardly as youd expect. Desmond the disruptor. © Attila Szvacsek/HBO Her aging Uncle Evgeny ridicules and distrusts her, but her ambitious nephew Harrow is more open to teamwork. Uncle Evgeny brings up Prewet Richeses deaththe rumor he was murdered is all everyones talking about....

December 9, 2024 · 4 min · 742 words · Rose Tyler

Elderly Woman Says Star Trek License Plates Stuck Her With Thousands of Dollars Worth of Speeding Tickets

The problem: Koorey hasnt driven in four years. She doesnt even own a car. At that license plate of hers that keeps getting tagged with citations? A model replica of the USS Enterprise NCC-1701 from Star Trek: The Original Series© Andrew Matthews/PA Images via Getty Images She turned those in years ago. To get that ID on a Constitution-class starship, you have to go through the United Federation of Planets....

December 9, 2024 · 1 min · 196 words · Whitney Bishop

Get Pumped forSquid Game 2After Reading These First Reactions

Gi-hun wants to bring the whole thing down though and hell stop at nothing to do so. Even when it means going back to the games himself. And as such, that means eventually those people can go on social media and talk about it. Squid Game season two is full of new twists.Image: Netflix Here are some reactions, starting with yours truly. I’ve seen Squid Game Season 2 and it’s addictive....

December 9, 2024 · 2 min · 223 words · Lisa Caldwell