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Netflix is one of the main production companies targeted by the ongoing actors' strike, and that negative attention may be impacting the company's plans to raise prices. One report suggests that the company is waiting until the spotlight is off its business practices so it can push prices on its cheapest, ad-based...Read more...

A dose of pomegranate in your dog's water bowl might just help keep their teeth and gums healthy, new research suggests. The randomized, controlled study found that dogs given an over-the-counter water additive made with pomegranate extract experienced less plaque and tartar on their teeth over a month's time. The...Read more...

When acclaimed comic book writer Scott Snyder (Barnstormers) settled on his latest collaborator, he didn't have to search far: it's his son, Jack, a high-school student. Their new series, post-apocalyptic tale By A Thread, features art by Valeria Favoccia; issue #1 arrives next week from Amazon's Comixology Originals.Read more...

NASA's plans to retire the International Space Station and replace it with commercial projects are not kaput, they're just changing. Wrinkles are now appearing in Blue Origin's plans for Orbital Reef, while Northrop Grumman's unnamed space station project might not even happen.Read more...

This week brings the eighth and final episode of Ahsoka season one and while most fans assumed there would be a season two, that may still be up for debate.Read more...

Next month, Doctor Who turns 60, and it's celebrating in style between a trio of new episodes and all sorts of retrospective lookbacks-but one of its most intriguing collaborations to mark six decades of adventuring in time and space is bringing the series to the world of Magic: The Gathering, in a series of decks...Read more...

You've seen sexy Ian Malcolm before, but have you ever seen sexy Ian Malcolm in Lego? You'll get your shot later this month as everyone's favorite proponent of Chaos Theory narrates a brand new Lego special that will retell the story of the original Jurassic Park.Read more...

Americans will receive a nationwide emergency test alert on their cellphones, TVs, and radios on Wednesday at 2:20 p.m. ET. to test the wireless alert systems. The test will be conducted to ensure that the system's automated response continues to operate efficiently in case of a public emergency.Read more...

When Bucks County, Pennsylvania District Attorney Matthew Weintraub stepped up to a podium on March 15, 2021, he set in motion a chain reaction of events that would capture the attention of millions and manifest a host of festering anxieties about the dangers of deepfake technology.Read more...

Scientists working to open up the sample canister containing rock and dust from asteroid Bennu have run into a problem: there's just too much of it.Read more...

Meta's bread and butter has long been its user-centric targeted ad business, but European regulations are forcing the company to rethink how it can monetize its ostensibly free social platforms. The answer? Make users pay up if they prefer not to let their data be used to sell them products.Read more...

A unit of VFX artists at Walt Disney Pictures has successfully voted to unionize with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, marking another step forward in the swath of labor movements sweeping Hollywood this year-and another vital step in the nascent unionization push in the VFX industry.

After a disheartening failure in December 2022, the return flight of Europe's Vega-C rocket has been pushed to late 2024. The delay, just revealed by the European Space Agency, stems from a required redesign of the rocket's motor nozzle.

As if the overheating issues on the iPhone 15 weren't concerning enough, the recently released phones, especially the Pro and the Pro Max, may have another problem that has surfaced in the past couple of days. Some consumers have reported that using the wireless charging pad in BMW cars can cause the NFC chip on their...Read more...

Totally Killer, the new Blumhouse sci-fi horror movie coming to Prime Video this week, is about a teenager who travels back in time to help the younger version of her mom stop a masked killer. Without a doubt, an awesome concept. And when you see exactly how she travels back in time, you're going to be even more...Read more...

All Onewheel self-balancing electric skateboard models are being recalled following reports of at least four deaths and multiple injuries between 2019 and 2021. The recall was issued on Friday and includes 300,000 of the skateboards sold worldwide and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is warning consumers...Read more...

A team of paleontologists studying the fossilized shell of a sea turtle from the Miocene Epoch found something surprising and perhaps impossible: preserved bone cells that they believe may contain ancient DNA, the molecule that holds the genetic information of living things.Read more...

Turns out Elon Musk isn't as creative at coming up with company names as we previously thought, as his obsession with the letter X is getting him into some legal trouble. A Florida ad agency for law firms is suing the billionaire's company over trademark infringement.Read more...

Macon Blair discusses some ofToxic Avengers' gory, goopy characters. Shining Vale pays homage to classic horror in new posters. Get new looks at The Boy and the Heron and Five Nights at Freddy's. Plus, the Ahsoka finale's runtime, revealed. To me, my spoilers!

The ground beneath New York City is sinking and rising across different areas, new research shows. The sinking has contributed to worsening flood risks, including at sporting arenas, roadways, and a busy airport.Read more...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a $150,000 fine against Dish Network for failing to properly dispose of its broadcast communications satellite, leading to an increase in orbital debris.Read more...

Aquaman is coming back to handle more of his unfinished ocean domain business, this time with a sea dragon-which you'll soon be able to buy.Read more...

The new Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio 2 takes the lead as Microsoft's most-powerful member of its long-running Surface line of PCs. It also earns some extra credit for having a complex mashup of a name, drawing from both the excellent Surface Laptop line of high-end clamshells and the Surface Studio line of...Read more...

You might not have realized all the tricks that your smart speakers can do yet: As well as answering questions, setting timers and alarms, queueing up music, and everything else, these gadgets can also double up as intercom systems for your entire home. It's a feature available on Google, Amazon, and Apple smart...Read more...

Predictive policing-the trendy law enforcement field that uses data collection and analysis to try to predict where crimes will occur-has been wildly popular with police departments across the country. Unfortunately, though some cops swear by it, there hasn't always been a ton of evidence that the tech actually works...Read more...

Since he's known forgrisly horror, filmmaker Eli Roth making an animated show comes with certain expectations for hardcore visuals-even if it's aimed at kids. With Fright Krewe, his latest creative project before the very adult Thanksgiving later this fall, Roth returns to a realm he first explored in 2018's The...Read more...

The death of Dianne Feinstein, one of America's longest serving, most trailblazing female politicians, has set off a race to fill her seat in the U.S. Senate. While it's not entirely clear who the long-term heir to Feinstein's seat will be, California Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed a longtime political ally,...Read more...

When Chucky returns later this week, the horror comedy series will have a whole new crime scene for the killer doll to prowl: the White House. Devon Sawa, who has played a different character each season (in season one, he played twin dads; in season two, a Catholic priest), is the perfect choice to play POTUS-with...Read more...

Released in 1993, horror comedy Leprechaun featured a post-Willow Warwick Davis playing against type as the title monster, and introduced the world to a pre-Friends Jennifer Aniston. It spawned an eight-film franchise-all of which are now on Hulu-and io9 was excited to chat with Mark Jones, who wrote and directed the...Read more...

Being Spider-Man is about so much more than webbing up bad guys. Spider-Man is the neighborhood guy. He gives back to the community. He protects the community. There's swinging, there's fighting, there's dangling, and sure, sometimes he has to traverse the multiverse and see all his alternative versions.

Late last year, a communications satellite unfurled its giant wings, stretching out a 693-square-foot (64-square-meter) antenna array in low Earth orbit. Once fully deployed, BlueWalker 3 became one of the brightest objects in the night sky, outshined only by the Moon, Venus, Jupiter and seven stars, according to new...Read more...

A famous NASA spacecraft will continue exploring the outer reaches of the solar system thanks to an extended lifeline. This decision overturns NASA's earlier proposal to change the mission's course and transfer it to a different division.Read more...

Castlevania: Nocturne is here, and ready to usher in a new generation of monster-slaying heroes and suitably monstrous threats for them to slay. But now that Netflix and Powerhouse Animation's latest entry in the video game adaptation saga is streaming, we spoke to some the team behind the show to learn about the...Read more...

Spotify is going full-steam ahead with artificial intelligence. After releasing an AI-powered DJ earlier this year, the streaming service is now testing ways to automatically generate playlists with a user prompt.Read more...

The early 2000s were the birthplace of the modern internet-especially social media and the creators that power its endless algorithmic engines. It's been close to two decades since those strange days when MySpace ruled the webways and Facebook still had a the" in its name, but looking back eeks a twinge of memory...Read more...

Let's get streaming! Welcome to io9's latest edition of the Nerd's Watch, where we pare down the enormous lists of new films and television shows arriving on all your favorite streaming services into the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles we think you'll like most. (And sometimes, just the ones that we like most.)

When you think Casper" you think friendly. You think animation. Maybe you even think of Devon Sawa and Christina Ricci. What you don't think of is actually being scared, but maybe that'll change after you watch this trailer.Read more...

For the decade that the Chromebook line of ultra-cheap laptops has been around, the company has left the ChromeOS-based design to linger without many major updates. Now the tech giant is here with Chromebook Plus touting a new hardware standard and a few software tweaks the company promises will be a step up for...Read more...

In a blog post published today, crowdfunding site BackerKit announced it will no longer allow solely" AI-generated content on its platform. This new policy aims to address growing concerns regarding ownership of content, ethical sourcing of data, and compensation for the process of creating content." This policy...Read more...

The city of lights is beset by bed bugs. Sightings of the tiny urban pest in public places throughout Paris have apparently increased as of late, and officials are calling for aggressive action to curtail the menace in time for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

You'd think a Pikachu in a grey felt hat wouldn't be able to spark crowd-swelling hysteria, but if the last few years have proven anything, Pokemon has developed a concerning relationship with speculative markets that can turn even the most humble cross-promotional event into an absolute headache. Or maybe more of an...Read more...

A Lyft passenger lived every pet owner's worst nightmare this weekend after a driver drove off with his cat. The two were eventually reunited, but not before the cat's owner and Lyft itself whipped up the public to help find the feline.Read more...

Google's next big phone and watch are set to be unveiled this week, or at least, Google is going to either confirm or deny the tsunami of leaks detailing what's coming with the Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, and Pixel Watch 2.Read more...

George R.R. Martin's Wild Cards shared-world universe series continues with a new graphic novel arriving October 3. George R.R. Martin Presents: Wild Cards: Sins of the Father is written by Melinda M. Snodgrass and illustrated by Michael Komarck and Elizabeth Leggett, and io9 has a preview to share today.Read more...

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to two scientists whose vaccine breakthrough contributed to developing the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. Professor Katalin Kariko and Professor Drew Weissman received the honor on Monday for their groundbreaking findings" in a paper that went largely unnoticed until the COV...Read more...

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Leave The World Behind, based on the novel by Rumaan Alam, has a terrifying new trailer. An cyber-thriller, the story takes place in the near future as something kickstarts the apocalypse in the middle of Amanda and Clay's luxury rent-a-mansion vacation. Check out the new trailer below.Read more...

Get a look at the return of Shining Vale. Venture to a creepy alien world in a new look at Max animated series Scavengers Reign. Plus, what's coming on Gen V and American Horror Story: Delicate. Spoilers away!

After chasing an old-school scammer in 2002's Catch Me If You Can, Tom Hanks is now on the hunt for those using AI to recreate his likeness. The actor took to Instagram this weekend to warn his fans about some shady entity using his AI-generated likeness to peddle a dental plan.Read more...

After a few weeks of user complaints, Apple now claims the 100+-degree iPhone 15s are due to a round of glitches in iOS 17 and in a few specific apps. The company is still emphasizing it's not some sort of hardware hangup caused by the new titanium frame or 3nm processor in the Pro and Pro Max models.Read more...