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Sylvester Stallone Is Playing a Mysterious Role in The Suicide Squad

The Suicide Squad already has one of the most stacked rosters in action movie memory. Margot Robbie, Jai Courtney, Joel Kinnaman, John Cena, Idris Elba, Nathan Fillion. Now Sylvester Stallone joins the team. Taking to Twitter, James Gunn shared a picture of himself and Sylvester Stallone, with the caption, “Always love working with my friend…

Movies Julie Muncy

Amazon Customer Support Apparently Did Not Know That Northern Ireland Was Part of the UK

These are trying times, and that can sometimes means that our brains just don’t function as well as they normally do. A member of the Amazon support team unfortunately learned this lesson in a very public way on Saturday when they stated that Northern Ireland was not a part of the United Kingdom. Spoiler: It…

Commerce Jody Serrano

Trump Administration Forgets It’s Mad at Huawei and Reportedly Lets Qualcomm Sell It 4G Chips

The Trump administration, distracted by other important things, has apparently forgotten that it’s mad at Huawei. If this seems strange to you, it’s probably because we’ve all gotten used to hearing the government go on and on about how the Chinese telecommunications company is a threat to U.S. national security. But alas, these comments apparently…

Tech News Jody Serrano

Trump Tried to Scoop Up a Popular Birding Preserve for His Border Wall, But You Don’t Mess With Birders

The Trump administration was reportedly all set to purchase the Salineño Wildlife Preserve, a 2.5-acre stretch of Texas so popular among birders that it’s been called “hallowed ground,” to make way for its infamous border wall. But the deal fell apart at the last minute on Friday after the land’s owner bowed to pressure from…

Earther Alyse Stanley

Star Trek: Discovery‘s VFX Supervisor Talks Building a Bold Future for the Aesthetics of Space

Another week, another interesting Star Trek: Discovery interview. This one is about the visual effects. VFX supervisor Jason Zimmerman had an interesting challenge ahead of him when facing down work on the third season of Star Trek: Discovery: establishing the visual language of an entirely new era of the show’s canon, one that is farther…

io9 Julie Muncy

Uber Could Soon Pawn Off Its Scandal-Ridden Self-Driving Vehicle Branch to Startup Aurora

Uber is in talks to sell its scandal–ridden self-driving vehicle branch, Advanced Technologies Group, according to a Friday TechCrunch report. And it looks like Aurora Innovation, a startup founded by veterans of the autonomous vehicle industry, is first in line to scoop up the “prize.” Sources familiar with the negotiations told the outlet that Uber…

Transportation Alyse Stanley

Ska Tune Network Turns a Beautiful Steven Universe Song Into a Self-Affirmation Anthem

Ska Tune Network is one of my favorite YouTube channels. They take some great music and combine it with the most earnest genre of modern times, ska, to create vibrant, entertaining covers and lots of great new tunes to boot. In their latest video, they tackle a really great choice: “Change Your Mind” from Steven…

io9 Julie Muncy

Netflix’s Goofy Military Satire Space Force Is Getting a Second Season

No relation to the real Space Force. I mean, probably. Who knows with that thing. As reported by Deadline, Space Force, the Steve Carell and Greg Daniels sitcom about a fictionalized version of the yes-still-real Space Force branch of the US Armed Forces has been renewed for a second season. The show stars Steve Carell…

io9 Julie Muncy

The Idea of a Live-Action Lilo & Stitch Frightens Me and I Don’t Want It

I think there’s one thing we, as a society, need to come together and agree on: no one wants to see a “realistic” CGI version of Stitch, the little blue gremlin of death and friendship that stars in the Disney animated movie Lilo & Stitch. Put it on the next election ballot as a referendum,…

Movies Julie Muncy

A Darkwing Duck Reboot Is Coming to Disney Plus With Seth Rogen Producing

Everyone’s favorite screw-up hero is finally getting his own show again. As reported by Variety, Darkwing Duck is getting a new series at Disney Plus. The series, currently in early development, doesn’t have much in the way of writers or directors attached, or actors for that matter. But we know about the production staff: Seth…

io9 Julie Muncy

Behold These Microscopic Spacecraft

Some sculptors work in marble; some in clay; and some in microscopic dots of resin shaped by lasers. Microlight3D, a company based in Grenoble, France, develops 2D and 3D microprinting systems. To commemorate the release of season two of The Mandalorian, and inspired by Jedi masters who use green lightsabers, the team decided to microprint…

Tech News Jody Serrano

Asteroid Apophis Could One Day Hit Earth. Here’s How We Could Get to It First

The clock is officially ticking. Apophis—an asteroid as wide as three football fields—has a slim chance of slamming into Earth in 2068. Before then, however, the object is scheduled to zip past us in an encounter that scientists are already planning to exploit. Here are some intriguing ways in which we could explore Apophis during…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Google Is Shuttering the Expeditions App, but Its VR Field Trips Aren’t Going Away For Good

Another one of Google’s virtual reality ventures is biting the dust. The company says it’s ending support for its VR educational app, Expeditions, next year, though it’ll fare far better than Google’s shuttered Daydream VR platform. Instead of discontinuing Expeditions completely, Google’s folding many of the app’s functions into its Arts & Culture app. It…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

If Only This Animal Crossing Animated Series Were Real

Though you might have foregone it in favor of other video games, Nintendo’s Animal Crossing is still one of the most charming, relaxing titles to drop just when people across the world needed (and still need) a way to take their minds off the hellscape that is our reality. Animal Crossing encouraged all sorts of…

Games Charles Pulliam-Moore

Miles and Miles (and Miles) of the Week’s Best Toys

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round of the latest and greatest in plastic goodness. This week: Miles Morales! Miles Morales? Miles Morales. Sure, there’s some other toys, but let’s be real: this is Spider-Man’s week. Check it out! Hot Toys Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Sixth-Scale Figure Hot off the launch of his hit…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski & James Whitbrook

Thor: Love and Thunder Is Adding a Second Chris

Chris Hemsworth will be joined by a fellow Chris in Thor: Love and Thunder. No, not the one who played Captain America, as awesome as that would be. And no, not the one who has been resurrected in Wonder Woman 1984, as wild as that would be. It’s the one that makes the most sense…

Movies Germain Lussier

We Don’t Know Shit About The Mandalorian‘s Major New Planet, and That Rules

Star Wars, for better or worse, is fascinated with itself. It loves the past, even as it rails against it, an existential back and forth between adding to its vast tapestry or enriching what came before (or, more often than not, simply repeating it because it rhymes). But today’s episode of The Mandalorian, in a…

io9 James Whitbrook

Airbnb Says It Turned Away 1.4 Million People Who Refused to Sign Its No-Bigotry Agreement

In the four years since it implemented an agreement to promote equitable treatment of its users, Airbnb claims that 1.4 million individuals have been barred from the platform because they declined to refuse bigotry. In an email to Gizmodo, a spokesperson confirmed that this is the number people who were asked to click “accept” on…

Tech News Whitney Kimball

It Sure Sounds Like Nest Audio Will Double as Home Theater Speakers Soon

If your budget doesn’t allow for dropping hundreds of dollars on a pricey soundbar, smart devices that double as home theater speakers could offer a way to upgrade your setup on the cheap. Google recently unveiled its newest line of Nest Audio speakers, a $100 product that offers the best sound you can get from…

Gadgets Catie Keck

What Are You Doing for Thanksgiving? Are You Sure?

The covid-19 pandemic is possibly at its most dire moment yet, especially in the U.S. Reported cases and hospitalizations continue to reach new record highs here, while daily deaths may soon threaten to approach or surpass the record death tolls seen in the spring. Despite this, at least according to the findings of a new…

Health Ed Cara

Sylvester Stallone Is Playing a Mysterious Role in The Suicide Squad

Amazon Customer Support Apparently Did Not Know That Northern Ireland Was Part of the UK

Trump Administration Forgets It’s Mad at Huawei and Reportedly Lets Qualcomm Sell It 4G Chips

Trump Tried to Scoop Up a Popular Birding Preserve for His Border Wall, But You Don’t Mess With Birders

Star Trek: Discovery‘s VFX Supervisor Talks Building a Bold Future for the Aesthetics of Space

Uber Could Soon Pawn Off Its Scandal-Ridden Self-Driving Vehicle Branch to Startup Aurora

Ska Tune Network Turns a Beautiful Steven Universe Song Into a Self-Affirmation Anthem

Netflix’s Goofy Military Satire Space Force Is Getting a Second Season

The Idea of a Live-Action Lilo & Stitch Frightens Me and I Don’t Want It

A Darkwing Duck Reboot Is Coming to Disney Plus With Seth Rogen Producing

Behold These Microscopic Spacecraft

Asteroid Apophis Could One Day Hit Earth. Here’s How We Could Get to It First

Google Is Shuttering the Expeditions App, but Its VR Field Trips Aren’t Going Away For Good

If Only This Animal Crossing Animated Series Were Real

Miles and Miles (and Miles) of the Week’s Best Toys

Thor: Love and Thunder Is Adding a Second Chris

We Don’t Know Shit About The Mandalorian‘s Major New Planet, and That Rules

Airbnb Says It Turned Away 1.4 Million People Who Refused to Sign Its No-Bigotry Agreement

It Sure Sounds Like Nest Audio Will Double as Home Theater Speakers Soon

What Are You Doing for Thanksgiving? Are You Sure?

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