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Is Love The Answer? became the English-translated debut of Isaki Uta when it debuted earlier this year, a touching manga with a nuanced exploration of asexuality and aromanticism. But now Uta and Irodori Comics are taking to crowdfunding to bring more of their work to English audiences-and blurring the line between...Read more...

Move over monotremes and the range of rodents known to glow: over one hundred other furry creatures do, too, new research shows, vastly increasing the number of mammals known to show the spooky trait.

The Wheel of Time, based on Robert Jordan's popular novels, just wrapped up its second season. It has a more modest budget than Prime Video's other big fantasy series-and less buzz than something like HBO's House of the Dragon-but it consistently delivered juicy intrigue while taking its nerdy elements seriously...Read more...

Stoke Space's goal to develop the world's first fully reusable rocket just got a major boost, as a hefty new $100 million investment pushes the aerospace startup's total funding to $175 million.

One of the world's most dangerous infectious diseases is encroaching further into the U.S. This week, health officials in Arkansas reported a locally acquired case of malaria, the first ever documented in the state. At least three other states have reported local cases of the mosquito-borne infection this year, though...Read more...

Of all the bizarre decisions to come out of Twitter following Elon Musk's takeover last October, removing headlines might be the dumbest. The social media platform has officially beheaded all links in a curious crusade against news organizations and the platform's shrinking user base.Read more...

Neil Gaiman told the Times that while he loved being active on the set of Good Omens, writing a new children's book has stood in stark contrast to the many strictures of being on set: I've realized how much I don't like showrunning. I love making stuff up. I love writing it down."

Castlevania: Nocturne concludes with plenty left open as to just what could go down in more seasons of the spiritual continuation of Netflix and Powerhouse Animation's adaptation of the legendary Konami games. So it's good news, but perhaps not surprising, that the streamer has already confirmed that Richter Belmont...Read more...

Due to a shortage of processors needed to run OpenAI's intense software as well as the exorbitant costs associated with operating it, the makers of ChatGPT are reportedly considering making their own AI chips.Read more...

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MGM Resorts refused to pay a ransom to the group that hacked its systems last month which shut down its online hotel booking system, locked guests out of their hotel rooms by de-activating their key cards, and disrupted the technology in its slot machines. MGM reported that it resumed full operations on Thursday, but...Read more...

The death of He Who Remains (Jonathan Majors) triggered the branching of the sacred timeline at the end of Loki season one, with the threat of more Kangs rising. Season two picks up immediately where we left off.Read more...

Wedged between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, the main asteroid belt contains over 1 million rocky objects, but perhaps few of them are as intriguing as Psyche. The metal-rich asteroid might have once been an ancient planetary building block that was stripped of its outer rocky shell as our solar system came to be....Read more...

Imagine yourself as a single cap on a keyboard. Perhaps you're an oft-used letter like A" or instead the lonely, remote ~" key. If you're one of the former, you wince every time that giant hand looms over you, the hammer falling with inexorable speed toward your head. You depress, then spring back, waiting again for...Read more...

Starting January 1, 2024, Penguin Random House will no longer be distributing Wizards of the Coast's seminal TTRPG product, Dungeons & Dragons. The announcement was made via email to various retailers. io9 obtained a copy of this email for confirmation. There is currently a distributor portal live on Wizards' site.

On March 29, 2023, more than 500 top technologists and business leaders signed onto an eye-catching open letter begging artificial intelligence labs to immediately pause all training on any AI systems more powerful than Open AI's GPT-4 for at least six months. The consequences for plowing ahead without taking a...Read more...

Hey, if the likes of Netflix and YouTube Premium and Discovery+ can increase their prices-and they're just a few recent services that've done so-why not DIRECTV? As of November 5, DIRECTV's satellite service and DIRECTV STREAM customers will both be paying more.Read more...

The biggest acquisition in video game history appears to be coming to a close. After Microsoft offered to buy Activision Blizzard nearly two years ago-and faced a barrage of government hurdles along the way-the tech company is reportedly readying to close the sale.Read more...

Last week, Meta introduced AI chatbots to its family of apps, including Instagram, Facebook Messenger, and WhatsApp. The bots include a variety of personas built for different purposes such as cooking and travel, and several based on celebrities including Snoop Dog and Mr. Beast. One of them, named Carter, is...Read more...

It's oddly fitting that well over two years have passed since the first season of Loki, because time is always a piece of the puzzle. Loki introduced the Marvel Cinematic Universe to the multiverse in an unforgettable way, branching the franchise's most popular villain off from the series' most popular film and...Read more...

Disney just made a new TV deal for all 12 Star Wars moviesthat will allow them to play not just on Disney+, but its own suite of broadcast and cable channels as well as those owned by Turner Broadcasting.Read more...

Of all the fantastical manga crying out for a sumptuous adaptation, Ryko Kui's Delicious in Dungeon has long ranked high over the last decade of its serialization. And now that it's finally happening, it looks to have been worth the mouth-watering wait.

A man who was encouraged to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II by his chatbot girlfriend was sentenced to nine years in prison by a UK judge on Thursday. Jaswant Singh Chail was just 19 years old when he scaled the wall of the late queen's Windsor Castle home, armed with a loaded crossbow and donning a metal face mask on...Read more...

The weather outside is about to get really frightful with more holiday killers on the loose in horror films this year, including the ghostly figure in It's a Wonderful Knife.Read more...

A team of scientists may have developed a breakthrough in wound repair: bioprinted skin that's closer to natural skin than ever. In experiments with mice and pigs, the researchers found their skin was able to accelerate wound healing with less scarring than usual. It's possible that this technology could one day help...Read more...

How's that whole metaverse thing going? Well, according to one top analyst's sales expectations for the Quest 3 mixed reality headset, not as well as Meta might hope. That, plus the news that Meta keeps firing people from its Reality Labs division responsible for making the company's prized VR products signals a...Read more...

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is back on the smaller screen to tell the larger story of how the Time Variance Authory operates outside of the Sacred Timeline in Loki season two.

It's time once again to pay tribute to the utmost of ursines. That's right, it's yet another annual installment of Fat Bear Week. People will get the chance to vote for 12 of the plumpest brown bears living at the Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska all through next week. The contestants include grizzled...Read more...

Never mind that Google took over the week with its Pixel device announcements. Samsung held a keynote for its developer's conference today, and it announced its new soundbar, the HW-Q900C, which can act as a centralized SmartThings smart home hub.

Your ring camera is not only going to be the source of an Amazon-fueled Big Brother dystopia-it may also capture evidence of extraterrestrial life. On the off chance that you record an alien being on your Ring camera, the tech company is willing to pay you for it.Read more...

President Joe Biden is suspending 26 environmental laws to build a border wall in south Texas, a move announced by the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday. The laws include the Clean Air Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Endangered Species Act, and National Environmental Policy Act-all waived in favor of...Read more...

In a galaxy of compelling species, the Ferengi are one of Star Trek's most peculiar, and most fascinating. Growing from not-quite-threatening villains in their TNG debut to a fascinating capitalist foil to the Federation's post-scarcity utopia in DS9 through characters like Quark, Rom, and Nog, their outside...Read more...

Fossilized human footprints at White Sands National Park in New Mexico are every bit as old as the 23,000 years-and-change they were dated at in 2021, according to new analysis published in Science.Read more...

Google announced today that the original Pixel Watch will be getting the Wear OS 4 later this year". We were already aware that the new Pixel Watch 2 is releasing with Wear OS 4 but it will be available for the 2022 model as well.

Blenders, lawnmowers, kitchen knives. These are common household items you expect to see featured in a horror film. You don't expect to see the serene things. You don't expect to see things known for their beauty. You don't expect to see a killer pool.Read more...

Pulsars are one of the strangest celestial bodies in space. These cosmic lighthouses emit periodic bursts of radiation from their magnetic poles, and now a team of researchers claim they have detected the largest burst ever recorded from a pulsar.Read more...

When Cyberpunk 2077 first launched after years of anticipation, a litany of bugs-and not even of the thematically cyberpunk kind-and other misgivings led to a disastrous landing. But in the years since, bolstered by goodwill updates and interest through collaborations like Netflix's excellent anime Edgerunners, Cyberpu...Read more...

The heyday of traditional cable may be over, but that doesn't mean the two biggest companies in the U.S. aren't trying to evolve with the times. Late last year, Comcast and Charter Communications announced they'd be teaming up on a streaming box to deter cord-cutters-and now, Xumo is here.

Breaking up is hard to do, especially when there's a commercial space station on the line. Northrop Grumman is abandoning its plans as a solo contractor to develop a replacement for NASA's International Space Station, and is instead partnering with Voyager Space to work on Starlab.Read more...

As the end of Ahsoka season one drew closer, we all had the same thought: There's no way this is all being wrapped up this season." And, now that we've seen the finale, that's certainly a fact. Series writer and creator Dave Filoni's ending did bring most of his characters to the end of a specific arc, but there is...Read more...

Star Wars has a long, long history with the collectible card game medium, but as the likes of Magic dabbles with high-profile crossovers and Disney itself gets in on the market with the wildly popular launch of Lorcana, its nearly time for the galaxy far, far away to return to the card-covered tabletop with its own...Read more...

On Thursday, UK regulators initiated a competition probe into Microsoft, Google, and Amazon's cloud computing practices. The investigation is based on a study by media watchdog Ofcom which forwarded its findings to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to examine U.S. big tech companies' competitive practices.Read more...

American Horror Stories heralds its return. Diane Kruger teases David Cronenberg's next movie, The Shrouds. Could They Live make a comeback? Plus, James Gunn offers a Superman: Legacy production update. To me, my spoilers!

Following the success of the Samsung Galaxy SmartTag and SmartTag+, the company announced a third successor in the line on Wednesday: Galaxy SmartTag2. Launching on October 10, the SmartTag2 promises upgrades in several areas which include the SmartThings Find companion app, battery life, design, and security.

Last year, it took reporters digging into Alameda Research's balance sheet to finally show that ex-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's big crypto house of cards was built on a shaky bedrock of customer funds. But according to a new report, a few FTX employees were well aware that Bankman-Fried's hedge fund Alameda had...Read more...

New research appears to show that a ketamine-based nasal spray can outmatch a standard option for people with treatment-resistant depression. The large clinical trial found that people taking the spray in combination with other antidepressants were more likely to experience a sustained remission of their symptoms than...Read more...

Elon Musk's social media venture is getting curiouser and curiouser. Following some bizarre infrastructure changes (like rebranding the entire site's iconic name and imagery), Musk has now made the decision to strip links of their headlines when they're shared to the platform.Read more...

The first Surface Laptop Go I reviewed back in 2020 started at $550. The second version, from 2022, started at $600. Meanwhile, the new Surface Laptop Go 3 from Microsoft jumps to an $800 starting price. That's inflation for you, I guess.Read more...