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Roku Pulls Support for YouTube TV, Says Google Wants Special Access to Data
After news leaked out about a feud between Roku and Google earlier this week, today Roku announced its devices would no longer support the YouTube TV app for new subscribers.Read more...
The He-Man Movie Has Lost Its Prince Adam
The Rock’s Black Adam, somehow, is continuing to hire half of Hollywood for its cast. The first look at the Children of the Corn remake is here. Samuel L. Jackson is in peril in another new Spiral: From the Book of Saw clip. Plus, Army of the Dead posters, and Krysten Ritter steps behind the camera for a new…Read more...
The Best Thing About Apple's AirTags Is Also the Scariest
“Those seem useful, but I don’t really lose things,” I thought to myself when Apple finally took the wraps off its long-rumored Bluetooth trackers, AirTags.
Why You Should Use a Physical Key to Sign Into Your Accounts
The benefits of two-factor authentication (2FA) are clear: A person trying to get into your accounts will need something else besides your username and password, which makes it more difficult to hack you. That something else is often a code sent via SMS or through an app, but there’s another option: a physical…Read more...
Elon Musk Shares Painfully Obvious Idea About the Difficulty of Self-Driving Cars
Elon Musk, one of the wealthiest people on the planet, sent a tweet Thursday night about the real problem with self-driving cars. And as you can probably guess by now, it’s one of those things that sounds profound until you stop to think about it for three seconds. That’s more or less Musk’s brand at this point.
Netflix Finally Adds a Shuffle Play Feature for Those of Us With Decision Paralysis
Netflix rolled out its new “Play Something” feature this week, a shuffle play option for when you have thousands of TV shows and movies at your fingertips and no idea what to watch.Read more...
Windows 10 Is Finally Getting Better Support for AirPods
Part of Microsoft’s great big overhaul to Windows 10 finally includes some major changes to Bluetooth support and audio endpoints. These changes are now live in the latest Windows 10 Insider preview build, reports The Verge.
Instagram Realizes It Had a Clubhouse In Its Heart All Along
As more and more social media platforms start cooking up their own Clubhouse clones, Instagram is adding new features to its existing livestreaming service to get in on the voice chat craze. On Thursday, Instagram announced it’s rolling out the option to turn off your audio or video while using Instagram Live.Read more...
Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine Just Had a Dark Side Squid Fight
That’s not even the most ridiculous thing I can tell you about Marvel’s latest Star Wars comic, Darth Vader #11.
Yasuke Writer Nick Jones Jr. on Exploring Japan's Legendary Black Samurai
Netflix’s anime selection is huge and growing by the day. One new original project in particular—Yasuke, created by LeSean Thomas and starring LaKeith Stanfield—tells a true story but uses some truly fantastical elements to do it. io9 recently spoke to head writer Nick Jones Jr. about his journey to becoming a writer,…Read more...
Scientists Find Billion-Year-Old Fossil Life, 'Something Which Has Never Been Described Before'
Biden's Labor Secretary Wants to See Gig Workers Reclassified as Employees
Tech stocks tumbled on Thursday following a Reuters interview in which U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh stated that many of the millions of gig workers across the country should, in fact, be classified as employees, rather than independent contractors.Read more...
Amazon Renews Invincible for 2 More Bloody Seasons
It shouldn’t be a surprise. Robert Kirkman’s animated adaptation of his own 2003 comic has been even more popular and well-reviewed than its source material, thanks to its airing on Amazon Prime. Clearly, Amazon isn’t unaware of this fact, since it’s just renewed Invincible for not one but two more seasons.
Why Could Menthols Be Banned, but Not Regular Cigarettes?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it would begin the process of trying to ban menthol-flavored cigarettes and flavored cigars from the market. The decision will likely meet fierce opposition from many corners and may not come into effect for years. But it brings up an interesting question: Why…Read more...
60-Member Ransomware Task Force Has a Plan to Crack Down on Ransomware Criminals
A new, Big-Tech-backed coalition is lobbying the Biden administration to more aggressively pursue the threat of ransomware. In a report sent to the White House this week, members of the new group—simply called the Ransomware Task Force—have asked the president and the U.S. intelligence community to prioritize the…Read more...
Borderlands' Moxxi Has Been Cast, Completing Eli Roth's Adaptation
Eli Roth’s Borderlands seems determined to claim the title for most star-studded video game adaptation ever, and today’s announcement that the cast is finally complete—with the addition of Gina Gershon, American Horror Story’s Cheyenne Jackson, and a few others—seems likely to seal the deal.Read more...
Show Me a Directed Energy Weapon or Shut Your Anonymous National Security Official Mouth
Another day, another mostly anonymously sourced story about unidentified assailants supposedly assaulting U.S. government employees around the globe. This time, according to CNN, federal agencies are looking into something closer to home: symptoms suffered by a White House employee in Virginia and National Security…Read more...
Castlevania's Final Season Trailer Teases an All-Out Supernatural War
Trevor, Sypha, and Alucard’s journey are coming to a final end—and in true Castlevania style, it’s going to be a bloody good time.
California’s Carbon Offset Program Is a Complete Disaster
As businesses in California race to tamp down their emissions by buying carbon offsets, some serious math errors in the program may mean more carbon dioxide—not less—is being added to the atmosphere.Read more...
Google Assistant Will Now Finally Be Able to Say Your Name Correctly
It’s always awkward when you ask the robot (i.e. your phone’s digital assistant) to call a friend or family member, and then it responds with a cold and butchered pronunciation of that name. Now you can help stave off those unfortunate uncanny valley moments by teaching the Google Assistant how to pronounce your name…Read more...
Luca's Mystique-Like Transformations Were Inspired by 'Squid Chromatophores'
Like many fantasy stories involving sea-dwelling people who work up the courage to explore the land beyond the ocean, the young heroes of Pixar’s Luca have the ability to pass as humans thanks to a magical transformation. It’s easy for Luca and his platonic buddy Alberto to pass once they step out of the water and dry…Read more...
No, Sickos, You Can't Buy an NFT to Destroy a Basquiat (Today)
A Jean-Michel Basquiat has possibly averted annihilation by NFT. Earlier this week, a seller who only identified themselves as “DAYstrom” attempted to auction an NFT of Basquiat’s 1986 drawing Free Comb with Pagoda, granting the winner the option to destroy the work so that only the NFT would survive. Whether the…Read more...
David Cronenberg's New Sci-Fi Film Casts Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, and More
It’s been seven years since iconic director David Cronenberg made a film, and it’s been 22 years since he made a science-fiction with 1999's eXistenZ. Now Cronenberg is heading back to the genre with Crimes of the Future, and he’s bringing Aragorn, Madeleine Swann, and Bella Swann along with him.
Neil Gaiman, Chuck Wendig, and More Are Uniting to Make Disney Pay Royalties
Late last year, Alan Dean Foster—the novelist who wrote the first Star Wars novels, the ghost-written novelization of A New Hope and its direct sequel, Splinter of the Mind’s Eye—went public with his struggles to negotiate a royalty contract for his work since Disney took ownership of Lucasfilm. Although Foster’s…Read more...
Declassified Satellite Images Show Glaciers Are Melting Faster Than Ever
The world’s glaciers are melting faster and the climate crisis is to blame, a new study shows.
Scientists Closer to Creating Psychedelic-Like Drugs That Work Without Hallucinations
In a new study this week, researchers describe their work with experimental compounds that could offer the mental health benefits of a psychedelic drug, without causing people to trip out. Their early research, so far only conducted in mice, might someday provide people with more first-line treatments for illnesses…Read more...
U.S. Court Says Ghost Gun Blueprints Can Stay Online
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled this week that posting plans for so-called “ghost guns”—homemade firearms and firearm parts designed to route around gun regulations—is technically legal. The ruling, which affirmed the Trump-era removal of these gun and gun parts from the State Department’s…Read more...
This Fast & Furious Promo Is Either Fantastic or Terrible, I Can't Decide
Do you have trouble remembering which movies are Fast & Furious movies? This perplexing UK promo, which is not only for F9 but the entire franchise, is here to help by telling you exactly what makes one of these movies, beginning with “cars.” There are cars in the Fast & Furious movies. Who knew?!
Murder Cover-Up: Man Allegedly Set Deadly Wildfire to Hide His Crime
A fire that raged outside of San Francisco last summer was allegedly set to cover up a murder—and became part of the largest wildfire season on record in California as well as one of the deadliest.Read more...
Etsy-Owned Music Sales Site Reverb Hit With Data Breach
Last week, security consultant Bob Diachenko found an unsecured database run by the Etsy-owned music marketplace Reverb.
NYPD Puts Down Its Godforesaken Robot Dog
The New York City Police Department’s contract with the robot dog that spawned countless Black Mirror memes has been mercifully cut short. On Wednesday, an NYPD deputy commissioner confirmed to the New York Times that in response to the pretty universal backlash stirred up by the so-called Digidog—along with a hefty…Read more...
China's Space Station Is a Step Closer to Reality With Launch of Core Module
China today launched the main module of its new space station into low Earth orbit. The ambitious project is set to be China’s answer to the International Space Station, which has never included China in its membership.
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier's Director Breaks Down Walker's Arc, Steve's Shadow, and More
The curse of working on a Marvel Studios project is you can’t talk about it for a long time. There’s joy to be had in the preparation, execution, and finally the completion, of course, but in the meantime, they’re so secretive it’s usually years from when you start on something to when you can finally talk about it.…Read more...
You May Have to Wait Longer for Your New iPad or Mac
If you’re thinking about getting a new iPad or Mac in 2021, you should factor in a longer-than-usual wait time. Although Apple raked in an obscene amount of money this past quarter, CEO Tim Cook also warned in Apple’s Wednesday earnings call that there will be supply issues affecting iPads and Macs in the second half…Read more...
Oh, So Apparently Sony Has Enough PS5s for China Now
It seems low supply isn’t enough to stop Sony from opening up PS5 sales in yet another country because today Sony announced plans to begin selling the PS5 in China in mid-May.Read more...
These Finger-Worn Chopsticks Are the Best Thing to Happen to Snacking Since Doritos
The internet long ago figured out that the extended reach of chopsticks made them a great snacking tool to keep fingers clean while enjoying anything covered in powdered cheese. There’s always room for improvement, however, which brings us to the finger-worn Snactiv which appears to address some of the shortcomings of…Read more...
Netflix's Sweet Tooth May Become Our Summer 2021 Obsession
Iron Man might be gone from the Marvel Cinematic Universe but he’s bringing a whole new world to Netflix. Robert Downey Jr., along with his wife Susan Downey, are executive producers on a new dark, family, fantasy show called Sweet Tooth, based on the 2009 DC Comic series written and drawn by Jeff Lemire. The first…Read more...
James Gunn Teases One of The Suicide Squad's Villains
Chloé Zhao explains why she’s turning Dracula into a sci-fi western. David Cronenberg is remaking one of his classics. Finally, we have a release date (and new pictures) for The Green Knight. Plus, the stars of Stargirl and Supergirl talk heroes, and what’s to come on The Nevers. Spoilers now!
The Razer Blade 15 Advanced Is the Definition of a Premium Gaming Laptop
Gamers aren’t a monolith, and neither are the systems they game on. Some prefer more barebones systems that aren’t much more than a collection of components, while others seek out beastly desktop replacements that light up like a battleship. But when it comes to premium gaming notebooks, the Razer Blade 15 Advanced…Read more...
Australian Political Staffer Fired for Filming Himself Jerking Off on Female Politician's Desk Says Video of the Incident Is 'Revenge Porn'
How do you define revenge porn? It might seem easy enough when it’s an angry man posting a naked photo of his ex-girlfriend to 4Chan. But what happens when it’s an image of a lewd act in the workplace that touches off a national conversation about gender bias, power imbalances, and sexual assault?
Facebook Says Posts Criticizing India's Prime Minister Were 'Mistakenly' Blocked
Facebook posts criticizing India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi were being blocked on Wednesday, the tech giant confirmed to Gizmodo, adding that it was a “mistake.” But why was Facebook content with the hashtag #ResignModi being censored in the first place? Facebook is being incredibly cagey about the specifics.Read more...
Hackers Leak Data on D.C. Cops as Part of Extortion Scheme
In an attempt to extort some unknown amount of money out of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, hackers with the Babuk ransomware gang have leaked large amounts of data on five of the department’s officers.Read more...
A Cloud-Based Google Chrome Sounds Neat, but Consider Upgrading Your Hardware Instead
As I sit at my desk typing this blog, I have 15 Chrome tabs eating up 790MB of memory. I also have 17 Microsoft Edge tabs open, which take up 535MB of memory. Aside from those two extra tabs on Edge, I have the same webpages open, yet Chrome is hogging more memory. Complaints about the resource-hogging Google Chrome…Read more...
Shadow and Bone Fans, What on Earth Do You See in This Douchebag?
Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse series of novels made a big splash in the YA realm and beyond, so it’s no surprise Netflix chose to adapt Shadow and Bone into a series. The question I still have—as a watcher, not a reader—is... what does anyone see in General Kirigan?Read more...
Titans Season 3 Casts a Mad Men and Angel Alum as Scarecrow
We’ve gotten a few glimpses of what to expect from DC series Titans when it returns to HBO Max, like the excellent outfits we’ll be seeing Starfire and Red Hood rocking in season three. Today, however, we got a bit of important casting: Vincent Kartheiser is coming aboard as Dr. Jonathan Crane.Read more...
Hey Tomorrow War, WTF Is This?
I woke up this morning very excited to see the first footage from The Tomorrow War, the new Chris Pratt sci-fi action film directed by Chris McKay (The Lego Batman Movie). Everything we’d heard about it over the years made it sound like one of those mega-blockbusters we love to geek out about—Independence Day,…Read more...
The Secrets of the 'Cyber Ninjas' Will Not Stand in Arizona GOP's Useless 2020 Recount, Judge Rules
The state judge overseeing a Democratic challenge to the Republican-controlled Arizona Senate’s “audit” of the 2020 election—a secretive effort the state GOP is using as a sort of Hail Mary to overturn or at least delegitimize Joe Biden’s victory there—has ordered that the process no longer be conducted behind closed…Read more...
Exactly How Many Pandemic Apple Products Did You Jackals Buy?
In news that appears to defy all odds, Apple reported $23.6 billion in profit on $89.6 billion in revenue for the quarter ending March 27, making the second fiscal quarter its strongest non-holiday quarter ever. iPad sales spiked 79% year over year. Mac sales were up 70%. iPhone sales jumped 65.5%. These are…Read more...
Eternals Director Chloe Zhao Shocked Marvel With Her Sets
Kevin Feige is used to making Marvel superhero movies that are just brimming with VFX. Before she took the job directing Eternals, Chloe Zhao was not. Feige probably wasn’t surprised by her desire to use practical locations when possible, but he was surprised by how amazing they looked.Read more...
An Asteroid Impact Simulation Is Currently Underway—and It’s Absolutely Terrifying
A fictitious asteroid is headed our way, and a group of real experts is currently doing their best to deal with the grim situation. The week-long tabletop exercise, now in its third day, aims to find out whether our current technologies, systems, and institutions could handle the crisis if an actual asteroid were to…Read more...
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