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HBO Max Will Now Let You Pay Them $10 to Watch Ads

Following rumblings earlier this year that HBO was planning to launch a cheaper ad-supported tier of HBO Max, HBO has officially announced HBO Max with Ads. Starting at $10 a month and going live the first week of June, HBO Max with Ads comes cost $5 less than the full ad-free tier of HBO Max…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

Like ‘A Part of Their Body’: People Adapt to an Extra Thumb in Fascinating Experiment

An experiment in which 36 people were fitted with a robotic third thumb has demonstrated the brain’s uncanny ability to adapt and leverage an entirely new body part, and in ways the researchers are still trying to understand. The Third Thumb started as an award-winning graduate project at the Royal College of Art in London,…

Health George Dvorsky

Magic Meets Dungeons & Dragons, Age of Sigmar‘s New Edition, and More Tabletop News

Welcome back to Gaming Shelf, io9’s column all about board games and tabletop roleplaying games. This time, Games Workshop unleashes new editions and new models at the first online Warhammer Fest, Wizards of the Coast teases its new D&D-themed card set, and a Warcraft legend takes to Kickstarter for a new tabletop adventure. Check it…

Games James Whitbrook

Meet Tim Burton’s New Wednesday Addams: Jenna Ortega

The actor will star in Burton's spooky new series coming to Netflix.

Television Cheryl Eddy

Covid-19 Vaccines Don’t Work as Well for Immunocompromised People

Research is beginning to make clear that certain groups of people won’t enjoy the same level of highly effective protection provided by covid-19 vaccines as everyone else. Studies are finding that people who are immunocompromised are less likely to develop immunity against the coronavirus after vaccination. Even before the vaccine rollout began in earnest last…

Health Ed Cara

Loki’s New Trailer Pits Marvel’s God of Mischief Against Smarmy Cartoons, Crashing Planets, and Nudity

In a world where a raccoon and a tree are two of the most powerful characters, why not an animated clock? Her name is Miss Minutes and after sneaking a peek on a new poster, she makes her debut in the latest footage from Marvel’s Loki. Loki debuts on Disney+ June 9, which is only…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier

Crypto Investors Scheme to Gain Control of Tesla as Bitcoin Markets Tank

The cryptocurrency market has taken a major dive, as it does. Now a band of traders has decided to form the people’s coin, appropriately named StopElon, to Stop Elon Musk from wielding intractable control over the market with his tweets. Much like China. And Mark Cuban. And volatile economies. And major financial institutions. And hedge funds.…

Tech News Whitney Kimball

Just 100 Companies Create 90% of Plastic Waste

Plastic producers have tried to make us think that individuals can solve pollution by improving our recycling and shopping habits. A new study makes it clear why that’s their tactic. Just 20 companies are responsible for more than half of the world’s trashed single-use plastic. The Plastic Waste Makers Index, published Tuesday by the Australian…

Conservation Dharna Noor

11 Photos of Recent Presidents Sitting in Trucks and Their Thoughts on the Auto Industry

Do you like looking at pictures of old, powerful white men who are technically not allowed to drive by themselves anymore sitting behind the wheels of big, fancy trucks and cars? You’re in luck. On Tuesday, President Joe Biden got the chance to test drive Ford’s new electric truck, the F-150 Lightning, ahead of its…

Earther Molly Taft

Qualcomm Announces New High-Tier Snapdragon 778G Mobile Chip

Today at its 5G Summit, Qualcomm announced the new Snapdragon 778G 5G chip to help bolster its portfolio of mobile processors for the second half of 2021. Labeled by Qualcomm as a new “high-tier” chip, the Snapdragon 778G looks to slot in between Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 888 processor and less expensive Snapdragon chips like the…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

Interstellar Comet Borisov Was Leaking Metal When It Zipped Past Us in 2020

Gaseous nickel was shedding from interstellar comet 2I/Borisov when it briefly visited our solar system two years ago, according to a new study. Sounds like weird behavior for a comet, but as related research shows, the spewing of atomic metals might actually be a regular thing that comets do, whether they’re local or from across…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

My Adventures With Superman Series Flying to HBO Max and Cartoon Network

Superman’s animated adventures have a special place in many people’s hearts, and even though the modern Man of Steel’s been having quite the live-action moment on the big and small screens, Warner Bros.’ next plan for its most iconic hero is decidedly two-dimensional. Not to be outdone by the Batman: Caped Crusader news, Warner Bros…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

Batman, Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams, and Matt Reeves Join Forces for a New Animated Series

The creator of the beloved Batman: The Animated Series and architect of the DC Animated Universe has returned. Bruce Timm, along with J.J. Abrams and The Batman’s Matt Reeves, will executive produce a brand-new animated series for HBO Max and Cartoon Network simply titled Batman: Caped Crusader. In a joint statement, the three producers said:…

io9 Rob Bricken

Netflix’s Fear Street Trailer Promises a Gruesome Summer Movie Experience

For people who grew up loving R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books, the author’s Fear Street series was an excellent way of transitioning to darker, more terrifying stories about teenagers dealing with rather Goosebumps-like, but markedly more dangerous situations in the fictional town of Shadyside. In the wake of the Goosebumps movies’ surprising success, Netflix is bringing…

Trailers Charles Pulliam-Moore

The Biggest Climate Trial of the Year Was a Chevron-Fueled ‘Charade’

After a week of proceedings, the criminal trial for attorney Steven Donziger—who won a multibillion-dollar case against Chevron over pollution in the Amazon rainforest—wrapped up on Monday. In his estimation, the trial was a “charade.” And yet he was relatively pleased with the outcome. “Given that we stood no chance to win the actual trial,…

Environmental Justice Dharna Noor

China’s Zhurong Rover Sends Back Its First Images of Mars

On Sunday, China became the second country to successfully land a mission on Mars. The Zhurong rover, now comfortably sitting just above the dusty plain of Utopia Planitia, has sent back its first images of the Martian landscape. The images, shared in a new release from the China National Space Administration, are important because they…

Space & Spaceflight Isaac Schultz

Justin Trudeau Uses Fake Mac, Like a Commoner

More news from Canada, nation of paradoxes, which printed the wrong leaf on its currency and where a mayor’s approval rating can rise after a world-famous crack scandal. This week’s mystery from the north: Justin Trudeau has been photographed masquerading as a Macbook user. Why, Canada? As one can see from an image on the…

Tech News Whitney Kimball

Doctor Who May See Another Classic Villain Return

Godzilla: Singular Point is full steam ahead. The Conjuring team dives into the ‘80s for totally radical possessions. Plus Steven Moffat’s The Time Traveler’s Wife adaptation gets a first look and The Flash is having more Speed Force drama. Spoilers coming at you fast! The Bunker Deadline has word Tony Todd, Tobin Bell, and Chelsea…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

The iPad Pro Is as Powerful as It Can Be—Now What?

Diving into Apple’s first M1 iPad with miniLED display

Laptops Caitlin McGarry

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Help Wanted: Nuclear Weapons Courier, Serious Inquiries Only

Have you ever wanted to guard nuclear weapons as they crisscross the United States? Well, the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has a job opening for precisely that. And it’s a great reminder that U.S. roads carry some pretty interesting cargo, even if it’s all kept very hush-hush. The job posting from NNSA,…

Tech News Matt Novak

HBO Max Will Now Let You Pay Them $10 to Watch Ads

Like ‘A Part of Their Body’: People Adapt to an Extra Thumb in Fascinating Experiment

Magic Meets Dungeons & Dragons, Age of Sigmar‘s New Edition, and More Tabletop News

Meet Tim Burton’s New Wednesday Addams: Jenna Ortega

Covid-19 Vaccines Don’t Work as Well for Immunocompromised People

Loki’s New Trailer Pits Marvel’s God of Mischief Against Smarmy Cartoons, Crashing Planets, and Nudity

Crypto Investors Scheme to Gain Control of Tesla as Bitcoin Markets Tank

Just 100 Companies Create 90% of Plastic Waste

11 Photos of Recent Presidents Sitting in Trucks and Their Thoughts on the Auto Industry

Qualcomm Announces New High-Tier Snapdragon 778G Mobile Chip

Interstellar Comet Borisov Was Leaking Metal When It Zipped Past Us in 2020

My Adventures With Superman Series Flying to HBO Max and Cartoon Network

Batman, Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams, and Matt Reeves Join Forces for a New Animated Series

Netflix’s Fear Street Trailer Promises a Gruesome Summer Movie Experience

The Biggest Climate Trial of the Year Was a Chevron-Fueled ‘Charade’

China’s Zhurong Rover Sends Back Its First Images of Mars

Justin Trudeau Uses Fake Mac, Like a Commoner

Doctor Who May See Another Classic Villain Return

The iPad Pro Is as Powerful as It Can Be—Now What?

Help Wanted: Nuclear Weapons Courier, Serious Inquiries Only

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