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The Na’vi of Avatar‘s Pandora Might Be Celebrating Christmas

It’s that special time of year when we all have a chance to look forward to all the shows set to return in the coming months, buzz around upcoming movies is reaching new levels of intensity, and for some reason, studios decide to try and work real-world Earth holiday traditions their decidedly non-Earth based fantasy…

Television Charles Pulliam-Moore

These Posters Show What a Green New Deal Could Look Like

The Green New Deal is visionary approach to climate politics and American life. If passed, it would completely transform how Americans live from where we call home to how we get our power to the fundamental outlines of the economy. It’s no small thing, and frankly, I get why it can be scary to some.…

Climate Change Brian Kahn

‘We Have to Go NOW’: Scientists Share Their Wildest Experiences in the Field

Put aside any notions that research is a dull cycle of routine. For scientists who do field work, collecting data means taking risks, exploring remote areas, sleeping outside, and encountering wild animals and extreme weather. Below, paleontologists, geologists, and other researchers share their most intense field experiences, including being chased by bulls, discovering a crime…

Tech News Jeanne Timmons

Ring’s Security Woes Cause Some Tech Review Sites to Rethink Glowing Endorsements

At least two tech review sites are discussing whether to rescind their positive recommendations of Ring’s home surveillance cameras, a leading digital-rights organization announced this week. In the wake of reporting by Gizmodo and other outlets this year concerning Ring’s troubled security and privacy practices, Fight for the Future has launched a campaign calling on…

Tech Policy Dell Cameron

Find Your Nerdy Holiday Yule Log Here

‘Tis the season for thoughtful presents, festive decorations, and watching several hours of a fire on TV because most of us can’t afford homes with working fireplaces anymore. Disney+ recently unveiled its Frozen-inspired Arendelle Yule Log…but if you don’t have the streaming network, there are plenty of places to find holiday magic to warm your…

Movies Beth Elderkin

It Doesn’t Count If Your Character Comes Out in a Junket Interview

In a recent interview with Out, Dame Judi Dench mused about her relationship to Cats and described how she sees her character, Old Deuteronomy as trans because the role has traditionally been portrayed by male actors. Actors really do say the darnedest things, don’t they? Given the somewhat joking tone Dench was speaking in (you…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

Billionaire for President Used Prison Labor to Place Campaign Calls

Former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg has reportedly severed ties with a company that used prison labor to place calls on behalf of Bloomberg’s presidential campaign, the Intercept reports. The Bloomberg campaign had contracted ProCom, a New Jersey–based call center, through a third party vendor. The arrangement was cancelled after the campaign was contacted…

Tech News Dell Cameron

TikTok Owner ByteDance Denies That It’s Planning to Sell Majority Stake Amid Espionage Concerns

A Bloomberg report on Monday evening said that ByteDance is considering selling off a majority stake in its incredibly popular and fantastically annoying music app, TikTok, amid intensifying U.S. government concerns that the China-based company is a security and espionage threat. However, the firm has denied the report as “inaccurate” and “meritless.” ByteDance was previously…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay

The Most Important Scenes From the Cats Movie (As I Remember Them)

Did you see the Cats movie? Ah ha ha, of course you didn’t. Luckily, you don’t need to put yourself through such trauma, because I’ve done it for you—and I have chronicled the events of the film here, to the best of my ability, so you can experience the nightmare of Cats from a safe…

Movies Rob Bricken

How to Apologize Like a Tech Ghoul: 2019 Edition

Even viewed from a distance on Twitter, business news has developed its own subgenre of macabre spectacle: the disgrace of the corporate goon. It’s 2019, the Theranos documentary has come and gone, but not a day passes without a new tale of executive melodrama. We look on with amusement at their berserk 2 AM Twitter…

Reviews Whitney Kimball

His Dark Materials’ Fantastic Season Finale Is What the Show Should Have Been All Along

His Dark Materials has taken us on a bit of a roller coaster. Some of the episodes have shined, while others have missed the mark in a big way. The engaging and emotional season finale promises a brighter future for His Dark Materials. But I wouldn’t be surprised if some folks are no longer along…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Travis Kalanick Flees Sinking Ship

Christmas Eve news dump: Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, the man behind the ride-hailing company’s meteoric global rise despite its highly speculative business model that’s never turned a profit, is leaving its board of directors, Uber said in a statement on Tuesday. He’s also dumped all of his remaining stock in the company. Kalanick’s resignation…

Transportation Tom McKay

The iPad’s Identity Crisis

My computer needs are different from pretty much all of my coworkers at Gizmodo. I’m not a gamer, I’m not looking to build my own PC. I don’t even need to use it to word process all that much—I’m a social editor, only occasionally moonlighting as a blogger. So when the 2012 MacBook Pro I…

Gadgets Emily Lipstein

I Think I Watched the Patched Version of Cats

I witnessed Cats for you. You weak people with your finite resources and lack of desire to spend money or time on Cats. For you, I trekked half a mile—in the rain—to witness Tom Hooper’s hubris writ large on the screen. I witnessed and I wrote about it. And then those fuckers at Universal released…

Movies Alex Cranz

The Smart Home Is a Technological Teenager Going Through Some Awful Growing Pains

It can take a new technology decades to fully mature into a product that’s reliable and genuinely useful. Computers and mobile phones have arguably reached that point, but the smart home is barely a teenager by comparison, and as it starts to go through puberty it’s revealing a troubling, rebellious side. The idea of a…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

James Gunn’s Suicide Squad Isn’t Going to be the Movie You Think It is

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s yet another reason to suspect that Warner Bros. really might be considering tapping Michael B. Jordan to become the DCEU’s Man of Steel. It’s spoiler time, baby. Superman Michael B. Jordan would neither confirm-not-deny rumors he’d met with Warner Bros. to discuss succeeding Henry Cavill in the role…

Television James Whitbrook

Why I Decided to Skip Buying Wrapping Paper This Year

I love the holidays. I love the coquito, the lights, and Christmas music. In fact, I’m listening to Kacey Musgraves’ Christmas album as I write this. The holidays also bring out one of my biggest vices: gift wrap. Every year, I look forward to picking out some metallic, snowflake-covered wrapping paper and enlisting my nephew…

Conservation Yessenia Funes

The Space News We’re Excited About in 2020

It’s time to look ahead to the coming year and all things that will be happening in space exploration. With new missions to Mars, a probe returning to Earth with samples taken from an asteroid, and even more batches of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites going into orbit, it’s going to be another fascinating year. We’ll…

Reviews George Dvorsky

Uber, Lyft Win Court Fight Over How Long Drivers Can Cruise Without Passengers in NYC

Beleaguered taxi giants Uber and Lyft won a break on Monday, scoring victory in a New York state court dispute over a law that would have dramatically slashed the number of cars between jobs that the firms let clog up Manhattan streets, Reuters reported. Earlier this year, New York City officials imposed new regulations that…

Transportation Tom McKay

Report: Mike Bloomberg’s Campaign Quietly Pouring Millions Into a Tech Firm He Founded This Year

Former New York City mayor, billionaire, and longshot presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg—who is definitely, totally not just a clueless rich guy running a widely unpopular vanity campaign—is pouring a considerable portion of his gratuitous wealth into a digital advertising firm he founded this year, CNBC reported. The existence of the company, Hawkfish, has previously not…

Politics Tom McKay

The Na’vi of Avatar‘s Pandora Might Be Celebrating Christmas

These Posters Show What a Green New Deal Could Look Like

‘We Have to Go NOW’: Scientists Share Their Wildest Experiences in the Field

Ring’s Security Woes Cause Some Tech Review Sites to Rethink Glowing Endorsements

Find Your Nerdy Holiday Yule Log Here

It Doesn’t Count If Your Character Comes Out in a Junket Interview

Billionaire for President Used Prison Labor to Place Campaign Calls

TikTok Owner ByteDance Denies That It’s Planning to Sell Majority Stake Amid Espionage Concerns

The Most Important Scenes From the Cats Movie (As I Remember Them)

How to Apologize Like a Tech Ghoul: 2019 Edition

His Dark Materials’ Fantastic Season Finale Is What the Show Should Have Been All Along

Travis Kalanick Flees Sinking Ship

The iPad’s Identity Crisis

I Think I Watched the Patched Version of Cats

The Smart Home Is a Technological Teenager Going Through Some Awful Growing Pains

James Gunn’s Suicide Squad Isn’t Going to be the Movie You Think It is

Why I Decided to Skip Buying Wrapping Paper This Year

The Space News We’re Excited About in 2020

Uber, Lyft Win Court Fight Over How Long Drivers Can Cruise Without Passengers in NYC

Report: Mike Bloomberg’s Campaign Quietly Pouring Millions Into a Tech Firm He Founded This Year

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