Everything the anchors say on this tape, story by story.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Breaking: Netflix is making a live-action PUBG series, and Donald Glover is running the whole thing.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Breaking news just in: Netflix is making a live-action PUBG series, and Donald Glover is at the center of it. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: We first told you earlier today, at 19:20. New from Engadget: Netflix also has an Assassin's Creed series and a Gears of War film in the works. ▶
ROXY: Roxy Reel at the drive-in, and I'm already crying at the trailer that doesn't exist. Glover will star in, write, direct and executive produce. ▶
ROXY: Stephen Glover, a frequent collaborator, assists. No casting beyond Glover himself, and no release window just yet. ▶
ROXY: File footage: Atlanta, which won seven Emmys and was nominated for 26. Now picture that mind pointed at a game about 100 players, loot and a chicken dinner. ▶
ROXY: The game hints at a bloodsport tournament for elites. That could mean Squid Game or Hunger Games vibes. Four reels out of five, pending evidence. ▶
ROXY: The caveat: a pilot could still get killed by the suits. Buffy at Hulu was, despite Chloé Zhao. I will not spoil anything. Probably. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: One hundred people, one chicken dinner. That is just our station holiday party, Greta. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: No release window has been given, Grant. We will update you when Netflix does. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Did Earth need comets for its water? New research says it may have made its own.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Next, a question I have always wondered about: where does the water come from? The hotel minibar? Let us find out. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Universe Today reports new research says Earth may not have needed comets to deliver its water. Vera, how did we get here? ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: Universe Today reports the long-standing idea: comets and asteroids, both known to carry water, crashed into early Earth in large numbers. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: But rocky planets also form with an envelope of hydrogen and helium from their solar nebulae. Water is H2O. Hydrogen was there. Oxygen was the question. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: So Earth was simply born with a faucet. Is nobody else seeing this? ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Not quite, Grant. Oxygen was the open question. The paper is in Nature Geoscience, from University of New Mexico researchers. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Vera, does this only apply to Earth? ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: The article says water creation could be part of every rocky planet's formation. Note the word could. ▶
DR. VERA VECTOR: What is still open: the research says Earth may not have needed comets. May, not did. I would want the full paper. ▶
NOVA: Nova Quark, at the observatory, helmet on. Every rocky planet may be born with its own water. The universe might be damp. I am thrilled. ▶
GRANT BRICKMAN: Thank you, Nova. Water: now made at home. ▶
Pixels in Brief (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: Three quick stories: a fanfic archive, a tiny decision model and a very long Destiny wait.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Quick round. Archive of Our Own says it may be down for up to 4 weeks. Fandom will improvise. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Baseten's joey-1 is a 2B open model that returns an answer, not text, for $0.01 per million tokens. Decisive. ▶
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Rock Paper Shotgun says don't expect Destiny 2's campaign unvaulting until 2028. Pack snacks. ▶
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Real or PXL?
GRANT BRICKMAN: Correct! The real headline. My instincts are a finely tuned instrument, much like a very good pager.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Fooled! PXL made that one up, and rather well. Do not worry, even a veteran anchor has been caught out.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Time is up! The clock waits for no one, not even me.