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Slack Shat the Bed and I Lost My Marbles

It is a universal truth of working remotely that at some point, your internet-based services will eventually fail you. I can survive with Gmail being down. I’ll survive if Google Drive craps the bed because I like to live dangerously and draft in not-at-all-unstable Kinja. Screw Zoom, Lifesize, and all video chats—let me be an…

Tech News Victoria Song Oct 5 '20

Steven Universe: End of an Era Is Here to Save the Day

Steven Universe: Art & Origins gave us all a greater understanding of the Crewniverse’s creative process and an in-depth look at some of Steven Universe’s inner workings. If you looked closely enough, it provided clues about what to expect from the series’ finale, the movie, and Steven Universe Future. Today, io9 has an exclusive look…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Oct 5 '20

Instagram Is Becoming a Glorified Home Shopping Network

Over the past few years, Instagram users might have noticed that the app morphed from a place where you turn to see your friend’s cute dog photos, into a place where you turn to see those dog photos while also buying a lot of shit you probably don’t need. If you had any doubts about…

Social Media Shoshana Wodinsky Oct 5 '20

Zeiss’ $6,000 Full-Frame ZX1 Is An Intriguing Little Camera with a Ridiculous Price Tag

Putting full-frame sensors into smaller and smaller compact bodies is all the rage nowadays. Nikon did it with the Z5, Panasonic did it with the S5, and just last month Sony joined the crowd with the new A7C. After announcing its compact full-frame camera more than two years ago, Zeiss’ $6,000 ZX1 has finally become…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Oct 5 '20

The Witcher’s Abs Take Center Stage in Our First Look at Season 2

The Witcher’s Geralt of Rivia is a man of few words and even fewer inclinations to pay any sort of attention to his fashion choices or general appearance. Yet for some reason, Netflix has decided to drop two glamour shots of the magical mutant ahead of his return in the series’ second season. The updated…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Oct 5 '20

40 Percent of the Amazon Is on the Brink of Transitioning to Savanna

Huge swaths of the Amazon have gotten so dry that they may be on the brink of transitioning into an entirely different kind of ecosystem, new research published in Nature Communications warns. Rainforest ecosystems are very sensitive to changes in precipitation, since their rich, wildlife-sustaining foliage depends on receiving moisture. But thanks to climate change,…

Earther Dharna Noor Oct 5 '20

Early Humans Were Using Fire 300,000 Years Ago to Forge Superior Stone Tools

The prehistoric practice of using controlled fires to produce customized stone tools dates back 300,000 years, according to new research. The discovery affirms the cognitive and cultural sophistication of human species living at this time. The baked flint tools, found at Qesem Cave in central Israel, are evidence that early hominins were capable of controlling…

Human History George Dvorsky Oct 5 '20

Scientists Have Created a Laser Scanner That Can See Through Fog

Even with sophisticated cameras and laser scanners that can see all the way around a vehicle, autonomous vehicles have just as much trouble driving in thick fog as humans do. They could soon have an advantage, however, as researchers have created a new imaging system that can see through obstructions like fog, or at least…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 5 '20

Excel Error Believed to Have Caused UK to Lose 15,841 Covid-19 Tests

On Sunday, one of the United Kingdom’s public health agencies announced that 15,841 covid-19 cases had gone unreported due to a “technical issue” that occurred during “the data load process.” As citizens demand answers, it’s looking increasingly likely that a simple error in Microsoft Excel is to blame for the missing data. Public Health England…

Tech News Rhett Jones Oct 5 '20

The Haunting of Bly Manor Delivers Spooky Horrors With Surprising Heart

It’s been two years since Mike Flanagan and Netflix turned classic horror novel The Haunting of Hill House into a series that earned raves not just for its story, characters, and creativity, but also for scaring the bejesus out of viewers. Can lightning strike twice? The Haunting of Bly Manor is here to find out.…

Television Cheryl Eddy Oct 5 '20

California Has Its First ‘Gigafire’ in Modern History

In August, researchers warned we would have to add “gigafire” to the lexicon to describe wildfires in California. Now, it’s become a part of the history books. On Monday, the August Complex in Northern California surpassed 1 million acres burned, the threshold for a gigafire. It makes the first gigafire in modern history for California,…

Earther Brian Kahn Oct 5 '20

Tasmanian Devils Are Back in Australia for the First Time in 3,000 Years

On Monday, wildlife managers announced that they had brought Tasmanian devils back into the (relative) wilds of the Australian mainland, the first time these creatures will be living there in 3,000 years. It’s an attempt at a two-for-one bank shot to save the ferocious marsupials as well as creatures under assault from feral cats. The…

Earther Brian Kahn Oct 5 '20

Lovecraft Country Went Meta and Got Even More Disturbing

With each episode of Lovecraft Country’s first season, a new family member or friend in Atticus Freeman’s midst has been unceremoniously dragged into a dark convergence of events that might result in a Lovecraftian apocalypse. By shifting its focus onto each member of its supporting cast, Lovecraft Country’s been able to make its fantastical world…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Oct 5 '20

Discoverers of Hepatitis C Awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to Harvey Alter, Michael Houghton, and Charles Rice for their discovery of hepatitis C—a pathogen responsible for chronic liver diseases. “This year’s Nobel Prize is awarded to three scientists who have made a decisive contribution to the fight against blood-borne hepatitis, a major global health problem…

Health George Dvorsky Oct 5 '20

Fossil’s New Smartwatches Could Leave Wear OS Fans Feeling the Lag

For better or worse, Fossil makes the bulk of Wear OS smartwatches on the market thanks to its huge stable of designer brands. (Seriously, it’s not a trade show without 5,000 Fossil smartwatches that all kind of do the same thing.) But this fall, instead of launching a Gen 6 smartwatch, Fossil announced today it’s…

Gadgets Victoria Song Oct 5 '20

In the New Trailer for Free Guy, Ryan Reynolds Becomes the Ultimate Romanceable NPC

He would do anything for love, but he won’t do that—by which we mean become corporeal. We’ve got a new trailer and release date for Ryan Reynold’s Free Guy, a film about a video game NPC that gains self-awareness and becomes an international celebrity for being nice. And pissing off Taika Waititi in the process.…

Trailers Beth Elderkin Oct 5 '20

Updates From Marvel’s Loki, Eternals, and More

Tom Cruise and Hayley Atwell are getting into action for Mission Impossible 7. Eric Kripke teases the season two finale of The Boys. Things are heating up on Lovecraft Country plus updates from Evil, Pandora, and more. Spoilers hoooo! The Mandalorian According to the Writers Guild of America, Jon Favreau has written six episodes of…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson Oct 5 '20

Putting Nasa’s Astronomy Picture of the Day On My Homescreen Finally Convinced Me to Use a Widget

A few weeks in, I’m still not sure why I should embrace iOS 14’s most notable feature: widgets. But developer Mark Hambly has managed to convince me to give up some of my precious home screen real estate with a simple widget that displays Nasa’s Astronomy Picture of the Day every time I unlock my…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Oct 5 '20

Could Someone Hack My Microchip Implant?

These are, absolutely, very bleak times, but in a sense we should cherish them: we’re living through maybe the last stretch of history before employers start mandating microchips en masse. You’re going to miss living in fear of contracting a deadly virus, once HR brings out the scalpel—and then you’re going to miss the day…

Tech News Daniel Kolitz Oct 5 '20

Google’s Nest Audio Is the Best Sounding Smart Speaker You Can Get for $100

After buying Nest back in 2014, Google has been repositioning all of its smart home products under the brand, and that includes its smart speakers. One of the last holdouts to be upgraded as a Nest was one of the company’s first smart speakers, the 4-year-old Google Home. But the new Google Nest Audio sounds…

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Andrew Liszewski Oct 5 '20

Slack Shat the Bed and I Lost My Marbles

Steven Universe: End of an Era Is Here to Save the Day

Instagram Is Becoming a Glorified Home Shopping Network

Zeiss’ $6,000 Full-Frame ZX1 Is An Intriguing Little Camera with a Ridiculous Price Tag

The Witcher’s Abs Take Center Stage in Our First Look at Season 2

40 Percent of the Amazon Is on the Brink of Transitioning to Savanna

Early Humans Were Using Fire 300,000 Years Ago to Forge Superior Stone Tools

Scientists Have Created a Laser Scanner That Can See Through Fog

Excel Error Believed to Have Caused UK to Lose 15,841 Covid-19 Tests

The Haunting of Bly Manor Delivers Spooky Horrors With Surprising Heart

California Has Its First ‘Gigafire’ in Modern History

Tasmanian Devils Are Back in Australia for the First Time in 3,000 Years

Lovecraft Country Went Meta and Got Even More Disturbing

Discoverers of Hepatitis C Awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Medicine

Fossil’s New Smartwatches Could Leave Wear OS Fans Feeling the Lag

In the New Trailer for Free Guy, Ryan Reynolds Becomes the Ultimate Romanceable NPC

Updates From Marvel’s Loki, Eternals, and More

Putting Nasa’s Astronomy Picture of the Day On My Homescreen Finally Convinced Me to Use a Widget

Could Someone Hack My Microchip Implant?

Google’s Nest Audio Is the Best Sounding Smart Speaker You Can Get for $100

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