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Delivery workers, accustomed to schlepping burrito bowls past armed robbers for table scraps, were granted some basic rights on Thursday by New York’s city council. In a nearly unanimous vote, they passed a suite of bills that will allow basic rights like bathroom access and minimum pay. Based on remarks made to THE…Read more...

The good news: The Orville finally has a return date! The bad news: it’s not until March 2022. For those who’d almost forgotten about the Seth MacFarlane sci-fi series—a Star Trek riff that ended up carving out its own corner of the lovable-weirdos-in-space genre—well, that’s not too surprising; the season two finale…Read more...

Two major technology trade groups repping some of the biggest names in tech—including Facebook, Youtube, and Twitter—are suing the state of Texas over the state’s new law barring their platforms from cracking down on far-right content.Read more...

Midnight Mass, the latest limited horror series coming to Netflix from The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor’s Mike Flanagan, arrives tomorrow. It’s truly perfect timing for a pre-Halloween binge. But once you’ve devoured Midnight Mass—starring Hamish Linklater, Rahul Kohli, Annabeth Gish, and…Read more...

Evidence published this week not only changes the timing of human existence in southwestern North America but suggests that people remained in that location for at least 2,000 years. It’s a stunning revelation that indicates humans lived in areas below the ice sheets covering much of North America and the world at…Read more...

After blitzing the restaurant world with Impossible Burger, an actually good ground beef replacement, Impossible Foods is back with plant-based pork, and soon you’ll be able to order it from your favorite restaurants.Read more...

Thanks to dwindling water levels brought on by megadrought, there’s a one-in-three chance Lake Powell will drop below a critical threshold in the coming years. If it does, it would curtail hydropower generation at the second-largest reservoir in the West.

Europe was considerably colder 44,000 years ago than previously thought, according to new research. The finding is forcing a rethink about early human migration patterns and where our ancestors preferred to settle.

Welcome to Burning Questions, a series where Earther answers the most common asks we get on how to address climate change. Many people want to do something, anything to help address the climate crisis. We answer your questions about how to help change your life—and the systems that will save us. Check out our past …Read more...

Superman punches a lot of holes in a lot of people in a new Injustice trailer. Michelle Gomez talks a little more about her approach to Doom Patrol’s Madame Rouge. Plus, new glimpses at Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Ghostbusters: Afterlife. To me, my spoilers!

Smartphone displays have evolved from notches to hole-punch cut-outs on their way to the final destination: an all-screen phone. And surprisingly, it’s not Samsung leading the way. It’s ZTE, a smartphone maker that has been hit with multiple sanctions and bans.Read more...

After weeks of wondering who will get covid-19 booster shots and when—and receiving confusing advice from a variety of public officials—the Food and Drug Administration has made a decision.Read more...

Apple doesn’t like its secrets to leave the premises, so it goes without saying that the company really doesn’t like leakers. This week, CEO Tim Cook had a chilling message for leakers: You do not belong here, and we will find you.Read more...

Los Angeles, California may be the center of the movie world, but until now it hasn’t had a true center for movies. Sure, you can see famous handprints at the TCL Chinese Theater, stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, or take a celebrity home tour. Visiting movie studios like Warner Bros. or Universal can be fun too.…Read more...

Happy hump day. Sometimes you just wanna get through the week by watching a Large Man prepare to beat up a whole room of Other Large Men... for the magic of cinema, of course.

Apparently redoubling its efforts to win the streaming wars, cable provider Comcast has announced a new wireless streaming device called the XiOne.Read more...

Though a good cinematic thriller needs to scare you at least a few times, what often ends up separating the ones that really stick with you and those that fade away is how effective they are at creating a sustained atmosphere of good stress for you to live in as you watch their stories unfold. This strangely enjoyable …Read more...

A “stalkerware” firm that openly markets itself as a way to track and monitor the online activities of a spouse or partner also has a glaring security hole that has exposed a significant portion of data to the web, according to a new report from Motherboard.Read more...

Today, September 22 (by Shire-reckoning or otherwise), marks the twin birthdays of two of the finest halflings in all of fantasy fiction: Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, ringbearers, heroes of Middle-earth, and lovers of food, ale, pipeweed, and books. But while their journeys there and back again are much beloved, one of…Read more...

Apple devices tend to retain their value more so than gadgets from other consumer technology companies, for a variety of reasons: software support (so your older device still gains new features year after year), brand recognition, and so on. If you decide to upgrade to an iPhone 13, Apple Watch Series 7, or iPad Mini…Read more...

Here’s a fun thought experiment. Let’s say you, like any decent, law-abiding internet user, are feeling enraged by the recent slew of Wall Street Journal reports detailing Facebook’s myriad failures. Maybe you’re angry over Facebook’s inability to reckon with anti-vax content, or you’re angry at its slow response to …Read more...

The first trailer for Netflix and Adam Randall’s vampire action movie Night Teeth might lean more into the, well, vampire action than it does any particularly toothsome jibe at the hell that is working for the likes of Uber or Lyft. But it does show that having to drive around demanding passengers is, on the whole, on…Read more...

The man heading up security for the oil transport company Enbridge, which is currently facing down an Indigenuous-led protest movement against the Line 3 pipeline, formerly helped Exxon shield its operations from demonstrations in Nigeria and oversaw global security for Amazon.Read more...

A new clinical trial seems to show that a specific form of early intervention can reduce the risk of children developing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as they get older. The study found high-risk infants whose parents were given the intervention went on to have lower rates of being clinically diagnosed with ASD by…Read more...

The Kübler-Ross grief cycle—which you probably know better as the “Five Stages of Grief”—isn’t the type of thing you’d typically associate with a company like Facebook. Hell, it’s not what you’d associate with any company, period. The entire cycle is a deeply personal response to some deeply personal loss, and…Read more...

It seems that Exxon is freaked out by the Biden administration’s promises to crack down on carbon pollution. All year, it has been running ads on Facebook encouraging people to oppose climate policy. And, according to a new report, Exxon has worked with one of the world’s biggest PR firms in secret on the project.

Shudder’s Creepshow series succeeds because it knows exactly what it needs to do: be entertaining but also a little bit scary (and awesomely gross), tell stories framed as comic book entries that blend horror nostalgia with a touch of social commentary and inevitably end with some sort of comeuppance—and do it all in…Read more...

A newly released video from the recently concluded Inspiration4 mission shows the incredible moment when the all-private crew opened the hatch to the Dragon Cupola, revealing a stupendous view of Mother Earth.Read more...

Before Thor: Ragnarok singlehandedly turned Odin’s eldest son into one of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s golden children, the Asgardian thunderer was still more of a supporting character within the franchise’s larger picture and felt like the odd alien out among his fellow Avengers. Though Thor’s gone on to become…Read more...

On Wednesday night, the country’s Funniest People™ will deign to make jokes about the climate crisis for a full night of hilarity. Seven late-night shows across five networks hosted by James Corden, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Trevor Noah, and Samantha Bee are teaming up to feature…Read more...

After more than a year of legal sniping between Apple and Epic Games, it seemed things tipped in the favor of the latter when a federal judge earlier this month issued a permanent injunction allowing iOS developers to direct users to third-party payment portals. But today Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said Apple informed…Read more...

In what sounds like a completely backwards way to resolve some of the many issues with printers, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Chemistry have come up with a way to use transparent inks to print images with a full spectrum of colors.

New 3D simulations of dinosaur movement suggest that some of the animals may have swung their tails to and fro to help them move, similar to how we humans swing our arms. Looking at the simulated movements of one Triassic theropod, Coelophysis bauri, an interdisciplinary team of researchers suggest that movements of…Read more...

One of New York City’s many tourist magnets is Rockefeller Plaza, which includes a Top of the Rock observation deck for viewing all of Manhattan. Now a real estate investment company wants to upgrade the deck with a new ride that simulates the historic 1932 Lunch Atop a Skyscraper photo—minus the risk of falling.Read more...

Take a dash of Arrival, sprinkle in some Signs, add a touch of Life and a heaping helping of Independence Day, and what do you have? The new Apple TV+ original series, Invasion. At least, that’s what it looks like from the first trailer.Read more...

Move over, milk crate challenge, there’s a newer, stupider way to ruin your life.Read more...

The covid-19 pandemic has gone a long way in forcing Hollywood to change the way it looks at movie releases, for good or ill—and how adapting to that change doesn’t always work out amicably. As Disney continues to try and settle its ongoing legal battle with Marvel’s Black Widow star Scarlett Johansson behind closed…Read more...

It’s hard to believe that Microsoft’s Surface, the device that practically invented the detachable 2-in-1, has already been around for almost a decade. Today the convertible is getting its biggest refresh since the Surface Pro 3 back in 2015. Meet the Surface Pro 8.Read more...

Microsoft’s lightest and most portable Surface is officially here.Read more...

Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Studio is not your standard laptop. The company’s latest convertible can be used as a regular laptop or placed flat on a table like a tablet for drawing and writing. Then the Surface Laptop Studio’s dynamic woven hinge allows the display to pivot forward for binge-watching TV or giving…Read more...

Microsoft’s Surface Duo, released last year, was a bold move. The dual-screen folding phone was interesting, but that didn’t make it good. With the new Surface Duo 2, Microsoft is doubling down with better specs that aim to improve all the issues we had with the original.Read more...

Back in June, Apple introduced both lossless audio and Dolby Atmos-powered spatial audio to Apple Music. While there were restrictions on which gadgets could handle what, you didn’t need AirPods to get the benefit. However, with iOS 15's public release, Apple’s also added Dynamic Head Tracking—and for that, you’re…Read more...

Nearly a third of Australia’s koala population is gone after bushfires, drought, and heat waves in recent years have decimated the marsupials.

Prolific American author (and professor) Isaac Asimov started writing Foundation 80 years ago. While countless sci-fi adaptations have come and gone during that time, Foundation will just be getting its first chance in live-action this Friday on AppleTV+ (not that they haven’t tried before!). io9 spoke with David S.…Read more...

A hulking lawsuit made public this week accuses Facebook’s board of agreeing to overpay the Federal Trade Commission billions of dollars in exchange for not personally suing CEO Mark Zuckerberg over the 2018 Cambridge Analytica data leak scandal.

Like helicopter seeds falling slowly towards the ground, these newly created “microfliers” catch the wind to achieve unpowered controlled flight.

Windows 11 officially rolls out on Oct. 5, which means it’s also time for Microsoft to launch new Surface hardware to go with it.Read more...

Astronomers measuring the shapes and sizes of two gas clouds in space have discovered a big gap between them, leading them to believe that the clouds are what’s left of a series of stellar explosions or a single massive one.Read more...

At its heart, Mario Paint wasn’t really a video game. There was no defined end point players raced towards, no one to stomp on, and definitely no helpless princess in peril. Like educational software, it was designed to help improve real word skills as it was played. Not in the maths, sciences, or other academic…Read more...

The world set a scary new record last month: Wildfires around the world pumped out more carbon dioxide than ever before.