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Not everyone loves Jurassic World, but everyone loves Jurassic Park, and that’s why almost everyone is at least a little excited for Jurassic World Dominion. For the first time since the original, stars Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum will appear on screen together and they’ll do it alongside Jurassic World …Read more...

Transistors, specifically those made from silicon, are the cornerstone of modern electronics. From toasters to televisions, transistors appear in nearly everything with a circuit. They are also only getting smaller, which is a problem, especially when it comes to energy consumption, heat, and, ironically, total device…Read more...

The past few episodes of Star Trek: Picard have been a bit chaotic, but in a largely fun way—a little dash of the absurd to make the strange ideas it was hastily setting up in the background go down smoothly, so you could have a bit of a chuckle when that setup came crashing down in similarly absurd fashion. This…Read more...

Satellite images captured by NASA’s Landsat 8 show how Fukushima, Japan has transformed since a tsunami devastated the region in 2011, setting off a nuclear disaster that is still being cleaned up. Today, vast areas of solar panels can be seen covering the land around Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

The Witcher’s third season has entered production, and considering where we last left season 2 when everyone and their uncle wanted their hands on the power of young Ciri, it stands to reason we’re going to get a few fresh faces when we return to the Continent—several of them quite familiar.

Do you love the world’s online free encyclopedia, but only do commerce in ether? Soon, you may no longer be able to demonstrate your Wiki appreciation monetarily.Read more...

A new U.S. Space Command memo says that a meteor that fell to Earth in 2014 came from interstellar space. That would make it the first known interstellar object in our solar system, preceding ‘Oumuamua, a cigar-shaped object that first appeared in 2017 and seemed to come from another star system. But some scientists…Read more...

Intel is making huge promises to make the company carbon neutral over the next decade or two, and yesterday the company broke down how it wants to get there.

Attention for the weak-hearted: You might want to give this first trailer for David Cronenberg’s new film a miss. While it’s technically safe for work, there are a lot of visually unpleasant things going on in there, not least of which is a guy... uh... keeping his mouth shut. Permanently.

As one of the internet’s most meme-friendly file formats, there’s an endless number of tools and websites that can turn short video clips into animated GIFs. When it comes to animating your own doodles and drawings, Arteater makes it as easy as printing a template, expressing yourself creatively, and then uploading a…Read more...

Early clinical data is showing promise for an experimental treatment tackling multiple sclerosis. The treatment, which targets a virus closely linked to MS called Epstein-Barr virus, was found to be safe and possibly effective at halting the progression of symptoms in some patients. But it will take much more data to…Read more...

Peacock’s Ted sequel expands its cast. Stranger Things’ fourth season is going to put Max in the spotlight. Shudder adds an intriguing new zombie movie to its slate. Plus, new looks at The Northman and Kung Fu’s return. To me, my spoilers!

The 9-mile trip from NASA’s astronaut crew quarters to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida will never be the same, thanks to the introduction of these undeniably unusual transport vehicles.

Not even the best smartphone is a replacement for a full-blown console, but it can become a capable gaming machine with the right accessory. Now that there is a way to play big, AAA first-person shooters and story-driven RPGs with the help of cloud services like Amazon Luna and Microsoft Game Pass, it’s time to…Read more...

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Elon Musk, who recently bought a 9.2% stake in Twitter, has made an offer to buy the company outright for $54.20 per share in cash in a hostile takeover of roughly $43 billion, according to a new report from Bloomberg News and documents filed with the SEC. Musk said in the SEC filing that if his offer isn’t accepted,…Read more...

Crypto investor Sina Estavi bought an NFT of Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey’s first tweet ever for $2.9 million in March of 2021. And after a year of constant hype for NFTs, most people would naturally assume Estavi might be able to turn a nice profit on his investment by now. But most people would be wrong.Read more...

If you’re already struggling with pain at the pump and rising prices of everything from ramen to rent, buckle up for some more unpleasant news. The fastest inflation increase in four decades means a year of pricier phones, laptops, and other gadgets as well.Read more...

Old Gods of Appalachia (often called Old Gods Pod or OGA by its fans) is a narrative fiction anthology podcast that shares a mythic Appalachian setting amongst its stories. And now, it’s getting a tabletop role-playing game, after years of development.

TikTok is giving users a thumbs down.Read more...

An unknown crypto investor bet nearly half a million dollars on a slew of alt-coins this week that almost immediately jumped in value. The person in question was either really lucky or, as some on the web see it, a dirty, rotten cheater with insider knowledge.Read more...

Over the course of 12 long years, The Walking Dead TV series has had many highs and many more lows. Now, as the venerable zombie apocalypse show approaches its end, the 11th and final season has been as consistently strong as TWD has been in years. While it may seem odd—and, frankly, frustrating—for the show to…Read more...

Since nearly the dawn of the smartphone, it’s been an Android versus iOS world. Well, unless you remember BlackBerry. Regardless of the platform, switching between Apple and Google’s ecosystems hasn’t always been easy, though Apple did release a handy “Move to iOS” app in the Play Store in 2015 for Android users…Read more...

The 2020 hurricane season was one of the most extreme on record. Between May and November, there were 30 named storms (the most ever recorded), and 14 of those reached hurricane level (the second-most ever). Cumulatively, all these storms caused hundreds of deaths and more than an estimated $40 billion of damage. Now,…Read more...

My husband and I were at MoMA PS1 in 2021 when I saw her: Niki de Saint Phalle’s interpretation of Death. It was one of the small models of her gargantuan Tarot Garden installation that resides just outside Rome. Here was Death: a skull-faced woman, voluptuous and gold-skinned, riding a horse made of the midnight sky. …Read more...

Fans of Club Penguin were elated when the shuttered Disney game was resurrected as Club Penguin Rewritten—a fan-made recreation of the popular original. This week, though, their digital dreams were dashed once again when three people were reportedly arrested in connection with the site’s shuttering for allegedly…Read more...

After arriving at the International Space Station on Saturday, the four crew members of Axiom Space’s Ax-1 mission have been busy at work onboard the floating low-Earth orbit laboratory.Read more...

You’re going to see a lot of reviews comparing Yellowstone and Outer Range, and it’s no surprise why. Amazon’s new series starring Josh Brolin has a lot of the same ingredients as Peacock’s Kevin Costner hit. But Outer Range has something Yellowstone doesn’t, yet: a serious inclination toward the paranormal.Read more...

Archaeologists say they have found the earliest-yet evidence of a Mesoamerican calendar in fragments of painted murals made in what is now Guatemala over 2,000 years ago.Read more...

The Cabin in the Woods is a miracle. A singular story packed with biblical stakes, dense mythology, surprises, excitement, and most importantly, little to no room for any type of follow-up, all in one 95-minute package. Released just 10 years ago today, it almost qualifies as a relic from a forgotten age which is one…Read more...

If you’re a billionaire looking to squirrel away your money from the tax man, then it’s better to be a tech billionaire.

An influential panel of experts are recommending that children as young as 8 get routinely screened for anxiety. The recommendation adds to their previous guidance that children 12 or older should be screened for depression. However, they refrained from advising that children younger than 11 get depression screening…Read more...

In March, DC Comics announced its extensive plans to celebrate Pride Month with new series, the debut of new characters, and more. But more details have been rolling in, including the full roster of talent that will be contributing to this year’s DC Pride 2022 anthology, which just happens to include the most beloved…Read more...

Earlier this year, Apple invited photographers to take their best macro images using the iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max. Participants had only a few weeks to submit their top shots for a chance at being featured in a gallery on Apple Newsroom, apple.com, Apple Instagram (@apple), and possibly even in digital…Read more...

In Karen Gillan’s latest movie, Dual, the Marvel star plays two versions of the same character, both looking to kill each other. On paper, that might seem like a new, unique challenge. Only... Gillan has done it before. A few times in fact. One was even in the second highest-grossing movie in history, Avengers: EndgameRead more...

MoonPay, a tool for buying cryptocurrency and NFTs, announced on Tuesday that it has collected $86.7 million in a new investment round. The list of investors names more than sixty celebrities including Bruce Willis, Diplo, Eva Longoria, Justin Bieber, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Paris Hilton.

The European Space Agency will not take part in Russia’s upcoming Luna missions to the Moon, saying Russian sanctions and the ongoing invasion of Ukraine have made the collaborations impossible. The three Luna missions, the first of which is scheduled to launch in September, involve two lunar landers, a lunar polar…Read more...

Last week, we had an audio excerpt from io9 co-founder Charlie Jane Anders’ new YA fantasy. Today, we’ve got an exclusive cover reveal and excerpt from io9's other co-founder, Annalee Newitz—author of acclaimed works of both fiction (The Future of Another Timeline) and non-fiction (Four Lost Cities: A Secret History…Read more...

Chile’s harsh drought has begun its 13th year, forcing country’s capitol to ration water.Read more...

While attempts have been made to try and bring Doctor Who to the big screen, the TV franchise hasn’t had the luck since the height of 1960s “Dalekmania” saw Peter Cushing thrust into the role of Dr. Who for two adaptations of iconic Dalek stories. Now, those movies are back for a snazzy new re-release—and a chance at…Read more...

A fed-up dolphin went rogue over the weekend and bodyslammed a Miami Seaquarium trainer in front of an audience of gasping children.Read more...

Valve has repeatedly insisted that the Steam Deck doesn’t come with external GPU support, shooting down gamer’s hopes of connecting an RTX 3090 and cranking the graphics settings to Ultra. At the same time, Valve keeps emphasizing how the Steam Deck is an open platform, a device that can be modified to fit a user’s…Read more...

In episode three of Moon Knight, directed by Mohamed Diab, former partners and lovers reunite to stop Harrow (Ethan Hawke) from getting to Ammit’s tomb. Turns out working together is trickier for them with Marc (Oscar Isaac) needing to learn how to work with Steven (also Oscar Isaac) and Khonshu (F. Murray Abraham) in…Read more...

Two tornadoes touched down in Bell County, Texas Monday evening, injuring 23 people and hospitalizing 12, one with critical injuries. The more damaging of the tornadoes was on the ground for an eye-popping seven miles, striking Salado, Texas, a town about midway between Austin and Waco on Interstate 35.Read more...

Soccer fans are cheering after FIFA, the international governing body for the pro sport, launched its own streaming service for live games, match replays and original documentaries on Tuesday. FIFA+ is available for free now on the web and mobile devices, but it’s still not clear whether it will eventually charge for…Read more...

The last big hurdle to making virtual worlds (nope, not going to call it the other thing) a truly realistic experience is providing tangible feedback to other senses too, like touch. There’s been considerable research into creating VR controllers that let users touch and feel virtual objects as if they were real, but…Read more...

A comet with a nucleus larger than Rhode Island has been on a journey toward the Sun for more than a million years. In February, researchers found that the comet is 85 miles wide, and new observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope now confirm that this is in indeed the largest comet nucleus ever observed,…Read more...

DnDBeyond.com is one of the most widely used digital toolsets for the ubiquitous tabletop roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons, and up until a few days ago it was owned by Fandom. A breaking press release from Business Wire has confirmed that Hasbro, the parent company of Wizards of the Coast, which owns Dungeons &…Read more...

Users of ride hailing apps Uber and Lyft say they were fleeced after they tried to leave the Brooklyn area yesterday after a shooting left at least 23 people injured. Others found the price of a ride had increased several fold even in areas outside the immediate area of danger.

Rob Zombie’s Munsters remake just keeps adding to its cast. David Lynch throws cold water on rumors that he’s showing a new movie at Cannes. Another familiar face returns for National Treasure: The Series. Plus, get new looks at the return of Fear the Walking Dead, and the new anthology Tales of the Walking Dead.…Read more...