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Onward Deleted Scene Features a Capitalist Twist on the Siren Song

Disney Pixar’s Onward brought the fantasy world into the 21st century—complete with smartphones, hoodies, and chain restaurants. But how would the legend of the siren song get a timely update? In this deleted scene shared by Entertainment Weekly, Ian Lightfoot (Tom Holland) finds himself tempted by an offer he can’t refuse—alongside a key character who…

Movies Beth Elderkin

io9 Came to the Present to Discuss Steven Universe Future‘s Ending

Steven Quartz Cutie Pie DeMayo Universe has spent the last five seasons of Steven Universe teaching the world just what powerful, transformative forces love and hope can be. But after saving his his galaxy, his planet, and his own mind, Steven’s journey has finally come to an end, so you know we had to talk…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore & James Whitbrook

Gotham High Is Sending Batman to High School for Some Teen Drama

The basic elements of Batman’s relationships with the Joker and Catwoman are so ingrained in everyone’s minds at this point that it’s much, much more fun when comics decide to veer off the beaten path a little bit. Take, for example, Gotham High, from writer Melissa de la Cruz and artist Thomas Pitilli. In this…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

Charter Gives Spectrum Technicians Entering Homes During Pandemic $25 Gift Cards

Charter Communications, the operator of Spectrum, has been one of the companies refusing to allow staff to work from home during the coronavirus pandemic, ignoring guidelines from federal, state, and local authorities while citing its “indispensable” status as an infrastructure provider. Spectrum technicians have also been on the front line, entering homes to service cable…

Health Tom McKay

The Emissary of Hell, Spider-Man, Is the Showiest Toy of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular roundup of the latest in all things cool, shiny, and plastic. This week: Lego gets its head in the Star Wars games with some cool new collectibles. Batman and Spider-Man swing into action with Bandai’s Figuarts line. Plus, potted Pac-Men, and a deep dive into the history of…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski & James Whitbrook

Some Medical Schools Are Graduating Students Early Because of Covid-19

New York University and others are set to allow medical students to graduate and enter the medical field early—if they want to—all in an effort to shore up hospitals grappling with the covid-19 epidemic. The Grossman School of Medicine at NYU was the first to lay out its proposal, following discussions with senior students who…

Health Ed Cara

Google Sees Rise in State-Sponsored Hackers Posing as Journalists

Government-backed hackers intent on spreading malware and disinformation online are masquerading increasingly as members of the press, according to new claims by Google’s threat analysis group. The team, known as TAG, tracks state-sponsored hackers and works to uncover zero-days that could undermine its users’ security worldwide. Its latest report focuses largely on state-sponsored phishing campaigns.…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron

Instacart Workers Preparing to Strike Amid Company’s Disastrous Response to Covid-19 Outbreak

Instacart workers are preparing to strike next week in response to the company’s lack of protections for employees who are risking their health and safety to perform their jobs amid the global coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 1,200 people in the U.S. alone. Instacart shoppers (the name Instacart uses for its delivery workers)…

Tech News Catie Keck

You’re Not Imagining Things, Your Video Game Downloads Have Gotten Slower

Last week, with the internet being strained due to surging traffic caused by everyone staying at home to avoid spreading covid-19, Netflix and YouTube decided to lower the default resolution of their streaming videos. And now, Sony, Akamai, and others are following suit by reducing the speed of game downloads on their networks. In a…

Games Sam Rutherford

The Cast of Watchmen Become the ‘Washmen’ in This Pandemic PSA

You’ve watched the Watchmen, now wash like the…washmen? The cast of HBO’s excellent reimagining of Watchmen has joined forces for a timely PSA, bringing together characters from different planets, planes of existence, and sides of the law to make a video urging fans to wash their hands. The reason, of course, is simple: Thorough hand washing…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier

These Machine Learning-Enhanced Clips Might Be Our Only Chance of Seeing HD Star Trek: Voyager Any Time Soon

The story of why we’ve yet to see high definition re-releases of Star Trek: Voyager and Deep Space Nine akin to theBlu-ray releases of The Next Generation is long known at this point. Sadly, the process is too complex and involved, and the footage is too difficult to unmesh from its CG special effects, for it…

io9 James Whitbrook

A Newly Discovered Microbe Feasts on a Particularly Problematic Plastic

Like other forms of discarded plastic, polyurethane waste threatens the environment and human health. In an encouraging new development, European scientists have stumbled upon a hardy strain of bacteria that appears to thrive off the stuff. New research published in Frontiers in Microbiology describes a newly identified strain of soil bacterium that’s capable of breaking…

Conservation George Dvorsky

Samsung’s Cheapest Flagship Is a Great Phone in A Weird Time

Samsung’s Galaxy S20 is the company’s most affordable flagship, which isn’t saying much: The 6.2-inch smartphone costs $1,000. It is a very good phone with a very good—dare I say the very best—display of almost any phone on the market (the only better panels being the S20’s larger siblings, the S20+ and S20 Ultra). In…

Smartphones Caitlin McGarry

Ten Things That Are More Expensive Than Tar Sands Oil Right Now

There really couldn’t be a better time to wean ourselves off oil. Even before the spread of covid-19, the oil industry was doing badly. Now that the pandemic is lowering worldwide demand, it’s utterly fucked. Oil prices are plummeting to record lows. On Friday, Western Canadian Select crude oil, the benchmark used to track the…

Climate Change Dharna Noor

Amazon ‘Bug’ Was Hiding Products That Would Have Shipped Faster Amid Covid-19 Delays

Amazon is now delaying the shipment of nonessential items through Prime by up to a month as the company struggles to meet the heavy demand of orders it’s experiencing amid shelter-at-home and self-isolation orders put in place to mitigate the spread of covid-19 in the United States. But following this change, Amazon has evidently been…

Tech News Catie Keck

‘It’s Like Bringing Smallpox Blankets In’: Tribes Fight Keystone XL Amid Covid-19

The threat of an unfamiliar virus devastating Native American communities is as old as colonialism itself. When European empires sailed to North American shores in the 15th century, settlers arrived with death as a companion. Diseases such as smallpox and influenza decimated tribal numbers, pushing some to the brink of extinction. Germs were the first…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Let’s Dive Into Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga’s 27-Disc Box Set

This is the one with Maclunkey. For decades, Star Wars fans have been collecting new versions of Star Wars trilogies on all physical media formats. VHS, laserdisc, DVD, Blu-ray, THX editions, Special Editions, Complete Sagas—you name it and fans have bought it. There are probably a dozen different versions of Star Wars out there on…

Movies Germain Lussier

Apple Made a Pretty Solid Covid-19 Screening Tool

There’s no shortage of tech companies willing to help fight the current Covid-19 pandemic. Intel recently set aside $6 million for relief efforts. Google is committing $50 million to relief efforts. Telecoms are waiving data overage and late fees. Among them are companies like Apple that have developed Covid-19 screening tools that anyone can use from…

Tech News Joanna Nelius

Dyson Says It’ll Ship 15,000 Custom Ventilators to Aid In Covid-19 Pandemic

In dealing with the drastic supply shortage being wreaked amid the current coronavirus crisis, seemingly every manufacturer is chipping in to do their part. Rum factories are producing hand sanitizer. Companies better known for building sex furniture are pivotingto medical-grade face masks. And some of the biggest automakers around have offered to pitch in to…

Tech News Shoshana Wodinsky

Trump Threatens to ‘Invoke “P”‘ After Finding Out How Much Ventilators Cost [Update: He Invoked P]

On Friday, Donald Trump—after weeks of pleas from governors, mayors, and state and local health officials over the ongoing coronavirus pandemic—continued to toy around with whether he would invoke the Defense Production Act, which allows the federal government to command private businesses to work on projects critical to the security of the nation. Of course,…

Tech News Tom McKay

Onward Deleted Scene Features a Capitalist Twist on the Siren Song

io9 Came to the Present to Discuss Steven Universe Future‘s Ending

Gotham High Is Sending Batman to High School for Some Teen Drama

Charter Gives Spectrum Technicians Entering Homes During Pandemic $25 Gift Cards

The Emissary of Hell, Spider-Man, Is the Showiest Toy of the Week

Some Medical Schools Are Graduating Students Early Because of Covid-19

Google Sees Rise in State-Sponsored Hackers Posing as Journalists

Instacart Workers Preparing to Strike Amid Company’s Disastrous Response to Covid-19 Outbreak

You’re Not Imagining Things, Your Video Game Downloads Have Gotten Slower

The Cast of Watchmen Become the ‘Washmen’ in This Pandemic PSA

These Machine Learning-Enhanced Clips Might Be Our Only Chance of Seeing HD Star Trek: Voyager Any Time Soon

A Newly Discovered Microbe Feasts on a Particularly Problematic Plastic

Samsung’s Cheapest Flagship Is a Great Phone in A Weird Time

Ten Things That Are More Expensive Than Tar Sands Oil Right Now

Amazon ‘Bug’ Was Hiding Products That Would Have Shipped Faster Amid Covid-19 Delays

‘It’s Like Bringing Smallpox Blankets In’: Tribes Fight Keystone XL Amid Covid-19

Let’s Dive Into Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga’s 27-Disc Box Set

Apple Made a Pretty Solid Covid-19 Screening Tool

Dyson Says It’ll Ship 15,000 Custom Ventilators to Aid In Covid-19 Pandemic

Trump Threatens to ‘Invoke “P”‘ After Finding Out How Much Ventilators Cost [Update: He Invoked P]

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