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If you count how many nice things British actor Freddie Stroma says about his Peacemaker co-star John Cena and the show’s creator/director/writer James Gunn in this interview, you will realize “Hey, this Stroma fellow’s a really nice guy” far before you reach the end. His gratefulness for Peacemaker is so sincere it…Read more...

At a climactic point in the interactive narrative that unfolds onboard the Halcyon—the hotel-cum-spaceship that is home to Disney World’s incredibly expensive, soon-to-open two-day theme park/Live Action Role Play Star Wars experience—an invasion of First Order stormtroopers overtakes the ship, adorning it with blood…Read more...

Squid Game ran away with three SAG Awards Sunday night, making it the most-awarded media of the entire show. Lead actors Lee Jung-jae and Jung Ho-yeon won for their individual performances, and the ensemble stunt work in the show also snagged an Actor.Read more...

In 2019, researchers first described a 1.15-mile-wide crater in a mountain range in northeast China; late last year, a NASA satellite imaged the crater from space, giving a broad new view the impact’s aftermath.Read more...

You thought Christopher Nolan’s take on Batman was realistic? Matt Reeves says “Hold my Batarang.” Reeves’ new film, The Batman, is unlike any Batman movie we’ve ever seen. It’s more of a detective procedural than a superhero movie. Law and Order blended with horror featuring costumed vigilantes. This is a Batman…Read more...

Airbnb’s nonprofit arm will offer free, temporary housing for up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees fleeing war. The efforts could help bring much-needed short-term relief for the more than 500,000 Ukrainians who have reportedly fled into neighboring countries since the invasion’s onset, though longer-term solutions…Read more...

Apple maintains predictable release patterns, so it’s rare for one of the countless product rumors and leaks to catch us by surprise. It does happen though and over the past week, one prediction, in particular, has caught our attention: Apple is supposedly considering a 20-inch foldable device.

Morbius? You’ve finally got me a bit worried. When the movie was first announced, I was basically stunned with disbelief that such an nth-tier Spider-Man foe would get his own major motion picture. When I saw the first couple of trailers, I was genuinely impressed. But now that the Jared Leto anti-hero movie’s final…Read more...

David Rysdahl wants to make a new take on Rapunzel with Zazie Beetz. Renfield sinks its teeth into a new release date. Chucky plans a return this year. Plus, new looks at Our Flag Means Death, Netflix nabs an unconventional Transformers show, and more. Spoilers now!

Batteries still suck, which means that any and all innovations regarding capacity and charging times will always be big news. At Mobile World Congress 2022, which gets underway in Barcelona this week, Oppo will be showing off its new speedy 150W SuperVOOC charging standard which the company promises will completely…Read more...

A large study of women who use Apple products to track their periods might provide some insights about a common but still barely understood menstrual condition. On Monday, Harvard researchers released the latest preliminary update from their Apple Women’s Health Study. Among other things, they found that 12% of women…Read more...

If you thought the trailer for the upcoming Michelle Yeoh multiverse film Everything Everywhere All at Once was awesome, wait until you see the movie’s poster. And io9 has the exclusive debut.Read more...

Climate change is already altering the planet, and the world will see catastrophic and unavoidable impacts over the coming decades, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said in a wide-reaching report released Monday. The warming we’ve already seen has pushed many of the planet’s ecosystems toward points that…Read more...

An enormous playroom filled with prancing pups, above which are suspended dozens of tubes dispensing treats at a rate of 10 beef-flavored bones per minute. A real adult human who plays tug of war for hours and hours instead of getting bored and giving up after three minutes. A large, comfortable bed that is only for…Read more...

The world of cryptocurrencies and NFTs is filled with scammers. And every month there seems to be more and more hucksters launching new crypto tokens and shilling ripoff apes.

The first Governor was a madman. The people of Terminus were cannibals. Negan and the Saviors murdered the show’s most beloved character. The Whisperers were a cult of killers. And yet, of all of The Walking Dead’s many villains, has there been an antagonist you’ve wanted to feed to zombies more than Sebastian Milton,…Read more...

Faced with a powerful Russian army at its doorstep, Ukraine once again affirmed that it would not go down without a fight. Just as the government called for civilian volunteers to fight against the invasion, it was now seeking volunteer hackers to launch cyber attacks against Russian businesses, banks, and government…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.)

Kids in the 90s had plenty of anime to grab their attention growing up, usually from the likes of Toonami or KidsWB. The last few months have had some heavy doses of nostalgia hit for anime fans, and this weekend saw two more announcements that’s sure to please old school anime and manga fans.Read more...

Both DC and Marvel Comics have been among the many corporations to plop their characters over to Fortnite in recent years. If the latter publisher’s ridiculous, in-canon 2020 crossover didn’t satisfy you, then you’ll be pleased to hear that they’re teaming up again for a second crossover this summer.

Samsung announced Sunday a new fleet of premium Galaxy laptops led by the Galaxy Book2 Pro and Galaxy Book2 Pro 360. The leading Android phone maker has a mixed track record in the notebook market but the Galaxy Book Pro 360 impressed us last year and these two additions bring several nice upgrades to the table,…Read more...

DC Comics loves itself some silly genre AUs. If recent stories like “Batman, but death metal ” or the upcoming “Justice League, but dinosaurs ” pitch didn’t sound kick ass enough for you, then maybe this will: DC Mech, a miniseries that can best be described as “Get in the mech, Justice League.”

It’s only been about a month since Pokémon Legends Arceus hit the Nintendo Switch, but it’s been extremely clear both critically (mostly) and commercially that Game Freak’s evolution of their iconic monster fighting franchise is something fans want to see more of. While you wouldn’t be wrong in thinking that there…Read more...

You know a shonen manga’s made it when its anime adaptation gets a theatrical movie. We’ve seen it dozens of times with Naruto, My Hero Academia, and Fullmetal Alchemist, and now the newest anime to join that pantheon is Jujutsu Kaisen. The dark fantasy anime based on Gege Akutami’s 2018 manga about sorcerers fighting…Read more...

The cast of Marvel’s Ironheart is expanding: This Is Us cast favorite Lyric Ross has signed on for the upcoming Disney+ series. Her role is not yet known, but it’s believed she’ll be playing the best friend of Riri Williams, aka Ironheart, played by Judas and the Black Messiah’s Dominque Thorne.Read more...

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the latest in wallet-sapping toy and merchandise news. This week: Lego gives us another glimpse at Thor: Love and Thunder’s Mighty Thor and her friends, a classic Voltron gets updated, and... brace yourselves, it’s toys based on the human Buzz Lightyear that the toy…Read more...

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Amazon’s Lord of the Rings prequel series, The Rings of Power, has already told us that it plans to dive deep into the history of Tolkien’s vast mythos. The series is primarily set thousands of years before the books and movies in the Second Age, and has already teased it will go even farther back beyond that. But…Read more...

The Vatican is once again trying to make climate action a key issue for Catholics, as it launches a program called the Laudato Si’ Action Platform, named after the Pope’s 2015 letter that framed protecting the environmental as a spiritual mandate. The new website calls on Catholics to eat less meat, take public…Read more...

Is Trickbot finally dead? Like dead-dead?Read more...

As the independent TTRPG scene has exploded over the recent years, so has the creativity that comes along with an ever-expanding and innovative customer base. While wandering the afterlife (or wandering around as an undead creature) are well-trod storytelling tropes, game designers across the globe have taken folklore…Read more...

Wouldn’t it be nice to walk into a Genius Bar and back out again on the same day with your problem solved? Apple is apparently working toward that reality for its iPhone users.

Sometimes the only thing better than watching your favorite movie is watching someone talk about it. That might sound counterintuitive, but no matter how many times you’ve seen The Empire Strikes Back, RoboCop, Aliens, Flash Gordon, or The Last Starfighter, you’ve definitely seen the people involved talk about it…Read more...

The upcoming season of Outlander will mark the beginning of a new era for the fan-favorite Starz show with the announcement that a new prequel series is in the works. Get ready for a new realm of time-travel romance; as Variety reports, the yet to be titled series is in development and assembling a writer’s room.Read more...

A feeding program for manatees is intensifying in Florida as conservation groups seek to save the marine mammals in the face of a devastating loss in local seagrass, the animals’ favorite food.Read more...

Two things became pretty clear on Etsy’s latest earning call: the platform is making more money than ever, and sellers are going to start seeing a lot less of it.Read more...

Russia has announced it’s taking action to partially block access to Facebook within the country, accusing the U.S. social media firm of “censoring” state media. The restrictions, announced on Friday, came as the sun set on the second day of Russia’s Ukraine invasion.Read more...

Were I to look really closely at my hands, I’m sure I could find a lingering scar or two from a childhood spent painstakingly transforming robots into vehicles and back again—a process fraught with occasional pinched fingers. To my generation, Transformers toys were a challenge on par with those metal ring puzzles,…Read more...

Italian horror legend Dario Argento’s 20th movie, Dark Glasses—his first feature in 10 years—will be arriving on Shudder this fall. While we wait (and feverishly hope it’s a return to form after 2012's regrettable Dracula 3D), we’re looking back at 10 films that have defined his career so far.Read more...

Adding working lights is a fun way to take a Lego creation to the next level, and the company even includes light-up features on some of its sets, including a glowing Christmas tree. But this clever hack makes integrating lighting into a build impossibly easy thanks to the same technology that makes wireless charging…Read more...

HTC says it’s pretty sure a new car-based virtual reality experience it’s working on won’t leave you and your car smothered in vomit.Read more...

BJ McDonnell has the IMDB page of your dreams, with credits on Scrubs, War of the Worlds, Hatchet, Halloween, CSI, Heroes, MacGruber, Star Trek Into Darkness, Avengers: Age of Ultron, This Is the End, Ant-Man, American Horror Story, Shazam, Malignant, and many many more. Over the past two decades, he’s diligently…Read more...

Another beloved toy line has been tapped for a film adaptation, and this time nobody quite knows how to feel about it. The live action rights to Beyblade, the dueling spinning tops toys from Japan that became a smash hit in the early 2000s, has been purchased by Paramount pictures, and Jerry Bruckheimer is expected to…Read more...

Bitcoin proponents have long argued that miners moving to the U.S. can help lower the network’s carbon emissions. But a new paper out Friday finds that global shifts in the location of bitcoin miners driven by a crackdown in China last year have actually made bitcoin even dirtier. Thanks in part to fossil-fueled…Read more...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reportedly gearing up to lift recommendations for mask-wearing. The exact revisions to the guidance are still unclear, but the Associated Press reports that most Americans will no longer be asked to wear masks indoors. The changes are the latest sign that the U.S. and…Read more...

Building a modern gaming PC inside a tower dating back to 1999 sounds like the worst approach a gamer could take—unless that tower happens to be from the iconic Hot Wheels-themed PC released back in 1999 and emblazoned with flame graphics on the sides. How could you not bring this beast back from the dead if you were…Read more...

Neve Campbell discusses her potential Scream future. Scoob will return for a Halloween special on HBO Max. Tales of the Walking Dead adds even more big names to its anthology cast. Plus, what’s coming on Legacies and Ghosts. Spoilers get!

Would you pay $6,000 to pretend to be an inhabitant of the Star Wars universe for two days? Disney was sure enough people would answer “yes” to that question that it created Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, a two-day resort stay/immersive theme park experience at Disney World that purports to do just that. But when…Read more...

Wait, Lenovo makes wireless earbuds? I felt silly about this gap in my knowledge after spending years reviewing the company’s laptops. Curious about what the PC maker could achieve in the audio space, I jumped on the chance to test its Smart Wireless Earbuds, which—and here comes another revelation—aren’t the first…Read more...

Heat waves are dangerous—they can lead to heat exhaustion, heat stroke, and death for vulnerable people who may have a harder time staying cool. Now, new evidence points to heat waves significantly impacting mental health as well.Read more...