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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 The Waking Sleep of a Seething Wound" by dave ring. Enjoy!

From Oscar-winning movies like Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio to massive global hits like Arcane: League of Legends, Netflix Animation has been kicking all kinds of ass over the past few years. And, it seems, that's going to continue into the future.Read more...

We've had a vague inkling ever since it was first announced that part of Aardman Animation and Netflix's movie team up would include the next Wallace & Gromit film, of just what the film would be about. But now, we know its title: and that it'll feature the return of the criminal underworld's most infamous...Read more...

Costco is the perfect place to shop whenever you need a 3-pound tub of pretzels and four gallons of mayonnaise. Or, perhaps more famously, those $1.50 hot dog combos. But now those purchases will help the retailer target you with ads, according to a report from Morning Brew Thursday.Read more...

The official start of summer is a few weeks off, but try explaining the nuances of the seasonal calendar to that glowing ball of heat in the sky. With sticky, sweaty weather pulling into the station for the next several months, it's time to fire up some similarly scorching streaming titles.

Evidence of the Milky Way's past is encoded in wrinkles of stars, whose positions and movements have shifted as our galaxy has interacted with other galaxies, sometimes violently. Now, a team of astronomers say that the most recent of those cosmic collisions was billions of years later than was thought, making the...Read more...

The Acolyte's premiere this week introduced us a lot of new things-a new Star Wars era as yet unseen in live-action material, new ideas about both the light and dark sides of the Force, new delightfully weird droids and creatures, and of course, a whole new cast of characters. And one of the best of those new...Read more...

When Disney shut down Club Penguin in 2017, millions of disgruntled fans were left without a virtual, penguin-based world to call home. This week, Bleeping Computer reports that threat actors hacked into Disney's internal servers looking for old Club Penguin secrets, but ended up stealing 2.5 GB of up-to-date internal...Read more...

Earlier this year, the Oscars announced a new category will be awarded in 2026, honoring movies made in 2025, for Best Achievement in Casting. Now comes word that another well-deserving and essential group that's long been part of the moviemaking process may be next in line: stunt professionals.Read more...

After back-to-back failed launch attempts, a crewed Starliner capsule finally launched on Wednesday to deliver two NASA astronauts to low Earth orbit. Boeing is testing its capsule's ability to transport crews to the International Space Station (ISS), with Starliner set to dock to the orbital lab on Thursday.

Update 06/06/24 at 1:43 p.m. ET: This post was updated to include additional information from Nvidia.Read more...

Sony removed the 8K" label from its fresh PlayStation 5 boxes. This could either be an admission that there really was no point to promoting 8K or that it's saving its real 8K capabilities for the rumored PS5 Pro that could be coming later this year.Read more...

Paramount Pictures is teaming up with Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort for haunted houses based on A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place Part II in anticipation of A Quiet Place: Day One. And yes, the studio hopes you can hold back screams while experiencing iconic...Read more...

A particular type of bird flu has now killed its first human. On Wednesday, Mexican health officials and the World Health Organization announced a confirmed case of H5N2 avian influenza in a 59-year-old man, who subsequently died from complications of the infection. The incident is the first lab-confirmed case and...Read more...

The Tesla Cybertruck might be little more than a punchline after six months on the road, but that hasn't stopped people from celebrating Elon Musk's vision for the future. So we shouldn't be surprised that some folks want to turn the Cybertruck into a cop car and have even designed modifications to make that a...Read more...

After two consecutive failed launch attempts, the crewed Starliner capsule successfully launched on Wednesday, June 5, carrying two NASA astronauts to low Earth orbit. Boeing is testing the capsule's capability to transport crews to the International Space Station (ISS), with Starliner docking at the ISS.Read more...

Researchers are using AI models trained on human speech to decode the secret language of dogs. The study comes from researchers at the University of Michigan, Mexico's National Institute of Astrophysics, and the Optics and Electronics Institute. The promising results, presented last week at an international...Read more...

It's not Android's equivalent to the iPhone's emergency SOS via satellite, but it'll do for now. Google announced that later this year, Google Messages will let you text 911 from your Android device, even when SMS isn't available. The company is teaming up with RapidSOS to enable the service via RCS. It will begin...Read more...

The Watchers is a brooding and chilling breakthrough feature film debut from Servant producer Ishana Shyamalan, based on the novel by A.M. Shine. The filmmaker invites horror audiences on a surreal trip into the forests of Ireland for a story filled with supernatural intrigue and suspense.

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft developed more helium leaks on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) with a NASA crew on board.Read more...

It was the dragon chomp heard round the world-a world encompassing both the enraptured audience watching House of the Dragon's season one finale, and the in-show world of Westeros on the brink of war. As season two nears its premiere on HBO and Max, star Ewan Mitchell gave some insight into what's next for the...Read more...

Things have seemingly simmered down between the Walt Disney Company and the state of Florida after their years long back and forth over the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District.Read more...

It's time for Starship to take flight once again, aiming to splashdown in the Indian Ocean on its way back from its fourth launch to demonstrate the rocket's reusability.

Humane, makers of the AI Pin,are warning customers to stop using its charging pod immediately. Humane claimed the third-party battery cells in the Charge Case were faulty and could pose a fire safety risk." Humane has yet to comment publicly, and there's no word on when or how customers will receive a replacement.Read more...

Suzanne Collins is ready to return to Panem again-and this time, it's for another prequel in the wake of Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.Read more...

The Bride! adds a big new star in a mystery role. Alien: Romulus gets an unsurprising rating. Plus, Mattel wants a Monster High cinematic universe to happen, and what's coming on My Adventures With Superman. To me, my spoilers!

Cucumbers grown in Florida and distributed across the country have been identified as the likely cause of a Salmonella outbreak in at least 25 states, according to a report from the CDC Wednesday. The agency says 162 people who've become sick have been identified but that's likely a vast undercount of the real number...Read more...

Silicon Valley has always been a place for unconventional thinkers with big ideas, but in 2024, that includes former president and convicted felon Donald Trump. Two influential tech investors and hosts of the All-In Podcast, David Sacks and Chamath Palihapitiya, recently announced they were hosting a fundraiser for...Read more...

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Tim Burton's cult classic Beetlejuice is coming back in a big way with the release of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the sequelstarring Winona Ryder returning as Lydia Deetz and Michael Keaton as the ghost with the most. To celebrate, Loungefly just dropped a first look at its upcoming collection inspired by the Warner...Read more...

I don't make the rules. But the entity who does-the Comedy Pet Photography Awards-has announced the winners of their annual competition. The competition released its finalists last month, and now some hard cuts have been made to anoint the 16 best of the bunch. Eight of the 16 are category winners, and the remaining...Read more...

Producer M. Night Shyamalan-a name all horror fans are familiar with-presents The Watchers, directed by a name they'll soon learn: Ishana Night Shyamalan. The feature from the Servant filmmaker is based on the book by A.M. Shine; it follows Dakota Fanning as Mina, an artist who gets lost in a mysterious, untouched...Read more...

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One very good thing about a new Star Wars project means that you're always going to get a modicum of Funny Little Guys. Your glup shittos, your merchandisable new droids, your Bell Guys, your Blurrgs, things of that nature. Star Wars worldbuilding is built on the backs of not its heroes and villains, but a galaxy of...Read more...

For no reason at all-the reason was last month's Eurovision Song Contest-I have been lurking around Gen Z spaces and noticed a return to the old form of gadgetry. It started with wired headphones, and now it seems like the lust for single-feature gadgets has been wholly revived, from point-and-shoot cameras to MP3...Read more...

The Meta Quest 3 hasn't enjoyed much time in the spotlight this year, and that probably won't change with the headset's most recent hardware and app updates. But let's cast a more intense glow on the Meta Quest anyway because there's something else happening to the Quest ecosystem if you've been paying attention. The...Read more...

There's only one Last of Us game remaining to adapt but it's going to take much longer than previously expected. After turning the first Last of Us game into a complete season of television, showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann recently revealed that they have an outline of how they'll adapt The Last of Us Part...Read more...

Researchers in the UK appear to have discovered a pivotal genetic cause of inflammatory bowel disease. In a new study Wednesday, the team found evidence of a specific genetic flaw that seems to play a key role in driving immune cells to attack the guts of those with IBD-a flaw found in nearly all the cases they...Read more...

Local prosecutors in California recently filed a lawsuit against Kroger (which also owns the Ralphs and Food 4 Less supermarket chains) for allegedly mislabeling the calorie counts on store-name bread. The Kroger Carbmaster bread line listed just 30 calories per slice, when the bread was actually 50 calories or more...Read more...

Loki going from Marvel Studios' God of Mischief to God of Stories gave actor Tom Hiddleston the opportunity to explore the full arc of the fan-favorite anti-hero. From his first appearance in Thor, directed by Kenneth Branagh, to his many deaths in The Avengers films, to finally getting the throne he always sought at...Read more...

Mystery and Star Wars go hand in hand. The franchise has, for the best part of half a century, dedicated itself to answering mysteries big and small about its galaxy-sometimes for good or ill. But rarely has a Star Wars story been a mystery in regards to its genre, and The Acolyte embraces that structure...Read more...

The 1980s were a glorious decade for horror films, heralding the rise of slasher franchises and an influx of European oddities and creative indies, with the uncertain energy of the times summoning forth movies that offered a blend of kitsch, adventurous gore, and last-days-of-the-Cold-War unease.Read more...

While David Lynch fans are still hoping he'll one day to return to Twin Peaks (again), a small kernel of dreamy Lynchian bliss has just entered the atmosphere. It's the video for Sublime Eternal Love," which Lynch directed, offering the first taste of Cellophane Memories, his new album with Chrystabell.Read more...

Join me now for a look into my soul. Many times before on this website, I've written about my weird obsession with Han Solo in Carbonite from Star Wars. I love Han Solo as a character, of course, but in terms of collecting, I mainly collect Han in Carbonite, as well as Hoth Han-blue jacket, not brown.Read more...

House of the Dragon and Game of Thrones are both adapted from the works of George R.R. Martin, but with distinct challenges: Dragon is based on a history tome, while Thrones' plot ended up advancing beyond that of Martin'sas-yet-unfinished book series. Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal knows endings are an issue in...Read more...

Update: June 5, 11:02 a.m. ET: ULA's Atlas V rocket blasted off this morning at 10:52 a.m. ET, with NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams sitting inside Boeing's Starliner capsule. The first crewed mission of this spacecraft, following two failed launch attempts, is finally underway. Of course, the true test...Read more...

Dermatologists are sounding the alarm over two emerging types of fungi that can cause nasty bouts of ringworm. In a new report Wednesday, they describe the first known U.S. case of one ringworm fungus that can spread sexually, while another recent paper details the arrival of a species resistant to the most common...Read more...

If you're mainly plotting routes through Google Maps on your web browser, Google is telling you it's past time to start using the app and only the app. The company is ending access to the Timeline feature for users on the web. If you want to keep your past routes, you'll need to download them to your app.Read more...

In his search for giant stars hosting large worlds, Samuel Grunblatt, an astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins University, came across a strangely puffy planet that's smaller, hotter, and older than it's supposed to be. We didn't expect to find any planet that looks like this," he told Gizmodo.Read more...

Star Wars has long been a little in love with itself, for better or worse-familiar faces and locales showing up over and over, nods to familiar events, and of course, lines that become something akin to catchphrases. And while The Acolyte is both a series that charts a lot of new ground for Star Wars on-screen, it's...Read more...