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Eighty-eight years ago today, the last known Tasmanian tiger died, leaving humankind to reflect on its role in the species’ erasure. Now, a team of researchers has announced the discovery of the thylacine’s earliest-known ancestors: heavy-metal marsupials with jawbones so tough the animals could eat bones and teeth. The team’s research, published today in the

Last weekend, TikTok videos went viral that purported to show how to receive free money from Chase Bank ATMs across the country. The technique involved depositing a check for a large amount of money the user didn’t actually have and withdrawing a smaller but substantial amount before anything officially cleared. In reality, the “glitch” was

The embattled social media platform X is projected to lose even more advertising revenue next year. It really makes you wonder how many more brands can flee the site before it collapses in a pile of debt and racist memes. On Thursday, the marketing research firm Kantar published a report that assessed the advertising outlook

Telegram has updated its FAQ page to remove a promise that it wouldn’t narc on its users to the authorities. This is, once again, an important reminder that Telegram does not encrypt chats by default like WhatsApp or Signal. As first spotted by The Verge, the old FAQ language vanished sometime on September 5. The

Donald Trump and his progeny have been touting a new crypto project that they claim will bring newfound economic power to “the people.” However, a new report claims that instead of doing that, it may—much like Trump’s economic plan for a second presidential term—actually do the opposite, and deliver a majority of the financial spoils

There are times when your work just can’t be contained on one little laptop monitor, and there are most definitely times you want a bigger screen if you’re a Nintendo Switch gamer. And when you’re on the road, you’re not exactly going to be lugging around a full-sized monitor in your carry-on. The KYY Portable

StackSocial has a heck of a deal for anyone planning their next vacation (or next several!). You can score yourself a lifetime subscription to OneAir’s Elite Plan for just $70. That’s a massive 91% discount from its listed price of $790. You’ll be able to save up to 40% to 90% off your every trip

Donald Trump made an appearance on Lex Fridman’s podcast Tuesday as the former president has slowly come to realize that internet-based media is vital to reaching people in 2024. And while it’s not the first podcast Trump has ever done, it is one of the larger ones—right up there with the tech-focused All-In podcast, which

Friends and other tech gurus, it’s a great day to expand your storage. The Samsung 990 SSD is massively discounted right now at Amazon. The 1TB version is down to just $100 with a crazy 38% discount. Additionally, the 2TB model is down 32% to $170 and the 4TB one is down by 31% to

In a world where streaming services dominate our entertainment choices, MagellanTV is making waves with its incredible offer that allows documentary enthusiasts to indulge in their passion without breaking the bank. With a vast library of over 3,000 curated documentaries, MagellanTV stands out as a premier destination for those who crave knowledge and insight across

NordPass is currently offering an exceptional deal for Labor Day, making it an ideal time to enhance your online security. For just $1.39 per month, instead of the regular price of $2.99, you can secure a two-year Premium subscription. This offer also includes an additional three months of service, bringing the total cost to $37.53

You can do a lot more with Google on the web than you might have realized—as well as running searches (now with added AI), you can run conversions and calculations, flip a coin and roll a die, get definitions, look up places on maps, and plenty more. You can do something else that you might

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Earlier this year, the e-commerce corporation Amazon secured approval to open two new data centers in Santiago, Chile. The $400 million venture is the company’s first foray into locating its data facilities, which guzzle massive amounts of electricity and water in

There’s been countless movies based on Frankenstein’s monster, and there’s one coming out soon centered on his bride. Directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, Warner Bros. has been fairly secretive about what kind of movie The Bride will be, but according to actor (and Gyllenhaal’s husband) Peter Sarsgaard, it seems the two monsters will be starring in a

As part of Amazon’s expansive Labor Day sale, tech enthusiasts and students alike can now snag the cutting-edge Apple 2024 MacBook Air 15-inch Laptop with M3 chip for just $1049 down from its original price of $1299. This represents a substantial saving of $250 on one of Apple’s most sought-after devices . See at Amazon

An Italian cultural heritage outfit has announced the recovery of a Roman battering ram from the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. The ram, or rostrum, made up the prow of a Roman warship. It was used in the Battle of the Aegates, the team stated, a naval battle between Rome and Carthage that marked the

Windows 11 Pro is down to a measly $20 over at StackSocial. Typically a new Windows license will run you about $200, but it’s a solid 89% off at the moment. StackSocial’s discounts go hard, so if you’ve been considering upgrading, there’s no better time than now. View at Stacksocial What’s Great About Windows 11

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. Lucky for you, it’s only $60 for the

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Star Wars Outlaws really likes sitting down. Sitting down is not a vital part of gameplay, Kay Vess is not the galaxy’s greatest sitter, she is not the first wielder of a mystical branch of the Force found in transcendental harmony through the medium of good lumbar support. Taking a moment to sit in the

Wearable AI has not had a particularly good track record so far. This year, we’ve already seen Humane, the company behind its maligned AI pin , implode in just a few short months. The Rabbit R1 was released to similarly unfavorable reviews. Now, there’s one more company entering the arena. Instead of promising to become

Tests by the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration have yielded the highest-resolution observations ever obtained from Earth, laying an exciting foundation for future observations of black holes. The Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) famously provided humankind with the first image of a black hole in April 2019. The collaboration followed up that observation with an image of

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is in trouble with environmental groups, again, thanks to Ben Affleck’s divorce surfacing a ten-year-old story about a chainsaw and a whale carcass. The story, which appeared in a 2012 Town & Country profile of Kennedy’s daughter Kick, described an incident from Kick’s childhood. When she was six, a dead whale

Deadpool & Wolverine delivered on a bunch of long-awaited fan desires. Key among them was finally seeing actor Channing Tatum as the explosive card master Gambit. That is before the Cajun sensation sacrificed himself for the greater good of a doomed universe … is what I would say because it turns out he survived. Earlier

Since 2017, Marvel’s boosted Venom into one of its A-list characters and made sure to have him headline a comic event every now and then. Right now, Eddie Brock and his son Dylan are going head-to-head in the pages of “Venom War,” and once that wraps, a new era for the character will kick off.

Telegram’s cofounder Pavel Durov was arrested on Saturday night at an airport several miles north of Paris, according to French news outlets BFMTV and TF1. Both outlets report that the billionaire CEO had arrived from Azerbaijan by private jet, and that he was the subject of a French search warrant related to the app’s lack

Once people began hearing rumbles of the plethora of cameos and guest stars in Deadpool & Wolverine, you could practically hear the engine start running as discussions brewed about which should stick around beyond this movie. Marvel hasn’t made a call either way on basically any of them, it seems, but that hasn’t stopped Ryan Reynolds

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule will bring Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore back home from the International Space Station in February 2025, NASA said on Saturday. The agency’s decision marks the latest setback for Boeing’s costly and chronically delayed Starliner program, and it means extending the astronauts’ intended eight-day journey to a total of eight

Terminator’s been largely on ice since 2019, but it’s returning with T erminator Zero. The upcoming anime is looking to expand the scope of the sci-fi thriller franchise by going to Japan and focusing on a new set of characters caught up in the Human/Skynet war. But war is hell, and as a mature animated

Netflix finally announced that Bridgerton star Charithra Chandran will join the live-action One Piece season two cast as Miss Wednesday, or Alabasta’s wayward princess Vivi Nefertani. Chandran joins actor Sendhil Ramamurthy, who plays Vivi’s father, Nefertari Cobra. Despite creator Eiichiro Oda publicizing season two not reaching the anime’s next major arc, Alabasta, Netflix’s recent casting

The first $1,000 Meta Quest Pro was quickly supplanted by the Meta Quest 3 , a device that cost half the price. A new report—now effectively confirmed by Meta execs—claims Meta is no longer considering a new, expensive headset to be worthwhile. After all, CEO Mark Zuckerberg already claimed the $500 Quest 3 is better

Neuralink’s second patient is doing well, according to Neuralink, and is already using the brain-computer interface chip to play Counter-Strike 2. The Elon Musk-backed startup is implanting computer chips in the brains of people with spinal cord injuries. The pitch is that they’ll be able to interface with computers directly and control computers with their

This week, one of the most delightful yet nightmarish TV shows in recent memory came to an end. While it’s sad to bid farewell to Evil , the series left on a high note with (mostly) satisfying send-offs for its main characters, all while staying true to its core message: evil is everywhere, it always

Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft have released a new trailer for the rapidly-approaching Star Wars Outlaws, a third-person action-adventure video game focusing on the criminal underworld of the galaxy far, far away. Have a look:  In the game, you take on the role of Kay Vess, a thief with a great shag haircut intent on putting

Robert Downey Jr.’s return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe—not as Iron Man/Tony Stark (RIP), but as Doctor Doom in 2026’s Avengers: Doomsday—was one of the biggest bombshells to emerge from San Diego Comic-Con. And while money was certainly a factor in the reunion between studio and star, Downey recently explained there were other key reasons

Everyone knew Elon Musk was overpaying for Twitter when he bought the social media platform back in 2022. That’s precisely why the billionaire tried to back out of the deal before being forced to finalize the purchase after a court order. But we’re now learning more details about just how dumb buying Twitter was in

Alien: Romulus is now in theaters and despite generally positive reviews and a solid opening weekend, one story seems to be dominating the discussion over the rest. It’s about a classic character who shows up, played by an actor who passed away in 2020. And over the past few days, co-writer and director Fede Alvarez

Shudder is a go-to destination for horror fans, so it makes sense the streamer keeps making clip shows—you know the formula: interviews and movie scenes layered into a blend of cinematic discourse and fan appreciation—that celebrate the genre. Horror’s Greatest takes a broader approach than earlier Shudder Original docs in this format (think Horror Noire

It’s a sad day in a galaxy far, far, away. Deadline reports that the Star Wars Disney+ show The Acolyte has been canceled after its first season. Lucasfilm confirmed to io9 it won’t be moving ahead with a season two, which had never been officially greenlit. Set during the era of the High Republic, The

Comic book writer Garth Ennis has had a pretty good couple of years. With adaptations of The Boys over on Prime Video and AMC’s Preacher, he now feels like he’s got enough clout to be more hands on with what comics of his get the TV or movie treatment, and he’s testing the waters with a film based

The numbers are in, and Alien: Romulus is off to scary big start. Per Deadline, the sci-fi horror flick went above box office projections and opened at $108.2 million worldwide, at time of writing. Its international haul came to $66.7 million, and its overperformance can be owed to China. There, it started at $25.7 million, making it

Scientists in California are looking for brave volunteers to undergo a grueling endeavor: playing with their cats. The researchers are hoping to better understand how owners interact with their cats, as well as what makes for a good play session. People participating in the study will also have a chance to nab a $50 gift

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, the residents of Pompeii died nearly instantly as they were overwhelmed by superheated gas and ash, their last moments preserved through time by the layer of ash. But not all the deaths were quick, suggest newly discovered human remains. The skeletons of a man and a woman were

Mattel’s been trying off and on for years to get a He-Man movie off the ground, with Amazon MGM pitching in to help back in May. Months Nicolas Galitzine lande the titular role, Riverdale star Camila Mendes has been added to play one of his key allies. Per Deadline, the Riverdale alum will play Teela, a captain of the royal

One of horror’s biggest franchises is making a huge splash this spooky season and io9 has your exclusive first look and details. The Conjuring Universe is coming to Six Flags Fright Fest this fall and the all-new maze will incorporate not just scenes and characters from the core Conjuring franchise, but The Nun and Annabelle

As fantastic as Andor season one was, it was missing one big thing. Here are some clues. He’s black, metal, super snarky, and eventually gives his life for the Rebellion. We’re talking about K-2SO, Cassian’s droid best friend from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. K-2 didn’t appear in the first season, but he will

The viral disease mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, has become a worldwide threat once again. On Wednesday afternoon, the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international concern, or PHEIC, over mpox, citing a resurgence of cases across Africa and the emergence of a new, deadlier variant of the virus. Mpox is caused

Most people plan to show up for a new job well-prepared—but few are as ready for action as Walton Goggins was for Fallout. In a new interview, the actor talked about how he crafted his Emmy-nominated performance, bringing layers of nuance and complexity to a character that starts off in the show’s timeline as a

Even before her Oscar win for Everything Everywhere All at Once, we were in the midst of a Michelle Yeoh boom time. Lucky for us, that’s not going to end anytime soon. While the first Wicked is hitting theaters this fall, Star Trek: Section 31 is arriving on Paramount+ early next year, and Prime Video’s

Research published on Tuesday is the latest to suggest that the viral disease shingles can be harmful to our long-term brain health. Scientists have shown that people who have had shingles were about 20% more likely to experience cognitive decline afterwards. The findings appear to bolster the growing idea that the shingles vaccine can be

The Sun is going through an intense time right now. Our host star is experiencing increased activity, with a series of solar eruptions aimed towards Earth that resulted in a rare geomagnetic storm. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center issued a severe geomagnetic storm alert on Monday following a series

Last month, DC fans tearily watched a poignant scene in the third and final part of Warner Bros. Animation’s adaptation of Crisis on Infinite Earths: the true final performance of Kevin Conroy as Batman, recorded just before his death. But as wonderful as a send-off as it was for one of the greatest actors to

The parents of a child ritually sacrificed in pre-contact Mexico were likely close relatives. Like, really close relatives. Sounds like something out of Game of Thrones (RIP Princess Shireen Baratheon), but DNA analysis indicates it happened at least once in a pre-contact Mexican community. Paquimé is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mexican state

The big guest stars of Deadpool & Wolverine got revealed basically the night the movie hit theaters, and none were quite as surprising as Gambit. Seeing Channing Tatum get to live out his very, very long dreams of playing ol’ Remy LeBeau was honestly kind of endearing (and hilarious, given that accent), to say nothing of how well he

It’s been a few months since Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga came into the world as a pretty rad Fury Road prequel that not a lot of folks saw. If you missed it or waited to catch it in the comfort of your own home, good news: you can do eiher (or both) in just a few days.

I’ve been a longtime Verizon subscriber—a little too long, if I’m being honest, as I’ve been with the company since it was GTE Wireless. My phone number is an original relic from the ’90s boom of mobile technology. You can understand, then, why I’d convince myself to allow Verizon to roam for me while galivanting

We’ve known for a few years now that Disney was cooking up a live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch, and it’s always been a question of how they’d handle our titular Experiment 626. Would he be CG or some hybrid between that and a puppet? Would he look good? The answer to that second question is…actually kind

Anaheim, California turned into the Grid Friday night as the stars of 2025’s Tron Ares debuted not just the first footage from the sequel, but a huge piece of news too. Coming off of 2010’s Tron Legacy, which had an all-timer of a soundtrack by Daft Punk, everyone was curious who would be doing the

There’s long been an overlap between fans of heavy metal and the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, with Lord of the Rings providing direct inspiration for Black Sabbath, Rush, Led Zeppelin, and many other bands. Prime Video’s series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is leaning into this connection wholeheartedly, with a new

I find budget TVs to be a great refresher if you’re like me and you’ve spent too long agonizing over the QLEDs, OLEDs , and all that high-falutin, high-end picture technology. Even still, the $1,000 Vizio 86-inch Smart TV pushes the boundaries of size and capabilities. If budget TVs are all about tradeoffs, then this

When you woke up this morning, Christopher Nolan’s film Interstellar was probably the last thing on your mind. However, by the end of Wednesday, fans of the film had gone on a ride worthy of the space travel adventure with an ending that’s equally as happy. It’s coming back to theaters in 70mm IMAX, just

If you haven’t sanitized your microwave in a while, you may want to get on that. A new study has revealed that these kitchen appliances can harbor some of the most resilient microbes yet discovered. The researchers examined 30 microwaves and found that nearly 750 different species of bacteria call these appliances home, including some

Seven years ago, a clip of Hugh Jackman performing—what we all thought was for the final time—ADR tracks for Logan went viral, and everyone was very normal about getting to hear an attractive man angrily growl and grunt as he thrust his fists towards a microphone. Well, excellent news, everyone: Deadpool & Wolverine has provided us

Federal authorities are investigating after a Cybertruck crashed and burst into flames earlier this week, leaving the driver of the vehicle dead. While there have been a number of crashes involving Tesla’s unconventional vehicle, this is said to be the first one that involves a fatality. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that it

Much of the conflict in The Rings of Power so far has focused on Sauron’s machinations with his oldest foes in Middle-earth, as he schemes his way into the undoing of the Elven kingdoms. But alongside his rise and return, we’ve also had a glimpse of another major power on Arda coming to the fore: the

Update 08/05/24 at 11:10 a.m. ET: This post was updated to include a statement from an OpenAI spokesperson and more information from a Sunday blog post. ChatGPT maker OpenAI has new search and voice features on the way, but it also has a tool at its disposal that’s reportedly pretty good at catching all those

The end of House of the Dragon season two is here, and while most storylines were left unresolved—season three is coming!—the episode, “The Queen Who Ever Was,” did an admirable job focusing on its characters, with surprising evolutions, long-repressed emotional outbursts and confrontations, and deep soul-searching all coming to the fore. There wasn’t a ton

It’s hard to contain all the weekend’s Elon Musk news in one post, but let’s try. The tech mogul had a busy two days of posting and fending off investigations. He said a civil war in Britain was inevitable, faces accusations in Michigan of misappropriating voter data, and is awaiting a letter from five Secretaries

We’re in an age where any and everything old can just stage a comeback, often completely out of the blue. If you need an idea of how wide that net goes, it looks like the Darksiders franchise is returning to video games? On Friday afternoon, THQ Nordic put out trailers for its slate of upcoming games.

Google’s attempt to funnel Olympics excitement into its chatbot, Gemini, “tested well before airing,” the company said. Upon its debut, however, the ad repelled viewers by making artificial intelligence seem like a weak substitute for parenting and human creativity. The negative response to “Dear Sydney,” which features a dad using Gemini to help his daughter

An older sibling of the popular diabetes and weight loss drug semaglutide may help slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. In clinical trial data released this week, UK scientists have found evidence that liraglutide can reduce brain shrinkage and cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s patients. Semaglutide is already being tested out in larger Phase III trials

The tussle over TikTok continues. The U.S. Justice Department has launched a new legal attack on the social media company, accusing it of illegally harvesting data on children. In a lawsuit filed Friday, the government accused the platform of breaching a previous legal settlement and “collecting and using young children’s private information without any parental

No matter what we might find at Galaxy’s Edge, Star Tours will always be the ultimate crossover between Disney’s parks and Star Wars. Smugglers Run and Rise of the Resistance may offer higher-tech glitz and glamor, but there’s something about the endless evolution of Disney and Lucasfilm’s first major collaboration at the parks that still has it

The best thing about Trap is the idea of Trap. In the film, written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, a man who brings his daughter to a concert realizes the entire event is an elaborate trap to capture him. This man, who is by all appearances a normal father named Cooper, is actually a

During awards season, the hottest fashion statement came from Takashi Yamazaki and the Godzilla Minus One team, who took every opportunity they could, even during the Oscars’ red carpet, to show off amazing custom shoes with Godzilla-claw heels. Well good news: now you can emulate being a history-making Oscar winner in one very specific way, if you’re

Etsy announced a new membership program for buyers called Etsy Insider. The program aims to increase sales on the platform and offer certain buyers exclusive benefits. The American e-commerce company is considering rolling the program out this September as an “invite-only closed beta to a select group of buyers in the US,” or at least

After numerous unsuccessful reboots and sequels, the Terminator franchise is finally getting animated. Next month, on Judgment Day, Netflix will debut Terminator Zero, a brand new anime set in the world of James Cameron’s iconic franchise. We’ve seen a few glimpses so far but a new trailer is our best look yet. Created by Mattson

Over the weekend Marvel Studios reclaimed its crown as the king of summer blockbusters with the instantly successful release of Deadpool & Wolverine and a massive return to its kingdom of San Diego Comic-Con. At the studio’s annual Hall H panel, Marvel boss Kevin Feige announced the Russo Brothers are officially coming back to helm

Fans of Apple TV+’s show For All Mankind got some very good news earlier this year. Not only would the show be coming back for a fifth season, a spinoff show called Star City was in the works, which tells the story from the Russian point of view. It was an intriguing, but very curious

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Oranges are synonymous with Florida. The zesty fruit can be spotted adorning everything from license plates to kitschy memorabilia. Ask any Floridian and they’ll tell you that the crop is a hallmark of the Sunshine State. Jay Clark would be quick

Transformers x Knight Rider. Kamala Harris x The Simpsons. Robert Downey Jr. x Marvel, but again and different and way weirder this time. It’s been a year of crossovers at San Diego Comic-Con, but one that’s, perhaps suitably paradoxically, both not happening yet and already happening is Doctor Who and Star Trek, thanks to a delightful panel at the

There’s a ton of talent behind DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming release The Wild Robot, including writer-director Chris Sanders (Lilo & Stitch, How to Train Your Dragon) and stars Lupita Nyong’o and Pedro Pascal. But one of the supporting characters is voiced by an actor of particular interest to the San Diego Comic-Con crowd, which was thrilled

In a U.S. election year, even as one as quickly weird as this one has become in recent weeks, you expect candidates (and presumptive candidates) to appear all over the place as they launch their campaigns to help shape the impending future of the nation. Rarely are those campaigns at Comic-Con, and rarely are they

During SDCC 2024, DC Studios revealed a new look at its DC Elseworlds slate with The Penguin.  Elseworlds where The Batman universe of projects will exist alternatively, in a slate of films that don’t have to be interconnected, including Todd Phillips’ Joker films. They will not intersect with the upcoming DC Studios canon in projects

It’s been a long road, but after years of rumors and speculation, Marvel is getting back to the past to give us the Fantastic Four in all their glory. But to do so, their movie’s name is getting a bit of a tweak. Tonight during the blockbuster Marvel panel in Hall H at San Diego

If there are three things I like it’s collecting toys, Comic-Con, and Marvel Studios. That’s why I jumped at the chance for a very cool opportunity blending all three. In case you’ve been living under a rock, Deadpool & Wolverine opens this weekend, one of the biggest Marvel movies in years. And to celebrate that

Disneyland and Deadpool. Yes, you read that right! Wade Wilson has managed to make his way to the mouse house and Avengers Campus to play nice for the usually very naughty Marvel comics superhero. Starting today you can meet him at Disney California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort–with Wolverine along for the ride, to keep

Earlier this year, Lego launched its first ever Dungeons & Dragons set to celebrate the game’s 50th anniversary. It was very good, but had room for some improvements, except one universally great thing about it was its handful of D&D minifigures. Now, the great news is we’re about to get even more of just those. Revealed

At San Diego Comic-Con today, Paramount gave us one last major look at Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, its interquel animated series meant to bridge the gap between Mutant Mayhem and its upcoming theatrical sequel. Set to launch in a few weeks, Tales of the TMNT will follow Donatello, Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Raphael (with Mutant Mayhem‘s young

According to a new report from Game Developer, The Communications Workers of America (CWA) has just confirmed over 500 employees at Blizzard Entertainment have formed a “wall-to-wall” union calling itself the World of Warcraft Game Makers Guild(or ‘WoWGG-CWA’, for short). Comprising over 500 members making up the entire team that develops the legendary MMORPG, including

What do you do when you fuck up on a global scale, throwing airports, tech companies, and government agencies into chaos, and spurring the Blue Screen of Death on devices throughout the world? Well, if you’re cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, you apparently offer your impacted partners a free coffee. CrowdStrike brought mayhem to the digital world

The Force works in mysterious ways—manners that we don’t always understand, or even have to. Sometimes new Star Wars material uses it for things we’ve never seen it been used to do before; sometimes it draws on elements of Star Wars history from both current continuity and years of Expanded Universe content. The Acolyte gave us

A team of scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California announced today that it created livermorium, or element 116, using a titanium particle beam for the first time. The achievement puts scientists close to the island of stability, a theorized point at which superheavy elements may be long-lived, making them easier to study.

The Dance of the Dragons is fully underway on House of the Dragon, and the show’s main characters are feeling the horrors of war hit home. There’s been death, agonizing injuries, and (possibly even more agonizing) major betrayals and power shifts. But in amid all the bleakness, there are a few lights—including a new couple

It’s San Diego Comic-Con week, and that means news, it means cosplay, and it means—whether you’re on the convention floor or not—oodles of fancy exclusive toys and merch to tempt your wallet with. There’s a lot on offer this year, both at SDCC itself and online during the event, so here’s our annual round ups

A recent rat-brain study offers insight into how the brain tells time, and its lead researcher believes the findings have practical applications for how we can cope with unpleasant things in life, or make the most of a good time. By monitoring the brain wave activity of rats as they repeated behaviors over the course

When the time comes to upgrade your phone, it can be both exciting and daunting: A brand new handset awaits, but which one? Dozens of new models are launched yearly to complement the older ones still on sale, which might (and often do) offer better value for money. Even if you think you’ve found the

If you’ve ever been to In-N-Out, you probably know there’s a secret menu that allows you to order customized burgers and fries that don’t appear on the official menu. But thanks to the internet, there are social media users who are a little confused about what’s actually available on the secret menu. In fact, influencers

The Acolyte has come to an end with big reveals, big connections, and a new status quo beginning to ripple its way across the galaxy far, far away. But while io9 has already sat down with one of the dark agents shaping that status quo, it’s only fair that we speak to their apprentice, too

The first part of the sixth and final season of Cobra Kai debuted on Netflix this week and, yes, you are going to have to wait four months to see what’s next. In the meantime though, io9 concludes our series of interviews with show creators Jon Hurwitz, Josh Heald, and Hayden Schlossberg with some spoiler

The galaxy far, far away has been rocked by the arrival of a new agent of the dark side in the last month, as The Acolyte lifted the lid on its mysterious Stranger—Manny Jacinto’s not-so-shady smuggler Qimir secretly being the dark Master pulling the strings behind its titular Acolyte. But now that the Star Wars streaming

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 Last Lucid Day” by Dominique Dickey. Enjoy! (You can also listen to the story here). THE LAST LUCID DAY by Dominique Dickey You’re asleep in dreams of your father holding

Early on in The Acolyte‘s final episode, a couple of seconds completely comes out of nowhere to hit you like a ton of bricks. It’s not a moment of high drama, or a particularly shocking reveal about the story we’re watching unfold. If anything, it’s seemingly almost entirely disconnected from everything else in the finale. And

When an astronaut goes missing on his first space mission, his family thinks they’ve lost him forever—until his sister starts getting mysterious messages from him. It’s at first endearing but quickly turns sinister as the sister realizes communication is only possible because her brother has been kidnapped, and the aliens who have him want something

Silicon Valley has officially gone MAGA. For evidence, you need look no further than the fact that the co-founders of one of the tech industry’s most influential venture capital firms, Andreessen Horowitz, have quietly announced they will be sending large gobs of cash to the Trump team. Marc Andreessen, and his long-time business partner, Ben

The end of The Acolyte is upon us—but just how will Osha and Mae’s story come to a close? We’re about to find out. Need a place to talk spoilers as the episode happens? io9’s here to help with our Acolyte finale spoiler discussion zone! It’s been a long road to get here, of course—it was

House of the Dragon‘s most memorable moments tend to be flashy, (quite literally) fiery, and shot through with agonizing violence. There was plenty of that in last week’s episode, but episode five, “Regent,” which aired last night, gave us one of the most powerful reactions we’ve ever seen on the show—and also one of the

Due to debut this year, James Gunn’s Creature Commandos marks DC Studios’ first shared universe animated series with characters set to be introduced in both the series and live action projects. That promise makes the premise unique, with an ensemble that includes David Harbour (Stranger Things), Indira Varma (Doctor Who), and Frank Grillo (who’s confirmed

Like with other awards ceremonies, Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Awards sometimes feature a look at upcoming movies to draw in more viewers. This year’s get was a clip for Transformers One, Paramount’s upcoming CG prequel to the live-action movies and whatever’s next for the series’ big-screen dreams. Transformers One’s big hook is that it introduces young versions of

The Acolyte is wrapping up on Tuesday night, in what creator Leslye Hedland hopes is the first of more seasons to come. As the show’s played out over the past month and change, one part of the show has been consisently great: its costumes. This has always been an area where Star Wars has shined, but Acolyte’s costuming stands out as

After weeks of creepy trailers and very good pre-release buzz, Neon’s long-awaited Longlegs finally hit theaters this weekend. Directed by Osgood Perkins, attention on the Maika Monore and Nicolas Cage-led horror thriller has built up a lot of goodwill, and that appears to have paid off big time at the theater. Despite some mixed impressions, Deadline

This year’s Samsung Unpacked was a pretty loaded event. We saw the release of the Galaxy Fold 6 , a successor to the best folding phone . The new Samsung Galaxy Ring reminded Flo of why she hates rings, and the Galaxy Watch Ultra impressed us to the point where we thought it was essentially

Despicable Me 4 is currently playing in theaters, but Illumination’s already looking ahead to the future. The franchise’s scene-stealing Minions will come back to theaters in another solo movie officially dated for June 30, 2027. Crazy to think it’s one of the first movies dated that far ahead, huh. Per Deadline, the threequel will have some

While the Marvel world eagerly anticipates the arrival of Deadpool & Wolverine later this month, the studio itself is already looking to what’s next–and what’s next is flying high as Sam Wilson finally takes on the Captain America mantle for good in our first look at Brave New World. Set after the events of Sam’s streaming TV

Six motorcyclists rode into Death Valley National Park on July 6. Only five came out alive. With temperatures reaching 128 degrees Fahrenheit in California, the cyclists faced extreme heat exposure that killed one and sent another to a local hospital, according to the National Park Service. When there’s a medical emergency like this, helicopters are

I mean, just look at that little fella. You’d do anything for him, right? Anything to protect him, make him happy, and maybe even follow him to the ends of the world and back if that’s what was needed. That’s Quiet and he’s the star of Quiet: Level One, a new graphic novel from Jonah

This week’s episode of The Acolyte took us back to the planet Brendok to learn the truth about what happened the night Osha and Mae’s lives changed forever. In doing so, it brought with it even more mysteries shrouded in darkness—not just about all the characters at play during those events, but the very nature of

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Bluey fever join horror classics and spooky lore-inspired collections at major home decor retailers and seasonal pop-up giants Spirit Halloween and Party City. Halloween’s niche in horror fandom has expanded way beyond October 31, so it makes sense that home decor and goods inspired by scary movies, classic monsters, and supernatural legends are

Update July 9, 3:30 p.m. ET: The Ariane 6 rocket blasted off from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana at 3:00 p.m. ET. Stage separation went well, as did the ignition of the Vinci upper stage engine, which worked in space for the first time. The Ariane 6 booster falling away during stage separation. Credit: ESA

This year marked the 10-year anniversary of Edge of Tomorrow, Tom Cruise’s excellent sci-fi action film co-starring Emily Blunt and directed by Doug Liman. It’s a film that didn’t set the world on fire upon release, but has continued to gain new fans, and is constantly mentioned for a possible sequel. And while there’s still

It’s happened before and it’ll happen again. As beloved IPs are scraped for additional content, studios pore over every line of the source material for inspiration. In the right hands, each reference or seemingly innocuous statement uttered by a Bryce Dallas Howard could potentially launch the next Jurassic World trilogy. Just a few years ago

Longlegs hasn’t yet hit theaters—July 12 is the big day—but the creatively creepy marketing alone is enough to give a person nightmares. The latest trick in Neon’s big book of scare tactics is to release audio charting Maika Monroe’s actual heartbeat from the first time she saw Nicolas Cage in character as the titular serial

Last month, WB revealed a sequel to its 2018 movie Batman  Ninja was in the works. With the intriguing title of Batman Ninja vs. the Yakuza League, you had to wonder what the Dark Knight would be up to next–and the answer is, fight the Justice League. Yep, our premise this time is that Batman and Robin

Deadpool & Wolverine hits theaters in a few weeks, and it’s been a bit of a longer than expected wait for Wade Wilson to come back in theaters. If you haven’t seen the previous movies in a minute, or just want to watch Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman do some cut back and forth banter, they’ve

A high-resolution camera system aboard the Mars Express Orbiter has returned stunning images of “snaking” gashes across the foot of Arsia Mons, one of the red planet’s massive volcanoes. The European Space Agency (ESA) clocked Mars’ deep, uneven scar at roughly 373 miles long (600 km) — making it around one-and-a-third times the length of

Last month, Rooster Teeth was shut down by Warner Bros. after a pretty long 21-year run. Before and after its end, there were questions about what would happen with R ed vs. Blue and RWBY, its two flagship animated shows. The former officially wrapped things up with a feature-length movie back in May, while RWBY was in a weird

Longtime film producer Jon Landau passed away at 63 years old. Per TheWrap, sources explained that he’d been battling cancer. Landau is best known for being the producer on a number of films at 20th Century Fox like the Avatar movies and Titanic. Born July 30, 1960, he was the son of Ely and Edie Landau, who

Ask any comic book fan what the holy grail of comics is and they’ll all give the same answer. It’s Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman. Even in not great condition, the comic is so culturally important and rare, when copies become available, they often sell for millions of dollars. Action Comics #1

The longstanding rivalry between space billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk continues, with Blue Origin filing a complaint against SpaceX to raise concerns about the company’s massive Starship rocket. Blue Origin issued a public comment to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), suggesting that the regulatory body limit the number of launches of SpaceX’s Starship rocket

New clock just dropped, but it’ll only drop a second every 30 billion years while in operation. That’s right: It’s the most precise, accurate clock yet built. The timekeeping device was developed by scientists at JILA, a joint institution of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado Boulder. It

This article was originally published on November 29, 2021. People say weed makes things taste better. I never got that—all weed ever did for me was drain the world of joy or purpose and recast all my past interactions as testaments to my utter fraudulence. In any case, I mention the weed thing here to

President Joe Biden delivered an embarrassingly bad debate performance last week that’s sent Democrats into a panic about whether the 81-year-old should be replaced with a new candidate. Any change this late in the campaign would be tricky and fraught with risk, but one person has emerged as the most likely replacement. And the internet

Over the past few days Disney fans who have managed to ride Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at Walt Disney World have been among the first to experience the continuation of Tiana’s fairytale after the events 2009’s The Princess and the Frog. The ride itself serves as a sequel in attraction form, where guests follow Tiana and

Scientists are working hard to solve one of life’s greatest problems: a house cat with a bad habit of tearing up the furniture. Suggested Reading The New Beats Pills Are Finally Here Suggested Reading In a new study Wednesday, researchers have identified several key factors that appear to predict unwanted cat scratching. These include having

“It’s always an honor to get to witness anything or anyone transform into the Force,” young padawan Jecki Lon tells Osha in The Acolyte’s fourth episode, perhaps preparing us all for the carnage that was to come just a week later in its fifth, leaving a lot of people transforming into the Force. But even

Leave it up to Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian) to give Louis’ (Jacob Anderson) interview a final definitive disruption that leads to marital woes for Armand (Assad Zaman). Suggested Reading How Has Louis Changed Since Season 1 of Interview with a Vampire? Suggested Reading Call it a vendetta writ large for our entertainment while Molloy plays

With three episodes left in the first season of The Acolyte, show creator Leslye Headland admits she isn’t quite done incorporating pieces of old-school Star Wars mythology from the Expanded Universe, aka Legends. Suggested Reading Suggested Reading Legends, of course, is the name for Star Wars stories written before Disney bought the franchise and put

Image: Paramount One of the stars of A Quiet Place: Day One is Frodo the cat, the service animal companion to Lupita Nyong’o’s Sam, who steals the movie from even Joseph Quinn (Stranger Things). It turns out the feline’s future might be more important than we think, and that its journey in the Quiet Place

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle is coming to theaters. Image: Crunchyroll Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is coming to an end in the biggest way imaginable. Crunchyroll just announced it acquired the rights to the upcoming Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle and will release it as a trilogy of theatrical films

The “Doctor-lite” has become a common parlance in contemporary Doctor Who —an episode that, born out of scheduling or the general rigors of a season of television show where the lead actor is in almost all of it, all the time, where the Doctor is largely absent for an episode. But Ncuti Gatwa’s first season

Screenshot: Lucas Ropek/onemillioncheckboxes.com Those of you hunting for a new way to idle away the hours while you pretend to be productive at work are in luck. A new game has hit the internet that is the definition of a giant waste of time. Suggested Reading Florida Family Takes NASA to Court Over Home Damaged

If you’re going down the bayou to ride Walt Disney World’s Tiana’s Bayou Adventure , there’s a few things you need to know to make sure you’ll be able to experience the Magic Kingdom’s newest exciting attraction. It won’t have a traditional “wake up early and rush to the line” queue, but rather an online

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump and President Joe Biden will debate tonight starting at 9:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. PT. Hosted by CNN in Atlanta, it will be the earliest presidential head-to-head in modern U.S. history, given the fact that debates typically happen after the summer political conventions, and it will mark the first

Image: Sony Music Soundtracks The golden age of superhero movies led by Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man films was like no other, the webbing on which every Marvel movie that followed bounced into the stratosphere off of. They gave us Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker with Kirsten Dunst as MJ, facing off with nefarious foes like the

The shimmery towers of cosmic dust and gas at the heart of the Eagle Nebula have inspired awe for decades since they were first captured by the Hubble telescope. Now, NASA released the most detailed visualization of the iconic celestial structure, revealing all of its dreamy features across multiple wavelengths of light. Suggested Reading Webb

Image: Funko With the upcoming release of Funko Fusion—the video game from 10:10 games, where you play as iconic figures across various fandom universes—the first line of tie-in Funko Pops has been unveiled. With Masters of the Universe, M3GAN , Jurassic World, and Hot Fuzz all represented, the release offers a taste of some of

Image: Lucasfilm/Hasbro While The Acolyte fans might look at the battered mask of the dark side villain formerly lovingly known as Darth Teeth, now slightly less lovingly known as the Stranger, and be a bit traumatized after the horrors of this week’s episode, we can all still acknowledge that it’s an amazing bit of design.

The future of weight loss is fast approaching. At a recent scientific conference, drug companies showed off a variety of next-generation drugs for both obesity and type 2 diabetes. Some of these treatments might help people lose even more weight than current forerunners like Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide—the active ingredient in popular drugs Ozempic and Wegovy—while

The east coast of the U.S. has been experiencing a punishing heat wave over the past week, with cities like Washington D.C. hitting 100 degrees and breaking all kinds of heat-related records. Combine that with the very real possibility that Donald Trump could be president again, and there’s perhaps no better symbol of the peril

The $3,500 Apple Vision Pro hasn’t yet really found its footing. It had some of the best visuals and hand tracking in the VR space, but the hype around it has practically dried up in just the first few months since its release. Part of that is certainly due to that astronomical price. So, what

Screenshot: Focus Universal Pictures and Focus Features have finally released a trailer for Robert Eggers’ long-awaited remake of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 horror film, Nosferatu. Take a look: As you may have noticed, the trailer is deliberately withholding of Bill Skarsgård’s Count Orlok, with various characters simply intoning he’s “coming”—and this Christmas, no less. Suggested Reading

Image: Bloomsbury In 2020, English author Susanna Clarke published her second-ever novel, Piranesi . Given that it’d been over 15 years since her Hugo Award-winning debut Jonathan Strange & Mr. Morrell, the book’s arrival had been a big deal at the time—and like how Strange was later adapted to TV, Piranesi is coming to film.

Photo: photosince (Shutterstock) It sounds like the jig is up for YouTube users who snagged cheaper Premium memberships by obscuring their location with virtual private networks (VPNs). Suggested Reading Will The MSI Claw Scratch Your Handheld Gaming Itch? Suggested Reading In the U.S., Google charges individual users $14 per month for YouTube Premium, which limits

Image: Prime Video The secret’s out: The Boys is a satire that lives to skewer the sorts of right-wing nightmares that unfortunately are part of our real world these days. The current fourth season’s election plot has been a highly fertile one for the show’s signature sense of humor, with one new character in particular

Image: Marvel Studios With things in motion on the Marvel Studios slate, actor Benedict Cumberbatch is once again talking about his role in the franchise as Doctor Strange. Suggested Reading Will The MSI Claw Scratch Your Handheld Gaming Itch? Suggested Reading In a new video interview with Netflix, Cumberbatch reflects on his career to date, including

This week, Star Trek: Prodigy dropped the first trailer for its second season, and it’s full of all the sort of good Star Trek action you’d want—even more so if, like me, you’re a Voyager fan. But as a Voyager fan, there was one shot in particular that called to me: Admiral Janeway, her uniform

In two dimensions, it’s the Reuleaux triangle: an equilateral triangle with curved arcs connecting each corner, creating a shape with a constant width but a smaller area than a circle. Now, a team of mathematicians say they’ve scaled up the shape into the third dimension and beyond, finding it resolves a math problem that’s been

A new home security system that uses AI-driven smart tracking to shoot potential intruders with paintballs might sound like something out of a Home Alone reboot set in the future. But it could be a reality soon if folks on Kickstarter get their way. The big question that’s still unanswered is whether it’s legal. Suggested

In 1665, astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini observed a massive storm raging on Jupiter. It became known as the Great Red Spot, a swirling oval of clouds that’s almost twice as wide as Earth. New research, however, suggests that the red-hued feature spotted by Cassini is not the same storm we see today. Suggested Reading Hurricanes

I love EDM and have briefly tried my hand at DJing before to, let’s say, mixed results. So when I found out that I could make music with a pair of balls instead of a turntable or digital mixer, I though, who knows—maybe this will be the start of my career as a juggling DJ.

Earlier this year, a team of scientists garnered a wave of media attention with their provocative report: They claimed to have found two cases of a rare but fatal prion disease in hunters that could have plausibly been caused by them eating contaminated deer meat—a frightening reminder of the mad cow crisis over 30 years

In the “Like The Light By Which God Made The World Before He Had Made Light”, the revelations from the last episode come bubbling to the surface. Even in Louis’ narrative of the past Armand’s (Assad Zaman) actions begin to get colored a little differently right before the fire at the Theatre des Vampires. Suggested

Image: Nest It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Google about the smart home, but a recent new FCC listing related to the company suggests something on the horizon. Suggested Reading No Google AI Search, I Don’t Need to Learn About the “Benefits of Slavery” Suggested Reading 9to5Google reports on an FCC listing submitted

Last night’s second season premiere of Game of Thrones’ spinoff House of the Dragon tackled one of George R.R. Martin’s most infamous deaths—in a new way that surprised the fandom. Suggested Reading You Should Really Watch The Last of Us Suggested Reading In an interview with Variety, showrunner Ryan Condal explained the reasoning for the

Image: Disney/Pixar After several years where most of their movies launched on Disney+ (and not without controversy), Pixar’s back in theaters with  Inside Out 2 . The sequel’s big hook is a trio of new Emotions that’ve emerged from Riley’s growth into puberty, and it’s got a lot audiences who’ve seen it jumping for joy. Suggested

When night fell on Uganda’s second-largest national park in early February, Jacob, a three-legged African lion, made several attempts to cross a dangerous channel with his brother, Tibu. Automation Never Tasted So Good They seemed to do so in retreat. Earlier, the siblings had strayed into the “established territory of several other male coalitions” in

In some parts of the country (mainly the hot, humid parts), humanity’s relationship with the friendly insect known as the mosquito can be quite contentious. Not only do these wonderful little pests swarm you, suck your blood, and leave unattractive splotches all over your skin, but they’re also known to transport many of the viruses

The modern battery has come a long way in its 224-year history. In the place of Alessandro Volta’s piles of metal disks and brine-soaked cloth, we now have batteries the dimensions of a graham cracker that can last days before needing a recharge. But what is the ceiling of the devices currently on the market?

Kimberly Gasuras doesn’t use AI. “I don’t need it,” she said. “I’ve been a news reporter for 24 years. How do you think I did all that work?” That logic wasn’t enough to save her job. Why is Everyone Suing AI Companies? | Future Tech As a local journalist in Bucyrus, Ohio, Gasuras relies on

Screenshot: Florence Ion / Gizmodo If you own a Pixel, make sure it’s up to date right now. Google just quietly announced patches for as many as 50 different software vulnerabilities in its Pixel line, many of which are listed as being “critical” or “high” in severity. The company said that there are indications that

Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue (Getty Images) Name any genre and chances are Emily Blunt has it on her resume—horror, action, rom-com, thriller, mystery, musical, historical drama—and not only that, the movies she stars in overwhelmingly tend to be blockbusters. One arena she’s especially succeeded in is science fiction—and now the star

Image: Sony Pictures Is Madame Web a good movie? Still a tough question, frankly, but as someone who has aggressively admired its commitment to a very specific bit since it first released earlier this year, I’ve always been a little disappointed that so few people gave Cassie Webb a chance because of paltry things like

You cranky, bub? Image: Hot Toys We’ve seen Logan’s look in Deadpool & Wolverine in the movie’s trailers and marketing—and courtesy of that boundary-pushing popcorn bucket. But a new Hot Toys figure gives us our best view yet of Wolverine clad in his full suit, including the cowl. Hot Toys’ first collectible announced and inspired

If you watched season one of House of the Dragon , you have an idea of what Lord Larys Strong (Matthew Needham) is capable of. For instance, he arranged to have his own father and brother murdered to curry favor with Queen Alicent (Olivia Cooke), and showed not one lick of remorse. In season two

Image: Netflix If the quantity of Rebel Moon we already have wasn’t somehow enough, as he is wont to do, Zack Snyder has found room for more. Today, the director confirmed that both extended editions of his Netflix sci-fi duology will release on the same day this summer, all the better to numb your lower

On August 24 in 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, shooting over three cubic miles of debris up to 20 miles (32.1 kilometers) in the air. As the ash and rock fell to Earth, it buried the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. According to most modern accounts, the story pretty much ends there: Both cities were

Image: Department of Defense (AP) Japan has formed a task force to investigate UFOs after the country was dubbed a “hotspot” for strange aerial sightings by a Pentagon report published last year. Sonos First Ever Headphones Are Too Expensive For What They Offer CBS reports that the group in question, which is known officially as

Image: Warner Bros./New Line Cinema It’s only been about a month since Warner Bros. revealed it was working on a new Lord of the Rings movie. With Andy Serkis in the director’s chair and mocap suit, the studio’s fully set to get the Hunt for Gollum prequel film in theaters by 2026, and that’s naturally

Image: MachineGames/Lucasfilm Earlier this year, we got our first real look at Indiana Jones & the Great Circle . The game, coming from Wolfenstein developer MachineGames, puts players in Indy’s hat between Raiders and Last Crusade, and has the adventurer hunting for mysterious sites around the globe that form a perfect circle. How Rahul Kohli

Massive Entertainment’s Star Wars Outlaws puts players in the boots of Kay Vess, a young crook trying to make a name for herself in the galaxy’s criminal underworld in the gap between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Doing that means pulling off some small jobs to psych youself up for the Big

Image: Atlus/Guerilla Games/Paramount/Funcom/Digital Eclipse E3 may be dead, but its spirit lives on in the Summer Game Awards. Geoff Keighley’s annual showcase was light on big blockbusters, by his own admission, but it was made up for with a variety of double-A and indie titles that caught everyone’s attention. Here’s the best of what we

Image: Prime Video Hoo-boy, it’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about the Legend of Vox Machina , hasn’t it? If you’ve been itching for some more Dungeons & Dragons fun courtesy of Critical Role’s animated adaptation, you’re in luck: the show is coming back starting October 3. Gillian Jacobs Reacting to Her D&D

If there’s one thing Tom Cruise knows how to do, it’s be a movie star. Over the years, he’s achieved a mythic stature as the last of a dying breed, from a time when leading actors mattered more than the characters they’d inhabit or the costumes they’d wear. However true that is or not, there’s

What are all these awesome images from? Check out our slideshow to find out. Image: Netflix Image: Netflix We love the Terminator franchise so while we were already very excited about the new show Terminator Zero, we’re over the moon that we now know it’ll be released on Judgment Day, August 29, and that none

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! Sonos First Ever Headphones Are Too Expensive For What They Offer THE WAKING SLEEP OF A SEETHING WOUNDby dave

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

Image: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) 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

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 Irish woodland.

Sci-fi and fantasy entertainment has finally seen a shift toward more diverse casting—a move that not only better reflects our world, but also brings joy to fans who’ve longed to see people who look like them represented onscreen. (It can also, as we’ve seen especially with Star Wars , bring out toxic fans.) In a

Mixing your long plane ride with alcohol could be a dangerous cocktail for your heart, new research out Monday suggests. The small trial found that healthy volunteers experienced a greater drop in their blood oxygen level and corresponding rise in heart rate after drinking alcohol while sleeping in high-altitude conditions than they did without having

Keith Gill better known as Roaring Kitty. Photo: STRMX (AP) Keith Gill, the popular investor who sparked the skyrocketing of GameStop’s stock back in 2021 and appears to be back at it again, might have his E*Trade account shut down, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal Monday. The stock trading platform and

Over the last few weeks, there’s been plenty of digital ink spilled online about the box office. Movies like Furiosa and The Fall Guy had barely made their initial projections, if they did at all, and it’s caused many to wonder about the state of movies this year. After 2023 being filled with banger after

Image: Warner Bros./DC Comics Back in 2018, WB released the CG movie Batman Ninja , its first real foray into anime from production company YamtoWorks and Kamikaze Douga. In the years since, there’s been a lot of animated Batman movies, and you’d be fair in thinking Ninja was just an interesting one-off to have in

Just when you thought you had a moment away from any more AI-focused hardware news, AMD is leaping into the “AI PC” arena with its latest mobile laptop chips. The new Ryzen AI 300 series boasts better performance than either Intel or Qualcomm, plus neural processing capabilities. Should You Flip Out for This Samsung Phone?

Image: Netflix Before the month of May ended, Netflix revealed it’d renewed 3 Body Problem for more seasons. At the time, it wasn’t entirely clear just how long the show would go on, but the streamer has now officially revealed that fittingly enough, it’ll cap things off after two more seasons. Netflix Passwords, ChatGPT Can’t

Image: Powerhouse Animation/Netflix Crystal Dynamics’ Tomb Raider franchise is taking two interesting roads as it’s got a brand new game in the works. On one side of things, the live-action series courtesy of Phoebe Waller-Bridge has recently moved forward over at Prime Video. And on the other, more immediate end, there’s Netflix’s Tomb Raider: The

Jurors found Donald Trump guilty on 34 counts in the former President’s hush money trial in New York on Thursday, according to The New York Times. He is the first American president to become a felon. The 12 Manhattan residents who sit on the jury reached a verdict after their second day of deliberations. “This

Image: io9/Gizmodo Niche interactive activations are now more mainstream than ever before—and the result is an uphill battle of art vs. profit. Things don’t always work out in the long run, as seen with Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser , but still create some of the most incredible forms of art you’ll ever be able to

Image: Warner Bros. It and It: Chapter Two star Bill Skarsgård ( Nosferatu ) has officially signed back on to reprise the role of sewer-dwelling, child-eating clown Pennywise for Max’s Welcome to Derry series. The returning Pennywise joins castmates Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, and James Remar. Evil’s Michael Emerson on Working Opposite a Giant

Photo: James Whitbrook/Gizmodo Last year, Lego returned after years away to the realm of Middle-earth, delivering one of the most remarkable sets it’s ever made in in Rivendell, a gorgeous tribute to The Lord of the Rings. Now, it’s headed there and back again, with a darker bent—but does heading to the land of Mordor