The First Mulan Trailer Teases a Sweeping Warrior's Adventure
The first trailer for Disney’s live-action remake of Mulan is here, and it’s gorgeous. Read more...
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Google Is Testing a Play/Pause Button for Audio and Video on the Chrome Toolbar
Google is adding a new function to play, pause, or skip through videos or music via the toolbar to its Chrome browser, though it is currently only available via the Canary development browser and remains quite buggy, per the Verge . Read more...
MoviePass sent to nice farm upstate with app updates, lots of room to run
As anyone who tried to use subscription movie service MoviePass to duck into the theaters this holiday weekend—and we’re aware that that’s a proposition that hinges on so many hypotheticals at this point that it might as well be non-existent—already knows, the company’s service “went dark” on Thursday morning. The… Read more...
Report: All Four Major Mobile Networks in the UK Are Using Huawei 5G Gear
UK telecoms aren’t taking warnings from U.S. intelligence agencies that telecommunications gear produced by Chinese tech giant Huawei could pose a security risk incredibly seriously, at least according to a report from the Observer , which reported on Saturday that all four major carriers in the country are currently… Read more...
The First Footage For Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Is Here, and It’s Bonkers
When it rains LCL, it pours. Read more...
We Regret to Inform You the UK's Ad Regulator Has Deemed Anyone With 30,000 Followers a Celebrity
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the UK’s independent industry self-regulation group, has officially determined the lower boundary for who counts as an internet “celebrity”: It’s anyone with over 30,000 followers on social media. Read more...
The Flash Movie Might Have Gained a New Director and Writer, But Ezra Miller Remains
No, you are not experiencing deja vu. The Flash movie has, once again, changed hands. Read more...
In This Excerpt From Chuck Wendig's New Sci-Fi Thriller, Wanderers, a Scientist Begins to Realize the World's in Deep Trouble
Chuck Wendig is a name you’ll recognize if you’re a fan of Star Wars novels (or follow the ins and outs of Star Wars comics ). But he also does plenty of work beyond the galaxy far, far, away—including his epic new sci-fi thriller, Wanderers , which is coming to shelves this week. io9 has a very intriguing excerpt to… Read more...
Metallic Hydrogen, Toxic Fandom, and the Fifth Dimension: Best Gizmodo Stories of the Week
Lying, tech tricks, and snares, oh my: This week at Gizmodo, our team of reporters and editors hit three different ways consumers are being ripped off, manipulated, or tracked in secret in their everyday doings on the web. Those include “surveillance scores” e-commerce companies use to charge different customers… Read more...
Attack on Titan Will End With Its Fourth Season
The giant-killing anime will slay its last when it wraps up in its fourth season. Read more...
Apple Discovers 'Power' Issue With Logic Boards in Some 2018 MacBook Airs, Will Offer Free Repairs
Apple has identified a serious issue with a “very small number” of 2018 MacBook Air laptops that requires the replacement of the main logic board, 9to5Mac reported on Sunday , citing internal documents from the company. Read more...
The Predators Have Gone Too Damn Far in This Exclusive Look Inside Archie vs Predator 2
Murdering a bunch of Riverdale’s finest during the events of Archie vs. Predator , one of the most delectably silly crossovers in Archie Comics history? Fine, comes with the vs. Predator territory. But going after the Opportunity rover!? A line must be drawn ! Read more...
Ancient Bird Weighed Nearly 1,000 Pounds but Could Still Haul Ass Like an Ostrich
Paleontologists working in Crimea have uncovered evidence of the largest bird ever found in Europe. Standing taller than an elephant and weighing nearly 1,000 pounds, this enormous bird could still run at a face pace when threatened. Read more...
Exclusive: Watch Game of Thrones' Ice Wall Climb Come to Life in Storyboard Form
Great visual storytelling starts with visuals to explain the storytelling. Storyboards, for example, are used to convey the drama and how the action of a scene is going to unfold long before cameras start rolling. A new book called Game of Thrones: The Storyboards dives deep into that aspect of the hit show, with… Read more...
Deadspin Andre Iguodala Says Mark Jackson Is Being Blackballed From The NBA | The Slot Jared and Iva
Deadspin Andre Iguodala Says Mark Jackson Is Being Blackballed From The NBA | The Slot Jared and Ivanka Did Not Attend Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner’s Wedding, But They Made It Seem Like It On Instagram | Splinter Don’t Look Away | The Root No White Saviors: Woman Accused of Letting African Babies Die at Fake… Read more...
U.S. and Iran's Hackers Are Trading Blows
The loud saber rattling and increasing tension in the Persian Gulf is being felt acutely in cyberspace. Following reports that the U.S. carried out cyberattacks against Iran, a senior U.S. official warned this weekend about hacking attempts from Iran directed at the United States. Read more...
Report: Trump Admin Considering Ordering All US 5G Gear Be Made Outside of China
Donald Trump’s administration is considering issuing requirements that would mandate all 5G telecommunications equipment installed in the U.S. be manufactured outside China, according to a Sunday report in the Wall Street Journal . Read more...
The Bar From Cheers Is a Little Less Welcoming With Pennywise as a Regular
Pennywise is an extra-dimensional horror in the form of a clown . He has lived for centuries, can traverse space and time and the horrible hallowed places of the psyche. He’s one of the most threatening beings in all of horror fiction, as immortalized in Stephen King’s It . But what does he do with his spare time? Read more...
Microsoft Bans Employees From Using Slack, Has AWS and Google Docs on a 'Discouraged' List
PC giant Microsoft has informed its staff not to use popular chat app and competitor Slack, adding it to a list of “prohibited and discouraged technology” comprised of software and services that it does not want employees using outside of specific circumstances, Geekwire reported on Friday . Read more...
DC Is Working On a Huge Number of New Young Adult and Kid Books
DC recently announced that they were consolidating all of their imprints , cancelling a wide variety of separate lines, including the DC Ink and DC Zoom lines aimed at younger readers. In the aftermath of that news, it would be easy to worry about the future of DC’s books for non-adult audiences, but it turns out they… Read more...