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Investigation Finds Hundreds of ‘Injuries and Dangerous Malfunctions’ at Six Flags Before Lethal Goliath Accident

A CNN report detailed widespread safety and mechanical issues, as well as hundreds of injuries, at over a dozen Six Flags parks since 2021.

Denis Villeneuve Sees His James Bond Movie as a ‘Powerful Rocket’ Separating Him From ‘Dune’

Breaking away from Arrakis after three movies is understandably a daunting task.

I Got Lost in the Surreal Fantasia of ‘A Garden of Spheres’ and Loved Every Moment of It

Multi Eisner‑nominated creator Linnea Sterte’s graphic novel sends a drifting god of destruction through a dragon‑filled land so alien its nothing short of fantasy in its purest form.

AI Agent Reportedly Deletes an Entire Season of Reality TV Show

The second season of Sweden’s version of ‘The Challenge’ has now been pushed to 2027 just weeks before its scheduled premiere.

AI Startup Wants Every Company to Assign You Your Own Personal Stalker

What is wrong with you people?

NASA Images Reveal 10,000 Young Faults on the Moon. That’s a Problem

Unlike Earth’s multi-plate surface, the Moon is a single chunk—an “unbroken shell” where over 10,000 young faults can erupt into moonquakes at any time.

Researchers Stranded an AI Agent on a Virtual Island. Things Got Very Weird.

A new MIT study found that when left to their own devices, AI agents will invent games, build temples, draw mandalas, and playfully investigate the world around them.

Tim Burton’s Post-‘Wednesday’ Project Could Be a Film With Kazuo Ishiguro

The Nobel Prize-winning writer’s novel ‘Klara and the Sun’ will soon be a movie featuring ‘Wednesday’ star Jenna Ortega.

German Police Investigating If Teens Were Piloting Robot That Groped 16-Year-Old Girl

Police in Cologne, Germany are investigating an alleged assault involving two teenagers and a gold-chain-wearing robot.

Los Angeles Officials Haven’t Plugged in USB Drive That DOJ Insists Is Full of Noncitizens Who Were Sent Ballots

Connecting the drive would violate “established data privacy and information security protocols,” the Los Angeles County clerk said.