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The Nerd’s Watch: The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Streaming in March

Viewers are turning to streaming entertainment more than ever thanks to the global pandemic, and the plethora of services—Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Disney+, and HBO Max—can serve as a much-needed escape. At the start of each month, most streamers do a little shuffle, adding new movies and taking some away—and io9 is here to help you…

Movies Germain Lussier

The FCC Just Authorized a $3.2 Billion Dollar Program Meant To Bring Low-Income Americans Online

The Federal Communications Commission unanimously voted late Thursday to adopt the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program—a $3.2 billion dollar initiative meant to lower the cost of internet services for the tens of millions of families struggling with connectivity during the ongoing pandemic. The Commission will offer eligible households of up to $50 dollars per month for…

Tech News Shoshana Wodinsky

Striking Australian Bee Spotted for First Time in a Century—but It Could Face New Threats

Not since 1923 have scientists gazed upon the Australian cloaked bee. That is, until recently when scientists located a few populations in the wild. But its rediscovery comes as a mixed blessing owing to its potentially threatened status. Six. That’s it—just six. Only six individuals of this species, Pharohylaeus lactiferus, have ever been seen until…

Conservation George Dvorsky

An Ode to a Jigglypuff

Twenty-five years ago in Red and Blue, freshly-minted Boulder-Badge owning Pokémon trainers would find themselves heading toward the first steps of the rest of their lives drowning in bird Pokémon. Route 3 was filled with them—Pidgeys and Spearows, as far as the tall grass could see—but every once in a while, when the fates willed…

Games James Whitbrook

Sony Will Reportedly Start Supporting SSD Upgrades for the PS5 Later This Summer

One of the PS5’s few shortcomings compared to the Xbox Series X is its smaller built-in storage. However, based on a new report, it seems Sony is working to address that by adding support for the PS5’s SSD expansion bay later this summer. According to a source who spoke to Bloomberg, support for the use…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford

The Grift and Cybercrime Blight on the Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout

Last August, federal agents searched the Redmond, Washington, laboratory of Johnny Stine, a bootleg biotechnician whom they’d been investigating since March. As they fanned across Stine’s warehouse, they encountered your typical scientist fare: lab equipment, test tubes, a microscope, but also “empty beer bottles and a surfboard,” according to a complaintmade public by the Food…

Health Will Peischel

‘Deep Nostalgia’ Can Turn Old Photos of Your Relatives Into Moving Videos

Deep Nostalgia is meant to bring still shots, even those not captured on a modern smartphone, to life.

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Why a Harlem Activist’s Decades-Long Fight for Environmental Justice Matters More Than Ever

Environmental justice may seem to some like a new buzzword that has arisen in recent years as we reckon with climate change and racial bias. But five minutes talking to Peggy Shepard can set you straight. “I was rummaging around in a drawer recently,” she said. “I found a copy of–are you ready? A telegram.”…

Earther Molly Taft

Spider-Man Tom Holland Discusses His Post-No Way Home Future With Marvel

The Shazam sequel adds to its cast. One of the Titans’ new antagonists gets a shiny new costume. Plus updates from Doctor Who, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Superman & Lois, and more. Friday spoilers dropping in 3…2…1… Nocebo Eva Green, Mark Strong, and Chai Fonacier will star in Nocebo, a new psychological thriller…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

Canon’s Excellent EOS R5 Has One Huge Flaw

There once was a badass Greek warrior. Indeed, he was the badassiest of them all. He was the perfect killing machine, except for one little thing which took someone who was otherwise invincible and made him…vincible. Now, Achilles isn’t a perfect metaphor for the EOS R5, which I think is the best camera Canon has…

Other Gadgets Brent Rose

Perseverance’s Most Intriguing Images Captured From Mars So Far

NASA’s Perseverance rover has been on Mars for a full week, and the images are starting to pour in.

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

SpaceX Starship Ticket Holder Teases ‘Big Update’ for March 2

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is teasing a “big update” for Tuesday, March 2. And while we don’t know what this update might be yet, we definitely know it’s about the moon, which has the potential to be very exciting news. Why is it exciting? Maezawa has an agreement with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to be the…

Space & Spaceflight Matt Novak

Federal Judge Rules CDC’s Pandemic Eviction Moratorium Unconstitutional

A federal judge in Texas ruled on Thursday that the CDC’s eviction moratorium that was supposed to let people stay in their homes even if they lost income during the coronavirus pandemic is unconstitutional. With roughly 12 million tenants in the U.S. behind on rent, the ruling could have serious consequences for millions of people…

Health Matt Novak

Baby Yoda Gets a New Cute Plush Line, Because He Doesn’t Have Enough Toys Yet

The Mandalorian season two may be over, but the desire to take Grogu (aka darling of the internet Baby Yoda) and turn him into merchandise will continue for a good while yet. io9 can exclusively reveal that ShopDisney’s line of Grogu pin and plush toys is making its way stateside next month. The four-design collection depicts Grogu…

Toys & Collectibles James Whitbrook

TikTok to Pay $92 Million Settlement in Nationwide Class-Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Privacy Violations

TikTok has agreed to fork over $92 million to settle a class-action complaint regarding alleged privacy violations, including claims that the app and its predecessor, Musical.ly, collected personal data without users’ consent for tracking and ad targeting purposes. The proposed settlement, which lawyers in the case estimated to be one of the largest privacy-related payouts…

Privacy & Security Alyse Stanley

We Should All Be More Like Los Espookys‘ Inner Demon

In Los Espookys—an HBO comedy from Fred Armisen, Julio Torres, and Ana Fabrega—a group of horror movie-obsessed friends come to the realization that all the time they spend waiting around for life to happen could be better used turning their passion for jump scares into money-making opportunities. Slacker Renaldo (Berardo Velasco), dental hygienist Ursula (Cassandra…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

AT&T Sells Minority Stake in Its Struggling DirecTV Business

It appears AT&T has found a buyer for its beleaguered DirecTV business. AT&T announced today that it will establish a new company with private equity firm TPG called New DirecTV that will oversee AT&T’s video business DirecTV, U-verse, and AT&T TV, the latter of which recently absorbed the company’s AT&T TV Now service. The deal,…

Internet Catie Keck

Xbox Live Has Been Down for Hours With Users Unable to Log in [Update: It’s Back]

If you’ve been struggling to get into your Xbox Live account, you’re not alone. Microsoft’s online gaming service has been down for hours this Thursday afternoon, with widespread reports of Xbox players being unable to log in at all. Users started noticing issues shortly after 3 p.m. ET, according to DownDetector and the Xbox Status…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

George R.R. Martin’s ‘In the Lost Lands’ Movie Finds Milla Jovovich and Dave Bautista

Don’t panic if you haven’t heard of it before. “In the Lost Lands” is only a short story George R.R. Martin published in Asimov’s Science Fiction magazine back in 1985, but that isn’t stopping Hollywood from turning it into a new fantasy movie, courtesy of Guardians of the Galaxy’s Dave Bautista and longtime cinema partners…

Movies Rob Bricken

LinkedIn’s Co-Founder Is Going in on Flying Taxis, Which Are Definitely Realistic This Time

Time and time again, tech companies have promised a future where commuters will be able to zip around in the flying cars from The Jetsons. And time and time again, that just hasn’t happened. That’s because the practical engineering challenges are immense—building small, electrically powered vertical take-off and landing, or VTOL, aircraft would require a…

Transportation Tom McKay

The Nerd’s Watch: The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Streaming in March

The FCC Just Authorized a $3.2 Billion Dollar Program Meant To Bring Low-Income Americans Online

Striking Australian Bee Spotted for First Time in a Century—but It Could Face New Threats

An Ode to a Jigglypuff

Sony Will Reportedly Start Supporting SSD Upgrades for the PS5 Later This Summer

The Grift and Cybercrime Blight on the Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout

‘Deep Nostalgia’ Can Turn Old Photos of Your Relatives Into Moving Videos

Why a Harlem Activist’s Decades-Long Fight for Environmental Justice Matters More Than Ever

Spider-Man Tom Holland Discusses His Post-No Way Home Future With Marvel

Canon’s Excellent EOS R5 Has One Huge Flaw

Perseverance’s Most Intriguing Images Captured From Mars So Far

SpaceX Starship Ticket Holder Teases ‘Big Update’ for March 2

Federal Judge Rules CDC’s Pandemic Eviction Moratorium Unconstitutional

Baby Yoda Gets a New Cute Plush Line, Because He Doesn’t Have Enough Toys Yet

TikTok to Pay $92 Million Settlement in Nationwide Class-Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Privacy Violations

We Should All Be More Like Los Espookys‘ Inner Demon

AT&T Sells Minority Stake in Its Struggling DirecTV Business

Xbox Live Has Been Down for Hours With Users Unable to Log in [Update: It’s Back]

George R.R. Martin’s ‘In the Lost Lands’ Movie Finds Milla Jovovich and Dave Bautista

LinkedIn’s Co-Founder Is Going in on Flying Taxis, Which Are Definitely Realistic This Time

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