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Apple May Soon Slow Hiring, Joining Other Tech Giants in Downturn
Apple Inc. is planning to slow down hiring and spending next year in some sectors, to better manage the looming economic downturn, according to a report from Bloomberg News. An unnamed number of anonymous sources with “knowledge of the matter” reportedly told Bloomberg about the forthcoming stall.
Harley Quinn Season 3 Amps Up the Violence in Red Band Trailer
Harley Quinn (Kaley Cuoco) and Poison Ivy (Lake Bell) bring their blooming love for villainy back to Gotham with new master plan in the violent red band trailer for Harley Quinn. Get a kick out of the bombastic brutality as Ivy hopes to ascend by terraforming the city with a Green new plan which doesn’t seem too bad…Read more...
Mars Spaghetti: NASA's Perseverance Rover Spots a Strange Tangle
Every now and then, NASA’s rovers spot things that don’t seem to fit with the usual Martian landscape: Just a few months ago, Curiosity imaged what appeared to be a doorway. A new image from the Perseverance rover is grabbing similar attention for capturing what appears to be a tangle of string.Read more...
Apple Reportedly Looking to Update MacBook Pros with M2 Pro and M2 Max Processors This Fall
The M2 processor is certainly impressive, as we covered in our recent MacBook Air review, but there is more powerful Apple silicon on the horizon. In Bloomberg’s Power On newsletter, originally surfaced by 9to5Mac, Mark Gurman writes that Apple plans to launch new M2 Pro- and M2 Max-equipped MacBook Pros as soon as…Read more...
Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends Set to Return to TV
Craig McCraken, most well known for creating both the Powerpuff Girls and Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, has announced that he will be returning to these properties in a deal with Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe. Both shows are set for new animated series, with McCraken expected to lead both shows as as creator,…Read more...
Space Pebble That Hit Webb Telescope Caused Significant Damage, Scientists Say
A micrometeoroid that hit the Webb Space Telescope in late May caused permanent damage to the spacecraft, according to a Space Telescope Science Institute report.Read more...
You Can Buy Things on Instagram by Sliding Into a Seller's DMs
Now you can be as creepy as Resident Evil 4's famed, hunching merchant when talking with people on Instagram. “Over here, stranger. What’re ya buying?” Instagram’s parent company Meta announced Monday you can now buy directly from small business owners when chatting with them on Instagram.Read more...
Ghana Now Has Its First Outbreak of Deadly Marburg Virus
A deadly cousin of the Ebola virus has made its way to a new part of the world. This week, World Health Organization officials announced that the African nation of Ghana is now experiencing its first documented outbreak of Marburg. At least two people have contracted the disease so far, both of whom have died.Read more...
9 Tips for Making the Most of an Airbnb Trip
There are a lot of different factors that combine to make a successful Airbnb trip, from scouting the most suitable location, to finding the lowest price, to ensuring everything is smoothly set up for your trip. We’ve got a few suggestions for tweaking every part of your Airbnb booking and travel process, so you can…Read more...
Kevin Smith, Felicia Day, Stan Sakai, and More Reminisce About What Makes Comic-Con Matter
This week nerddom descends on San Diego for the long-awaited return of Comic-Con, after several years away. But what is it that keeps people of all stripes, from comics creatives to actors and directors, coming back year after year—except for all those times we couldn’t in recent years? A new oral history about SDCC’s…Read more...
'Melted Runway' Halts Flights Out of British Military Base
According to reports from SkyNews in the United Kingdom, the country’s largest Royal Air Force base—RAF Brize Norton—has ceased all incoming and outgoing flights as severe heat has allegedly caused the runway to melt.
Mondo Has a Monstrous Amount of Godzilla Exclusives at San Diego Comic-Con
When Godzilla wades ashore, he usually leaves a swath of destruction behind him. But if you’re traveling to San Diego Comic-Con, the only swath of destruction might be to your wallet, courtesy of Mondo’s many Godzilla and Godzilla-adjacent releases. Don’t worry if you’re not attending the con: some of these will also…Read more...
Russia Fines Google $364 Million for Hosting Anti-Russian Videos
Google came under fire from Russian authorities yet again on Monday for the company’s ongoing flubs in removing content that the country had deemed illegal. Specifically, according to an official Telegram post from the Roskomnadzor, Russia’s telecom regulator, the company had failed to pull down clips from Russian…Read more...
All the Movie News to Expect at San Diego Comic-Con 2022
Would you like to play a game? Once the San Diego Comic-Con schedule is out, you can begin to figure out what news might break at the event. For example, no Star Wars panel? There won’t be Star Wars news. A big Marvel panel is happening? There will be big Marvel news. When you have that information, you can look at…Read more...
Despite Recent Tensions, NASA and Roscosmos Sign Seat-Swap Agreement
It’s been a rocky few months for U.S.-Russia relations, with discord between the two nations arising both on the ground and in space. Despite the current bad feelings, NASA and Roscosmos have finalized an agreement in which NASA astronauts and Russian cosmonauts will fly aboard each other’s spacecraft.Read more...
The Desert Brings Danger and Mystery in This First Look at The Book of Sand
A desert and a world that seems like our own form the backdrop of The Book of Sand, the sci-fi debut of bestselling author Mo Hayder (Birdman, The Treatment). Sadly, Hayder passed away last year, but The Book of Sand is getting a posthumous release this week—and io9 has an exclusive excerpt to share.Read more...
It's Now Up to Apps, Not Google, to Say How They Collect Your Data on Play Store
Google’s throwing up its hands when it comes to app store data privacy. Apparently thinking that only app developers themselves really know the totality of the info they’re siphoning from their users, the platform is now relying solely on those same developers not to lie about how they use all that data. Good luck…Read more...
Tesla Gets Steamed
Trash your PC and throw out your consoles. You won’t need them now that Tesla is planning to bring more games to its cars. After all, why play video games from the comfort of your couch or computer chair when you could sit inside a parked Tesla and use a 17-inch dashboard screen instead?
Malaysia Seizes $18M Worth of Elephant Tusks and Pangolin Scales
Pangolin scales, African elephant tusks, bones, and animal skulls were among the many items found in a container seized by Malaysian authorities. On July 18 the Royal Malaysian Customs Department said that they discovered the contraband after checks on a ship coming from Africa on July 10. The entire container of…Read more...
Secret Service Text Messages Have Been Subpoenaed in January 6 Investigation
Text messages between members of the Secret Service sent the day before and the day of the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol have been subpoenaed by the committee of elected officials investigating the insurrection. This development comes after the Department of Homeland Security had said last week that the texts…Read more...
Westworld's Aurora Perrineau on That Huge Episode 4 Twist
Did you watch that jaw-dropping episode of Westworld last night? HBO Max’s sci-fi series proved that, even in its fourth season, it still has the ability to yank the rug out from under its viewers. io9 got a chance to talk to Aurora Perrineau (Truth or Dare), whose character was at the center of the big reveal.Read more...
This James Webb Space Telescope Decorative Mirror Displays Actual JWST Images
The James Webb Space Telescope is not just a remarkable feat of engineering; it’s a beautiful one too. Take its 18 hexagonal mirrors made from gold-plated beryllium, which inspired YouTube’s Cellar Nerd to create a replica to hang on their wall as a piece of functional art, accented with actual images captured by the…Read more...
Fish-Bot Sucks Up Microplastics From Water
A team of scientists at Sichuan University in Southwest China created a small fish robot that can “eat” microplastics out of the water.Read more...
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Even More Fear Street Could Be Coming, According to R.L. Stine
Ms. Marvel’s co-director talks about how their Batgirl adaptation will feel much different than Ms. Marvel. Get a few tiny more looks at Prey. The first poster for the (*checks notes*) Winnie the Pooh horror movie will terrify you. Plus, what’s coming on Riverdale, American Horror Stories, and more. To me, my spoilers!Read more...
Who Planted a Bomb That Killed Two People at the 1940 New York World's Fair?
The 1939-40 New York World’s Fair had amazing robots, futuristic rides, and tech-inspired fashion. It was also television’s coming out party, with a very cool public demonstration of TV. But did you know there was also a terrorist incident when someone placed a time-bomb there? The explosion killed two police officers…Read more...
Westworld Finally Remembered How to Blow Your Mind
If you thought Westworld peaked in season one... you’re probably right. But if you’ve been waiting for Westworld to give you a great twist again, or perhaps despaired that the show would never thrill you like it used to, or that it had completely lost its way during the mediocre third season, tonight’s episode proved…Read more...
Lance Reddick in Resident Evil May Get Me to Watch Resident Evil
The new Resident Evil series on Netflix dropped earlier this week. The conceit of the show, based on Capcom’s long-running survival horror franchise, is the franchise’s long running baddies, the Umbrella Corporation, have established a utopia haven called New Raccoon City in the year 2022. But in 2036, where the…Read more...
Oni Press' Future Uncertain as Layoffs and Unpaid Labor Allegations Mount
For fans of comics and graphic novels, the Eisner-award publisher Oni Press is best known for works such as Jonna & the Unpossible Monsters, Scott Pilgrim, and plenty more. But just days ahead of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, Oni has announced its plans to not attend the convention. And following that sudden news,…Read more...
The Dark Knight Rises Ended Superhero Cinema's Era of Isolation
Several of the retrospectives we’ve done this month have been focused on Marvel or other Disney IP. It’s just the nature of the beast, but Marvel’s Distinguished Competition—aka DC—has a pretty big landmark of its own to celebrate in the year of 2022. That’s right, it’s time to talk about our old pal, Batman.
Gen V is the Name of The Boys' College Spinoff
With how popular The Boys has become over its three-season run, it’s no surprise that Amazon wants to do even more of it. The first taste of this was Diabolical, an animated anthology featuring a star studded cast and bloody action on par with the core series. And now, after talking about the series for quite some timeRead more...
11 Times Selfies Turned Tragic
Summer’s officially here, which means—for a good chunk of you— you’re taking some well-deserved time off to do a bit of traveling. If you’re doing that, then let’s be honest, you’re going to take a few shots of yourself while you’re away, and you wanna get your selfie game on lock.Read more...
What Does Ms. Marvel's Finale Mean for Kamala Khan?
Leading up to the release of Ms. Marvel on Disney+, the big point of discussion surrounding the show was the way it revamped Kamala Khan’s (Iman Vellani) powerset. Rather than being an Inhuman with the ability to polymorph and grow or expand her body, Kamala came into possession of a family heirloom that allowed her…Read more...
Even Chris Pratt Doesn't Wanna Play Indiana Jones
With how much Hollywood loves casting hot, young actors to inhabit the roles previously held by veterans, it seems inevitable that we will get ourselves a new Indiana Jones. After all, Harrison Ford turned 80 earlier this week, and the upcoming Indiana Jones 5 is very likely going to be the last time he dons that hat…Read more...
Namor's Swimming Back Into the Spotlight With a New Solo Comic
By now, it’s basically an open secret that
Netflix's Yu Yu Hakusho Begins to Reveal Its Cast
Back in 2020, Netflix announced their plans to bring Yu Yu Hakusho to live action. Yoshihiro Tagashio’s 1990 manga became one of the foundations of shonen manga as we know it today alongside One Piece and Dragon Ball, and though its 1994 anime was a bit hit in Japan, it would get overshadowed by Dragon Ball Z once it…Read more...
Good Luck if You're Forced to Use These Hideous Federal Websites
You don’t need to be a user interface designer to spot a bad-looking site. Hell, anyone who spent any time on the internet in the days pre-Facebook might remember bland, white webpages, tiny font, and links upon links upon links like a black hole slowly sucking you into the great whirlpool expanse of incomprehensible…Read more...
This Week's Toy News Is a Bounty of Primes and Peters
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the coolest toys on the internet. This week, it’s a veritable Spider-smorgasbord, as both Hasbro and Hot Toys get in on the No Way Home hype. But there’s also Lego hot rods, cool G.I. Joe rides, and perhaps the coolest ride of all: Yoshi? Check it out!
Owen Wilson Is Iron Man With Kids in the Superhero Comedy Secret Headquarters
Imagine if Batman had an Iron Man suit, as well as a son, and that his son and his friends discovered the Bat Cave. That’s the general setup of Secret Headquarters, a new movie coming to Paramount+ on August 12, and the first trailer is here.Read more...
Prime Day Ain't That 'Green'
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The Boys' Eric Kripke Would Like to Emphasize That He Makes Television, Not Movies
In a recent interview with Variety, The Boys’ showrunner Eric Kripke was very clear: he makes television, not movies.Read more...
Spoilers of the Week: July 15th
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Writer Gets Locked Out of Novel Draft by Chinese Word Processor for Illegal Content
A Chinese software developer is facing backlash after a writer accused its word processing software WPS of locking her out of a novel draft, claiming that the document contains “sensitive content.” WPS has denied the claims, but more users have come forward with similar experiences, raising concerns over the extent of…Read more...
Thor: Love and Thunder Failed the Mighty Thor
Jane Foster stands at the gates of Valhalla, having earned a warrior’s rest after making a sacrifice so worthy that even she, a mortal, had gained the respect of Asgard’s fallen heroes. But she waits a moment, turning from the gates of eternal paradise. All she can say is “I wasn’t ready to die.”
QAnon Supporter Resurrects JFK Jr.'s Magazine George and Puts Trump's Face on the Cover
In the mid-1990s, one of the most popular magazines around was George, a monthly founded by John F. Kennedy Jr. that focused on politics and pop-culture, and featured big, glossy images of celebrities on its covers. After Kennedy died in a plane crash in 1999, however, the magazine went downhill and ultimately ceased…Read more...
New Report Shows Criminals Are Mixing Crypto Streams to Conceal Revenue
When crypto transactions remain transparent on the blockchain, just how hard is it to conceal when digital currency is trading hands in a not-so-legal fashion?Read more...
How to Make Your Web Browser as Secure as Possible
Your web browser is your window to the outside world, but it goes two ways—it’s also the window through which viruses, malware and other nasties can get access to your computer. With that in mind, it’s vital that you take some time to lock down your browser of choice as much as possible from a security perspective,…Read more...
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On Is One of the Year's Best Films
Even the most open-minded person might be skeptical about buying a ticket to see a live-action movie about a talking shell with a one googly eye wearing tiny tennis shoes. It’s just not an image one easily gets their head around. And yet, about 45 seconds into that movie—appropriately titled Marcel the Shell With…Read more...
Researchers Create Wireless Earbuds That Could Greatly Enhance the Future of Noise Cancelling
Active noise cancellation has become one of the most useful features in modern wireless headphones, and thanks to a team of researchers from the University of Washington, the technology that intelligently silences unwanted background noises during a conversation could soon take a giant leap forward.Read more...
Anonymous Q&A App NGL Is Posing as Your Friend
There once was a time when Internet users occupied what was once “Ask me anything” and “Like for a truth.” These anonymous confession trends have basically become NGL, which is an app where users receive anonymous questions from friends, but a recent lawsuit alleges that might not be the case.
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