85-692: Gizmodo ( / ɡ ɪ z ˈ m oʊ d oʊ / giz- MOH -doh ) is a design, technology, science, and science fiction website. It was originally launched as part of the Gawker Media network run by Nick Denton . Gizmodo also includes the sub-blogs io9 and Earther , which focus on pop-culture and environmentalism, respectively. Following the Chapter 11 bankruptcy and Liquidation of Gawker Media , Univision purchased Gizmodo along with other Gawker websites in August 2016. In 2019, Univision sold
170-519: A platform for the hard right of Le Figaro . Information science specialist Aurélie Olivesi noted the proximity between the "polemical site" FigaroVox and the magazine Causeur , with some journalists having worked for both media. According to Causeur , the section opened its doors to authors from both the left and the right. According to Nolwenn Le Blevennec, however, FigaroVox was haunted by an "identitarian obsession," exhibited an ultra- conservative and sovereignist editorial line, and remained
255-765: A computer -like screen , computer viruses , video chat , tanning beds , home treadmills , and more. In 1963, the time travel-themed Doctor Who premiered on BBC Television. The original series ran until 1989 and was revived in 2005. It has been extremely popular worldwide and has greatly influenced later TV science fiction. Other programs in the 1960s included The Outer Limits (1963–1965), Lost in Space (1965–1968), and The Prisoner (1967). Star Trek (the original series), created by Gene Roddenberry , premiered in 1966 on NBC Television and ran for three seasons. It combined elements of space opera and Space Western . Only mildly successful at first,
340-549: A conservative editorial stance, becoming the voice of the French upper and middle classes. More recently, the newspaper's political stance has become more centrist. The newspaper's ownership by Serge Dassault was a source of controversy in terms of conflict-of-interest, as Dassault also owned a major military supplier and served in political positions from the Union for a Popular Movement party. His son Olivier Dassault served as
425-428: A space opera , went on to become a worldwide popular culture phenomenon , and the second-highest-grossing film series of all time. Since the 1980s, science fiction films , along with fantasy , horror , and superhero films, have dominated Hollywood's big-budget productions. Science fiction films often " cross-over " with other genres, including film noir ( Blade Runner - 1982), family film ( E.T.
510-439: A " sense of wonder ". According to Isaac Asimov , "Science fiction can be defined as that branch of literature which deals with the reaction of human beings to changes in science and technology ." Robert A. Heinlein wrote that "A handy short definition of almost all science fiction might read: realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on
595-699: A conservative businessman and politician best known for running the aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation , which he inherited from his father, its founder, Marcel Dassault (1892–1986). Dassault owns 80% of the paper, by way of its media subsidiary Groupe Figaro . Franz-Olivier Giesbert was editorial director of Le Figaro from 1998 to 2000. In 2006, Le Figaro was banned in Egypt and Tunisia for publishing articles allegedly insulting Islam . Le Figaro switched to Berliner format in 2009. The paper has published The New York Times International Weekly on Friday since 2009, an 8-page supplement featuring
680-496: A daily newspaper. Its first daily edition, that of 16 November 1866, sold 56,000 copies, having highest circulation of any newspaper in France. Its editorial line was royalist. Pauline Savari was among the contributors to the paper at this time. On 20 February 1909 Le Figaro published a manifesto signed by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti which initiated the establishment of Futurism in art. On 16 March 1914, Gaston Calmette ,
765-464: A duel with a Colonel Gallois, who was offended by an article in Le Figaro , and was wounded but recovered. Albert Wolff , Émile Zola , Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr , Théophile Gautier , and Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie were among the paper's early contributors. It was published somewhat irregularly until 1854, when it was taken over by Hippolyte de Villemessant . In 1866, Le Figaro became
850-465: A fee. In September 2011, the newspaper launched an online wine magazine. In February 2014, FigaroVox , a platform for debates and ideas, was launched. In 2008, Le Figaro became the leading news site on the Internet according to Internet audience data published by Nielsen Médiamétrie / NetRatings . On November 17, 2011, the site was awarded the title of "Best Mobile Media" for the second time at
935-535: A great and influential film. In 1954, Godzilla , directed by Ishirō Honda , began the kaiju subgenre of science fiction film, which feature large creatures of any form, usually attacking a major city or engaging other monsters in battle . 1968's 2001: A Space Odyssey , directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on the work of Arthur C. Clarke , rose above the mostly B-movie offerings up to that time both in scope and quality, and influenced later science fiction films. That same year, Planet of
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#17327810438531020-677: A journey to the Moon and how the Earth 's motion is seen from there. Kepler has been called the "father of science fiction". Following the 17th-century development of the novel as a literary form , Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein (1818) and The Last Man (1826) helped define the form of the science fiction novel. Brian Aldiss has argued that Frankenstein was the first work of science fiction. Edgar Allan Poe wrote several stories considered to be science fiction, including " The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall " (1835), which featured
1105-489: A member of the French National Assembly . Dassault has remarked in an interview in 2004 on the public radio station France Inter that "newspapers must promulgate healthy ideas" and that "left-wing ideas are not healthy ideas." In February 2012, a general assembly of the newspaper's journalists adopted a motion accusing the paper's managing editor, Étienne Mougeotte , of having made Le Figaro into
1190-558: A more comfortable reading format with minimal advertising, available from 10 p.m. the evening before the print publication. At this stage, digital activities represented 25% of the group's revenue and 22% of advertising revenue. Various platforms were simultaneously created: Scan Politique, Scan Sport, Scan TV, Figaro Immobilier, Figaro Jardin, and recently, Scan Éco. The number of digital subscribers grew rapidly. In 2017, Le Figaro had 80,000 digital subscribers, in addition to 70,000 subscribers to both print and digital editions. In 2019, it
1275-587: A platform where one could read the National Front in the text, or link Islam and Daesh . Left-wing figures, such as Gaël Brustier , Jean-Luc Mélenchon , and Thomas Guénolé , were invited "sometimes" or more regularly like Laurent Bouvet . Éric Zemmour and Alain Finkielkraut were very appreciated there. According to L'Express , the invited authors included liberals and left-wing sovereignists, but in larger numbers were advocates of
1360-642: A right-wing newspaper and we express it clearly, by the way. Our readers know it, our journalists too. There's nothing new to that!" In the period of 1995–96, the paper had a circulation of 391,533 copies, behind Le Parisien ' s 451,159 copies. Le Figaro formed the Groupe Figaro (a subsidiary of the Marcel Dassault Industrial Group ). The former company, Socpresse , which was dismantled in 2005, officially became Dassault Media (Figaro Group) in 2011. The newspaper
1445-605: A selection of articles from The New York Times translated into French. In 2010, Lefigaro.fr created a section called Le Figaro in English, which provides the global English-speaking community with daily original or translated content from Le Figaro 's website. The section ended in 2012. In the 2010s, Le Figaro saw future presidential candidate Éric Zemmour 's columns garner great interest among readers that would later serve to launch his political career. Defunct Defunct Le Figaro has traditionally held
1530-464: A thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method ." American science fiction author and editor Lester del Rey wrote, "Even the devoted aficionado or fan—has a hard time trying to explain what science fiction is," and the lack of a "full satisfactory definition" is because "there are no easily delineated limits to science fiction." Another definition comes from The Literature Book by DK and is, "scenarios that are at
1615-495: A total estimated readership of at least 1 million), making it the world's most popular science fiction periodical . In 1984, William Gibson 's first novel, Neuromancer , helped popularize cyberpunk and the word " cyberspace ", a term he originally coined in his 1982 short story Burning Chrome . In 1986, Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold began her Vorkosigan Saga . 1992's Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson predicted immense social upheaval due to
1700-532: A trip to the Moon . Jules Verne was noted for his attention to detail and scientific accuracy, especially in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870). In 1887, the novel El anacronópete by Spanish author Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau introduced the first time machine . An early French/Belgian science fiction writer was J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856–1940). Rosny's masterpiece
1785-582: A very palatable form... New adventures pictured for us in the scientifiction of today are not at all impossible of realization tomorrow... Many great science stories destined to be of historical interest are still to be written... Posterity will point to them as having blazed a new trail, not only in literature and fiction, but progress as well. In 1928, E. E. "Doc" Smith 's first published work, The Skylark of Space , written in collaboration with Lee Hawkins Garby , appeared in Amazing Stories . It
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#17327810438531870-574: A video platform for students launched in 2011, was acquired by Figaro Classifieds in June 2014. In 2015, CCM Benchmark Group was acquired at 100%, including leading websites like L'Internaute , Journal du Net , Le Journal des femmes, Droit-finances.net… The acquisition of these leading sites allowed Figaro to move from the fifteenth place in non-mobile web traffic to fourth place, with 24 million unique visitors, behind Google (41 million), Microsoft (35 million), and Facebook (26 million). Le Figaro sponsored
1955-629: A world of harmony and conformity within a united totalitarian state . It influenced the emergence of dystopia as a literary genre . In 1926, Hugo Gernsback published the first American science fiction magazine , Amazing Stories . In its first issue he wrote: By 'scientifiction' I mean the Jules Verne, H. G. Wells and Edgar Allan Poe type of story—a charming romance intermingled with scientific fact and prophetic vision... Not only do these amazing tales make tremendously interesting reading—they are always instructive. They supply knowledge... in
2040-476: Is Les Navigateurs de l'Infini ( The Navigators of Infinity ) (1925) in which the word astronaut, "astronautique", was used for the first time. Many critics consider H. G. Wells one of science fiction's most important authors, or even "the Shakespeare of science fiction". His works include The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of
2125-704: Is a genre of speculative fiction , which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology , space exploration , time travel , parallel universes , and extraterrestrial life . It often explores human responses to changes in science and technology. Science fiction is related to fantasy , horror , and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres . Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Subgenres include hard science fiction , which emphasizes scientific accuracy, and soft science fiction , focusing on social sciences. Other notable subgenres are cyberpunk , which explores
2210-420: Is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It was named after Figaro, a character in a play by polymath Beaumarchais (1732–1799); one of his lines became the paper's motto: "Without the freedom to criticise, there is no flattering praise". The oldest national newspaper in France, Le Figaro is one of three French newspapers of record , along with Le Monde and Libération . Since 2004,
2295-635: Is often called the first great space opera . The same year, Philip Francis Nowlan 's original Buck Rogers story, Armageddon 2419 , also appeared in Amazing Stories . This was followed by a Buck Rogers comic strip , the first serious science fiction comic . Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future is a " future history " science fiction novel written in 1930 by the British author Olaf Stapledon . A work of unprecedented scale in
2380-512: Is one of the most influential examples of social science fiction , feminist science fiction , and anthropological science fiction . In 1979, Science Fiction World began publication in the People's Republic of China . It dominates the Chinese science fiction magazine market , at one time claiming a circulation of 300,000 copies per issue and an estimated 3–5 readers per copy (giving it
2465-515: Is published in Berliner format. Le Figaro was founded as a satirical weekly in 1826, taking its name and motto from Le Mariage de Figaro , the 1778 play by Pierre Beaumarchais that poked fun at privilege. Its motto, from Figaro's monologue in the play's final act, is " Sans la liberté de blâmer, il n'est point d'éloge flatteur " ("Without the freedom to criticise, there is no flattering praise"). In 1833, editor Nestor Roqueplan fought
2550-504: Is rare for a European media group to get its hands on an American player, who is also specialized in the field of tech". Kleis told the French newspaper that they "paid the price to enter the American market through a good door". Gizmodo launched associated outlets in various international markets: Gizmodo contains two sub-blogs as part of the wider site: io9 is a science fiction and fantasy pop-culture focused sub-blog which
2635-472: The GDPR . FigaroVox is an online section of figaro.fr created in 2014 by Alexis Brézet , a former journalist at Valeurs actuelles (from 1987 to 2000), "holding a very right-wing line", on the advice of Patrick Buisson , a figure associated with Nicolas Sarkozy's shift to the far right in 2012. FigaroVox was an extension of the "debates and opinions" pages of the print daily on Internet ; appearing on
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2720-775: The Gizmodo Media Group , which included Gizmodo , to the private equity firm Great Hill Partners. From April 2019 to June 2024, Gizmodo was part of G/O Media . In June 2024, the website was purchased by the European digital media company Keleops Media. The blog, launched in 2002, was originally edited by Peter Rojas , who was later recruited by Weblogs, Inc. to launch its similar technology blog, Engadget . By mid-2004, Gizmodo and Gawker together were bringing in revenue of approximately $ 6,500 per month. In 2005, VNU Media and Gawker Media formed an alliance to republish Gizmodo across Europe, with VNU translating
2805-482: The Russian writer and paleontologist Ivan Yefremov presented a view of a future interstellar communist civilization and is considered one of the most important Soviet science fiction novels. In 1959, Robert A. Heinlein 's Starship Troopers marked a departure from his earlier juvenile stories and novels. It is one of the first and most influential examples of military science fiction , and introduced
2890-451: The information revolution . In 2007, Liu Cixin 's novel, The Three-Body Problem , was published in China. It was translated into English by Ken Liu and published by Tor Books in 2014, and won the 2015 Hugo Award for Best Novel , making Liu the first Asian writer to win the award. Emerging themes in late 20th and early 21st century science fiction include environmental issues ,
2975-478: The "bulletin" of the governing party, the Union for a Popular Movement , of the government and of President Nicolas Sarkozy . They requested more pluralism and "honesty" and accused the paper of one-sided political reporting. Mougeotte had previously said that Le Figaro would do nothing to embarrass the government and the right. Mougeotte publicly replied: "Our editorial line pleases our readers as it is, it works. I don't see why I should change it. [...] We are
3060-495: The "conservative reaction." These intellectuals and polemicists used the platform to criticize globalization . Since 2019, the section has been headed by Guillaume Perrault ; Alexandre Devecchio, whom Le Monde associates with the far right, was its deputy editor. In 2020, the section had six regular columnists, Bertille Bayart, Nicolas Baverez , Renaud Girard , Mathieu Bock-Côté , Luc Ferry , Ivan Rioufol , along with guest contributors. In February 2006, Le Figaro acquired
3145-447: The 2011 Mobile Internet Trophies. In 2013, it was still ranked as the leading French online press site in France. In November of the same year, it broke the record of 11 million unique visitors on a French news website. On April 13, 2015, Figaro Premium was launched, a paid offer (€9.90 per month initially, increasing to €15; free for newspaper subscribers). It provided access to all articles from Le Figaro and its related magazines in
3230-559: The Apes (the original), directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and based on the 1963 French novel La Planète des Singes by Pierre Boulle , was released to popular and critical acclaim, its vivid depiction of a post-apocalyptic world in which intelligent apes dominate humans . In 1977, George Lucas began the Star Wars film series with the film now identified as " Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope . " The series, often called
3315-495: The California Penal Code. On April 26, after Gizmodo returned the iPhone to Apple, upon Apple's request California's Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team executed a search warrant on editor Jason Chen's home and seized computers, hard drives, servers, cameras, notes, and a file of business cards, under direction from San Mateo County ’s Chief Deputy District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe. Since then, Gizmodo and
3400-583: The Extra-Terrestrial - 1983), war ( Enemy Mine - 1985), comedy ( Spaceballs - 1987, Galaxy Quest - 1999), animation ( WALL-E – 2008, Big Hero 6 – 2014), Western ( Serenity – 2005), action ( Edge of Tomorrow – 2014, The Matrix – 1999), adventure ( Jupiter Ascending – 2015, Interstellar – 2014), mystery ( Minority Report – 2002), thriller ( Ex Machina – 2014), drama ( Melancholia – 2011, Predestination – 2014), and romance ( Eternal Sunshine of
3485-464: The Spotless Mind – 2004, Her – 2013). Science fiction and television have consistently been in a close relationship. Television or television-like technologies frequently appeared in science fiction long before television itself became widely available in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The first known science fiction television program was a thirty-five-minute adapted excerpt of
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3570-559: The States and Empires of the Moon (1657) and The States and Empires of the Sun (1662), Margaret Cavendish 's " The Blazing World " (1666), Jonathan Swift 's Gulliver's Travels (1726), Ludvig Holberg 's Nicolai Klimii Iter Subterraneum (1741) and Voltaire 's Micromégas (1752). Isaac Asimov and Carl Sagan considered Somnium the first science fiction story; it depicts
3655-521: The Worlds (1898). His science fiction imagined alien invasion , biological engineering , invisibility , and time travel . In his non-fiction futurologist works he predicted the advent of airplanes , military tanks , nuclear weapons , satellite television , space travel , and something resembling the World Wide Web . Edgar Rice Burroughs 's A Princess of Mars , published in 1912,
3740-453: The company itself. The company also saw multiple disputes with the employee union GMG Union. On June 29, 2023, G/O Media implemented a "modest test" of artificial intelligence -generated content on its websites, such as io9 . The move sparked backlash from GMG Union members, citing AI's track record of false statements and plagiarism from its training data; basic errors in the generated content also attracted attention. In June 2024, Gizmodo
3825-413: The concept of powered armor exoskeletons . The German space opera series Perry Rhodan , written by various authors, started in 1961 with an account of the first Moon landing and has since expanded in space to multiple universes , and in time by billions of years. It has become the most popular science fiction book series of all time. In the 1960s and 1970s, New Wave science fiction
3910-546: The content into French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, and adding European-interest material. In 2011, Gizmodo underwent a major redesign. In 2013, Matt Novak moved his Paleofuture blog to Gizmodo from Smithsonian . In 2015, the Gawker blog io9 was merged into Gizmodo . The staff of io9 continued with Gizmodo , posting articles on subjects covered by the website, including science fiction, fantasy, futurism, science, technology and astronomy. Gizmodo
3995-506: The creation of microrobots and micromachinery , nanotechnology , smartdust , virtual reality , and artificial intelligence (including swarm intelligence ), as well as developing the ideas of "necroevolution" and the creation of artificial worlds. In 1965, Dune by Frank Herbert featured a much more complex and detailed imagined future society than had previously in most science fiction. In 1967 Anne McCaffrey began her Dragonriders of Pern science fantasy series. Two of
4080-487: The editor of Le Figaro , was assassinated by Henriette Caillaux , the wife of Finance Minister Joseph Caillaux , after he published a letter that cast serious doubt on her husband's integrity. In 1922, Le Figaro was purchased by perfume millionaire François Coty . Abel Faivre did cartoons for the paper. Coty enraged many in March 1929 when he renamed the paper simply Figaro , which it remained until 1933. By
4165-439: The episodes, ran from 1959 to 1964. It featured fantasy , suspense , and horror as well as science fiction, with each episode being a complete story. Critics have ranked it as one of the best TV programs of any genre . The animated series The Jetsons , while intended as comedy and only running for one season (1962–1963), predicted many inventions now in common use: flat-screen televisions , newspapers on
4250-527: The field came to associate the term with low-budget, low-tech " B-movies " and with low-quality pulp science fiction . By the 1970s, critics within the field, such as Damon Knight and Terry Carr , were using "sci fi" to distinguish hack-work from serious science fiction. Peter Nicholls writes that "SF" (or "sf") is "the preferred abbreviation within the community of sf writers and readers." Robert Heinlein found even "science fiction" insufficient for certain types of works in this genre, and suggested
4335-762: The first science fiction novel . Some of the stories from The Arabian Nights , along with the 10th-century The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter and Ibn al-Nafis 's 13th-century Theologus Autodidactus , are also argued to contain elements of science fiction. Written during the Scientific Revolution and later the Age of Enlightenment are considered true science-fantasy books. Francis Bacon 's New Atlantis (1627), Johannes Kepler 's Somnium (1634), Athanasius Kircher 's Itinerarium extaticum (1656), Cyrano de Bergerac 's Comical History of
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#17327810438534420-646: The first true science fiction novel . Jules Verne and H.G. Wells are pivotal figures in the genre's development. In the 20th century, expanded with the introduction of space operas , dystopian literature, pulp magazines , and the Golden Age of Science Fiction . Science fiction has been called the "literature of ideas ", and continues to evolve, incorporating diverse voices and themes, influencing not just literature but film, TV, and culture at large. Besides providing entertainment it can also criticize present-day society and explore alternatives, and inspiration
4505-486: The genre, it describes the history of humanity from the present onwards across two billion years. In 1937, John W. Campbell became editor of Astounding Science Fiction , an event that is sometimes considered the beginning of the Golden Age of Science Fiction , which was characterized by stories celebrating scientific achievement and progress . The "Golden Age" is often said to have ended in 1946, but sometimes
4590-561: The group took over the company Météo Consult , which included La Chaîne Météo , and in December 2008, it acquired La Banque Audiovisuelle, the publishing company of vodeo.tv , through its subsidiary The Skreenhouse Factory, dedicated to TV and video on the Internet. On May 18, 2009, it purchased Particulier et Finances Éditions , which included Le Particulier , Le Particulier pratique , Le Particulier Immobilier , and La Lettre des Placements , as well as about thirty practical guides and
4675-482: The homepage of Figaro's website, FigaroVox articles accentuated the political character of this daily. The journalists contributing to FigaroVox were positioned at the crossroads of the right, practicing Catholicism, and the " new reactionaries ". FigaroVox was led by Vincent Trémolet de Villers , who co-authored a book on La Manif pour tous ( And France Awoke. An Investigation into the Revolution of Values ). It
4760-477: The implications of the Internet and the expanding information universe, questions about biotechnology , nanotechnology , and post-scarcity societies . Recent trends and subgenres include steampunk , biopunk , and mundane science fiction . The first, or at least one of the first, recorded science fiction film is 1902's A Trip to the Moon , directed by French filmmaker Georges Méliès . It
4845-405: The interface between technology and society, and climate fiction , addressing environmental issues. Precedents for science fiction are argued to exist as far back as antiquity, but the modern genre primarily arose in the 19th and early 20th centuries when popular writers began looking to technological progress and speculation. Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein , written in 1818, is often credited as
4930-532: The intersection of other more concrete subgenres. Damon Knight summed up the difficulty, saying "Science fiction is what we point to when we say it." Forrest J Ackerman has been credited with first using the term "sci-fi" (analogous to the then-trendy " hi-fi ") in about 1954. The first known use in print was a description of Donovan's Brain by movie critic Jesse Zunser in January 1954. As science fiction entered popular culture , writers and fans active in
5015-469: The last member of the sub-blog, Angely Mercado, was laid off which meant that there were then no staff listed as working for the sub-blog. Richard Blakeley, a videographer for Gizmodo ' s publisher, Gawker Media, disrupted several presentations held at CES in 2008. Blakely secretly turned off TVs using TV-B-Gone remote controls, resulting in his being barred from CES 2008, and any future CES events. In April 2010, Gizmodo came into possession of what
5100-415: The late 1940s and the 1950s are included. In 1942, Isaac Asimov started his Foundation series , which chronicles the rise and fall of galactic empires and introduced psychohistory . The series was later awarded a one-time Hugo Award for "Best All-Time Series". Theodore Sturgeon 's More Than Human (1953) explored possible future human evolution . In 1957, Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale by
5185-421: The magazine Esprit described it as a platform for "the right of the right", akin to Causeur or Valeurs actuelles . Political scientist Eszter Petronella suggested that FigaroVox allowed Le Figaro to "balance" the more moderate positions of the print daily by giving voice to an "identitarian and militant journalism," thereby catering to the needs of all readers. Nolwenn Le Blevennec of Rue89 described it as
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#17327810438535270-423: The newspaper has been owned by Dassault Group . Its editorial director has been Alexis Brézet since 2012. Le Figaro is the second-largest national newspaper in France, after Le Monde . It has a centre-right editorial stance and is headquartered on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris . Other Groupe Figaro publications include Le Figaro Magazine , TV Magazine and Evene . The paper
5355-478: The novellas included in the first novel, Dragonflight , made McCaffrey the first woman to win a Hugo or Nebula Award . In 1968, Philip K. Dick 's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was published. It is the literary source of the Blade Runner movie franchise . In 1969, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin was set on a planet in which the inhabitants have no fixed gender . It
5440-614: The play RUR , written by the Czech playwright Karel Čapek , broadcast live from the BBC's Alexandra Palace studios on 11 February 1938. The first popular science fiction program on American television was the children's adventure serial Captain Video and His Video Rangers , which ran from June 1949 to April 1955. The Twilight Zone (the original series), produced and narrated by Rod Serling , who also wrote or co-wrote most of
5525-420: The prosecution have agreed that a special master will review the contents of the items seized and determine if they contain relevant information. Gizmodo was since barred from Apple-hosted events and product launches until August 2014, when they were invited once again to Apple's September 2014 "Wish we could say more" event. Science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi )
5610-588: The sailing race, the Solitaire du Figaro , since its creation in 1970. The newspaper and the Center for Political Research at Sciences Po (CEVIPOF) presented their "Political Studies." Le Figaro replaced Le Monde as a partner of the program Le Grand Jury in September 2006. In partnership with Dargaud Benelux , the newspaper launched in 2010 a 20-volume collection of XIII in a "prestige" edition and
5695-633: The series gained popularity through syndication and extraordinary fan interest . It became a very popular and influential franchise with many films , television shows , novels , and other works and products. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994) led to six additional live action Star Trek shows: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999), Voyager (1995–2001) , Enterprise (2001–2005), Discovery (2017–2024), Picard (2020–2023), and Strange New Worlds (2022–present), with more in some form of development. Le Figaro Le Figaro ( French: [lə fiɡaʁo] )
5780-482: The site leparticulier.fr. In September 2010, it took over Adenclassifieds, following a friendly takeover bid ; the subsidiary became Figaro Classifieds , which included Cadremploi , Keljob.com , kelformation , kelstage , kelsalaire.net , CVmail , Explorimmo , CadresOnline , OpenMedia , Seminus , Microcode , achat-terrain.com . The sites achat-terrain.com and constructeurs-maisons.com , created in 2005, were acquired in September 2012. Campus-Channel ,
5865-625: The site was created because it "felt like a salient and important time to create a destination for environmental news where folks can go to read up on the latest studies, but also hear the latest news about how natural disasters are affecting people, the big important environmental policies being raised around the world, and some of the biggest conservation stories." During its lifetime, former Earther journalists Yessenia Funues, Brian Kahn, and Molly Taft won SEAL Awards for their environmental reporting. As of broader G/O Media layoffs in November 2023
5950-409: The sports information and content site sport24.com , which had already been managing the sports section of Figaro.fr since 2004; this was the first time that Figaro made such an acquisition. In May 2007, Le Figaro purchased the cultural site evene.fr , which quickly found synergies with Le Figaroscope , and then in June 2007, the ticketing service Ticketac.com was acquired by the group. In 2008,
6035-442: The start of World War II , Le Figaro had become France's leading newspaper. After the war, it became the voice of the upper middle class , and continues to maintain a conservative position. In 1975, Le Figaro was bought by Robert Hersant 's Socpresse . In 1999, The Carlyle Group obtained a 40% stake in the paper, which it later sold in March 2002. Since March 2004, Le Figaro has been controlled by Serge Dassault ,
6120-413: The team in the near future". Stenberg reported that, per Keleops CEO Jean-Guillaume Kleis, "the company has no immediate plans to change Gizmodo , either from a commercial or editorial perspective" and will instead "work with Gizmodo editor-in-chief Rory Carroll to discuss its forward-looking editorial plan and identify growth areas to support with investment". Claudia Cohen of Le Figaro wrote that "it
6205-515: The term speculative fiction to be used instead for those that are more "serious" or "thoughtful". Some scholars assert that science fiction had its beginnings in ancient times , when the line between myth and fact was blurred. Written in the 2nd century CE by the satirist Lucian , A True Story contains many themes and tropes characteristic of modern science fiction, including travel to other worlds, extraterrestrial lifeforms , interplanetary warfare, and artificial life . Some consider it
6290-470: The time of writing technologically impossible, extrapolating from present-day science...[,]...or that deal with some form of speculative science-based conceit, such as a society (on Earth or another planet) that has developed in wholly different ways from our own." There is a tendency among science fiction enthusiasts as their own arbiter in deciding what exactly constitutes science fiction. David Seed says it may be more useful to talk about science fiction as
6375-408: Was accompanied by two daily supplements: Le Figaro Économie , since 1984, printed on salmon-colored paper , and Le Figaro et vous , since 2005, dedicated to culture and lifestyle. Additionally: The online newspaper's address has been lefigaro.fr since 1999. In January 2010, lefigaro.fr introduced features reserved for subscribers. Access to archived articles was also made available for
6460-580: Was among the 50 most visited sites in France and had 130,000 digital subscribers. The milestone of 200,000 website subscribers was reached in November 2020. A study conducted in early 2020 by a cybersecurity company indicated that the personal data of the newspaper's website subscribers had been exposed on an unprotected server. In July 2021, the National Commission for Informatics and Liberties fined Le Figaro €50,000 for installing third-party cookies without users' consent, in violation of
6545-538: Was edited by Alexandre Devecchio, a former journalist for the site Atlantico . Its contributors included Maxime Tandonnet , a former advisor on immigration to Nicolas Sarkozy, and Gilles-William Goldnadel , an attorney for Patrick Buisson . FigaroVox's preferred themes were "the decline of the republican school, poorly controlled immigration , and Islam as the primary threat to national identity". Sociologist Philippe Corcuff considered FigaroVox an "ultraconservative" section. Sociologist Jean-Louis Schlegel of
6630-404: Was influential on later filmmakers , bringing a different kind of creativity and fantasy . Méliès's innovative editing and special effects techniques were widely imitated and became important elements of the cinematic medium . 1927's Metropolis , directed by Fritz Lang , is the first feature-length science fiction film. Though not well received in its time, it is now considered
6715-484: Was known for its embrace of a high degree of experimentation, both in form and in content, and a highbrow and self-consciously " literary " or " artistic " sensibility . In 1961, Solaris by Stanisław Lem was published in Poland . The novel dealt with the theme of human limitations as its characters attempted to study a seemingly intelligent ocean on a newly discovered planet . Lem's work anticipated
6800-548: Was later known to be a prototype of the iPhone 4 smartphone by Apple. The site purchased the device for US$ 5,000 from Brian J. Hogan, who had found it unattended at a bar in Redwood City, California, a month earlier. UC Berkeley student Sage Robert, an acquaintance of Hogan, allegedly helped him sell the phone after failing to track down the owner. With Apple confirming its provenance, bloggers such as John Gruber and Ken Sweet speculated that this transaction may have violated
6885-566: Was launched as a standalone blog in 2008 by then editor Annalee Newitz under Gawker Media, before being folded under Gizmodo in 2015 as part of a reorganization under parent company Gawker. In 2021, James Whitbrook replaced Jill Pantozzi as the site's deputy editor . Earther is an environmental news sub-blog which was launched in September 2017. Earther launched with the mission to chronicle three main topics: "The future of Earth," "The future of humans on Earth," and "The future of life on Earth." Founding managing editor Maddie Stone said that
6970-499: Was one of six websites purchased by Univision Communications in its acquisition of Gawker Media in 2016. Univision in turn sold Gizmodo and an array of sister websites to private equity firm Great Hill Partners in 2019; it combined the various former Gawker publications under the name G/O Media . In 2021, David M. Ewalt became the editor-in-chief (EIC) of Gizmodo with Andrew Couts promoted to executive editor; Ewalt left in 2023 for The Messenger . In January 2024, Rory Carroll
7055-402: Was promoted from EIC of Jalopnik to group editor of both Jalopnik and Gizmodo . In March 2024, Rose Pastore was promoted from Gizmodo' s deputy editor to its executive editor. G/O Media's leadership, introduced after the purchase from Univision, was frequently criticized by employees. Complaints included closer advertiser relationships, lack of diversity, and suppression of reporting about
7140-472: Was purchased by the Swiss digital media company Keleops Media. It was the company's "first U.S. acquisition"; Keleops "owns several French-language technology titles, including legacy brands 01net and Presse-citron". Mark Stenberg of Adweek wrote that "financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The entire Gizmodo staff will receive offer letters to stay with the company, and Keleops plans to expand
7225-408: Was the first of his three- decade -long planetary romance series of Barsoom novels , which were set on Mars and featured John Carter as the hero . These novels were predecessors to YA novels , and drew inspiration from European science fiction and American Western novels . In 1924, We by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin , one of the first dystopian novels, was published. It describes
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