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The hits don't stop coming for Twitter users. This weekend, the platform's owner Elon Musk claimed he's imposing a limit to the number of tweets an average non-Blue user can read. In the aftermath, Twitter's dashboard application Tweetdeck failed spectacularly.

Inflation has made everything from grocery shopping to home-owning more expensive, but it's hitting Lego fans especially hard. The new 2,883-piece Liebherr Crawler Crane LR 13000 model is officially the most expensive Lego Technic set to date at $700, but it's actually far from being the largest set ever in terms of...Read more...

Jason Blum's Spawn remake is for sure in the works, even though there's no writing happening due to the producers' and studios' continued refusal to bargain fairly. He says 2025-maybe. Regardless, I think we can say with confidence that Barney & Friends will be out before Spawn. Get ready to share the love, and...Read more...

Doctor Apple is coming in with another fastball pitch that could potentially reposition its AirPods as more than just a pair of premium earbuds. Apple is reportedly trying to enable USB-C on AirPods, make them connect to the upcoming Vision Pro headset, and engineer ways the buds could read users' internal temperature...Read more...

Congratulations on finding your way back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the latest toy and merch news from across the internet. This week, Hot Toys delivers a remarkably lifelike Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones figure, Hasbro mashes up the Transformers and G.I. Joe again with Soundwave partnering with the...Read more...

Even tech experts have been astonished by the recent, rapid growth of AI technology, able to hold human-like conversations in multiple languages, create music and pass medical exams. While the potential benefits of AI in fields such as healthcare are indeed inspiring, the pace of change is rapid, and there is still...Read more...

The month of June has been pretty crowded with one blockbuster (or more) releasing each week. Closing out June is Disney's Indiana Jones & the Dial of Destiny, Harrison Ford's first lead blockbuster role in years and his final portrayal of the role he's inhabited since Raiders of the Lost Ark back in 1981. And for a...Read more...

Back to the Future: The Musical is back...to the stage.Read more...

The Indiana Jones movies are a deep part of the popular culture in a number of ways, from its fellow treasure hunter imitators Tomb Raider and Uncharted to how they're partly responsible for Harrison Ford's decades-long star power. While the first three movies are liked to varying degrees, 2008's Indiana Jones & the...Read more...

The anime adaptation of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece has been going on for nearly 25 years, and is still finding ways to impress longtime fans of the franchise. With Netflix's upcoming take, the aim is to recapture some of the magic that enchanted viewers back in 1999, but via live-action for new audiences. Those who've...Read more...

Researchers have developed the prototype of a comfortable and flexible soft smart hand exoskeleton," or robo-glove, which gives feedback to wearers who need to relearn tasks that require manual dexterity and coordination, for example after suffering a stroke. The present study focused on patients who need to relearn...Read more...

Throughout the decades, Nintendo's Pokemon franchise has portrayed the titular pocket monsters in one of three typical ways: they're either pets, natural extensions of every day life, or forces of nature whose existence can sometimes be a little messed up. And when they aren't one of those, they're off doing their own...Read more...

Twitch megastar Ibai Llanos slammed the platform for outages during his annual streamer vs. streamer boxing match, which broke Twitch's world viewing records three times in a single stream on Saturday. At one point, Llanos' channel reached a peak of nearly 3.45 million concurrent viewers.Read more...

Over the past few months, artificial intelligence (AI) has entered the global conversation as a result of the widespread adoption of generative AI-based tools such as chatbots and automatic image generation programs. Prominent AI scientists and technologists have raised concerns about the hypothetical existential risksRead more...

The original Insidious released in 2011, and can be considered the big breakout moment for director James Wan, writer Leigh Whannell, and cast members Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne. Over the years, the franchise has gradually moved away from the Lambert family (played by Wilson, Byrne, Ty Simpkins, and Andrew Astor)...Read more...

Video games have become a bit of a time commitment unto themselves over the last few years, especially RPGs. For many of them, a first run could last a few dozen hours or more, depending on how deep in the side quest weeds one chooses to get. But if you've been looking for something that takes substantially longer...Read more...

Spanish megastreamer Ibai Llanos has broken the world record of concurrent viewers on Twitch, drawing 3.4 million spectators within minutes of the first fight of his streamer vs. streamer boxing match, La Velada del Ano III, according to Streams Charts.

Spanish streamer Ibai Llanos will once again attempt to make Twitch history today, although unlike most streamers, he won't be behind a setup in his room. Instead, Llanos will be streaming live from the Civitas Metropolitano soccer stadium in Madrid before nearly 70,000 people, all of whom who have traveled from...Read more...

Before the Black Widow movie came out in 2021, it was pretty clear that Florence Pugh's Yelena Belova would be stepping into the role of badass super spy after Scarlett Johansson's Natasha Romanov ended her run with Avengers: Endgame. Though she was last seen as a minor villain in Hawkeye, she's set to return as a...Read more...

There's plenty of smoke in the air-and not just from Canada's raging wildfires. Indeed, the past month was witness to a steady cadence of rocket launches and rocket tests, all spewing out excitement and hope. At the same time, probes already working in space beamed back evidence of their important work.Read more...

Friday, June 30 was meant to be the cutoff date for negotiations between Hollywood studios and SAG-AFTRA. Had a deal not been struck by then, the actors guild was going to join the WGA's strike efforts in a more official capacity. But much like what recently happened with the DGA, actors have gotten something of a...Read more...

Rapid progress in artificial intelligence (AI) has spurred some leading voices in the field to call for a research pause, raise the possibility of AI-driven human extinction, and even ask for government regulation. At the heart of their concern is the idea AI might become so powerful we lose control of it.

June brought with it another major Apple event where the company revealed its first headset device, the Apple Vision Pro, which could be its next iPhone or its next Newton. But the month also delivered lots of other new hardware announcements that may have slipped under your radar.Read more...

It's a good time to be a Disney foodie if you're a Star Wars or Marvel Studios fan.Read more...

A new class action lawsuit accuses ChatGPT creator OpenAI of criminally scraping data from all over the internet, then using the stolen data to create its popular automated products. The lawsuit, filed this week by the Clarkson Law Firm in a Northern California court, is only the latest in a slew of legal challenges...Read more...

Nimona is now streaming on Netflix and if you've seen it, you know the long wait for its arrivalwas incredibly worth it. (If you haven't yet watched, you're in for a delight.) To celebrate the animated film-adapted from the graphic novel by ND Stevenson (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)-Netflix shared a featurette...Read more...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is gearing up for the launch of its highly anticipated mission to explore the cosmic dark side.Read more...

With that exciting new trailer for Dune: Part II arriving this week, there's no better moment to pile on more good Dune news. This time, it concerns the long-in-development Dune streaming series, Max's Dune: The Sisterhood, which has added new cast members as it moves forward.Read more...

Animations created by NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio include images and videos showing what carbon emissions would look like if they were visible in our atmosphere. The videos of the swirling emissions were released this month-and it looks like a grosser, creepier version of the Northern Lights.Read more...

Google Chrome users will soon see a pop-up when they update their browser to version 115 , initiating the first phase of Google's years-long Privacy Sandbox project. The prompt, which describes the changes as Enhanced ad privacy in Chrome," is the first stage in Google's astonishingly complicated plan to kill...Read more...

July is here, and it's brought with it an almost overwhelming array of new sci-fi, horror, and fantasy books. Whether you're in the mood for magic, monsters, or mysteries-or some combination of all three-io9's monthly list of new releases has you covered.

The cosmos is a hostile but beautiful place; from Earth, its phenomena-from our Sun and the aurorae it generates to nebulae and distant galaxies-are worth capturing.Read more...

A few mosquitos in Florida have tested positive for the the parasite that causes malaria. The finding follows multiple confirmed human cases of the disease-four in Florida and one in Texas-believed to be the first domestically acquired instances of malaria in the U.S. in 20 years. The newly reported mosquito test...Read more...

Let's get streaming! Welcome to io9's latest edition of the Nerd's Watch, where we pare down the enormous lists of new films and television shows arriving on all your favorite streaming services into the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles we think you'll like most. (And sometimes, just the ones that we like most.)

It looks like baby talk isn't just for humans. New research this week suggests that dolphin mothers also adopt a higher-pitched tone during certain forms of communication with their young.Read more...

Apple TV+ viewers are in for a busy summer of sci-fi. In addition to Silo, which just wrapped its first season and was renewed for another, Foundation season two arrives July 14-and now we know Invasion season two (not to be confused with Marvel's Secret Invasion over on Disney+) will be premiering August 23.Read more...

Dylan Mulvaney, a trans influencer who was sponsored by Bud Light for two Instagram posts, is speaking out after receiving hate mail and threats while reportedly receiving no support from the beer company. The sponsorship garnered a mass anti-trans response and calls for a boycott which has decimated Bud Light's sales...Read more...

Casting continues for the long-awaited third Tron film and now, for the first time in a long time, we think this movie might actually be happening. No, seriously.Read more...

Reddit is facing a crisis both in its user base and its finances. After protests and backlashed ravaged the platform in the wake of Reddit opting to charge for access to its API, the company's valuation has been sliced.

Some lucky person just became a millionaire by opening a pack of cards. That's because it has been revealed that the rarest, most sought-after card in the entire new Lord of the Rings expansion of Magic: The Gathering has been found.Read more...

An outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to two surgery clinics in Mexico appears to have claimed more lives. This week, the Centers for Disease and Prevention updated its case tally, reporting seven confirmed or probable deaths linked to the outbreak. Officials are still trying to contact everyone at potential risk...Read more...

Although the Fourth of July isn't until next Tuesday, most Americans will be lighting up the bbq, setting off fireworks, and heading to the beach this weekend to celebrate early. Lego is getting in on the festivities, too, with the reveal of a new bright red 1961 Corvette model: an icon of American automotive design.Read more...

Like the rest of us, Lego apparently can't help but be distracted by thoughts of long weekends, vacations, and trips to the beach. The lineup of new building sets arriving in July is about as lengthy as the amount of work you get done on a July Friday afternoon-there's just three worth adding to your collection.

When does a squirrel become a pancake? Answer: Apparently, when the world becomes a griddle. It's officially sweat season for humans in the U.S., which means it's sploot season for squirrels. And if you don't know what that means, keep reading.

Apple and Google may soon have a new app store competitor to deal with. Meta, the maker of Facebook and Instagram, is reportedly working on a way for users in the European Union to directly download apps through a new type of Facebook ad. If successful, the move could potentially shake up the current duopoly of app...Read more...

Google employees booed the company at its second annual drag show following the company's decision to reverse its support for the event. Google withdrew its support of the planned drag show after some employees signed a petition saying the event was offensive to their Christian religion.Read more...

In February 2013, an asteroid about the size of a house punched its way through Earth's atmosphere and broke apart over the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia. The blast was so strong, it left a bright streak in the skies and triggered a powerful shockwave, shattering glass and resulting in the injury of over a 1,000 people.Read more...

After Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law that requires teens and kids to get parental consent before signing up for social media, that law is now in the crosshairs of a tech trade group called NetChoice, which filed a lawsuit against it.

One thing that has enchanted the internet almost as much as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse itself has is getting glimpses from artists into the work that made the movie such a visual treat. Now, some of that work is about to be collected into a sumptuous new artbook, and io9 has your first look inside.Read more...

Twenty-five years after the Game Boy Camera first debuted back in 1998, fans are not only still enjoying lo-fi, black and white, pixelated photography, they're also re-engineering the camera to make it better, even going so far as to shrink it down to the size of a regular Game Boy cartridge.Read more...