The Running Man’s final trailer amps up the high-octane action
Get ready for what could be the “biggest underdog win in game show history.”
Lego boldly goes into the Star Trek universe with $400, 3,600-piece Enterprise-D
Kit includes the ship and accessory-toting minifigs of the Enterprise crew.
Caught cheating in class, college students “apologized” using AI—and profs called them out
Time for some “life lessons.”
Netflix drops a doozy of a trailer for Stranger Things S5
Dustin: “We stay true to ourselves, we stay true to our friends, no matter the cost.”
Halloween film fest: 15 classic ghost stories
From The Uninvited to Crimson Peak, these films will help you set the tone for spooky season.
An outcast faces a deadly alien world in Predator: Badlands trailer
“The ways of your kind are ones of violence. Either you are hunted or you become the hunter.”
This may be the most bonkers tech job listing I’ve ever seen
Don’t even apply if you’re not a Tier 1 “A-player.”
It’s troll vs. troll in Netflix’s Troll 2 trailer
Norwegian director Roar Uthaug’s sequel to his 2022 film Troll knows to not take itself too seriously.
With deadline looming, 6 of 9 universities reject Trump’s “compact” to remake higher ed
But Trump is pressuring the others.
Dead Ends is a fun, macabre medical history for kids
Ars chats with co-authors Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal about their delightful new children’s book.
Yes, everything online sucks now—but it doesn’t have to
Ars chats with Cory Doctorow about his new book Enshittification.
New Starfleet Academy trailer debuts at NYCC
Also: Our first look at S4 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Why doesn’t Cards Against Humanity print its game in the US? It’s complicated.
Price, quality, speed, and relationships all matter.
Marvel gets meta with Wonder Man trailer [UPDATED]
“There is an opportunity to shock audiences, to re-imagine a whole genre of storytelling.”
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms teaser debuts at NYCC
“I know I’m just a hedge knight but sometimes I think I could be more.”
Rubik’s Cube gets a $299 update, complete with IPS screens and its own apps
The Rubik’s WOWCube is a 2×2 cube with modern twists.
Not a game: Cards Against Humanity avoids tariffs by ditching rules, explaining jokes
You absolutely, definitely cannot play it.
Trump admin defiles even the “out of office” email auto-reply
“Radical Left” and “Democrat Senators” come in for attack.
Trailer for del Toro’s Frankenstein is pure macabre mythology
“My maker told his tale. And I will tell you mine.”
The AI slop drops right from the top, as Trump posts vulgar deepfake of opponents
A sombrero and a fake mustache were also involved.
Fortnite disables Peacemaker emote that might resemble a swastika
Epic will “inquire into our partner’s creative intentions” before making a final decision.
Why LA Comic Con thought making an AI-powered Stan Lee hologram was a good idea
“I suppose if we do it and thousands of fans… don’t like it, we’ll stop doing it.”
Felony charges after South Carolina high school filled with “fart spray”… for weeks
Let’s dig into the science of stink.
Newly found ancient Egyptian port may lead to Cleopatra’s tomb
NatGeo documentary Cleopatra’s Final Secret chronicles archaeologist Kathleen Martinez’s 20-year search.
Pennywise gets an origin story in Welcome to Derry trailer
Bill Skarsgård reprises his role as the murderous clown, and there are several Stephen King Easter eggs.
How to fight censorship, one Disney+ cancellation at a time
Thuggish government behavior is not stopped by capitulation.
Our fave Star Wars duo is back in Mandalorian and Grogu teaser
There is almost no dialogue and little hint of the plot, but the visuals should delight fans.
Oklahoma’s big “TV nudes” scandal was… a Jackie Chan movie on a Samsung streaming service
Smart TVs strike again.
“Get off the iPad!” warns air traffic control as Spirit flight nears Air Force One
Do not be slow to comply with ATC instructions.
Trailer for Anaconda meta-reboot leans into the laughs
“We’re in the middle of the jungle and we are being hunted!”
New Amelia Earhart bio delves into her unconventional marriage
Author Laurie Gwen Shapiro chats with Ars about her latest book, The Aviator and the Showman.
Get into the cockpit as new crop of “Top Gun” pilots get their wings
NatGeo’s new documentary series, Top Guns: The Next Generation, shows the sweat behind the spectacle.
After Kirk shooting, Utah governor calls social media a “cancer.” Will we treat it like one?
We did not evolve to handle this, Utah governor says.
Latest TRON: Ares trailer takes us back to 1982
“Our worlds are more connected than anyone knows.”
After Ukrainian testing, drone-detection radar doubles range with simple software patch
Even mobile radars are now software upgradeable.
Benoit Blanc goes full Gothic in Wake Up Dead Man trailer
“To understand this case, we need to look around the myth that’s being constructed.”