Dear Paramount: Stop Trying to Make TikTok Movies Happen, They’re Not Going to Happen
Screenshot: Gizmodo On October 3, I asked my editor what day it was. “It’s October 3,” he replied. October 3 has been crowned “Mean Girls Day” in reference to a…
A Company Named X Social Media Is Suing X Corp, a Company Formerly Named Twitter
Image: bluecat_stock (Shutterstock) Turns out Elon Musk isn’t as creative at coming up with company names as we previously thought, as his obsession with the letter X is getting him…
Pluto-Visiting New Horizons Probe Gears Up for Extended Outer Solar System Mission
A famous NASA spacecraft will continue exploring the outer reaches of the solar system thanks to an extended lifeline. This decision overturns NASA’s earlier proposal to change the mission’s course…
‘No One Is Safe’: Bed Bugs Invade Paris Ahead of Olympics
The common bed bug (Cimex lectularius).Image: Akos Nagy (Shutterstock) The city of lights is beset by bed bugs. Sightings of the tiny urban pest in public places throughout Paris have…
Social Media Users Don’t Want to BeReal Anymore, Report Finds
BeReal’s active users appear to be exiting the platform in droves, with the number of active users dropping by 18% since it peaked in November of last year. The app…
Elon Musk has removed a vital feature on X – fake news could soon get a lot worse
Elon Musk has made drastic cuts to the ‘election integrity team’ at X (formerly Twitter), a department that was responsible for combating the spread of misinformation online, and also scrapped…
Florida and Texas Social Media Content Moderation Bans Heading to Supreme Court
Both Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed bills in the last few years trying to block social media companies from moderating content or otherwise banning accounts.Photo:…
Iran Launches Third Military Satellite to Orbit, Raising Tensions on the Ground
Iran claims it has successfully placed a third imaging satellite in orbit, a move that will likely garner more criticism from the Western world over fears that the Islamic republic…
India Continues Efforts to Rouse Its Sleeping Lunar Lander
The Chandrayaan-3 lander on the Moon.Image: ISRO India’s Chandrayaan-3 lander and rover have been asleep on the surface of the Moon while efforts to revive the pair continue until the…
X/Twitter Is Shutting Down Circles Next Month
Twitter, recently renamed X, is shutting down its Circles feature. Circles allows users to share posts with select people rather than all of their followers but it seems Elon Musk…