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Blockbusters beckon at the movie theater, but sometimes you just want to stay home, draw all the curtains, and stream a weird, freaky, scary and/or extremely alarming cult movie. If this urge sounds familiar, read on for 10 recommended titles from horror streamers Shudder and Screambox.

Meta’s Messenger app is disappearing from the Apple Watch beginning May 31 although users will still be able to see incoming messages. The app’s removal means that users will no longer be able to respond to Facebook messages on their watch and will instead need to defer to the app on their iPhones.Read more...

I’ve been a remote worker for nearly seven years. As much as I appreciate not having to endure the stressful rigamarole of commuting to a city office from a home out in the suburbs, there are times when I feel profoundly lonely. I like bouncing stories off my editors and seeing their facial reactions to understand how…Read more...

The Perseverance rover mission on Mars is exploring a dried-up river delta that once fed into a large crater lake on the planet. Now, NASA scientists have found evidence of one such river, which was apparently deeper and faster-moving than previously discovered ancient waterways.Read more...

Ever notice how difficult it is to maintain eye contact in a video call? You can thank your webcam placement for that. Laptop webcams are too low for eye contact, and desktop monitors have their webcams placed too high for it. Unless you want to carry around a laptop riser with you, you’re just going to have to accept…Read more...

Hasbro announced that it’s rolling out Dungeons & Dragons Adventure, a new free, ad-supported television channel that will feature a variety of shows from familiar faces. Although Entertainment One (eOne, the video and game media arm of Hasbro) hasn’t announced the distribution yet, Variety reports that it is…Read more...

Although the handheld gaming PC market doesn’t necessarily need an alternative to the Steam Deck, competition is never a bad thing. The Asus ROG Ally is shaping up to be the first real competitor to Valve’s handheld, coming from a major hardware manufacturer and thus able to hit a lower price than more boutique…Read more...

The day is almost here and we couldn’t be more excited. Friday, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will be released for Nintendo Switch; it’s the latest game in the long-running, mega Nintendo franchise. The Legend of Zelda has an incredible history of beautiful storytelling, character development, and …Read more...

Mpox, previously known as monkeypox, could be poised to make a comeback in the U.S. Several states have reported a recent increase in cases, including in people vaccinated against the viral disease. It’s possible that large outbreaks could once again emerge in the near future, the Centers for Disease Control and…Read more...

Although there’s been a push to make video game controllers more adaptable and accessible to a wider audience who may not be able to operate a traditional gamepad as it’s designed to be used, Google is working to take physical controllers out of the equation entirely. Instead, its Project Gameface allows games to be …Read more...

When hammerhead sharks begin some of their deepest dives, they do the piscine equivalent of what a human would do: they hold their breath.

Where in the world is Larry Page?

The Walking Dead may be over, but AMC’s spin-off series Dead City will continue the adventures of frenemies Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) in a post-apocalyptic version of Manhattan that evokes a certain John Carpenter classic... except with zombies packed in among the sinister dregs of humanity.

The Chinese spaceplane finally returned to Earth earlier this week, but we’re still learning more about its time in orbit. The spacecraft caught and released an unidentified object several times during its flight, performing a series of maneuvers that were captured by orbital radars, according to California-based…Read more...

Twitter did it. The company met a deadline and released something on the promised date under Elon Musk’s leadership. The social media platform put out its first-ever encrypted messaging option late on Wednesday night, just under the wire. Yet in the mad dash to deliver, the site seems to have made some confusing…Read more...

Fox News is once again under scrutiny for a lawsuit filed by former Biden administration disinformation chief Nina Jankowicz on Wednesday. Jankowicz claims Fox News hosts carried out a “malicious campaign of destruction” that continues to threaten her safety and harm her career.

Mobile Suit Gundam’s nearly 50-year history exists in part down to two things: creator Yoshiyuki Tomino has long professed that it is female fans who kept interest in the cancelled original series strong, while of course the evolution of Gunpla model kits likewise helped transform what could’ve been a one-off into an…Read more...

Bizarre egg cases at a museum led scientists to some serious nightmare fuel off the coast of northwestern Australia. The egg cases belonged to a previously misidentified species of deepwater catshark that is now called Apristurus ovicorrugatus, a creature that features milky white eyes.

Peloton has yet to catch its breath after years of losses and sweeping changes in the exercise machine market, and the hits just keep coming. On Thursday, the company recalled around 2.2 million of its most popular bike model, saying that the machine was likely to break at one of its most critical points: where users…Read more...

One of the best things about movies is how they can become a part of your life. How you can fall so deeply in love with one that watching it is almost like a blanket: something warm and comfortable that makes you feel good. And that’s especially true of films that came out in your formative years and stuck with you…Read more...

Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone reunite in Poor Things, an upcoming science-fiction film based on the 1992 novel of the same name by Alasdair Gray. With more than a little inspiration taken from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the film looks to be a spooky and surreal dive into the mind of a once-dead girl. The Lobster…Read more...

No more talking to a stranger on a forum for help debugging your computer science homework—just use an AI chatbot. Stack Overflow, the go-to Q&A forum for programmers, has reportedly seen significant drops in traffic over the last few months, and the ever-popular ChatGPT might be to blame.Read more...

Doctor Who teases Neil Patrick Harris’ mystery new villain. Meet the humans of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (and Pete Davidson). Plus, a look at the final episode of Titans, and behind the scenes on Secret Invasion. To me, my spoilers!

As part of its massive dump of AI news yesterday at I/O 2023, Google revealed that it would be expanding access to the 3D data it creates and relies on to make Google Maps more immersive. Our first good example of the potential behind that move is a new Space Invaders game that takes advantage of augmented reality to…Read more...

Stock trading app Robinhood wants to edge out the behemoth that is the New York Stock exchange. Rather than eating from the same dish of its own personal sheriff of Nottingham, the app that was once the darling of the WallStreetBets crowd is hoping its always-on audience might appreciate the ability to buy and sell…Read more...

David S. Goyer’s adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation has many more stories to tell—and will get down to business when its second season hits Apple TV+ on July 14. After a sneak peek earlier this year, the streamer has released its first official teaser, which means it’s suddenly a much brighter morning for fans of …Read more...

Teenage Engineering’s days of churning out $50 electronic musical toys seem far behind it, but it’s hard to lament the company’s focus shift when it’s creating hardware like its new TP-7 Field Recorder, which features a spinning wheel that can be used to start, stop, and skip through recordings by simply touching it.Read more...

Spring has officially sprung throughout the U.S., and the country is finally green. A lot of those plants are great, but some are invasive. They’re taking up root, and taking up space that should go to our native plants.

YouTube is cracking down on users determined to evade its ads and has given some of them an ultimatum: Turn off your ad blocker or subscribe to YouTube Premium. Ad-blocking users who don’t opt for either of those options won’t be able to watch videos on YouTube at all.Read more...

We rarely think about what happens to our garbage after it goes into the nearest waste receptacle. Whether it’s a piece of paper, a worn-out pair of flip flops, or leftovers from the back of your refrigerator, trash usually ends up at the same final destination: a landfill. Landfills are home to wild chemistry that…Read more...

In a time when smartphone makers are trying to entice users to upgrade to the latest and greatest models on a yearly basis, Fairphone made a name for itself with an Android smartphone designed to be easily repaired and upgraded to extend its useable life for years, and now the company is applying that same ethos to a…Read more...

After a viral tweet caused a 2019 sci-fi book to jump to the number six spot on the Amazon bestseller list, everyone involved was shocked. Not only were the authors confused (yet grateful!), but the young artist, whose previous social-media presence was mostly retweeting anime fanart, was also stunned.Read more...

The Darksaber is gone. The black blade that became the symbol of Mandalore’s leader is, seemingly, no longer there to guide them in their new era of rebuilding and reunification after the events of The Mandalorian season three. But is anything ever really gone in Star Wars? If we look to the weapon’s own history, and …Read more...

The legal battle between the Walt Disney Company and the state of Florida over Walt Disney World’s special district continues to heat up.Read more...

Egyptian Queen Cleopatra has captivated the attention of historians for centuries, many of whom say she was descended from Macedonian Greek kings, and claim that very little of her background was steeped in non-Greek ancestry. The new Netflix docuseries, African Queens, is changing the narrative and has received some …Read more...

These days, it often feels like there are far too many streaming services out there. For once though, the news is perhaps fewer—not more—subscriptions on the way. Say goodbye to separate streaming subs for Disney+ and Hulu. The two services are set to become one for U.S. customers by the end of 2023.

People in Pakistan are facing significant, ongoing restrictions to their internet access following political protests and the arrest of the country’s former prime minister. The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) confirmed that it intentionally cut off mobile internet service beginning Tuesday, according to Geo…Read more...

When you hear the name “Robert Rodriguez,” a montage of images instantly comes to mind. Antonio Banderas shooting a gun shaped like a guitar case. Salma Hayek dancing with a snake. Two gadget-covered kids popping out of the screen in 3D. A black-and-white Mickey Rourke lumbering through a comic book frame. With …Read more...

A metallic oblong-shaped rock may have made its way from space all the way to the surface of Earth, traveling hundreds of millions of miles only to land in New Jersey.Read more...

Mosquitos and the humans they feed on seem to have something in common: a discerning palate for soap. In a new study this week, scientists have found that female, blood-sucking mosquitos are drawn to certain kinds of soaps commonly used by people while repelled by others, though sometimes in unexpected ways. The…Read more...

Today, Google executives took to the stage at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California to talk about the company’s latest advancements in artificial intelligence, Android, and Pixel hardware. If you didn’t have it in you to sit through the two hour live-streamed event (we feel you), here’s the most…Read more...

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Tucker Carlson made a dazzling announcement on Tuesday: the recently-fired Fox News star will host his next show on Twitter. Carlson’s new broadcasts, which could cost him the $25 million Fox still owes him, will bring Twitter more attention, but they may spell bad news for the company’s bottom line.Read more...

Google’s 2023 I/O conference is finally here and it brings with it a number of new security and privacy features for users. Let’s take a quick look.

Before Google’s latest I/O event could even begin, the tech giant was already trying to stake a claim for its new AI. As music artist Dan Deacon played trippy, chip tune-esque electronic vocals to the gathered crowd, the company displayed the work of its latest text-to-video AI model with a psychedelic slideshow…Read more...

The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) space program may still be in its infancy, but the oil-rich country has big plans to surpass its inaugural Mars mission. For its upcoming mission to the main asteroid belt, the Arab nation has revealed the names of the seven space rocks to serve as its targets.Read more...

Come tomorrow night, Nintendo’s big game of the spring season, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, releases.Read more...

Microsoft has decided to cut raises for full-time staff this year, citing that hackneyed refrain: “tumultuous economic conditions.”

The Google Pixel 7a is the new go-to mid-range Android device. It’s so good that it’s making me question why anyone should buy a regular Pixel 7. I chose the Pixel 7 because I wanted a smaller, cheaper device with similar camera capabilities to the Pixel 7 Pro. But now that the Pixel 7a is out for just $500 and is so…Read more...

Netflix is notorious for making shows fans absolutely love and then taking them away without warning. The list of examples is endless, but here at io9, one show undoubtedly sits above all the rest: The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. A 10-part prequel to the legendary 1982 Jim Henson/Frank Oz film, Age of Resistance…Read more...