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Guns.com Gets Hacked, Spilling Gun Owner Information All Over the Dark Web

Watch out, firearm lovers. The subtly-named guns.com, a place where Americans can go to pick out whatever stylish boomstick they like and have it shipped straight to their neck of the woods, seems to have a pretty awful data breach on its hands. Back in January, a hacker temporarily disabled the company’s website, interfering with…

Privacy & Security Lucas Ropek Mar 24 '21

National Treasure‘s Younger, More Diverse Spin-off Is a Go at Disney+

Get out of the way, Benjamin Franklin Gates. Jess Morales is here. That’s the name of the character who’ll star in a brand new 10-episode National Treasure show that was just greenlit for Disney+. Written by Marianne and Cormac Wibberley (the same team behind the first two films) and directed by Mira Nair (Queen of…

io9 Germain Lussier Mar 24 '21

The Curious Case of Qualcomm’s Rumored Nintendo Switch Clone

More than four years after its launch, the Nintendo Switch remains a unicorn among video game consoles. But that hasn’t stopped a lot of companies from dreaming about trying to capture some of that Switch magic for themselves, and now it seems Qualcomm may attempt to clone Nintendo’s hybrid device. According to a new report…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Mar 24 '21

Black Adam Adds Pierce Brosnan’s Dr. Fate to Its Curious Cast of DC Heroes

For DC’s Black Adam, the good doctor is in, apparently. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Pierce Brosnan has signed onto Warner Bros.’ Black Adam film as Dr. Fate, the ominously named magic user who draws his energies from his iconic Helmet of Fate. He’ll be playing the Kent Nelson version of the character. Brosnan’s Dr.…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 24 '21

Utah Passes Porn Filter Bill That’s Not-Quite-Fully-Fleshed-Out

Utah governor Spencer Cox has signed the infamous porn filter bill. If enacted, smartphones and tablets purchased in Utah will automatically block a potentially sweeping range of content based on fluctuating value judgments. There’s plenty of time, for now, in the sense that it’s the legislative equivalent of an active volcano. Under HB 72, a…

Tech News Whitney Kimball Mar 24 '21

Where Are All the Aliens? Maybe Trapped in Underground Oceans

A planetary scientist says subterranean water worlds are likely common in the galaxy and probably even better for life than Earth-like environments. Should an intelligent species arise beneath the frozen crust, however, they’d find themselves in perpetual isolation, in what is a possible solution to the Fermi Paradox. Several moons in our solar system feature…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Mar 24 '21

What We Do in the Shadows Spinoff Wellington Paranormal Is Finally Coming to the U.S.

You’ve seen the movie. You’ve seen the show. But unless you live on the other side of the planet, you probably haven’t seen the spinoff. That’s set to change this summer as Wellington Paranormal, the cop-centric What We Do in the Shadows spinoff created by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, is coming to the CW…

io9 Germain Lussier Mar 24 '21

Researchers Might Have Finally Cracked Smart Clothing

While smart clothes seem like a cool idea in theory, in reality we’ve mostly been stuck with useless overpriced smart pajamas from Tom Brady, smart running shoes, and other dubious fitness recovery paraphernalia. The reason? Incorporating electronics into clothing in a natural way is a tall order. Researchers from MIT CSAIL, however, say they’ve developed…

Gadgets Victoria Song Mar 24 '21

The New Dyson Vacuum Uses Lasers to Spot Every Single Crumb

Just in time for some much-needed spring cleaning, Dyson just took the wraps off a cordless vacuum upgrade that will appeal to those obsessed with keeping their floors immaculate: a laser that illuminates every last spec of dirt and dust. If you drop something small on the floor, an object that’s hard for the naked…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Mar 24 '21

Justice League’s Godlike Villains Were Brought to Life by VFX, Not Mother Boxes

Steppenwolf and Darkseid were two of the biggest changes in Zack Snyder’s Justice League. “Big” as in, they are large beings, but also “big” in that Steppenwolf was completely redesigned for the new film and Darkseid is a crucial character that was almost a completely new addition. Weta Digital did the visual effects for both…

io9 Germain Lussier Mar 24 '21

Pillow Goblin Mike Lindell’s New Social Media Site Is Just Named Frank and It’s a Platform for Americans Who Want to Defend Life, Liberty, and All the Freedoms That Have Marked America as the Longest Running Constitutional Republic in the History of the World

The MyPillow weirdo’s new censorship-free social media network is here and… it’s a website named Frank. Like, it’s actually just named Frank. Mike Lindell is probably best known as the pillow magnate who somehow managed to worm his way into the inner sanctum of Donald Trump’s administration and has subsequently spent most of his time…

Tech News Tom McKay Mar 24 '21

This Gesture-Controlled Sliding Door Will Make You Feel Like a Jedi

If you can’t resist subtly waving your hand in the air like a Jedi when you approach an automatic sliding door, get ready for this: a manually operated touchless sliding door that senses and matches the movements of a hand waving back and forth in front of it. Created by a Singapore-based design studio called Stuck…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Mar 24 '21

Solar Opposites Returns With a Wilder, Funnier Season 2

They’re back, and now more self-referential than ever: Solar Opposites, the animated Hulu series from Justin Roiland (Rick and Morty) and Mike McMahan (Star Trek: Lower Decks) drops its second season this week. With it comes an amplified array of surreal, raunchy, and razor-sharp aliens-stranded-on-Earth shenanigans. Not that Solar Opposites is working with a lot…

Television Cheryl Eddy Mar 24 '21

Researchers Found a Way to Send Tiny Robots Into Mouse Brains

In a mind-bending development, a team of researchers in China have managed to treat brain tumors in mice by delivering drugs to the tissues using microscopic robots. The robots jumped from the mice’s bloodstreams into their brains by being coated in E. coli, which tricked the rodents’ immune systems into attacking them, absorbing the robots…

Tech News Isaac Schultz Mar 24 '21

Amazon’s Wheel of Time Offers a Glimpse of Rosamund Pike’s Moraine, and More

Amazon’s Wheel of Time TV series revealed the first look of Rosamund Pike as Moiraine recently and answered a bevy of questions about the show and the character. They reveal a few interesting details about both. First, if you don’t know or don’t remember, Moiraine is a member of the Aes Sedai, a cabal of…

io9 Rob Bricken Mar 24 '21

Ancient Greenland Cave Sediments Contain a Climate Change Warning

Increasing geologic evidence suggests that the Arctic was once a lot warmer than it is today, which means big trouble as we continue to pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere with abandon. The latest development is a study published Wednesday in Science Advances, which uses geologic cave deposits to deduce that the region was at…

Climate Change Molly Taft Mar 24 '21

Disney+ Subscriptions Are About to Get More Expensive

Disney+ is getting pricier, but there’s still time to score it at a discount. As previously announced back in September, Disney+ subscriptions and its bundle package with ESPN+ and ad-supported Hulu are getting a price hike. Beginning March 26, subscriptions for the service will jump from $7 to $8 per month, while the annual subscription…

Internet Catie Keck Mar 24 '21

The Alien on Stage Documentary Is Pure Sci-Fi Joy

In 2019, a New Jersey high school made national news when it put on a stage production of Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi horror masterpiece Alien. The production even got the attention of Ripley herself, Sigourney Weaver. It was a huge deal because everyone had the exact same thought: “How the hell do you turn Alien into…

Movies Germain Lussier Mar 24 '21

I Miss My Family’s Collection of CRT TVs

“Wow, you guys have so many TVs.” That’s what my friends would say when they’d come over to my house in elementary and middle school. It was a 3-bedroom English Tudor with a basement and attic, and in almost every room there was a boxy CRT TV. They were all sorts of sizes, and the biggest…

Gadgets Victoria Song Mar 24 '21

Guns.com Gets Hacked, Spilling Gun Owner Information All Over the Dark Web

National Treasure‘s Younger, More Diverse Spin-off Is a Go at Disney+

The Curious Case of Qualcomm’s Rumored Nintendo Switch Clone

Black Adam Adds Pierce Brosnan’s Dr. Fate to Its Curious Cast of DC Heroes

Utah Passes Porn Filter Bill That’s Not-Quite-Fully-Fleshed-Out

Where Are All the Aliens? Maybe Trapped in Underground Oceans

What We Do in the Shadows Spinoff Wellington Paranormal Is Finally Coming to the U.S.

Researchers Might Have Finally Cracked Smart Clothing

The New Dyson Vacuum Uses Lasers to Spot Every Single Crumb

Justice League’s Godlike Villains Were Brought to Life by VFX, Not Mother Boxes

More Evidence Links ‘Cat Scratch’ Bacteria and Schizophrenia

Pillow Goblin Mike Lindell’s New Social Media Site Is Just Named Frank and It’s a Platform for Americans Who Want to Defend Life, Liberty, and All the Freedoms That Have Marked America as the Longest Running Constitutional Republic in the History of the World

This Gesture-Controlled Sliding Door Will Make You Feel Like a Jedi

Solar Opposites Returns With a Wilder, Funnier Season 2

Researchers Found a Way to Send Tiny Robots Into Mouse Brains

Amazon’s Wheel of Time Offers a Glimpse of Rosamund Pike’s Moraine, and More

Ancient Greenland Cave Sediments Contain a Climate Change Warning

Disney+ Subscriptions Are About to Get More Expensive

The Alien on Stage Documentary Is Pure Sci-Fi Joy

I Miss My Family’s Collection of CRT TVs

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