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Android Users Can Finally Get in on Co-Star’s Brutally Honest Horoscopes

Co-Star, the very best app, is now available to download on the Google Play store. Android users, prepare to have your minds completely blown. Co-Star is ostensibly an astrology app. You enter your birthdate and, if you know it, the time of day you were born, then the app delivers a daily horoscope with a…

Tech News Caitlin McGarry Jan 17 '20

Microsoft’s Climate Plan Has One Huge, Oil-Filled Hole

On Thursday, Microsoft CEO Brad Smith made a bold climate pledge: By 2030, he said the company will remove more carbon from the environment than it emits, and by 2050, will remove more carbon than the company has ever produced. This is a big step up from Microsoft’s previous climate action plans. But it’s unclear…

Climate Change Dharna Noor Jan 17 '20

Biden to Zuckerberg: You Wanna Go? Let’s Go You Cow-Handed Fussbudget!

Democratic presidential contender and former Vice President Joe Biden called the Silicon Valley set “creeps,” said that Facebook and “other platforms” should lose their Section 230 protections under the Communications Decency Act, and argued that Mark Zuckerberg should face lawsuits and possibly criminal charges over political ads smearing him in an interview with the New…

Tech Policy Tom McKay Jan 17 '20

Rise of the Resistance Is as Much a Star Wars Story as It Is a Theme Park Ride

There’s no doubt that stepping into Disney’s Galaxy’s Edge feels like you’re stepping into the Star Wars universe. But up until now, that’s been a mostly passive experience. Starting today, it’s anything but. Today, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance opens at Disneyland in California, joining Walt Disney World in Florida in now both having…

Movies Germain Lussier Jan 17 '20

You Can Now Forget Your Existential Dread With Pokémon ASMR

The world is terrible and everything is on fire, but heading into the weekend, you can at least try to stifle the urge to scream with two new Pokémon ASMR videos. The first features a cheeky little Chespin nomming on some macarons, while the second stars a snoozy Charmander napping by a crackling campfire. You…

Tech News Victoria Song Jan 17 '20

Pokémon Sword and Shield Is Secretly About Climate Change—and My Weezings Are Here to Prove It

In good news for Pokémon-obsessed people (me), Nintendo appears to only be getting started with its Sword and Shield world. The company has plans to add expansion packs later this year to bring new adventures to the Galar region. That’s dope! And I hope the expansions keep building on one of the key themes in…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Jan 17 '20

The Most and Least Physically Active U.S. States

New government research paints a dire picture of Americans and their exercise habits. Across all 50 states, at least 15 percent of adults reported being physically inactive, while in some areas of the country, nearly 50 percent of adults said they got no form of exercise. The research is based on four years of survey…

Health Ed Cara Jan 17 '20

No One’s Sure If Watchmen Will Be Back For Season 2, Which Is a Very Watchmen-y Thing, Really

Clock’s tickin’. It’s gonna tick for a little longer though. Ever since the incredible climax of Watchmen’s equally incredible debut season, people have been wondering if there would be—or if there even should be—a follow-up season. Could a second installment even come close to achieving what the first did? Could it do better? Many were…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Jan 17 '20

Appeals Court ‘Reluctantly’ Kills Youth Climate Case Against Trump

On Friday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled to kill the landmark case where youth were suing the U.S. government for taking insufficient action on climate change. Up until this point, the lawsuit had seen some hopeful wins. However, the three-judge panel “reluctantly concluded that the plaintiffs’ case must be made to the political…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Jan 17 '20

‘Remarkable’ Mathematical Proof Describes How to Solve Seemingly Impossible Computing Problem

You enter a cave. At the end of a dark corridor, you encounter a pair of sealed chambers. Inside each chamber is an all-knowing wizard. The prophecy says that with these oracles’ help, you can learn the answers to unanswerable problems. But there’s a catch: The oracles don’t always tell the truth. And though they…

Gadgets Ryan F. Mandelbaum Jan 17 '20

Vicky Lands the Role of a Lifetime in a Tricky Episode of The Good Place

It’s almost the end of The Good Place, but for the Soul Squad things look like they’re just beginning. As Eleanor (Kristen Bell) and her friends get ready for the next (and hopefully final) phase of the afterlife, Michael (Ted Danson) wrestles with a feeling of helplessness over losing the thing that made him special.…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jan 17 '20

Utah Pulls Free Condoms After Packaging Deemed Too Horny

A collection of innuendo-heavy, Utah-themed condoms that were produced as part of an HIV awareness campaign are getting pulled from distribution for being incredibly horny. The Salt Lake Tribune reported this week that Governor Gary Herbert has directed Utah health officials to halt the distribution of the condoms in question. One displays a mile marker…

Tech News Catie Keck Jan 17 '20

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Here’s What io9’s Staff Is Personally Psyched About for 2020

The Skywalker Saga and the latest phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe might be over, but if our lists of upcoming comic books, movies, and TV shows are any indication, it’s that 2020 promises to be another huge year for genre entertainment. Check out io9’s list of major items we’re looking forward to this year,…

io9 Io9 Staff Jan 17 '20

Microsoft’s Xbox Console Streaming Preview Is Now Available Worldwide

Following a pretty successful trial run in the U.S. and U.K., Microsoft is now opening up its Xbox One Console Streaming Preview to the world, or at the very least, every country where Microsoft supports Xbox Live. Not to be confused with Microsoft’s Project xCloud (which is the ability to stream Xbox games to your…

Tech News Sam Rutherford Jan 17 '20

Our First Look at the Discworld TV Show Is Not What You Were Expecting

The Watch is here. But it’s not a version of Ankh-Morpork’s infamous guard that you might have been envisioning when news of a new Discworld show first popped up. BBC America has dropped the first official pictures from The Watch, an eight-episode series that takes the characters of Ankh-Morpork’s City Watch, first introduced in Terry…

io9 James Whitbrook Jan 17 '20

Scientists Are Generating Oxygen from Simulated Moon Dust

European researchers are working on a system that can churn out breathable oxygen from simulated samples of moon dust. “Being able to acquire oxygen from resources found on the Moon would obviously be hugely useful for future lunar settlers, both for breathing and in the local production of rocket fuel,” explained Beth Lomax, a chemist…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Jan 17 '20

Redesigned Thermal Paste Syringes Are Supposed To Look Less Like Drug Paraphernalia

We’ve all been there as a teenager. What starts as a nerdy afternoon building a fancy new gaming PC ends up with a stint in rehab after your parents assume those tiny syringes full of thermal paste mean you’re doing the drugs. Cooler Master is apparently tired of all the confusion, so it’s redesigned its thermal…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 17 '20

The Boys Is Already Dream Casting for Season 3

AMC has its eyes on yet another Stephen King adaptation. Legends of Tomorrow finds itself a bloodthirsty new villain. Armando Iannucci talks space jets. Plus, NBC teases a few details for its streaming shows, what’s to come on the Valentine’s Day edition of Into the Dark, and Evil’s got itself a potential baby devil. To…

Television James Whitbrook Jan 17 '20

When All the Forests Burn

Nature offers us some of the most sophisticated technology there is. While scientists and engineers continue to scratch their heads trying to figure out how to develop ways to effectively capture our carbon, trees already cracked the code. They’ve been absorbing carbon forever, man. So have other kinds of flora. Grasslands, wetlands, and even underwater…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Jan 17 '20

Deadly Mystery Virus Spreads Outside China to New Countries

Health officials in Thailand and Japan have announced that a strange new virus, which has killed two people and sickened dozens of others in China, has appeared inside their borders this week. The virus, known as 2019-nCoV, was first identified in Wuhan, China in late December and questions remain about how it spreads, according to…

Health Matt Novak Jan 17 '20

Android Users Can Finally Get in on Co-Star’s Brutally Honest Horoscopes

Microsoft’s Climate Plan Has One Huge, Oil-Filled Hole

Biden to Zuckerberg: You Wanna Go? Let’s Go You Cow-Handed Fussbudget!

Rise of the Resistance Is as Much a Star Wars Story as It Is a Theme Park Ride

You Can Now Forget Your Existential Dread With Pokémon ASMR

Pokémon Sword and Shield Is Secretly About Climate Change—and My Weezings Are Here to Prove It

The Most and Least Physically Active U.S. States

No One’s Sure If Watchmen Will Be Back For Season 2, Which Is a Very Watchmen-y Thing, Really

Appeals Court ‘Reluctantly’ Kills Youth Climate Case Against Trump

‘Remarkable’ Mathematical Proof Describes How to Solve Seemingly Impossible Computing Problem

Vicky Lands the Role of a Lifetime in a Tricky Episode of The Good Place

Utah Pulls Free Condoms After Packaging Deemed Too Horny

Here’s What io9’s Staff Is Personally Psyched About for 2020

Microsoft’s Xbox Console Streaming Preview Is Now Available Worldwide

Our First Look at the Discworld TV Show Is Not What You Were Expecting

Scientists Are Generating Oxygen from Simulated Moon Dust

Redesigned Thermal Paste Syringes Are Supposed To Look Less Like Drug Paraphernalia

The Boys Is Already Dream Casting for Season 3

When All the Forests Burn

Deadly Mystery Virus Spreads Outside China to New Countries

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