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For the past month, the U.S. has been facing a dire lack of blood collection tubes, both due to the demands of the pandemic and global supply chain issues. This week, the National Coalition of STD Directors warned that this shortage is now starting to cause “widespread disruptions” in STD testing, particularly for HIV…Read more...

If you’re a fan of Stranger Things—and chances are you are—there’s good news and bad news. The show’s creators, the Duffer Brothers, have revealed that the fourth season has become so epic that it will be released in two parts, the first beginning in May, and the second half arriving a few weeks later. The bad news is…Read more...

While movie studios like Marvel like to keep all details about their films under complete wraps, there’s one truth they simply cannot get around: It takes a long time to make merchandise, especially action figures. That’s why they’re often the first looks at movie outfits and characters, and it’s why we’re getting…Read more...

The same soundproofing that helps make cars quiet on the inside also obscures sounds from the outside that could help drivers spot potential hazards. To remedy that, Ford is testing a new system in Europe that pairs automatic hazard detections with in-car sound effects so drivers are aware of hazards before they…Read more...

Matt Reeves shuts down the rumors of The Batman’s R-rated potential. The cast of the Barbie movie continues to get weirder. You’ll have to wait a while longer to see HBO’s The Last of Us. Plus, a new teasing look at Netflix’s Sandman. To me, my spoilers!

Peloton is having a rough time. The connected fitness company is struggling to sell bikes it once couldn’t keep in stock, its CEO was just replaced with a more competent officer, and it just laid off 2,800 employees. But Peloton has never struggled in one specific area: its classes. And so the company hopes to catch a…Read more...

Who doesn’t love a hero story? Asus’s ROG Zephyrus G14 is the protagonist of AMD’s recent resurgence. When the original model arrived a few years ago, it proved Ryzen processors could outmuscle Intel chips while delivering class-leading runtimes. For Asus, its symbiotic relationship with Intel’s rival gained it a…Read more...

Government officials in Hong Kong are going ahead with a plan to test all of the city’s 7.5 million people for covid-19, according to a new report from Bloomberg News. And anyone who refuses to get tested could face a fine of over $1,000.

Elon Musk tweeted an image comparing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to German dictator Adolf Hitler early Thursday. And while Musk’s legion of fans will no doubt claim it’s “just a joke,” it’s still jarring to see the richest person on the planet compare world leaders in functioning democracies to…Read more...

For at least the past two years, Russian hackers have been targeting Pentagon-linked defense contractors and subcontractors to steal sensitive data and information, U.S. authorities revealed this week.

John Cena and Wile E. Coyote don’t have much in common. One’s hugely successful, the other loses every time. One’s super skinny, the other super bulky. And, of course, one’s human and the other is an animal. And now, the two polar opposites are going to face off in two very unlikely places: in a courtroom, in a movie…Read more...

Mark Zuckerberg has named a new sucker to take his punches. In a blog post, Meta’s founder and CEO said Nick Clegg would now “lead our company on all policy matters,” and decide how the company interacts with governments under the new, glitzy title, “President, Global Affairs.”Read more...

As convenient as it to ask Siri to skip to the next track or load up songs from your favorite artist without pulling out your phone, there are times when verbally interacting with smart assistants isn’t an option. So researchers at Cornell University developed a wearable smart camera that can detect voice commands…Read more...

When Horizon Zero Dawn first released five years ago, its biggest draw was the protagonist Aloy exploring post-apocalyptic America and fighting robot animals with just a bow and various arrows. That, plus the mystery surrounding the machines and the larger world, drew fans deeply into Guerrilla Games’ open world…Read more...

The weirdest part about our “privacy,” as far as our devices are concerned, is that the way you define the word is pretty tied to your finances. Just ask Google.

Later this year, the current Star Wars canon is going to lift the lid on how Leia Organa and Han Solo became the Organa-Solos, in The Princess and the Scoundrel, a new novel exploring how the duo tied the knot, and maybe paid a visit to a certain spaceship hotel along the way. But what do we already know about Han and…Read more...

A water and electric utility in central California will install a first-of-its-kind network of solar panels on water canals. Turlock Irrigation District (TID) has secured a $20 million grant from the state to pursue the first-in-the-nation project, which could serve a beneficial double whammy: create renewable energy…Read more...

More than 84 million acres make up the 423 national parks in the United States. But these forests, grasslands, mountain ranges, hiking trails, and more are at risk because the climate crisis won’t allow us to have nice things.Read more...

It was a comics event more than 20 years in the making, but most comics fans felt it was worth the wait. Originally approved in 1979, the

When you talk about The Boys, you know there are no boundaries. The most offensive jokes, the sickest violence, the most twisted, dark subtext—any and all of it is what fans have come to expect. And that’s in live-action. Imagine what an animated version of that would look like. Well, imagine no more. Our best look…Read more...

Over a million more Americans than expected have died during the covid-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found. An overwhelming majority of these excess deaths can be directly tied to the coronavirus, but others may be the result of increased fatalities from conditions indirectly worsened…Read more...

What if What We Do in the Shadows was about swashbucklers on the high seas rather than vampires on Staten Island? We’re getting a similar sense of wry humor from Taika Waititi’s next TV project: pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death, starring Rhys Darby as “gentleman pirate” Stede Bonnet and Waititi himself as Blackbeard…Read more...

For years now, New York City has tried to distance itself from its embattled and racist Stop and Frisk policing tactics that were responsible for creating over 100,000 interactions with police annually during the early 2000s. Though these physical stops have mostly tapered down, activists say it’s been replaced by a…Read more...

Marine biologists working near New Zealand’s South Island have stumbled upon a newly hatched baby ghost shark—an elusive and peculiar fish that lives in the dark deep ocean.

Last week, the joyous announcement that 20th Animation and Hulu were reviving Futurama for an eighth season was almost instantly marred by the discovery that voice actor John DiMaggio, who played the iconic character of Bender on the series, was suspiciously absent from the list of the show’s returning cast. Now…Read more...

Gaming monitors have one thing in common and I don’t mean RGB lighting or fast refresh rates. Here’s a hint: What is a common feature on smartphone, TV, and laptop displays that doesn’t exist yet on a gaming monitor? The answer is a glossy display.

If you’re spending $1,730 on a robotic dog (plus $800 on a three-year plan that unlocks all of its capabilities) it makes sense that you’d go out of your way to take care of it. But how far out of the way is too far out of the way? A new Aibo accessory from Japan’s leading maker of baby carriers might have just…Read more...

There could be more Ready Player One on the way... and more I Am Legend!? Denis Villeneuve offers an update on Dune Part 2's schedule. Moon Knight has found the voice of Khonshu. Plus, another new glimpse of The Batman and Netflix’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Spoilers now!

The viral megahit Baby Shark, the most popular video in YouTube’s history, will become a feature-length movie for the Paramount+ streaming service in 2023, according to a press release from ViacomCBS. And we already feel bad for all the parents who are about to experience the repetitive song on repeat yet again. Doo…Read more...

Paramount Pictures just dropped enough news to fill a whole year’s worth of Hall H Comic-Con panels. Transformers, Star Trek, Sonic, Ninja Turtles, Halo, Quiet Place, and more all had significant news revealed during a company investors’ call Tuesday and here’s how it broke down.Read more...

Employees of Meta, the freshly rebranded parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, have a new term to refer to themselves: Metamates.

Sea levels on U.S. coastlines are expected to rise an average of 10 to 12 inches by 2050, according to a new report led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). It’s the latest jarring assessment of how climate change is disrupting life as we knew it.Read more...

In June of last year, Disney Parks in the United States made masks optional in outdoor areas for vaccinated guests. That changed for a while but starting this week, it’ll go back again. Starting February 17, vaccinated guests won’t be forced to wear masks outdoors. Which would make more sense if Disney checked for…Read more...

A group of people attending a bar in Bavaria, Germany, were poisoned over the weekend by tainted champagne containing the drug ecstasy, authorities say. Several people were hospitalized after drinking the spiked concoction, while one person has since died. Police have reportedly ruled out the possibility of the group…Read more...

Israeli authorities say it should be probed and U.S. authorities are calling for it to be sanctioned, but EU officials have a different idea for how to handle Pegasus spyware: just ban that shit entirely.Read more...

A 58-foot-tall wall of water that appeared off Vancouver Island in 2020 is among the largest rogue waves ever recorded, and it’s the very largest in terms of its proportion to surrounding waves, according to scientists.Read more...

For a decade, Star Wars: The Old Republic has been telling a tale thousands of years before the movies about the cyclical conflict between Jedi and Sith, and Republic and Empire. So it’s only natural at this point that its heroes and villains are beginning to express wariness how the establishments that drive that…Read more...

Online test takers around the country are reportedly getting tricked into using fake answer sites surreptitiously snitching on them to universities, a sneaky practice some education advocates claim amounts to entrapment. In one case, prolific remote proctoring company Honorlock reportedly had around 12 of these “seed…Read more...

The CEO of a Texas construction company, who once loaned Donald Trump’s re-election campaign the use of a private jet, only to secure a presidential pardon for his father later, has declined to discuss the $20,000 donated in his name to Canadian truckers—a 19-day blockade of international trade routes that caused …Read more...

Some cute little plants in Antarctica are flourishing in warmer temperatures—an ominous sign for rest of the continent and the world. A study published Monday in Current Biology finds that the continent’s only flowering plants have been growing rapidly in the past decade, thanks to warmer temperatures.Read more...

A young astronomer follows her mother’s dying wish and leaves her rural home—hoping her unique connection to the stars will help find a cure for a mysterious new illness that’s begun to spread. A Wilderness of Stars, the latest novel from Shea Ernshaw (The Wicked Deep), charts this perilous journey, and io9 is excited…Read more...

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A security camera in Ciudad Cuauhtemoc, Mexico, captured some unsettling footage last week: a huge flock of yellow-throated blackbirds crashing out of the sky. Plenty of the birds got back up, but many others appeared to die in the event, which is just the latest in a longstanding pattern of bird die-offs.Read more...

Uncharted is one of those video game franchises that wows you to no end. As adventurer Nathan Drake, the player traverses the globe exploring all different environments, most of which become the settings for some of the most epic, jaw-dropping action set pieces imaginable. And you’re in the middle of the action, as…Read more...

A series of cyberattacks struck the websites of Ukrainian banks and defense agencies on Tuesday. It’s not at all clear who is responsible, though the attacks come as a diplomatic crisis involving Russia and the U.S. continues to roil the region.Read more...

The so-called “Freedom Convoy” has bitten off a lot more than it can chew. As the protests have spiraled out across the country, the Canadian government has announced a major expansion of anti-money laundering monitoring and terrorist financing laws in response to the news it raised millions in crowdfunding.Read more...

Cad Bane has been a busy Star Wars supporting character of late. After showing up a handful of times in The Clone Wars, the Duros Bounty Hunter returned to menace two very different clones, first kidnapping Omega in The Bad Batch and then harassing Boba in The Book of Boba Fett. His next mission is infiltrating your…Read more...

Ticks won’t be able to conceal their fiendish tricks much longer. In new research this week, researchers claim to have genetically modified tick embryos in the lab using CRISPR—an apparent first in the field. The achievement should one day allow us to better understand these bugs, especially those responsible for Lyme…Read more...

Jared Isaacman, mission commander for the first all-private trek to Earth orbit, can’t get enough of space. The billionaire space tourist has purchased three new flights with SpaceX, including one that could launch later this year.Read more...

Netflix is breathing life into an underwater video game franchise fans long thought had drowned. The streamer just secured the rights to Bioshock, the Take-Two Interactive game set in a decrepit, underwater city called Rapture.Read more...