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Man Accused of Using Drone to Airdrop Explosives Onto Ex-Girlfriend’s Property

Prosecutors have accused an autoworker of using a drone to drop bombs on his ex-girlfriend’s home in Washington Township, Pennsylvania. Jason Muzzicato was arrested by the FBI following a search of his auto business and his home on June 7, which uncovered about 10 guns, including multiple semi-automatic pistols and AR-15 rifles and seven handmade…

Crime Jennings Brown

Facebook Partners With Ray-Ban to Help Make Its Smart Glasses Happen: Report

Hoping to avoid the failure that was the consumer version of Google Glass, Facebook has teamed up with Luxottica, the parent company of brands like Ray-Ban, to help with the development of its own augmented reality glasses, sources told CNBC. But it could still be at least three years before Facebook’s smart specs actually hit…

Social Media Andrew Liszewski

This Toy Story 4 Alternate Ending Would’ve Screwed Over Bo Peep

After spending some time away, Bo Peep made her badass return in Toy Story 4. She introduced Woody to the idea that toys don’t have to stay devoted to one kid, but can do lots of things—like help other toys find their own path. It was a message the franchise needed, about how we all…

Movies Beth Elderkin

A Huge Experiment Has ‘Weighed’ the Tiny Neutrino, a Particle That Passes Right Through Matter

An experiment nearly two decades in the making has finally unveiled its measurements of the mass of the universe’s most abundant matter particle: the neutrino. The neutrino could be the weirdest subatomic particle; though abundant, it requires some of the most sensitive detectors to observe. Scientists have been working for decades to figure out whether…

Physics & Chemistry Ryan F. Mandelbaum

9 Uses for Google Maps Street View Besides Checking Out Your Old Neighborhood

Street View has been with us since 2007, allowing us to spy on our old neighborhoods, see our front door on the internet, and generally travel the globe without getting up from the sofa. This ever-expanding digital library of locations has more uses than you might realize—and here we’ve listed some of our favorites. 1)…

Gadgets David Nield

Jamie Lee Curtis Teases Familiar Faces and Traumas for Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends

Sony teases that “famous people” want to do a remake of The Princess Bride. No, Rihanna has not been cast as Batman’s Poison Ivy, but she’d like to be. Plus, production wraps on The Invisible Man, what to expect when The Flash and Van Helsing return, and another batch of footage from Maleficent: Mistress of…

Television James Whitbrook

The New Bluetooth Sonos Feels Like a Time Warp

You don’t need the new Sonos Move. It’s a $400 Sonos speakerthat sounds an awful lot like a $180 Sonos speaker but with the added benefit of being portable. You can pick it up and carry it around. If you wander away from your wifi, no problem! The Move is the first Sonos that can…

Adam Clark Estes

HP Is Trying to Reinvent the Business Laptop With the Elite Dragonfly

While the typical business laptops often get the job done, they’re usually heavy, ugly, and generally hard to love, which exactly what HP is trying to address with the new Elite Dragonfly. Created as a way to bridge the best things about consumer laptops with the security and durability requirements of the enterprise market, the…

Reviews Sam Rutherford

Facebook Launches Three New Portal Devices No One Asked For

Last year, Facebook launched Portal, its first hardware device, to tepid reviews. Today, Facebook is proving it can’t take a hint and is announcing three new Portal products: the Portal Mini, Portal TV, and a redesigned Portal. It’s not that the Portal was a bad product, per se. But following a year of privacy scandals,…

Social Media Victoria Song

President Trump’s Stupid Border Wall Could Destroy 22 Archaeological Sites According to New Report

President Donald Trump’s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border could destroy 22 archaeological sites in Arizona, according to a new report produced by the National Park Service. The report was obtained by the Washington Post through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request but its findings may not matter to government contractors as they race to…

Tech News Matt Novak

Donald Trump Swoops in to Save Us All From the Tyranny of Cleaner Cars That Use Less Gas

Donald Trump, fresh off moving to eviscerate lightbulb efficiency standards he thinks will make him look too orange and declaring war on the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest, is reportedly set to revoke California’s ability to regulate vehicle emissions. Tailpipe emissions are the single largest source of CO2 emissions in the U.S, contributing to global climate…

Climate Change Tom McKay

Snapchat Is Once Again Pivoting Back to News

Snap, parent company of Snapchat, is trying to do the whole social media platform tries to lure journalistic outfits into producing content for them thing again, per a report in the Information on Tuesday. Details are limited. But the Information’s sources said that Snap is talking with media companies about a “dedicated news section inside…

Tech News Tom McKay

Vaping Flavorpocalypse Comes to New York as State Health Authorities Order Emergency Ban

The New York state Department of Health’s Public Health and Health Planning Council approved an emergency ban of all vaping products with flavors other than tobacco or menthol—and have doubtless started a mad rush on mint, mango, creme, and countless other types of vape juice—amid skyrocketing teen use and hundreds of cases of vaping-related lung…

Health Tom McKay

Shocking Breaking News! Lord of the Rings TV Show to Film in New Zealand

Amazon Studios just announced the filming location for its upcoming Lord of the Rings prequel show. And after searching far and wide it settled on…drumroll please…New Zealand! Showrunners and executive producers J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay released the following statement on the momentous decision: As we searched for the location in which we could bring…

io9 Germain Lussier

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American Gods Season 3 Has Shared Some Casting News

Remember when you were excited about American Gods, and then—perhaps somewhere in the slog of season two, when the show’s behind the scenes turmoil began to catch up with it—you started feeling like it was a chore to watch? Some casting news for season three might not turn your heard around. Or maybe it will,…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Spider-Man’s Alter Ego, the Night Monkey, Gets the Official Trailer He Damn Well Deserves

When the whole Spider-Man controversy went down, one of the most common jokes was that Marvel should make a Night Monkey movie. After all, the Night Monkey was just Spider-Man in a different costume. No one would ever notice! That makes the below trailer, coincidental or not, even better than it already is. The Night…

Trailers Germain Lussier

U.S. Air Force Warns There’s a Chance an American and Russian Satellite Could Collide Overnight

Earlier today, the private American firm Bigelow Aerospace was notified by the U.S. Air Force that its Genesis II spacecraft has a slim chance of smashing into a dead Russian spy satellite. News of the potential orbital smash-up came via Bigelow Aerospace’s Twitter account. “Today, we were notified by the US Air Force that there…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Batman’s Sexy Vacation Dad™ Getup Might Be His Best Costume Yet

Because everyone spends so much time going on about Nightwing’s ass and Catwoman’s inexplicably exposed armpits, it can be easy to forget that Bruce Wayne is very much a sex symbol in his own right. But artist Clay Mann has been trying to remind everyone with his illustrations in DC’s ongoing Batman series that’s currently…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

The Biggest Volcano on Jupiter’s Molten Moon Io Is Likely to Erupt at Any Moment

Observational data collected over the years suggests the largest volcano on Jupiter’s moon Io—the most geologically active object in the Solar System—will erupt in mid-September, which is pretty much any moment now. When it comes to eruptions, volcanoes tend to operate on their own unpredictable schedules. Such is not the case for Loki, however, the…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

George R.R. Martin Discusses That New, Targaryen-Focused Game of Thrones Prequel

The time of the Targaryens is coming to an end. Well, fictionally speaking. A Song of Ice and Fire creator George R.R. Martin has offered a few details about the recently-revealed prequel show focusing on House Targaryen, sharing a taste of what we can expect should it get picked up to series. Martin confirmed the…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Man Accused of Using Drone to Airdrop Explosives Onto Ex-Girlfriend’s Property

Facebook Partners With Ray-Ban to Help Make Its Smart Glasses Happen: Report

This Toy Story 4 Alternate Ending Would’ve Screwed Over Bo Peep

A Huge Experiment Has ‘Weighed’ the Tiny Neutrino, a Particle That Passes Right Through Matter

9 Uses for Google Maps Street View Besides Checking Out Your Old Neighborhood

Jamie Lee Curtis Teases Familiar Faces and Traumas for Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends

The New Bluetooth Sonos Feels Like a Time Warp

HP Is Trying to Reinvent the Business Laptop With the Elite Dragonfly

Facebook Launches Three New Portal Devices No One Asked For

President Trump’s Stupid Border Wall Could Destroy 22 Archaeological Sites According to New Report

Donald Trump Swoops in to Save Us All From the Tyranny of Cleaner Cars That Use Less Gas

Snapchat Is Once Again Pivoting Back to News

Vaping Flavorpocalypse Comes to New York as State Health Authorities Order Emergency Ban

Shocking Breaking News! Lord of the Rings TV Show to Film in New Zealand

American Gods Season 3 Has Shared Some Casting News

Spider-Man’s Alter Ego, the Night Monkey, Gets the Official Trailer He Damn Well Deserves

U.S. Air Force Warns There’s a Chance an American and Russian Satellite Could Collide Overnight

Batman’s Sexy Vacation Dad™ Getup Might Be His Best Costume Yet

The Biggest Volcano on Jupiter’s Molten Moon Io Is Likely to Erupt at Any Moment

George R.R. Martin Discusses That New, Targaryen-Focused Game of Thrones Prequel

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