Tom McKay
Five years ago, NASA researchers experimented with an object called the EmDrive (or electromagnetic drive), a Y-shaped metal chamber in which, they reported, thrust could be produced without propellant. Such a contraption would refute core principles of physics as we know them and eliminate a huge barrier to deep space…
Unless this young boy’s wish is to be torn apart by a demon.
Apple’s offering a bit more clarity surrounding the anti-tracking tech that’s going to debut this autumn. On Wednesday, a company spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch that Apple’s so-called App Tracking Transparency (ATT) protocol will crack down on all identifiers an app might use to track you — not just identifiers that…
We’ve seen shockingly little from Hasbro’s upcoming G.I.Joe movie reboot starring the titular, fan-favourite ninja, despite the fact it was due to premiere back in March of 2020. It’s been delayed multiple times since then, but it’s suspicious that we never got a trailer even before the pandemic hit. Still,…
“Remember this?” Budweiser asks, in a new commercial promoting covid-19 vaccines. What follows are a series of snapshots of the before times, when we swigged at the barbecue, sloshed around at the bar, flung beer all over each other at the frat. Jimmy Durante croons, with nostalgic record cracking, the…
It’s always interesting when you can pick out the influences that shaped an artist’s work, and then consider the influences and what they inspired as pieces of culture in conversation with one another. Consider then Craig Gillespie’s Cruella, a 101 Dalmatians prequel of sorts that’s also humming with a surprising…
I did not need the sight of an army of Stay Puft mini-marshmallow men committing very sugary cannibalism this morning. And yet, any yet! You delivered, Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
Some familiar faces are returning to Child’s Play. Borat 2‘s breakout star is teaming up with A24 for some slasher horror. Plus, what’s to come on Supergirl and The Flash. To me, my spoilers!
The UK government launched a new watchdog agency on Wednesday that will be tasked with keeping an eye on Big Tech companies like Google and Facebook, according to an announcement published online. The stated goal of the new watchdog is to police the “concentration of power among a small number…
Peter Dutton is threatening to sue Twitter users for defamation over claims that he was a “rape apologist”. On Thursday, the Guardian Asutralia’s Paul Karp and Amy Remeikis reported that one Twitter user had received a legal letter from the Australian Defence Minister about their tweets. “Guardian Australia is aware…
Chinese manufacturer Unitree Robotics has shown off its army of A1 robotic dogs who will most definitely destroy humanity.
Australia’s top diplomats are acting on the assumption that their phones have been hacked after the identities of multiple Australian politicians have been used as part of sophisticated phishing attacks on Telegram. Two weeks ago, Australian Finance Minister Simon Birmingham referred a Telegram account to the police after contacts of…
While a sense of normalcy has started to return to our lives and the cinema experience is back on the cards, it’s understandable if you’re maybe hesitant on heading back to the theatre. The good news is that if you can’t or won’t go to the cinema, it’s not hard…
Luxury car brand Genesis pulled out all the stops for its launch in China by using a world record-breaking 3,218 drones for its light show.
Starlink opened up pre-orders for its service in February for a $US99 ($129) deposit, but it doesn’t appear that the company plans to offer any kind of tiered plan to folks who were hoping for some options.
We know Apple’s AirTags must surely exist, because credible rumours and leaks about them have been trickling into our news feeds for what seems like forever. The latest rumour, however, provides a glimmer of hope that we might see these things in our lifetime.
It was only last week that Warner Bros. Animation released the extensive voice cast for its upcoming animated adaptation of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale’s Batman story The Long Halloween (well, Part One of it, anyway). Now the trailer is here, but something looks off.
Joe Caswell’s knife-making process starts with popsicle sticks, and his latest knife, called the Provoke, looks like something out of a Klingon fever dream. He based the design on an Indonesian karambit, a work knife curved like a talon. His idea? To allow users to flip the utility knife open…
None of the 109 expeditioners and crew onboard the MPV Everest were hurt when a fire broke out in an engine room, but the beleaguered Antarctic resupply vessel still has 3,219 km to go in its long journey back home to Australia.
We use the cliched term “glacial pace” to describe something that moves really slowly. But new research shows that Greenland’s glaciers may actually be moving more rapidly than we thought thanks to rushing rivers on their surface.
There’s one phrase I’ve been using a lot, as I’ve been promoting my young adult space-opera Victories Greater Than Death: “Save all the worlds.” Because I love the idea of a group of kids who are mostly LGBTQIA+ and come from cultures all over the world get to be the…
NASA is getting ready to drop a 6,350 kg mock-up of the Orion spacecraft into a large pool in Virginia, the latest in a series of drop tests leading up to the eventual Artemis II lunar mission. The test is set for 3:45 a.m. AEST and will be viewable live…
Jason Momoa gets horny for a new Netflix fantasy. The success of Godzilla vs. Kong leaves Dune’s streaming/theatrical dual-release up in the air. James Gunn offers the tiniest update on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Spoilers go!
The government of Vietnam has lifted a ban on Boeing 737 Max aircraft, according to Reuters, citing Vietnamese state media. The ban on the planes was put in place following two crashes that killed 346 people in 2018 and 2019.
GM unveiled its $US100,000 ($130,630) Hummer EV SUV over Easter weekend — a little early, if you ask me. The 830-horsepower SUV won’t be available until 2023, while the truck is set for sale later this year. Weirdly enough, the cheapest versions of both are not available until 2024. Reservations…
Apple CEO Tim Cook hopes the right-wing social media network Parler will return to the company’s App Store eventually because *checks notes* variety is the spice of life. In an interview on the New York Times’ Sway podcast on Monday, Cook discussed everything from his thoughts on Elon Musk to US voting rights. But in…
Popular group-chat app Discord deleted 2,000-plus servers dedicated to extremism and violent content in the second half of 2020, including more than 300 QAnon communities. According to its latest half-yearly transparency report, released on Monday, Discord banned a total of 2,212 servers dedicated to extremist content between July and December…
Can you find the snow leopard sneaking up on its prey in this amazing photo by wildlife photographer Inger Vandyke? (Note: This is not a troll. The leopard is really there.) There’s a good reason it’s so difficult for photographers and film crews to capture the elusive snow leopard in…
Released back in 2019, the Elite 85h were Jabra’s attempt to compete with the big dogs of noise-cancelling headphones, Sony’s WH-1000XM3 and Bose’s QuietComfort 35 II. By all accounts, Jabra has done a pretty good job of standing toe-to-toe with its audio rivals. The Elite 85h are a great pair…
In the final moments of The Umbrella Academy’s second season, the Hargreeves siblings — never ones to find themselves that far from an apocalypse — were surprised to wind up in a rather familiar reality that, all things considered, seemed quite normal save for a few key differences.
Leaks and rumours surrounding Apple’s new range of iPhone 13s suggest a whole lot of design changes could be coming.
Is “leftover Easter chocolate” an oxymoron? Does such a thing even exist? If, for some bizarre reason, you get tired of consuming chocolate bunnies this April, don’t throw all that chocolate away. As YouTube user Knifemaker demonstrates, you could actually turn all those sugary treats into a functional kitchen knife.
