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You likely know Lofi Girl. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, she’s the YouTuber who can often be seen sitting at her desk with her cat and headphones on, streaming relaxing beats for people to listen to, the most popular being “lofi hip hop radio - beats to relax/study to” and “beats to sleep/chill to.” Well, it was a…Read more...

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NASA is releasing the first full-color images taken by the Webb Space Telescope, and holy cow. The five images—with the first revealed last night and the rest coming out one by one this morning—are a remarkable first glimpse at the science to come for the cutting-edge space observatory, which is expected to operate…Read more...

Life’s about to get a hell of a lot more stressful for Meta employees.Read more...

The go-to test for how successfully a locked down device has been hacked to allow custom code to run is whether or not it can play Doom, but do we ever really need to hack anything ever again now that Doom itself has been hacked to play Doom?

Peloton is sprinting full-force away from the manufacturing end of its business. The announced changes come after months of being hammered in the markets while un-bought bikes cluttered up its warehouses.Read more...

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By almost all accounts, Amazon warehouses are not pleasant places to work. People face dangerous conditions, difficult quotas, and near-instant retaliation for failure to meet expectations. Newly released information on the company’s practices between 2015 and 2021 illustrates the disciplinary side of the Amazon…Read more...

Last Train to Busan’s U.S. remake has vanished from schedules. Julius Avery’s new superhero movie finds a home at Amazon. Plus, get a look at Lance Reddick in action as Albert Wesker in new footage from Netflix’s Resident Evil. To me, my spoilers!

Just as rumors have ramped up about the next batch of Samsung wearables, the company announces an update en route to the Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 4 Classic. One UI Watch 4.5 will be available soon as an over-the-air software update for the only Android smartwatches worth buying. The new features bring more usability…Read more...

Walmart has signed a definitive agreement with electric vehicle manufacturer Canoo to add 4,500 vehicles to Walmart’s delivery fleet in one of the first steps to make the retailer reach its goal of zero emissions by 2040.

Many of us spend a lot of time interacting with Amazon’s apps and services—speaking to its smart speakers, watching videos on its streaming platform, ordering items online—and all of those interactions leave a digital trail behind. If you want to view, download, and maybe delete any of this data, these are the steps…Read more...

You’ve probably heard: Amazon Prime Day is happening today and tomorrow (July 12 and 13). There are deals galore, and the internet is alive with timely listicles of Amazon products for every niche—including “eco-friendly” Amazon deals. But the problem is, there’s no such thing. For all its promises and posturing,…Read more...

Amazon Prime Day is a massive annual sales event where the retail behemoth slashes prices across the store, from computers to groceries to toys to apparel. Millions of consumers around the world look forward to the sale in the hope of scoring once-a-year bargains.Read more...

Amazon will be throwing a lot of Prime Day deals at consumers over the next 48 hours, but it turns out not every “deal” offers as big a discount as it claims. Sure, the sticker might say 50% off, but price history is a volatile thing: If a product is advertised as 50% off the manufacturer’s suggested retail price…Read more...

If I were a betting woman, I would dare to say that former President Donald Trump is kind of cranky that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is over buying Twitter. After all, this almost certainly means that Trump is not getting back on Twitter, which he undoubtedly craves. So, what does the former president do in his anger?…Read more...

Security researchers have discovered a way to remotely unlock and start a wide variety of Honda vehicles using an exploit that targets the vehicles’ key fobs. Honda has attempted to brush aside the claims, but the hack appears to be quite easily reproducible. Even a reporter from The Drive managed to test out the…Read more...

Tuesday marks the start of Prime Day, the made-up annual holiday that pushes deals for streaming sticks, dog beds, and bulk cans of Play-Doh to hordes of shoppers ‘round the nation. But chances are, you don’t need me to tell you that: recent analyst estimates show about 65% of you planned to buy something during this…Read more...

Twitter has responded to Elon Musk’s announcement on Friday that he wants to pull out of a $44 billion deal to buy the social media company. And Twitter is pulling no punches, flatly stating that the billionaire Tesla CEO is bound by the agreement he signed and that Musk is knowingly trying to breach that agreement by…Read more...

“You were right about me. Tell your sister... you were right.” Those were the last words Anakin Skywalker, aka Darth Vader, ever said while he was alive. In his last moments, the former Padawan turned Jedi turned child murdering Lord of the Sith admits to his son, Luke, that there was good in him, as Luke had hoped—a…Read more...

It may not have overtaken Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” as the anthem of Stranger Things season four, but Eddie “Not a Hero” Munson’s decidedly heroic guitar solo—a tactic to distract those pesky bats in the Upside Down—has made Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” a close second.Read more...

SpaceX is in the midst of preparing its Starship rocket for its inaugural orbital launch, but an apparent explosion of the Super Heavy booster during tests at the company’s facility in Boca Chica, Texas, may represent a serious setback.Read more...

Thor: Love and Thunder. It’s all anyone in pop culture is talking about this week. Was it good, was it bad, did you like it, did you hate it, how did they treat Jane, was it gay enough, does it set up Thor 5, goat screaming, the list of discussion topics has been endless. Oddly enough though, in a few interviews, the…Read more...

In a news conference Monday evening, NASA officials, President Biden, and Vice President Kamala Harris revealed the first full-color image from the Webb Space Telescope: a breathtaking shot of deep space stretching back over 13 billion years, the first in a set of images to be released this week of the telescope’s…Read more...

Students trying to complete last minute term papers may feel a little bit better trawling through Wikipedia for their midnight “research.” Meta announced a new artificial intelligence model that researchers claim can help make Wikipedia entries more accurate.Read more...

By now you’ve probably seen Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness at least once. After a massive run at the box office earlier this summer, the sequel is currently on Disney+, just waiting for you to experience it again and again. Plus, as has become a tradition on Disney+, the streamer just added an hour-long…Read more...

Sorry kids, but when you’re wishing on a falling star, those flashing streaks in the night sky might actually be flaming rocket parts. And as new research suggests, some of those flaming rocket parts could be headed in your general direction.

In October 2020, a small spacecraft briefly touched down on an asteroid to snag a piece of it to bring to Earth. Almost two years later, scientists have learned that if the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft had extended its stay even a tiny bit longer, it would have sunk right into the asteroid.Read more...

If Apple’s rumored $3,000 virtual reality headset seems like a financial nightmare for you, then get ready for some potentially good news. Analyst and reliable Apple sage Ming-Chi Kuo claims the company is already working on a second-generation AR/VR headset set for a 2025 release, this time featuring both a high-end…Read more...

We’re all big fans of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds here at io9, whether we’re obsessed die-hards or just dipping our toes back into the venerable franchise. And we were all delighted to learn, one way or another, that last week’s SNW finale was a retelling of the Original Series’ “Balance of Terror,” arguably the …Read more...

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A drugmaker is now officially making the case for an over-the-counter birth control pill to be sold in the U.S. On Monday, the company HRA Pharma said it has submitted an application to the Food and Drug Administration to approve an OTC version of its existing contraceptive product. The move comes amid an ongoing…Read more...

Engineers in China have successfully deployed an ultra-thin sail attached to a rocket part to expedite its departure from low Earth orbit and reduce the amount of space junk aimlessly floating above our planet.

Apple will likely announce a “pro” tier of the Apple Watch this fall. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who publishes the Power On newsletter, Apple is planning a high-end variant to help its wearable compete with the industry’s best fitness watches.

Thor: Love and Thunder is now in theaters and fans have been eating up the latest Thor adventure. This time, the God of Thunder (Chris Hemsworth) sets off on a quest to kill Gorr the God Butcher (Christian Bale) with the help of the Mighty Thor (Natalie Portman), Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), and Korg (director Taika…Read more...

A grove full of hundreds of mature giant sequoia trees in Yosemite National Park is in danger as a wildfire quickly spreads across the area.

Harley Quinn (Kaley Cuoco) and Poison Ivy (Lake Bell) are back in town to get the band back together for a new master plan to help turn things green in Gotham. Along with King Shark (Ron Funches), Clayface (Alan Tudyk), and Frank the Plant (JB Smoove), the power couple now face a new Joker (Alan Tudyk) obstacle in…Read more...

Although there have been six high-grossing (if not always beloved) Jurassic Park/World movies, it’s never enjoyed the robust action figure series that accompanied other major film franchises like Star Wars or the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That’s probably because the real stars of the movies are dinosaurs and not the…Read more...

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Interest in the Moon has been reignited recently, and Japan is looking to get in on the fun. Researchers and engineers from Kyoto University and the Kajima Corporation have released their joint proposal for a three-pronged approach to sustainable human life on the Moon and beyond.

The Russian government has added a new target to its geopolitical shit list: expat social media influencers.Read more...

The aliens of Hulu’s Solar Opposites—who fled to Earth after the destruction of Shlorp, their home planet—have been hanging out in the suburbs for three seasons now, and they’ve all evolved as characters. That said, the show’s ruthlessly bawdy and snarky sense of humor remains fully intact.Read more...

In an unexpected twist, President Joe Biden will reveal the first full-color image from the Webb Space Telescope at the White House today at 5 p.m. ET. The much-anticipated release of the rest of the images remains scheduled for 10:30 a.m. ET tomorrow, and a live stream of Biden’s comments later today can be found hereRead more...

One day soon, people in states that have outlawed abortion may be able to take to the sea. A California OB-GYN is currently organizing and fundraising for an offshore, floating abortion clinic in the Gulf of Mexico. The clinic boat would be strategically positioned in federal waters, to avoid the jurisdiction of state…Read more...

Urban Fantasy often veers towards the neon-blue-night filter, but in Day Shift, an upcoming action flick from Netflix and Jamie Foxx, the vampire hunters are fighting the life-leeches in the under the seventy-two and sunny Los Angeles weather. After revealing the trailer via Twitter, Netflix proudly declares the film…Read more...

Binance can’t seem to get away from this image that it’s willing to do anything and everything to maintain its top spot in the crypto exchange game, even if that means allowing trade from users in sanctioned nations.Read more...

Steven Yeun has joined Bong Joon Ho’s next project. Dan Trachtenberg talks about the moment that inspired his new Predator movie, Prey. Another familiar face is confirmed for Marvel’s Secret Invasion. Plus, Riverdale goes multiversal, and a new clip from Star Trek: Lower Decks’ return. Spoilers away!

If you missed The Bob’s Burgers Movie while it was in theaters—or if, perhaps even more likely, you’re dying to watch it over and over again while eating burgers in your own home, this is your time. The meaty murder mystery comedy arrives on digital July 12, with a Blu-ray and DVD release July 19—and io9's got an…Read more...

As a cat-mom myself, I know as much as anyone how owning these lovable little balls of fluff can, at times, feel like a full-time job: these are pooping, shedding, furniture-ruining machines that demand to be fed, walked and played with, all on their own schedule (and sometimes, that schedule is 2AM). Even if you’re…Read more...

Hours after Tesla CEO Elon Musk informed Twitter that he wanted to terminate their $44 billion acquisition deal, prompting the social media network to sue, a rumor started spreading on Twitter. It goes like this: Twitter felt so betrayed that Musk was backing out of the deal that it had suspended his account. While…Read more...