Deepseek reportedly received banned chips, and is allegedly using them to train a new model.

https://gizmodo.com/nvidia-reports-of-an-elaborate-chinese-gpu-smuggling-operation-are-far-fetched-2000697678

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Looks like there's more of 'Fallout: New Vegas' in the show than just the titular town, including at least one other fan-favorite location.

https://gizmodo.com/a-new-fallout-season-2-clip-tries-for-a-speech-check-2000696439

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Researchers reviewed existing evidence on whether mouthwash with garlic extract could be a viable alternative for the current golden standard.

https://gizmodo.com/garlic-mouth-wash-the-science-says-yes-2000697393

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Things haven't been going well for Funko financially, and it's now looking at different ways to keep itself around.

https://gizmodo.com/toy-company-funko-has-going-concerns-about-its-future-2000683433

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Osgood Perkins' latest continues to rack up praise from A-listers, collected in a new trailer that also teases the film's supernatural frights.

https://gizmodo.com/keeper-final-trailer-osgood-perkins-acolades-2000682095

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Been loving horror movies lately? If so, the Academy Museum's got an exhibit next year celebrating the genre's rise throughout the decades.

https://gizmodo.com/oscars-museum-horror-show-exhibit-2026-2000680554

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Scientists suspect that smaller "tornadoes" of solar plasma and magnetic field may be escaping our detection.

https://gizmodo.com/astronomers-are-sounding-the-alarm-over-dangerous-space-weather-are-we-prepared-2000668362

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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is coming to an end in the biggest way imaginable. Crunchyroll just announced it acquired the rights to the upcoming Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle and will release it as a trilogy of theatrical films, bringing the story and franchise to a conclusion on the big screen.Read more...

https://gizmodo.com/demon-slayer-movie-trilogy-infinity-castle-crunchyroll-1851569124

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Warner Bros. and DC have gone back to the world of Watchmen off and on ever since the 2009 live-action movie. While it’s been a few years since the last time they returned to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ world, they’ve apparently still got Watchmen fever and are now looking to bring the superhero story as a movie once…Read more...

https://gizmodo.com/watchmen-animated-chapter-1-warner-bros-trailer-1851538875

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A few years ago, Lego dazzled us with its first ever Transformers set in the form of a completely transformable Optimus Prime—and now they’re giving him a friend.Read more...

https://gizmodo.com/lego-transformers-bumblebee-price-release-date-1851537629

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The 1980s were a glorious decade for horror films, heralding the rise of slasher franchises and an influx of European oddities and creative indies, with the uncertain energy of the times summoning forth movies that offered a blend of kitsch, adventurous gore, and last-days-of-the-Cold-War unease. Read more...

https://gizmodo.com/1980s-horror-movies-free-tubi-zombies-argento-hellraise-1851519880

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2023 was a pretty big, fairly messy year for Dungeons & Dragons. As Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast overstepped in their attempts to make the actual tabletop game into a massive brand, said brand had a pair of significant bright spots in the utterly massive Baldur’s Gate 3 and the pretty good live-action movie Honor…Read more...

https://gizmodo.com/dungeons-dragons-tv-show-hasbro-paramount-overhaul-1851514223

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Unionization was in full force throughout the entertainment industry in 2023, particularly over at Disney. VFX artists across several in-house teams—including those for the MCU and the Avatar franchise—successfully unionized, a trend that’s now continuing in the corporation’s theme park business.Read more...

https://gizmodo.com/disneyland-magic-united-workers-group-unionize-1851487080

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Over the last few months, news has slowly come tricking out about 28 Years Later, which fans of the first two movies have been wanting for a long time. We know Danny Boyle’s back in the director’s chair with returning writer Alex Garland, and that Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Jack O’Connell are headlining…Read more...

https://gizmodo.com/28-years-later-release-date-june-2025-sony-pictures-1851471063

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Following a scrub on Monday, Boeing is getting ready to launch its first crew of astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, May 10, as part of a $4.3 billion contract with NASA. Perhaps surprisingly, this is only the sixth vehicle owned or funded by NASA to be used throughout the agency’s storied…Read more...

https://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-elite-group-of-spacecraft-that-have-carried-1851459088

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Have you seen that photo of a dog attempting to make sweet and passionate love to a robot dog? It’s gone viral on sites like Reddit, Instagram, and X. But it’s fake. Hopelessly, tragically fake.Read more...

https://gizmodo.com/fake-viral-dog-humping-robot-fire-dept-new-york-fdny-1851430655

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Three teens who allegedly stole high-end cars in Australia last week have been charged with the crimes you’d expect anyone to face for stealing property, according to a new report from the Sydney Morning Herald. But two of the teens are also being charged under a new law that criminalizes posting about your crimes on…Read more...

https://gizmodo.com/teens-post-boast-social-media-extra-years-prison-aus-1851427889

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The Thai manufacturer of the Elide Fire Extinguishing Balls, a product that claims to activate automatically in case of a fire and release fire retardant chemicals to help put it out, is pushing back on warnings from U.S. government officials that state its product is unsafe and can lead to death.Read more...

https://gizmodo.com/elide-fire-extinguishing-balls-push-back-cpsc-warning-1851379075

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Two lawsuits filed by an activist organization allege a conspiracy between county governments in Michigan and prison phone companies. This conspiracy has involved a “quid pro quo kickback scheme” that eliminated in-person visits at prisons to boost profits for the companies, the litigation claims. As part of the…Read more...

https://gizmodo.com/prison-phone-companies-involved-in-scheme-to-ban-in-per-1851375670

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Have you ever thought about where the term Wi-Fi comes from? Most people would logically assume it’s a shortened version of some highly technical description for the tech that allowed computers to access the internet wirelessly. But those people would be wrong.Read more...

https://gizmodo.com/wi-fi-doesnt-mean-what-you-think-it-means-1851369424

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