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Florida’s controversial anti-LGBTQ “Don’t Say Gay” bill has passed the state senate, heading to the desk of governor Ron DeSantis, all but guaranteeing its entry into state law—and one of the state’s biggest businesses, the Walt Disney Company, has largely chosen to stay silent.Read more...

The longtime chairman of the street-brawling Proud Boys group was arrested in Miami and charged with conspiracy Tuesday over his role in the failed insurrection at the Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021.Read more...

Firearm owners may be finally cozying up to the idea of personalized “smart guns,” and it only took them twenty years to hop on board.Read more...

io9 is proud to present fiction from LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE. Once a month, we feature a story from LIGHTSPEED’s current issue. This month’s selection is “Bhatia, P.I.” by Shiv Ramdas. You can read the story below or listen to the podcast on our website. Enjoy!

Like a sandworm rumbling through the desert, Dune: Part Two is coming to the surface, and now one of its biggest missing pieces may have been found. Florence Pugh (Midsommar, Black Widow) is reportedly in talks to play Princess Irulan, daughter of the villainous Emperor Shaddam IV, in the upcoming sequel starring…Read more...

Game of Thrones feels like a franchise that is both never-ending and completely paralyzed within its own epic scope. After the finale in 2019, HBO quickly announced a slate of new shows and proposals that it was working on. This came as a surprise to absolutely nobody who was paying attention to the state of…Read more...

The CERN Council convened today to discuss how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine affects the scientific collaboration’s ability to pursue its goals and ensure the safety and wellbeing of its members. The council meeting resulted in a resolution to condemn the Russian invasion, to suspend Russia’s Observer status to the…Read more...

A prolific state-backed hacker group from China has penetrated the networks of at least six state governments in the U.S., new research from cybersecurity firm Mandiant reveals.Read more...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has allegedly operated a “bulk surveillance” project responsible for collecting financial records on money transfers greater than $500 sent to Mexico and certain states, a previously unknown practice lawmakers and civil liberties experts claim may violate U.S law. The DHS data…Read more...

Apple just re-entered the mainstream monitor space with the Studio Display, a 27-inch, 5K monitor meant for creative professionals with smaller budgets than those who can afford Apple’s top option.

It’s my worst kept secret that I’m a sucker for a sports anime. I read a few chapters of Prince of Tennis, which was fun, but my whole-hearted love for a slice-of-life, high-school-tournament arc began with Haikyu!! I went absolutely feral for these dumb high school boys who only had volleyball feelings and could not…Read more...

Apple filled a gaping hole in its product lineup Tuesday by announcing the Mac Studio, a powerful desktop that runs on the company’s new M1 Ultra chip, which debuted the same day.

Harvey Guillén knows how to handle vampires, but what about beetles? The actor best known for playing human familiar, Guillermo on the FX hit What We Do in the Shadows is joining the upcoming DC film Blue Beetle, which stars Cobra Kai’s Xolo Maridueña in the title role.Read more...

Apple surprised the tech world today by unveiling the M1 Ultra, its most powerful chip yet.

Apple has once again delivered several compelling reasons to choose its iPad Air over the company’s pricier iPad Pros. Although the cheapest iPad is probably still the one you’ll want to buy for your parents who can’t live without a home button, the 5th-generation iPad Air revealed Tuesday will include the powerful M1…Read more...

Apple announced a new version of its affordable iPhone: the iPhone SE 5G.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is straining the U.S.-Russia International Space Station partnership seemingly to a breaking point. Now, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Roscosmos director general Dmitry Rogozin are duking it out in what is an unusually terse Twitter battle.Read more...

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced that the U.S. would ban imports of Russian oil and gas as the war in Ukraine rages on. The move could mean higher prices for Americans at the pump which isn’t great for consumers but it is good news for the American oil and gas industry, which is seeking to use the crisis to…Read more...

A team of paleontologists has announced the discovery of a 328-million-year-old cephalopod with 10 arms. It’s an ancestor of modern octopuses and vampire squids and offers exciting insights into when and how these marine invertebrates diversified.Read more...

The time is upon us! Apple giving us a peek at new iPhones, iPads, and possible Macs at its big event today. In typical Apple fashion, the event begins at 10am PT/1pm ET and will be live-streamed so you can watch along. Our how-to-watch guide gives you all the ways you can stream the virtual event. If you prefer…Read more...

Between the arrival of Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock in Spider-Man: No Way Home and the much-ballyhooed transition of Netflix’s Daredevil TV series to Disney+ later this month, there’s been a lot of discussion about how the tortured, gritty Man Without Fear might be forced to change in the somewhat more family-friendly…Read more...

Although Christopher Eccleston has opened himself back up to the world of Doctor Who in recent years—attending conventions, returning to play the Ninth Doctor in audio dramas, and in general allowing himself to actually talk about the series in an extended capacity for the first time in over a decade—he’s long…Read more...

As the world shifts from one global crisis to the next (without actually resolving any of them) it’s understandable that people are looking for ways to burn off an abundance of nervous energy. If your fidgeting often involves endlessly clicking a retractable ballpoint pen, artist Noah Deledda has created one that …Read more...

Reeves also talks about his evolving plans for the HBO Max Batman spinoff shows. Ian Bohen has hopes he and a few Teen Wolf friends will be back for the new movie. The Electric Mayhem get ready to rock with a new Muppets Disney+ series. Plus, Q gets his cosmic tease on in a new look at Star Trek: Picard. Spoilers,…Read more...

Have you seen that photo of Queen Elizabeth II with her head hanging abnormally low as she shakes the hand of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau? It’s been going viral over the past day on platforms like Twitter and Facebook. But it’s completely fake.Read more...

At this point, just about every honest ice cream fiend has had to contend with the soul-crushing defeat of trekking down to McDonald’s only to find an out-of-service machine coldly laughing at their pain. Now, however, thanks to a new lawsuit, all those collective letdowns could cost the fast-food giant nearly a…Read more...

Deep Space Nine did so many things to examine the shadows cast in the Federation’s idealized utopia. In presenting its distinctly alien setting on the titular station—primarily staffed and lived on by non-Federation peoples—and in confronting the Federation’s position through conflict and the harsh realities of…Read more...

As the design director for six mainline Star Wars films as well as The Mandalorian, Lucasfilm vice president and executive creative director Doug Chiang has spent a lot of time figuring out what stuff looks like in the galaxy far, far away. But mapping out the interiors of the Halycon—the “luxury starship” that serves…Read more...

When BioWare’s Mass Effect franchise first released in 2007, it quickly gained momentum and a passionate fanbase that not many new IPs today have really managed to achieve. At the time, the sci-fi RPG’s claim to fame was giving players choices that would matter, either in the immediate moment as it related to their…Read more...

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It sounds like Russia may be getting a little desperate to stave off economic collapse in the wake of Ukraine-related Western sanctions. The new plan? Legalize certain forms of software piracy as a potential workaround for products whose companies’ have recently cut off distribution in Russia.Read more...

Amazon’s library of video game rights continues to expand further, with PlayStation’s God of War franchise sliding into its veritable dropbox of future IPs to draw on. And a potential live-action series based on the popular game has some big names attached to it.Read more...

The decision to add lead to our gasoline a century ago continues to have consequences for our health, new research this week suggests. A study estimates that half of all Americans alive in 2015 were likely exposed to damaging levels of lead in their childhood, from ubiquitous sources such as leaded gasoline. This…Read more...

Apple Event: Episode I for 2022 kicks off in a matter of hours and will likely star the iPhone SE 5G, iPad Air, and Mac mini, and could feature special appearances from refreshed MacBooks.

Apparently, it’s a big day for post-apocalyptic shows set in Manhattan. Mere hours after the news broke of a new Walking Dead show with that premise, the first trailer for DC’s upcoming HBO Max show DMZ is here. In it, Rosario Dawson plays a mom who goes into the demilitarized zone once known as New York City to find…Read more...

The Biden Administration wants to make that plume of noxious smoke sputtering out of your neighborhood school bus’ exhaust a thing of the past, and it’s ready to pump out some cash to do so.Read more...

March is a huge month for new books, as this list of 63 new sci-fi, fantasy, and horror releases will attest. We’ve got ghosts, witches, superheroes, cultists, intergalactic explorers, multiple tales about people who’ve monkeyed around with their memories, a grand collection of Expanse stories, and more!Read more...

I love chicken nuggets. I live off of them. I have a hard time feeding myself, and I’m generally a picky eater, so nuggets help me keep sustained on the most challenging days. Thanks in part to the alternative meat movement, I have also developed a particular affinity for most soy-based or mushroom-based patties with…Read more...

When Star Trek: Picard returned last week, it inched the Star Trek timeline forward into a period largely untouched in its TV history. Discovery may have jumped all the way to the 31st century, but a 2401 setting meant exploring Star Trek’s 25th century future. Except one piece of Star Trek was already charting where…Read more...

More so than almost every other superhero movie in the past few decades, Matt Reeves’ The Batman is what it is. There’s room for the story to continue, sure, but the movie stands on its own without huge teases for the future or connections to other films. And it’s better off for it.Read more...

Elon Musk’s burgeoning satellite internet service Starlink may have found its newest customer base: disconnected Ukrainians forced offline amidst the fog of war.

On Friday, Royal Dutch Shell went against most of its industry counterparts and international goodwill to scoop up a record discount on Russian oil during the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. But the company still wants you to think it’s a good guy, as it’s promised to donate profits to humanitarian aid for Ukraine.Read more...

What happens when The Walking Dead meets Escape from New York? You get Isle of the Dead, the latest spinoff in The Walking Dead universe. Debuting in 2023, the six-episode first season will see Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) together on the island of Manhattan, in the post-apocalyptic world of …Read more...

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint mission of the European Space Agency and NASA, is officially halfway between our planet and the Sun. According to an ESA release, the spacecraft is currently 46.6 million miles from our host star.Read more...

Snow globes are mostly a holiday tradition given Christmas is commonly associated with snow and winter. But when you replace the snow with the body of a superhero slowly disintegrating into dust thanks to a mad titan’s fancy bejeweled gauntlet, suddenly snow globes become a year round thing.Read more...

Samsung confirmed on Monday that a cybersecurity attack exposed sensitive internal data including source code for Galaxy smartphones.

What appeared to be an unusual cluster of neurological illness in New Brunswick, Canada is no longer being officially treated as such. Late late month, New Brunswick health officials concluded that these cases were likely misdiagnosed and actually caused by unrelated but known brain ailments, such as Alzheimer’s…Read more...

Richard Linklater is the acclaimed director of films like Boyhood, Slacker, SubUrbia, and the Before trilogy. He seems like an unlikely choice to helm a goofy movie about a pre-teen boy who inadvertently becomes an astronaut, but that’s only one of the mysteries raised by this strange first trailer for Apollo 10 1/2:…Read more...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has involuntarily adopted a traveling companion, in the form of a stone that’s lodged in one of its six aluminum wheels.

Although Apple didn’t call out bikes specifically when it recommended iPhone users not mount their iPhones to motorcycles and scooters, anyone who’s ever tried to attach a smartphone to a bicycle’s handlebars knows it can be just as risky. But of all the other ways there are to get GPS directions while out for a ride,…Read more...