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Home Depot’s 12-foot Skelly is still a holiday headliner after nearly 7 years, but Spirit Halloween’s new Alien Xenomorph could be an even bigger draw for brave trick-or-treaters this year. The $450 animatronic features sounds inspired by the original film and multiple movements including an inner mouth that extends and screams.

Instead of taking the easy route with an emulator, Chris Hackmann, the modder behind the excellent Frog Boy Color, created a watch-sized Game Boy Color using the handheld’s original CPU. It also plays games through custom tiny cartridges and features a tiny D-pad on the side along with other button controls.

Eight months after the iOS app launched, Tesla has released an Android version of its Robotaxi app. The service expanded to Houston and Dallas last week, but still seems to only have a small number of vehicles actually on the road.

Gwyneth Paltrow doesn’t seem to know what a peptide is, which might not entirely surprise you.

In 2024 Creative Assembly announced a followup to the only game that has ever made me genuinely freeze in fear. A year and half later, yesterday’s “Alien day” (4/26, get it?) brought us a brief first look. We don’t see much, but it looks like this time we might be going planetside.

The economic watchdog did not explain its decision to cancel the deal, which Beijing had scrutinized since it was first announced in December. It was largely complete and Manus is already integrated into some of Meta’s tools.

The federal judge overseeing the case granted Musk’s request on Friday, which he says will “streamline the case” and keep things focused on “ensuring that OpenAI adheres to its public charitable mission.” Two claims will proceed to trial this week.

Multibillion-dollar data center developments in Georgia are sparking bipartisan backlash, with Politico reporting that 47 percent of local voters oppose the plans. Given this is just one of several states experiencing an AI boom, similar opposition may also define local and statewide elections going forward.

Tiny — the movie-tracking social media platform’s controlling investor — has reportedly pitched its stake to potential buyers , including CNBC parent company Versant and Hollywood startup The Ankler. Tiny hasn’t modified much since it bought Letterboxd in 2023, but that could change under a new steward.