CNBC reports that during an interview at the Ignatius Forum in Washington last week, Jeff Bezos responded to critics of billionaires spending big on space, that space and earth are connected.

Also that he spends big on Earth, too.

Sci-fi "we're not a live service" shooter Outriders has released a free update called New Horizon and also announced an expansion coming next year called Worldslayer.

There is a combined trailer for both and also a more detailed 10 minute spotlight video about today's free update.

Marking the 20th anniversary of the launch of Halo: Combat Evolved on the Xbox, Microsoft dropped a surprise launch of Halo: Infinite's multiplayer today, ahead of the launch of the single-player campaign on December 8 and with it a dedicated trailer.

The awards for Sydney's 2nd Science Fiction Film Festival were presented on the weekend and we offer our congratulations to winners, nominees and the event organisers.

Don't be alarmed by the title. This is comedy, not tragedy.

Neal Stephenson, author of Snow Crash where the term metaverse was first used to describe a shared simulated reality, has tweeted a photo of himself enjoying the Icelandverse.

In the most recent episode of Doctor Who, War of the Sontarans, viewers are introduced to British-Jamaican nurse, Mary Seacole.

With the first female doctor and increasing diversity in characters and stories, no-one would have expected this oddly sour note.

Potato head.

It's not news that Stargate is returning but rather than non-specific claims about being in talks or having submitted proposals, Stargate SG-1 co-creator Brad Wright has shared one of his potential pitches that he's written a pilot for in an exclusive with SyFy Wire.

SyFy Wire reports that Disney are rebooting the 90s animated X-Men series.

But the good kind of reboot. Continuation rather than a do-over.

TV Insider reports that season 3 of The Boys will be "a meditation on toxic masculinity" according to showrunner Eric Kripke.

Possibly this will inspire many cries of, "Not more woke garbage," all across the internet in the coming days.

This one is more commentary, but for the Australian audience, potentially also decade old news.

With a much smaller market here, it was long common for TV shows not to make it downunder.