But in the finale, theres also a sense that hes not completely rotten at the core. That last shot you have of Aemond is that face of regret. He made a mistake. Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) share a mother-son moment in House of the Dragon season two.Photo: Theo Whitman/HBO And hes just as shocked as the audience. That very well might change, Mitchell teased. Going into season two, hes now pitted with a choice....

Humane, makers of theAI Pin,are warning customers to stop using its charging pod immediately. Humaneclaimedthe third-party battery cells in the Charge Case were faulty and could pose a fire safety risk. TheVergefirst spotted the news, though other customers were quick to post the email online. The Humane AI Pin Charge Case is reportedly liable to pose a fire safety risk.Image: Humane Humanes store page lists the Charge Case as out of stock and will ship separately when available....

adds a big new star in a mystery role. Alien: Romulus gets an unsurprising rating. To me, my spoilers! Image: Paramount The Bride! THRalso has word Jake Gyllenhaal has joined the cast of Maggie Gyllenhaals The Bride! in a currently undisclosed role. Only in theaters July 3. I certainly have hopes and thoughts. I dont have, but I do know that the franchise is in great shape. Want more io9 news?...

Sony removed the 8K label from its fresh PlayStation 5 boxes. The most-recent slim-edition PS5 boxes in Gizmodos collection are both marked 2023. These have a large gold sticker at the top, promoting 8K and 4K at 120 Hz. This is not a new console. Its still listed as the CFI-2015 model number. That points to how pointless the 8K claim has been since Sony first released its console. So they apparently removed the 8K from the box on PS5s?...

The astronomers finding was made using data from ESAs Gaia space telescope, which launched in December 2013. The teams analysis of the Gaia data waspublishedlast month in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. The region of interest in the Gaia data is the Milky Ways inner stellar halo. An artist’s impression of the Gaia spacecraft, the Milky Way in background.Illustration:Spacecraft: ESA/ATG medialab; Milky Way: ESA/Gaia/DPAC. Acknowledgement: A. Moitinho. This area features a stretch with a high concentration of iron and hydrogen....

The model pre-trained on nearly 1,000 hours of human speech recordings did better. While dogs likely experience vastly more emotions, these noises were largely available in their dataset. News from the future, delivered to your present. Photo: THOMAS COEX / Contributor (Getty Images) You know, to make it friendlier. The government probably wants to know about it. Calm Down. There is No Conscious A.I. The breathless panic over the emergent tendencies of Bing’s AI is based on a deep confusion about consciousness....

However, Palihapitiya is one of many Silicon Valley influencers who recently became more friendly to conservative candidates. Palihapitiyas fundraising efforts may also be an attempt to grow All-Ins audience and authority. I would like this to be a place where impartiality rules, Palihapitiya said about All-In. Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images) Every attendee at the Sacks and Palihapitiyas fundraiser will donate roughly $300,000 to Trumps campaign, according toBloomberg. Sacks said on Fridays podcast that the former President may soon be a guest on All-In....

Update: June 6, 10:17 a.m. ET: Starship lifted off from the Boca Chica launch mount at 8:50 a.m. The first stage of the flight went smoothly despite one Raptor engine conking out. A view of a Starship forward flap during reentry, as the heat and pressure took its toll.Screenshot: SpaceX Some 40 minutes later, the upper stage began its reentry maneuver. Regardless, SpaceX collected a tremendous amount of data during this fourth mission....

When push comes to shove, hes a little too eager to whip out his lightsaber. Yord sucks, but only enough for you to notice it. Theres good people, theres bad people, theres nerds and dweebs, and silly little guys. Image: Lucasfilm For every Sol, theres a Yord. Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present. Image: Lucasfilm Image: Lucasfilm Image: Lucasfilm

This story was originally published byGrist. For decades, their models have largely ended up matching global temperatures. Then 2023 came along. A couple watches the sun set, on May 13, 2023, as seen from the 520 Bridge View Park in Washington during a heat wave.Photo: Lindsey Wasson ( (AP)) Then the heat came for the land, too. The heat dialed up even more when a recurring climate pattern known as El Nino took hold last summer....

Shyamalan masterfully executes a suspenseful tone with an eye for setting a darkly fantastical vibe. We cant wait to see whats next for the rising filmmaker. The Watchers opens June 7. Image: New Line Cinema Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present. Get your finest dark clothing and all your creepy things, part one ofWednesdayseason two is dropping in August. Image: New Line Cinema

The Hollywood event runs from Thursday, September 5 through Sunday, November 3. Tickets for Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywoodare now available for purchase. For more info about Universal Studios Orlando Halloween Horror Nights, visit the event sitehere. Image: Paramount Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present. Ho, Ho, Ho! Image: Universal Studios Products and Experiences

An anonymous source tells Bleeping Computer that Disneys servers were breached using previously exposed credentials. Disney did not immediately respond to Gizmodos request for comment. Communicore is allegedly a high-performance asynchronous messaging library, aimed at use in distributed applications. Screenshot of an unauthorized reboot of Club Penguin that has since been taken down.Screenshot: Club Penguin Rewritten (2022) Disney has quashed popular, but unauthorized reboots in the past. The website Club Penguin Rewritten was also shut down....