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These Manatees Are Returning to the Ocean After Years in Captivity

After completing a rehabilitation process that has lasted years, Pepe, Lupita, and Juana are getting ready to go home. Their home isn’t like yours or mine, however: It’s in the ocean. That’s because Pepe, Lupita, and Juana are manatees, otherwise known as sea cows (and freaking adorable ones at that). They currently reside in at…

Earther Jody Serrano

This Video Explores the Clever Ways The Mandalorian Uses Tatooine

Tatooine is more than just a generic desert planet. But not every Star Wars story lets that come through. Star Wars has a complex relationship with worldbuilding, for a franchise so invested in it. It often jets between planets, creating only rough sketches of them, giving the impression of some worlds that are, broadly, relatively…

Movies Julie Muncy

Donald Trump’s First Tweets Since Finding Out He’s Fired Are, of Course, in ALL CAPS and Full of Lies

After getting through all the feelings—Hallelujah, thank God—that came up once former Vice President Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, there was another burning question to answer: What would the current president, who famously hates losers and now was one, tweet? For a few hours, President Donald Trump was…

Tech News Jody Serrano

Older Android Phones Will Be Cut Off From a Large Chunk of the Web in 2021

If you’re doomscrolling through your newsfeeds on an older Android phone, it might be time for an upgrade. One of the world’s top certificate authorities warns that phones running versions of Android prior to 7.1.1 Nougat will be cut off from large portions of the secure web starting in 2021, Android Police reported Saturday. The…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

In Wake of Election, Facebook Will Put Groups That Violate Its Community Standards on ‘Probation’

Although millions of Americans—and really, the world—breathed a sigh of relief today when it was announced that former Vice President Joe Biden had given current President Donald Trump the worst news of his life (also known as, you’re fired), election season isn’t over yet. This means that Facebook still has a lot of work to…

Social Media Jody Serrano

Anthony Rapp and Wilson Cruz Talk the Messy Family Dynamics in Star Trek: Discovery

Lt. Commander Stamets (Anthony Rapp) and Dr. Culber (Wilson Cruz) have had a long, challenging journey. Now, they’re together, but they’re not in the best of circumstances. In an interesting conversation, Rapp and Cruz discuss the way Discovery has developed its crew dynamics and how Stamets and Culber’s love story factors into it. In a…

io9 Julie Muncy

No, There Isn’t a ‘Glitch’ in Michigan Election Software That Flipped Thousands of Trump Votes

Dispelling every bullshit election conspiracy that’s inundated the internet this week would be a full-time job in and of itself, but one particularly insidious theory has blown up to such a ridiculous degree that it deserves to be set straight. Michigan GOP Chairwoman Laura Cox claimed at a press conference Friday that an election software…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

We’re Already Getting Rumors About Future The Mandalorian Casting

The production of The Mandalorian’s second season was followed by a ton of rumors about casting, a couple of which we already know to be true. Now, the second season hasn’t even finished running yet and the rumor mill is continuing apace, giving us a potential preview at both The Mandalorian and the growing Star…

Movies Julie Muncy

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Is Still on Pace to Get a Spooky Sequel

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark was a compelling cavalcade of phobias and monstrosities, but there’s plenty of room for a sequel to up the ante. And it turns out that sequel is still happening, and looking to be even more faithful to the source material. Talking to Collider, director André Øvredal spoke about…

Movies Julie Muncy

Now the Real Work Begins

The past four years have felt like screaming underwater. The results of the election are a tentative gasp of fresh air, sharp and somewhat bitter on the back of the throat. Former Vice President Joe Biden has won the White House according to multiple outlets, after flipping enough states in Upper Midwest and Sun Belt…

Earther Brian Kahn

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What’s there to say? Four years into Donald Trump’s presidency over 235,000 people are dead, a national tragedy with a direct line to his willful lack of preparedness and irrational aversion to medical science; a crisis-provoked recession undeterred by a White House task force created to put “Americans back to work” has felled a booming…

Politics Tom McKay & Dell Cameron

Colin Firth to Face Down the Undead in New York Will Eat You Alive

If there’s a zombie apocalypse, Colin Firth is in trouble. Zombies don’t care how dapper you are, after all. As reported by Deadline, Firth will be facing a fictional zombie crisis, at least, as the leading man in New York Will Eat You Alive, an upcoming film adaptation of the horror comedy comic Zombie Brother.…

Movies Julie Muncy

The Best VR Headsets You Can Get Right Now

In the short time since Oculus and HTC basically ushered modern consumer VR into existence, VR HMDs (aka VR headsets) have come a long way from the big, bulky contraptions with low resolutions we first saw in 2016. But now, not only is there a huge library of VR games and experiences, there’s a wide…

Reviews Sam Rutherford

White House Vs. Coronavirus: Round 2

President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows has tested positive for coronavirus, multiple outlets reported late Friday evening. The news comes just days after Meadows attended a packed election night rally at the White House with nary a face mask in sight among the few hundred guests, indicating that the Trump administration—having apparently learned…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

Trump’s Cybersecurity Agency Says It Is ‘Highly Difficult’ to Commit Voter Fraud, Actually

Despite the president’s near-constant bellyaching about a supposed scourge of voter fraud and secret ballot dumps shaping this year’s election results, his own cybersecurity agency says there’s really no cause for concern. Existing security measures at state and local election offices “make it highly difficult to commit fraud through counterfeit ballots,” the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure…

Politics Alyse Stanley

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20 Superheroes Who Should Star in a Comic Book Musical

Comic book movies have crossed over into every subgenre—action-adventure, film noir, Shakespearean epic—but we have yet to experience a decent comic book movie musical. Which is such a shame, because there are so many talented people already in the comic book world who could lend their pipes We’re profiling some of the amazing folks in…

Movies Beth Elderkin

Why, Yes, I Would Like to Own This Actually Pocket-Sized PC

Mini PCs are not a new thing. Companies like Lenovo, HP, and Dell have been making pint-sized rigs for a long time, which are great for simple tasks like writing the 10-page bibliography to your masters thesis at 2 a.m. in the college library. (I know from experience.) There are entire lines of gaming hardware…

Gadgets Joanna Nelius

The iPhone 13 Rumors Have Already Started Swirling

Some iPhone 12 models haven’t even begun shipping yet, but iPhone 13 rumors are already beginning to circulate. A research note from reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, cited by MacRumors, suggests that next year’s iPhones lineup—we’ll call it iPhone 13 for now—will be available in the same four models as this year’s phones. This suggests…

Tech News Catie Keck

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Things Get Soft and Distressingly Squishy in the Best Toys of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round up of all the silly-looking toys we’d quite like on our desks. This week: Hot Toys goes big with a large Mandalorian drop and an even larger Venom. There’s cuteness all around with stuffed toys from the worlds of Lego Star Wars and Pokémon. Plus: Outrun!? Check…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski & James Whitbrook

‘Stop the Steal’ Facebook Group Becomes ‘Gay Communists for Socialism’

Yesterday afternoon, Facebook removed the “Stop the Steal” group page that amassed over 300,000 members in the aftermath of Election Day. The pro-Trump, pro-conspiracy theory page was being used for organizing national protests to claim without evidence that the election is being stolen from Donald Trump. Immediately, other Stop the Steal pages appeared on the…

Politics Rhett Jones

These Manatees Are Returning to the Ocean After Years in Captivity

This Video Explores the Clever Ways The Mandalorian Uses Tatooine

Donald Trump’s First Tweets Since Finding Out He’s Fired Are, of Course, in ALL CAPS and Full of Lies

Older Android Phones Will Be Cut Off From a Large Chunk of the Web in 2021

In Wake of Election, Facebook Will Put Groups That Violate Its Community Standards on ‘Probation’

Anthony Rapp and Wilson Cruz Talk the Messy Family Dynamics in Star Trek: Discovery

No, There Isn’t a ‘Glitch’ in Michigan Election Software That Flipped Thousands of Trump Votes

We’re Already Getting Rumors About Future The Mandalorian Casting

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Is Still on Pace to Get a Spooky Sequel

Now the Real Work Begins

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Colin Firth to Face Down the Undead in New York Will Eat You Alive

The Best VR Headsets You Can Get Right Now

White House Vs. Coronavirus: Round 2

Trump’s Cybersecurity Agency Says It Is ‘Highly Difficult’ to Commit Voter Fraud, Actually

20 Superheroes Who Should Star in a Comic Book Musical

Why, Yes, I Would Like to Own This Actually Pocket-Sized PC

The iPhone 13 Rumors Have Already Started Swirling

Things Get Soft and Distressingly Squishy in the Best Toys of the Week

‘Stop the Steal’ Facebook Group Becomes ‘Gay Communists for Socialism’

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