What Is an Xvid File and How Do I Play or Convert One?
Xvid is rarely used these days, but that means it can be hard to know what to do with it if you come across it while digging through your old…
Here Are 14 Characters Who Would Absolutely Pay for Twitter Blue
L-R: Kendall Roy from Succession, George Costanza from Seinfeld, and Tom Haverford from Parks & RecImage: HBO/Netflix/NBC According to Elon Musk, legacy Twitter Verified checkmarks will disappear on 4/20. Nice…
Kids vs. Aliens Delivers a Kick-Ass Close Encounter
We’ve seen kids vs. aliens as a plot device many times over. But Kids vs. Aliens, a gleefully violent sci-fi comedy from director and co-writer Jason Eisener (Hobo With a…
NASA Apparently Needs a Second Babysitter for the Ambitious Mars Sample Return
NASA is setting up an independent review board to oversee the Mars Sample Return mission plans, in an effort to make sure the mission will be completed on time and—crucially—under…
Europe’s Juice space mission blasts off towards Jupiter
The ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission — ‘Juice’ — successfully launched today from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The launch was supposed to take place yesterday but was…
OpenAI’s Sam Altman Says There’s No Chat GPT-5 to Worry About…Yet
Sam Altman has squashed rumors that OpenAI is already working on ChatGPT-5, just a month after the company’s release of its GPT-4. Currently, there is no GPT-5 in training, Altman…
Elijah Wood Has Some Thoughts on Those New Lord of the Rings Movies
Earlier this year, Warner Bros. announced it would be making new Lord of the Rings movies and the collective response was, “Wait, what?” Director Peter Jackson already made six of…
See Fort Lauderdale Underwater Following This Week’s Torrential Downpour
Trucks and a resident on foot make their way through receding floodwaters in the Sailboat Bend neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 13, 2023.Photo: Rebecca Blackwel (AP) Historic rainfall…
Debut Launch of ULA’s Vulcan Rocket Likely in Jeopardy After Dramatic Explosion at Test Stand
A highly-anticipated heavy-lift rocket was getting prepped for its inaugural flight when a spark triggered a fiery explosion at NASA’s Alabama launch facility, potentially threatening next month’s rocket debut. Astronomers…
These School A/V Carts Have Killed at Least Three Kids and Are Being Recalled
The only thing more attractive to 5th graders than snow days are the days when the teacher wheels an A/V cart into the classroom. Even educational videos are a welcome…