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In a potential blow to all the apps and websites that have popped up alongside the Amazon Kindle to streamline the process of converting EPUB ebook files to the e-reader’s propriety file format, starting in “late 2022,” the Kindle Personal Documents Service will finally support EPUB files, expanding where users can…Read more...

Zachary Quinto doesn’t have much hope Star Trek 4 could really start filming this year. James Wan teases the return of The Nun. The Carol-less Carol and Daryl Walking Dead spinoff has found a showrunner. Plus, even more snippets of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Spoilers now!

In the rare story where I’m allowed to cite Wikipedia as a primary source, the Wikimedia Foundation officially ceased accepting donations in the form of crypto on Sunday.

Android 13's first beta is here, and it’s ready to try on your Pixel smartphone. The beta comes to us after two developer previews, and though some of the kinks have been worked out enough to use this version of the software as a daily driver, remember that the code is still under construction.

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Warren Buffett has always been a bitcoin skeptic. But the billionaire investor had his most harsh words yet for the cryptocurrency over the weekend. Buffett made it clear that his opposition to crypto has nothing to do with whether people can make money trading bitcoin. Buffett’s opposition is purely on principle…Read more...

In a presentation dated May 6, 2018, a Facebook employee asked, “Is Ranking Good?”

Tom Cruise’s latest movie, a sequel to his classic 1986 action pic, Top Gun, is finally getting a release later this month after delays related to the covid-19 pandemic. But Cruise, who’s now 59 years old, felt very different about doing a sequel to the film back in 1990. In fact, Cruise said making a sequel would be…Read more...

The original Sonic the Hedgehog became a box office hit when it first released in 2020, and its sequel is currently enjoying success in the theaters. Fans of the blue hedgehog and his friends are currently riding a high from both films delivering what they wanted from the franchise since they were kids. But it was a…Read more...

For decades, Frank Miller has made a name for himself with influential comic book stories for Marvel and DC, to say nothing of his own original work at independent publishers like Dark Horse. More recently, his and Tom Wheeler’s original graphic novel Cursed was adapted into a TV series for Netflix, along with…Read more...

After a couple of delays and creative switches, next week will finally mark the release of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. For many superhero fans, the second solo movie for Benedict Cumberbatch’s Stephen Strange is important, not for who may be looking to have an attention-grabbing cameo, but for the man…Read more...

Back in their heyday, Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy brought in some of the wallcrawler’s best enemies (and also Venom) for Tobey Maguire to do battle with. But for many fans, it’s more interesting to think about who Raimi was set to bring to the big screen with a hypothetical Spider-Man 4 and beyond. We know that we…Read more...

Star Trek’s grand return, first with Discovery, and now with what feels like a whole flotilla of series, transformed the franchise into a series of heavily serialized adventures for the most part—a distinct break from the style that had largely guided the franchise for half a century prior. With Strange New Worlds, it…Read more...

If there’s one thing that the MCU has become known for during Phase 4, it’s shifting around its release schedule. We just saw that yesterday when Marvel swapped the 2023 dates for Ant-Man & the Wasp: Quantumania and The Marvels, and it happened a couple times last year as well, when sequels for Thor and Black Panther …Read more...

It’s the end of the month, folks, and that means it’s time to tell us about some of the shows or films you watched and the games you played. (And things you’ve read or listened to, if those are things you partake in.) This Open Channel is going to cover April and March. To be perfectly honest, March was a bit of a…Read more...

The last week has been pretty rough for Netflix in terms of news; the big streamer has had some high profile cancellations and reports of layoffs. If you’re a fan of Space Force, their sci-fi military comedy series, bad news: it too has been canceled.

The CW is saying goodbye to two of its bigger shows from the long running Arrowverse. Legends of Tomorrow, the spinoff of Arrow and Flash focused on those shows’ respective C-listers traveling through time and saving reality, has been canceled, as has the relative newcomer Batwoman.

Watch out, financial firms. If you’re mean to fossil fuel companies, Texas is coming for you.Read more...

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the latest cool toys on the internet. This week: Buzz gets the toys that Andy dreamed of for Lightyear, Jurassic World conjures up the mother of all T-Rex toys, and Hot Toys gets shocking for a new Spider-Man: No Way Home figure. Check it out!

It’s six months away from spooky season, but there are already Halloween rumblings in the air. Disney Parks has revealed the comeback of an East Coast fan favorite event as well as more fall happenings on Disney cruises, and Universal Studios is keeping things tightly locked in its crypt regarding Halloween Horror…Read more...

It’s only been a few hours since news broke that legendary comic book artist Neal Adams passed away yesterday at the age of 80, but the comic book industry has not marked his death quietly. Writers, artists, and more have flocked to Twitter to praise Adams, his work, his immense influence, and his tireless work on…Read more...

The music scene’s big festival return has come to a close as Coachella wrapped up last weekend. io9 was able to attend through a media pass to catch all the sights and sounds (read our Danny Elfman report here)—which included not only music but also creative sets and installations. Through technology and physical…Read more...

If you’re among the throng of Twitter-die hards that are more than a bit bummed about a certain South African billionaire’s plans to buy out the social network, you might have flocked to its open-source alternative, Mastodon. As it turns out, the European Union is right there with you; the European Data Protection…Read more...

Everybody’s favorite mass polluters, and the two largest U.S. petroleum companies, are having a banner year so far.

Airbnb announced today that the lodging company would no longer issue refunds for Covid-19 related cancellations starting May 31, 2022.

Jon Watts (Spider-Man: No Way Home) has departed from Fantastic Four, the next film he was attached to direct for Marvel Studios, as reported by Deadline.Read more...

If you thought the age of streaming services would put an end to people watching oddly formatted bootleg copies of the newest movie releases, then you’d probably be surprised to see what some Russians have been forced to do to watch Turning Red in theaters.

Nvidia’s latest GeForce Now update gives the cloud gaming service native support for Apple’s M1 processor, a feature that should significantly improve the gaming experience on Macs.

Somebody disabled a large number of France’s fiber optic cables earlier this week. The incident, which is being criminally investigated and has been called an act of “vandalism” and “sabotage,” temporarily disrupted the internet in multiple French cities, including Paris.

This April, I was lucky enough to partner with both my local movie theater (shout out to Story Screen Beacon) and a good friend (Alana Sawchuck) to host a talkback series featuring five of Guillermo del Toro’s monster flicks (stylized as MONSTER FLICKS... get it?).Read more...

We’re sorry, but this week on Gadgettes, we have to talk about Elon Musk buying Twitter. Frankly, it’s still the biggest news of the week. It started with Elon announcing his plans to take over the social network for a cool $44 billion, and then somehow morphed into something as big as Musk’s ego. Musk has convinced…Read more...

Sony will no longer let users stack subscription memberships to PlayStation Plus or PlayStation Now, a policy shift blatantly preventing PS5 users from scoring long-term discounts on the revamped PlayStation Plus service.

America’s favorite right-wing conspiracy theorist is adding a new skill point to her Trolling of America role playing game: Section 230 expert.Read more...

In this week’s “Which Gadget Should You Buy,” we help a music teacher find the best hybrid tablet or laptop for their specific needs.

Russia has enlisted the help of some new marine recruits in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine, deploying trained military dolphins to protect one of its naval bases in the Black Sea. The underwater defense was reportedly revealed in satellite images captured by private space technology company Maxar, and reviewed by the…Read more...

A man’s food preservation hobby appears to have led to his death via botulism. This week, Washington State health officials reported that a Grays Harbor resident likely died from eating home-canned food that contained the bacterial toxin.Read more...

Neal Adams, the legendary artist who brought Batman, the Avengers, the X-Men, the Brave and the Bold, and many more to life in his storied career passed away yesterday due to complications from sepsis, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 80.Read more...

Microsoft is finally talking honestly about allowing for self-repair of its products as many other big tech companies start to loosen their grip on fixing their electronics when they eventually go bust.Read more...

Luxury brands, investment bankers, and even the goddamn military might be buying big into the idea of a metaverse, but thankfully, there’s one prominent CEO who’s finally calling it out for being as wishy-washy and we all know it to be.Read more...

Puerto Rico’s power authority LUMA can’t seem to keep the lights on, and now it’s the target of a lawsuit by four corporations who want $310 million in damages.Read more...

Back in February, current Spider-Man Tom Holland made the surprising and surprisingly weird announcement that one of the three Spider-Men in No Way Home—which includes previous Spideys Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, along with Holland, of course—wore a fake ass underneath their superhero costumes while filming the…Read more...

The Webb Space Telescope is one step closer to being fully operational: It is now fully aligned and calibrating its suite of four instruments to collect data on our universe. NASA announced the new milestone in a blog post yesterday.

More than 50 years ago, Apollo astronauts left 96 bags of their own waste on the surface of the Moon. But they didn’t exactly fear getting hit with a fine for littering, as space—the Moon included—has been a largely lawless region. Canadian law makers are hoping to change that.Read more...

Undone—Amazon’s thought-provoking, rotoscope-animated exploration of the limits of reality and possibly sanity, from creators Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg (BoJack Horseman)—is back for a second season, which means that tremendous season one cliffhanger can be finally resolved. So did Alma (Rosa Salazar) find…Read more...

Ironically, by being so different from all the other Star Trek shows going on right now, Strange New Worlds’ wholehearted embrace of nostalgia for the original Star Trek is what’s making it stand out from the pack—and its new opening titles are no exception, a gorgeous riff on classic Trek in a shiny new package.

The use of biometrics—measurements of physiological characteristics to identify someone—has made interactions with our mobile devices a lot easier by trading passcodes for face scans and fingerprint readings. But are there other ways our physical interactions with devices can make them easier to use? Researchers in…Read more...

This probably isn’t what they meant when they said “trim the fat.” Weight loss app Noom will be laying off 495 wellness coaches in total over the coming days, according to a report by Insider based on company documents.Read more...

In light of a certain new shiny, licensed Superhero RPG release, I decided to look at some of my favorite superhero-focused RPGs, and found that I had at least seven in my personal collection, and another dozen saved online in various places. So you know what, let’s go. Superhero RPG megaslideshow, prepare for impact.

From fart horns to pre-programed rolling stops, Tesla is no stranger to recalls.Read more...

Special edition laptops rarely leave a lasting impression. Most add a new color scheme to an existing chassis or slap some hideous promo branding on the lid to entice fans of a popular movie franchise. Asus’ Zenbook 14X OLED Space Edition isn’t one of those half-assed entries. In the 14X OLED, the Taiwanese laptop…Read more...