Apple Mac Studio Review: A Hefty Little Powerhouse

TheMac Minican do a lot of things and do them well. But there are just certain jobs that youll need more power than even the top-of-the-line model can handle. In those cases, its time to whip out the big guns, namely the Mac Studio. ©Photos: Sherri L. Smith/DreamSmith LLC Plus, Apple Intelligence is baked in, so some editing tasks can be completed even faster. And the performance is just that damn good; the price is a horse of a different color....

March 11, 2025 · 4 min · 809 words · Nicole Mendoza

Apple MacBook Air M4 Review: Feeling Ever So Blue

Compared to theall-business MacBook Pro, the Air should be the fun one, shouldnt it? Just don’t expect something so different than previous versions. Theres a sense of comfort in the familiar. © Kyle Barr / Gizmodo You no longer have to worry about only netting 8 GB of RAM for the stock MacBook, either. Apple has since changed the standard; now, all models sport 16 GB. For users on the fence, theres at least one new capability that previous models didnt have....

March 11, 2025 · 4 min · 645 words · Samuel Ruiz

Donating Your Blood Could Have a Surprising Health Benefit

Your regular donation of blood could be doing some good for your own health. Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute and others conducted the study,publishedTuesday in the journal Blood. This phenomenon is calledclonal hematopoiesis(CH) and the populations are called clones. A person donating blood.© AnnaStills via Shutterstock CH becomes more common as we age, but its usually harmless. Rarely, however, the clones carry mutations that predispose them to becoming cancerous....

March 11, 2025 · 1 min · 120 words · Cassidy Holmes

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Is Trying His Best to Be the New Elon Musk

The latest billionaire to signal his interest in the space travel industry is former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. On top of that, Schmidt plans to take the role of CEO at the company. It isnt public information just how much money the tech executive has put into the company. © Lukas Schulze (Getty Images) Schmidt, of course, is in good company. Like Musk, Relatively Space is also interested in Mars....

March 11, 2025 · 1 min · 182 words · Erik Peterson

Getting Tickets for Japan’s Ghibli Museum Was a Mighty Task

Im turning 45 in April and a trip to Japan foraStar Warsconventionsounded like a fun way to celebrate. But I wasnt gonna make the same mistake againno quick trip in and out. As the date got closer, I dug a bit deeper. Me after getting those tickets.Image: Studio Ghibli I found the website. But what day was I looking for? I soon realized that 10 a.m. in Tokyo is the day before in the United States....

March 11, 2025 · 4 min · 644 words · Kelly Fowler

Hey Sony, There’s a Right Way and Wrong Way to Use AI to Improve PlayStation 5 Games

Like everybody in tech nowadays, Sony and its PlayStation brand have AI on their minds. In the video, Sonys director of software engineering, Sharwin Raghoebardajal, talked with fake-Aloy with voice prompts. Thankfully, the AI wasnt trying to replicate voice actor Ashley Burch. © Kyle Barr / Gizmodo Instead, it conversed with an unnervingly robotic tone while its mouth moved with inhuman over-emphasis for each syllable. Fake-Aloy incorporatedAI-generated speech fromOpenAIs Whisper model....

March 11, 2025 · 2 min · 346 words · Zachary Beard

House of the DragonTeases Four Major Events to Come In Season 3

Anderson teases the structure of hisHouse of the Deadadaptation.Scream 7finds even more space to squeeze people into its cast. Plus, Jack Quaid teases Hughies arc inThe Boys final season. To me, my spoilers! © HBO Scream 7 DeadlinereportsMichelle Randolph and Jimmy Tatro have joined the cast ofScream 7in currently undisclosed roles. Shane Dax Taylor (Murder Company) is attached to direct. The House of the Dead In conversation withVariety, Paul W.S....

March 11, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · Brandon Marshall

How 18F Transformed Government Technology and Why Its Elimination Matters

The name 18F was derived from the address of GSA headquarters: 1800 F Street. The units elimination raises the question of what the future of those services will look like. For instance,Login.govis a secure single sign-on platform that simplifies access to multiple government services for users. © Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Perhaps the most notable of 18Fs modernization efforts that touches nearly every aspect of government today is theU.S. The comprehensive design system was developed in collaboration with theU....

March 11, 2025 · 1 min · 211 words · Gregory Young

How the Looney Tunes Conquered the Big Screen inThe Day the Earth Blew Up

The journeyThe Day the Earth Blew Upwent on to reach the big screen is Looney to say the least. And on March 15, animation fans will be able to enjoy the 2D adventure on the big screen. How would you say having chemistry as long-time collaborators helped with stepping into these different characters? © Ketchup Entertainment But its really easy when its Eric. Its because I do really respect his talent level and his dedication to these characters....

March 11, 2025 · 3 min · 538 words · Kelly Smith

Man Arrested for Suspected Manslaughter in UK Ship Collision

The man is in custody but has not been formally charged yet, according to Sky News. The collision started fires and multiple explosions. The Solong reportedly left port in Scotland on Sunday and was heading to Rotterdam, Netherlands. In this aerial view smoke billows from the MV Solong cargo ship in the North Sea, off the Yorkshire coast, on March 11, 2025 in the United Kingdom.Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images...

March 11, 2025 · 1 min · 133 words · Bailey Barry

Meta Is Ready to Rock Nvidia’s Boat With Its In-House AI Chip

It wants to use them for training models by 2026. Metas VR headsets sell in the low millions annually. And, of course, most companies will not be able to develop chips like Meta can. Meta is getting closer to deploying its own chip for AI processing tasks like content recommendations and ad-targeting.Bloomberg News from the future, delivered to your present. Two banks say Amazon has paused negotiations on some international data centers....

March 11, 2025 · 1 min · 72 words · Stephanie Smith

Neanderthals and Early Humans Hung Out Way More Than We Thought, Study Finds

Biologically, they are not different species; Morphologically, they are. The two groups interbreed throughout the Middle Paleolithic. The new research indicates that the two groups may have interacted even earlier in the Levant. Tinshemet Cave, where the recent research took place.Photo: Yossi Zaidner sapiensand Eurasian Neanderthal-like hominins in the mid-MP Levant. News from the future, delivered to your present. Neanderthal Faces Were Bigger Than Ours.

March 11, 2025 · 1 min · 65 words · Michael Padilla

Netflix’s NewDevil May CryTrailer Was Engineered to Make Your Inner Edgy Teenager Hype

Coupled with the new trailer was the reveal of the shows official English voice cast. Devil May Cryreleases April 3 on Netflix. Want more io9 news? © Studio Mir/Netflix 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.

March 11, 2025 · 1 min · 55 words · Anne Schneider