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A BMW test car with autonomous steering capability veered into oncoming traffic in Germany, killing one person and seriously injuring nine others, police said Tuesday. A spokesman for police in the southwestern town of Reutlingen said an electric BMW iX with five people on board, including a young child, swerved out of its lane at a bend in the road, triggering a series of collisions involving four vehicles Monday afternoon.After brushing an oncoming Citroen, the BMW hit a Mercedes-Benz van head-on, resulting in the death…

Apple's 5W USB Power Adapter appears to have been killed off, with the product now unavailable via a number of Apple online stores around the world.The 5W USB Power Adapter remains available for order in the United States (opens in new tab) and a handful of other countries, but Macotakara notes that the item is unavailable elsewhere. Countries including Australia, China, Japan, and a number of European countries all report that the product is now "sold out" entirely.Good riddanceThe 5W charger was bundled in every iPhone…

These are dark days for movie stars. The new Brad Pitt action-comedy Bullet Train took $30.1m (£24.6m) on its opening weekend in the US – a solid enough figure to top the domestic box office chart, but unspectacular given the film’s $90m budget and Pitt’s star power. One of the few actors who can still “open” a film, Pitt represents an increasingly endangered breed: the movie star who refuses to do TV.Another TV holdout, Tom Cruise, continued his hot streak with Top Gun: Maverick, which recently surpassed Titanic at the…

via Sony Fans have every right to be skeptical over Sony’s plans to build an interconnected universe of Marvel movies, because the studio has already tried and failed to do the exact same thing once before, and it didn’t end up working out very well for The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Thankfully, Andrew Garfield was given a chance to redeem himself in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Spider-Man: No Way Home, because bowing out in the worst-reviewed and lowest-grossing standalone Spidey blockbuster ever made was hardly…

Stockton, California rapper Young Slo-Be was shot and killed Friday at the age of 29.CBS News reports Slo-Be was fatally shot on Friday in Manteca, California. When officers arrived on the scene they found a shooting victim who had suffered fatal injuries. It’s unclear if there was a motive for the shooting, as no suspect information has been released at this point.“Exactly what led up to the shooting is unclear, but detectives say it doesn’t appear to be random,” CBS notes.Thizzler On The Roof, the Oakland-based company…

Avengers: Endgame Released In 2019 & Took The World By Storm(Photo Credit–Poster From Avengers: Endgame) The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been growing massively in the past couple of years. The studio as per the new lineup reveal is back to shaping a storyline that leads to the Avengers Saga where the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes unite to defeat some big threats. But the OG will always remain supreme and no one can imagine what could match the craze and euphoria that followed Avengers: Endgame in 2019.…

This photo provided by Utah Department of Public Safety shows the scene of an accident involving a Tesla and a motorcycle on July 24, 2022 near Draper, Utah. Two crashes involving Teslas apparently running on Autopilot are drawing scrutiny from federal regulators and point to a potential new hazard on U.S. freeways: The partially automated vehicles may not stop for motorcycles. Credit: Utah Department of Public Safety via AP…

Gif: Gizmodo/Internet ArchiveGizmodo is 20 years old! To celebrate the anniversary, we’re looking back at some of the most significant ways our lives have been thrown for a loop by our digital tools.In the early aughts, my wheezing dialup connection often operated as if it were perpetually out of breath. Thus, unlike my childhood friends, it was near to impossible for me to watch videos, TV shows, or listen to music. Far from feeling limited, I felt like I was lucky, for I had access to an encyclopedia of lovingly curated…

The hit-and-run driver who previously pleaded guilty in connection with a fatal crash that killed Nicki Minaj’s father was sentenced on Wednesday.According to a report from TMZ, the driver—Charles Polevich—was sentenced to serve a year behind bars on Wednesday. Additionally, Polevich’s driver’s license will be suspended for a period of six months and he will be required to pay a fine of $5,000.Polevich previously pleaded guilty to charges in connection with leaving the scene of the fatal February 2021 crash in New York.…

Somewhere in the wild west, sometime after the civil war, legendary outlaw Isaac LeMay (Sam Worthington) decides to take his fate into his own hands and circumvent a prophecy that he can only be killed by one of his own children. That means tracking down his many offspring and slaying them first, one by one. A man of very few words but blessed with an inordinate abundance of hair and uncanny luck when it comes to avoiding bullets, LeMay has a few talents, but not a lot of charm. Also, he’s clearly never read any fairy…