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See How ‘First Steps’ Brought Herbie to Life in a Suitably Fantastic Manner

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-09-19 18:00:53

After stretching across movie screens this summer, Fantastic Four: First Steps is coming home next week. To celebrate, io9 has your first look at one of the behind-the-scenes featurettes being included—and it’s all about the unsung hero of the movie, the little robot that could, Herbie. The fifth member of a team that famously has the word “four” in its name, Herbie was the breakout star of First Steps. The adorable little ‘bot operated as the team’s jack-of-all-trades ally, from assisting Ben

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Fede Álvarez Wrote the ‘Alien: Romulus’ Sequel to Avoid an ‘Alien 3’ Situation

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-09-23 18:40:03

Alien: Earth just dropped a chest-burstingly good episode ahead of next week’s finale (read io9’s recap here), but fans are just as eager to learn what’s next for the sci-fi series on the big screen. One who would know is Fede Álvarez, who helmed last year’s Alien: Romulus and is closely involved in its sequel. He’s not directing it, but he’s helping choose who does—and he co-wrote the script with a bit of important Alien history in mind. While some fans (ahem) think Alien 3 is actually pretty

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Noise cancelling a fan

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-22 03:15:15

Indoor air quality is important. It increases comfort. Potentially, it might improve cognition as well as reducing infection risk in a space. And it would be cool to have Swiss quality air in my house! One can increase air quality by improving ventilation. One way to do this is by turning on a fan near your window. The CDC recommends facing them towards the outside to exhaust air out the house. (I will be writing more about this later). When it comes to fans, the stronger the better. But there

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Noise Cancelling a Fan

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-22 08:15:15

Indoor air quality is important. It increases comfort. Potentially, it might improve cognition as well as reducing infection risk in a space. And it would be cool to have Swiss quality air in my house! One can increase air quality by improving ventilation. One way to do this is by turning on a fan near your window. The CDC recommends facing them towards the outside to exhaust air out the house. (I will be writing more about this later). When it comes to fans, the stronger the better. But there

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How to make the Framework Desktop run even quieter

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-26 13:33:21

Not so long ago, the compact, small form factor PC segment witnessed a significant refreshment with the launch of the Framework desktop PC. If you've missed it and are wondering why this mini-PC is considered so special, it's because it was the first desktop PC to utilise the AMD Ryzen AI Max APU, a processor previously exclusive to laptops. The AMD Ryzen AI Max processor stands out for its exceptional speed and integrated graphics performance, frequently surprising users with its gaming capabi

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‘Fantastic Four’ Takes Its First Steps Home Next Week

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-09-27 06:00:53

If you didn’t see Fantastic Four: First Steps in theaters or just want to see it again, you can on digital starting September 23. The latest Marvel Studios will arrive on all the usual platforms, followed by a physical launch on October 14. Along with the standard deleted scenes, special features include a gag reel, commentary track with director Matt Shakman and production designer Kasra Farahani, and three featurettes centering the heroes, their comic book villains, and the film’s retrofuturi

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YouTube Music launches new tools for artists to reward fans with exclusive merch and videos

techcrunch.com Lauren Forristal 2025-09-27 10:30:00

During YouTube’s Made On event on Tuesday, the company announced three features coming to YouTube Music, which are designed to deepen the connection between artists and their dedicated fans. One of the new features allows users to initiate a countdown for upcoming releases and to pre-save their favorite tracks or albums in advance. The countdown timer will be displayed on the album detail page, artist profile, and album shelf. Set to launch later this year, the feature aims to create buzz leadi

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Apple Sports App Is Granting Your Wish: Widgets for iPhone, iPad and Mac

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-27 14:00:06

Ever since it first launched in Feb. 2024, the Apple Sports app has undergone a series of upgrades, additions and improvements. Apple announced the rollout of two new features for the app on Tuesday, including widgets for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Additionally, Apple Sports is coming to eight countries across Europe: Spain, Portugal, Austria, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland and Italy. The updates arrive in time for the bulk of the NFL season and weeks ahead of the NBA and NHL kickoffs, providing f

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Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade hits the Switch 2 on January 22

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-01 14:25:59

Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade comes out for the Switch 2 on January 22, 2026, which was revealed at today's lengthy Nintendo Direct livestream . This is the first entry in the remake trilogy and primarily takes place in the opening city of Midgar. You'll have to wait until Final Fantasy VII Rebirth to explore the overworld map, and there's no Switch 2 release date for that one yet. This release does include the Episode Intermission DLC , which involves the ninja Yuffie on a mission to ste

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The 15 Wildest, Coolest Films We Can’t Wait to See at Fantastic Fest 2025

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-10-07 10:30:36

The most fantastic time of year is here again. io9 is about to head down to Austin, Texas, for a week of fun, fucked-up films at Fantastic Fest, one of the coolest, most unique genre film festivals in the entire world. It’s a festival that focuses on only showing the weirdest, most out-there, totally badass films, and we’re excited to jump right in as always. What makes attending Fantastic Fest difficult, though, is that every single movie sounds awesome. It was curated that way. So how do you

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The 15 Best Fans to Cool You Year Round (2025)

wired.com Kat Merck 2025-10-08 22:00:00

Honorable Mentions Photograph: Kat Merck Shark FlexBreeze HydroGo for $100: I love the original Shark FlexBreeze (above), so I was very excited to see Shark had released a rechargeable portable fan in seven colors, including ones not normally seen in fans, like Lilac and Honeydew. Shark says it can run 30 minutes with the mister consistently on or 60 minutes with it in "interval mode," and after testing it at my son’s soccer practices, I found these estimates to be more or less accurate. Howev

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Stephen King Reveals His Top 10 Favorite Movies

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-10-09 14:30:00

There’s something about a favorite author or figure sharing their simple lists of favorite things. On a random Monday in September, legendary scribe Stephen King decided to hop on his keyboard and grace fans with his list of personal favorite movies. And yes, King, truly, we’ll take these crumbs. In a post on X, the author provided insight into the kind of films he enjoys. Fans will no doubt find gems in the genre-spanning set of curated works, which include Hollywood classics, noir standards,

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Dwayne Johnson Will Play the Chicken Man in ‘Lizard Music’

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-10-10 10:00:08

The Rock is about to become the Chicken Man. Dwayne Johnson is set to reteam with his Smashing Machine director, Benny Safdie, to make Lizard Music, a fantasy adventure based on the popular 1976 book by Daniel Pinkwater. According to Deadline, which broke the news, Johnson will play the aforementioned poultry-themed character, who teams up with a young man to explore some mysterious goings-on involving music played by lizards on TV. It’s one of those books you probably read in middle school or

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‘Star Trek’ Day Announcements Include a Lego Collaboration and a YouTube Kids’ Series

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-10-10 22:00:54

Happy Star Trek Day! While September 8 is a fun holiday for Trek fans any year, 2026 is going to be a big one, marking 60 years since the very first episode of the very first series hit the airwaves in 1966, changing sci-fi’s place in pop culture forever. Paramount is getting the party started early with a bunch of announcements today, including Trek‘s first-ever Lego collaboration as well as a YouTube series aimed at kids that drops today. While we’re most excited about the Lego news, the coll

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A robot walks on water thanks to evolution's solution

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-08 11:52:22

Robots can serve pizza, crawl over alien planets, swim like octopuses and jellyfish, cosplay as humans, and even perform surgery. But can they walk on water? Rhagobot isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind at the mention of a robot. Inspired by Rhagovelia water striders, semiaquatic insects also known as ripple bugs, these tiny bots can glide across rushing streams because of the robotization of an evolutionary adaptation. Rhagovelia (as opposed to other species of water striders) ha

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You Can Now Buy Fandango Movie Tickets on TikTok. Here's How It Works

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-14 18:20:12

You Can Now Buy Fandango Movie Tickets on TikTok. Here's How It Works The in-app feature will let you go from watching movie reels to choosing your seats without leaving TikTok.

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‘Hollow Knight: Silksong’ Is Already Causing Online Gaming Stores to Crash

wired.com Megan Farokhmanesh 2025-10-15 02:10:13

After six years of waiting, Team Cherry’s long awaited Hollow Knight sequel, Silksong, launched globally today at 10 am eastern. Unfortunately, fans may have to wait a little longer to play the action-adventure game. Online retailers such as the Xbox and PlayStation stores, Steam, and Nintendo eShop, are rife with loading screens and error messages as people rush to buy it. On Steam, players trying to add the game to their cart or complete their purchase are being met with the same message: an

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Tom Holland Has Been Lurking on Your Internet Posts for ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Inspiration

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-10-15 06:20:49

It’s a month since Tom Holland shared a look at his new Spidey suit and filmed an action scene while swinging through a city street in front of a crowd, but excitement surrounding Spider-Man: Brand New Day remains at an all-time high. Fans have hailed his fourth film as Spider-Man a kind of renaissance for Marvel, with some creating numerous photoshopped edits of Holland that exude aura, as the kids say. Turns out, Holland has been lurking on fans’ internet posts for inspiration in the hopes of

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Before It Becomes a Hit TV Series, Fourth Wing Fans Are Going to Obsess Over This New Board Game

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-15 10:04:00

Fans of Rebecca Yarros' Empyrean book series are in the middle of a content Winter right now. After Fourth Wing and Iron Flame were released six months apart, and Onyx Storm dropped 14 months later, the author announced she was taking a break and it would be a while before the fourth installment would be announced. Combine that with Amazon's Prime Studios being light on details the highly anticipated Fourth Wing TV series would start shooting, and fans are eager for something to keep them connec

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007 First Light looks like a hit, man

theverge.com Ash Parrish 2025-10-17 02:59:54

is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and the quirky, horny culture of video game communities. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. IO Interactive, developers of the much-beloved Hitman series, showed off its latest title, 007 First Light during a special September State of Play. In it, instead of a bald Agent 47, you play a youthful and immaculately coiffed James Bo

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A robot walks on water thanks to evolution’s solution

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-19 01:53:41

Robots can serve pizza, crawl over alien planets, swim like octopuses and jellyfish, cosplay as humans, and even perform surgery. But can they walk on water? Rhagobot isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind at the mention of a robot. Inspired by Rhagovelia water striders, semiaquatic insects also known as ripple bugs, these tiny bots can glide across rushing streams because of the robotization of an evolutionary adaptation. Rhagovelia (as opposed to other species of water striders) ha

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Robotic bug literally walks on water

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-19 06:53:41

Robots can serve pizza, crawl over alien planets, swim like octopuses and jellyfish, cosplay as humans, and even perform surgery. But can they walk on water? Rhagobot isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind at the mention of a robot. Inspired by Rhagovelia water striders, semiaquatic insects also known as ripple bugs, these tiny bots can glide across rushing streams because of the robotization of an evolutionary adaptation. Rhagovelia (as opposed to other species of water striders) ha

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Noctua’s 3D-printed mod singlehandedly makes the Framework Desktop run quieter

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-19 18:26:16

Despite its lack of upgradeable system memory, Framework has tried to make its Framework Desktop a welcoming platform for upgraders and modders, releasing 3D-printable versions of a few case parts and generally sticking to standard-sized parts and standard connectors. Often, it's independent creators who are making the weirdest and most interesting mods for Framework's devices, but PC cooling company Noctua has just announced what amounts to a fairly major cooling upgrade for the Framework Desk

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Final Fantasy Tactics: Ivalice Chronicles Director Says 'That' Boss Fight Still Wrecks Him

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-20 06:00:05

Last week was the first time I picked up Final Fantasy Tactics since finishing it back in 1998. One infamous boss battle scarred me so badly that I never went back -- and given its reputation among fans, I know I'm not alone. So when I had the chance to talk with Kazutoyo Maehiro, part of the original dev team and now director of the upcoming remaster, Final Fantasy Tactics: Ivalice Chronicles, I jumped at it. I needed to know why they made that one fight so brutal. My question for Maehiro: "Ba

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The ‘Final Fantasy Tactics’ Refresh Gives Its Class-War Story New Relevance

wired.com Megan Farokhmanesh 2025-10-20 06:00:00

Kazutoyo Maehiro is feeling the pressure. Nearly 30 years after working on the original version of Final Fantasy Tactics—one of the role-playing series’ most adored games—he’s returned to pilot a remake of the game, switching titles from events planner to director. Besides that, little has changed, including how Maehiro himself thinks about game design. “Really, the approach that we wanted to take was modernizing [Final Fantasy Tactics],” he tells WIRED via a translator. “Players today expect a

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100 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books for September

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-10-22 02:00:48

September brings with it io9’s biggest list of new books so far this year, with an emphasis on horror titles as the days grow shorter. That said, there are still plenty of sci-fi adventures and fantasy tales on the way. September 1 and 2 Kingdom of Tomorrow by Gena Showalter “A fusion of modern and fantastical worlds, where a young woman must navigate a secret society, uncover a shocking enemy… and resist an undeniable attraction.” (September 1) Bees in June by Elizabeth Bass Parman “With a

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‘House of the Dragon’ Star Olivia Cooke Teases ‘More Ferocious’ Season 3

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-10-24 10:23:35

House of the Dragon fans have been waiting patiently for more season three info, and series star Olivia Cooke has thrown them a bone or two. Cooke told Screen Rant earlier this week that the upcoming season would be “massive,” and she’s only continued to hype it up. In a recent Collider interview, she described it as “bigger and more ferocious than before. It starts off with a bang: the first two episodes were essentially supposed to be our finale last year, so you can just imagine that sort of

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AI or not, Will Smith’s crowd video is fresh cringe

techcrunch.com Amanda Silberling 2025-10-23 16:02:52

Will Smith posted a video on social media that shows oceans of fans cheering him on during his recent European tour. “My favorite part of the tour is seeing you all up close,” the caption says. “Thank you for seeing me too.” In these thousands-deep crowds, some fans are holding up signs espousing their love for Smith, with one even saying that his music helped them survive cancer. But the video gives off an odd aura — it looks believably real at first glance, until you look closer and find di

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‘The Dark Crystal’ Is Returning to Theaters, Which Isn’t ‘The Dark Crystal’ News We Were Hoping For

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-10-28 10:45:31

Fathom Entertainment is celebrating 70 years of the Jim Henson Company by bringing its cult 1982 film, The Dark Crystal, back to theaters on October 12-13. This is, undoubtedly, good news. Dark Crystal rules. And yet that we could have good Dark Crystal news in the year 2025 and it not be about the incredible Netflix prequel series, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, does make it slightly bittersweet. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance was released on Netflix back in 2019, and we think it wa

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YouTube’s ‘Hype’ feature that boosts smaller creators launches globally

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-10-31 01:33:49

YouTube’s “Hype” feature, which allows fans to help their favorite creators get discovered, is rolling out globally, the company announced Tuesday. First introduced at Google’s Made on YouTube event in 2024, the feature — a dedicated button that appears below the existing “like” button — will become available on videos from creators with fewer than 500,000 subscribers. The feature is now available across 39 countries, including the U.S., U.K., Japan, Korea, Indonesia, and India. Viewers have t

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See How ‘First Steps’ Brought Herbie to Life in a Suitably Fantastic Manner

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‘Star Trek’ Day Announcements Include a Lego Collaboration and a YouTube Kids’ Series

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‘Hollow Knight: Silksong’ Is Already Causing Online Gaming Stores to Crash

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007 First Light looks like a hit, man

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Final Fantasy Tactics: Ivalice Chronicles Director Says 'That' Boss Fight Still Wrecks Him

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‘House of the Dragon’ Star Olivia Cooke Teases ‘More Ferocious’ Season 3

AI or not, Will Smith’s crowd video is fresh cringe

‘The Dark Crystal’ Is Returning to Theaters, Which Isn’t ‘The Dark Crystal’ News We Were Hoping For

YouTube’s ‘Hype’ feature that boosts smaller creators launches globally

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