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Tesla CEO Elon Musk is well aware that his tweets can cost him millions and land him in court. Does that give him pause? Certainly not. Twitter, which is suing the billionaire for attempting the terminate his $44 billion deal to acquire the company, is no doubt giddy over Musk’s lack of self-control and didn’t…Read more...

It’s no secret that Amazon has been less than friendly to its workers who are trying to unionize. And given the way Amazon has wormed its way into the workings of just about everything, it’s hard to avoid shopping with the retail giant. But if you want to still do something to support workers this Prime Day, sign a…Read more...

A former Twitter employee interviewed by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack said Tuesday that their former employer was so pleased that President Donald Trump had chosen to make Twitter his go-to platform that the company was willing to ignore credible warnings about real-world violence…Read more...

Words are important, as are the wordsmiths who choose them wisely. Netflix’s Tudum featured a conversation with English Subtitles for the Deaf and hard of hearing author Jeff T. and English SDH quality checker Karli Webster to discuss their work on Stranger Things season four. Their captioning on the show served an…Read more...

Time and circumstances mean that before the wonders of Strange New Worlds, the thought of seeing Star Trek Captains Pike and Kirk together was an unlikely thing. Pike, after all, only existed in the realm of Trek’s original pilot, itself then re-engineered for an episode that forever closed the door on his future on…Read more...

The European Space Agency is ready to launch its brand new Vega-C rocket. Here’s what you need to know about the mission and how you can watch this latest medium-lift rocket blast off for the very first time.

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It’s Prime Day! That means that here at io9 we’re doing things all about Primes across the nerd-o-sphere. And as the local games nerd, I’ve collected seven prime games, which is double prime, because seven is a prime number. From modules to additions, and even a game about the shopping site that wants to monopolize…Read more...

A new investigative report out Tuesday finds that long covid patients are traveling overseas to try out costly and untested treatments for their symptoms, including having their blood filtered. But at least some experts are worried about the trend, cautioning that these treatments have no strong evidence supporting…Read more...

The wait is over. Twitter is officially suing Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, for trying to weasel his way out of his agreement to buy the company. The furious lawsuit accuses Musk of acting in bad faith and comes less than one week after Musk sent a letter to the social media company making clear his intention to…Read more...

We may never see the young Han Solo, as played by Alden Ehrenreich, in the Star Wars universe again, but the actor is returning to its overlord, the Walt Disney universe. Ehrenreich has reportedly been cast in Ironheart, the upcoming Marvel Studios Disney+ show starring Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams, a young,…Read more...

An “openly jealous” Silicon Valley executive strangled his roommate’s girlfriend to death decades ago out of an “unrequited romantic attachment” to the roommate, police say. Now he’s in custody and facing murder charges a third time. New DNA technology led cops to nab the man for the 1992 murder the 25-year-old…Read more...

Amazon Prime Day is happening, and it’s taken over the internet. You’re lucky if you’ve been able to avoid it thus far. And while there are a few seriously useful deals making the rounds on Amazon’s bi-annual splay-it-out-and-see-who-buys yard sale, we’d be remiss not to partake in our annual tradition of rounding up…Read more...

The Amazon rainforest has reached a new record for deforestation for the first half of this year.

Google wants to remove dating apps Tinder, Hinge, OkCupid and others from its Play Store after getting caught in a legal battle with the owner of the apps, Match Group Inc.Read more...

Few props define a franchise like lightsabers define Star Wars. So, when you’re making a new Star Wars show, extra special attention must be paid to the elegant weapons—and Disney+’s Obi-Wan Kenobi was no exception.Read more...

Crypto mining operations in Texas are tugging at their collars, now finding a reason to sweat other than the lingering crypto bear market. Temperatures in Texas are expected to go well over 100 degrees this week, and the lone star state’s electricity system kindly asked big energy users to kindly hop off the grid for…Read more...

Stranded boats, desiccated fish, and no water on cracked ground that once made a shoreline. That’s the new business-as-usual for Lake Mead, where the West’s punishing drought and chronic water overuse have combined to render the lake almost unrecognizable as water levels continue to plummet.Read more...

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack gathered for its a seventh public hearing on Tuesday — this time to establish the existence of ties between the former president, Donald Trump, his closest advisors, and members of far-right militant groups who had gathered in Washington D.C. at his request…Read more...

If 12 years of development and billions of dollars of investment isn’t enough of a red flag for you that you should probably avoid Magic Leap’s augmented reality hardware, the average consumer can finally buy the Magic Leap headset starting this September: assuming the average consumer has $3,300 to drop on a fancy…Read more...

Using a supercomputer, a team of scientists recently determined the exact crater that expelled rock from Mars in the ancient past—a rock that wound up crashing into Earth.Read more...

The LEGO Group is the latest to stop sales in Russia. This halt comes after the company paused shipments to Russia in March. The world’s largest toy maker follows a slew of companies like Starbucks, Adidas, McDonalds, and many more.

There is no ethical consumption under capitalism. But there are places to shop besides Amazon and the other big-box retailers that have set up locations in cities and suburbs across the country. On Prime Day, they can be a great way to fulfill your retail needs without feeding the beast, plus you might actually find a…Read more...

I don’t know how I missed the news, but somehow I wasn’t aware that Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Chainsaw Man manga wasn’t over. Thus it was a completely unexpected yet totally welcome surprise to learn a brand new issue, launching the comic’s “School Arc,” has premiered today. And whatever you might be expecting from the manga…Read more...

The embattled Israeli surveillance for hire spyware firm NSO Group is reportedly ratcheting up its U.S. lobbying efforts in a desperate attempt to get it’s name removed from a U.S. trade blacklist. That blacklist, and the stigma surrounding it, have reportedly derailed NSO’s efforts to sell off its business to…Read more...

Look, I get it. Optimus Prime is a very important Transformer. He was the commander of the Autobots, saved the world from Megatron and the evil Decepticons countless times, and even came back from the dead on multiple occasions. He’s a big deal. But each year, more and more people get more and more obsessed with Prime…Read more...

Early last month, TikTok users across Europe were told that, starting July 13th, the platform would begin using their on-app data to serve up targeted ads, even if those users didn’t consent to the practice. Now, less than a day before that change would have rolled out European Union-wide, it looks like the company’s…Read more...

Several alleged Indian scammers were arrested for getting Russians to bet on fake cricket matches they streamed live on YouTube using a convoluted system of Telegram chats and walkie-talkies to call out hits to players on the field. Okay... yeah… wait, what? Beyond the outlandish nature of the scheme, this is one of…Read more...

NASA has announced the winners of its annual Photographer of the Year competition. From meditative portraits of astronauts through to rockets ready to rock, the contest pays tribute to the space agency’s in-house photographic talent.

Fans of sci-fi and genre programming have plenty of cheer for when Primetime Emmy Awards are handed out on September 12. Netflix’s Squid Game and Stranger Things, Apple TV+’s Severance, and Showtime’s Yellowjackets all got (well-deserved) Best Drama Series nominations, as well as multiple acting nominations, alongside…Read more...

After two years of pandemic turndown, travel is making a big comeback (especially European travel). But airports and airlines aren’t quite ready for it. In the most recent example of flight frenzy overload, Heathrow International Airport in the U.K. has opted to cap departing passenger slots at 100,000 per day through…Read more...

These are really big deals in the world of film, television, books, and games. They’re totally what we’re looking for to celebrate on Prime Day. Because... this is what everyone’s really looking for today, right?

Sometimes it feels like we’re closer than even than to the end of the world, and apparently New York City Emergency Management feels the same way, as the city department released a nuclear attack survival guide.

Spotify has announced that it’s acquiring Heardle. It’s the music guessing game spin-off of Wordle. This acquisition is Spotify’s first acquisition of a game, and is partially seen as a ‘tool for musical discovery’ by Spotify.

The leaked and much-hyped Nothing Phone (1) has finally launched, and as expected, it’s not officially available in the states. It’s a bit of a bummer if you were looking for another Android phone option for the nearly $600 (£400) price range, especially since the Phone (1) has an impressive range of specifications.…Read more...

Have you ever wondered what it might be like to work on Star Wars? To sit in a room and create something that’ll be a part of a galaxy far, far away? To collaborate with legends like composer John Williams? That’s what Natalie Holt has been doing over the past few months. Last last year, she was hired to write the…Read more...

You likely know Lofi Girl. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, she’s the YouTuber who can often be seen sitting at her desk with her cat and headphones on, streaming relaxing beats for people to listen to, the most popular being “lofi hip hop radio - beats to relax/study to” and “beats to sleep/chill to.” Well, it was a…Read more...

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NASA is releasing the first full-color images taken by the Webb Space Telescope, and holy cow. The five images—with the first revealed last night and the rest coming out one by one this morning—are a remarkable first glimpse at the science to come for the cutting-edge space observatory, which is expected to operate…Read more...

Life’s about to get a hell of a lot more stressful for Meta employees.Read more...

The go-to test for how successfully a locked down device has been hacked to allow custom code to run is whether or not it can play Doom, but do we ever really need to hack anything ever again now that Doom itself has been hacked to play Doom?

Peloton is sprinting full-force away from the manufacturing end of its business. The announced changes come after months of being hammered in the markets while un-bought bikes cluttered up its warehouses.Read more...

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By almost all accounts, Amazon warehouses are not pleasant places to work. People face dangerous conditions, difficult quotas, and near-instant retaliation for failure to meet expectations. Newly released information on the company’s practices between 2015 and 2021 illustrates the disciplinary side of the Amazon…Read more...

Last Train to Busan’s U.S. remake has vanished from schedules. Julius Avery’s new superhero movie finds a home at Amazon. Plus, get a look at Lance Reddick in action as Albert Wesker in new footage from Netflix’s Resident Evil. To me, my spoilers!

Just as rumors have ramped up about the next batch of Samsung wearables, the company announces an update en route to the Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 4 Classic. One UI Watch 4.5 will be available soon as an over-the-air software update for the only Android smartwatches worth buying. The new features bring more usability…Read more...

Walmart has signed a definitive agreement with electric vehicle manufacturer Canoo to add 4,500 vehicles to Walmart’s delivery fleet in one of the first steps to make the retailer reach its goal of zero emissions by 2040.

Many of us spend a lot of time interacting with Amazon’s apps and services—speaking to its smart speakers, watching videos on its streaming platform, ordering items online—and all of those interactions leave a digital trail behind. If you want to view, download, and maybe delete any of this data, these are the steps…Read more...

You’ve probably heard: Amazon Prime Day is happening today and tomorrow (July 12 and 13). There are deals galore, and the internet is alive with timely listicles of Amazon products for every niche—including “eco-friendly” Amazon deals. But the problem is, there’s no such thing. For all its promises and posturing,…Read more...

Amazon Prime Day is a massive annual sales event where the retail behemoth slashes prices across the store, from computers to groceries to toys to apparel. Millions of consumers around the world look forward to the sale in the hope of scoring once-a-year bargains.Read more...