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There’s no better way to celebrate 4/20, the stoner’s holiday, than by going down the vast rabbit hole that is the internet to find nerdy bongs, pipes, and vape pens.

Here’s a Moon Knight theory about Harrow’s Ammit-headed cane and how it could tie into other parts of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As the slow burn of the Disney+ show kicks into gear and for the most part stands on its own in terms of world-building, we couldn’t help but notice this small detail.Read more...

New York City may be the Big Apple, but the Peach State may soon become home to the first Apple union. Workers at an Atlanta Apple Store filed for a union election Wednesday, the first in the country to do so.Read more...

Traveling through space can get lonely. NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is currently on a six-year journey to Jupiter, traveling through the sparse interplanetary medium since launching in October 2021. Luckily for Lucy, the views have been spectacular.Read more...

Russian Doll is back, baby! After nearly a three-year wait, the elegantly realized time-loop series drops its second season today on Netflix. This season takes a slightly different spin: instead of our main characters being stuck in their own time loop, they find a portal to other times, and spend the whole season in…Read more...

Google’s security-focused Project Zero first started keeping records of exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in popular software in 2014. Since then, no other year has seen as many open exploits as 2021, the tech company announced this week.Read more...

You’ve probably gotten one already: a text from a strange number (maybe even your own) advertising CBD gummies, confirming a package delivery, or letting you know a bill has been paid, complete with a seemingly unsuspecting link. These texts are scams called “smishing,” and apparently they are on the rise.

New research explores how radical “fixes” to our planet’s climate could have serious side effects—including exposing a billion more people to infectious diseases. This study looks at the possibility of what’s known as solar radiation management, the idea that we could use aerosols in the atmosphere to block sunlight…Read more...

Yes, Moon Knight fans. That happened. You didn’t dream the last 10 minutes of the latest episode, “The Tomb.” They were real and you’ll be happy to know it wasn’t just some random creation. The twist is strongly rooted in one of Moon Knight’s most surprising and fascinating comic book stories ever, a run by Jeff…Read more...

Some filmmakers are saying they would be using Final Cut Pro rather than most any other editing software, if only Apple would make it worth the trouble.

This week kicked off with our long-awaited first look at Thor: Love and Thunder, and even more specifically that that, our long-awaited first look at Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster taking up Mjolnir to become the Mighty Thor. Now, as befitting a Goddess of Thunder, she has her very own version of the movie’s teaser…Read more...

April 20th is one of the chillest days of the year, but maybe not so much for our pets. A new survey of veterinarians in the U.S. and Canada suggests they are seeing more pets poisoned by cannabis products lately, following its legalization in many places. Dogs were the pets most commonly sickened by cannabis, but…Read more...

Hideaki Anno, creator of the seminal Neon Genesis Evangelion series, made his first real claim to fame in the animation world when beloved director Hayao Miyazaki hired him to help make Nausicaä and the Valley of Wind back in the early ‘80s. The two anime legends would collaborate together again, less directly, with …Read more...

Researchers in Spain’s arid Southeast are working to restore Islamic-era acequias, canals that form an irrigation system in Andalucia’s Sierra Nevada mountains.

The same qualities that make drones fantastic tools for capturing amazing aerial footage can also make them a genuine threat that’s difficult to intercept when misused. But a clever new design for an anti-drone countermeasure uses a second drone that sacrifices itself mid-flight to disable its target.Read more...

In the umpteen years leading up to the premiere of The Batman, the film’s trailers all wanted to make one thing abundantly unclear: what the Riddler, played by Paul Dano, looked like under his mask. Although I stayed away from spending three hours in a theater to watch the newest cinematic outing of the Dark Knight,…Read more...

Nothing quite screams 4/20 like aimlessly flailing around your room, possibly to the point of self induced nausea, immersed in happy visions of another world. You might be using recreational substances, or perhaps you’ve got a VR brain bucket strapped around your head. If that’s your idea of a good time, you might…Read more...

Today, YouTube pulled the channel of John Lee, the sole candidate for the 2022 Hong Kong Chief Executive election, the Associated Press reports. Despite running unopposed, Lee began promoting his campaign on both Facebook and YouTube.

If you’ve been tuning into Amazon’s Josh Brolin Western Outer Range, you know about the plot hole: the literal giant hole at the center of the series’ supernatural mystery. The sci-fi and horror genre has great love for giant holes and bottomless pits as plot devices, and we have some favorites. Read on, but don’t…Read more...

You’re not alone if you’re feeling peeved about how gung ho some people are for flinging away their masks on public transit. Unfortunately, you’re not likely to be alone on public transit either, so it might not be much of a salve for your nerves.Read more...

A team of paleontologists scrutinizing the feathers on the back of a fossilized pterosaur’s head have found evidence that these flying creatures had the genetic infrastructure for multicolored plumage.

Now we’re getting into the thick of it. Marvel’s Moon Knight picks up right where we left off last week on Disney+, with the sky being wondrously manipulated into the coolest light show. It opens on Khonshu turned to stone in an altar surrounded by other figures after sacrificing himself so Layla (May Calamawy) and…Read more...

It isn’t a fear of failure, or of accidentally giving dinner guests food poisoning, that keeps people from learning to cook. It’s obviously a lack of kitchen tools that make you feel like a futuristic anime hero wielding a cool-looking blaster. Well, one maker has solved that problem by creating the most wonderfully…Read more...

Liam Neeson could—emphasis on the could—be interested in a Darkman sequel. Dr. Ian Malcolm teases dire stakes in new Jurassic World: Dominion footage. Anthony Mackie’s Twisted Metal series picks up a new director. Plus, new art from The Orville’s return and Ms. Marvel. Spoilers get!

If you’re reading io9—and it would be truly wild if you weren’t—you most likely have a copy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings somewhere around your place. I regret to inform you unless you act very quickly, chances are you’re not going to get your hands on this unbelievably high-quality, extremely limited edition…Read more...

Smartwatches continue to dominate the wearables market, but Garmin thinks there’s still enough of a demand for dedicated fitness trackers to update its vívosmart line for the first time in over three years with the new vívosmart 5, which boasts a larger screen and battery life that smartwatches just can’t compete with.Read more...

Elon Musk might not identify as a Republican, but new data reaffirms the billionaire’s proclaimed “absolutist” views on free speech put him at home amongst the elephants.

Everyone can now experience The Batman from home and with that comes access to loads of behind-the-scenes clips and of course the director’s commentary. The Wrap reported on highlights from Apple’s exclusive Matt Reeves commentary track, which has given more context as to why the film closed on the Riddler (Paul Dano)…Read more...

Peter Parker’s poor luck always seems to strike in the weirdest places. Like, his face apparently. From the put-upon Spider-hero that gave us a truly distressing video game makeover, now comes this.

A Ukrainian man who learned his Apple AirPods Pro had been pilfered by invading Russians soon realized he could turn the theft to his advantage. Using the “Find My” feature, he could see how far the Russian retreat was taking the invaders from his home.Read more...

Netflix may finally, actually, for real this time, have to crack down on password sharing.Read more...

As a Star Wars fan, beginning Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga feels like a huge responsibility. You’re about to play through all nine films in the Skywalker Saga in a single game for the first time—and right off the bat, you’re forced to make the decision of all decisions: which movie do you start with?Read more...

It’s the perfect time in between the two Easter holidays (Orthodox Easter is this Sunday!) to announce that Google Wallet has (probably) risen. According to noted code-sniffer Mishaal Rahman, Google Wallet is (probably) returning to Android. But you never know with this company.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is upset at Twitter’s attempt to block Elon Musk’s $43 billion attempted hostile takeover of the company.Read more...

The inflight urge to post a plane selfie on Instagram with the caption, “catch flights, not feelings,” is often interrupted by a slow and spotty Wi-Fi connection. But the airline industry is perhaps starting to look for ways to upgrade its current connectivity.Read more...

Titan of film scores Danny Elfman is no stranger to rock concerts; before his now iconic cinematic masterpieces from collaborations with Tim Burton, Sam Raimi, and others, he was the lead singer of new wave band Oingo Boingo. So the 2002 Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival was the perfect setting for his blend of…Read more...

Investigators with the Indian space agency say a 9-foot-wide metal ring and a large cylindrical object, among other bits of debris that fell onto a western Indian village in early April, were likely produced by a Chinese rocket that disintegrated on re-entry.

Taking the unflattering title of America’s Most Endangered River 2022 is the once-mighty Colorado, according to a conservation group that issues a yearly assessment of riparian health across the country.Read more...

On Monday, a federal judge in Florida ruled the CDC’s mask order on public transit and planes was “unlawful.” The court decision led to an end to masking requirements on major airlines, Uber, Lyft, trains, trains, and buses nationwide.Read more...

A new Jurassic movie is just around the corner, which means that before theaters fill with dino fans, toy store shelves will fill with dino toys, including what is easily the largest T. rex toy you can buy and also the best way to secretly terrorize your friends, family, and co-workers.Read more...

After a particularly contentious slideshow yesterday in which I, according to many, excessively critiqued the new Thor: Love and Thunder teaser trailer, I got to thinking… I wonder if people know how much I love the Thor franchise?Read more...

While speaking at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris announced that the United States will no longer conduct anti-satellite missile tests, which are known to produce dangerous quantities of space debris.Read more...

Move over, Thom Browne, and your stuffy leather trimmings! Samsung has a better collaboration in the wings. The Pokémon Edition of the Galaxy Z Flip 3 is official, and it comes with a host of accessories that transform the folding phone into a bonafide Pokédex for the real world.

Star Trek’s next step forward is arguably one of its biggest leaps back yet. Although the new ere of Star Trek shows kicked off with Discovery—at first a prequel set before the events of the original series, now its farthest flung future—its latest bet on the Trek universe, Strange New Worlds, is a throwback to that…Read more...

James Bond might have no time to die, but Temporal Agent Tarik Abdelnasser is not nearly so lucky. In Ibrahim Moustafa’s upcoming graphic novel Retroactive, Abdelnasser gets caught in a time loop while trying to stop a terrorist attack—only to discover a much more sinister challenge awaits if he wants to die another…Read more...

Yesterday, two Russian cosmonauts spent six hours and 37 minutes in low Earth orbit installing a giant robotic arm on the International Space Station that’s designed to work autonomously, move its way across the outside of the station, and pick up and transport astronauts during spacewalks.Read more...

Raise a glass to your fellow gamer: the GPU stock shortage is coming to an end. If you’re a PC Gamer or content creator, then you don’t need any reminder about how purchasing a graphics card or game console without paying a markup has been nearly impossible for the past few years due to supply shortages caused in…Read more...

The U.S. Ninth Circuit of Appeals ruled Monday that scraping personal data from a public website is totally, entirely legal.Read more...

Adapted for the screen in both 1960 and 1995 as Village of the Damned, John Wyndham’s eerie 1957 sci-fi novel The Midwich Cuckoos is getting a republish along with a number of his other works, including Day of the Triffids and The Kraken Wakes. Today we’ve got a look at Cuckoos, featuring the new cover by Anders…Read more...

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