5 great free movies to watch on New Year’s Day

From light, easy watches to films you can settle into, these free movies fit different New Year’s Day moods.
Each one is available to stream without a subscription, so you can start watching without overthinking it.

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 209 — Astronauts for America

On Episode 209 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Garrett Reisman and Steve Lindsey, the leaders of the new organization Astronauts for America.

Let it snow
Let it snow

Water gets all the credit. When gaming companies want to show off new graphics technology, things tend to get wet; splashing waves that are only possible with the latest physics engine, or puddles that can reflect the world around them thanks to ray tracing. But there’s something special about snow. It might not be as […]

This Oscar-nominated revenge thriller is one of the 3 best Peacock movies you should watch this weekend (May 8-10)

From an Academy Award-winning revenge thriller to a Korean crime hit, Peacock has three underrated films worth watching this weekend.

This Tom Hanks WWII thriller is one of 3 best movies on Apple TV to watch this weekend (May 8-10)

Apple TV is home to three great movies this weekend, including one led by Tom Hanks’ self-written WWII thriller.

Amazon injects doomscroll-friendly vertical videos in Prime Video app

Finding something to watch on Prime Videos may soon feel more like scrolling Shorts than browsing a streaming menu.

Amazon is adding a vertical video feed to Prime Video
Amazon is adding a vertical video feed to Prime Video

Amazon Prime Video is joining Netflix and Disney Plus in adding a vertical feed of videos to its streaming app. The new “Clips” feed will offer a stream of short-form videos from shows and movies, with options to jump into the full title, rent, or buy it. Prime Video previously offered a TikTok-style feed with […]

How you’d really die in space: What sci-fi gets right (and wrong) about extra-terrestrial expirations

What sci-fi gets right (and mostly wrong) about all the ways that space wants to kill you.

ABC and Disney accuse Trump admin of violating First Amendment rights
ABC and Disney accuse Trump admin of violating First Amendment rights

ABC is accusing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of violating its First Amendment rights by making “major shifts in policy and practice” that the network claims will chill free speech. The network is asking the FCC to “affirm its long-standing approach to the bona fide news interview exemption” for daytime talk show The View and […]