The Writer of Birds of Prey and Batgirl Told Us Her DC Origin Story
Batman is the entry point into DC for lots of people. However, screenwriter Christina Hodson also credits another superhero: Margot Robbie.
New House Science Committee Chair to Climate Scientists: We've Got Your Back Again
Change is in the air over at the House Committee on Space, Science, and Technology. An oozing sump of climate change skepticism under the leadership of Texas Republican Lamar Smith, the committee is poised to be taken over by Democrats and led by Texas’s Eddie Bernice Johnson, a registered nurse and longtime champion…
Lawyers for Detained Huawei Exec Insist She Won't Flee as Bail Decision Hangs in the Balance
Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Chinese tech giant Huawei (and daughter of its founder, Ren Zhengfei) detained by Canadian authorities for extradition to the U.S. this month on allegations she lied to financial institutions as part of a scheme to evade sanctions on Iran, will not learn whether she can…
Netflix's Carmen Sandiego Reboot Has a New Premiere Date and Some Mysterious Teaser Images
It seems like it was forever ago when Netflix swooped in out of nowhere and dropped a piece of mysterious teaser art announcing its upcoming Carmen Sandiego reboot. Since then, there hasn’t been all that much revealed about the new series, but today, the studio announced a new release date and dropped a handful of…
What's The Best Work Mouse?
It’s been more than a few years since we last asked our readers to vote on their work mouse recommendations. So it seemed like as good of a time as any to crack our collective knuckles and debate which mice deserve a spot on your desktop.
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The Newest iPad Is Back On Sale For Its $250 Black Friday Price
Let’s face the facts; you don’t need the iPad Pro. The standard 2018 iPad is a terrific tablet for both consuming and creating media. (And it works with the Apple Pencil, the first non-Pro model to do so.)
Apple and Qualcomm Slap-Fight Continues with ‘Ban’ on iPhone Sales in China
The legal tug of war between Apple and Qualcomm continued this week with what at first may have seemed like a rare win for the chip giant in a Chinese court.
Equifax Breach Was Just as Infuriating and Dumb as You Thought, New House Report Finds
House Republicans spent 14 months investigating the 2017 Equifax breach only to reach the same conclusions that virtually everyone else with a brain did in the immediate aftermath of the company’s disclosure. The breach was “entirely preventable,” lawmakers found, and the credit reporting agency’s shit management did…
NASA Black Marble Images Reveal How Long It's Taken Puerto Rico to Recover From Maria
It’s been more than a year since Hurricane Maria ran roughshod over Puerto Rico, but the island is still struggling to escape from under its long shadow.
NASA Spacecraft Spots Signal of Water on Asteroid Bennu
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has already detected evidence of water on its target, the asteroid Bennu, just a week after arriving.
The Top 10 Deals of December 10, 2018
We see a lot of deals around the web over on Kinja Deals, but these were our ten favorites today.
Put Down Smash For Half a Second and Save $15 On Three Other Essential Switch Titles
I know Super Smash Bros. is The Thing To Play right now, but if you have a Switch, or are giving one as a gift this year, these three games are just as essential, and they hardly ever get this cheap:
io9 Roundtable: Breaking Down the Earth-Shattering Arrowverse Revelations of Elseworlds Part One
Elseworlds, this year’s big DC/CW crossover, is upon us—kicking off in last night’s episode of The Flash, the mysterious Monitor made his move... and gave us an hour of giggle-inducing metahumor in the process, along with some pretty key character moments for TV’s finest heroes. It was so huge, io9 needed a teamup of…
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FCC Investigates Mystery Mobile Carrier Suspected of Lying About 4G Coverage
In a statement late Friday, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced an investigation was underway to determine whether a particular mobile carrier had lied about the extent of its 4G coverage. But we’ll have to wait to find out the name of the culprit.
Live Your Best Dongle Life With More Deals on Anker's USB-C Hubs
USB-C will be truly ubiquitous one of these days, but for the next few years at least, owners of USB-C laptops will probably want to carry a dongle or two. Several of Anker’s highly rated adapters are on sale right now, so just be sure to note the promo codes.
YouTube's Own Recap of 2018 Is the Most 'Disliked' Video of the Year
For eight years, YouTube has released end-of-year Rewind videos that showcase some of the platform’s top trends, music, and memes. The recaps feature some of the most popular YouTube personalities acting out cheesy scenarios in an extended musical video, and are generally accepted to be awful. This year’s rewind was…
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I Bought This Custom 18-Million Pixel Workstation on Craigslist, and It Very Nearly Ruined Me
I have determined the precise upper boundary of how many monitors it is okay to have hooked up to the same computer. I do not know, exactly, how many monitors is the ideal number. But I do know it is no more than eight.
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