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What Would It Take to End HIV Forever?

During his State of the Union address in February, President Donald Trump reiterated a promise he had made a year earlier: By 2030, the United States would bring an end to the HIV/AIDS epidemic that first took root nearly 40 years ago. It’s the sort of sweeping assurance that seems too good to be true,…

Human History Ed Cara

After 5 Seasons, Syfy’s The Magicians Will Cast Its Final Spell

Syfy is not moving forward with another season of The Magicians, meaning the series will come to an end with the current season five. Showrunners John McNamara and Sera Gamble revealed to TV Insider that The Magicians is ending after its finale on April 1. In a statement, Syfy confirmed the news, thanking everyone behind…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Shop Safe Act Could Hold Amazon Liable for Selling Fake Products

Right now, when shopping on one of the many of the online marketplaces like Amazon or Walmart, products that look legit sometimes end up being fakes. A new bipartisan bill could help prevent this from happening by making marketplaces liable for bogus goods. Co-sponsored by four members of the House, the Shop Safe Act of…

Tech Policy Sam Rutherford

What You Need to Know About Honeywell’s New Quantum Computer

Business conglomerate and defense contractor Honeywell announced today that it will bring what it claims is the most powerful quantum computer yet to market in the next three months. Though quantum computers are still closer to science experiments than useful computing devices, most of the major computing companies are in the midst of developing machines…

Gadgets Ryan F. Mandelbaum

In the First Trailer for Connected, the Robocalypse (and Phones) Can’t Stop This Family

If you weren’t on that damn smartphone all the time, the world wouldn’t be ending! Technology is the enemy in the first trailer for Connected, the latest film from producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, about a family road trip gone awry when the robot apocalypse arrives. Sony revealed the first trailer for Connected, co-directed and…

Trailers Beth Elderkin

YouTube’s Plan to Stop Recommending Conspiracy Theory Videos Is Actually Working

The YouTube algorithm is responsible for many a video-viewing rabbit hole—one that critics have pointed to as an effective digital megaphone for spreading wonky conspiracy theories. In January 2019, however, YouTube announced it would begin cracking down on “borderline content” in its recommendations. Well, a new study suggests that YouTube’s efforts have actually yielded some…

Tech News Victoria Song

Wind and Waves Helped Encase a Small New York Town in Ice

Imagine waking up to a dark home and realizing ice is covering your windows. And doors. And outdoor stairs. I’m not talking about no winter wonderland type experience. I’m talking about ugly, brown, prickly icicles dangling off your usually ice-free home. That’s exactly what happened to residents who live along Hoover Beach in Hamburg, New…

Earth Science Yessenia Funes

Even the Stranger Things Season 4 Script Read Can Be Turned Into a Creepy, Retro Teaser

Netflix has released a video showing that the fourth season of Stranger Things is officially in production, and, being Stranger Things, of course that video is both incredibly retro-styled and cryptic as hell. Last month, Netflix unveiled the first look at season four of Stranger Things, which revealed that Jim Hopper (David Harbour) is actually…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Tornado Kills at Least Eight in Nashville as Severe Weather Spreads in Super Tuesday States

The threat of dangerous weather hangs over the southern United States as voters head to the polls for Super Tuesday. Residents in Nashville awoke to tornado damage after a twister swept through the city early on Tuesday. The National Weather Service is forecasting more heavy rain and potentially severe weather from Texas to North Carolina,…

Earth Science Brian Kahn

Simon Pegg Thinks Star Trek 4 as We Know It Might Not Ever Happen

The Uncharted movie casts some big names in mysterious roles. Jason Blum is plugging on ahead with a seventh Paranormal Activity. Get a new look at New Mutants’ spooky hospital in the latest TV spot. Plus, when we’ll learn the fate of Green Arrow and the Canaries, and what’s to come on The Walking Dead.…

Television James Whitbrook

The Best Apps for Getting Real Work Done on Your Phone

The debate about whether you can get serious work done on a tablet continues, but what about the even smaller computing device you carry around in your pocket? Apple, Google and Microsoft all make mini versions of their office apps for use on the go, and here’s how they stack up against each other—and whether…

Gadgets David Nield

Twitter Tells Employees to Work From Home As Coronavirus Death Toll Climbs

Twitter has announced that employees are encouraged to work from home in an effort to stop the spread of a novel coronavirus that has infected at least 105 people in 15 states and killed six people in the U.S. The San Francisco-based social media company is believed to be the first major U.S. firm to…

Tech News Matt Novak

NYC Regulators Sue Airbnb Software Partner Guesty, Accusing It of Illegal Business Model

The New York City government has been battling short-term rental service Airbnb, which has been blamed for an explosion in illegal hotels that have helped drive housing scarcity and rising rent in the city, for years. Now it’s suing Guesty, an Airbnb preferred software partner that the city believes has a business model structured around…

Tech News Tom McKay

Stock Trading App Robinhood Experiences Widespread Outages Right During Market Rally

Free stock trading app Robinhood, valued in July 2019 at over $7.6 billion, underwent a major outage on Monday amid a major rally on the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Per TechCrunch, the error resulted in numerous users being locked out of their accounts and unable to trade using the service throughout the day. “We started…

Tech News Tom McKay

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Gina Torres Joins The Brides TV Pilot, and We’re Suddenly Very Excited About the Vampire Soap

We’ve known for a little while that Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the creator of the singularly bonkers Riverdale, was working on a steamy drama series about the Brides of Dracula. The Brides, which is still in the pilot stage at ABC, has just cast its first star—and our mild interest is now sky high, because it’s Gina…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Air Pollution Kills More People a Year Than Cigarettes, And Fossil Fuels Are Why

All eyes are on the current coronavirus outbreak becoming the next pandemic, but scientists are ringing the alarm on an ongoing pandemic that already exists: Air pollution. In a paper published Monday night in the journal Cardiovascular Research, the team of European researchers highlights the number of deaths air pollution causes each year. Almost 8.8…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Cool, Here’s Another New Smartwatch That Looks Like an Apple Watch

Because we certainly don’t have enough Android smartwatches to choose from, Chinese smartphone maker Oppo leaked a photo of its new Oppo Watch in a tweet announcing its upcoming phone event. It’s called the Oppo Watch, because Apple started a trend and others just can’t not follow. The Oppo tweet also hinted that the watch…

Tech News Caitlin McGarry

The Invisible Man Is a Hit, But Its Director and Star Haven’t Talked About a Sequel Yet

With a $29 million opening weekend against a reported production budget of just $7 million, The Invisible Man is officially a hit. And, if you’ve seen the movie, you know it very much ends in a way that could set up a sequel. Those two facts seem to suggest a follow up could be coming,…

Movies Germain Lussier

Of Course Spotify Is Charging Artists to Promote Their Music to You

In an effort to boost ad sales and generate more revenue, Spotify is reportedly exploring a handful of ways to charge artists and labels for access to listeners—including by asking them to pay up to promote their music. RIP to your organic music recommendation playlists. Spotify uses a tool called Marquee to charge musicians or…

Tech News Catie Keck

Google’s Second Pixel Feature Drop Adds 12 Helpful New Software Tweaks

Pixel feature drops are part of an ongoing effort to improve Google’s homegrown phones with new upgrades and software over time. The first Pixel feature drop enhanced Google’s Call Screener, memory management, and more, and now Google’s second Pixel feature drop is bringing 12 new tweaks to the Pixel line. For Pixel 4 owners, the…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

What Would It Take to End HIV Forever?

After 5 Seasons, Syfy’s The Magicians Will Cast Its Final Spell

Shop Safe Act Could Hold Amazon Liable for Selling Fake Products

What You Need to Know About Honeywell’s New Quantum Computer

In the First Trailer for Connected, the Robocalypse (and Phones) Can’t Stop This Family

YouTube’s Plan to Stop Recommending Conspiracy Theory Videos Is Actually Working

Wind and Waves Helped Encase a Small New York Town in Ice

Even the Stranger Things Season 4 Script Read Can Be Turned Into a Creepy, Retro Teaser

Tornado Kills at Least Eight in Nashville as Severe Weather Spreads in Super Tuesday States

Simon Pegg Thinks Star Trek 4 as We Know It Might Not Ever Happen

The Best Apps for Getting Real Work Done on Your Phone

Twitter Tells Employees to Work From Home As Coronavirus Death Toll Climbs

NYC Regulators Sue Airbnb Software Partner Guesty, Accusing It of Illegal Business Model

Stock Trading App Robinhood Experiences Widespread Outages Right During Market Rally

Gina Torres Joins The Brides TV Pilot, and We’re Suddenly Very Excited About the Vampire Soap

Air Pollution Kills More People a Year Than Cigarettes, And Fossil Fuels Are Why

Cool, Here’s Another New Smartwatch That Looks Like an Apple Watch

The Invisible Man Is a Hit, But Its Director and Star Haven’t Talked About a Sequel Yet

Of Course Spotify Is Charging Artists to Promote Their Music to You

Google’s Second Pixel Feature Drop Adds 12 Helpful New Software Tweaks

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