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NASA's Perseverance rover has been diligently collecting rocky samples from Mars to stow them away on the planet's dusty surface while engineers work to develop a rocket that can launch off of another world as a crucial step in the process of retrieving the samples.Read more...

Apple is set to release its next Apple Watch Series 9 set of smartwatches, but the company is reportedly offering little to no reason for any current users to upgrade from the Series 8. Current reports suggest the best thing to do if you're excited about the next evolution in wearables is to wait a year for the big...Read more...

What's a plane without an engine? After aerospace company Pratt & Whitney issued a recall on some of its engine models, airline companies in the U.S. and Europe are scrounging for parts, and doing anything they can to prevent canceled flights.Read more...

The solution for protecting the planet from some of the sun's rays could be a space umbrella." A study published thescientific journal PNAS in June outlines a University of Hawai'i researcher's plan for hitching an umbrella or shield onto an asteroid to block some of the sun's rays.Read more...

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For a long time, the X-Men were an oddity in the pages of Marvel Comics. They were extremely popular for years on end and able to stand toe-to-toe with the likes of Spider-Man and the Avengers through multiple series, but during the late 2010s, the characters were gradually diminished in favor of the Inhumans (which...Read more...

Earlier in the week, game developer Bungie revealed that Keith David would be portraying the role of Destiny 2's Commander Zavala beginning with 2024's The Final Shape expansion. The actor is taking over the role from Lance Reddick, who passed away earlier in the year, but his relationship with Bungie goes all the way...Read more...

The upcoming Star Wars: Ahsoka has spent much of its marketing thus far showing that our titular former Jedi (played by Rosario Dawson) is teaming up with members of old Star Wars Rebels characters. But there's one important character from Ahsoka's past that hasn't been discussed so far: her old master Anakin SkywalkerRead more...

Timothy Olyphant is one of those actors you love to see pop up in things, either as a leading man or a reliable character actor. Over the years, he's made a name for himself thanks to leading hit shows like Justified and Deadwood and popping up in guest roles like Cobb Vanth for The Mandalorian and Joel in Santa...Read more...

Through the years there have been plenty of apps promising a one-stop shop for all your messages, and the latest of these is Beeper: It collects all of your conversations from WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Slack, Google Chat, Twitter (or X), and, yes, even iMessage.Read more...

If you're behind on what's happening with the robot uprising, have no fear. Here's a quick look at some of the weirdest and wildest artificial intelligence news from the past week. Also, don't forget to check out our weekly AI write-up, which will go into more detail on this same topic.Read more...

Throughout the decades, there've plenty of video games based on or featuring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. While each of them have their own fans, one thing they all share in common is that they exist pretty comfortably in a space for young kids and maybe a nostalgic fan. After all, when the whole property is ...Read more...

Back in April, Disney+ started to gradually add a number of Spider-Man films to its catalog, from the old Sam Raimi trilogy to the considerably less older Spider-Man: Homecoming and Venom. Also added in that mix (eventually) was 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man, though it wasn't clear at the time when its sequel would...Read more...

Across most of the world where it's released, Warner Bros.' Barbie has been a big hit, and it's already shaping up as one of the biggest cultural events of the year, film or otherwise. And its impact is so big that it got people to break their mid-pandemic rule and actually see a movie in theaters as it was playing...Read more...

Since early May, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has been striking for better pay and protections against AI (among other conditions). Over the months, support for the union has persisted across various avenues, and grown as SAG-AFTRA has also joined in on the strike efforts. Though last weekend saw botched...Read more...

Folding phones haven't replaced the standard smartphone, but the summer of foldables heated up when Samsung announced the Z Fold 5. The fifth-generation folding device is the more expensive of Samsung's two folding phones and the more feature-filled. It's essentially a package of everything Samsung wants you to...Read more...

Even in this day and age, you can't always guarantee a strong cellular connection to a mobile network everywhere you go, especially if you're on vacation. That can cause a problem when you're trying to make your way from A to B using your map app of choice. The solution is to download and cache sections of the map...Read more...

For the past 17 years, a lone spacecraft has been following Earth's tracks in its orbit around the Sun and capturing unprecedented views of our host star. Now, STEREO-A has finally caught up with its home planet, lapping us in our cosmic trail and meeting the Earth for a brief rendezvous.Read more...

Hello! We are officially launching a THING. It's going to be a weekly roundup about what's happening in artificial intelligence and how it affects you.Read more...

We've got a storm coming, maybe. The rest of the 2023 hurricane season will be busier than previously thought, according tonew projections from the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).Read more...

Virtual Private Networks, better known as VPNs, are services that route your traffic through a sort of encrypted tunnel, hiding your online activities from your internet service provider and anyone else who manages your network. That makes VPNs a tool you should definitely not consider using when you land at your...Read more...

Back in 1993, Jurassic Park mined agonizing tension from the simple image of water rippling in a glass. Those heavy T-rex footsteps are going to make an even more menacing impact when Steven Spielberg's sci-fi tale-which has been enthusiastically marking its 30th anniversary all year-hits theaters in RealD 3D.Read more...

Social reactions for Blue Beetle buzz with excitement, marking an auspicious future for DC Studios' clean cinematic start for its upcoming James Gunn and Peter Safran-led superhero slate.

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Modern smartphones have become incredibly water resistant, so much so that even foldables are boasting they can survive a 30-minute bath without crapping out. The one issue is that wet touchscreens are still a pain to control, and holding a phone out in the rain guarantees you're not scrolling until you dry it off....Read more...

Are you not entertained?! Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk's will they/won't they continues, and it appears that the long awaited fight between the two tech billionaires could take place in Italy.Read more...

Mickey and friends are summoned to the rabbit-filled land of Monoth in Disney Illusion Island, a new game for Nintendo Switch. They answer the call to protect it from impending doom because they're the heroes from all the journeys we've seen them on-no matter that Donald points out all those adventures were just ...Read more...

Once the lord of a multibillion-dollar crypto empire under the FTX brand name, Sam Bankman-Fried will now have to prepare himself for his upcoming trial from a cell. A New York federal judge revoked Bankman-Fried's bail and sent the crypto wiz to jail Friday to await trial later this year.

Futurama may have debuted over 30 years after Dune was published, but its homage to the classic sci-fi tale feels like another way the current revival season is tipping its cap to the pop culture of 2023. While we wait for Timothee Chalamet to mount a sandworm on the big screen, the Hulu series is sending team Planet...Read more...

Another day, another terrifying sea creature for our fragile human minds to process. A team of marine scientists say they've confirmed the existence of a bevy of new species living around Antarctica. One of these apparent discoveries is an invertebrate that somewhat resembles a strawberry, albeit with 20 arms.

After massive backlash over its wishy-washy communication regarding training artificial intelligence with customer data, Zoom wants to set the record straight. Today, Zoom issued an update to its previous announcement on its plans for AI to formally claim that the company will not use audio, video, chat, or similar...Read more...

As a parliament of nerds (affectionate) walked up and down the lanes of Gen Con, the annual tabletop gaming convention in Indianapolis, there seemed to be a never-ending supply of new games to try-and independent outfits were giving con-goers a massive variety to choose from.Read more...

In the rare times I've had, well, the time to actually play Dungeons & Dragons, I've never played a Warlock. I usually go for some form of Ranger, or a more traditional caster class. But in my many years adjacent to the biggest TTRPG around, I've heard the rumors about Eldritch Blast being the D&D equivalent of...Read more...

Beta Pictoris b is a young exoplanet about 12 times as massive as Jupiter, with an orbit nearly twice as long. Now, a timelapse video of the planet's nearly 23-year orbit lets you see most of that journey in just ten seconds.Read more...

We still don't know exactly how Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) made it from zombie-infested America to zombie-infested France, but as this new teaser for his Walking Dead spin-off informs us, a bunch of bad decisions" had a lot to do with it.

Ahsoka Tano has been a part of the Star Wars galaxy for 15 years now, but she's on the precipice of even greater prominence in Ahsoka. The live-action continuation of the character's journey across animation and now the live-action world of The Mandalorian hits Disney+ in a few weeks. But how is the star behind this...Read more...

Russia has successfully launched its Luna-25 mission to the Moon, which will attempt to land on the lunar south pole later this month. If it sticks the landing, Russia will become the first country to pull off a soft landing on the south polar region of the Moon.Read more...

Solar Opposites is back with 11 new episodes, featuring the debut of Dan Stevens as Korvo, as well as the returning Thomas Middleditch (Terry), Mary Mack (Jesse), and Sean Giambrone (Yumyulack). The Shlorpians remain stuck on Earth-more assimilated than ever before, but still dealing with fish-out-of-water scenarios...Read more...

There are so many weird, awesome things to see in the upcoming sci-fi film Landscape With Invisible Hand. There's a world subjugated by aliens, and there are the aliens themselves-aliens living with humans, with a creepy alien way of communicating. And there are the very exclusive alien cities that float above the...Read more...

Suicides have risen in the United States for the second straight year, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. In 2022, there were nearly 50,000 estimated deaths attributed to suicide in the U.S. An increase in suicide was found across most demographics, but numbers did decline for Native...Read more...

Betty Crocker never had the chance to release her down-home recipe for mustard gas, but modern generative AI is making up for lost time, helping to put the die" in diet."Read more...

You can now visit the gravestone of Microsoft's virtual assistant app Cortana in the growing mortuary of failed products. The company ended support for the Bing search-based voice control engine on Windows to help make room for its continuing AI-ization of Bing and its bevy of other digital products and services.Read more...

Capitalism may breed innovation, but Instagram is no stranger to ripping off TikTok. The social network's newest feature is a rotating carousel of images set to music, delightfully similar to TikTok's own.

David Gordon Green talks casting Pazuzu in The Exorcist: Believer. Rick & Morty executive producer Steve Levy talks about the show's life after Justin Roiland. Plus, get a glimpse at the finale, inevitably bonkers episodes of Riverdale. Spoilers get!

Nascent robotaxi services Waymo and Cruise are going to be out in force on the Streets of San Francisco like rambunctious, autonomous, teenaged hooligans after a state public utilities body granted the companies license to drive out at all hours of the day and night, even without a safety driver behind the wheel.Read more...

The year 2023 marks the 35th anniversary of the Harvey Awards, one of the most prestigious ceremonies in comics-and a celebration of the myriad forms they've inspired across the world and across mediums. To mark the occasion, io9 has teamed up with the organization to lift the lid on this year's nominees, ahead of the...Read more...

Bad news for iPhone and Android users looking to snag a luxury car. GM just confirmed that Cadillac's upcoming Escalade IQ-which boasts a hefty price tag of $130,000-will not have CarPlay or Android Auto support.Read more...

Twitter-the site that owner Elon Musk has desperately tried to convince users is now X"-has a CEO, but based merely off public pronouncements, you'd still think the billionaire tech mogul is still its head. CEO Linda Yaccarino stepped up to the plate to take over Twitter's mess back in June, but since then we've...Read more...

It's not every Pathfinder Tales volume, but there still are a lot represented in Humble's current bundle deal of Paizo ebooks inspired by the fantasy world of the Pathfinder RPG. You can build your collection, or start one from scratch, in a charity promotion that starts at just five dollars.Read more...

After recent repeated statements from Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot that new DC film head honchos James Gunn and Peter Safran are working with her to develop the in-limbo Wonder Woman 3, a new report suggests that actually... nothing of the sort is happening.