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Elon Musk gave what appeared to be Nazi salutes at a rally held at Capitol One Arena on Monday after the inauguration of Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. And whatever Musk’s intention with the salutes, Americans on social media are extremely uncomfortable as they debate what it could mean for the future of the country.

In Parable of the Sower, a fire-ravaged California endures a climate change future that is now reality. In the 1993 speculative fiction classic, American science-fiction author Octavia E. Butler, who lived in nearby Altadena, predicted the catastrophic Los Angeles fires. The Afrofuturist’s grave rests in Altadena, which was hit hard amid the recent fires that

Earlier this month, Sony revealed it’s planning to make live-action movies for Horizon Zero Dawn and Helldivers. The latter is a co-op shooter about space marines fighting aliens, and it’s not uncommon for sci-fi war movies to have big stars: your Tom Cruises, Chris Pratts, and the like. If it were up to execs at developer Arrowhead

CapCut simplifies video editing and creation, making it ideal for social media influencers on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and other platforms. Sadly, the US CapCut ban prevents all American residents from using their favorite video editor. Following the bombastic TikTok ban in the USA, CapCut stopped providing its services to this country as a result of

This year marks a significant change in the air for Superman. Along with James Gunn’s upcoming movie, DC Comics is offering a massive shakeup to the status quo, and with a big get from its distinguished competition: like Brian Michael Bendis before him, Dan Slott, a longtime writer for Marvel’s Spider-Man and Fantastic Four comics

The USA is one of the largest social media consumers, with over 170 million TikTok accounts. For months, there’s been a debate over TikTok banning in the US only for the ban to arrive at the doorstep on January 19th, 2025. People who woke up and grabbed their phones to visit TikTok were in for

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Let’s take a quick international trip to see the latest at Tokyo Disneyland, which gets an adorable Marvel overlay at its It’s a Small World attraction. Stateside, it’s festival season at Walt Disney World with the opening of pop culture fan favorite Festival of the Arts at Epcot;  over at Magic Kingdom, Space Mountain celebrates

Cinema lost a great today. While the news of David Lynch’s passing seems still more unreal than anything the director has made, we mourn the loss along with the rest of the filmmakers and actors who had the privilege to exist during the Lynchian era. And we’re pouring out a cup of damn fine coffee

One thousand fourteen. That’s how many days have passed since the final episode of Severance season one aired—and today, January 16, 2025, when the season two premiere drops on Apple TV+ (a few hours earlier than expected). It’s a long time by any measure, but especially in today’s fast-paced world of pop culture. Was it

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One of the boldest moves Rocksteady made when it unveiled its Suicide Squad game after years of rumors was its subtitle: this was going to be a game about you, as players, fighting and being forced to slaughter DC’s finest heroes, before Braniac could puppet them into being his own deadly occupation force. Then Suicide Squad:

Traditional conceptions of obesity might be in for a radical shift. In a new report published this week, a widely-supported group of scientists is pushing for substantial changes in how obesity is diagnosed and classified. Over 50 obesity experts from across the globe conducted the report, as part of a commission backed by The Lancet.

After social media latched onto the theory that It Ends With Us director and co-lead Justin Baldoni inspired “Nicepool” in Deadpool & Wolverine—to the point that the actor’s legal team, led by Bryan Freedman, addressed it outright—there’s now a new strike back against Ryan Reynolds’ wife, Blake Lively, who was featured in the film as Ladypool.

Stop-motion animation is a prospect challenging enough for any studio, even Aardman, which has been pioneering the form for decades at this point. But what happens when you decide to bring back a villain who’s famous for not being able to say a single word, can barely move any part of their face, and mostly

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After spending so long in development hell, The Flash really came and went in 2023, huh? Warner Bros. sure put a lot of effort into making sure people knew it was coming, but audiences ultimately bounced off it pretty hard amid a year of superhero movies fizzling in theaters. To director Andy Muschietti, the film’s biggest failing

A few months ago, Prime Video revealed it was getting the ball rolling on a TV adaptation for Mass Effect. For fans, the squadmates of each game are part of the franchise’s charm—so much that Jennifer Hale, who voiced the female version of Commander Shepard, thinks the show should include them. Speaking to Eurogamer, Hale said

Since it came out last December, Marvel Rivals has become the hot new hero shooter. A lot of that can be owed to its visuals, and PC players have since made skin mods that make the game’s cast into non-Marvel characters, like making Jeff the Shark into Chainsaw Man’s Pochita, or Iron Man into Dragon Ball‘s Vegeta.

This week at CES, Sony revealed it was adding even more video games to its already sizable roster of adaptations, including Guerrilla Games’ Horizon franchise. After the intended Netflix series collapsed following abuse allegations against showrunner Steve Blackman, Sony’s decided to pivot it into a full-on film. Among PlayStation’s first-party lineup, Horizon occupies a weird space. While its

Last year, Macross was supposed to land on Disney+ as part of an effort to bring the franchise outside of Japan, particularly the west. At the time, this was a big deal since the various companies in control of it and its western equivalent Robotech came to an agreement after they’d spent years not being

The allure emanating from Count Orlok in Nosferatu goes more than decaying skin deep. And this was by design by director Robert Eggers, who discussed his choices to stray away from both the Max Schreck classic Nosferatu look and modern sexy vampires. “The most appreciated contemporary vampire, Edward Cullen from Twilight, is not scary at

The European Southern Observatory is at serious risk of losing the clear skies above its Paranal Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert, officials said, due to a proposed industrial complex put forward by the subsidiary of a U.S. power company. Paranal Observatory is home to ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), which comprises four telescopes each with

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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 “Teach Them a Story to Teach Them Kindness” by B. Pladek. Enjoy! Teach Them a Story to Teach Them Kindness by B. Pladek USER: this is a message for Milwaukee Elementary’s

Airbnb says it is offering free temporary housing to residents of the Los Angeles area affected by the wildfires currently raging through Southern California. The company has partnered with 211 LA, a non-profit telephone line that offers local information services in multiple languages. Right now, Airbnb says it is focused on helping residents from the

For western audiences, 1990s Gundam can largely be defined by one series: Gundam Wing, the sixth major entry in the franchise, and the one that would set the stage for the mecha series’ rise in the west through its landmark broadcast run on Cartoon Network in 2000. But just a year after Wing aired in Japan, Gundam returned with

Today is January 7 and the next full moon isn’t until January 13, but Universal has decided today’s the day to reveal the transformation scene from its new Wolf Man movie, which opens January 17. The “human becomes wolf” moment is a crucial sequence in any werewolf movie—Rick Baker’s visceral work in An American Werewolf

Firefighters are currently battling a wildfire in Los Angeles during the first of what’s expected to be two or three days of Santa Ana winds that can reach up to 100 miles per hour. The Palisades Fire is threatening homes in the northern parts of the L.A. metro area, but all of Southern California is

Earlier today, Will Smith took to Instagram to casually share some news with his nearly 70 million followers. The reel, which you can see below, recaps the superstar’s notorious career decision back in 1997 to pick Wild Wild West over The Matrix. “What would The Matrix have been like with Will Smith as Neo?”, the

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Star Wars’ return to theaters in 1999 with Phantom Menace introduced audiences to Jake Lloyd, who played the young Anakin Skywalker. While Hayden Christensen would play the character in later appearnaces, Lloyd eventually faded from the public eye. That changed when last March, he and his mother Lisa revealed he’d been in rehab for nearly a year after

Has all the RGB lights and excessive gaming gear on your desktop made you yearn for a simpler, more pixelated gaming experience? Govee’s latest lighting products, its Gaming Pixel Light and Mini Panel Lights, offer the best (or potentially worst) of both worlds. Its Pixel Light especially comes with a modern, spaceship-like aesthetic while containing

If you’ve seen Kraven the Hunter or just been online, you probably know about an odd moment that occurs midway through the film. After being informed that his goons died trying and failing to kidnap the titular hunter, Alessandro Nivola’s Aleksei Systevich lets out a scream that sounds like a dying machine of some kind. You’d

Back in 2022, Toei put out Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, a pretty good movie that featured a new art style and put Piccolo and Gohan (aka, his son) in the forefront. If you came away from the movie loving either character, particularly the former, that appears to have been the goal all along. During a recent radio

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When The Fantastic Four: First Steps hits theaters later this year, it’ll mark the fourth time something has happened in a row. Four times over the past four decades a newly rebooted Fantastic Four movie has been made. And, if you can believe it, they’ve all happened almost exactly 10 years apart. Does that bode

Even though Andrew Garfield was in Spider-Man: No Way Home, he was forced to deny it. That’s why he knows saying he’s not in the upcoming sequel, out in 2026, really doesn’t hold much weight. “I’m gonna disappoint you,” Garfield told GQ when asked if he’d signed on for the upcoming fourth Tom Holland Spider-Man.

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You often hear people say “You’ve never seen anything like this,” but in the case of the new movie Love Me, it’s actually true. Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun star as the human avatar versions of a buoy and a satellite who fall in love long after humanity has ended. Can you even picture what

Happy New Year, and happy new books! If “reading more” is a goal you have in mind for 2025—we salute you! And we have 42 suggestions of where to start turning the pages, with sci-fi, horror, and fantasy tales galore. January 7 © © Tordotcom, Quirk Books, Avon Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by

The past two weeks, we here at io9 have looked back at the movies, shows, and games of 2024, and given our own individual takeaways on certain trends that took place this year. Now it’s time to think about what’s next—and more specifically, what we’re looking forward to in 2025. Feel free to let us

Years come and go, but blogs? Blogs are forever. As 2024 comes to an end, revisit the very best of the thousands of posts io9 produced this year—from the biggest breaking news to critical analysis of the latest TV shows, films, games, and more—with the top 100 stories you all read and shared the most

He’s been campaigning for it almost as long as he’s been Aquaman, and now, Jason Momoa is getting a belated holiday gift: the actor will trade DC’s seas for its stars as he takes on the mantle of intergalactic bounty hunter, Lobo. Deadline reports that Momoa will first appear as Lobo in the upcoming cosmic Supergirl

The days between Christmas and the New Year are a listless, liminal time. You can catch up with family, make your mind a sunless space with video games and TV, and eat all the food leftover from the holidays. Elon Musk, the richest man who ever lived and the father of at least 12 children

A new artificial intelligence (AI) model has just achieved human-level results on a test designed to measure “general intelligence”. On December 20, OpenAI’s o3 system scored 85% on the ARC-AGI benchmark, well above the previous AI best score of 55% and on par with the average human score. It also scored well on a very

Humans aren’t the only ones getting in on the virtual reality craze. Scientists have just debuted a new technology that allows mice to more realistically—and adorably—experience VR in the lab. Researchers at Cornell University developed the tech, which they’ve aptly named MouseGoggles. In experiments with mice, the rodents appeared to vividly respond to simulated stimuli

When the BBC aired a special, colorized edit of “The Daleks” to celebrate Doctor Who‘s 60th anniversary last year, aside from the actual edit down to a shortened runtime, the serial was largely left as-is, aside from a cute trailer at the end to tease the next 60 years of adventures in time and space. With its

The Bowers & Wilkins Pi8 are hands-down the best wireless earbuds I’ve listened to this year—and for $400, they better be. These premium earbuds are compact and durable, with all the good looks and comfort one expects from a flagship product. The companion app is easy to use, and the buds have strong ANC. But

Artificial intelligence models can be surprisingly stealable—provided you somehow manage to sniff out the model’s electromagnetic signature. While repeatedly emphasizing they do not, in fact, want to help people attack neural networks, researchers at North Carolina State University described such a technique in a new paper. All they needed was an electromagnetic probe, several pre-trained

After watching and rewatching James Gunn’s Superman trailer in recent weeks, I was on a Superman high. To keep it going, I decided that while building a Lego over Christmas break, I was going to rewatch all of the Christopher Reeve Superman movies. Movies I’d seen before—I’m even old enough to have seen IV in

As cinemas face a tumultuous future, and ticket prices continue to rise, movies and television at home are becoming the main option for family entertainment. But even as someone who considers themselves a cinephile—I watch movies for a living—I didn’t quite understand how dire the situation was with options at home… until I had my

Apple pie. Baseball. These are things you think of when you think of America. Another thing that could be added to the list, though, is the superhero. From 1938, when Superman graced the cover of Action Comics #1, superheroes have become a major American export. And, because he was the first, Superman will always be

As the year draws to a close, I thought it would be an interesting exercise to provide a sort of state of the union on the year’s movie monsters—a quick analysis of what’s still regarded to be scary. However, upon reflection, what was envisioned as 21st century bestiary began to look less like a Dungeons

Doctor Who fans are getting an extra special treat under the Christmas tree today with the arrival of “Joy to the World,” this year’s special holiday episode. But they’re getting an even better present wrapped within it: because beyond the broad festive wrappings of the episode, this bigger-on-the-inside adventure has a side story that could stand

Colleen O’Shaughnessey plays Sonic’s right-hand fox, the kid with the plan, the bestie we wish we had: Tails. io9 recently got the chance to catch up with the voice actress to discuss Tails’ evolution from small screen to the big screen—and we do mean big, as in current box-office champ  Sonic the Hedgehog 3. In

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As 2024 comes to a close, Dan Da Dan has become the talk of the shonen town. From the chemistry of its two leads to its banger opening and offbeat style , Science Saru’s adaptation of Yukinobu Tatsu’s supernatural romcom has captured hearts and minds of animation fans, who’ve been tuning in on a weekly

The speculation can finally end. Universal took to social media Monday to give film fans everywhere a present: the first official description of Christopher Nolan’s next movie. It’s called The Odyssey which, yes, is an adaptation of Homer’s poem. “Christopher Nolan’s next film The Odyssey is a mythic action epic shot across the world using

After going on hiatus back in October, new episodes of One Piece start up again on April 6, 2025. The company broke the news during this weekend’s Jump Festa. Last we left off, the series was in the middle of the “Egghead” arc, and the flashy new preview shows things about to pop off as

Deku and friends’ story may be over, but Bones ain’t done with My Hero Academia just yet. During this weekend’s Jump Festa, the animation studio revealed a nice little surprise for fans of the superhero manga: its spinoff series, Vigilantes, is getting its own anime in April. If you haven’t read it, Vigilantes comes from Hideyuki Furuhashi

The past decade of Star Wars has been… a lot: interesting, thrilling, exhausting, disappointing. You pick a descriptor, and it could probably apply at any point after The Force Awakens revitalized the franchise, the two spinoff movies did what they could, and The Last Jedi  tried to take new swings. What one word describes The Rise of Skywalker in the

It’s been almost a decade since we’ve had a big mummy movie, and that was when Universal tried to relaunch its horror monsters through the Dark Universe and its single entry, The Mummy. Since then, the studio’s focused on other monsters like Dracula and men of the invisible and wolf varities. But if you’ve been

Elon Musk, America’s wealthiest oligarch, tweeted an endorsement of Germany’s AfD political party and many Germans aren’t happy with that fact. Why? It probably has something to do with AfD’s racism, xenophobia, and links to neo-Nazis. You know, just the normal things that Musk finds himself promoting here in 2024 as a top advisor to

The year in Star Wars was a shaky one, but amid all the surprising big-screen announcements, the biggest earthquakes might have emanated from Disney+ series The Acolyte. The series upended a lot of Star Wars‘ most ingrained tenets, especially about the Jedi Order, and poked the feels of fans who have toxic ways of expressing

Surely you’ve heard that your smartphone has more computing power than the computers that sent the Apollo mission to the Moon. Well, a full 55 years after the spaceflight that landed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the lunar surface, a company has managed to shrink down the Apollo computer in another way. British startup

If you’ve been creeping around Shudder looking for something to add a little fright to your seasonal viewing, you might have noticed The Haunted Season—a brand new anthology series from showrunner Kier-La Janisse, a genre expert whose many works include standout film-theory book House of Psychotic Women and recent folk-horror documentary Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched.

If you are ever feeling lonely and just need someone to talk to, OpenAI has you covered. The company today announced that anyone can now call ChatGPT by phone at the number 1-800-CHATGPT (242-8478). Callers are limited to 15 minutes per month; anyone outside the U.S. can also text with ChatGPT via WhatsApp at the

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission reportedly experienced an hour-long loss of ground control before two private astronauts exited the Dragon crew capsule for the first commercial spacewalk in history, according to a report by Reuters. The Polaris Dawn mission launched on September 10, carrying a four-person crew, led by tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman. The billionaire-funded mission

Character.ai is once again facing scrutiny over activity on its platform. Futurism has published a story detailing how AI characters inspired by real-life school shooters have proliferated on the service, allowing users to ask them about the events and even role-play mass shootings. Some of the chatbots present school shooters like Eric Harris and Dylan

Nima Momeni, the former tech consultant at the center of the Bob Lee murder case, has been found guilty of the Cash App founder’s death. On Tuesday, after deliberating for seven days, a jury acquitted Momeni of the charge of 1st-degree murder but found him guilty of 2nd-degree murder, NBC reports. He faces 16 years

From start to finish, 2024 was packed with a smörgåsbord of new movies, shows, and books to wax poetic about. But while trying new things is all well and good, there’s just no beating curling up and revisiting some good kino—meaning, those old reliable cultural touchstones that warrant annual rewatches and somehow manage to improve

Looking for the right gift for your friends, family, and loved ones? The Nintendo Switch is the perfect first gaming console for young gamers. It also makes for a great entry or re-entry point for adults who haven’t ever played video games or haven’t in awhile. Nintendo’s handheld only version—the Nintendo Switch Lite—has a special

A pair of imaginative cosmologists have great news for everyone: If a primordial black hole tunnels through your body, you probably won’t die. This unexpected reassurance is part of their larger hypothesis on where scientists might find primordial black holes (PBH): ancient, tiny, high-density, theoretical black holes. In a study published in the December issue

Adopting artificial intelligence tools to analyze data and model outcomes has a huge impact on the career prospects of young scientists, significantly increasing their chances of rising to positions of influence in their fields, according to a new study. But that boon for individual researchers appears to be coming at a broader cost to science.

Sony’s Spider-Man Universe—as far as it pertains to being a place where a series of films of questionably varied quality starring Spider-Man adjacent characters are never allowed to acknowledge that they are, indeed, adjacent to Spider-Man—is dead. Long live Sony’s Spider-Man Universe? The cinematic half-universe formerly known as SPUMC breathes its misguided last with the

It’s Friday the 13th in December, so it’s perfect timing for spooky season to rise again in this week’s round up of theme park, immersive, and geek core holiday news. Just in time for Jason Voorhees’ favorite day, there’s some happy horror holiday fun to be had this month, with Nosferatu inviting fans on a chilling

If you’ve opened TikTok, Instagram, or X (formerly Twitter) even once this year, you probably know what a Costco Guy is. If you too want to go shopping while eating a chicken bake or try the new double-chunk chocolate cookie, then you’ll need yourself a Costco membership. A Costco membership will allow you to shop at

Though most of the movies have been bad to very bad, it’s a shame Kraven the Hunter is likely to be the last non-Spider-Man film in the Sony Spider-Man Universe. After Morbius, Madame Web, and three Venom movies failed to do much, Kraven the Hunter is so jam-packed with Spider-Man references you can almost see

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Today happens to be a good day to watch Brian Henson’s The Muppet Christmas Carol as the family holiday classic celebrates its theatrical release anniversary. The 1992 adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol—starring Michael Caine as Scrooge, one of the only humans alongside an ensemble of Muppets (in Henson Company tradition)—remains an all-timer retelling of

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Team Sonic might not stand a chance against Shadow the Hedgehog (Keanu Reeves). If you know the Sega game lore, you know things are about to get a lot more spiky when the iconic video game anti-hero makes his debut in Sonic the Hedgehog 3. In anticipation of the film’s release following this year’s Knuckles

Former theater kids, rejoice! Tickets are now on sale for the official sing-along version of Jon M. Chu’s Wicked, just in time for the holidays. In gratitution for your efforts to not belt “Defying Gravity” along with Cynthia Erivo and “Popular” with Ariana Grande, Universal Pictures and movie theaters across the nation have made it so

In a Q&A at the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference, Disney CFO Hugh Johnston participated in an audience discussion about the Walt Disney Company’s plans for the future in its various divisions across entertainment. Talk soon turned to how Disney Experiences is gearing up for the opening of Walt Disney World competitor Epic Universe

Have you seen a mysterious video featuring a countdown clock that purports to be from Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old “person of interest” in last week’s killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York? The video went viral Monday on YouTube, getting attention on sites like Hacker News. But it’s completely fake. Mangione reportedly had

For the first time in Star Wars’ long history, the new Skeleton Crew series stars a young group of kids as they explore the galaxy trying to find their way home. It’s clearly a deliberate choice to echo old 80s movies like The Goonies, but it does present some real world logistical problems—namely, kids grow so fast before you know it

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After several false starts, Paramount’s finally making good on its years-old promise to give Michelle Yeoh a Star Trek vehicle of her own. Section 31 puts the once-evil version of Phillippa Georgiou center stage, and its newest trailer puts a bigger emphasis on the action and ragtag crew that’ll be aiding her in her exploits. Directed by Star

Prime Video’s Invincible has been steadily going through a number of well-worn superhero stories and putting its own, usually bloody spin on things. After the previous two seasons tackled plots like the standard origin story, a team of newbies stepping up, and the multiverse, season three is going for kid proteges and heroes vs. their shady government

As DOGE, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s “Department of Government Efficiency” gets underway, the two billionaires are looking for federal programs and agencies to cut, as they seek to advance Musk’s espoused goal of trimming $2 trillion from the federal budget. While critics have noted that this goal is—like much of Musk’s rhetoric—hyperbolic to the

There’s something about the Wicked soundtrack coming up at the tail end of the year and sneaking into our Spotify Wrapped playlists that just doesn’t do the album justice. I know in a couple weeks’ time, it will have taken over most of the top positions in my rankings at least. Let’s be real, it

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Just in time for late-stage capitalism’s Christmas hangover, Netflix will drop the second season of Squid Game. The pandemic-era hit show garnered Emmy acclaim with wins for leading man Lee Jung-jae (The Acolyte) and its director Hwang Dong-hyuk. Hwang, who also created the show, took some time to develop the rest of the vision for

Skeleton Crew, the latest Star Wars series to hit Disney+, premiered earlier this week and immediately set itself apart in the galaxy far, far away by boldly embracing Amblin-style vibes. Its set of brand-new characters includes the mysterious, Force-sensitive Jod Na Nawood (Jude Law)—and a group of adventurers whose average age skews younger than the

With the release of Creature Commandos this week, DC Studios wants audiences to know every project will be unique to its heroes and villains. With the slate of titles that are going to make up the new era of Warner Bros. superhero franchise house, studio head and director James Gunn doesn’t want people to think projects

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A NASA astronaut captured brilliant specks of light floating above Earth’s horizon, dancing around in space. But rather than this being a celestial wonder, it’s actually a human-made phenomenon taking over Earth’s orbit. Earlier this week, astronaut Don Pettit shared a video he had captured while on board the International Space Station (ISS). The video

Much has been said of Lucasfilm’s shock decision to cancel The Acolyte earlier this year, but the studio itself, keen to move on to what’s next (and what’s further beyond that), has stayed very quiet about the specific backlash the series’ cast and crew endured as the show rolled out—even as that cast has slowly begun

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Earlier today, Crunchyroll announced that it will soon be paywalling specific arcs of the megapopular One Piece anime arc on the streamer for premium subscribers. Crunchyroll issued the surprise announcement today, December 2, on its official X/Twitter account. In its tweet, Crunchyroll revealed that the show’s first 206 episodes will remain available to its ad-supported

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This autumn, quality gear is falling down on our heads like acorns from a tree. The start of November brought us the new MacBook Pros with M4 and the redesigned Mac mini, which has already become a favorite. Gamers got some new treats, including the retro Atari 7800+ and the ultra-modern Asus ROG Phone 9.

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Navigating the myriad of brands and noise-canceling headphones available can be overwhelming. Each year, leading manufacturers release new models that often don’t differ significantly from their predecessors. This makes it wise (and smart) to consider the previous generation which remains recent and offers exceptional value for money. The Sony 1000XM4 headphones exemplify this perfectly especially

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With Wicked reigning at the box office this week, fans are losing their Shiz over which villain is most responsible for the fallout between Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande). Blame is being squarely placed on the sister with the bejeweled shoes. But with other big bads revealed by the end of the two-part musical

Player 456 is back in the game, but this time he’s got a plan. That seems to be what’s teased in the new trailer for Squid Game 2, the highly anticipated, seven-episode second season of Netflix’s biggest show of all time. When last we saw 456 (The Acolyte‘s Lee Jung-jae) he was the last one

Moana 2 opens in theaters this week just in time for the time honored tradition of Thanksgiving movie going. The sequel follows up the the most-streamed film on Disney+ with a new adventure starring Moana (Auli’i Cravalho)and Maui (Dwayne Johnson). The first film introduced Moana as the next in line to lead the people of

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As we learned late last week, the beloved Muppet*Vision 3D attraction at Walt Disney World has been confirmed to be a part of the closures to make way for Pixar’s Monsters Inc. land slated for the Disney Parks’ super-charged expansion in the works. Then, over the weekend, it was officially announced that Muppets Courtyard, the

Ever since he showed up in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and popped out those wings of his, folks have been wanting Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson to get a spotlight to himself. Since Brave New World marks his first solo movie, everyone involved wants to do right by him in multiple ways, particularly on the action

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The Galaxy Z Flip 6 is currently one of the most exciting deals available for Black Friday, with huge discounts on the official Samsung website. This promotion represents the best savings of the year, and customers need to choose between two attractive options. First, you can take advantage of an immediate discount of $250, which

This Black Friday, Amazon is offering great deals on two of the most popular GPS running watches: the Garmin Forerunner 55 and the Forerunner 255. Both devices are available at all-time record low prices and makes them perfect choices for fitness enthusiasts (or anyone looking to gift a quality smartwatch this holiday season). With Amazon’s

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Back in August, Netflix suffered from a massive leak that saw full episodes of shows like Arcane, Terminator Zero, and Ranma 1/2 leak online ahead of their official release. At the time, Netflix released an official statement saying it was “actively taking action” against the perpetrator of the leaks, and now the streamer has set

Ding-dong, the Wicked movie is nearly in theaters—85 years after the original Wizard of Oz. If you want to dive into the emerald-hued source, you can stream the 1939 classic on Max. But if you’re seeking a horse of a different (yet still oddly familiar) color, consider these 10 Oz riffs. Oz the Great and

Black Friday has come early this year. We’re still technically one week and one day out from the actual post-Thanksgiving day of savings, but Amazon has already pushed live a whole bunch of Black Friday deals so we can all get a head start on our holiday shopping. If you’re still on the hunt for

You’re not going to have to wait all that much longer to get the next step into the Alien universe. Today, FX ever-so-slightly cracked open the chestburster egg to let us know Alien: Earth is coming in Summer 2025–and teased a few more tiny details about just what the show will be about beyond Aliens and Earth.

Savvy shoppers are on the lookout for the best early Black Friday deals and one of the very popular offers on Best Buy this year is on the three-camera pack of Arlo Essential XL. Currently available for just $159, this is a massive savings of $240 off its original price of $399. This discount makes

Samsung’s The Frame TV is currently enjoying a significant promotional period on the official website, with discounts reaching up to 40% across all sizes. This is a great opportunity for anyone looking to enhance their home entertainment experience with a stylish and functional television. For instance, the impressive 75-inch model has seen its price drop

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Mufasa‘s title suggests it’s a prequel, going back in time to explore what Simba’s father got up to before guiding his young son in The Lion King. And of course that will be the bulk of it—but Barry Jenkins‘ photo-realistic CGI animated musical also has a frame story, set during Simba’s royal rule, in which the

It’s time for the holiday movie season, and Amazon’s kicking things off with its action-comedy feature Red One. The film has a lot of star power behind it, with Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans playing an odd couple tasked with saving a kidnapped Santa Claus (J.K. Simmons), and its trailers have made it seem like

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After several years and many delays, Sony’s Kraven the Hunter movie is finally coming out in just under a month. (Hopefully, assuming there’s no sudden last-minute shift.) The movie is selling itself by asking two questions: first, do you want to see Aaron Taylor-Johnson playing one of Spider-Man’s best-known villains, albeit in a story without the

Amazon’s Red One has several holiday-themed villains on hand like evil snowmen and a winter witch named Grýla , named after the monster from Icelandic folklore. Another mythical figure that shows up is Krampus, here reimagined as Santa’s (J.K. Simmons) adoptive brother and played by Game of Thrones’ Kristofer Hivju. But he’s not just Santa’s estranged bro: depending

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Dan Da Dan is quickly becoming a hot topic in the anime community as the dark horse entry for 2024’s anime of the year. While many of the show’s colorful characters have become the latest obsession for plushie and figurine fanatics the world over, one Japanese toy maker has decided to think outside of the

Just over a week after announcing a new trilogy of Star Wars feature films is in development with writer Simon Kinberg, there’s another detail for speculation-crazed Star Wars fans to ponder. Disney has shifted an “Untitled Star Wars” film from its upcoming schedule, slotting Ice Age 6 onto that release date (December 18, 2026) in

SpaceX has big plans for its Starship rocket. After a groundbreaking test flight, in which the landing tower caught the booster, the company’s founder and CEO Elon Musk wants to see the megarocket fly up to 25 times next year, working its way up to a launch rate of 100 flights per year, and eventually

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 “We Will Bring Siege to the Bastion of Sin that Cries Out in Your Prayer” by Hammond Diehl. Enjoy! We Will Bring Siege to the Bastion of Sin that Cries Out

2024 holiday shopping season is now in full swing. There is one hot item most everyone is hoping to find in their stocking this year: that’s right, it’s a Dell WD19S 180W docking station. In all seriousness, pretty much anyone can recognize the value of a good docking station. That goes double for any friends

We’re inching ever closer to the release of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and, more importantly, witnessing the culmination of Sega’s “Year of Shadow” with Keanu Reeve’s rendition of the fan-favorite speedster. While the internet has overwhelmingly made their hype for Sonic’s rival as the second coming of edginess incarnate, Sonic’s Oscar-nominated director wants fans to

This morning Disney teased its slate of streaming shows coming to Disney+ and Hulu next year, which means, at long last–after closed-door teases and behind-the-scenes snippets–we finally have our first proper look at the return of Andor in the seminal Star Wars show’s second season. It’s not just Andor of course–the new trailer gives us tiny snippets from Ironheart

In September, the New York Times Tech Guild authorized a strike against the paper. “We are sending Times management a strong message with our vote today,” said Kathy Zhang, a Senior Analytics Manager at the paper. “Our work produces incredible value in this company. Our members have earned a fair contract and we’re ready to

To jump-start our week, Tom Cruise, Paramount Pictures, and Skydance released a new trailer for their upcoming film, Mission: Impossible –The Final Reckoning. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is the direct sequel to the 2023 film Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning. Like its predecessor, this film sees Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt contend with a rogue

Toy maker Mattel is apologizing after sending out a run of Wicked branded toys with a link to a porn website on the box. When Mattel learned about the problem, it pulled the dolls from retail shelves and issued an apology. Mattel printed the URL for the wrong website on the boxes of singing dolls

It wasn’t that long ago that we got our first look at Marvel’s Thunderbolts movie, and here we are with another! This one comes courtesy of D23 Brazil, and functions as a colorful showcase for our cast of MCU antiheroes…and also some guy. Directed by Jake Schreier, the film sees Yelena Belova still working as a government

Marvel just released a brand new trailer for Captain America: Brave New World and it makes one thing very clear. Captain America and the President have some issues… and they’re about to see red. Opening February 14, Anthony Mackie finally steps into the mantle of Captain America in the film, which sees Harrison Ford take

If thinking about Chegg gives you PTSD to the days when you were in school, I might have some good news for you: The company known for textbook rentals and homework help is running on fumes. Chegg’s stock is down a whopping 99% since its highs in 2021, erasing $14.5 billion in value, and the

It’s safe to say that director Denis Villeneuve’s Dune films are spectacular, both as works of cinema and in how they adapt author Frank Herbert’s best-selling sci-fi novels in a way that anyone can enjoy watching, whether they are longtime or newfound fans. However, fellow director Quentin Tarantino expressed a lack of interest in the

Terrifier 3 was an instant hit at the box office—just the latest success for the low-budget, gleefully gory horror franchise, which has (presumably) at least one more film on the way. But Terrifier series distributor Cineverse is also looking for the next gruesome breakout, and it’s turning to a 1980s franchise that’s ripe for a

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With all of Heretic’s promotional material referencing blueberry pie and Hugh Grant being creepy, we bet you didn’t think about Jodie Foster. But for Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, the co-writers and directors of the film, that’s exactly who they were thinking about. “Scott and I have talked a lot about [Robert] Zemeckis’ Contact and

After seven test flights, Boeing is finally starting to open up about its elusive military spaceplane. The company released a video detailing the experimental maneuvers currently being carried out by the vehicle in space to alter its orbit. Boeing recently put up a brief, two-minute video on X, featuring an illustration of the X-37B spaceplane

Last week, the Vatican revealed the official mascot of the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee year: an anime girl named Luce. Jubilee chief organizer Archbishop Rino Fisichella hopes the chibi bible-thumping mascot will assist the church in penetrating the anime community to spread the good word to kids with an affinity for the genre. Unbeknownst to

A dolphin’s butchered corpse was discovered on a New Jersey beach last week, so, naturally, the internet is now exploding with jokes about flop presidential candidate and MAGA convert Robert F. Kennedy Jr. being the culprit. If you recall, Kennedy’s dismal political campaign was basically just a long string of scandals, with several involving dead

As part of its shift away from producing interactive content, Netflix has revealed which titles will soon be removed from its library—and which few have made the cut to stick around. Perhaps not surprisingly, one of the lucky remainders is probably the streamer’s highest-profile venture into the interactive medium, 2018’s Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. The Verge

As we start an especially stressful week in the United States, it’s important to take brain breaks—and nothing says “self-care” like “sci-fi” around these parts. The characters in these films are all facing their own agonizing challenges, of course, but they’re doing it millions of miles from Earth, so at least they have that to

There’s an elite list of British men and women who’ve gone into space in the real world, but in the fictional one at least, one man reigns above all: Wallace, the humble claymation inventor whose very first adventure, A Grand Day Out, made its debut at the British Short Film Festival 35 years ago today.

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X, formerly known as Twitter, says it has begun rolling out a controversial change to its block function. Now when users block someone else, the blocked user will still be able to visit their profile and see their posts, but won’t be able to interact with them in any direct way. The change has received

Words don’t seem to mean anything these days. Dropbox CEO Drew Houston this week told employees he takes “full accountability” as he announced a round of layoffs affecting 500 employees. He is, as far as we can tell, remaining on as CEO and continues to hold a multiple-billion dollar ownership stake in the cloud storage

Holiday-themed slasher villains have been getting a bigger spotlight over the last few years. Along with Michael Myers’ return in the Halloween reboot trilogy, we’ve had Thanksgiving, Terrifier, and now Valentine’s Day is getting in on the murderous fun with Sony’s new movie, Heart Eyes. Directed by Werewolves Within’s Josh Ruben, the film sees Olivia Holt and Mason Gooding as a pair

The Boys got a dose of college-age heroics with Gen V, which focuses on a group of Supes in training attending the prestigious Godolkin University. While the main show is coming to a close, the spinoff is going back to class, and it’s bringing some new students along for the ride. Per Deadline, actors Keeya

Godzilla may be the King of all Kaiju, but right now even the Big G himself has royalty above him: Takashi Yamazaki, the man who shepherded Toho’s legendary monster to one of his biggest and most successful years in 2023 with the record-breaking release of the incredible Godzilla Minus One. Since it smashed critical and

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In 2021, BioWare made a brief return to its sci-fi series Mass Effect with a remaster of the original three games. Still feeling the pain from the failed reboot of Anthem and the initially mixed reception to 2017’s Mass Effect Andromeda , the Legendary Edition served as BioWare loudly and proudly declaring: “We’re ready to

A new interview celebrating the 25th anniversary of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace flips everything we know about the film, and franchise, on its head. Though it ultimately didn’t come to fruition, George Lucas originally conceived that the roles of Jedi Master and apprentice would be changed around in the film, with the

It’s the season of ghouls, gore, and spooks—or, if you’re a scaredy cat like me, much more desensitized versions of those classic spooks delivered via The Simpsons‘ Treehouse of Horror specials. Which is why I was amazed to find out recently that, across years of the comic book take on the show’s annual Halloween tradition

Getting fired is clearly an upsetting experience, and not everybody handles it particularly well. Case in point: a federal criminal complaint accuses one former Disney employee of hacking the software that generated the food and drink menus at the company’s resorts. These attacks even went so far as to dangerously alter allergen information on the

NASA finally knows what caused the erosion of the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield following its historic trip to the Moon in 2022, but the space agency is not telling, at least not yet. During a meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group (LEAG) in Houston, NASA officials revealed that they had identified the reason the

The Washington Post has seen over 250,000 readers cancel their paid subscriptions over recent days following a report that owner Jeff Bezos stopped the paper from endorsing Kamala Harris for president, according to NPR’s David Folkenflik. The stunning loss accounts for roughly 10% of all paid subscriptions. The mass cancellations started late last week after

Many people used an ATM glitch that went viral on TikTok earlier this year to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from JPMorgan Chase. According to a new report from CNBC, the bank is now suing several of those account holders. The outlet said that the bank has filed lawsuits in federal courts in Texas

Deadline reports a new English-language Squid Game series is now in the works at Netflix, with Zodiac and Se7en director David Fincher aboard in a development role. Though “details are vague” and “Netflix had no comment” when asked to elaborate on the streamer’s latest team-up with the popular filmmaker, the outlet suggests this new Squid

It’s been almost five years since Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren faded away in the closing moments of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Since then, Disney and Lucasfilm have been careful to avoid doing much of anything set in the Sequel Trilogy’s aftermath (or in its general timeframe), but the two companies must think now’s

This weekend marks the end of an era and closes out the story of Sony’s Venom. Since 2018, Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock has been a weirdo doing goofy-ass slapstick in ways that have upset some but delighted others, and Venom: The Last Dance promised to be a last ride of some kind for the duo before

Every episode of Agatha All Along has gotten people talking, and this week’s was no exception. “Death’s Hand in Mind” came with some big moments ahead of what’s sure to be an equally big finale, and creator Jac Schaeffer told all in an interview with Variety that’s heavy on details and spoilers down below. First off, the

I look down at the SteelSeries’ $160 Arctis GameBuds case, and I feel my face screwing into a tight ball of puzzlement. I’m not confused by the GameBuds, a simple and—mostly—effective design for taking good-quality gaming audio on the go. I’m perplexed why more companies don’t do something as obvious as what SteelSeries has done.

We all hoped that HBO’s The Penguin would be good but did anyone actually expect it to be this good? The people behind the scenes did and now, with the show enjoying success, it could mean just the beginning for Batman’s bad guys appearing on HBO. “I can tell you this, we would love to

We an inundated with devices that need to be plugged in every once in awhile. Our phones need to charge, our headphones need to charge, our watches — you guessed it — need to charge. This can result in cables and running all across our desk space or nightstands. Avoid all of that unnecessary, stress-inducing

Update: It appears we spoke to soon. Elon Musk’s PAC has been giving away a $1 million prize every day to a random registered voter in one of several swing states who sign a petition supporting the First and Second Amendments. The organization has also promised $47 to every registered voter who signs the petition.

Earlier last month, Samsung announced a whole assortment of new products to refresh their existing line of smartphones, earbuds, and watches. If you’re on the hunt for the perfect gift for one of your loved ones, specifically one with an affinity for fitness and receiving texts on their wrists, boy does Samsung have the product

A former researcher at the OpenAI has come out against the company’s business model, writing, in a personal blog, that he believes the company is not complying with U.S. copyright law. That makes him one of a growing chorus of voices that sees the tech giant’s data-hoovering business as based on shaky (if not plainly

HBO’s The Penguin has a ton of connections to Matt Reeves’ The Batman, but one is proving more interesting than others. In Reeves’ film, John Turturro played crime boss Carmine Falcone, a character who returns in flashbacks for The Penguin. There he’s played by Mark Strong. Showrunner Lauren LeFranc previously said Turturro didn’t return due

We’re nearly through October. In the blink of an eye, we’re be right in the height of holiday shopping and all the stress that can come along with that. It’s better to get ahead of the game and do whatever shopping you can now so you can actually enjoy the lead up into the holiday

Documentaries are perhaps one of the most timeless forms of television media. I think if I could only watch one type of movie or show for the rest of my life, documentaries would take the cake. Other formats just don’t capture my attention as endlessly, as there is always more to learn about history, science

HBO’s Batman spinoff series The Penguin just got a fresh start, and it’s not looking good at all for the title character. After last week’s episode illuminated the audience to the plight of Sofia Falcone, episode five, “Homecoming,” was like watching with a fresh set of eyes. This Oz Cobb guy is bad, bad news, and the

A new survey indicates tobacco use has hit its lowest point among middle and high school students in 25 years, but there is a troubling trend on the rise. E-cigarette usage declined among kids, as did cigarette and cigar smoking, and hookahs, according to the CDC’s annual National Youth Tobacco Survey. In fact, overall tobacco

In its heyday, the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 era produced many still-ongoing franchises, but few have endured quite as interestingly as Borderlands. Gearbox Software’s shooter-RPG series has been so definitive and so infamous for so long in ways that will never truly go away. At the same time, it’s always been itself: for better

Big events like New York Comic-Con give publishers a good reason to tee up some upcoming comics and big events to come throughout the next year. Marvel already revealed their 2025 lineup will include Doctor Doom ruling the planet and an all-new Ultimate Wolverine, but what’s going on with DC? We broke down five of

Godzilla Minus One was one of the biggest, surprises of 2023, and one of the year’s best in general. It’s alredy made its way to streaming and physical formats, but if you’ve been chomping to see it in theaters again, Toho’s more than happy to oblige. The Oscar-winning hit will play in theaters one more time

The final season for Star Trek: Lower Decks is almost upon us, and the show’s pulling out all the stops for its last hurrah. It’s always a given the USS Cerritos and her crew will get up to some shenanigans, since that’s just what they do. But the Star Trek Universe panel at New York Comic-Con promises some

A lot of Star Wars these days is about finding something weird and old from the vast history of its transmedia empire and bringing it back from the shadows and into the light. These days with so much of the Expanded Universe already pillaged for re-canonization, it takes a lot to surprise a fan of the

Hasbro’s awesome HasLab program just announced another release and this time around our first thought is “That’s a big Twinkie.” The toy company is once again back to the world of Ghostbusters and this time it’s bringing to life arguably the most iconic piece in the franchise, the Ecto-1. Oh, sure there have been Ecto-1s

Adult Swim hasn’t announced the exact release date for Rick and Morty season eight just yet, but at today’s New York Comic Con panel for the much-loved animated sci-fi series, there was still some outstanding news for fans: season 10 won’t be the end for the series. Seasons 11 and 12, baby! Let’s go! Speaking

Discord, a messaging platform that is not exactly notorious for protecting its users’ privacy, has apparently finally gotten fed up with a South Korean video game maker that’s trying to root out alleged copyright infringers on the platform and has for months been shielding some of those accounts’ identities. In a court filing first reported

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We here at io9 have, hopefully, made it abundantly clear that The Wild Robot is a masterpiece. It’s in theaters now and if you have a heart, you should watch it and be reminded of why you love the movies. You’ll remember what’s possible when pictures and sound unfold perfectly in front of your eyes.

If you’re like us, you can never leave a big convention without a poster tube full of goodies. New York Comic Con is later this week and, as one would expect, artists and brands have all sorts of awesome exclusives coming to the event. Sure, there will be all sorts of toys, games, and collectibles

Becoming a Jedi is one of the most potent fantasies Star Wars games can offer—the power of a lightsaber, the greater power of the Force itself. It is, indeed, a fantasy that we’ve gotten to turn to more than any other in Star Wars‘ long gaming history. But with that fantasy has come a view of

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