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For years now, New York City has tried to distance itself from its embattled and racist Stop and Frisk policing tactics that were responsible for creating over 100,000 interactions with police annually during the early 2000s. Though these physical stops have mostly tapered down, activists say it’s been replaced by a…Read more...

Marine biologists working near New Zealand’s South Island have stumbled upon a newly hatched baby ghost shark—an elusive and peculiar fish that lives in the dark deep ocean.

Last week, the joyous announcement that 20th Animation and Hulu were reviving Futurama for an eighth season was almost instantly marred by the discovery that voice actor John DiMaggio, who played the iconic character of Bender on the series, was suspiciously absent from the list of the show’s returning cast. Now…Read more...

Gaming monitors have one thing in common and I don’t mean RGB lighting or fast refresh rates. Here’s a hint: What is a common feature on smartphone, TV, and laptop displays that doesn’t exist yet on a gaming monitor? The answer is a glossy display.

If you’re spending $1,730 on a robotic dog (plus $800 on a three-year plan that unlocks all of its capabilities) it makes sense that you’d go out of your way to take care of it. But how far out of the way is too far out of the way? A new Aibo accessory from Japan’s leading maker of baby carriers might have just…Read more...

There could be more Ready Player One on the way... and more I Am Legend!? Denis Villeneuve offers an update on Dune Part 2's schedule. Moon Knight has found the voice of Khonshu. Plus, another new glimpse of The Batman and Netflix’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Spoilers now!

The viral megahit Baby Shark, the most popular video in YouTube’s history, will become a feature-length movie for the Paramount+ streaming service in 2023, according to a press release from ViacomCBS. And we already feel bad for all the parents who are about to experience the repetitive song on repeat yet again. Doo…Read more...

Paramount Pictures just dropped enough news to fill a whole year’s worth of Hall H Comic-Con panels. Transformers, Star Trek, Sonic, Ninja Turtles, Halo, Quiet Place, and more all had significant news revealed during a company investors’ call Tuesday and here’s how it broke down.Read more...

Employees of Meta, the freshly rebranded parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, have a new term to refer to themselves: Metamates.

Sea levels on U.S. coastlines are expected to rise an average of 10 to 12 inches by 2050, according to a new report led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It’s the latest jarring assessment of how climate change is disrupting life as we knew it.Read more...

In June of last year, Disney Parks in the United States made masks optional in outdoor areas for vaccinated guests. That changed for a while but starting this week, it’ll go back again. Starting February 17, vaccinated guests won’t be forced to wear masks outdoors. Which would make more sense if Disney checked for…Read more...

A group of people attending a bar in Bavaria, Germany, were poisoned over the weekend by tainted champagne containing the drug ecstasy, authorities say. Several people were hospitalized after drinking the spiked concoction, while one person has since died. Police have reportedly ruled out the possibility of the group…Read more...

Israeli authorities say it should be probed and U.S. authorities are calling for it to be sanctioned, but EU officials have a different idea for how to handle Pegasus spyware: just ban that shit entirely.Read more...

A 58-foot-tall wall of water that appeared off Vancouver Island in 2020 is among the largest rogue waves ever recorded, and it’s the very largest in terms of its proportion to surrounding waves, according to scientists.Read more...

For a decade, Star Wars: The Old Republic has been telling a tale thousands of years before the movies about the cyclical conflict between Jedi and Sith, and Republic and Empire. So it’s only natural at this point that its heroes and villains are beginning to express wariness how the establishments that drive that…Read more...

Online test takers around the country are reportedly getting tricked into using fake answer sites surreptitiously snitching on them to universities, a sneaky practice some education advocates claim amounts to entrapment. In one case, prolific remote proctoring company Honorlock reportedly had around 12 of these “seed…Read more...

The CEO of a Texas construction company, who once loaned Donald Trump’s re-election campaign the use of a private jet, only to secure a presidential pardon for his father later, has declined to discuss the $20,000 donated in his name to Canadian truckers—a 19-day blockade of international trade routes that caused …Read more...

Some cute little plants in Antarctica are flourishing in warmer temperatures—an ominous sign for rest of the continent and the world. A study published Monday in Current Biology finds that the continent’s only flowering plants have been growing rapidly in the past decade, thanks to warmer temperatures.Read more...

A young astronomer follows her mother’s dying wish and leaves her rural home—hoping her unique connection to the stars will help find a cure for a mysterious new illness that’s begun to spread. A Wilderness of Stars, the latest novel from Shea Ernshaw (The Wicked Deep), charts this perilous journey, and io9 is excited…Read more...

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A security camera in Ciudad Cuauhtemoc, Mexico, captured some unsettling footage last week: a huge flock of yellow-throated blackbirds crashing out of the sky. Plenty of the birds got back up, but many others appeared to die in the event, which is just the latest in a longstanding pattern of bird die-offs.Read more...

Uncharted is one of those video game franchises that wows you to no end. As adventurer Nathan Drake, the player traverses the globe exploring all different environments, most of which become the settings for some of the most epic, jaw-dropping action set pieces imaginable. And you’re in the middle of the action, as…Read more...

A series of cyberattacks struck the websites of Ukrainian banks and defense agencies on Tuesday. It’s not at all clear who is responsible, though the attacks come as a diplomatic crisis involving Russia and the U.S. continues to roil the region.Read more...

The so-called “Freedom Convoy” has bitten off a lot more than it can chew. As the protests have spiraled out across the country, the Canadian government has announced a major expansion of anti-money laundering monitoring and terrorist financing laws in response to the news it raised millions in crowdfunding.Read more...

Cad Bane has been a busy Star Wars supporting character of late. After showing up a handful of times in The Clone Wars, the Duros Bounty Hunter returned to menace two very different clones, first kidnapping Omega in The Bad Batch and then harassing Boba in The Book of Boba Fett. His next mission is infiltrating your…Read more...

Ticks won’t be able to conceal their fiendish tricks much longer. In new research this week, researchers claim to have genetically modified tick embryos in the lab using CRISPR—an apparent first in the field. The achievement should one day allow us to better understand these bugs, especially those responsible for Lyme…Read more...

Jared Isaacman, mission commander for the first all-private trek to Earth orbit, can’t get enough of space. The billionaire space tourist has purchased three new flights with SpaceX, including one that could launch later this year.Read more...

Netflix is breathing life into an underwater video game franchise fans long thought had drowned. The streamer just secured the rights to Bioshock, the Take-Two Interactive game set in a decrepit, underwater city called Rapture.Read more...

Forget the debate about whether you should put your smartphone in a case. The Laptop Strap wants to replace supposedly bulky laptop bags and backpacks with what is essentially a camera strap for naked, unprotected computers.Read more...

A powerful eruption last week from Mount Etna on Sicily, Italy created a volcanic storm so powerful it lit up the sky with a dramatic lightning.

Like Nintendo, Sony has a long history of experimenting with weird products. Sometimes those experiments are flops, but other times they result in genuinely clever, useful, and innovative products. The new Sony LinkBuds fall into that latter category. They won’t completely replace your favorite pair of headphones,…Read more...

Gotham City belonged to Matt Reeves. In 2017, news broke that the director of Cloverfield and War for the Planet of the Apes was going to make the next Batman movie. Only he wasn’t going to be beholden to any previous iteration. Reeves had his own ideas for Batman and his cast of equally famous villains. And so the…Read more...

Microsoft is bringing a handful of usability upgrades to Windows 11 while pushing what is arguably the single most anticipated feature into a public beta.

Elon Musk donated roughly $5.7 billion in shares of Tesla to an unnamed charity late last year, according to new filings with the SEC and a report from the Wall Street Journal. But one big question remains: Who got the money?

The San Francisco Police Department has used DNA obtained for a woman’s rape kit to later arrest her over a property crime, according to a horrifying announcement from San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin on Monday. And Boudin suggests this might not be the only case of this happening.Read more...

Projectors were once the exclusive choice of home theater enthusiasts happy to plunk down tens of thousands of dollars for a 100-inch screen. But projectors have since dropped in price significantly, thanks in part to companies like Epson whose new 4K laser projector uses cheaper high-def components in a clever way to…Read more...

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s wacky but chilling public persecution of a journalist he accused of “hacking” a state education website has thankfully been put to an end. Despite all the ruckus, apparently Parson still does not know what hacking actually means.Read more...

The awkward tech couple accused of trying to launder billions of dollars in stolen Bitcoin has been temporarily split up. Jailed since their early February arrest, the husband, Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, remains behind bars, while his wife, 31-year-old Heather Morgan, has been granted bail by a Washington D.C. judge, the…Read more...

After years of waiting and wondering, this weekend Amazon finally gave us a look at what it’s been working on in Middle-earth. The first teaser for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is here, and it’s filled with familiar faces, dire portents, and a few hints at what we can expect from the show—here’s all the…Read more...

If you’re excited about Prime Video’s lavish Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power TV series, chances are you’re also excited by Warner Bros.’ The War of the Rohirrim anime movie, announced last summer. Unfortunately, you’ll be waiting quite a while for the horse-lords of Middle-earth to come trotting onto movie…Read more...

When it’s looking like a Wonder Twins movie might actually become a reality, it’s OK to question reality. But yes, you are alive, you are reading this, and Warner Bros. has hired someone to write and direct a movie based on DC’s Wonder Twins.Read more...

The brutal American Southwest megadrought responsible for conjuring up these horrific images of dried-up lakes and reservoirs is officially one of the worst prolonged droughts in recorded human history, one built largely on the backs of human-induced climate change.Read more...

When he’s not been busy trying to wrangle a definitive new ending for Neon Genesis Evangelion this past decade, legendary director Hideaki Anno has been off living his nerd dreams, helping bring to life cinematic takes on Godzilla, Ultraman, and now even Kamen Rider next year. So he’s naturally taking the next step:…Read more...

If you were one of the many deep-bellied Americans gorging on chips and Guacamole while taking in strange Super Bowl crypto ads over the weekend, you may soon have to dish out some more cash before going in for seconds. On Saturday, just one day prior to the Super Bowl, the Mexican government confirmed the U.S. had…Read more...

Apple will likely release refreshed iPhone and iPad models at its rumored event next month, and now newly unearthed paperwork suggests they could be joined by Macs.

Ivan Reitman, director of Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II, and producer of the 2016 Ghostbusters and last year’s Ghostbusters: Afterlife films, passed away this past Saturday. He was 75.

A fresh look at the available evidence suggests a Chinese booster will smash into the Moon in early March—and not a SpaceX Falcon 9 second stage as was previously believed. Experts say it’s an “honest mistake” and a sign that better processes are needed to track our junk in space.

Ken Watanabe has joined Gareth Edward’s next sci-fi adventure. Walking Dead anthology series Tales of the Walking Dead adds a former Cowboy Bebop star. Plus, Rob Zombie just keeps on teasing The Munsters, and AMC gives us a tiny taste of its Interview with a Vampire. Spoilers, away!

If Sunday’s Super Bowl ads are any indication, crypto has truly arrived in mainstream culture. And if you didn’t catch the game, you can watch the ads here, featuring Larry David, LeBron James, and a QR code that crashed Coinbase’s website within minutes.Read more...

Are you ready to go there, and back again? Amazon certainly hopes so.