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Sony Might Be Going All-in on PC Gaming, Spider-Man Files Reveal
With its recent high profile PC releases of formerly exclusive games like God of War and Horizon Zero Dawn, Sony seems to be making a shift to marketing its video game arm as a hybrid console-PC company. Now, newly datamined files pointing to a PlayStation PC game launcher could mean the company wants to ape Xbox in…Read more...
Martian Explorers Could Produce Oxygen Using Plasmas
Mars: If the extreme temperatures and exposure to cosmic radiation don’t kill you, the unbreathable air certainly will. Now, a team of researchers has proposed a method of addressing the latter issue, by using plasma to split carbon dioxide—of which Mars has plenty—into carbon and oxygen.Read more...
Dems Threaten Homeland Security Watchdog Over 'Obstruction' of Probe Into Secret Service Texts
A week after the extraordinary seizure of classified documents from the former president’s private Mar-a-lago residence, top congressional Democrats are vowing to take aggressive measures of their own to pry loose documents from a combative Trump-era official whom they’ve accused of impeding investigations into…Read more...
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Watch Live: Russian Cosmonauts Install a Robotic Arm Outside the ISS
Two Russian cosmonauts are preparing to venture outside of the International Space Station to continue setting up a giant robotic arm, despite recent threats from Roscosmos to withhold access to the handy machine.Read more...
Wolfgang Petersen, Director of The NeverEnding Story and Outbreak, Has Died
If you grew up on a steady diet of Hollywood blockbusters over the past 40 years, you surely know the work of Wolfgang Petersen. He made us tense up with Das Boot, made us fly with The NeverEnding Story, made us hate coughing with Outbreak, and made Harrison Ford the president in Air Force One, to name only a few.…Read more...
Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Are Finally on the Way
Over-the-counter hearing aids in the U.S. are officially becoming a reality. On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration finalized the regulations needed for hearing aids to become widely available without a prescription. These OTC aids may save money for millions of Americans with poor hearing and are expected to…Read more...
China's Mysterious Spaceplane Still Hasn't Landed Yet
China recently launched a secretive reusable spaceplane, and the mysterious spacecraft is still flying around with no information on when it is meant to land. The experimental spaceplane missed an opportunity to land early Monday as it flew right over its landing site, and has now flown higher and longer than before.Read more...
The Gaming Shelf Slips Into Memory and Magic
This August is Kickstarter’s ZineQuest! Originally every February, the timing was changed in 2022 to coincide with GenCon. However, after a lot of feedback, they’ve changed it back to February for 2023. But: That does mean that there are a ton of crowdfunding projects, so we’ll be skipping over new releases this week.…Read more...
Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power Gets a Movie Long Premiere With Two Episodes Dropping
Director J.A. Bayona (Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) will set up the world of Middle Earth in its second age with his two episodes debuting as the premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. And we’re going to get eight episodes full of the rich and dense Tolkien for a new generation.Read more...
Cobra Kai Season 5's First Trailer Teases a Brewing Karate War
One of the reasons I love Cobra Kai so much is because every season it does things I’d always imagined growing up, but never thought I’d see. For example, as a huge Karate Kid fan, I always wondered what might happen if the “bad guys” from the first two films, Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) and Chozen Toguchi (Yuji…Read more...
Apple Reportedly Begins Layoffs as It Prepares for Yet Another Return-to-Office Push
Though they held out longer than most, Apple has reportedly finally succumbed to the great tech layoffs of 2022.
She-Hulk Charms Critics With Its Leading Lady and Sit-Com Stylings
As critics and reviewers got a look at the first four episodes of Marvl’s She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, the reactions have been trickling in via social media. Overall, positive! There’s a lot of praise for the lead, Tatiana Maslany, and the sit-com storytelling beats. There are some who feel like this Marvel installment…Read more...
How to Watch the Rollout of NASA's Megarocket Ahead of Artemis I Launch
NASA’s most powerful rocket is ready to make its way to the launch pad before its inaugural launch as part of the Artemis 1 mission to the Moon. The space agency is rolling out the enormous Space Launch System (SLS) to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday evening, and the historic kickoff to humanity’s…Read more...
An AirTag Led to the Arrest of a 19-Year-Old Serial Luggage Thief, Police Say
The possibility that my checked luggage won’t make it to my final destination is one of my biggest worries when traveling by plane. As such, learning that authorities can harness the power of Apple’s AirTags to do good and find missing luggage was quite comforting, almost enough to make me forget the creepy things…Read more...
HBO and HBO Max Reality Show Staff Get 'Red Wedding' Treatment
There can’t be two different realities, or—as Warner Bros. Discovery understands it—they can only display one slate of reality TV programming at any one time. After the company announced they were merging HBO Max and Discovery+ earlier this month (the latter is much more known for its reality TV content) internal…Read more...
Shadowy Oil and Gas Interests Are Deciding Texas' Energy Fate
The future of Texas’ troubled electric grid is being decided in the dark, with zero public input, by a group of people with deep connections to the fossil fuel industry. A panel of oil-and-gas-heavy experts appointed to create a plan to reform the Texas grid are refusing to make their draft recommendations public…Read more...
Funky Taste Prompts Capri Sun Recall
Kraft Heinz is recalling thousands of cases of Capri Sun after revealing that they were contaminated with diluted cleaning solution. The recall specifically affects Wild Cherry flavored Capri Sun with a “Best When Used By” date of June 25, 2023.
Researchers Invent a Privacy-Preserving Camera That Only Captures What You Want
Privacy is an obvious concern now that everything from smartphones to smartwatches to even smart glasses has built-in cameras. Banning covert cameras is never going to happen, and digitally altering images for privacy reasons is a real pain. So, researchers at UCLA are instead working on a radical new kind of camera…Read more...
Who Should Be the New Ghost Rider? io9 Picks
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Walmart and Paramount+ Team Up to Try to Compete With Amazon Prime
Walmart is hoping that two pluses equal a Prime. After assessing its options, the mega-retailer is joining up with Paramount+ and adding the streaming service to its Walmart+ membership. Subscribers will have access to the ad-tier level of Paramount+, at no additional cost, starting in September, according to a …Read more...
The Hunger Games Prequel Has Found Its Big Villain
Mark Ruffalo talks about his plans for his MCU future, including Avengers: Secret Wars. A new Saw is on the way. She-Hulk’s Kat Coiro teases Daredevil’s role in the series. Plus, good news for the return of Severance, and more footage from AMC’s Interview With the Vampire. Spoilers now!
How To Identify Music From Movies, Shows, and Ads
Music is all around us, and if you happen to hear a tune that you like—in an advert, a film, or a prestige television show—then you’re going to want to know what it is. Or perhaps you’ve got something stuck in your head that you need a title for. Thanks to the magic of the digital devices at our fingertips, getting an…Read more...
For Sites Like Instagram and Twitter, Imitation Is the Only Form of Flattery
The say that capitalism breeds innovation, but as social media popularity persists into the 2020's, nothing gets the free market moving like the TikTok-ification of Facebook or the Snapchat-ification of Instagram. In our present day, social media companies appear to be less interested in innovating, and more…Read more...
An Implant Made From Pig Skin Restored 19 People's Eyesight in Recent Trial
A team of scientists say they’ve found a new way to help people with damaged corneas: bioengineered implants created from pig skin. In findings from a small clinical trial published this month, the implants were shown to restore people’s eyesight for up to two years, including in those who were legally blind. Should…Read more...
Westworld's Fifth Season Will Be Its Last, If It Happens
The much improved fourth season of HBO’s sci-fi series Westworld concluded last night with a cliffhanger for the ages. A cliffhanger that does, in fact, set up the end of the series. We just may never get to see it.Read more...
Joe Keery Is Sick of You Talking About His Stranger Things Hair
Steve Harrington is more than his hair. Joe Keery is four seasons in as Hawkins’ babysitter hero and he’s tired of the attention it gets over...everything else.Read more...
Thankfully, Obi-Wan Kenobi Made This Very Crucial Change
Obi-Wan Kenobi was a show filled with memorable fan-favorite moments but the one I’ll truly never forget was the skyline. In the show’s first episode, the largely Tatooine-based story cuts away to this lush, pristine-looking planet. Fans instantly knew where we were and what it meant—this was Alderaan, home of Leia…Read more...
Who Wants OnePlus' Rumored Galaxy Z Flip and Fold Competitors?
Foldable devices are no longer an innovation. They’re here, and smartphone-making powerhouse Samsung has long been their number one champion. But as we wait for the company’s fourth-generation foldables to launch later this month, it’s making us wonder if we’ll ever see viable folding smartphones from other…Read more...
YouTuber's Channel Banned After Viral Tantrum Over $2 Empanada Enrages Spain
A Spanish YouTuber who demanded free food for featuring a bar in a livestream has become the latest addition of the “Entitled Influencers Hall of Fame” and seemingly enraged an entire country in the process. When the bar wouldn’t gift him a $2 empanada, he threatened to send a $2,500 invoice for “promotion”—all while…Read more...
Trump's Attempt to Gain Access to Voting Machine Data Was Broader Than Previously Believed
Former President Donald Trump’s attempt to gain access to voting machine data was more successful, and broader than previously believed, as revealed by newly acquired emails and records by The Washington Post.Read more...
Do You Live in America’s Future Heat Belt?
The U.S. has seen several waves of dangerous heat this year, and extreme high temperatures are set to become more regular by the middle of this century. Researchers are warning about a future “heat belt” that will stretch from Texas up to Wisconsin, where people will regularly be exposed to stretches of heat index…Read more...
Spider-Man's PC Release Is Making Me Fall in Love With One of Spidey's Most Maligned Suits Again
When Andrew Garfield’s first picture as Spider-Man was revealed, webheads around the world were agog at what has become one of the most, if not the most, controversial of Peter’s many movie costumes over the years. The long spider-logo, the rubbery, basketball-esque texture, the balance between red and blue. But I…Read more...
1,900 Signal Accounts Potentially Compromised in Twilio Phishing Hack
About 1,900 users of Signal, the messaging app often considered the gold-standard of privacy, may have had their phone numbers or text verification codes accessed by hackers. The breach was part of a phishing attack on the communications company, Twilio, which provides Signal’s SMS verification service.
Google's Pixel Watch Might Have Shorter Battery Life Than Samsung's Galaxy Watch 5
With the launch of Samsung’s newest Galaxy Watch 5 smartwatches, we’re curious if the upcoming Google Pixel Watch will have a fighting chance. According to 9to5Google’s latest foray into the Fitbit APK, the outlook seems grim, especially if estimations that the Pixel Watch’s battery life will be only a fraction of…Read more...
You Have to Zoom in for a Full Minute to See the Galaxy in This Webb Telescope Video
Space is big and scary, and a new video created from Webb Space Telescope data goes to show the massive distances separating us from the objects we’re trying to observe. In this case, it’s the Cartwheel Galaxy, one of Webb’s recent targets.Read more...
Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Director Talks Expectations and Blending Genres
In a few short weeks, Amazon becomes Middle Earth. The trillion-dollar company has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in bringing the latest iteration of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings franchise to its streaming service. That show, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, debuts September 2, and few…Read more...
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See the Bizarre Creatures Living in a Deep-Sea Mountain Range
Thousands of feet below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, a journey of exploration and discovery is underway. Researchers from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and partner groups are conducting one of the most comprehensive map and survey missions of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge ever done. The ridge is the…Read more...
John Wick Spin-off Series The Continental Set For Peacock
The John Wick universe finds its streaming home on Peacock. Starting in 2023 the prequel spin-off will premiere with the first three films in the series to coincide with the release of John Wick: Chapter 4.Read more...
Military Satellites Will Now Be Operated by the Space Force
The U.S. Army transferred its satellite ground stations to the Space Force on Monday as the latest step in establishing the sixth branch of the U.S. military devoted to demonstrating national dominance in space.Read more...
Guillermo del Toro's Netflix Horror Anthology Drops a Frightful First Trailer
On October 25, just in time for Halloween, Netflix is releasing Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities across a four-day event. Two episodes will be released daily up until the 28th, making for a fascinating anthology release schedule that pushes the boundaries of genre, taste, and practical effects.Read more...
Dragon Ball: Super Hero Has the Fighting Spirit to Give Super a Comeback
Ever since Dragon Ball Z aired on Toonami in 1998, the animated adaptation of Akira Toriyama’s shonen series has stood as one of the most beloved anime in the west. It’s so popular that even though there hasn’t been a new episode of Dragon Ball Super since 2018, and the film Dragon Ball Super: Broly released that same…Read more...
Android 13 is Now Available for Pixel Devices
It’s official: Android 13 is live, made clear by this blog post. If you’re on a Pixel 4 or higher, you can grab the software update. So what’s the full release entail? Well, Android 13 is essentially a refined version of last year’s Android release.Read more...
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Rings of Power's Stars Had to Go Through Extreme Lengths to Keep it Secret, Keep it Safe
A little bit of secrecy is to be expected when dealing with a massive tentpole production like Amazon Prime’s Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power series, but the extreme lengths that the production went to were not quite as effective as they might have hoped.Read more...
The Next Big Jailbreak in Tech: John Deere Tractors
A hacker named Sick Codes has demonstrated a way to jailbreak John Deere tractors, which could allow farmers the opportunity to self-repair their equipment.
Mr. WeWork Starts Another Real Estate Company
Adam Neumann, the man of WeWork infamy, is getting back into the real estate game—this time to “disrupt” the residential market. The billionaire is starting up a new company aimed at somehow addressing and capitalizing on the U.S. housing crisis (though current details are scant.)
Dog in France Catches Monkeypox From Humans
A dog in France appears to have contracted monkeypox from his owners, in what seems to be the first known case of human-to-dog transmission of the emerging viral illness. The dog likely caught the infection while sleeping in the same bed as his owners.Read more...
Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their View
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