Tag: Gizmodo
Buck’s Back in The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild
It seems impossible, but the Ice Age franchise has been around for nearly two decades at this point. It probably stands to reason, then, why the newest film—the sixth, in fact!—in the franchise would go ahead and focus on the series’ most beloved character, the weasel Buck Wild (voiced by Simon Pegg). And, as this…
Chloe Gong Reveals Immortal Longings, the First Book in Her All-New Fantasy Trilogy
Just one year ago, Chloe Gong was a young writer about to release her first book, These Violent Delights. A year later, the Chinese-born New Zealander is still young (she’ll turn 23 in December), but now she’s a best-selling author, with the highly anticipated Our Violent Ends—the sequel to her breakout YA…
Baymax’s First Trailer Pits One Wellness Robot Against a Healthcare Crisis
Though Baymax, the gentle, Stay Puft-like wellness robot member of Big Hero 6 ended up helping save the world with his combat abilities, he was originally created to help and heal people who suffered from different kinds of injuries. In Baymax, Disney+’s upcoming episodic followup to 2014’s Big Hero 6, Baymax stars as…
Iceland Skewers Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse With New Tourism Ad
Iceland released a new tourism ad on Thursday, poking fun at Facebook’s (sorry, Meta’s) recent promises for how we’re all going to live in the future. But Iceland’s version of Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t want to sell you on visiting the sci-fi dystopia that we were all warned about for decades. No, Iceland just wants you…
Toshiba to Split Into Three Companies After Years of Scandal
Electronics giant Toshiba will split into three different companies after years of scandals, according to a press release from the Japanese company on Friday. The move comes after activist shareholders lobbied for the change following several idiotic moves, including a plan to falsify financial documents which saw the…