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You can't really go too far when it comes to phone security, considering everything of importance we put on these compact devices-from bank account apps to our most intimate conversations-and while lock screen protections can keep most people out, they're not always enough.

I tried to wear the OnePlus Watch 2 for a short weekend workout but couldn't. The watch is too big for me and too dense. It's not just me, either; I asked my partner if his wrists would be interested in trying on the smartwatch, and he rejected it after seeing the relatively ginormous 47mm display. That's way too big...Read more...

When Star Wars first arrived in the world-back when it was just the original trilogy, mountains of toys, and one peculiar holiday special-fans knew where things stood. The Jedi were the good guys; Darth Vader and his pals were the baddies. But in the decades since, things have gotten a lot murkier across both sides of...Read more...

This is shaping up to be a huge year for Magic: The Gathering, and over the weekend Wizards of the Coast took to Chicago for MagicCon, revealing a look at a ton of new cards on the horizon-including big crossovers like Fallout and Assassin's Creed, and brand new worlds in the Magic multiverse.Read more...

If you've been wondering when our military would start deploying artificial intelligence on the battlefield, the answer is that it appears to be already happening. The Pentagon has been using computer vision algorithms to help identify targets for airstrikes, according to a report from Bloomberg News. Just recently,...Read more...

Nick Offerman already picked up an Emmy for his guest-starring role on HBO's The Last of Us-and considering how acclaimed his turn in Long, Long Time" has been since the episode aired, it's no surprise he also won an Independent Spirit Award, this time for supporting performance.Read more...

Elon Musk's underground tunnel-digging enterprise, officially known as The Boring Company, has faced scrutiny over alleged worker safety violations in Nevada in recent years, according to a new report from Bloomberg Businessweek. And while no Boring Company workers have died in the state, the report highlights a...Read more...

Following a less-than-perfect touchdown, the Odysseus lander has been spotted from lunar orbit while lying on its side on the surface of the Moon. The lunar lander also beamed back its first images from the Moon as it fights to stay alive before it runs out of power.Read more...

Billionaires: They're just like us. That's what Elon Musk reminded uswhen he started using X, the social media network that he bought for $44 billion, to resolve his personal tech support problems.

When you look at Dave Bautista, the last thing you think of is failure. Even if he wasn't a former wrestling superstar turned mega movie star, if you saw this tall, muscular, tattoo-covered man walking down the street, you'd instantly think he's got it figured out. But in Dune: Part Two, Bautista's character doesn't...Read more...

The Supreme Court is hearing two cases on Monday that could set new precedents around free speech on social media platforms. The cases challenge two similar laws from Florida and Texas, respectively, which aim to reduce Silicon Valley censorship" on social media, much like Elon Musk has done at X in the last year.Read more...

Horror movies shouldn't make you feel relaxed and cozy-they should have you on the edge of your seat, biting your nails, loving every second of feeling anxious as hell. If you're looking for some squirm-inducing entertainment that's easily accessible through Prime Video (and Amazon's Freevee), we've got you covered.

Google launched a new AI image generator earlier this month that, for all intents and purposes, was incapable of generating consistent images of white people. As you might expect, rightwing influencers wasted no time in noticing this issue and promptly accused the tech giant of reverse racism. After temporarily...Read more...

There's just something about Psyduck that's always been so relatable. Once a scene-stealing side character in Pokemon's animated 90s series-along with being one of the original 151 pocket monsters-the adorable yellow duck with quirky psychic abilities powered by headaches and anxiety finally got center stage in...Read more...

One of the most existentially frightening illnesses ever to be discovered was mad cow disease, a fatal prion-spread illness that appeared in animals in the 1980s and killed over 200 people during the height of the outbreak in the late 1990s. You don't hear much about mad cow today, but the threat still looms. Here's...Read more...

Just a few weeks before release, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse had a different ending. That original ending is still in the movie, but now it comes a few seconds earlier. With the movie nearing completion, the filmmakers realized their ending didn't work as intended, a change had to be made, and a whole new...Read more...

In an increasingly perilous streaming and digital media landscape-where content is as quick to vanish into the ether as it is spread out across myriad services-Crunchyroll's recent announcement it was entirely subsuming Funimation three years after it merged with its largest anime streaming rival by raising prices and ...Read more...

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The SLIM lunar lander unexpectedly sprung back to life after hibernating during the freezing lunar night, sending a signal back to Earth more than a month after ending up face down on the Moon.Read more...

Art the Clown creeps into view in a new behind-the-scenes look at Terrifier 3. Pedro Pascal has an update on The Last of Us season 2. Plus, what's coming on Ninja Kamui. To me, my spoilers!

Putting your phone in airplane mode when boarding a flight feels like common sense. You wouldn't be crazy for thinking your phone signal could interfere with an airplane's navigation systems, potentially causing a disaster. However, the necessity of airplane mode is largely a myth, and there's another reason airlines...Read more...

Renowned puzzler Peter Winkler invented the addictive word game, HIPE, with some friends when they were juniors in high school. While it may not have become the overnight success of Wordle, the game did earn Winkler admission to Harvard. According to his book, Mathematical Mind-Benders, he wrote a college admission...Read more...

If you're like me, your desktop monitor often does double duty as a TV. The Philips Evnia 42M2N8900 4K gaming OLED, released last year, wants to be that and look good while doing it.Read more...

AT&T is sorry for the recent outrage that left some customers without service for up to 12 hours. To make up for it, the company will give those affected a $5 credit that will count towards their next bill, though that doesn't seem like nearly enough for many ticked-off AT&T users.Read more...

Android is becoming the platform of AI fever dreams. At this year's MWC, an overseas tradeshow where Google typically has a booth to remind the world that its mobile platform is global, the Android maker has announced new ways to interact with Gemini from inside Google Messages as if Gemini were just another buddy.

Elon Musk shared a tweet Sunday claiming the recent murder of a college student in Georgia was being subjected to a media blackout." But the killing, allegedly committed by a 26-year-old Venezuelan national in the U.S. illegally, has been covered extensively by just about every media outlet in the country.

I did not have Lenovo rolling out the red carpet for see-through laptops on my bingo card, but here we are. I saw the ThinkBook transparent display concept laptop in person a few weeks ago. I didn't get to do much with it besides touching it, though I did get to sit there and imagine devices soon looking like they did...Read more...

Everything in Star Wars in its 47-year lifetime has revolved arond the Galactic Empire. No matter when, or no mater who, all roads eventually lead to Sheev Palpatine's dominance over the galaxy. It's understandable if you're a little confused on how it's all meant to make sense from a timeline perspective, which is...Read more...

The new Ultimate Universe has an intriguing start behind it: what if classic Marvel heroes like Spider-Man and Black Panther have only just stepped into their heroic identities? Instead of coming into heroism naturally, Tony Stark (aka Iron Lad) has been tracking down persons of interest and jump starting them into...Read more...

It's said that artists are painstakingly dedicated to their craft, so I have no other option than to take off my imaginary hat for the pilot who toiled for six hours to draw a penis with the word see ya" in the sky. Huzzah!Read more...

We've been hearing about Netflix's plans to bring Avatar: The Last Airbender for live-action for years, and the news has bounced between oh, that's interesting" and oh, it's over." And after all the purported changes and trailers, the end result appears to be... an adaptation that's at best, perfectly Average and at...Read more...

Dune: Part Two finally drops in theaters next week, and anticipation for the film has grown as big as Arrakis' sandworms. If last week's glowing impressions from social media weren't enough to get you on board, maybe an endorsement from Brian Herbert, son of original Dune creator Frank Herbert will help sway your...Read more...

A paramount rule of the animal kingdom is not to be seen unless you want to be. It goes for predators as much as prey: going unnoticed means surviving longer, either because it allows you to catch food or keeps you from becoming it. Here are some of the more creative ways that natural selection has produced effective...Read more...

David S. Goyer wears a lot of hats for Apple TV+'s adaptation of Foundation-along with serving as its showrunner, he's also written and directed several episodes and is on hand as executive producer. He's behind the show in a big way, but with the upcoming third season, he'll be stepping back from his showrunning...Read more...

Even before the Disney+ series released this past December, the Percy Jackson universe seemed primed to expand with movie trilogy for the Kane Chronicles books over at Netflix. But four years after that reveal, author Rick Riordan has revealed the streamer won't be going forward with that endeavor.

Elon Musk has shared a new video on Saturday featuring Optimus, the robot Tesla has been working on since 2021. But anyone who tries to watch the video will immediately notice something weird. The clip of Optimus is so low quality and pixelated that it looks like it was shot on a flip-phone from two decades ago.

Last year's Fast X came and went with a more muted fanfare than we typically get form the long-running franchise. In the months since its release, Universal's been relatively mum on the series' next installment, Fast XI, but leading man Vin Diesel is reaffirming that the film will be a definitive end for the...Read more...

Over two years ago, DC Comics revealed a new miniseries titled Jurassic League from Daniel Warren Johnson and Juan Gedeon. The idea is right there in the title-what if the Justice League were anthropomorphic dinosaurs and fought their classic villains, who are also dinosaurs? It sounds like an idea perfect for a movie...Read more...

Since 2009, Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy has had one foot in the horror door with FX's American Horror Story. That series has since gone on for 12 seasons and birthed its own spinoff, while Murphy himself has been busier with other projects like Dahmer and The Watcher for Netflix. If that weren't enough Murphy for you,...Read more...

There are a lot of superheroes in Prime Video's adaptation of Invincible. Within the show's first season (and half of its second), Mark Grayson has brushed shoulders with Robert Kirkman, Ryan Ottley and Cory Walker's spins on classic heroes like Superman and Batman. Depending on who you ask, though, he might be...Read more...

This weeks news brought with it a whole sandworm's worth of Dune Part 2 coverage, from reviews to interviews, but that wasn't all: we've got Cate Blanchett serving in the messy-looking Borderlands movie, a very cool X-Men figure, and a critical re-appraisal: Madame Web? Good, actually! With several asterisks. Check it...Read more...

Things were looking good for Intuitive Machines' Odysseus lunar lander, which made a soft touchdown on the Moon on Thursday and became the first American lunar lander since Apollo in 1972. But on Friday evening, NASA and the private Houston-based company reported that Odie appeared to have landed askew and may be...Read more...

Intuitive Machines' private lander stumbled on its way down to the lunar surface and is possibly leaning over on a rock on the Moon. The vehicle is still operational and flight engineers are working to gather more data on its less-than-ideal position, the company said.Read more...

To celebrate the upcoming digital, Blu-ray, and DVD release of Poor Things, io9 attended a party inspired by the Emma Stone-starring film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. The cinematic soiree was delightfully twisted, just like the parties Stone's Fraken-creation Bella Baxter enjoys-complete with immersive actors...Read more...

It seems almost too comical to be true, but this is the world we live in. One year after the U.S. shot down a Chinese spy balloon that ignited a national frenzy, the military has spotted another balloon in American skies.Read more...

When The Bad Batch returned for its third and final season this week, it made clear its endgame will attempt to tie up something Star Wars has been obsessed with for nearly five years now: how, exactly, did Palpatine return? We've long had the answer, but the saga, and now Bad Batch itself, hopes to explain with two...Read more...

Astronomers found a new moon orbiting Uranus, as well as two around Neptune. The tiny satellites appeared as faint specks in the outer reaches of the solar system following hours of ground-based observations.Read more...

If Ed Brubaker is getting tired by now, he isn't showing it. Twenty-three years after he first teamed up with artist Sean Phillips (on an out-of-continuity Batman noir story called Gotham Noir), the comic writer has been around the block more than few times.Read more...

New research in mice may pinpoint how chronic stress can fuel the spread of cancer. The study found evidence that stress can induce changes to certain immune cells that inadvertently make it easier for cancer cells to metastasize and invade other parts of the body. The findings emphasize the need to manage stress...Read more...

Since Alienware first unveiled its Aurora R16 last year, I've been jonesing to see it in person. The brand had been synonymous with high-end, though strange-often polarizing designs for a while now. Previous Auroras under the so-called Legend 2" Design had a raised effect, with an odd conical front panel that seemed...Read more...