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Netflix Just Announced a Million Anime Things
It’s been a busy day for Netflix’s anime division. Not content with releasing the first concept art of its upcoming live-action Mobile Suit Gundam movie, the streaming service has released an almost irritating amount of news about its upcoming anime projects, including the premiere date for its live-action adaptation…Read more...
Microsoft Is Finally Making a Chromebook Rival, but It Might Be Too Late
Today Microsoft announced the first true Chromebook competitor we’ve seen with the $250 Surface Laptop SE, a cheap Windows 11 laptop with entry-level specs. It’s perfect for students, and it’s exactly the kind of machine Google and Chrome OS device makers have been churning out for years. Why now?
One Piece's Awesomely International Live-Action Cast Has Been Revealed
I can’t write about One Piece without getting personal, so here goes: I have been sitting on an editorial about how Netflix’s live-action One Piece was a terrible idea, could never capture the wonder of the original manga, etc., for months. Now that the series has finally revealed who’s playing the main characters, I…Read more...
NASA Delays Moon Landing to 2025, Blames Jeff Bezos and Congress
In what is a surprise to absolutely no one, NASA won’t be sending astronauts to the lunar surface in 2024. Blaming everyone but the kitchen sink for the delay, the space agency now intends to send a crew, including a woman and a person of color, to the Moon in 2025.
Infrastructure Bill's Drunk Driving Tech Mandate Leaves Some Privacy Advocates Nervous
The recently passed $1 trillion infrastructure package is jam-packed with initiatives but sprinkled in there amid alongside $17 billion in funding for road safety programs is a mandate requiring carmakers to implement monitoring systems to identify and stop drunk drivers.Read more...
Weta's Moviemaking VFX Tools Are Being Sold for $1.625 Billion
Game development platform Unity has acquired the technology division of one of the biggest VFX studios in moviemaking, Weta Digital, in a move that will make the tools behind the effects in some of the biggest movies around accessible on its platform to creators outside of the company for the first time.
Apple Will Generously Allow You to Fix Your iPhone 13 Screen Without Killing Face ID
Apple has generously decided to back off of a surely coincidental screen repair trap that had bricked Face ID on the iPhone 13.
Online Troll Convinced Instagram That Its Top Executive Was Dead
Instagram and its top executive, Adam Mosseri, were probably both relieved to learn recently that Mosseri is still alive—both in the real world and the digital one.Read more...
Why the New Big Tech Anti-Algorithm Bill Is Doomed Even If It Succeeds
On Tuesday morning, we got the latest update from key lawmakers’ ongoing tirade against Big Tech: a new bill that would force social media giants to offer versions of their platforms that are free from the obscure, black-boxy algorithms that curate content in a customized way.Read more...
Elves' Monsters Are on Everything but Shelves in New Netflix Trailer
Alarming as elves are when perched atop shelves, Netflix’s upcoming series Elves—created by Stefan Jaworski and directed by Roni Ezra—imagines a world where the (at-times) miniscule creatures exist as a dark, mysterious secret lurking in the forests of Denmark where a family just so happens to be traveling during the…Read more...
Google Is Making the Nest Hub's Sleep-Tracking More Advanced, but the Features Won't Be Free Forever
Google’s newest Nest Hub tracks your sleep from your nightstand, and the company said when the display launched that its Sleep Sensing feature was a preview of subscription services to come. Well now we know more about what Nest Hub will be capable of—and how much it will cost.Read more...
Dune's Sandworms and Alice in Wonderland's Caterpillar Are Smoking the Same Stuff
It’s difficult to put your finger on what it is about classic stories like Frank Herbert’s Dune and Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland that keeps us coming back to and reimagining them over and over again. But in the case of those two novels, at least some of the answer becomes clearer when you consider…Read more...
Black Holes Could Be Expanding Along With the Universe
In 2015, two black holes were caught merging when the ripples in spacetime they created were detected on Earth. Since then, gravitational wave detectors have found many more of these mergers, broadening our understanding of the most epic collisions known to science. Now, a team of astrophysicists examining data from…Read more...
A Gifted Hacker Takes on a Dangerous New Client in Cyberpunk Tale The Extractionist
Kimberly Unger’s The Extractionist is about a woman who does just that: extracts people. From virtual space, that is. But while her hacking skills are second to none, sometimes her targets don’t want to be removed—and sometimes her clients prove dangerously treacherous to deal with. io9 has a first peek inside this…Read more...
AOC: 'America's Back' as a Leader on Climate
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — Less than a week after standing with her progressive counterparts against the bipartisan infrastructure bill, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is presenting a united front with Democrats at the UN climate talks in Glasgow. The Congresswoman is in Scotland as part of a delegation of U.S. House…Read more...
Samsung's Super-Charged DRAM Will Power Future Phones—and Maybe Even the Metaverse
Not to be confused with new DDR5 RAM for desktops rolling out alongside Intel’s new 12th-gen CPUs, today Samsung has announced the “industry’s first” LPDDR5X DRAM for smartphones and mobile devices.Read more...
Disney’s Wall-E NFT Is Exactly What Wall-E Warned Us About
When Wall-E hit theaters in 2008, the roaming robot’s story was a warning viewers of the societal costs of unchecked waste and environmental degradation. Since then, three billionaires have hurled spacecraft to the edge of space. The United Nations climate reports have only gotten more apocalyptic. E-waste has only…Read more...
The First Look at Netflix's Live-Action Gundam Movie Is Here and Is Wild
It’s been more than three years since Legendary Pictures and Sunrise announced they would collaborate on a live-action movie based on the venerable franchise Mobile Suit Gundam, the giant robot anime whose shadow all others stand in. Today, we have our first look at Netflix’s film—a sole piece of concept art—and it’s…Read more...
Great White Is a Tepid Shark Movie Without Much Bite
Almost five decades after Jaws made everyone who’s ever gone near the ocean fear the toothy terrors lurking below the waves, filmmakers are still hoping to replicate some of that shark-tastic magic. There have been some successes over the years, both lavish (like The Meg) and bare-bones (like Open Water). But there…Read more...
Netflix Is Testing a TikTok-Like Feed for Kids
Forging ahead with plans to attract new users with TikTok-like short video feeds, Netflix will begin testing a “Kids Clips” feature on its iOS app this week that will help to expose young viewers to its vast library of children’s content.
The Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Is Going Back to Where It All Started
NASA confirmed yesterday that the Ingenuity helicopter completed its 15th flight on Mars, a 128.8-second jaunt that begins the chopper’s trip back to its original airfield. On the flight just before this latest one, Ingenuity flew at 2,700 rpm, a faster spin rate that gives NASA scientists confidence that the…Read more...
Hacked Nintendo Punch-Out!! Game Finally Lets You Fight Mike Tyson Using Motion Controls
The Nintendo Wii ushered in the era of video game motion controls and countless titles that can be played by swinging your arms around. The technology behind it didn’t exist back in 1985 when the NES came out, but that didn’t stop Ian Charnas from upgrading the original version of Punch-Out!! so that it can now be …Read more...
Everything You Need to Know Before Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Are you troubled by strange blinking lights in trailers? Do you experience feelings of dread at the mention of key masters or gate keepers? Have you or your family actually seen Ghostbusters part one or two? If the answer is yes (or no) then don’t wait another minute. Just look below and read the professionals—io9.…Read more...
You.com Launches in Beta As a Privacy-Focused Search Alternative to Google
It’s not every day a new search engine comes online, but You.com is betting its AI-driven and privacy-focused approach can convince people that it’s better than Google.
RIP Dean Stockwell, Quantum Leap's Beloved Al
Dean Stockwell, Scott Bakula’s stalwart co-star in Quantum Leap and an actor with over 70 years of work across film, television, and stage to his name, has passed away at the age of 85.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Is Getting Absolutely Clobbered by Dust
NASA’s historic mission to “touch the Sun” has encountered a heavy bombardment of dust, surprising mission scientists and resulting in some fascinating new data about the Parker Solar Probe’s increasingly hostile environment.
Vegan Haggises of Glasgow, Ranked
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — Covering United Nations climate talks requires walking. Lots of it. Enough to work up a major appetite.
How the American Oil and Gas Industry Funds the Fulbright Program
When Carina Spiro first decided to apply to the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program in 2016 as a senior in college, a particular phrase caught her eye. “In the description of Malaysia, the program said applicants must have ‘a sense of adventure,’” she said. “I thought, that’s me, sign me up.”Read more...
GE Breaking Up Into Three Separate Public Business
General Electric, one of the oldest vanguards of US manufacturing, will split into three separate public companies focused on aviation, healthcare, and energy.Read more...
8 Ways to Justify Spending $800 on Lego's Massive New Star Wars AT-AT Set
Just as the Empire decimated planet after planet with its intimidating fleet of space weapons, Lego continues to decimate responsibly planned budgets with its Ultimate Collector Series Star Wars sets. The latest Lucasfilm creation to lay waste and stomp all over your wallet is the new UCS AT-AT that costs a hefty $800.Read more...
This Aesthetic Keyboard Is Cute for TikTok, Hard for Typing
It’s the best time to start finding yourself a colorful mechanical keyboard. There are already a variety of build-it-yourself kits, and you can pair them with artisan keycaps from indie makers and mass manufacturers alike. Big brands are also exploring this incredibly niche world, with companies like Razer making…Read more...
Updates From Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Supergirl, and More
Producer Hiram Garcia teases Black Adam’s edge. David Gordon Green draws Stephen King parallels for his Halloween Ends script. Star Trek: Prodigy gets a season two renewal and a very confusing season one rollout. Plus, more looks at the return of Scream. Spoilers away!
The Fast Fashion Industry Could Drown Itself
Fast fashion is a growing source of carbon emissions. But those emissions could well be its undoing; carbon pollution is worsening climate change, including impacts in the heart of fast fashion garment hubs around the world.Read more...
Now Qualcomm Wants to Help Build the Metaverse
Like it or not, everyone is talking about the metaverse, and now Qualcomm is trying to get into the mix with a new AR development platform called Qualcomm Spaces.
Intel's Alder Lake CPUs Are a Future-Proofed Leap Forward, but the Competition Is Fierce
Intel’s newest processors might not be the future, but they’re definitely future-ready.Read more...
Peloton Made a Camera That’ll Guide You While You Lift Weights
Peloton has long been rumored to be working on a strength-training product, and after the company teased an upcoming launch during its earnings call last week, it seemed like the new machine’s arrival was imminent. Now the $495 Peloton Guide is here, but it’s probably not what you thought it would be.Read more...
Far-Right Congressman Tweets Edited Anime Video of Himself Killing AOC
Republican Paul Gosar shared an edited video Monday that depicts the congressman as an anime hero violently taking on Democrats. The animated video even shows Gosar killing fellow member of Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, which is eerily similar to some of former President Donald Trump’s edited videos. And that’s…Read more...
Singapore to Stop Paying Medical Bills for Unvaccinated Covid-19 Patients
The government of Singapore will stop paying the medical bills of those covid-19 patients who are “unvaccinated by choice,” according to a report from the Strait Times. Singapore previously paid for all covid-19 treatments for citizens, permanent residents, and long-term visa holders.
Elon Musk Changed His Twitter Name to ‘Lorde Edge’ and Inspired a New Memecoin
These days, I’m not so sure which is more outlandish: the stuff tech magnate Elon Musk does or the stuff his fans do. In recent days, it seems pretty clear that Musk and his fans have come to a digital tie in this area.Read more...
Google's New 'Pet Portraits' Feature Helped Me Find My Cat's Historical Doppelganger
Google has finally come up with a new feature that has allowed me to fulfil a lifelong goal: Getting my baby, Leia, on the blog. My goal aside, the company’s new “Pet Portraits” feature is sure to bring some you some joy and help you learn something new on this lazy Monday.
Vulcan's Hammer, Philip K. Dick's 1960 Tale of AI Gone Wild, Is Heading to the Big Screen
Published shortly before Philip K. Dick’s breakout novel The Man in the High Castle, Vulcan’s Hammer might not be one of the celebrated author’s best-known titles. But its pulpy story is—like so many of Dick’s works—eerily prescient, and director Francis Lawrence, who’s roamed some dystopian landscapes in the past…Read more...
Robinhood Hack Compromises Millions of Customer Email Addresses and Names
Someone recently hacked and attempted to extort Robinhood, the popular investment and trading platform, gaining access to millions of customers’ email addresses and full names in the process.Read more...
A Rare Copy of Jodorowsky's Dune Book Is Up for Auction
Anyone who has seen the documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune has probably done the same Google search immediately after: “Jodorowsky’s Dune book.” That’s because in the film, director Alejandro Jodorowsky speaks at length not just about how he planned on adapting Frank Herbert’s Dune for the big screen, but the incredible…Read more...
Andrew Garfield Talks Spider-Man: 'Money Is the Thing That Has Corrupted All of Us and Led to the Terrible Ecological Collapse That We Are All About to Die Under'
Honestly, this is about as good a response you should get out of a man very tired of being asked if he’s going to be in a Spider-Man movie next month.
Palantir Co-Founder Starts Anti-Woke University With Clown Car of Intellectual Dark Web Dweebs
A sampling of the nation’s most intolerable contrarian columnists, right-wing pundits, and other stuffed shirts is launching their own university in a bid to challenge the supposedly woke academic status quo—courtesy of funding from an obscure libertarian nonprofit linked to Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale.
The Witcher's New Franchise Universe Is Kind of Making It Up as It Goes Along
If you’ve read more than a couple of Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher novels, you know the Polish writer has created a rich and complex fantasy world for his monster-slaying hero Geralt, sorceress Yennefer, and Witcher-in-training Ciri to inhabit. But the masterminds behind Netflix’s Witcher TV series, the recent anime…Read more...
This Hand Gesture Popularized on TikTok Led to the Rescue of Abducted Girl, Police Say
A distress signal made popular on TikTok may have led to the ultimate rescue of a 16-year-old girl being held in a man’s car on a Kentucky highway, according to local authorities.Read more...
Sea Lions Are Reclaiming Their Territory in New Zealand, Humans Be Damned
In New Zealand, a growing sea lion population is getting comfortable in unexpected places, including along hiking trails and in at least one public swimming pool. The comeback of this endangered species has meant more dangerous interactions between sea lions and humans, conservationists say.
The Final Ghostbusters: Afterlife Trailer Ain’t Afraid of No Spoilers
io9's seen Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and our own movie maven Germain Lussier called it “great until it’s derailed by gratuitous fan service” in his spoiler-free review. But if you’d like to know exactly what he was talking about, Sony Pictures has very helpfully released a final trailer for the film which makes it …Read more...
Watch a Cargo Plane Snatch a Drone Right Out of the Sky Mid-Flight
Last month, an unpiloted X-61 Gremlin drone was successfully retrieved by a specially modified-Lockheed C-130 cargo plane while both were still flying. The achievement, which you can see a video released last Friday by DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), promises to dramatically increase the…Read more...
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