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Gather around, friends and Avatar culture enthusiasts, for a lesson in the language of Na'vi. Courtesy of Avatar's social media pages, we're getting deep into more words to learn from James Cameron's blockbuster franchise.Read more...

Disgraced Theranos co-founder Elizabeth Holmes' prison sentence has been reduced by two years, according to the Bureau of Prisons records. Holmes was sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison for defrauding investors by claiming her blood-testing company provided quick and reliable results but she was found to...Read more...

In the wake of Instagram effectively killing its reliance on Linktree, the social media landing page service has found a new titan to partner with. Snap and Linktree are partnering to bring the service to Snapchat profiles.Read more...

A solar storm this week means the Northern Lights are taking a trip south. The celestial display, also known as the Aurora Borealis, is expected to be visible in more than a dozen U.S. states on Thursday night, according to the Aurora forecast from the University of Alaska Fairbanks' Geophysical Institute.

Vermont and other surrounding parts of New England are expected to see flash flooding today and into later this week, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). Local officials are on high alert after the state saw some flooding and persistent rainfall last week.Read more...

From fixing up old defunct Sega Saturns to dropping hundreds of dollars on eBay for rare titles like GameCube's Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, retro game enthusiasts already know the struggle of enjoying early games. For video game historians, the situation is even worse. There are several nationally recognized...Read more...

Recent evidence gathered by China's Zhurong rover points to a dramatic climate shift on Mars-a finding that could have a significant impact on our understanding of Earth's climate evolution.Read more...

Nine years after taking a first crack at the ship, Lego is returning to Hera Syndulla's ride of choice, the Ghost, ahead of the ship's return to prominence in Star Wars: Ahsoka next month. And while her crew certainly looks different, the ship itself is looking better than ever.

The European Union and the U.S. reached an agreement in its years-long discussion about international privacy laws on Monday, marking a major milestone for the two nations. The agreement, called the E.U.-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, opens the doorway for Europeans to file an appeal if they believe American...Read more...

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Anybody in the market to buy a defunct darknet site? If you are, you might try reaching out to the backers of Genesis Market, the once high-and-mighty peddler of stolen data. They seem to be getting desperate to sell their once prized possession for scrap.Read more...

Mars and Saturn's moon Titan are of a shared scientific interest: the two worlds boast river channels similar to those on our own planet.

Ncuti Gatwa's press campaign for the new season of Doctor Who now includes a in-depth interview with Rolling Stone, where he goes into his personal connections with Doctor Who and how he balances his Black identity with the expectations of fans. Gatwa also reflects on how his childhood shaped his take on the character.

Powerful software and talented visual effects artists are usually needed to convincingly pull off the effect where an actor filmed against a green screen is inserted into another shot. But researchers at Netflix say they havecome up with a much easier, and potentially more accurate, green screen technique that takes...Read more...

Foundation season two arrives this week (here's our catch-up on season one), which means a return to the Isaac Asimov-created sci-fi realm where math predicts the future, clones rule the galaxy, and a handful of unlikely heroes and anti-heroes do their best to keep humanity afloat. io9 got a chance to talk to...Read more...

The wait for Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie's Barbie movie is almost over and we can hardly wait. We just got a preview of Ryan Gosling's musical moment-Just Ken," which will be featured on Barbie: The Album-to obsess over until July 21.Read more...

After the internet fanboy'ed over Wolverine's classic blue and yellow uniform, sneakily posted on both Ryan Reynolds' and Hugh Jackman's instagram accounts, the Twitter account for the Deadpool movie showed off the full BTS picture. And it is just as glorious as the short glimpse we got this morning.Read more...

Chinese commercial launch firm Landspace is preparing for the second test flight of its Zhuque-2 rocket, setting the stage for a groundbreaking achievement, should the methane-fueled rocket successfully reach orbit.

The JUICE spacecraft captured its first ultraviolet views of the cosmos, revealing a beautiful streak of the Milky Way littered with shining stars from the southern sky. It's not the most spectacular image, but it signals operational progress.Read more...

Sarah Silverman is not laughing when it comes to ChatGPT. The comedian is now suing OpenAI and Meta-along with two other authors named Christopher Golden and Richard Kadrey-alleging that ChatGPT and LLaMA have both been trained on the trio's copyrighted books.

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the latest toy news! This week Lego goes back to the Koopa Kingdom for new Super Mario sets, Star Trek's Spot the Cat gets the 1:6 scale Data accessory he deserves, and the Suicide Squad goes... Little People. Check it out!Read more...

Apple still hasn't quite given the world a great reason to spend $3,500 on its Vision Pro AR/VR headset, nor even released it, but BMW Motorrad, the automakers' motorcycle division, believes it's come up with a convincing reason for riders to wear smart glasses. The company's new ConnectedRide Smartglasses position ...Read more...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to look into the effects the energy drink PRIME has on children after findings suggest it contains 200 milligrams of caffeine, the equivalent of six cans of Coke or two cans of Red Bull. YouTube influencers Logan Paul and...Read more...

We've long been dreaming of an OLED MacBook Pro model, though if recent reports from industry analysts are correct, it will either be two or four years before we'll see Apple-brand organic displays in the waking world.Read more...

The Purge creator James DeMonaco wants to bring back the TV show. Mattel wants to make a Gremlins-esque movie about the Boglins. Plus, what's coming on Riverdale and Star Trek:Strange New Worlds. Spoilers away!

It's getting awfully crowded in low Earth orbit with more than 4,000 Starlink satellites currently in orbit and thousands more that will soon make their way up there. SpaceX's internet satellites often stand in the way of orbiting spacecraft, defunct satellites, or space junk, racking up 50,000 potentially dangerous...Read more...

EA announced today that Cliffhanger Games, a new triple-A studio based in Seattle, is working on a previously-reported Black Panther game. Cliffhanger Games is helmed by Kevin Stephens, who was previously at Monolith Productions and is credited on numerous titles, including Middle-earth: Shadow of War and ...Read more...

The annual Amazon Prime Day event runs from July 11-12 in 2023, but many of the best early deals are already available, if you're an Amazon Prime member.

I've been covering Amazon Prime Day since it launched in 2015, and over the years I've seen it blow up into a huge made-up shopping holiday. But is it actually a good way to save money?

Elemental's box office has been sparking up since its mid-June release.Read more...

The 2000s were a turning point for movies. With franchises X-Men and Spider-Man starting up at the same time the likes of Star Wars and The Matrix were winding down, the modern Hollywood blockbuster was gradually beginning to take shape. Whether it was the emphasis on visual effects or stars (both rising and previous...Read more...

After the Infinity Saga came to an end with Avengers: Endgame in 2019, the deck was effectively cleared for the MCU to get weirder and highlight some fresh, young faces. While that's happened to some extent in the form of pleasant surprises like Ms. Marvel or Moon Knight, things have been fairly shaky for the...Read more...

Zack Snyder is at that point in his career where anything with his name attached to it is a fairly big deal. His next project is Netflix's Rebel Moon, which is basically his own Star Wars (which he's been fairly open about cribbing from) and is already guaranteed two release in two parts. Naturally, and if things go...Read more...

This week, the Washington Post ran a story about a viral left-wing influencer named Erica Marsh who became a poster-child for conservatives as an example of liberal insanity. Marsh's outrageous opinions enraged millions of people, sparking endless mockery, vitriol and debate. The most controversial thing about Marsh,...Read more...

Next month's Star Wars: Ahsoka sees the titular non-Jedi (voiced by Ashley Eckstein in animation and played in live-action by Rosario Dawson) make a return to live-action after previously showing up in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. Outside of Ahsoka herself, the big draw of her show is seeing the return...Read more...

Within the last decade, Blumhouse has been a key figure in helping horror movies become a bigger part of mainstream pop culture. With classic franchises like Halloween and The Exorcist under its belt alongside its own originals such asThe Purge and M3GAN, the production company continues to expand. One of its next...Read more...

Throughout the decades, Studio Ghibli's grown a passionate fanbase from its run of movies like My Friend Totoro and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya. Unlike its previous work, the studio's next film Kimi-tachi wa D Ikiru ka (or How Do You Live?) is famously playing its marketing close to the vest beyond one single...Read more...

India's space agency is getting ready to launch its latest mission to the Moon, hoping this one will stick the landing on the lunar surface.Read more...

You may recall that late last year, a movie by the name of The People's Joker caught the attention of film folks during the festival circuit. After a single showing at last year's Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Warner Bros. Discovery shut down future screenings on the basis that they own the rights to the...Read more...

Artificial intelligence is replacing hundreds of jobs across the U.S., creating skepticism and uncertainty about the future of humanity. It is a daunting development as even the creator of AI has warned about the technology's potential takeover.Read more...

Ever since it debuted last year, OpenAI's ChatGPT has been the hottest product in tech. It kicked off the so-called AI revolution," launched droves of new businesses, and has experienced explosive growth on a global scale. However, it appears that the honeymoon phase may finally be over.Read more...

If you're planning trips to fan-tastical destinations likeDisney Parks, Universal Studios, San Diego Comic-Con, or even somewhere out of the country, this travel essentials guide is for you.Read more...

Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter late last year, things have gone from bad to worse at the microblogging site. Many users want out, and they're hoping that there's a worthy alternative waiting in the wings. Even if Meta's newly launched Threads is currently enjoying all the attention, the other major Twitter...Read more...

The Witch From Mercury's final episode this past weekend brought what is for now the end of this latest take on the Gundam franchise to a close. But with the show's successes having drawn in audiences that have never seen a Gundam show before, there's plenty of people who might want to see what else the franchise has...Read more...

Apple's former chief design officer, Jony Ive, is getting in on the vinyl boom with his latest project, a $60,000 turntable.Read more...

Meta's new Threads app designed for public conversations," is meant to be a happy-go-lucky, flower-strewn realm of kindness," one that CEO Mark Zuckerberg told MMA fighter Mike Davis is a friendly place." As is becoming more clear from the higher-ups in control of the new app, they don't want Threads to stray...Read more...

We knew Deadpool 3 was bringing back Hugh Jackman as Wolverine but now another surprising superhero is joining the fun. The Hollywood Reporter says that Jennifer Garner will reprise her role as Elektra in the film, which is currently filming and scheduled for release on May 3, 2024.Read more...

It's hot outside. Why not stay indoors and cool off with a horror movie, preferably with a fan pointed directly at your face? Here's a list of 10 films-a mix of newer releases io9 has recently reviewed, and some cult gems too-all currently streaming on Shudder.

So I might have been a wee bit too criticalwith my first impression of My Shonen Adventures with Superman, as reviews-including our own-are praising the new show for its light-hearted, rom-com take on the Man of Steel. Now, you can watch Clark-kun for yourself, free on YouTube!

On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration made a decision that's likely to have a major impact on the landscape of Alzheimer's disease research. The agency issued a full-throated traditional approval of the drug Leqembi, developed by the companies Eisai and Biogen. The drug is the first of its class to receive...Read more...