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James Wan and One of John Wick‘s Writers Are Making a Time-Travelling Cop Movie

Only, the cop is being hunted by a bevy of assassins. So, it’s a good fit. As shared by the Hollywood Reporter, James Wan will be collaborating with writer Derek Kolstad, the writer responsible for John Wick, to adapt Hunting Season, a story by Frank M. Robinson. Wan will be producing, with Kolstad writing the…

Movies Julie Muncy May 3 '20

White House Offers Members of Congress 5-Minute Coronavirus Tests, But Pelosi and McConnell Say ‘No, Thanks’

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, came together to issue a strange bipartisan message to the Trump administration: No, thank you. That’s what Pelosi and McConnell had to say to the White House’s offer to provide Congress with rapid coronavirus tests. The offer came after the Capitol’s attending physician,…

Tech News Jody Serrano May 2 '20

Great, Now Invasive ‘Murder Hornets’ Are a Thing to Worry About

Hey 2020, can you chill for, like, five minutes? Now on top of a literal pandemic and nearly unparalleled global economic unrest, it seems you’ll need to add “murder hornets” to the list of reasons to lose sleep these days. If you want to split hairs, technically they’re Asian giant hornets, but these flying nightmares…

Earther Alyse Stanley May 2 '20

I Got to Run for the First Time Today After a 7-Week Coronavirus Lockdown

I’ve spent all week waiting for this day, the day Spain said it would relax its strict coronavirus lockdown and would let people go outside to exercise or take a walk. The government had announced that this would only happen if the situation in the country, which has the second-highest number of covid-19 cases in…

Health Jody Serrano May 2 '20

NOS4A2 Is Back to Be Weirdly Obsessed With Christmas Again in This New Teaser

If Dracula has taught us anything, it’s that evil vampires have a really hard time staying dead. It just doesn’t stick. So, of course Charlie’s back. Call it a Christmas miracle. Yesterday, AMC released a teaser for the second seasonof NOS4A2, the supernatural drama based on the Joe Hill novel that stars Zachary Quinto at…

Trailers Julie Muncy May 2 '20

Marvel Comics Is Publishing Comic Books Again Starting in Late May

Good news, true believers. Marvel’s going to be shipping comics again, though it’s not clear how many people are going to be out and buying. As revealed in a press release, starting Wednesday, May 27th, Marvel Comics will be shipping new comics again, releasing in both physical and digital forms. This includes both weeklies, to…

Books & Comics Julie Muncy May 2 '20

These Coronavirus-Fighting Smart Glasses Can ‘See’ Your Temperature

Chinese startup Rokid has found a unique and somewhat terrifying market foothold for its AI and augmented-reality tech amid the coronavirus pandemic: smart glasses that clock the temperature of those around you. The Hangzhou-based company has already sold roughly 1,000 pairs to governments, businesses, and schools, according to a Reuters report. While its products are…

Health Alyse Stanley May 2 '20

This Adventure Time Distant Lands Teaser Takes BMO on a Grand Adventure

BMO, everyone’s favorite sentient Game Boy analogue, is also the focal point of the first Adventure Time Distant Lands special.

Trailers Julie Muncy May 2 '20

Zoë Bell Fights Nearly Every Famous Woman in Hollywood in This Quarantine Fight Scene

One big gap in all of our nerd lives during the drought in Hollywood releases brought on by the pandemic is the lack of good fight choreography. Crunchy, thrilling, silly, engaging fight scenes are some of my biggest delights in genre fiction, and oh, do I miss them. So does stuntwoman, actress, and stunt choreographer…

Movies Julie Muncy May 2 '20

New York City Plan to Close Streets Is Weak As Hell

New York City is finally rolling out its open streets initiative with a vision of eventually closing off 100 miles to vehicles to help promote health and access to the outdoors amid the coronavirus pandemic. Its first phase kicks off Monday, but few of the streets being closed are actually, well, streets. Rather, 4.5 miles…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes May 2 '20

John Wick 4, Spiral and More Receive New Release Dates

Lionsgate has put together a new theatrical calendar compensating for the disruption in distribution schedules and production caused by the novel coronavirus. While these are very much still subject to change, it looks like we’ve got some new dates for a lot of interesting stuff. The biggest is John Wick 4, which is being delayed…

Movies Julie Muncy May 2 '20

Say There Were a Black Hole in Our Solar System: How Would We Find It?

Last year, scientists published a paper with an iconic diagram: a black circle representing, to scale, a 5-solar-mass black hole—and the size of the hypothetical Planet Nine if it were a black hole instead of a planet. So, if Planet Nine really is a black hole, how would we find it? Physicist Edward Witten, famed…

Physics & Chemistry Ryan F. Mandelbaum May 2 '20

Kickstarter Prepares to Shed ‘Up to 45-Percent’ Of Staff

Kickstarter has been transparent that, as a result of the pandemic, the number of fundraising projects on the platform is nowhere near normal. Today, the company confirmed to Gizmodo that shrinking revenues have forced it to drastically reduce staff. The economic impacts of coronavirus have been dramatic and difficult to predict: massive unemployment is an…

Tech News Avery Ellis May 2 '20

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8 Essential Anime Movies That’ll Turn You Into a Fan

We’re all figuring out new things to try while social distancing. It could be cooking fictional foods, playing a tabletop roleplaying game, or getting into models. If trying out anime for the first time (or after a long break) has been on your list, we’ve got a collection of charming, complex, and influential ones to…

Movies Beth Elderkin May 1 '20

Grim Reaper Educates Florida Beachgoers On the Benefits of Social Distancing

A few Florida beaches reopened this week despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, prompting one Florida lawyer, scythe in hand, to help beachgoers gain a better understanding of why that’s such a dumb idea. In a clip that went viral on Twitter Friday, what at first seems like a standard local news interview turns into something…

Health Alyse Stanley May 1 '20

Hey Disney, the Live-Action Hercules‘ Muses Need to Be Black Women

Honestly, that this gospel truth even needs to be explained is disappointing. Because Disney is nothing if not Disney, the fact that the studio is moving forward with a plan to produce a live-action adaptation of its 1997 Hercules movie doesn’t come as a surprise in the least. Though people might not often talk about it…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore May 1 '20

Smile! It’s Time for the Springtime Gif Party

It’s Friday, May 1, and that means two things: It’s May Day and we should all be supporting essential workers as they fight for their rights, and spring is finally here! We’re having a gif party to celebrate everything that is springtime. Rebirth. Renewal. Bears. We might all be stuck inside for the time being,…

io9 Beth Elderkin May 1 '20

TikTok Is Full of Guns

TikTok’s community guidelines would appear to be pretty clear on the subject of guns. The house rules state that users may not post content that “displays firearms, firearm accessories, ammunition, or explosive weapons,” with exceptions for cops, educational and fictional settings, military parades, and “safe and controlled” environments such as shooting ranges. But guns are…

Tech News Whitney Kimball May 1 '20

You Should Probably Skip Buying a New Xbox or PlayStation This Year

Now that both Sony and Microsoft have released the official specs of their upcoming consoles, there’s plenty to get excited about this coming holiday season—maybe. In a recent interview with CNBC, Microsoft Xbox chief Phil Spencer said that, while he expects Xbox Series X production to remain on schedule, the covid-19 pandemic may delay games…

Tech News Joanna Nelius May 1 '20

Google’s Fighting a Losing Battle Against Coronavirus Scammers

Among all of the other ills currently dumped on us by the current pandemic, swindlers and scam artists have come out in full force. And while we can’t speak to how many hucksters are out there trying to profiteer off the pandemic, now we have something of an idea. According to a blog post released…

Tech News Shoshana Wodinsky May 1 '20

James Wan and One of John Wick‘s Writers Are Making a Time-Travelling Cop Movie

White House Offers Members of Congress 5-Minute Coronavirus Tests, But Pelosi and McConnell Say ‘No, Thanks’

Great, Now Invasive ‘Murder Hornets’ Are a Thing to Worry About

I Got to Run for the First Time Today After a 7-Week Coronavirus Lockdown

NOS4A2 Is Back to Be Weirdly Obsessed With Christmas Again in This New Teaser

Marvel Comics Is Publishing Comic Books Again Starting in Late May

These Coronavirus-Fighting Smart Glasses Can ‘See’ Your Temperature

This Adventure Time Distant Lands Teaser Takes BMO on a Grand Adventure

Zoë Bell Fights Nearly Every Famous Woman in Hollywood in This Quarantine Fight Scene

New York City Plan to Close Streets Is Weak As Hell

John Wick 4, Spiral and More Receive New Release Dates

Say There Were a Black Hole in Our Solar System: How Would We Find It?

Kickstarter Prepares to Shed ‘Up to 45-Percent’ Of Staff

8 Essential Anime Movies That’ll Turn You Into a Fan

Grim Reaper Educates Florida Beachgoers On the Benefits of Social Distancing

Hey Disney, the Live-Action Hercules‘ Muses Need to Be Black Women

Smile! It’s Time for the Springtime Gif Party

TikTok Is Full of Guns

You Should Probably Skip Buying a New Xbox or PlayStation This Year

Google’s Fighting a Losing Battle Against Coronavirus Scammers

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