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You Might Not Like It, But the ROG Phone 3 Is What Peak Android Performance Looks Like

The ROG Phone 3 is big, it’s heavy, and it’s got more vents and RGB lighting than most people are probably comfortable seeing on a mobile device. But if you’re a gamer or you just want the absolute best performance you can get from an Android phone, like it or not, Asus’ unapologetically aggressive handset…

Smartphones Sam Rutherford

The Doctor’s Locked Up in Our First Look at Doctor Who‘s Holiday Special

The last season of Doctor Who ended, after some game-changing revelations about the very idea of who our hero is, on a bit of a weird cliffhanger. Cut off from her friends, the Doctor found herself trapped in a strange, alien prison. Which is naturally the perfect time for her most ancient foes to rise…

io9 James Whitbrook

Illustration: Velizar Simeonovski, Field Museum

These Semi-Aquatic Mice Are as Fascinating as They Are Adorable

African rainforests are home to some of the most delightful and surprising species on Earth, as demonstrated by recent research into some rather unusual water-loving rodents. A study published today in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society describes two species of semi-aquatic mice. Living in the Congo Basin and the western parts of equatorial…

Biology George Dvorsky

If AMD’s Big Zen 3 Claim Is True, Intel’s In Trouble

This morning AMD revealed all the juicy details about its upcoming Ryzen 5000-series processors. While I don’t need to upgrade my CPU, or even my motherboard, the leap from AMD’s Zen 2 to Zen 3 architecture appears to be so good that I just might do it anyway. Higher power efficiency, more performance per watt,…

Tech News Joanna Nelius

The Department of Agriculture Killed 1.2 Million Wild Animals Last Year

The mission of Wildlife Services, an office in the Department of Agriculture (USDA), is “to provide federal leadership and expertise to resolve wildlife conflicts to allow people and wildlife to coexist.” In practice, that means slaughtering animals in droves. New data the USDA released this week shows that in 2019, the program killed approximately 1.2…

Conservation Dharna Noor

Spider-Man 3 Gains Doctor Strange as a Mentor

They say that help can sometimes come from the strangest places. A new report says Benedict Cumberbatch is set to join Spider-Man 3, taking on the role of Peter Parker’s (Tom Holland) new mentor. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Cumberbatch will be reprising his role as Doctor Strange in Sony Pictures’ upcoming Spider-Man movie, which…

Movies Beth Elderkin

Meet the Deadly, Adorable Aliens of the New Sci-Fi Comedy Save Yourselves

A technology-addicted Brooklyn couple decides to take a week away from their phones and go upstate. The problem is, at the same time they disconnect, aliens invade Earth. That’s the premise of Save Yourselves, the smart, funny new sci-fi film currently playing in theaters as well as available on demand. The couple is played by…

Movies Germain Lussier

Exxon Just Got Dethroned as the Top U.S. Energy Company

On Wednesday, Chevron became the biggest oil company in America. It’s the first time Exxon and its predecessor, Standard Oil, haven’t occupied the throne since the late 1800s. RIP to a real(ly bad) one. The covid-19 pandemic has not been kind to Exxon. It’s lost over $1 billion since the crisis began, with its analysts…

Earther Dharna Noor

How to Do the ‘Cat Smile’ and Make Cats Fall in Love With You

Scientists say this one weird trick will make a cat like you, or at least not be so repulsed by you. A new study found that cats who were greeted with “cat eye narrowing movements”—more commonly known as slow blinking—became more likely to return a similar expression to their owners or even strangers than when…

Biology Ed Cara

Star Trek‘s Kate Mulgrew Returns as Captain Janeway in the Animated Prodigy TV Series

Welcome back, Captain. Just revealed at the climax of Star Trek’s New York Comic Con panel, Kate Mulgrew will reprise her role as coffee aficionado, virus-stabbing badass, and intrepid captain of the U.S.S. Voyager, Kathryn Janeway, in Nick and CBS’s upcoming Star Trek animated series, Star Trek: Prodigy. “I have invested every scintilla of my…

io9 James Whitbrook

‘Anyone Else Would Suffer Legal Consequences’: New England Journal of Medicine Rebukes Trump

The New England Journal of Medicine has been publishing for a couple of centuries now, and in that time it has never endorsed or condemned a political candidate. That kind of peddling in subjective opinion has been counter to its mission of delivering science-based information. But we live in times when America’s leadership is objectively…

Tech News Rhett Jones

In Star Trek: Discovery Season 3’s First Clip, Michael Burnham Crash Lands Into the Future

Star Trek: Discovery’s third season is beaming in hot next week, depositing our heroes in a future unlike anything they’ve seen before—even with last season’s timey-wimey angelic shenanigans. But the landing is going to be a little bumpy for our heroes. Just dropped as part of New York Comic-Con’s Star Trek Universe panel, CBS has…

Trailers James Whitbrook

The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Trilogies Are Finally Coming to 4K

We looked to its coming at first light on the fifth day. At dawn, we looked to the East—and it was there. Sorry in advance to those of you that put down the absurd $800 for that super fancy version of all six Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit movies on Blu-ray a few years ago,…

Movies James Whitbrook

Democrats Need to Unlearn Everything They Think They Know About Climate Change

For the second debate in a row, we were treated to an entire section on climate change. Well, “treat” might be too strong. It was great to see climate appear so early. It was not great to see how the questions were framed and how poor the answers were. As with President Donald Trump’s first…

Earther Brian Kahn

Microsoft Sets Fairer App Store Policies for Itself in Clear Dig at Apple

For absolutely no reason, no reason at all, Microsoft dropped a blog today outlining 10 app store principles that “[build] on the ideas and work of the Coalition for App Fairness,” a group of developers and companies that banded together against Apple’s draconian App Store policies. Just kidding. This blog post is Microsoft making a…

Tech News Victoria Song

People in Taiwan Can Ride the Subway and Pay for Snacks With Poké Balls

The NFC-powered payment cards used to pay for public transit in Taipei, Taiwan, are so popular that not only have other businesses (like convenience stores) started accepting them, they’re also available in endless shapes and sizes, including an official Poké Ball-shaped smartcard that lights up when you’ve successfully made a purchase. Taipei’s EasyCard was first…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Sandra Oh Will Star in a Supernatural Horror About Turning Into Her Own Mother

One of the biggest and most-universal fears is turning into our own parents. Killing Eve star Sandra Oh is taking that literally, as she’s set to star in and executive produce Sony Pictures’ upcoming supernatural horror film Umma—also produced by Sam Raimi. According to Deadline, Umma (“mother” in Korean), written and directed by Iris K.…

Movies Beth Elderkin

The Best Star Wars Movie Posters of All Time

Star Wars has some of the most gorgeous posters in the history of cinema. Part of that is because of its beautiful iconography: lightsabers, spaceships, aliens, etc. Another reason is each film has been released and re-released so many times, there are way, way more poster versions to choose from. Each time a Star Wars…

io9 Germain Lussier

What the Advanced Camera Controls on Your Phone Actually Mean

A growing number of phones now come with camera apps that are packed with options and settings—all in place to help you get the perfect shot every time. While you might be content to just point-and-shoot your way around, it’s worth at least knowing what these extra features can do, just in case you need…

Gadgets David Nield

Donald J. Trump Has Left the Meeting

Public health hazard President Donald Trump has decided that he won’t be participating in a virtual debate, a format which all but ensures that the moderators get a mute button (and also that Trump doesn’t get more people sick). “You sit behind a computer and do a debate,” he told Fox Business correspondent Maria Bartiromo…

Tech News Whitney Kimball

You Might Not Like It, But the ROG Phone 3 Is What Peak Android Performance Looks Like

The Doctor’s Locked Up in Our First Look at Doctor Who‘s Holiday Special

These Semi-Aquatic Mice Are as Fascinating as They Are Adorable

If AMD’s Big Zen 3 Claim Is True, Intel’s In Trouble

The Department of Agriculture Killed 1.2 Million Wild Animals Last Year

Spider-Man 3 Gains Doctor Strange as a Mentor

Meet the Deadly, Adorable Aliens of the New Sci-Fi Comedy Save Yourselves

Exxon Just Got Dethroned as the Top U.S. Energy Company

How to Do the ‘Cat Smile’ and Make Cats Fall in Love With You

Star Trek‘s Kate Mulgrew Returns as Captain Janeway in the Animated Prodigy TV Series

‘Anyone Else Would Suffer Legal Consequences’: New England Journal of Medicine Rebukes Trump

In Star Trek: Discovery Season 3’s First Clip, Michael Burnham Crash Lands Into the Future

The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Trilogies Are Finally Coming to 4K

Democrats Need to Unlearn Everything They Think They Know About Climate Change

Microsoft Sets Fairer App Store Policies for Itself in Clear Dig at Apple

People in Taiwan Can Ride the Subway and Pay for Snacks With Poké Balls

Sandra Oh Will Star in a Supernatural Horror About Turning Into Her Own Mother

The Best Star Wars Movie Posters of All Time

What the Advanced Camera Controls on Your Phone Actually Mean

Donald J. Trump Has Left the Meeting

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