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Interview With the Vampire and Fear the Walking Dead Will Pop Up on Max
Miss the horniness of Interview With the Vampire? Regret letting the prequel vibes of Fear the Walking Deadpass you by? Want another spin on a bike with Norman Reedus? Well, all of that and more is coming to Max in a brand new deal.Read more...
Suicide Squad's David Ayer Still Has Things to Say About Suicide Squad
David Ayer has made a few features since 2016-including 2017 Netflix fantasy Bright-but the one his name is most associated with is another Will Smith-starring release: Suicide Squad, which five years after its release got a sort of sequel/do-over from James Gunn titled The Suicide Squad.Read more...
Grant Howitt's Eat the Reich Asks If You're Willing to Be a Monster
It's just a pun that got really out of hand," award-winning game designer Grant Howitt said as he attempted to explain the inspiration behind Eat the Reich. Last year, sometime around Gen Con, as he was on some plane ride or another from Indianapolis to England, probably sleep-deprived, definitely exhausted, he...Read more...
Shadowy Tech Goons Want to Build a New City in California. What Could Go Wrong?
When rich people start buying up land, it's always disturbing. If and when those same people start telling you that they're going to use the land they've bought to make the world a better place, it's only natural to feel certifiably creeped out. Unfortunately, this is what's been happening in northern California,...Read more...
Hawaii Power Company Takes Partial Responsibility for One of Maui's Wildfires
Hawaiian Electric Company, the electric company that was sued by Maui last week, responded to the lawsuit over the weekend. In the official response, the company also faulted local firefighters for leaving the scene of the fire too early.
Ahsoka's Droids Are Its Best Animated Adaptation So Far
Ahsoka is a show that culminates years of effort on the behalf of Lucasfilm to try and build a bridge between the animated work that kept Star Wars going after the movies seemingly came to an end after the prequels, and the live-action television that has sustained it in the modern era. But for all its attempts, its...Read more...
Foxconn Selling Two Empty Wisconsin Buildings After Failed Promises to Bring Jobs to the State
Foxconn is selling off two of its large facilities in Wisconsin after years of neglected promises to bring thousands of jobs to Eau Claire and Green Bay. The Taiwanese manufacturing company has pivoted from one potential production idea to the next since it broke ground in 2017 and gave then-President Donald Trump an...Read more...
CMF Smartwatch and Earbuds Leak Shows Nothing is Going Big on Budget Wearables
Nothing's not done with this summer's product releases, even after revealing the Nothing Phone (2) and bringing Nothing OS 2 to the Phone (1). Just this month, the company launched its CMF brand that CEO Carl Pei promised is focusing on accessibility and affordability. Now details for CMF's first slate of...Read more...
India's Moon Mission Makes Unprecedented Measurements at the Lunar South Pole
It's been less than a week since India's Chandrayaan-3 mission became the first to touch down on the Moon's south pole, and its lander is wasting no time collecting valuable data from the unexplored region.Read more...
The College Board Tells TikTok and Facebook GPAs and Details About SAT Scores
Many students have no choice about working with the College Board, the company that administers the SAT test and Advanced Placement exams. Part of that relationship involves a long history of privacy issues. Tests by Gizmodo found if you use some of the handy search tools promoted by College Board's website, the...Read more...
Hans Niemann's War With Chess.com Over Cheating Scandal Comes to an End
One of the greatest chess dramas of the 21st century hasn't ended with the bang of a chess-cheating vibrator hitting the floor but with the whimper of an arbitration agreement. On Monday, Chess.com and young chess prodigy" Hans Niemann reached a settlement that will end the chess player's $100 million lawsuit in...Read more...
Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls Promises Silly Spooks Galore
Andrew Bowser's cult-fave TikTok character Onyx the Fortuitous has finally made it to the big screen after a successful indie campaign, and the feature, which screened at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, will hit theaters in time for Halloween.Read more...
CoinDesk Retracts Two Essays Critical of Crypto Elites Over 'Highly Personalized Attacks'
Popular crypto industry news outlet CoinDesk has retracted a pair of opinion articles criticizing the founder of the cryptocurrency TRON and the head of US investigations at Chainalysis, a company specializing in financial analysis and forensics of crypto. CoinDesk claims the articles were removed because they...Read more...
Amazon Raises Free Shipping Minimum to $35
The company known for squeezing every last drop out of its customers and workers is coming back for more. Amazon announced that it's raising its minimum amount for free shipping for non-Prime members from $25 to $35.Read more...
Barbie Is Now Warner Bros.' Highest-Grossing Film Ever
Over a century of making and releasing movies, Warner Bros. has put out some of the best and most popular movies of all time. Films like Casablanca, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Searchers, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Exorcist, Superman, Batman, Goodfellas, The Matrix, Lord of the Rings, and Justice League, just to...Read more...
Did Ahsoka Hurt Itself by Not Doing This?
The new Disney+ Star Wars show Ahsoka immediately drops you into the action. After a crawl setting up the story, we meet two evil Force users on a rescue mission before moving to the title character who is on the hunt for a map. There's no time here for a detailed backstory. It's full speed ahead from the very first...Read more...
Disney VFX Workers Are Moving to Unionize, Too
Just three weeks after 52 visual effects workers at Marvel Studios announced they had filed a unionization vote with the National Labor Relations Board, 18 more internal VFX employees at Marvel parent company Disney have now also moved to form their own union, indicating a growing sea change in the demands of the...Read more...
What to Know About Wednesday’s ‘Super Blue Moon’
The second supermoon of the month will rise this Wednesday, August 30. It will be even closer to Earth than the first supermoon of the month, the so-called Sturgeon Moon that rose on August 1.Read more...
Chuck Tingle on His First Published Horror Novel | io9 Interview
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'Technical Issue' Leaves Thousands of UK Airline Passengers Stranded
Flights in the UK were severely delayed or canceled on Monday following a technical issue" impacting more than 500 flights. The technical problems have since been resolved, but passengers are still impacted by the delays and cancellations, prompting many airlines to try to rebook passengers on flights for later this...Read more...
Upcoming Japanese Space Venture Features X-Ray Satellite for Exploring the Universe's Biggest Structures
A revolutionary satellite is preparing to take to the skies, viewing the hidden parts of cosmos in a new light to reveal stellar explosions and powerful jets streaming from supermassive black holes.Read more...
Google’s Code Points to Apple SOS-Like Features Coming to Android
Android is lagging hard behind iOS for emergency satellite connectivity, and Google may be reaching out to Garmin to enable some kind of emergency SOS feature.Read more...
Futurama Producer Claudia Katz on the Sci-Fi Show's Return and Incredible Run
After 10 years, Futurama fans are back to getting a fresh weekly dose thanks to Hulu's revival of Matt Groening's animated sci-fi series. To learn more about what's going on behind the scenes, io9 got a chance to conduct an email interview with Futurama producer Claudia Katz, who's been with the show from the very...Read more...
Florida Braces for Impact as Hurricane Franklin and Tropical Storm Idalia Intensify
The Atlantic hurricane season is in full swing as two storms, one in the Gulf and one on the Atlantic coast, have recently intensified, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).
Denis Villeneuve Is Ready to Return to Dune a Third Time
Speaking to Empire, Denis Villeneuve has said that there are words on paper," for a third Dune film. He's been talking about continuing the story beyond Dune: Part Two since 2021, but this is the first time he's said anything further on the subject.Read more...
'Bring Back Twitter!' Elon Gets Booed at Video Game Tournament
It seems Elon Musk isn't very popular in the video game community, at least not among the gamers who gathered for the Valorant World Championship Final in Los Angeles on Saturday. During the event, the camera briefly panned to Musk, who was attending the tournament with one of his sons, as reported by Insider. ...Read more...
Tesla Speeds Toward Twin Trials Over Autopilot-Related Crashes
Tesla has certainly been overly ambitious in advertising an Autopilot feature that doesn't really work, and now it's facing legal ramifications over its cars' self-driving capabilities. The company is in the middle of two lawsuits, with trials scheduled for this fall, over crashes that allegedly involved Autopilot...Read more...
Poland's Railways Halted by a Simple Radio Hack
The Polish Railway's radio system was hacked on Friday and Saturday, bringing 20 freight and passenger trains to an unprecedented standstill. The hack, believed to be carried out by Russia, took advantage of a critical flaw in the railway's radio security system, with the issue reportedly restored within hours.Read more...
Disney Isn't Moving Forward With Its Captain Nemo Series
Ahsoka drops a few new posters for its droid heroes. Get a first look at Our Flag Means Death season 2, and Wolf Like Me's return. Plus, another mysterious teaser for American Horror Story: Delicate. Spoilers now!
The iPad Pro Could Get M3 Chips and OLED Screen Upgrades in 2024
With all the hubbub surrounding the upcoming iPhone 15 this year and talk of next year's MacBook Pros, what's missing from the picture is any mention of the long-suffering iPad, specifically the iPad Pro. However, next year the tablet could finally receive upgrades that would put it in line with current iPhones and...Read more...
One Piece Reactions Call Netflix Adaptation a Grand Triumph
Next week, the live-action adaptation of One Piece finally sets sail, and it wouldn't be wrong to say it has a lot to live up to. Eiichiro Oda's shonen series has grown in popularity (and length) over the years, and this show is coming off the back of a recent theatrical movie and some substantial events that have...Read more...
Across the Spider-Verse Kept Spider-Punk In Because of Daniel Kaluuya
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse introduced audiences to a whole plethora of Spider-heroes they may not have otherwise heard of, and one of the most prominent of the bunch was Hobie Brown, aka Spider-Punk. Voiced by Daniel Kaluuya, the Black Brit spider quickly became a fan favorite due to his stylized look and...Read more...
Zack Snyder's Got a Rebel Moon's Director's Cut Ready for Launch
Earlier in the week, Zack Snyder released the first trailer for his sci-fi epic, Rebel Moon. Like with his time at DC and his other Netflix movie Army of the Dead, the director's got plans in store for Rebel Moon that go beyond the two-part movie hitting later this year and in 2024. And perhaps unsurprisingly, that...Read more...
Arleen Sorkin, the Original Harley Quinn, Has Died at Age 67
Arleen Sorkin, the actor who first voiced Batman mainstay Harley Quinn, passed away at 67 years old.
Jujutsu Kaisen Returns With a Deadly Endgame
Jujutsu Kaisen's second seasonhas been airing since July, and its first batch of episodes focused on then-young Jujutsu Sorcerers Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto. Those flashback episodes highlighted how close the pair were and the mission that ultimately drove them apart to being on opposite sides as seen throughout the...Read more...
Here Are the Top AI Stories You Missed This Week
If you're behind on what's happening with the robot uprising, have no fear. Here's a quick look at some of the weirdest and wildest artificial intelligence news from the past week. Also, don't forget to check out our weekly AI write-up, which will go into more detail on this same topic.Read more...
Disney Kills Spiderwick Chronicles TV Show to Save Money
Years ago, Disney secured the rights to adapt various kids book series for television, such as Percy Jackson and Eragon. Also included in that mix was The Spiderwick Chronicles, a series of mid-2000s kids books created by Holly Black (who would later go on to create the Curse Workers books) and Tony DiTerlizzi (The...Read more...
AMPTP Grabs New Crisis PR Firm for Strike Damage Control
During the months-long Hollywood strikes, both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA have managed to win the court of public opinion fairly easily. Studio heads like David Zaslav and Bob Iger made headlines for sticking their feet in their mouths pretty early on, and studios at large have made moves that don't paint them in the best...Read more...
One Piece's Japanese Cast Bring Nostalgic Joy for Remake's Dub Trailer
The live-action remake of One Piece is releasing next week, after what's been a fairly consistent stream of trailers and previews for the show. Beyond adapting one of the hottest shonen stories out right now, a big draw for the remake is that it's bringing in the anime's Japanese cast to do the Japanese dub for the...Read more...
How a Well-Regarded Mac App Became a Trojan Horse
In the early days of macOS Mojave in 2018, Apple hadn't offered users a way to automatically switch to dark and light mode at different times of the day. As usual, there were third-party developers eager to pick up the slack. One of the more well-regarded night mode apps to fix this issue was NightOwl, first released...Read more...
AI This Week: Cruise Veers Off Course
How Iñaki Godoy Transformed Into Luffy for Netflix's One Piece
Monkey D. Luffy's casting is the key to what will make Netflix's One Piece work, and we're excited to see more of the boundless energy and optimism that Inaki Godoy exudes as Luffy in the trailer alone. Netflix's live-action adaptation of Eiichiro Oda's long-running, much-loved anime series about a misfit found family...Read more...
Knott's Scary Farm 50 to Feature Throwback Haunts and Interactive Play
Before cinematic horrors ascended in the haunt world, original terrors inspired by classic lore sprung up at Knott's Scary Farm. The haunted house event in Buena Park, CA was the first theme park on the West Coast to bring harvest and horror fun to the state, later inspiring its neighbor parks to follow suit.Read more...
Record-Low Ice Levels in Antarctica Killed Thousands of Penguin Chicks, Study Says
Thousands of penguin chicks in four emperor penguin colonies likely died after Antarctic ice broke up earlier than usual last year, creating a catastrophic breeding failure."Read more...
Ahsoka's Sweeping End Titles Are the Most Fascinating Thing About Its Titular Character
Ever since Ahsoka Tano stepped out of the mists of Corvus and into live-action Star Wars history on The Mandalorian, I've had complicated feelings about the direction of one of my favorite Star Wars characters in contemporary canon. Those feelings haven't changed much in the opening episodes of her new titular series...Read more...
The Marvels' Iman Vellani Reveals How Being a Mutant Will Change Kamala Khan
Actor-writer Iman Vellani's enthusiasm jumps off the screen during her latest interview on Marvel.com. She's the co-writer of the newest Ms. Marvel run of comics alongside Sabir Pirzada, and her first venture into comic writing is on an international scale. She is, as you might remember, the actor who was tapped to...Read more...
NLRB Says Companies That Union-Bust Must Recognize Busted Union
The union push of the 2020s is gaining more momentum, this time from the National Labor Relations Board. New guidelines from the NLRB say that if a company opts to bust a union, that company will be forced by the Board to recognize the union.Read more...
Star Wars' Official Timeline Guide Offers Intriguing Hints at the Past and Future
Earlier this year at Star Wars Celebration, looking ahead to a new slate of Star Wars movies, Lucasfilm officially unveiled a new chronological look at continuity, breaking down thousands of years in the galaxy far, far away into nine distinct periods. Now, the official website has gone a little deeper-and teased some...Read more...
Everyone on Riverdale Accepted the Insanity by the End
Across seven seasons of Riverdale a lot of bonkers shit went down. Archie sleeping with his teacher in the premiere would ultimately be one of the most normal things to happen on a show that turned Cheryl Blossom into a comet-stopping witch, did time travel and super powers, flung multiple teachers out the same...Read more...
Just a Month After Launch, Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Is Already Dying
If you've already had your iris scanned for Worldcoin's crypto-based free money" promise, your biometric investment has been cut in half since launch.Read more...
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