Jeff Hiller on the Wild Experience of Being on Both

Jeff Hiller on the Wild Experience of Being on Both

Aug 18, 2026

The hardest-working supporting player on Apple TV this year is clearly Jeff Hiller. He’s already an Emmy winner for his work on HBO’s Somebody Somewhere, but he came to even wider recognition by popping up on two of TV’s most recent genre breakouts. On Pluribus, he’s...
‘Scream’ and ‘Heroes’ Actor Hayden Panettiere Has Died at Age

‘Scream’ and ‘Heroes’ Actor Hayden Panettiere Has Died at Age

Aug 17, 2026

Actor Hayden Panettiere, best known for shows like Heroes and Nashville, has died. She was 36 years old. Her representative confirmed the news Sunday night, and revealed police were investigating her death. Her father, Skip Panettiere, described her as “an incredible...
‘X-Men’ Director Jake Schreier Teases Comic Influences

‘X-Men’ Director Jake Schreier Teases Comic Influences

Aug 16, 2026

D23 gave us the stars of the next X-Men movie, and the first team movie from Marvel Studios. Now that we know some of the cast, director Jake Schreier’s able to offer up a little more information on what he plans to do with these characters. After the cast reveal, he...
Researchers Built a Coin-Sized Device That Can Hack a Boeing

Researchers Built a Coin-Sized Device That Can Hack a Boeing

Aug 14, 2026

While much of aviation cybersecurity focuses on network-based threats, researchers just showed that a physical attack on an airplane may require surprisingly little time or money. Researchers at the University of California San Diego and Oberlin College built a small,...
Twitch feeds your streams to Amazon’s AI unless you tell

Twitch feeds your streams to Amazon’s AI unless you tell

Aug 13, 2026

OFFBEAT Bot training switch is on by default, because apparently asking first wasn’t going to work Twitch has given streamers a switch to stop their channel content being fed into Amazon’s generative AI machinery, but naturally it is turned on by default....
Tesla Has to Fix 20,000 Vehicles With Too-Bright Headlights It’s

Tesla Has to Fix 20,000 Vehicles With Too-Bright Headlights It’s

Aug 12, 2026

A recall affecting an estimated 20,000 Teslas says the brightness of the low-beams headlights violates federal safety standards. The recall report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says “Headlamp low-beam output that exceeds the maximum...
The ‘Crawl’ Sequel Has Found Its Gator Chow—I Mean, Stars

The ‘Crawl’ Sequel Has Found Its Gator Chow—I Mean, Stars

Aug 10, 2026

It’s been a while since Alexandre Aja’s 2019 horror movie Crawl, but it’s time for him and Paramount to get moving onto the next one. The Hollywood Reporter revealed the next installment’s two leads will be a pair of familiar faces. First, you’ve got Mason...
Lionsgate Is Trying to Bring ‘Leprechaun’ Back to Life (Again)

Lionsgate Is Trying to Bring ‘Leprechaun’ Back to Life (Again)

Aug 9, 2026

Do you remember a few years ago when it was reported the Leprechaun franchise was coming back? Lionsgate apparently means it for real this time, as it’s brought on two writers to script its new film. That would be Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, according to...