Its strange (and shocking) that the app hasnt offered such basic functionality since its inception in 1983. Microsoft has beentestingthe features for a few months now. It began rolling out Windows Insiders in the Beta and Release Preview Channels in May. Screenshot:© Dua Rashid I played around with the feature, and it works as expected. To see possible word corrections, click or tap on it. For keyboard shortcut geeks, the shortcut is Shift + F10 when you hover on the underlined word....

Longlegshasnt yet hit theatersJuly 12 is the big daybutthe creatively creepy marketing aloneis enough togive a person nightmares. But you also have to assume that some of it was the fact that hes just so agonizingly off-putting. Check out the video here, which helpfully pastes a black box over Cages face to avoid spoilers. Maika Monroe as FBI Agent Lee Harker in Longlegs. © Neon The first time Maika Monroe saw Nicolas Cage as Longlegs, her heart rate hit 170 bpm....

Skydance CEO David Ellison will now be chairman and CEO of the new Paramount-Skydance hybrid (ParaDance? The company did produce seven seasons ofGrace & Frankie, after all… Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present. © Paramount/Skydance Media

Samsung might be hanging on Gurmans word as much of the rest of Apples admirers. The latters complaint with the International Trade Commission forcedApple to put an indefinite pause on its blood oxygen sensor. Either way, the Apple Watch Series X and Ultra 3 will still have a new chip. Florence Ion / Gizmodo The touted Apple Intelligence features are stillrestricted to the iPhone 15 Pro and the latest M-series iPads and Macs....

Nostalgia is my saving grace. Its on sale July 10 for $30. Ive been usingor rather, raisingtheTamagotchi Connectionsince it was announced in May. © Florence Ion / Gizmodo Its been over a month, and Im already looking forward to taking the battery out. This reprise of the Tamagotchi Connectionisbasedon the version three (V3) release, launched in 2006. V3 allowed you to send Tamagotchi for a playdate toanotherdevice using an infrared connection....

The original Echo Spot included a full-screen display with a more rounded shell. All in all, it was much more of a smart alarm than a speaker. Thenew Echo Spotdevice scales back the screen to 2.83 inches, making the directional 1.73-inch speaker far more prominent. © The Echo Spot smart alarm clock is best used by the bed table thanks to its directional speaker system.© Amazon At first glance, it looks like a deflated wheel with its non-adjustable flat bottom and semi-spherical rear end....

All this processing takes time and resources, so free options are scarce. Google Recorder The Google Recorder app forAndroidis completely free to use. You even get an AI-generated summary of the transcript. © David Nield Whisper OpenAI lets anyone use its Whisper AI audio-to-text engine for free. After a few minutes of processing, the text appears on the other side of the window. you’re able to even have AI translate the audio into different languages....

Every year, Greenwichs Royal Observatory considers photos of the cosmos for its Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. The 16th rendition of the contest does not disappoint. But if youre not, you’ve got the option to check out the shortlisted finalists below. A sunspot is shown here erupting on the surface of the Sun.Image: Wenlian Li The Milky Way also appears in the background. A Whale Sailing the Sun This strikingly detailed image reveals the Suns surface....

Its happened before and itll happen again. As beloved IPs are scraped foradditional content, studios pore overevery lineof the source material for inspiration. King Kong(1976) In 1605, Fernando De Queres was blown south from Tenotang. © Warner Bros. He wrote of piercing the white veil. Thats the cloud bank. In 1749, a waterIogged lifeboat was found in the same area. Image: Paramount Pictures And this strange warning: From thy wedding with the creature who touches heaven, ladyGod preserve thee....

And while theres still no official news about that sequel, Liman did recently offer an encouraging update. Apparently, a few months back, he and Cruise sat down and revisited the film. I was like, Wow, that is a really good movie. Could Tom Cruise be firing up that Edge of Tomorrow sequel? Image: Warner Bros. A rewatch doesnt guarantee a sequel of course but the implication is its a good place to start preparation....

We are working on it. More as it happens in this thread. Five hours later, it replied and said it had fixed the issue. © Getty Images/Jasmin Merdan The Internet Archive pointed Gizmodo to its posts on X as its official statement on the matter. Hackers attempted to take the site down at theend of Mayand is currently fightingpublisher Hachettein court. But it wasnt hackers or a publishing giant living in the past that felled the Wayback Machine....

United Flight 1001 landed safely in Denver after losing one wheel on takeoff from Los Angeles International Airport. That flight was diverted to Los Angeles and sparked a safety review of the airline by the FAA. And with todays wheel-dropping incident at LAX, that reputation is going to get a whole lot worse. Screenshot from a March flight where a United Airlines flight lost a wheel shortly after takeoff.© RadarBox...

Last month, WB revealed a sequel to its 2018 movieBatmanNinjawas in the works. Why have they gone evil? Also notably missing from the lineup here is Superman. Key art for Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League.© WB Japan/DC/Kamikaze Douga Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present.