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Gadget makers have come up with a couple of tactics to curb e-waste and prevent plastic from heading straight to the landfill. On the one hand, you have devices like the Fairphone 4 and the Framework laptop, which seek to reduce waste by making gadgets easier to upgrade and repair. On the other, you have systems like…Read more...

More than six years after the release of Windows 10, Microsoft is releasing the next big chapter in its ubiquitous OS on Oct. 5. A recent survey suggests that more than 60% of people aren’t even aware that Windows 11 is coming out, which indicates there probably won’t be a mad rush to upgrade.Read more...

Sketchy face recognition company Clearview AI has inflated its stockpile of scraped images to over 10 billion, according to its co-founder and CEO Hoan Ton-That. What’s more, he says the company has new tricks up its sleeve, like using AI to draw in the details of blurry or partial images of faces.

Over 100 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, an ecosystem of salt-tolerant trees is flourishing along a freshwater river. A team of researchers recently investigated how this verdant oasis got so side-tracked from its typical habitat, and they found that the forest was stranded inland during the last interglacial period…Read more...

In a move that’s likely going to escalate tension throughout the film and TV industries, an overwhelming majority of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees members voted in favor of approving a nationwide strike that could bring all productions to a grinding halt.Read more...

Urban heat is more dangerous—and even deadly—than ever. That’s true for two reasons: Globally, more people are flocking to cities, and cities themselves are getting hotter due to the climate crisis.

A Roscosmos Soyuz rocket is scheduled to launch Tuesday morning from the Baikonur cosmodrome, sending a Russian film crew and one cosmonaut to the International Space Station. Here are the details of the mission and how you can watch the launch online.

If you’ve ever used your phone to listen to music on YouTube and wished so badly that the tunes would keep cranking while you navigate to other apps, then you know how delighted Canadian YouTube users will probably be when they soon get to experience that exact joy. And hopefully, that’s a sign it’s coming for the…Read more...

Destin Daniel Cretton—director of the biggest movie of 2021: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings—has settled on his next project. He’ll direct and executive produce a Disney+ adaptation of American Born Chinese, a 2006 graphic novel written and illustrated by Gene Luen Yang. Kelvin Yu (Bob’s Burgers) will serve…Read more...

After a summer of opulence and excess comes the lean time—the long, dark winter, when resources must be hoarded and stretched. No one knows this better than the fat bears of Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve.Read more...

“Elephant, octopus, T-rex”—those are the three inspirations that helped VFX designers craft the Galanthi, the giant, glowing alien that was maybe the weirdest part of HBO’s overall rather weird The Nevers. In a new clip from the special features of the forthcoming home video release, VFX supervisor Johnny Han, series…Read more...

When Apple announced the Series 7 last month, it left out exactly when you’d be able to buy it. That made sense, given murmurs of production delays related to the Series 7's new design. But now we know: The Apple Watch Series 7 will be available for preorder starting at 5 a.m. PDT/8 a.m. EDT on Oct. 8, with general…Read more...

Ever since the first picture of Ben Affleck in the Bat-suit was released from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, in which the Dark Knight looks forlornly at the ground directly before him, one thing was obvious: Ben Affleck did not seem thrilled to be wearing a cape for a slew of DC superhero flicks. Knowing what we…Read more...

In the wake of one of the worst PR crises Facebook’s faced in recent years, all of the company’s platforms—Facebook proper, Instagram, and WhatsApp—are suffering mysterious outages on Monday morning.Read more...

For some people with difficult-to-treat depression, a personalized, implanted device for the brain might provide relief when nothing else can, a new case study published Monday suggests. Researchers claim, for the first time, to have used custom-fitted deep brain stimulation to substantially alleviate a patient’s…Read more...

Though the official line on 2007's Bee Movie has always insisted that there was never any sexual energy humming between its two leads—Vanessa, a human woman voiced by Renée Zellweger, and Barry, an anthropomorphic bee voiced by Jerry Seinfeld—anyone who’s actually seen the Steve Hickner-directed film knows that…Read more...

I just heard an endearing interview on NPR mentioning that William Shatner likes to frequent the fan-constructed Star Trek bridge in Ticonderoga, New York and say stuff like “take me to the bridge!” It’s that characteristic sentimentality and the down-for-anything spirit that makes me feel okay about this news:…Read more...

Over the course of his decade in the Senate, it’s no secret that Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin has been an ardent supporter of fossil fuels. The barely-blue-dog-Democrat is now almost singlehandedly responsible for holding up progress on the $3.5 trillion Build Back Better bill, as he pushes for major changes to the way…Read more...

Even though MWC 2021 happened months back in the summer, new leaks have revealed a device that looks like Lenovo’s attempt to create its own Android-based portable gaming handheld.Read more...

You’d think with almost all of the men in the world gone, people could learn to trust one another. But that doesn’t make good television, does it? In the sixth episode of FX on Hulu’s Y The Last Man, titled “Weird Al Is Dead,” there’s not a hint of trust or happiness to be found. Not between politicians, not between…Read more...

The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their research on temperature and touch receptors. Their discoveries both contributed to what we know about the way our bodies take in sensory information from the world and make sense of it.Read more...

A broken pipeline off the coast of Orange County, California, has crews scrambling to contain a major oil spill that’s left crude oil all over local beaches, threatening local wetlands and killing wildlife.

When True Blood first hit HBO in 2008, it came at just the right time. The adaptation of Charlaine Harris’ Southern Vampire Mysteries featured vampires and werewolves being sexy in Louisiana and was an extremely easy sell at the time. It’s hard to say if it was actually good, but it was certainly watchable enough for…Read more...

Now that more semi-grounded heroes like Shang-Chi and Black Widow have gotten their solo films, it’s the Eternals’ time to shine. The new batch of cosmic weirdos making their way to the Marvel Cinematic Universe gets their grand debut in a month from director Chloé Zhao, which means it’s time for the commercials to…Read more...

Good news, YouTube TV subscribers: Sunday Night Football isn’t going anywhere. After a contentious public face-off over a contract dispute, YouTube TV and NBCUniversal have finally worked out a deal that will keep NBCU’s programming on the platform.Read more...

Like other Marvel movies before it, Venom: Let There Be Carnage made a boatload of money.Read more...

A space mission jointly launched by the European and Japanese space agencies has captured its first, up-close look at the planet Mercury.Read more...

The weeklong soap opera starring Ozy Media came to a dramatic finish on Friday when the media outlet announced it was shutting down. Ozy’s finale unfolded in only five days and was fueled by its own lies and misrepresentations. Nonetheless, one question remains: Why did it take so long for the company’s deceptions to…Read more...

New research released this weekend might comfort or unnerve you, depending on your perspective. An international survey of thousands suggests that just about everyone often feels gassy, with farting being the most common symptom experienced daily. The findings also indicate that these symptoms can affect people’s…Read more...

Just like your misguided boomer parents and estranged family members, Rudy Giuliani gleaned his supposed “evidence” of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election from unvetted posts on Facebook and other social media platforms.Read more...

The Child’s Play franchise is making a leap to the small screen with its first TV show. Chucky, set after the seventh film Cult of Chucky, sees the murder-happy doll continue his reign of terror. After gay teen Jake Wheeler (Zachary Arthur) picks up the Good Guy doll at a yard sale, it doesn’t take long for things to…Read more...

Netflix’s Midnight Mass was a deeply personal story for creator Mike Flanagan. Fresh off his successful Haunting duology, the new horror series represented a chance to delve into his past as a Roman Catholic and explore the terror that can come from religion and faith. In a pair of new featurettes, Flanagan and…Read more...

Venom: Let There Be Carnage has a mid-credits scene, and it’s a pretty big deal. The sequel to 2018's surprise superhero hit starring Tom Hardy and Tom Hardy, but in a slightly deeper voice, takes a mighty swing with its sequel bait in a way that is both sort of surprising and yet not entirely unexpected. But…Read more...

Stephen King’s 1975 horror novel Salem’s Lot is getting a big-screen adaptation next year. The author’s been on a tear lately with his various books and short stories being adapted, from It and Pet Sematary. Heck, another one just got announced on Friday. Salem’s is the story of a writer returning to his hometown to…Read more...

Flying during pandemic times just got a bit more convenient for iPhone users traveling on United Airlines.Read more...

The Biden administration plans to meet with officials from dozens of countries later this month in an effort to better coordinate a crackdown on cybercriminal gangs—particularly ransomware.Read more...

With five (soon to be six!) seasons and two movies under its belt, it’s hard to think of what new things My Hero Academia’s anime can do as it continues adapting Kohei Horikoshi’s superheroic shonen manga. The upcoming third movie, World Heroes’ Mission, answers that question easily: plant the Japanese heroes we’ve…Read more...

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of all things good and plastic in the world of merchandise. This week: Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool gets inducted into the world of S.H. Figuarts, we’re very perturbed about the lack of a chair in an action figure, and things get downright martial with replica staves and…Read more...

Although it’s been released in the U.S. before, and has been on and off multiple streaming platforms, Sunrise’s goofy, delightful action adventure anime adaptation Dirty Pair has never been made available with an English dub. But with the help of fans to overcome the licensing restrictions, that might be about to…Read more...

Like last year’s holiday special before it, Lucasfilm and Lego’s latest special shifts outside of canon to riff on the reason for the season, dipping into a trio of spooky stories revolving around dark side artifacts. Also like the special before it, it’s at its best when it ignores its non-canonicity to really take a…Read more...

Weeks ago, El Salvador became the first country in the world to declare Bitcoin a form of legal tender, spending $225 million and increasing its government stockpile to 550 Bitcoins as part of a rollout designed to cement the country as a world leader in cryptocurrency. On Friday, president and right-wing populist…Read more...

Google has a reputation for killing its products and this time the company has shut down a service that hasn’t even gotten off the ground yet. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google has abandoned its plan to let you open and manage a bank account through Google Pay.

As the Biden administration wrestles with plans to wrangle the notoriously under-regulated world of cryptocurrency, some officials are apparently taking cues from the tightly-controlled world of banks. That’s according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal claiming that some members of the administration are…Read more...

The return of Michael Myers is just a few weeks away, and one of the studios behind Halloween Kills would like you to be as hyped as possible for that release—along with all its other horror projects that are currently coming down the pipeline. The fact that it’s officially the spookiest month of the year didn’t hurt…Read more...

The recent death of a humpback whale that ended up on the shores of Staten Island, New York this month may have involved humans. Conservation experts who examined the whale say they found evidence of at least two human-caused injuries, including metal stuck in its guts. A final determination of the cause of death has…Read more...

If you’ve had a cable subscription at any point in the last 80 years or so, you likely know that when people talk about about the “Big Three” networks, they’re referring to ABC, CBS, and NBC—the three major commercial broadcast television networks that dominated programming in the U.S. for decades. Now, according to…Read more...

If someone accidentally deposited millions of dollars into your bank account, what are the chances you would just return it? What if the person that sent it to you asked really nicely?Read more...

The Canary Islands’ Cumbre Vieja volcano has a new lava feature. The volcano that’s been erupting for nearly two weeks saw a fissure open on its flanks on Friday.Read more...

All year we’ve been tracking which big sci-fi, fantasy, and horror films are celebrating milestone anniversaries over the course of 2021 and now we’ve come to the end of our journey. In the winter, it was movies like Highlander and Attack the Block. During the spring, it was Willy Wonka and Raiders of the Lost Ark. …Read more...