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It’s easy to hate plastic recycling in the U.S.—even for the most conscious consumer.

In 2018 President Donald Trump first floated the idea of a new branch of the U.S. military known as the Space Force, and ever since, the department has been defined by its branding as much as its actual duties. When Trump personally unveiled the service’s logo in 2020, it immediately inspired derisive comparisons to…Read more...

Sure, you could run to your local comic book store this Saturday, May 7, aka Free Comic Book Day, and grab whatever issues catch your eye in a whirlwind of kleptomania until you run out the door whooping like a loon. Or you could read io9's guide to the best of this year’s FCBD offerings and enter that comic shop with…Read more...

Now you can play Fortnite wherever there’s an internet connection. Microsoft announced today that Epic Games’ flagship title is now available to play for free through the Xbox Cloud Gaming service, including on mobile. Right now, the game is available in 26 countries, including the U.S. and Mexico. This is pretty big…Read more...

The security company best known for making giant armored trucks and inspiring elaborate heist fantasies from bored suburban kids is getting in on crypto.Read more...

A perfect example of how we’re in the midst of more Star Trek than ever right now is quite literally just as one series ends today, another begins. We already broke down our extensive thoughts about that season finale of Star Trek: Picard, but Star Trek: Strange New Worlds also boldly went out today with its season…Read more...

It appears that Senator Bernie Sanders has lost his latest battle against private space ventures, as the Senate has voted against a motion that would’ve cut funding for a second NASA lunar lander.Read more...

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Three of the world’s biggest tech companies are promoting the idea that you won’t need to keep entering in your password anymore, in which case you’ll no longer have to remember different variations of your regular “Kingkong05jacksonsbestfilm69!” login to access your email or Amazon accounts.Read more...

With Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness arriving on Friday (read io9's review here!), now’s the perfect time to revisit the uniquely weird and often gruesome filmography of director Sam Raimi—a horror icon who’s achieved blockbuster success while also retaining his cult-beloved status.

Antarctica, far from just a sprawling mass of ice, is a geologically complex continent made of expansive glaciers, jagged bedrock, and, as new research finds, large amounts of groundwater. A study published today in the journal Science describes a thick layer of groundwater underneath West Antarctica with the…Read more...

Subscribers to Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service can now carry their connectivity with them to remote areas as part of a new portability feature that the company announced on Wednesday. In an email to its customers, SpaceX’s Starlink rolled out the new feature for a fee of $25 a month, in addition to the service’s…Read more...

If you’ve ever felt like introducing some Vegas-style odds into your retirement plan, you’re finally in luck.

The vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is treacherously close to extinction, but the population could rebound without genetic problems related to inbreeding, according to researchers who recently studied the species’ genome.Read more...

How is Moon Knight over already? It feels like yesterday that news broke Oscar Isaac was going to play the mysterious, powerful Marvel Comics character for Disney+, and now we’ve already seen everything the show has to offer. But could there be more?Read more...

Advocates say that community-run programs across the country are running short on low-cost, injectable naloxone, the opioid overdose treatment. The shortage has been ongoing since May 2021, despite early media coverage and a record-high rise in overdose deaths. And while some of the issues behind the shortage may be…Read more...

As immensely satisfying as battling your friends in a Goldeneye 007 deathmatch on the N64 was, all four players shared the same screen, which made sneaking around a level impossible. Twenty-five years after the game’s release, it turns out there is a way to give every GoldenEye player their own private screen—if…Read more...

Reader, I have to admit: it has been several days since I first saw the Star Trek: Picard season two finale by the time you’re reading this. And I still cannot tell you if I mean to say “unhinged” here as either a good or a bad thing.Read more...

The company responsible for giving your favorite D tier celebrities a financial lifeline reportedly fired a quarter of its staff.Read more...

There’s a sudden squall of something off-smelling coming from Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s planned $44 billion Twitter deal. The prolific tweeter has already pushed the bounds of verbal agreements surrounding the Twitter buyout, but now that a new round of funding has come down the pike, some are questioning just how solid…Read more...

We still have just over three weeks until the Obi-Wan Kenobi TV series premieres on Disney+ on May 27, but the Star Wars show’s merchandise has already begun to roll out alongside the new trailer. First up, and introduced on last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live (guest-hosted by comedian Mike Birbiglia) by Ewan McGregor…Read more...

This year, some people will be getting what I guess you could call a ‘bonus tax refund’ from Intuit, the company that runs TurboTax.

Photos of the Sony WH-1000XM5's retail package have supposedly leaked, giving us our best look yet at the upcoming flagship headphones that are set to take on the Bose 700 and Apple AirPods Max.

Microsoft is telling Windows 11 users to uninstall a recent software update after it was discovered to cause certain apps to crash.

If you used the Internet in the late 1990's or early 2000's, you may remember a certain GIF floating around of an animated baby dancing around on a black background. This little guy was truly a symbol of the novelty and purity of the Internet, and now it’s an NFT because of course it is. *Sigh*

Sent a few centuries before the events of Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon chronicles the civil war that tore the ruling Targaryen family apart along with the rest of the world of Westeros. And if this new trailer for the series is any indication, that war will be brutal, sexist, and very, very blond.Read more...

The declining status of some tiny birds in Texas could spell bad news for Elon Musk and his planned expansion at the SpaceX Boca Chica launch facility.

Self-driving cars are a piece of tech that no one has gotten quite right yet. Companies like Cruise, Volvo, and of course Tesla, have been trying to crack self-driving cars for what feels like years. I’m sure there’s a universe out there where we’re all jetting around in our own self-driving cars that drive perfectly,…Read more...

To the surprise of absolutely no one, David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future has been rated “R.” Lloyd Kaufman offers an update on Peter Dinklage’s Toxic Avenger reboot. Plus, what’s coming on Superman & Lois and The Flash. Spoilers get!

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Whenever new processors arrive, the narrative is always about what they’ll do for PCs or Macs. Rarely do we consider the impact on Chromebooks, which are becoming increasingly popular and capable. Reacting to the growth of Google’s desktop platform, chipmaker AMD announced today a series of powerful Ryzen 5000…Read more...

Acer laptops don’t always stand out from the crowd, but there are two things the company consistently does well: make excellent Chromebooks and offer great value. Acer’s newest laptop, the Chromebook Spin 514, checks both boxes, positioning itself as the go-to recommendation for those who want a premium laptop at a…Read more...

Ford Motor Company has just 2.5% of the U.S. electric vehicle market. But if a new ad from the carmaker is any indication, Tesla CEO Elon Musk should look out, because Detroit is gunning for him. Ford has a new ad that pokes fun at the notoriously thin-skinned billionaire, albeit without naming Musk explicitly. And…Read more...

Lenovo, which makes the beloved ThinkPad series, revealed today a new generation of “Slim” laptops. We’ve seen this branding before, but gone are the confusing Yoga, Legion, and IdeaPad classifiers—these are just “Slim.” The new clamshell systems closely match the convertible laptops in Lenovo’s flagship Yoga lineup…Read more...

The U.S. has surpassed 1 million deaths from covid-19, the worst official death toll in the world, according to a tally from NBC News. The grim milestone comes as U.S. covid-19 cases have started to climb in recent days and high-profile figures test positive, like Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

This week, Bloomberg reported that a bipartisan group of lawmakers are inching closer to another big plan to break up big tech. But unlike grandiloquent calls for Meta to divest Instagram or for Google to divest Chrome, this new legislation would force both companies to divest the heart of their money-making…Read more...

Step aside, Keanu Reeves and Emilia Clarke—there’s a new celebrity comic purveyor heading to the racks. In an announcement no doubt timed to today’s Moon Knight finale, the star of that Marvel Disney+ series (and a lot of other stuff we like!), Oscar Isaac, is working with Legendary Comics on “supernatural noir…Read more...

High-tech meets vintage television for a fascinating new project that sounds like the perfect meeting of media and medium: a life-sized hologram recreation of “The Cage,” the first Star Trek pilot. It’s framed as a way to preserve, study, and celebrate the start of Gene Roddenberry’s enduring sci-fi franchise.

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The latest Marvel movie, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, promises a lot of, well, madness—but some in particular that has had fans heating up with possibilities ever since the first trailer is the arrival of the Illuminati to the MCU, one of the 21st century’s most fascinating comics supergroups. Here’s…Read more...

Shouting out “Hey Sonos” to change the music might become a reality in your household in the next few weeks. Sonos is preparing to launch its anticipated voice control functionality in June, an exclusive leak from The Verge claims. It’ll exist as an alternative to Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa, which are already…Read more...

The dude who drunkenly flipped out on a Frontier Airlines flight last summer and assaulted three flight attendants before getting duct-taped to his own seat has been sentenced to 60 days in jail, according to the New York Times.

An old Russian motor that’s been aimlessly floating through space for more than a decade has finally met its demise in a sudden explosion, producing at least 16 shards of orbital debris that now threaten satellites and other objects.Read more...

It’s no secret that Everything Everywhere All At Once is incredible. Directorial team the Daniels, Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, have made an instant classic that’s sure to endure for years to come. The film is funny, exciting, emotional, and gorgeous, but not without a few issues.Read more...

Netflix’s big pool of investors are not happy, not happy at all. Some shareholders are so unhappy they’ve turned around and filed a lawsuit against the streaming company over claims that company heads misled them on how well they were doing just a few months ago.Read more...

Got an original Game Boy Advance, the one with the unlit screen that was almost impossible to see, still kicking around in a drawer somewhere? This DIY kit lets you turn it into a standalone TV-connected console with HDMI and Bluetooth for wireless controllers, but without the need for any know-how when it comes to…Read more...

Elon Musk is brainstorming a genius plan to “unlock Twitter’s potential” in public via tweet. He’s already said he might charge third parties to embed tweets. Now the Tesla CEO says he might charge businesses and governments for tweeting.Read more...

If you’re still looking to fill that The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance-shaped hole in your heart, a solution may have arrived, at least if you’re willing to switch mediums. Writer Skottie Young and artist Kyle Strahm have created a new fantasy world for you to visit, full of whimsical and just…Read more...

A data location broker company called SafeGraph says it will no longer sell the location data of groups of people visiting Planned Parenthood and other clinics that provide abortions following a recent Vice report. Purchasers of that data previously could reportedly tell where visitors to those clinics came from, how…Read more...