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Ninja Creami, the PacoJet for the rest of us
I hadn’t given the Ninja Creami a second thought, as it just looked like just another tacky 10-in-1 discount store kitchen gadget.
 • Rob Beschizza
Turns out Tesla’s “self-driving” taxis have drivers
Despite years of promises about driverless tech, Tesla says its robotaxis still rely on humans who can step in and drive when things go wrong.
 • Jason Weisberger
U.S. hiding troops in hotels to dodge missiles may be a war crime
Facing missile strikes it wasn’t prepared for, in a war it wasn't prepared for, the U.S. military has begun moving troops out of vulnerable bases and…
 • Jason Weisberger
Musk says robot works great, just not ready to show anyone yet
Surprise!
 • Jason Weisberger
Beloved California road trip landmark to be demolished, memorialized with a plaque
Pea Soup Andersen’s, once serving millions of bowls a year, is on track to be demolished as officials debate how to “honor” it without actually saving…
 • Jason Weisberger
Tom the Dancing Bug: Dementia Donnie’s ballroom and war
Tom the Dancing Bug: Dementia Donnie and his ballroom and war
 • Ruben Bolling
Artemis II’s launch countdown has begun and its next stop is the Moon
The launch countdown for Artemis II, which will travel further from the Earth than any crewed craft since Apollo 17 in 1972.
 • Gail P Sherman
Krypto is in trouble in the new Supergirl trailer and he had better be OK
Kara Zor-El, AKA Supergirl, was not raised on a farm in Kansas by a loving family.
 • Gail P Sherman
Art sculpture blows rainbow smoke donuts using mirrors and prisms
This art piece by Adrien Miller combines sculpture and light.
 • Popkin
A24’s Backrooms movie gets its first proper trailer
No, that title isn’t a joke.
 • Grant St. Clair
A comic book teaching kids about pulverized smokeless tobacco: Snuff-Man
You won’t believe Helme’s Snuff-Man, a promotional comic book put out by the Helme Tobacco Company in 1954, in which a snuff (!) salesman regales two…
 • Ruben Bolling
“Uri Tupka and the Gods” is a cold, dark, and magnificent trek through Mike Mignola’s Lands Unknown
When Mike Mignola first introduced us to his Lands Unknown in Bowling With Corpses, it felt like creaking open a dusty tome of ancient folktales.
 • Gareth Branwyn
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