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The James Webb Space Telescope is not just a remarkable feat of engineering; it’s a beautiful one too. Take its 18 hexagonal mirrors made from gold-plated beryllium, which inspired YouTube’s Cellar Nerd to create a replica to hang on their wall as a piece of functional art, accented with actual images captured by the…Read more...

A team of scientists at Sichuan University in Southwest China created a small fish robot that can “eat” microplastics out of the water.Read more...

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Ms. Marvel’s co-director talks about how their Batgirl adaptation will feel much different than Ms. Marvel. Get a few tiny more looks at Prey. The first poster for the (*checks notes*) Winnie the Pooh horror movie will terrify you. Plus, what’s coming on Riverdale, American Horror Stories, and more. To me, my spoilers!Read more...

The 1939-40 New York World’s Fair had amazing robots, futuristic rides, and tech-inspired fashion. It was also television’s coming out party, with a very cool public demonstration of TV. But did you know there was also a terrorist incident when someone placed a time-bomb there? The explosion killed two police officers…Read more...

If you thought Westworld peaked in season one... you’re probably right. But if you’ve been waiting for Westworld to give you a great twist again, or perhaps despaired that the show would never thrill you like it used to, or that it had completely lost its way during the mediocre third season, tonight’s episode proved…Read more...

The new Resident Evil series on Netflix dropped earlier this week. The conceit of the show, based on Capcom’s long-running survival horror franchise, is the franchise’s long running baddies, the Umbrella Corporation, have established a utopia haven called New Raccoon City in the year 2022. But in 2036, where the…Read more...

For fans of comics and graphic novels, the Eisner-award publisher Oni Press is best known for works such as Jonna & the Unpossible Monsters, Scott Pilgrim, and plenty more. But just days ahead of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, Oni has announced its plans to not attend the convention. And following that sudden news,…Read more...

Several of the retrospectives we’ve done this month have been focused on Marvel or other Disney IP. It’s just the nature of the beast, but Marvel’s Distinguished Competition—aka DC—has a pretty big landmark of its own to celebrate in the year of 2022. That’s right, it’s time to talk about our old pal, Batman.

With how popular The Boys has become over its three-season run, it’s no surprise that Amazon wants to do even more of it. The first taste of this was Diabolical, an animated anthology featuring a star studded cast and bloody action on par with the core series. And now, after talking about the series for quite some timeRead more...

Summer’s officially here, which means—for a good chunk of you— you’re taking some well-deserved time off to do a bit of traveling. If you’re doing that, then let’s be honest, you’re going to take a few shots of yourself while you’re away, and you wanna get your selfie game on lock.Read more...

Leading up to the release of Ms. Marvel on Disney+, the big point of discussion surrounding the show was the way it revamped Kamala Khan’s (Iman Vellani) powerset. Rather than being an Inhuman with the ability to polymorph and grow or expand her body, Kamala came into possession of a family heirloom that allowed her…Read more...

With how much Hollywood loves casting hot, young actors to inhabit the roles previously held by veterans, it seems inevitable that we will get ourselves a new Indiana Jones. After all, Harrison Ford turned 80 earlier this week, and the upcoming Indiana Jones 5 is very likely going to be the last time he dons that hat…Read more...

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Back in 2020, Netflix announced their plans to bring Yu Yu Hakusho to live action. Yoshihiro Tagashio’s 1990 manga became one of the foundations of shonen manga as we know it today alongside One Piece and Dragon Ball, and though its 1994 anime was a bit hit in Japan, it would get overshadowed by Dragon Ball Z once it…Read more...

You don’t need to be a user interface designer to spot a bad-looking site. Hell, anyone who spent any time on the internet in the days pre-Facebook might remember bland, white webpages, tiny font, and links upon links upon links like a black hole slowly sucking you into the great whirlpool expanse of incomprehensible…Read more...

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the coolest toys on the internet. This week, it’s a veritable Spider-smorgasbord, as both Hasbro and Hot Toys get in on the No Way Home hype. But there’s also Lego hot rods, cool G.I. Joe rides, and perhaps the coolest ride of all: Yoshi? Check it out!

Imagine if Batman had an Iron Man suit, as well as a son, and that his son and his friends discovered the Bat Cave. That’s the general setup of Secret Headquarters, a new movie coming to Paramount+ on August 12, and the first trailer is here.Read more...

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In a recent interview with Variety, The Boys’ showrunner Eric Kripke was very clear: he makes television, not movies.Read more...

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A Chinese software developer is facing backlash after a writer accused its word processing software WPS of locking her out of a novel draft, claiming that the document contains “sensitive content.” WPS has denied the claims, but more users have come forward with similar experiences, raising concerns over the extent of…Read more...

Jane Foster stands at the gates of Valhalla, having earned a warrior’s rest after making a sacrifice so worthy that even she, a mortal, had gained the respect of Asgard’s fallen heroes. But she waits a moment, turning from the gates of eternal paradise. All she can say is “I wasn’t ready to die.”

In the mid-1990s, one of the most popular magazines around was George, a monthly founded by John F. Kennedy Jr. that focused on politics and pop-culture, and featured big, glossy images of celebrities on its covers. After Kennedy died in a plane crash in 1999, however, the magazine went downhill and ultimately ceased…Read more...

When crypto transactions remain transparent on the blockchain, just how hard is it to conceal when digital currency is trading hands in a not-so-legal fashion?Read more...

Your web browser is your window to the outside world, but it goes two ways—it’s also the window through which viruses, malware and other nasties can get access to your computer. With that in mind, it’s vital that you take some time to lock down your browser of choice as much as possible from a security perspective,…Read more...

Even the most open-minded person might be skeptical about buying a ticket to see a live-action movie about a talking shell with a one googly eye wearing tiny tennis shoes. It’s just not an image one easily gets their head around. And yet, about 45 seconds into that movie—appropriately titled Marcel the Shell With…Read more...

Active noise cancellation has become one of the most useful features in modern wireless headphones, and thanks to a team of researchers from the University of Washington, the technology that intelligently silences unwanted background noises during a conversation could soon take a giant leap forward.Read more...

There once was a time when Internet users occupied what was once “Ask me anything” and “Like for a truth.” These anonymous confession trends have basically become NGL, which is an app where users receive anonymous questions from friends, but a recent lawsuit alleges that might not be the case.

Baseball isn’t exactly a sport known for its technological innovation but new data suggest fans, or a sizable chunk of them at least, are ready to embrace automation.Read more...

The FedEx Help Twitter account just wants to help. It’s in the name, after all. But the official customer service page of U.S. FedEx apparently isn’t equipped to manage every situation that arises. The shortcomings of the account became apparent when the Atlanta Journal-Constitution tweeted out an article late…Read more...

Redecorating a room is a big commitment, but one of the more intriguing uses for augmented reality is letting users preview new furniture pieces in a space. Thanks to a new feature Apple introduced to developers last month, you won’t have to move a single item before dropping a new virtual couch or coffee table into…Read more...

In less than a week, Comic-Con is back in San Diego, California. That’s right. After three full years away, San Diego Comic-Con returns on Wednesday night, and with it comes the usual battery of panels, booths, merchandise, and more, covering all manner of popular culture. Truly, you can go to Comic-Con as a fan of…Read more...

Google’s Chrome OS Flex has officially arrived to rejuvenate old PCs and Macs, by turning them into Chromebooks. Eventually, your Mac or PC will struggle to run after being bogged down with software or crippled from wear and tear following extensive use. It could take a few years or a decade, depending on various…Read more...

We already had many questions about Sony’s mysterious Madame Web, and the latest casting announcement makes us even more curious as to what this movie is. Deadline reports that Severance star Adam Scott has joined the ensemble alongside star Dakota Johnson as Madame Web and the “we have no idea what character they’re…Read more...

After revealing the Arc 3 A380 entry-level discrete graphics cards earlier this year, Intel has finally teased the performance of its highly anticipated Arc 7 A750 Special Edition GPU. A YouTube video (see below) posted today gives us a glimpse at the Arc 7 A750 Limited Edition, a desktop graphics card that will slot…Read more...

The Kremlin has abruptly ended Dmitry Rogozin’s tenure as the head of Russia’s space agency, forcing us to wonder if the introduction of a new space chief might change Roscosmos and the way it handles other space agencies. Sadly, there’s good reason for pessimism.Read more...

This week the Hellfire Gala—Emma Frost’s now-annual championing of Mutant diplomacy and an excuse for gorgeous, gorgeous fashion—returned to Krakoa, and although this time the splashy soiree wasn’t the multi-comic event it was in its debut, that doesn’t mean the X-Men and their many... uh, allies didn’t find a way to…Read more...

Whenever a new Marvel Studios project is released, be it in theaters or on Disney+, you can go on Twitter, hashtag the title or a character, and you’ll see a fun little emoji. Most of the time, those are done by an artist who goes by 100% Soft—and for San Diego Comic-Con, he’s bringing those Marvel emojis to life.

A lot of us have dated Joe Manchin.Read more...

There are three things certain in life: death, taxes, and dumb Elon Musk tweets. The last of those are of particular concern to The Securities and Exchanges Commission.

Reports of monkeypox are multiplying around the world and the United States. Worldwide, there have been over 10,000 cases reported of the viral illness, including more than 1,400 in the U.S. alone. And so far, mass vaccination efforts in early hot spots like New York City have been stymied by website crashes and low…Read more...

As our country continues grappling with its ongoing mental health pandemic, a new National Suicide Prevention Lifeline number—988—is launching July 16 to support those struggling with suicidal ideation.

From the visionary director of Your Name (2016) and Weathering With You (2019), the new trailer for Suzume offers a look into the surreal and emotionally devastating work of Makoto Shinkai. The trailer is a breathtaking piece of art, and in between the animation and complex voice acting, Suzume is already garnering…Read more...

The Webb telescope team has released new images of the planet Jupiter and some of its moons, a portent of what’s to come for the nascent, $10 billion space observatory.

The drought in the American West is becoming more desperate by the day, and many Californians are under water restrictions. But plenty of celebrities are continuing to use all the water they want, according to an investigation from CBS News Los Angeles.Read more...

Since Season 1, many fans have suspected that Noah Schnapp’s character on Stranger Things, Will Byers, was gay. As the young actor stepped aside in interviews to allow for audience interpretation, after Season 4's much more obvious nods to Will’s sexuality, Schnapp finally feels comfortable discussing Will’s…Read more...

You would think the online retail monolith that is Amazon would be more over the moon with its recent $12 billion Prime Day sales numbers, but instead executives are reportedly casting their eyes at their feet, scuffing the ground and wondering if having their own product range is even worth it.Read more...

The western and southwestern U.S. is wilting under the biggest drought in 1,200 years—a megadrought. As of writing this, most of the country is experiencing drier-than-normal conditions, but things remain particularly severe from Texas to Washington state.

Facebook is testing a new feature where users can create and manage as many as five different, linked profiles on the site. One will need to stay under the user’s real name and identity (to the extent that Facebook requests verification). However, the other four could be listed under a fake name, nickname, or…Read more...