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California Startup Aims to Build Space Hotel With Artificial Gravity by 2025
Orbital Assembly Corporation announced plans to develop a space business park, complete with artificial gravity, that’s designed to accommodate 28 guests in five modules built around a rotating gravity ring.Read more...
Watch Boba Fett Lord It Over His New Criminal Empire: Times Square
The Book of Boba Fett might be well and truly in the landspeeder’s rear-view mirror now, as the galaxy far, far away turns its eyes towards the impending arrival of Obi-Wan Kenobi. But Boba Fett has proven before that you can’t keep a good bounty hunter turned crime lord down, and now he’s already staked a claim on…Read more...
io9 Exclusive BTS Turning Red’s Mei Panda Details
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Feds Anticipate Banning Menthol Cigarette and Flavored Cigar Sales by 2024
The Biden administration is looking to snuff out menthol cigarette sales altogether, leaving the only available cigarette flavors available to purchase to be tobacco and…yeah, just tobacco.Read more...
7 Life Lessons We've Learned From Made for Love Season 2 (So Far)
Almost exactly a year ago, HBO Max series Made for Love ended its first season with a hell of a twist. Finally, it’s time to see what Hazel’s life is looking like after making the choice to help save her ailing father by reuniting with her toxic husband—a billionaire tech guru who implanted a chip in her brain…Read more...
China's Version of Twitter Plans to Clean Up Platform by Showing Users' Location
Don’t get any ideas, Elon.
Surprisingly Gov. DeSantis Does Some Environmental Good
In the Sunshine State, a major incentive for homeowners to install solar panels will stay in place, thanks to a wildly unexpected veto from Florida’s Republican Governor, Ron DeSantis. The veto is the final outcome of a legislative journey that started with what unmistakably smells like a $10,000 political payoff by…Read more...
The Nothing Launcher Beta Is Nothing to Write Home About
Being an Android user can be fun when you get to try out new apps, launchers, and even the next version of the operating system before they’re ready for showtime. But what’s not fun is taking advantage of that perk and realizing that what you’re playing with is nothing.
Snap Created a Flying Version of Spectacles
Realizing that quiet strolls on the beach, intimate picnics at the park, and hikes in the solitude of nature just aren’t the same without the loud hum of a drone’s electric motors hovering nearby capturing the moment, Snap has revealed Pixy: a tiny semi-intelligent autonomous drone with cameras to capture all those…Read more...
Fossils of Giant Dolpin-Like Marine Reptiles Found in Swiss Alps
A team of paleontologists has discovered fossils of three impressive new ichthyosaurs—ancient marine reptiles—in rocks located 9,000 feet above sea level.Read more...
In This Turning Red Exclusive Clip, Watch How Mei's Panda Form Was Brought to Life
Check out io9's exclusive clip from Disney and Pixar’s Turning Red just in time for its home media release. Domee Shi’s funny and heartfelt coming-of-age film captures not only the relatable angst of being in a teen in the early 2000s, but also crafts a transformative tale of magical realism.Read more...
The Next 'Great Dying' Is Coming for Your Seafood
Enjoy the teeming oceans… for now.
A Bump-Covered Screen Protector Can Surprisingly Make Touchscreens React Faster to Swipes
The touchscreens used on smartphones, tablets, and wearables are leaps and bounds better than similar technologies from a few decades ago, but there’s still lots of room for improvement, as researchers have demonstrated by leveraging a bump-covered screen protector to dramatically reduce a modern touchscreen’s latency.Read more...
Become an STI Expert With Our Handy Germ Guide
There’s no shortage of viruses, bacteria, and critters that take advantage of humans’ love for sex. If your knowledge of STIs still comes mostly from primary school sex ed, it’s time for a refresher, because some of these germs—and how we fight them—have evolved over time.Read more...
Star Trek: Picard's Battle of the Borg Is a Battle for Everyone's Soul
Star Trek: Picard’s second season had a lot to wrap up coming into its last two episodes. As the threat of the Borg Queen and Q’s own 2024 shenanigans merged into an unholy matrimony between the Borg and Dr. Soong, team La Sirena had to deal with a whole chunk of mess this week—and paid some big prices to maybe change…Read more...
Google Now Lets You Block 'Sensitive' Ads on Pregnancy, Weight Loss and Dating
Some bad days can be made even worse with the unannounced arrival of a pop-up ad that triggers some unpleasant emotions. In order to help mitigate those ads, Google is adding new options on its “sensitive categories” list for user ad controls. The new options will now help users avoid seeing ads on weight loss,…Read more...
Young Kids Could Soon Get First Covid Shots as Moderna Asks for FDA Clearance
Moderna is asking federal regulators for an emergency authorization of its mRNA covid-19 vaccine for those between 6 months and 5 years old. No vaccine has yet been approved for very young children in the U.S., which is a population of approximately 18 million people.
14 of the Coolest Earth Photos NASA Earth Observatory Featured This Month
NASA Earth Observatory has been working overtime since its inception in 1999 to bring us stellar coverage of our planet. The Observatory publishes images taken by different satellites or by astronauts aboard the International Space Station depicting Earth’s geography, environment, and geology. You can see ice sheets…Read more...
I Just Figured Out the Solution to Obi-Wan Kenobi's Biggest Continuity Problem
As cool as it will be to give the two characters another fight, there’s always been one problem with putting Darth Vader in Disney+’s upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series. In A New Hope, during their duel, Vader says, “When I left you, I was but the learner. Now I am the master”—a clear reference to Anakin’s days as…Read more...
Russian Linked Attackers Barraged Ukrainian Networks With Hundreds of Attacks: Report
While Russia’s war in Ukraine hasn’t led to the massive, countrywide blackout level events many experts feared, new research suggests a less obvious cyberwar is playing out just below the surface, with hacking attacks appearing to occur in tandem with physical military strikes.Read more...
Following Tornado Tragedy, Amazon Employees Can Now Keep Cell Phones at Work
Following a deadly incident in an Illinois warehouse and internal pressure, Amazon has decided to allow employees in all its operations facilities worldwide to keep their personal cell phones with them permanently while at work.Read more...
A 'Perfect Storm' Could Make Measles a Nightmare in 2022, WHO and UNICEF Warn
The once nearly vanquished disease measles is making a worrying comeback. This week, the World Health Organization and UNICEF reported that global cases of the viral illness have so far jumped almost 80% in 2022 compared to last year. Without immediate action, the conditions are “ripe” this year for a large-scale…Read more...
All the Coolest Sci-Fi Footage Revealed By Universal Studios at CinemaCon
For almost three hours at CinemaCon Wednesday night, Universal Studios and Focus Features just unleashed the Kraken If, by “Kraken,” we meant was “film footage.” Trailer after trailer, star after star, all touting the films the studios have coming to theaters in the next year or so. There were around 20 films in total…Read more...
NASA's Mars Helicopter Spots Wreckage From Perseverance Landing
During a flight on April 19, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter snapped a photo of the wrecked backshell and parachute that helped land the Perseverance rover back in February 2021.Read more...
Sixty Separate Governments Pledge to Keep an Open Internet, But the Usual Suspects Aren't on It
A nonbinding agreement fronted by the U.S. is looking to set goals and boundaries for the future of a free internet. And though the declaration is more of a nonbinding agreement that is loose on specifics, it’s also noteworthy who isn’t on the pledge, namely China and Russia.Read more...
This Two-Inch Diamond Disc Could Hold a Staggering Billion Blu-Ray's Worth of Data
Don’t toss your hard drives, SSDs, and RAIDs just yet, but a company with an expertise in making precision jewel-based industrial tools has partnered with researchers from Japan’s Saga University to create a diamond wafer that’s both pure enough and large enough to be used in quantum computing applications, including…Read more...
Astronomers Spot Some Familiar-Looking Comets Around a Distant Star
A team of astronomers looking at a distant star system found 30 exocomets that look remarkably like the comets around our own local star. Down the line, more data from these comets could provide clues as to how water arrived on Earth.Read more...
HBO Max's Dune Prequel Has Found a Director
Doctor Who’s Sylvester McCoy heads to Rob Zombie’s Munsters. Elisabeth Moss hypes up the next season of The Handmaid’s Tale. The Flash faces some ghosts from the past in a preview for next week’s episode. Plus, a teeny new tease for Obi-Wan Kenobi. Spoilers get!
Millions of Covid-19 Vaccine Shots Going to Waste in U.S. as Vaccination Program Fizzles: Report
The U.S. has wasted millions of covid-19 vaccine doses since the pandemic began, with many more ready to be tossed in the garbage in the coming weeks and months as they expire, according to a damning new report from ABC News. Roughly 50,000 Americans are still getting their first dose each day.Read more...
Dell's XPS 13 Plus is Now Available, Uses Haptic Touchpad and Capacitive Function Buttons
Dell’s newest edition to its popular XPS laptop family, the XPS 13 Plus, has arrived. Announced at CES in January, the XPS 13 Plus shares DNA with the standard model but was built from the ground up with a more streamlined chassis featuring a haptic touchpad, a capacitive function row, and an edge-to-edge keyboard.
Lawns to Go Dry: Historic Water Restrictions Come to Los Angeles
Parts of California are officially in a water emergency, according to a declaration from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. On Tuesday, the board of the Metropolitan Water District released a statement announcing “that a Water Shortage Emergency Condition exists in the [State Water Project]…Read more...
Danny Elfman's Coachella Set Was a Cinematic, Dazzlingly Bonkers Experience
With six months to go before “This Is Halloween” starts playing everywhere, I went to Coachella in Indio, CA to watch Nightmare Before Christmas’ Danny Elfman—the legendary composer of such scores as Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man and most of Tim Burton’s catalog—perform. If there was ever a year that I was going to attend…Read more...
Who's Who in Star Wars' Imperial Inquisition
As Star Wars becomes increasingly invested in fleshing out the time between the fall of the Jedi in Revenge of the Sith and the time of A New Hope, one of its most frequent fascinations has been the long, dark arm of the Emperor and Darth Vader: the agents of the Imperial Inquisitorius. Before we meet them again in …Read more...
Robinhood App Lays Off 9% of Staff
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Harley Quinn Spin-Off Noonan's Will Give DC's Kite Man His Own HBO Max Series
After being left at the altar, Kite Man (Matt Oberg) embarks on a new adventure in Noonan’s, his own spin-off set in the world of DC Entertainment and WB Animation’s hit series Harley Quinn, which will be back for a third season this summer. HBO Max has ordered a 10-episode run for the spin-off.Read more...
10 Retro Treasures From a 50-Year-Old Lego Toy Catalog
Although the plastic building brick that made Lego one of the most successful toy companies of all time originated over 65 years ago, it would be a few years before Lego started churning out the building sets that inspired the models that many of us grew up with. But even back in 1972 you could see the humble…Read more...
Minneapolis Cops Used Fake Accounts to Spy on Innocent Black People
Officers of the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) engaged in surveillance of local Black leaders and organizations “without a public safety objective,” the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) found. The racist misuse of state authority was just one among a litany of other abuses that included “killing…Read more...
The Avatar 2 Trailer Is Out Next Week, and Here's What's in It
These eyes have seen a sight I never thought I’d see: a trailer for Avatar 2. After over a decade of development and production, writer-director James Cameron finally debuted the teaser trailer for his long-awaited, highly anticipated sequel at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. And while you can’t see it just yet, you’ll see it…Read more...
Elon’s Already Daring Twitter to Break Off the Deal
Elon Musk — the tech billionaire known for talking smack and trolling on Twitter — isn’t allowed to publish tweets about his deal to take over Twitter if he belittles the company or its representatives, according to a new filing on the transaction submitted by Twitter to the Securities and Exchange Commission on…Read more...
Doctor Strange 2's Opening Moments Wowed Us at CinemaCon 2022
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is a week away, and we’re happy to report it starts very strong. Marvel Studios screened 20 minutes from the film at CinemaCon 2022, and it drops you right back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with several exciting action scenes right from the start. We’ll describe them…Read more...
Comcast Partners With Charter (Spectrum) To Take on Streaming
Comcast and Charter Communications (Spectrum, to many of you), two cable TV giants, have announced they’re forming a joint venture to create a “next-generation streaming platform” for branded streaming devices and Smart TVs. The goal for the two companies is to position themselves to better compete against Roku,…Read more...
VR Researchers Have Basically Figured Out How to Simulate the Feel of Kisses
Without adding any hardware that actually makes contact with the wearer’s face, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Future Interfaces Group have modified an off-the-shelf virtual reality headset so that it recreates the sensation of touch in and around a user’s mouth, finally fulfilling virtual reality’s…Read more...
The Walking Dead's Carol and Daryl Spinoff Just Lost Carol
TV Line reports that actor Melissa McBride has exited the upcoming Walking Dead spin-off series that was going to be focused on her character Carol and TWD’s other fan-favorite series regular Daryl, played by Norman Reedus. Now, the show will focus exclusively on Daryl, which... uh... was likely the only possible…Read more...
Central African Republic Becomes Second Country to Accept Bitcoin as Legal Tender
Bitcoin has officially been recognized as a legal currency in the Central African Republic Agence France-Presse reports, making it the second country in the world to officially adopt it as an official tender.Read more...
Fauci Declares 'Pandemic Phase' Over in U.S.—Hopefully the Virus is Listening
America’s most prominent public health expert, Anthony Fauci, appears to no longer consider covid-19 a pandemic, at least stateside. In an interview with PBS NewsHour this week, Fauci declared the “pandemic phase” of covid-19 over in the U.S., citing currently low case, hospitalization, and death counts. Notably,…Read more...
Overly-Dramatic Air Monitor Uses an Animated Canary That Passes Out When Air Quality Worsens
Everyone from Amazon to Dyson sell devices for monitoring the air quality in a home, most of which alert users through their mobile devices when a problem is detected, but none of them approach the problem so dramatically as the Canairi air monitor. This...cute...device uses a bright yellow bird that appears to pass…Read more...
Tales of the Jedi, Whatever It Is, Is Star Wars' Next Animated Adventure
Star Wars animation is everywhere lately, from the climax of Clone Wars to the arrival of The Bad Batch, to things like Visions, Galaxy of Adventures, and Galactic Pals in between. But... there is another: Tales of the Jedi.
This Tiny Self-Powered Camera Crane Fits In a Backpack
If you’re looking to take your amateur videos to the next level, upgrading to a capable camera and a high-quality lens is just the tip of the iceberg. A little camera movement goes a long way when it comes to making footage more compelling, and now Edelkrone has made its JibONE crane even smaller. With it, no matter…Read more...
Twitch Reportedly Considering Cutting Streamer Pay to Boost Its Own Profits
2022 is shaping up to be a rough year for content creators and sellers trying to make living through major tech platforms. Sellers on Amazon and Etsy are already facing increased fees and now new pay cuts may reportedly make their way to Twitch.
Twitter is Looking into Fluctuations in Follower Count Following Musk's Takeover
Some Twitter users may already be running for the hills following Elon Musk’s takeover of the social media platform. A few major accounts have seen fluctuations in their follower count, with largely right-wing conservatives gaining followers while popular democratic figures such as former U.S. President Barack Obama…Read more...
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