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A team of scientists recently modeled the likelihood of hauling a species back from dead, using the Christmas Island rat, a large rodent that went extinct between 1902 and 1908, as their hypothetical subject.Read more...

Going into Apple’s “Peek performance” event on Tuesday, we hoped—however unlikely it was—that Apple would debut a new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air to replace the products released back in 2020. Alas, when Time Cook walked off the virtual stage, no laptop had been revealed. Instead, we got a new iPhone SE, iPad Air, Mac…Read more...

Since day one, Disney’s John Carter had all the promise in the world. It’s the live-action debut of Andrew Stanton, who directed the masterful Wall-E and Finding Nemo at Pixar. The source material by Edgar Rice Burroughs is steeped in original sci-fi fantasy and mythology that has permeated history beyond the page.…Read more...

David Bennett, the world’s first human to receive a genetically modified pig heart, has died just two months following the historic transplantation. Doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center, where the surgery was performed, announced his passing Wednesday morning. At this time, the cause of death is…Read more...

Obi-Wan Kenobi’s standalone show, expected to release on May 25th on Disney+ still doesn’t have a full trailer. This is, as we can all agree, a travesty. But earlier today after a cheeky “Hello there” on the official twitter account for the series, EW released an exclusive series of photos and an interview with …Read more...

An international expedition has finally found the wreck of Endurance, a British ship that got hopelessly stuck in the dense ice pack and sank in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea in 1915.

One of the U.S. West’s most important water reservoirs is about to hit a new low.Read more...

Joe Biden is dipping his toes into crypto. On Wednesday, the president signed a first-of-its-kind executive order outlining a path to regulation of cryptocurrencies and encouraging federal agencies to study the creation of a U.S. digital dollar on the blockchain. Bitcoin’s price surged in the glow of the president’s…Read more...

Fans of Natasha Bowen’s 2021 fantasy Skin of the Sea—and anyone who enjoys stories about mermaids and West African folklore—will be thrilled to hear sequel Soul of the Deep is arriving this fall. io9 interviewed the Nigerian-Welsh author over email to learn about the anticipated release; we’ve also got a first look at…Read more...

Google’s FloC was killed because it was a bad idea for privacy on the web. But we didn’t know exactly how bad until two MIT researchers tested it—over months, using technical approaches and an expensive, private dataset. That it was this difficult to add some transparency is unacceptable for a fundamental change to…Read more...

Ernie Hudson has joined the Quantum Leap reboot. Could The Flash be running out of time after a ninth season? Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds, and Octavia Spencer are getting festive for Apple. Plus, what’s coming on Superman and Lois, Snowpiercer, and more. Spoilers get!

As powerful as touchscreen devices like smartphones and tablets have become, physical buttons and controls are often still a better way for users to interact with devices. (Think typing or playing action games.) So researchers at Texas A&M have come up with a novel way for touchscreens to feel more than just perfectly…Read more...

A Redmond, Washington man was sentenced to just five years of probation and a $246,000 fine on Monday for selling his own homemade covid-19 vaccine, which he offered to inject during the earliest days of the pandemic. The judge admitted he could’ve sentenced the man to jail time, but opted for a longer probation…Read more...

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There’s a moment in the climax of Star Trek: Picard’s season two premiere when Q, the omnipotent bane of Jean-Luc’s life, appears in the latter’s humble French estate. He has had, like so many returning figures of classic pop culture of late, the process of time smoothed out by CG, to give us a semblance of the Q we…Read more...

Behold, Ormeus Coin! A glittering digital asset, a massive investment opportunity, and yet another grand example of everything the cryptocurrency industry has to offer the world.

Unless you spend your time in a cave with flying nocturnal animals, you’re probably aware there’s a new Batman movie in theaters this week. Matt Reeves’ The Batman is the first live-action Batman solo film in a decade, if you can believe it. Of course, Ben Affleck played the role in a few other films in between, and…Read more...

Apple hosted its “Peek Performance” live-stream event and revealed a whole host of new products aimed at creators and those living on a budget. There were also some smaller announcements for folks who can’t get enough of their Apple TV+ subscriptions, plus a new highly anticipated phone color for iPhone users.Read more...

Florida’s controversial anti-LGBTQ “Don’t Say Gay” bill has passed the state senate, heading to the desk of governor Ron DeSantis, all but guaranteeing its entry into state law—and one of the state’s biggest businesses, the Walt Disney Company, has largely chosen to stay silent.Read more...

The longtime chairman of the street-brawling Proud Boys group was arrested in Miami and charged with conspiracy Tuesday over his role in the failed insurrection at the Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021.Read more...

Firearm owners may be finally cozying up to the idea of personalized “smart guns,” and it only took them twenty years to hop on board.Read more...

io9 is proud to present fiction from LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE. Once a month, we feature a story from LIGHTSPEED’s current issue. This month’s selection is “Bhatia, P.I.” by Shiv Ramdas. You can read the story below or listen to the podcast on our website. Enjoy!

Like a sandworm rumbling through the desert, Dune: Part Two is coming to the surface, and now one of its biggest missing pieces may have been found. Florence Pugh (Midsommar, Black Widow) is reportedly in talks to play Princess Irulan, daughter of the villainous Emperor Shaddam IV, in the upcoming sequel starring…Read more...

Game of Thrones feels like a franchise that is both never-ending and completely paralyzed within its own epic scope. After the finale in 2019, HBO quickly announced a slate of new shows and proposals that it was working on. This came as a surprise to absolutely nobody who was paying attention to the state of…Read more...

The CERN Council convened today to discuss how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine affects the scientific collaboration’s ability to pursue its goals and ensure the safety and wellbeing of its members. The council meeting resulted in a resolution to condemn the Russian invasion, to suspend Russia’s Observer status to the…Read more...

A prolific state-backed hacker group from China has penetrated the networks of at least six state governments in the U.S., new research from cybersecurity firm Mandiant reveals.Read more...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has allegedly operated a “bulk surveillance” project responsible for collecting financial records on money transfers greater than $500 sent to Mexico and certain states, a previously unknown practice lawmakers and civil liberties experts claim may violate U.S law. The DHS data…Read more...

Apple just re-entered the mainstream monitor space with the Studio Display, a 27-inch, 5K monitor meant for creative professionals with smaller budgets than those who can afford Apple’s top option.

It’s my worst kept secret that I’m a sucker for a sports anime. I read a few chapters of Prince of Tennis, which was fun, but my whole-hearted love for a slice-of-life, high-school-tournament arc began with Haikyu!! I went absolutely feral for these dumb high school boys who only had volleyball feelings and could not…Read more...

Apple filled a gaping hole in its product lineup Tuesday by announcing the Mac Studio, a powerful desktop that runs on the company’s new M1 Ultra chip, which debuted the same day.

Harvey Guillén knows how to handle vampires, but what about beetles? The actor best known for playing human familiar, Guillermo on the FX hit What We Do in the Shadows is joining the upcoming DC film Blue Beetle, which stars Cobra Kai’s Xolo Maridueña in the title role.Read more...

Apple surprised the tech world today by unveiling the M1 Ultra, its most powerful chip yet.

Apple has once again delivered several compelling reasons to choose its iPad Air over the company’s pricier iPad Pros. Although the cheapest iPad is probably still the one you’ll want to buy for your parents who can’t live without a home button, the 5th-generation iPad Air revealed Tuesday will include the powerful M1…Read more...

Apple announced a new version of its affordable iPhone: the iPhone SE 5G.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is straining the U.S.-Russia International Space Station partnership seemingly to a breaking point. Now, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Roscosmos director general Dmitry Rogozin are duking it out in what is an unusually terse Twitter battle.Read more...

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. would ban imports of Russian oil and gas as the war in Ukraine rages on. The move could mean higher prices for Americans at the pump which isn’t great for consumers but it is good news for the American oil and gas industry, which is seeking to use the crisis to…Read more...

A team of paleontologists has announced the discovery of a 328-million-year-old cephalopod with 10 arms. It’s an ancestor of modern octopuses and vampire squids and offers exciting insights into when and how these marine invertebrates diversified.Read more...

The time is upon us! Apple giving us a peek at new iPhones, iPads, and possible Macs at its big event today. In typical Apple fashion, the event begins at 10am PT/1pm ET and will be live-streamed so you can watch along. Our how-to-watch guide gives you all the ways you can stream the virtual event. If you prefer…Read more...

Between the arrival of Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock in Spider-Man: No Way Home and the much-ballyhooed transition of Netflix’s Daredevil TV series to Disney+ later this month, there’s been a lot of discussion about how the tortured, gritty Man Without Fear might be forced to change in the somewhat more family-friendly…Read more...

Although Christopher Eccleston has opened himself back up to the world of Doctor Who in recent years—attending conventions, returning to play the Ninth Doctor in audio dramas, and in general allowing himself to actually talk about the series in an extended capacity for the first time in over a decade—he’s long…Read more...

As the world shifts from one global crisis to the next (without actually resolving any of them) it’s understandable that people are looking for ways to burn off an abundance of nervous energy. If your fidgeting often involves endlessly clicking a retractable ballpoint pen, artist Noah Deledda has created one that …Read more...

Reeves also talks about his evolving plans for the HBO Max Batman spinoff shows. Ian Bohen has hopes he and a few Teen Wolf friends will be back for the new movie. The Electric Mayhem get ready to rock with a new Muppets Disney+ series. Plus, Q gets his cosmic tease on in a new look at Star Trek: Picard. Spoilers,…Read more...

Have you seen that photo of Queen Elizabeth II with her head hanging abnormally low as she shakes the hand of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau? It’s been going viral over the past day on platforms like Twitter and Facebook. But it’s completely fake.Read more...

At this point, just about every honest ice cream fiend has had to contend with the soul-crushing defeat of trekking down to McDonald’s only to find an out-of-service machine coldly laughing at their pain. Now, however, thanks to a new lawsuit, all those collective letdowns could cost the fast-food giant nearly a…Read more...

Deep Space Nine did so many things to examine the shadows cast in the Federation’s idealized utopia. In presenting its distinctly alien setting on the titular station—primarily staffed and lived on by non-Federation peoples—and in confronting the Federation’s position through conflict and the harsh realities of…Read more...

As the design director for six mainline Star Wars films as well as The Mandalorian, Lucasfilm vice president and executive creative director Doug Chiang has spent a lot of time figuring out what stuff looks like in the galaxy far, far away. But mapping out the interiors of the Halycon—the “luxury starship” that serves…Read more...

When BioWare’s Mass Effect franchise first released in 2007, it quickly gained momentum and a passionate fanbase that not many new IPs today have really managed to achieve. At the time, the sci-fi RPG’s claim to fame was giving players choices that would matter, either in the immediate moment as it related to their…Read more...

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It sounds like Russia may be getting a little desperate to stave off economic collapse in the wake of Ukraine-related Western sanctions. The new plan? Legalize certain forms of software piracy as a potential workaround for products whose companies’ have recently cut off distribution in Russia.Read more...

Amazon’s library of video game rights continues to expand further, with PlayStation’s God of War franchise sliding into its veritable dropbox of future IPs to draw on. And a potential live-action series based on the popular game has some big names attached to it.Read more...