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The game Five Nights at Freddy'sgained an immense cult following not just for its jump scares, as popularized by the then-burgeoning let's play" YouTube channels back in 2014, but for the swath of theories and hidden lore behind the series' murderous animatronics and the history of the haunted Freddy Fazbear's Pizza.

Wahoo, wahee," indeed. After months of speculation, Nintendo affirmed the new VO actor for Mario is the Los Angeles-based voice actor Kevin Afghani.

The Biden administration announced plans on Friday to award up to $7 billion to construct regional hubs throughout the U.S. that support making and using hydrogen, in hopes of phasing out fossil fuels and slowing down climate change.

Loki season two, episode two, Breaking Bad," finds Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and Mobius (Owen Wilson) chasing X-5 (Rafael Casal) to find out if he's located Sylvie (Sophia di Martino). The Marvel Studios series jumps right back into the time crunch to save multiple timeline branches as they're getting pruned.

In a scene seemingly pulled directly out of Cyberpunk 2077, DARPA, the army's top research and development arm, is reportedly exploring ways to defend Army soldiers against cognitive attacks" that could result in them puking under their HoloLens mixed reality headsets. Future wars, it seems, will be fought with guts...Read more...

It's a fun time to be a Hellboy fan right now, between the general vibes of spooky season and the fact that the rad-looking video game Hellboy: Web of Wyrd is set to drop next week. But why not keep the party going on this cursed Friday the 13th with some free comics?

Regulators in the EU sent letters to Meta, TikTok, and X/Twitter Thursday, giving the platforms 24 hours to address misinformation and other illegal" content related to the Israel-Hamas war. It's hard to say exactly what's happening on these platforms, however, especially when it comes to the algorithmically defined...Read more...

The first word found and translated from an unopened carbonized scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum was announced this week, as part of the $1,000,000 Vesuvius Challenge to read the papyri from the settlement that was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79.

Horror master John Carpenter's interests have tilted away from directing for some years now, as he's preferred to focus on other interests like music and his comics company. He's back in the chair for new Peacock series John Carptenter's Suburban Screams-and it's too bad the occasion isn't a more memorable one.Read more...

Astropad has recently released an app, Slate, that lets you use your iPad as a drawing tablet that you can connect to your Mac to see the results. Apple's Sidecar has allowed you to do this for years now, but the new app leaves your iPad as a blank canvas rather than mirroring or extending your display.

It's the most wonderful and perhaps only acceptable time of the year to be wandering the halls of the Javits Center in New York City: Comic Con is back, and that means, aside from big news and celebrity panels, there's so much wonderful, wonderful cosplay to take in! Check out a few of our favorites from wandering the...Read more...

Interview With the Vampire, one of the few projects from a major network that has been able to resume production during the continued SAG-AFTRA strike, (and one of my personal favorite TV shows), has finally gotten a new teaser. Yesterday at New York City Comic Con, audiences got a first taste of season two only...Read more...

No matter what you thought of The X-Files' recent revival (we had, uh, mixed feelings), the truth (is out there) that it remains one of the best-loved sci-fi series ever. In 2020, io9 got a chance to spotlight Paul Terry's wonderfully creative The X-Files: The Official Archives-and today, on X-Files creator Christ...Read more...

The Food and Drug Administration is warning people to stay away from unapproved sources of ketamine. According to the agency, compounded ketamine is increasingly being sold as a treatment for depression and other mental health issues, despite it not being tested or authorized for such uses. The FDA also says it is...Read more...

Mark another notch in the slow demise of physical media. On Friday, massive electronics store chain Best Buy confirmed that it will stop selling all DVDs and Blu-Rays starting in the new year.Read more...

Update: Tuesday, October 10, 9:12 a.m. ET: United Launch Alliance launched the first two prototype satellites, KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2, on an Atlas V rocket on October 6, 2023.

In 2016, Adult Swim aired Scavengers, an eight-minute animated short about a pair of human survivors on a hostile alien world. It wasn't long before co-directors Joseph Bennett and Charles Huettner and production company Green Street were given the green light to make the short into its own full-fledged show, Scavenger...Read more...

Your phone's camera is a lot like your eyes. They both view the world around you, take in massive amounts of light and are quite sensitive. Importantly, both your camera and your eyes can be severely damaged by being pointed straight at a solar eclipse. So maybe don't do that on Saturday.Read more...

You should have an Apple Watch if you use an iPhone. It is the defacto accessory, perfectly tailored to the iPhone user's needs and, presumably, wants. I say presumably" because Apple's idea to add the Double Tap gesture is such a distinctive, niche feature to add to a wearable. And yet, it fulfills such a need. At...Read more...

When it comes to the inaugural crewed launch of Starliner, it increasingly feels as though Boeing and NASA are chasing the proverbial carrot on a stick. The latest delay pushes the earliest available launch date to April 2024, a month later than planned, in what's a seemingly never-ending succession of postponements.

NASA's goal to reduce costs on its Space Launch System (SLS) rocket by switching to a commercial service contract was dismissed in the latest audit of the space agency's ongoing Moon program.Read more...

Russell T. Davies is well and truly back into the world of Doctor Who at this point, as we're on the cusp of seeing just what the series has in store for its 60th anniversary next month. But it sounds like Davies is intending on sticking around for at least as long as he was the first time round.

Update: October, 13, 11:17 a.m. ET: Psyche is finally in space. The Falcon Heavy lifted off on time, sending the probe on its 2.2 billion-mile journey to a highly metallic asteroid.

Hello there," New York. Kenobi star Ewan McGregor would have a lot to talk about with his starring role in the Star Wars canon or any other feature film, but he can't, not when the actors union SAG-AFTRA is still fighting for a fair contract.

Anybody who played Cyberpunk 2077 would immediately recognize the name Victor Vektor, the affable and surprisingly kind ripper doc who plays a pivotal role in the game's opening segments. He's also featured in CD Projekt Red's new Phantom Liberty expansion, but those playing the Polish version of the DLC will find...Read more...

President Joe Biden is reportedly considering a new measure that hopes to block the small number of American chips that still make their way to China, in spite of an export ban, according to Reuters Friday. A United States rule restricting the export of advanced chips to China was revised this week, and yesterday went...Read more...

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters wants to introduce some new Titans to Legendary's Godzilla universe. Get a look at the return of the world of Orphan Black in Echoes' new trailer. Plus, a new poster for Hunger Games prequel Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and updates on the future of Gen V. Spoilers, away!

Microsoft finalized its purchase of Activision Blizzard Inc. for $69 billion after it received approval from UK regulators on Friday. The Xbox maker's acquisition of the gaming company known for its Call of Duty franchise marks the end of a nearly two-year fight with regulators who attempted to block the deal.Read more...

The original Pixel now takes 15 minutes more to charge than it did before. But longer charging times aren't necessarily a bad thing. They can ensure good long-term health for your battery and device.

It's the season for spooky movie marathons-and Elijah Wood, best known for Lord of the Rings but no stranger to the quirkier realms of cinema-is here to help you with your next binge. On Wednesday, October 18, Wood and his SpectreVision production company co-founder Daniel Noah present a free marathon of offbeat picks...Read more...

The rise of our animatronic overlords just got a lot cuter with Disney Imagineering testing out Star Wars universe BD droids at Disneyland.Read more...

Readers beware, you're in for a new take on Goosebumps scares.

Rick and Morty returns this Sunday, and while the Adult Swim show is used to plenty of fanfare heralding each new season, its seventh is under particular scrutiny for one big reason: it marks the debut of Rick and Morty's new voices after Justin Roiland's departure made recasting urgently necessary.Read more...

A federal judge responsible for deciding the fate of Montana's unprecedented TikTok ban poked holes in the state's argument during a hearing Thursday and questioned why the government should prevent users and creators from willfully handing over data to the app. Donald Molloy, the judge overseeing the hearing, said...Read more...

The anti-vaccination movement is going to the dogs. Recent survey data has suggested that a substantial proportion of American dog owners have doubts about their pets' vaccines, including the rabies shot. Rabies is almost always fatal if not treated promptly, and routine canine vaccination has helped make pet and...Read more...

Even if you're one of the many fans who used to religiously watch The Walking Deadand fell off somewhere along the way, there's one project coming you are still curious about. It's, of course, the Rick and Michonne spinoff show called The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.Read more...

A new survey suggests that American teens-a generation that doesn't know what life was like without streaming-now favor watching videos on YouTube rather than the previously all-powerful Netflix.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned six flavored Vuse Alto e-cigarette products on Thursday amid a nationwide crackdown on vape and e-cigarette sales in the U.S. The FDA cited concerns that Vuse Alto applied targeted marketing to children as it became the top-selling vape product, surpassing Juul.

They've raced for the moon, they've raced for Mars, and now the astronauts of For All Mankind are racing after an asteroid. The first trailer for season four of Apple TV+'s incredible alternate reality show is here, and it's a perfect illustration of what sets the series apart from everything else.Read more...

Threads may not be the place to go for news, but it now has an edit button. And unlike a certain other social media platform, it didn't take 16 years to get it.Read more...

Lower Decks does a lot with its love of story threads and nods to past Star Trek, but when it comes to carving out its own true additions to the trope canon those results are often a little mixed-and, weirdly enough, have so far largely focused on one very specific trope, in the form of Trek's litany of asshole AI...Read more...

Alphabet's Google is setting itself up to be a one-stop shop for all sorts of climate- and sustainability-related decisions. The company announced a series of updates this week that aim to help users make more informed choices, whether they're about buying an electric vehicle or preparing for extreme weather.Read more...

There's been a lot of talk recently about NFTs, mainly that the vast majority of them are now damn near worthless.Read more...

Netflix is planning to open new immersive locations created around its original TV shows where fans can shop, eat, and play some games. The two new locations will be Netflix's first permanent fan experience locations its Chief Executive Officer Ted Sarandos announced on Thursday during the Bloomberg Screentime...Read more...

You never want to see Michael Myers anywhere near your home, but he may soon be coming to TV near you. Miramax just scored the TV rights to the very popular Halloween franchise with an eye on developing not just a TV show but a full universe that expands into film as well.Read more...

After the most recent negotiations between striking SAG-AFTRA members and the AMPTP broke down, a discussion draft of the bipartisan bill aims to protect performers and artists from having their likeness generated by AI.Read more...

When the Arab Spring unfolded just over ten years ago, Twitter played a pivotal role. The site was both a source for up-to-the-minute information and an organizing tool for protestors, and some celebrated Twitter as part of a new, digital revolution. But this week, a less hopeful moment in the Middle East proved once...Read more...

As NASA looks into the most recent incident of a leak from the International Space Station (ISS), two spacewalks have been delayed until ongoing investigations are complete.Read more...

On October 14, sky-watchers across North America will have the opportunity to witness a stunning annular solar eclipse, provided the weather plays along. Here's your guide to when and where to catch this celestial event, from the vibrant ring of fire" to varying degrees of partial obscurity.Read more...

Sony recently opened pre-orders for its new Access controller which launches on December 6 and costs $89.99. Consumers can head over to Amazon, Best Buy, or the Playstation Direct storeto place an order. The company also published a blog that highlights the ways in which the controller can be personalized for folks...Read more...