Were finally hereBlack Friday weekend. Its also time to find some fun stuff to treat ourselves with after a long year. To no ones surprise, there are a ton of great deals this year on Bluetooth speakers. © JBL However, lets focus in on one in particular. It delivers crisp highs, pure mids, and heavy bass with Bass Boost. The built-in lights follow the music playing through the speaker, synchronizing to it....

The last decade ofStar Warshell, even thelast half-decadehas beenan eventful one. While the2008Clone Warsmoviewas the last actualStar Warsfeature to hit theaters, there hadnt been a live-action film since 2005. Say what you want about Disneys ownership ofStar Wars,the studio knows how to promote it. © Disney/Lucasfilm All trailers are events unto themselves, particularly when it comes to movies and video games. Can theystill do thatnow? Ask us again in about, hrm…three-to-five years?...

Are you feeling regret for missing out onBlack Fridayand still searching for deals this Saturday? Well, youre in luck! This vibrant-sounding Alexa speaker is great for bedrooms, dining rooms and offices. © Amazon Its improved audio quality delivers good vocals and balanced bass for a full sound experience. The equipment is equipped with a 1.6-inch front-firing speaker for a clear directional sound. With far-field voice recognition, Alexa can hear your commands from across the room even when music is playing....

The universe is no place for an infant world. The teams discovery is detailed in apaperpublished inNature,and challenges current theories of how planets form. The young alien world is about the same age as its parent star. An illustration of the baby planet and its warped debris disk.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt, K. Miller (Caltech/IPAC) It circles its star at a close distance, completing one full orbit in just under nine days....

I got universal in one ear saying we needFastX2by March 2026! he wrote on Thanksgiving. I have Comcast in the other ear saying we need two movies to be the Finale! © Universal Universals never really stated things in either direction, but again, they havent saidanythingaboutFast & Furiousfuture afterFast XI. Finally, the return to street antics and practical stunts is something thefranchises writerstalked about wanting to return to. At the top of last week, Diesel postedset footageforFast X2which praised practical shots and exteriors....

Stay tuned to find out more about them and use the buttons below to claim them. Perhaps it was expensive for you. Now, you cant use this silly argument. © Gizmodo.com This Black Friday, pClouds bundle is talked about by many cloud storage experts and enthusiasts. pClouds 3-in-1 bundle comes with a whopping5 TB of fast, secure, and reliable storage! Thats just 33% because pCloud Encryption is now here, offering a zero-knowledge architecture for maximum security....

This autumn, quality gear is falling down on our heads like acorns from a tree. Gamers got some new treats, including the retro Atari 7800+ and the ultra-modern Asus ROG Phone 9. Oh, and thePlayStation 5 Profinally made its debut. © Photo: Adriano Contreras / Jorge Jimenez / Gizmodo We learned that both Xbox and PlayStation areworking on handhelds, though we dont expect those any time soon. For now, the closest we have to a Sony handheld is thePlayStation Portals new streaming capabilities....

Earths fossil record is rich, a reflection of the multi-billion-year history of life on our planet. In his concisebut densebook, Hone sets a new agenda for paleontologists and paleozoologists to follow. Gizmodo:An audience of at least, what, a dozen? A replica dinosaur in a field in Japan.Photo: Buddhika Weerasinghe / Getty Images If no one else. Hone:At least three people have said its alright. Hone:God, an area where both are conflicting is tricky....

But at what price? All she knows is that if she cannot reach the Sea of Devour, eventhishellscape will get worse. (December 3) The Wayby Cary Groner A postapocalyptic road trip and a quest for redemption … (December 10) December 24 A Sky of Emerald Starsby A.K. Cover art for The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction. © CAEZIK SF & Fantasy (December 24) Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present....

Orcas (Orcinus orca) might be even more ferocious predators than we give them credit for. When hunting, all pod members work together, hitting thewhalesharkto turn it upside down. Both whale sharks and orcas are widely distributed, though whale sharks prefer sticking to warmer, tropical waters. Orcas observed surfacing to breath before taking a whale shark down by delivering a rapid, final blow.© Kelsey Williamson So its certainly possible that orcas elsewhere have learned how to hunt these massive fish....

The holidays are starting now atUniversal Studios OrlandoandDisneyland, and inLas Vegasand more fandom destinations. Heres the latest news for the winter vacation offerings already rolled out! But first lets get into the massiveWickedtake-over at Universal Studios in this weeks theme park news! Photo by: Sean Wist Park Hop TheWickedExperience Take a look at the Oz vibes inside theWickedExperience at Universal Studios Orlando. Guess well have to make do with a smallerWickedstore and themed food, but no face characters to meet....

But lurking behind this convenient facade is a growing concern: algorithmic harms. These harms arent obvious or immediate. The hidden power of these systems is becominga significant threatto privacy, equality, autonomy and safety. © FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP AI systems are embedded in nearly every facet of modern life. The often-overlooked consequences of AI applications call for regulatory frameworks that can keep pace with this rapidly evolving technology. Istudy the intersection of law and technology, and Ive outlineda legal frameworkto do just that....

When I was a kid, I liked to dig holes in my backyard in Cincinnati. My grandfather joked that if I kept digging, I would end up in China. Thatsthe antipode, or opposite point on Earths surface, from my town. © Jordan Lye But I only had a garden spade to move the earth. Now,Im a geophysicistand know a lot more about Earths structure. Stronger rocks can support bigger forces, but all rocks can fail if the pressure is great enough....