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The Mandalorian Has Picked Rosario Dawson to Play Ahsoka Tano

A potentially huge piece of Star Wars news is out there to end this terrible week which almost feels too good to be true. However, turns out it probably is. Slashfilm reported that actress Rosario Dawson has been cast in season two ofThe Mandalorian, which io9 heard from a source as well. Its story continues,…

io9 Germain Lussier

Microsoft Teased a Revamped UI for Windows 10 and It Looks Awesome

Microsoft has been dropping hints that it’s working on a revamped Start menu for Windows 10. But now, to celebrate Windows 10 hitting 1 billion users, Microsoft’s chief product officer Panos Panay dropped a super slick teaser for Windows 10’s next UI refresh. In the video posted to Instagram, Microsoft starts by showing the evolution…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

This Smart Tape Measure Is an Asshole

There are plenty of bad connected gadgets, but sometimes it’s not the device itself that’s bad—it’s the execution. The idea of using a connected tape measure to track your fitness goals is not a bad idea. But considering the dangers of body dysmorphia and various types of eating disorders, it’s a gadget that needs to…

Other Gadgets Victoria Song

How Netflix’s I Am Not Okay With This Evolves Past Its Mixed Metaphor About Queerness

Netflix’s I Am Not Okay With This follows in the long tradition of comic book adaptations about people manifesting superpowers to tell coming-of-age stories about how hard it is to know yourself as your body begins to do and feel things you don’t understand. Sydney Novak (It and Sharp Objects star Sophia Lillis) is a burgeoning…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

The U.S. Should Stop Water Shutoffs During the Covid-19 Pandemic—and Forever

There’s very little clarity about the current pandemic—how long it will last, when a vaccine could arrive—but medical experts all seem to agree that one of the few things we can do to significantly stop the spread of covid-19 is washing our hands frequently. I’ve been washing mine so much that my knuckles are starting…

Environmental Justice Dharna Noor

Covid-19 Means NASA’s Moon Mission Might Have to Wait

Effective immediately, NASA is halting the production and testing of its next-gen rocket and crew module in response to the covid-19 pandemic. The space agency wants to use both pieces of hardware in 2024, when it hopes to land American astronauts to the Moon—a target date that now appears to be in serious jeopardy. Updates…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

A Second Dust Bowl Could Threaten Global Food Security

A new study paints a scary reality: one where climate change pushes another Dust Bowl-like event to take over the Great Plains, throwing global food security into uncertainty. Published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems Friday, the study simulated what would occur to the global food network if the U.S. suffered a four-year decline in…

Earth Science Yessenia Funes

Into the Spider-Verse’s Jake Johnson Is Helping Kids Cope With Personal Messages From Spider-Man

We’ve all been facing challenges because of social distancing, but perhaps none more so than children. Being forced to stay inside during key phases of development is rough—not just for the kids, but for their parents. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse star Jake Johnson is doing his part to give them comfort by sending personal voicemails…

Movies Beth Elderkin

Here’s What People Thought of Twitter When It First Launched

The first tweet was sent on March 21, 2006 when cofounder and current CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted, “just setting up my twttr.” Twitter had fewer vowels when it launched, which was the trend at the time with services like Tumblr and Flickr. In just a few years it would become a massive online service. But…

Tech News Matt Novak

YouTube Reducing Streaming Quality in the EU to Clear Traffic On the Information Superhighway

Yesterday, Netflix made the decision to reduce streaming quality in Europe given the spike in people self-isolating due to covid-19 and fears about internet bandwidth. Today, YouTube is following suit, according to a Reuters exclusive. “We are making a commitment to temporarily switch all traffic in the EU to standard definition by default,” Google, which…

Tech News Victoria Song

Harley Quinn‘s First Season 2 Trailers Introduce Catwoman and a Budding Romance

One of the most curious things about DC Universe’sHarley Quinn ended up being what was conspicuously missing from the series in its first season—like Sanaa Lathan’s Catwoman and Harley and Ivy’s romance. We all knew were going to show up sooner or later and the new season two trailers make clear that the creative team…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

Forget the Woolly Mammoth—Let’s Resurrect Some Extinct Plants

From Jesus to “Jurassic Park,” people dream of resurrection, cheating death, defying nature, and uncovering the mysteries of the past. We debate the ethics of reviving extinct species like the passenger pigeon or woolly mammoth, with scientists clamoring to make some poor, hairy proboscidean clone baby take its first awkward steps out onto the ice.…

Biology Jed Oelbaum

Netflix’s Love Is Blind Is Like If a Drunk Dog Made a Dating Show

Welcome to the first edition of Drag Me to Streaming Hell, where we’ll be exploring the darkest and most depraved corners of the digital video abyss. There’s more original programming than ever out there—most of it pretty bad!—and time enough at last to stream it all. So roll up your sleeves, snap on your nitrile…

Tech News Catie Keck

The Flash Is Headed Toward ‘Tragic Consequences’

Freddy vs. Jason. vs. Pinhead? More film delays due to the novel coronavirus. New images from Black Widow and Westworld. Plus what’s to come on Star Trek: Picard, Legacies, and more. Spoilers away! Freddy vs Jason 2 In response to a fan on Twitter, Freddy vs Jason screenwriters Damian Shannon and Mark Swift stated they…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

How to Get Started with Online Multiplayer Games When You’re Bored At Home

Some folks have been gaming for almost their entire lives. But others are new to it, and maybe would’ve never considered a console before social distancing and self-isolation became a must. Gaming with friends (or random strangers) is one way of keeping in touch with the wider world. If you’re just dipping your toe into…

Gadgets David Nield

Republican Senator Pleads Ignorance After Selling Millions in Stock Before the Crash

U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler of Georgia defended herself overnight, insisting that both she and her husband had no input in the decision to sell somewhere between $1.2 million and $3.1 million in stock shortly before the stock market crash that was caused by fears over covid-19. Loeffler’s husband is Jeffrey Sprecher, a longtime Republican donor…

Tech News Matt Novak

Ahsoka’s Return to the Clone Wars Brings Together Those the Jedi Left Behind

It feels so long since we watched Ahsoka Tano as she walked down the steps of the Jedi Temple one last time. It wasn’t the last time, of course. We have seen her grow, become a rebel, confront her fallen master, and become so much more than a mere Jedi in the years since. But…

io9 James Whitbrook

California Enters Statewide Lockdown Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

California’s governor announced a statewide stay-at-home order Thursday evening, making it the first U.S. state to go into lockdown in an attempt to curb the spread of COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by this novel coronavirus outbreak. This measure follows similar “shelter in place” mandates adopted by the San Francisco Bay area and Los Angeles…

Health Alyse Stanley

YouTube Launches Verified Coronavirus Coverage Hub on Homepage

In response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, YouTube announced Thursday that its homepage will now feature a news shelf of trustworthy COVID-19 coverage for users to easily source up-to-date news. “We want everyone to have access to authoritative content during this trying time,” YouTube tweeted. This dedicated hub launched in 16 countries Thursday, with plans…

Health Alyse Stanley

The Original Revenge of the Cybermen Is Being Turned Into an Audio Drama

There are many missing Doctor Who stories—and some have even found new life getting remakes as audio dramas or even animated episodes. But Big Finish’s latest adventure for Tom Baker’s Doctor is a peculiar one: It’s an unseen version of a story we actually got. “Revenge of the Cybermen,” first broadcast in 1975 as part…

io9 James Whitbrook

The Mandalorian Has Picked Rosario Dawson to Play Ahsoka Tano

Microsoft Teased a Revamped UI for Windows 10 and It Looks Awesome

This Smart Tape Measure Is an Asshole

How Netflix’s I Am Not Okay With This Evolves Past Its Mixed Metaphor About Queerness

The U.S. Should Stop Water Shutoffs During the Covid-19 Pandemic—and Forever

Covid-19 Means NASA’s Moon Mission Might Have to Wait

A Second Dust Bowl Could Threaten Global Food Security

Into the Spider-Verse’s Jake Johnson Is Helping Kids Cope With Personal Messages From Spider-Man

Here’s What People Thought of Twitter When It First Launched

YouTube Reducing Streaming Quality in the EU to Clear Traffic On the Information Superhighway

Harley Quinn‘s First Season 2 Trailers Introduce Catwoman and a Budding Romance

Forget the Woolly Mammoth—Let’s Resurrect Some Extinct Plants

Netflix’s Love Is Blind Is Like If a Drunk Dog Made a Dating Show

The Flash Is Headed Toward ‘Tragic Consequences’

How to Get Started with Online Multiplayer Games When You’re Bored At Home

Republican Senator Pleads Ignorance After Selling Millions in Stock Before the Crash

Ahsoka’s Return to the Clone Wars Brings Together Those the Jedi Left Behind

California Enters Statewide Lockdown Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

YouTube Launches Verified Coronavirus Coverage Hub on Homepage

The Original Revenge of the Cybermen Is Being Turned Into an Audio Drama

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