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Another Day, Another Wildfire

In a season of flames and blackouts across California, yet another intense wildfire has broken out outside Los Angeles. The Maria Fire, which is mostly affecting residents in Ventura County, has burned more than 8,000 acres so far since exploding on Thursday night. By this morning, however, the flames had spread dramatically. Mandatory evacuations are…

Earth Science Yessenia Funes

The ACLU Is Taking the Feds to Court Over Face Recognition Surveillance

The ACLU and its Massachusetts chapter are suing the federal government for more information about how it uses facial recognition with regard to surveillance. The complaint, which was filed yesterday, notes the ACLU filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request this past January to the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the…

Privacy & Security Victoria Song

Good News, Rich People! Garmin’s New Nav System Will Land Your Private Plane for You

Those worried about the safety of autonomous vehicles might be surprised to hear that most commercial aircraft can already fly and even land themselves. To date, it’s a feature that’s only been available on larger aircraft, but Garmin is now bringing it to smaller private planes with its new Autoland system. Thing is, unlike Garmin’s…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Charlie Jane Anders Is Announcing Her New Book Right Here on io9!

io9 co-founder Charlie Jane Anders has done a lot of kick-ass things in the past few years: winning a Nebula (for her debut novel, All the Birds in the Sky) and a Hugo (for the podcast she co-hosts with io9 co-founder Annalee Newitz, Our Opinions Are Correct); having her second novel, The City in the…

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy

One of Steven Universe: The Movie‘s Most Emotional Moments Was Fantastic from the Jump

Steven Universe: The Movie is so packed full with moments of pure aesthetic and emotional gorgeousness that there are times when it’s easy to lose sight of just how impressive the story being told actually is. From the looks of this exclusive clip of the movie’s production, it seems as if that was always very…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

Reconsider the Vulture

The vulture is often depicted as death’s maligned servant, circling ominously in the clouds in search of decay. We’ve come to associate these creatures with disgust—but I don’t think the stigma is warranted. It’s the spookiest time of the year, so as I did last year, I’d like to introduce you to one of nature’s…

Conservation Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Kyle MacLachlan Recalls Agent Cooper’s Twin Peaks Arrival in This Clip From a Gorgeous New Box Set

There’s always Twin Peaks in the air, whether it’s rumors of a fourth season or the sight of David Lynch picking up an honorary Oscar. The next entry in the cherry pie sweepstakes is Twin Peaks: From Z to A, a giant Blu-ray set celebrating the cult series—and we’ve got an exclusive peek at one…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Google Buys Fitbit, Your Data, and a Wearable OS That Doesn’t Suck

For a long time, it’s felt like Google has left the fate of its smartwatch and wearable platform—Wear OS—to third-party device makers like Fossil. But that’s all about to change now that Google has agreed to acquire wearable giant Fitbit. In a press release, Fitbit says it was acquired for $2.1 billion. Meanwhile, in a separate…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

How to Claim Your Free Apple TV+ Subscription

Apple surprised its fans in September when it announced that anyone who bought an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV, or MacBook from September 10 onward (for a limited time) would get a free year of Apple TV+. But Apple says the offer is only good for the next three months. The company has also…

Gadgets Adam Clark Estes

Google’s New Anti-Smartphone Apps, Ranked

We know that we’re all spending too much time glued to our phones, rather than looking at the person we’re talking to, the movie we’re watching, the sunset we’re missing, or the children we’re ignoring, and Google and Apple know it too. Google has pushed out six ‘experimental’ apps to try and curb our collective…

Gadgets David Nield

Our First Tiny Glimpse at Halloween Kills Teases a Familiar Callback

Sean Bean is heading to Snowpiercer, but not quite yet. Brannon Braga and Seth McFarlane are teaming up for a Clive Barker adaptation. Supergirl casts another recurring threat. Plus, Stranger Things is looking for some interesting characters to cast in season 4, Amazon sets its sights on more genre adaptations, and a glimpse of M.…

Television James Whitbrook

Twitter’s Struggles With Moderating Online Abuse Continue

Twitter has thrown a lot at its rampant harassment problem over the years, from slapping on more abuse filters to purchasing an entire company to help them wrangle its online hellscape. But apparently abiding by that old adage “see something, say something” is one step too far for good ol’ Jack. A Twitter user reported…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes

In a residence purportedly housing 140 other snakes, an Indiana woman was found dead Wednesday evening with an 8-foot-long python hanging around her neck. According to a report from the Journal & Courier, police are currently investigating the death of Laura Hurst, 36, in Oxford, Indiana, though they have a hunch. “She appears to have…

Biology Alyse Stanley

The X-Men’s New Age Is Messing With Powers It Doesn’t Understand

Yes, yes, the Marvel universe is full of people bitten by radioactive spiders, humanoid subspecies enhanced by mysterious gases born of interstellar rocks, and more cosmic rays and kinds of radiation than you could shake a whole lab’s worth of scientists at. It’s weird. But it’s also so much weirder than you think—and one of…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

George R.R. Martin Says He Might Write for House of the Dragon…After Winds of Winter Is Done

For those hoping to see George R.R. Martin return to A Song of Ice and Fire on the small screen, there’s hope. Writing on his Not a Blog, the man behind the Game of Thrones books shared more details on the first prequel series to get the green light, as well as his thoughts on the…

io9 Beth Elderkin

WeWork, Former CEO Adam Neumann Accused of Rampant Pregnancy and Gender Discrimination

WeWork and its chief investor, SoftBank, recently paid out WeWork co-founder and self-declared candidate for “President of the World” Adam Neumann to the tune of $1.7 billion just to get his ass out the door amid the company’s disastrous collapse. And he’s left quite a mess behind, with a proposed class-action complaint brought by a…

Tech News Tom McKay

The Teens Are Making History on TikTok

In 1911, the San Francisco Examiner published a guide titled: “How to Make Really Funny Jokes.” According to author Professor Korski, a true joke is a “very pleasant absurdity contrasting with one’s habitual expectation.” A joke does not “merely cause laughter.” “Falling downstairs” is not a joke. A joke is not “unpleasant, repellent, offensive, horrid,…

Tech News Whitney Kimball

Rudy Giuliani Had to Ask an Apple Genius to Unlock His iPhone Right After Trump Named Him Head of the Cyber

With the growing number of bumbling mistakes that Rudy Giuliani makes as Donald Trump’s attorney, it’s easy to forget that in early 2017 the President enlisted the maladroit fraudgoblin to be the White House cybersecurity czar. Precisely 26 days after Giuliani was tapped to advise Trump on the cyber, the former mayor went to a…

Privacy & Security Jennings Brown

The Game of Thrones Showrunners’ Canceled Star Wars Movies May Have Explored the Origins of the Jedi

Star Wars fans know how the Jedi fell (damn you, Order 66) and soon may see some kind of resurrection (hello, Rey!). But where did they come from in the first place? We almost found out and now, may never know. Earlier this week, news broke that Game of Thrones co-creators David Benioff and D.B.…

Movies Germain Lussier

Heads Up: Replicants May Already Be Among Us

Hey, do you have a creeping sense that some people are actually ruthless, homicidal androids merely posing as humans? I have some bad news. According to the documentary film Blade Runner, which takes place in November 2019, replicants have already arrived on Earth. “But Tom, Blade Runner is fictional,” you might respond, stupidly. “The November…

Tech News Tom McKay

Another Day, Another Wildfire

The ACLU Is Taking the Feds to Court Over Face Recognition Surveillance

Good News, Rich People! Garmin’s New Nav System Will Land Your Private Plane for You

Charlie Jane Anders Is Announcing Her New Book Right Here on io9!

One of Steven Universe: The Movie‘s Most Emotional Moments Was Fantastic from the Jump

Reconsider the Vulture

Kyle MacLachlan Recalls Agent Cooper’s Twin Peaks Arrival in This Clip From a Gorgeous New Box Set

Google Buys Fitbit, Your Data, and a Wearable OS That Doesn’t Suck

How to Claim Your Free Apple TV+ Subscription

Google’s New Anti-Smartphone Apps, Ranked

Our First Tiny Glimpse at Halloween Kills Teases a Familiar Callback

Twitter’s Struggles With Moderating Online Abuse Continue

Woman Found Dead With A Python Around Her Neck in House Full of 140 Snakes

The X-Men’s New Age Is Messing With Powers It Doesn’t Understand

George R.R. Martin Says He Might Write for House of the Dragon…After Winds of Winter Is Done

WeWork, Former CEO Adam Neumann Accused of Rampant Pregnancy and Gender Discrimination

The Teens Are Making History on TikTok

Rudy Giuliani Had to Ask an Apple Genius to Unlock His iPhone Right After Trump Named Him Head of the Cyber

The Game of Thrones Showrunners’ Canceled Star Wars Movies May Have Explored the Origins of the Jedi

Heads Up: Replicants May Already Be Among Us

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