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Stop-motion legend Phil Tippett is working on a wild-sounding new movie. Netflix is, somehow, still making an animated series out of Exploding Kittens. More Ted is on the way. Plus, what's coming up on Doctor Who and Reginald the Vampire. To me, my spoilers!

io9 is proud to present fiction from LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE. Once a month, we feature a story from LIGHTSPEED's current issue. This month's selection is We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read" by Caroline M. Yoachim.

Apple apologized on Thursday for a new iPad Pro commercial that featured several creative objects-including a piano, video cameras, and cans of paint-being destroyed by an industrial crusher, telling Ad Age that it missed the mark." The ad was met with fierce backlash from people who thought Apple's ad was at odds...Read more...

Pets are our loving companions and offer moments of levity even when times are tough. Though it's hard to say whether they understand humor, they certainly provide us with plenty. From cats stuck in stone walls to dogs stuck in cat doors, our domesticated animals give us something to live for-and occasionally laugh at.Read more...

After some recent casting announcements that came with no details attached (Paul Walter Hauser, John Malkovich), Marvel's Phase Six entry Fantastic Four-which already has Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as the main heroes, plus Julia Garner as Silver Surfer-has just unveiled a doozy: g...Read more...

Universal Pictures' latest horror release Abigail is now available to watch on-demand at home, for those who missed it in theaters or wanted to wait for a scary movie night in. The kidnapped vampire ballerina romp directed by Radio Silence filmmakers Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin is a bloody bonkers ride...Read more...

On Wednesday, OpenAI released a draft of its Model Spec sheet that details how it intends its AI models to behave. There is a section focusing on NSFW content that gives the impression that the company is exploring ways to makeAI porn, but the company says that is not happening.

The Asus ROG Ally is barelya year old, but the gaming handheld built to rival the Steam Deck (at least, the one that came the closest to dethroning Valve's handheld goliath) is coming back with an upgrade. Details are rather sparse, but the update could include a new coat of paint, better storage, more RAM,...Read more...

The sonic background of Star Wars is almost unmatched for legendary, immediately recognizable callouts. The snap-hiss of an igniting lightsaber. The penetrating wail of a TIE Fighter shrieking into view, the alien cacophony of Mos Eisley cantina. The prequels added to this catalogue massively, from the quivering bass...Read more...

The Sun is a hot mess right now. Solar maximum is fast approaching, and a giant dark spot on the surface of the Sun keeps growing while spewing radiation out to space in the process.Read more...

All the way back in 2011, Rise of the Planet of the Apes seemed like it'd be an unremarkable but potentially solid movie. No one really knew what to make of Fox doing a prequel/reboot of the classic sci-fi series, especially since it'd already tried a decade prior with Tim Burton's divisive 2001 remake. That wariness...Read more...

Do you have it in you to make it epic?" That's the question Chris Hemsworth's Dementus asks in Furiosa: A Mad Max Story, and for at least one person that answer is yes. George Miller, director of Furiosa, does have it in him to make it epic. And, before you even see the movie, there are literal numbers to prove it.Read more...

At least 224 people have been injured after an iPhone app called t:connect drained the battery on its accompanying insulin pump, called t:slim X2, causing the pump to fail to deliver insulin. The FDA issued a Class I recall of the app on Wednesday, according to a press release, the most serious type of recall issued...Read more...

Dario and Daniela Amodei, siblings and founders of Anthropic, fired indirect jabs at OpenAI while not stating the company's name on Thursday. The founders told a San Francisco audience that Anthropic's AI was the best in the world, and defended their competitive advantage over industry leader, OpenAI.Read more...

Evil doppelgangers can emerge from anywhere-they pop out of parallel dimensions, are crafted by alien technology, or burst into the present as time-traveling robots. Even worse, sometimes they just exist for no reason, other than to duplicate (and inevitably torment) a story's main character.

The enormous Dali container ship has been stuck in Baltimore since it hit and destroyed the Francis Scott Key bridge way back in March. The ship lost power and careered into one of the supports for the bridge, bringing it crashing down and killing six workers on the bridge. Now, engineers are planning to blow up the...Read more...

We're getting close to the end of Star Trek: Discovery, which means we're getting close to a season finale. And if there's one thing Star Trek: Discovery loves-more than love, more than time travel, more than being deeply unsubtle-it is presenting you with a scenario of hope that then has to come crashing down,...Read more...

Batman: The Animated Series remains an important, influential superhero show, even nearly 30 years after its final episode, and the loss of iconic voice actor Kevin Conroy. But Batman the character lives forever, and he'll be launching into new adventures soon in a long-teased series from TAS creator Bruce Timm, as...Read more...

There's more Bluey on the way in the form of Bluey Minisodes! A new batch of 20 shorts will be released on Disney Jr. and Disney+ this July.Read more...

The future of weight loss is looking more varied by the second. This week, scientists have reported the preliminary findings of a small trial testing out a novel, non-surgical procedure for obesity-one that works by burning part of the mucus-filled lining of the stomach. The patients in the trial lost about 8% of...Read more...

While almost every animal in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes was computer generated, one particular species was practical: the leeches on the bodies of the entire crew.Read more...

A bad thing happened to another Boeing plane on Thursday. A 737-300 operated by the Senegalese carrier Transair skidded off the runway while ablaze at Blaise Diagne International Airport in Dakar, Senegal. A statement from Senegal's Ministry of Infrastructure, Land and Air Transport posted on the social media platform...Read more...

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The latest versions of the iPad Air and iPad Pro have effectively discontinued any Apple tablet with a headphone jack. I know, I know, that slow march away from dedicated audio jacks has been trending on for the last decade, as much as we might miss them. It seems audiophiles who want wired audio devices may be in...Read more...

Elon Musk's neuroscience startup Neuralink has had a string of successes with its first human test subject who had a chip installed in his brain. However, it hasn't been flawless. On Wednesday, the company described an issue with the implant that it claims has since been solved.Read more...

28 Years Later's cast just grew even further. Ryan Murphy's mysterious new horror series just landed a wild guest star. Plus, what's to come when Doctor Who returns tomorrow night. Spoilers, away!

Warner Bros. has threatened for a while that it wants to keep on telling movies in Middle-Earth-and while we're looking forward to the animated Rohan prequelWar of the Rohirrim later this year, the studio just dropped the first details on the actual first major project of this new fellowship, and it is a doozy.Read more...

Shhh! There's a new trailer for A Quiet Place: Day One, which takes us back to the very beginning of the alien invasion that's so devastated Earth by the time A Quiet Place and its sequel roll around. Those characters know all about hiding and not making a sound-but in Day One, that's a lesson that must be learned the...Read more...

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has a new book out that has gotten her some extra attention due to her claim of meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, writing about shooting her own dog, and also seemingly threatening President Joe Biden's dog, Commander. Luckily for her, Amazon is making sure that if anyone wants...Read more...

Little Tikes toys have been a favorite of American kids ever since the company was founded in the late 1960s. But if you're trying to find Little Tikes products, be careful where you order them online. Newly released documents from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reveal the internet is swimming with fake websites...Read more...

Congress reauthorized America's warrantless wiretapping program last month after some successful fearmongering by national security hawks on Capitol Hill. But an internal FBI email, leaked to Wired on Wednesday, may accidentally reveal how the federal law enforcement agency plans to overstep the spirit of the law,...Read more...

Friday the 13th prequel series Crystal Lake hasn't aired a single episode and it already has a body count. The series, set for streaming on Peacock through A24, will no longer have Bryan Fuller-the Hannibal creator who's no stranger to leaving projects early, including American Gods and Star Trek: Discovery-guiding...Read more...

There are certainly things to like about Avengers: Age of Ultron. There are certainly things that are... less likely for you to like, that have certainly aged in the last nine years. But one thing that will be forever burned in the minds of Marvel fans? That slow-mo shot from the opening as the assembled Avengers leap...Read more...

Marvel's mutants are locked in a world of fighting-fighting to survive, fighting to push back against hate. But they're also just as often fighting among themselves, and this week's penultimate episode of X-Men 97 is no exception... except mutantdom's two biggest drama queens couldn't have picked a worst time for...Read more...

If you don't mind commercials-and frankly, most streaming services these days have them-Tubi has one of the most vast libraries of genre films and TV, including horror, cult favorites, and sci-fi. Here are 10 picks to get you started, including all-time classics and more recent releases.

After spending a whole year not making a peep about iPads, Apple still managed to make us all excited about tablets again with new, more powerful iPad Pros and iPad Airs at this week's big announcement event. As if to emphasize the FOMO, Apple has put all its products up for sale already, and we've heard from some...Read more...

A constant feeling of strange tingling and numbness along a person's legs might be much more common than assumed in some parts of the U.S., new research out Wednesday suggests. Researchers have found evidence that a substantial majority of older adults in Flint, Michigan are experiencing neuropathy, an uncomfortable...Read more...

Tesla is a massive company, employing 140,000 people as of late last year. But over the past month, layoffs have torn through the electric vehicle maker - and now a hiring freeze appears to be in effect in North America.Read more...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s bid for the White House has had its ups and downs. Well, lately it's had a lot of downs. Last week, one of Kennedy's key" operatives was arrested and charged with assaulting a woman in an upscale New York bar. This week, the political candidate garnered a less than stellar endorsement from...Read more...

This year is a very important one for Star Wars, as it looks to its future in shows like The Acolyte and its plans to return to the big screen, and as it reflects on its past with the anniversary of prequel trilogy kickoff The Phantom Menace. But 2024 is also important for one of Star Wars' other great loves: the...Read more...

Donald Trump will host a dinner at his Florida club (and residence) Mar-a-Lago tonight, according to a report from Axios. And while the place is often crawling with the dumbest people on the planet, the air will be even more thick with nonsense this evening. The crowd will be purchasers of Trump's mugshot-themed NFT...Read more...

Android's best new feature in years is Circle to Search. So it's no wonder iPhone users are happy to learn there's a way to replicate it.

Almost a decade has passed since we last visited George Miller's Wasteland and now it's almost time to return. In just two short weeks, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, a prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road, will be here and it'll be a lovely day indeed.

The future of space travel depends on our ability to reach celestial pit stops faster and more efficiently. As such, NASA is working with a technology development company on a new propulsion system that could drop off humans on Mars in a relatively speedy two months' time rather than the current nine month journey...Read more...

Let's face it: while some of the best headphones we've tested sound incredible, they don't come cheap. Believe it or not, there are plenty of affordable options out there that sound good and don't require you to spend hundreds of dollars.

Star Trek has been an important fixture of sci-fi TV for decades, and alongside its continued existence, movies have helped further flesh out the characters. But in both the movies and TV, the early 2000s weren't kind to the franchise: 2002's Star Trek: Nemesis was a critical and commercial disaster, and Star Trek:...Read more...

Just like having to jump away every time the Cylons show up, Battlestar Galactica has long had a bit of a rough time having a stable home on streaming-perhaps all too thematically potent a reminder of the pitfalls of streaming's dominance over physical media in the last few years. But if you haven't snagged a good...Read more...

Twisters is gathering strength ahead of dumping rain, wind, fire, deadly debris, and banter-filled dialogue on audiences this summer, and today brings a new, country-soundtracked trailer that shows us all of that and more-giving us a fresh peek at the dynamic between egghead storm survivor Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and...Read more...

Amazon is set to add even more ads to Prime Video in the form of pause ads built entirely to leverage your Prime subscription and sell you stuff. This comes after the online retail monolith just got done forcing ads on Prime Video subscribers unless they paid an extra $3 a month.Read more...