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Hezbollah-Linked Cyber Unit Has Been Hacking Into Internet Companies for Years

A cyber unit believed to be associated with the Shiite militant group Hezbollah has been conducting stealthy espionage missions all over the globe, hacking into internet service providers and telecoms to gather data. The threat group researchers call “Lebanese Cedar” is believed to have formed sometime around 2012, and is primarily motivated by “political and…

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek

30% of ‘SolarWinds’ Hacking Victims Did Not Actually Use SolarWinds Software, Feds Say

The hacker group behind the ongoing SolarWinds scandal found other ways to intrude on U.S. firms and public agencies than just compromising the titular software company. In fact, nearly a third of the victims of the hack—approximately 30%—have no connection to SolarWinds at all, said a senior federal security official this week. Brandon Wales, acting…

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek

One of the Oldest Star Wars Figures Gets a Modern Update, and More of the Week in Toys

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round up of the coolest toy news we’ve seen this week. On deck: disappearing McFlys! Hot Wheels heads to Mars! And Hasbro celebrates 50 years of Lucasfilm in the strangest way possible. Check it out! Lego Porsche 911 Turbo and 911 Targa Building Set Lego tends to stick…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski & James Whitbrook

Senators Introduce Legislation to Help Domestic Violence Survivors Leave Their Abusers’ Cell Phone Plans

Several U.S. senators introduced new legislation today that would allow survivors of domestic violence and other crimes to separate from their abusers’ shared cell phone plans. The bill, known as the Safe Connections Act, is co-authored by U.S. Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.)…

Tech News Joanna Nelius

How Does the GameStop Squeeze End?

If you’ve been following the WallStreetBets stock squeeze (more info here, here, here), you’ve probably grappled with about 6,000 paragraphs that start something like, “if I gave you one banana…” That’s because you’ve probably learned more about shorts and options and margin calls in a few days than from consuming hundreds of movie and TV…

Tech News Whitney Kimball

BlackBerry Execs Cashed Out When Reddit Sent Their Stock Skyrocketing

Executives in BlackBerry, one of many struggling companies whose stock prices are being juiced in a Reddit-instigated speculative frenzy, jumped on the chance to dump shares at a wildly inflated rate. BlackBerry, once one of the leading smartphone manufacturers in the world, has been stuck on the fringes for years and until recently commanded a…

Tech News Tom McKay

Hyundai Execs Are Reportedly Worried About Working with Apple

The fact that Apple is developing its own electric car just be one of the worst-kept secrets in tech. But after Hyundai recently spilled the beans on a potential partnership to produce the car with Apple, a new report suggests Hyundai execs are hesitant to move forward with a deal. According to Reuters, the core…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

Happy 25th Anniversary to Star Trek: Voyager‘s Infamous Lizard Sex Episode, ‘Threshold’

On January 29, 1996, the world was introduced to two bizarre, vaguely humanoid, lizard-alligator-catfish creatures on Star Trek: Voyager. Only these weren’t the newest aliens to be encountered by the Starfleet crew. Instead, they were Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) and Flight Officer Tom Paris (Robert Duncan McNeill). And they’d just had lizard babies. “Threshold”…

io9 Rob Bricken

Netflix Is Testing a Timer Feature to Pause a Title After a Certain Period of Time

Netflix is experimenting with a mobile feature for Android that allows users to set a timer for the period of time they would like to watch a series or movie. The tool allows viewers to set the timer for 15, 30, or 45 minutes, or just “finish the show” so that they don’t lose their…

Internet Catie Keck

A Direct Sequel to Cloverfield Is Finally in the Works

With The Cloverfield Paradox and 10 Cloverfield Lane, the idea of a “Cloverfield” movie has endured long past the release of the 2008 original. But we never found out more about that story. That monster. And now, that might finally be changing. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Joe Barton, the latest showrunner of the upcoming HBO Max Gotham…

Movies Germain Lussier

This Next-Gen Artificial Heart Is Set to Go on Sale This Year

Carmat, a French startup that claims it’s making the “world’s most advanced artificial heart”, recently announced it plans to start selling its device in Europe in the second quarter of this year. That’s major, as currently there’s only one other company, SynCardia, which has received regulatory approval for a total artificial heart device. Artificial hearts…

Gadgets Victoria Song

So You Thought This Week’s WandaVision Got Wild? Just Wait

The most recent episode of WandaVision was dynamite. It began to contextualize and answer questions people had in ways only a Marvel Studios show could while making the first three episodes even more crucial to the overall story. And if you think everything so far was good, this next video teases just how much more…

Trailers Germain Lussier

How the Departments of Energy and Transportation Could Revolutionize How We Get Around

As the largest greenhouse-gas emitting sector in the U.S., the transportation system must be overhauled in order to avoid the worst effects of climate change. That means presumptive Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has a big task ahead of him. But he won’t be alone in this task; President Biden is committing to center…

Climate Change Kelly L. Fleming

Star Wars‘ Alphabet Squadron Tries to Put the Space Debris Back Together in Victory’s Price

When we last left the intrepid pilots of the Alphabet Squadron, the ragtag group of New Republic pilots had had a rough time of it, as do most Star Wars protagonists in the middle of their trilogy. Now, author Alexander Freed is about to conclude the series with Victory’s Price, coming out on March 2.…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken

Big Oil’s Lies Are Finally Getting the Public Scrutiny They Deserve on Social Media

After the Capitol was overrun by insurrectionists, Chevron sent out a tweet calling for a “peaceful transition of the U.S. government.” Brand tweets are always fraught, particularly as democracy stood on a knife’s edge. Doubly so if you’re a brand that, say, funded the members of Congress that incited an attempt to overthrow the government.…

Earther Brian Kahn

Tell Facebook’s Supreme Court What You Think of Trump’s Suspension

On January 7, Facebook suspended former-President Donald Trump’s Facebook account due to fears that allowing it to be active could lead to further provocations of violence following the Capitol Hill riots. Now, the highest court in Facebook-land wants to know what you think about the decision. Facebook’s Oversight Board is a group of “independent” adjudicators…

Social Media Rhett Jones

Scientists Learn Even More About Wombats and Their Beautiful Cubed Poop

The world makes more sense today, thanks to new research detailing the digestive processes responsible for the bare-nosed wombat’s incredible cube-shaped poop. Nature can be so magical. For reasons not entirely understood, the bare-nosed wombat (Vombatus ursinus), a plant-eating Australian marsupial, produces poop roughly the same shape and size of dice. New research published in…

Biology George Dvorsky

This Plate Is Cleverly Designed to Trick Kids Into Eating More Vegetables

Finding a way to get kids to eat their vegetables is the Kobayashi Maru of parenting. Even a victory comes with sacrifices and trade-offs. But instead of forcing parents to become master negotiators, this simple plate instead uses clever psychology tricks to make vegetables look more palatable and portions appear smaller than they really are.…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

All the Wrong Turn Movies, Ranked and Roasted on a Spit

The Wrong Turn movies are nobody’s favorite horror franchise. But somehow, the series about cannibal mutants who prey on directionally challenged road trippers has been thriving for nearly two decades. And a since the seventh (yes, seventh!) Wrong Turn arrived this week, we’re taking a look back at the whole damn series. Most of the…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

A Real 3D-Printed Home Listing Just Popped Up on Zillow for a Cool $300,000

People have been talking about the advent of 3D-printed homes for quite some time now, but now a listing for a home in New York has popped up on Zillow boasting to be the “world’s first 3D-printed home for sale.” The listing’s claim is somewhat spurious due to the fact that companies like Mighty Building began…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

Hezbollah-Linked Cyber Unit Has Been Hacking Into Internet Companies for Years

30% of ‘SolarWinds’ Hacking Victims Did Not Actually Use SolarWinds Software, Feds Say

One of the Oldest Star Wars Figures Gets a Modern Update, and More of the Week in Toys

Senators Introduce Legislation to Help Domestic Violence Survivors Leave Their Abusers’ Cell Phone Plans

How Does the GameStop Squeeze End?

BlackBerry Execs Cashed Out When Reddit Sent Their Stock Skyrocketing

Hyundai Execs Are Reportedly Worried About Working with Apple

Happy 25th Anniversary to Star Trek: Voyager‘s Infamous Lizard Sex Episode, ‘Threshold’

Netflix Is Testing a Timer Feature to Pause a Title After a Certain Period of Time

A Direct Sequel to Cloverfield Is Finally in the Works

This Next-Gen Artificial Heart Is Set to Go on Sale This Year

So You Thought This Week’s WandaVision Got Wild? Just Wait

How the Departments of Energy and Transportation Could Revolutionize How We Get Around

Star Wars‘ Alphabet Squadron Tries to Put the Space Debris Back Together in Victory’s Price

Big Oil’s Lies Are Finally Getting the Public Scrutiny They Deserve on Social Media

Tell Facebook’s Supreme Court What You Think of Trump’s Suspension

Scientists Learn Even More About Wombats and Their Beautiful Cubed Poop

This Plate Is Cleverly Designed to Trick Kids Into Eating More Vegetables

All the Wrong Turn Movies, Ranked and Roasted on a Spit

A Real 3D-Printed Home Listing Just Popped Up on Zillow for a Cool $300,000

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