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Can You Beat My Donald Trump Goodbye Tweet?

Goodbye to all that, amirite? But how will you say goodbye? Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. EST, Donald John Trump will no longer be the president of the United States. Trump has been a pox on our society, a threat to the long-term livability of the planet, and if there’s any mercy in…

Politics Rhett Jones

Pixar Popcorn Serves Up Bite-Sized Adventures With Fan-Favorite Characters

Apparently, it’s National Popcorn Day—in honor of that food we used to eat when we went to this place called a “movie theater”—but there’s no reason you can’t microwave up a bag at home and celebrate the coming of Disney+’s mini-shorts series Pixar Popcorn, which just dropped its first trailer today. This looks fun and…

Trailers Cheryl Eddy

Netflix Is Finally Adding a Streaming Roulette Feature as It Clinches 200 Million Subscriptions

Netflix has officially amassed 200 million subscribers, but the company isn’t planning to rest on its laurels. As it continues to compete with services like Disney+ and HBO Max, Netflix plans to continue to improve its user experience to keep viewers returning. It introduced its “worth the wait,” “top 10,” and “new and popular” sections…

Internet Catie Keck

Watch Tom Holland Thwip Around Disneyland’s New Spider-Man Ride

Considering he’s in it, it’s probably only fair that Tom Holland gets to ride the new Spider-Man ride at Disney California Adventure way, way before the rest of us actually will at this point. In a parallel world where the world was slightly less miserable than it actually was last year, anyone going to Disneyland…

io9 James Whitbrook

These Butterflies Use Their Putrid Genitalia to Keep Rivals Away From Mates

A chemical produced by the male genitals of this tropical butterfly is so repulsive, scientists refer to it as an “anti-aphrodisiac.” New research published today in PLOS Biology describes the genetic underpinnings of a chemical compound produced by male Heliconius melpomene butterflies. It’s a striking example of chemical signaling, in which scent is used for…

Biology George Dvorsky

The Biggest Thing Missing From Joe Biden’s Climate Plan: Plastic

President-elect Joe Biden has promised to decarbonize the U.S. electricity grid by 2035 and implement a host of other climate policies, which in theory would discourage fossil fuel companies from extracting more oil and gas. But instead, it could just push them to find other uses for their products: Specifically, plastic—unless his administration comes up…

Earther Dharna Noor

What Scientists Wish They Knew a Year Ago About the Covid-19 Pandemic

On January 20, 2020, the first known case of covid-19 in the U.S. was reported—a man in his 30s who had traveled back to Washington State from Wuhan, China, where the first cases of the novel viral disease had been discovered in December 2019. Nearly everyone failed to predict the full scale of the devastation…

Health Ed Cara

The Dark Web’s Largest Forum for Stolen Credit Card Data Is Shutting Down

Another cybercrime hub appears to be biting the dust. Joker’s Stash, believed to be the world’s largest online carding store (a forum for selling and buying stolen credit card data), plans to go offline forever on Feb. 15. The site was originally founded in 2014. “Joker goes on a well-deserved retirement. Joker’s Stash is closing…It’s…

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek

That Willy Wonka Prequel You Didn’t Ask for Is Still Happening

Don’t worry, though—Johnny Depp is nowhere near this one. Deadline reports that Wonka—a prequel to Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory that we first heard about all the way back in 2016—is still very much in play, so much so that Warner Bros. has even scheduled a release date of March 17, 2023. Which…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Facebook Promised to Stop Promoting Political Groups, You’ll Never Believe What Happened Next

Surprise! Despite repeated assurances from Facebook and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, that the company would stop recommending all “political and social issue groups” in order to slow down misinformation and coordinated political violence, it didn’t really do that. The Markup reported on Tuesday that while Zuckerberg testified to Congress in October 2020 that the cessation of…

Social Media Tom McKay

This New Windows 10 Bug Could Brick Your PC

Don’t do it. Most people aren’t going to experiment with navigating to root Windows 10 folders, but just in case anyone might be digging around in the software guts of their PC, it’s best to stay away from inputting this file path into your browser: “\.globalrootdevicecondrvkernelconnect”. It will not only instantly crash your PC, but…

Tech News Joanna Nelius

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Your Guide to 2021’s Biggest TV, Part 1

Finally, 2021 is here, and with it, so much television to look forward to. In fact, there’s so much, we’re breaking down our big new year preview of sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and superhero shows into three massive parts! Ready for part one? We’re kicking off io9’s epic 2021 TV preview with a look at some…

io9 io9 Staff

A Fitness Tracker Shouldn’t Make You Feel Like Trash

I can’t figure out who, exactly, Amazon’s Halo Band is designed for. The screen-free band works in the background to track your activity and sleep, and it also has microphones to listen in on your conversations and analyze your tone. There is some appeal to a screen-free wearable that can cut down the distractions in…

Accessories & Wearables Caitlin McGarry

Titans Has Found Its Batgirl

Barbara Gordon is on the case for the third season of DC Universe’s (née HBO Max’s) Titans series, and the show has found itself a Batgirl in Savannah Welch. Variety reports that Welch—best known for her roles in Six, Tree of Life, and Boyhood, and her work as a disability advocate following the amputation of…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Florida Whistleblower Rebekah Jones Turns Herself In ‘to Protect Her Family’ From Local Police

Rebekah Jones, the Florida data scientist turned whistleblower who accused state authorities of manipulating covid-19 data, turned herself in to local police on Sunday night to, as she put it, “protect her family” from ongoing police harassment. Her announcement came just one day after Florida authorities issued an arrest warrant alleging she illegally accessed the…

Tech News Shoshana Wodinsky

South African Coronavirus Variant May Dodge Existing Immunity in Some People

Experts are becoming increasingly worried that at least some variants of the coronavirus will pose an added challenge to limiting the spread of covid-19 through vaccination. Recent data announced over the weekend suggests a variant first found in South Africa can escape detection from antibodies in some people who had been infected with older versions…

Health Ed Cara

My Little Ponies Will Join the Transformers on Cybertron for a New Comic Adventure

IDW’s licensed comics love themselves a good crossover, especially the Transformers, who’ve teamed up with everyone from the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise to the Ghostbusters, and, yes even thebeloved magical horsies of Equestria. This time, they’re teaming up with Pinkie Pie and the gang again—on their home turf. io9 can exclusively reveal the first…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

MyPillow Guy Spectacularly Owns Self Amid Dominion Lawsuit Threat

As Donald Trump’s presidential term transitions into an uncertain legacy, the world has also begun to question the repute of his most ride-or-die follower: Mike Lindell, a.k.a. MyPillow guy, whose products look dangerously close to fading from relevance. Lindell has claimed that MyPillow pillows and mattress toppers are soon to vanish from the websites of…

Tech News Whitney Kimball

Bizarre ‘Cotton-Candy’ Planet Is Changing Our Sense of What’s Possible

An exoplanet located 212 light-years away is roughly the same size as Jupiter, but it’s 10 times lighter. The discovery is challenging our conceptions of how gas giants form and grow and the types of planets that can exist. New research published in The Astrophysical Journal suggests it’s easier for gas giants to emerge within…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Someone Made a Real-Life Rocket League Car That Jumps and Spins in the Air

Back in 2018, Mattel created a real-life version of the video game Rocket League where a pair of remote control cars knocked a ball into each other’s nets in a small arena. It was fun, but lacked one of the best parts of the game: the cars’ ability to jump and rotate in air: a…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Can You Beat My Donald Trump Goodbye Tweet?

Pixar Popcorn Serves Up Bite-Sized Adventures With Fan-Favorite Characters

Netflix Is Finally Adding a Streaming Roulette Feature as It Clinches 200 Million Subscriptions

Watch Tom Holland Thwip Around Disneyland’s New Spider-Man Ride

These Butterflies Use Their Putrid Genitalia to Keep Rivals Away From Mates

The Biggest Thing Missing From Joe Biden’s Climate Plan: Plastic

What Scientists Wish They Knew a Year Ago About the Covid-19 Pandemic

The Dark Web’s Largest Forum for Stolen Credit Card Data Is Shutting Down

That Willy Wonka Prequel You Didn’t Ask for Is Still Happening

Facebook Promised to Stop Promoting Political Groups, You’ll Never Believe What Happened Next

This New Windows 10 Bug Could Brick Your PC

Your Guide to 2021’s Biggest TV, Part 1

A Fitness Tracker Shouldn’t Make You Feel Like Trash

Titans Has Found Its Batgirl

Florida Whistleblower Rebekah Jones Turns Herself In ‘to Protect Her Family’ From Local Police

South African Coronavirus Variant May Dodge Existing Immunity in Some People

My Little Ponies Will Join the Transformers on Cybertron for a New Comic Adventure

MyPillow Guy Spectacularly Owns Self Amid Dominion Lawsuit Threat

Bizarre ‘Cotton-Candy’ Planet Is Changing Our Sense of What’s Possible

Someone Made a Real-Life Rocket League Car That Jumps and Spins in the Air

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