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The iPhone 14 is finally here. Wednesday’s Far Out Apple event has revealed tons of new Apple devices and updates but certainly the most anticipated changes involve its latest phone. Apple has certainly delivered a sleek and improved piece of hardware that offers some intriguing new features that you’re going to…Read more...

Climate change stresses Kim Kardashian out—and she wants everyone to know that no one, even megastars who take 10-minute trips on private jets, can be “100% perfect” when it comes to climate activism.

Sure, seeing Dwayne Johnson as Black Adam is the main event of Black Adam. The film, after all, is called “Black Adam.” But one of the most exciting aspects beyond Johnson finally getting to bring the anti-hero to the big screen is all the other heroes he’s bringing along with him.Read more...

Apple’s finally, since the AirPods Pro released in 2019, ready to update its premium wireless earbuds with a 2nd generation. In the time since, competition has been fierce. Sony’s LinkBuds have brought open back design to the space, while Google’s Pixel Buds Pro have introduced comparable noise canceling for $50…Read more...

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Hasbro’s Nerf “LMTD” crossover has given us foam dart versions of everything from the Aliens pulse rifle to The Mandalorian’s rifle—and now it’s boldly going into a very peculiar collaboration with Star Trek.

How would you best describe what a PlayStation 5 looks like? I personally would call it two whale fins arched in a painful rigor mortis attached to a car battery, making a pain to lay on its side even with the disk-like stand it comes with. As much as I would like to see a more compact PlayStation 5 shell than the…Read more...

Humans have been getting medical amputations for a lot longer than we thought, new research this week indicates. Scientists say they’ve found a skeleton in Borneo dating to 31,000 years ago of a young man who seemingly had his left foot amputated for health reasons. Remarkably, the man recovered and likely survived…Read more...

Amazon-owned home surveillance camera king Ring is making good on its promise to bring end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to a wider range of its devices. This week, the company added the encryption secretive for audio and video to its lower-cost battery-powered doorbells and cameras which were left out of the company’s …Read more...

British satellite company OneWeb is claiming to have suffered a major financial blow after having to cancel launches aboard Russian Soyuz rockets, and as the Russian space agency refuses to return 36 of the company’s satellites.

The Apple Watch has already taken a big bite out of both the smartwatch and traditional watch markets, but today Apple has revealed it’s also going after companies like Garmin and Casio with its new Series 8 collection that, for the first time, includes a pro model called the Ultra designed specifically for athletes…Read more...

What We Do in the Shadows wrapped up its fourth season last night, ending a hugely enjoyable ride that included a vampire nightclub, a wedding, the Jersey Devil, a very tricky home-renovation project, and some major character growth—including, quite literally, for Mark Proksch’s Colin Robinson. io9 jumped at the…Read more...

In all sincerity, Tom Cruise is the true embodiment of a movie star. That man cheerfully runs on reels and projector lighting to do stunts that seem physically impossible. And he wants you to know he’d much rather continue to defy death in the most extreme ways for our viewing pleasure while appearing on a giant…Read more...

Twitter is expanding Birdwatch, its misinformation debunking product “for the people, by the people,” in the U.S., a move that will put community-based fact checking to the test. In the coming days, there’s a good chance you’ll see notes on tweets in your timeline written by Birdwatch contributors that provide…Read more...

A judge in Delaware Chancery Court has denied Elon Musk and his legal team a requested trial delay in the ongoing Twitter lawsuit against the billionaire for the second time, in a Wednesday ruling.

House of Hammer, the Discovery+ exposé of disgraced actor Armie Hammer, is the subject of even more press this week as Talos Films—the production studio behind the series—responded to feedback regarding dubious photographic evidence of Hammer’s abuse.

If you’re a Disney fan who collects pop culture art, you’ve pretty much got it made. Every movie, every character, basically any weird thing you love under the Disney umbrella usually has accompanying art for it that you can own.Read more...

A third of Pakistan is covered in floodwaters as the country suffers a devastating monsoon season. An inland lake seems to be forming around the southern Sindh province, satellite images show, while an existing lake has swelled dramatically.Read more...

The Queen’s Gambit made waves of acclaim upon its release in October 2020, but failed to resonate with chess Grandmaster Nona Gaprindashvili, who sued Netflix for defamation after the show mentioned that she never played against men. Now, her suit against the streaming giant has been settled.

NASA is preparing to replace a faulty seal linked to a hydrogen leak that resulted in the second scrubbed launch attempt of SLS on Saturday. The repairs will happen at the launch pad, which is ideal from a testing perspective, but NASA still needs to cart the jumbo rocket back to the assembly building to meet safety…Read more...

This weekend, Star Wars fandom once again turns its eyes to Anaheim, California. That’s where Disney is holding its D23 Expo event, which should bring more news on upcoming movies and shows in the galaxy far, far away. The following weekend though, if you’re still looking for that Star Wars fix, you don’t have to…Read more...

An international alliance representing six Persian Gulf countries lashed out at Netflix this week demanding the streaming platform remove content they claim, “contradict Islamic and societal values ​​and principles,” according to NBC News. Though exact programs under question remain unclear, previous types of takedown…Read more...

Reddit is changing your feed. The company announced in a post to r/reddit on Wednesday that it would be rolling out a steady stream of changes, improvements, and updates to users’ main feed over the next few months. The first change, which will go live today, relates to feed design in Reddit’s iOS and Android apps.…Read more...

Staff cuts and other changes may be coming to Google. Or, at least, that’s what CEO of Google and Alphabet Inc., Sundar Pichai, has made it sound like recently.

When the online stalker haven Kiwi Farms was finally squeezed after years and years of harassment campaigns, the resulting sickly green, decomposing juices found their way into the outflowing sewer of the internet. Traveling miles and miles downstream in the few days since they were blocked by digital security…Read more...

This past weekend, the late Chadwick Boseman was honored with a posthumous Creative Arts Emmys award for his voice work on the animated Marvel What If...? series. Today, it’s Lego’s turn to pay tribute to the actor, and the iconic character he portrayed in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with an incredibly detailed…Read more...

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Get new looks at Halloween Ends, Hellraiser, and Hocus Pocus 2. Netflix sets release dates for The School For Good and Evil and Troll. Plus, what’s coming on Reginald the Vampire, and Shudder’s latest horror delight sends a livestreamer into a haunted house. Spoilers, away!

New research into the star Betelgeuse indicates that the red giant, easily seen in the constellation Orion, may have appeared more orange-yellow in the not-so-distant past.

There’s no getting around it, June was a disastrous month for cryptocurrency.

“If we begin to feel that we’re being surveilled all the time, our behavior changes. We begin to do less. We begin to think about things less. We begin to modify how we think.” - Tim CookRead more...

Steven Bannon, the former advisor to Donald Trump who helped turn the neo-fascist billionaire into a mainstream political entity, is expected to be indicted this week on new charges relating to his alleged scam to build a wall on private property at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a new report from the …Read more...

Anyone who’s seen the Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings movies will recall that for all their creatures and battle scenes, one of their niftiest special effects—showing the height difference between wee Frodo and towering Gandalf—was always one of the most visually striking. That’s also the case with Prime Video’s new…Read more...

People are ready for Brendan Fraser to make his comeback. By all accounts, that will happen with The Whale, Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming film starring Fraser as a 600-lb. English teacher trying to reconnect with his daughter, which buzz suggests has already put him in contention for a Best Actor nomination. But what…Read more...

In a new paper this month, doctors describe how a 32-year-old man’s habit of inhaling nitrous oxide via “whippits” left him partially paralyzed. Following treatment and the end of his nitrous oxide use, the man did eventually regain the function of his legs. But the medical tale is perhaps a timely reminder of why…Read more...

Good news for fans of Star Wars’ Dark Side. It seems Leslye Headland’s High Republic-set Disney+ show, Star Wars: The Acolyte, is currently casting up beyond just its star, Amandla Stenberg. Now actress Jodie Turner-Smith is reportedly joining the mix in an undisclosed role.Read more...

House of the Dragon, following in the footsteps and long shadow of its predecessor, wasted no time in giving itself a meaty battle scene this week. But its first major skirmish marked a noted difference—beneath the blood and guts, a sort of grimly hilarious mythos plays out.

In and around Jackson, Mississippi, more than 180,000 people have been without running or drinkable water for over a week. Flooding from heavy rainfall damaged water treatment plants and other infrastructure, exacerbating existing issues of an old and poorly maintained system. Though water pressure was restored over…Read more...

A former housekeeper for Israel Defense Minister Benny Gantz will spend three years in prison for allegedly attempting to infect the official’s computer with malware in exchange for cash from Iran-linked hackers. The cleaner, the BBC notes, agreed to a plea deal to avoid being prosecuted under espionage charges which…Read more...

Elizabeth Holmes—the founder of blood testing startup Theranos and the poster child for misleading investors, media, and innocent people looking for medical care through a web of deceit—wants a do-over. She is requesting a new trial, according to a document filed Tuesday in the Southern District Court of California.

A fun bit of news to get us started: the DIE RPG has an actual play(test) available on YouTube featuring writer/designer Kieron Gillen. Also, a fun little note, we’ve got some great magazines publishing RPG content—check out the new issues of Indiepocalypse and Arcadia for that sweet sweet game content!Read more...

There’s a diamond shaped hole in the earth that’s getting unknowingly deep, and we’re all staring into its depths with minds grown ragged with questions. “The Merge,” which promises a move from the old proof-of-work consensus model to the proof-of-stake, is coming on in a week’s time, if promises from a notoriously…Read more...

The near-future of hair loss treatment seems to be quite promising. Recent research in mice points to a potentially new way of restoring hair, while other approaches are set to undergo clinical trials in humans soon.Read more...

CNN has announced a new hire: John Miller, the former head of the New York Police Department’s intelligence unit.

It’s a carnival goers’ worst nightmare come to life. A drop tower ride at a carnival in India plummeted to the ground, dropping 50-feet before crashing at the bottom. Several people suffered injuries from the drop, and were rushed to nearby hospitals.Read more...

For a moment it seemed as if DC Films might have its leader, but alas, the ship remains without a captain. Late last month, there were conflicting reports that producer Dan Lin, who helped bring both It films, The Lego Movies, and the Aladdin remake to fruition, was being eyed as the new head of DC Films. One trade…Read more...

The Thwaites Glacier, one of the most unstable parts of Antarctica’s ice sheet, could be gearing up for even more rapid changes than we previously thought. In a study published this week in Nature Geoscience, a team of researchers have published new images of the ocean’s floor that they say provide valuable…Read more...

Juul’s 2022 just went from bad to worse. The e-cigarette maker somehow managed to narrowly survive (at least for now) a Federal Drug Administration effort to ban its products nationwide only to get smacked with a settlement worth nearly half a billion this week.Read more...

A far-right politician in Italy made waves online Monday after posting a video of himself walking up to a Roma woman and telling Italians that a vote for his party in this month’s elections will ensure they “never see her again” in the city of Florence.Read more...

I spend way too much time on the internet, and this morning I found that social media’s newest obsession is the drama surrounding Olivia Wilde’s psychological thriller Don’t Worry Darling.