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We Tested Intel’s Ice Lake i7 CPU, and It Packs a Pleasant Surprise

Intel’s Ice Lake processors aren’t on the market just yet, but after five years of teasing and delays, Intel put the upcoming 10nm CPUs in the hands of journalists last week. The company claims this generation of processors will help redefine “what’s possible in a thin and light laptop”—specifically, we’re supposed to see significant improvements…

Reviews Harri Weber Aug 1

Jeff Bezos Cashes in $1.8 Billion of Amazon Stock, Will Keep $1.4 Billion After Taxes

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and the world’s richest person, has cashed in $1.8 billion worth of Amazon shares, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission submitted last night. Bezos will keep an estimated $1.4 billion from the sale after taxes, based on calculations by Forbes magazine. The $1.8 billion coincidentally matches…

Commerce Matt Novak Aug 1

Lyft Yanks 1,000 Electric Bikes in San Francisco After Two Battery Fires

Lyft has yanked over a thousand electric bikes from rental availability in San Francisco after at least two e-bikes experienced battery fires in the past few days, according to the San Francisco Examiner. The estimated 1,000 bikes were listed as “unavailable to riders” on Wednesday afternoon after fires on Saturday and Wednesday, the paper wrote.…

Tech News Tom McKay Aug 1

Cisco to Pay $8.6 Million in Settlement Over Vulnerabilities in Video Surveillance Software It Sold to Feds, States

Cisco Systems has agreed to an $8.6 million settlement with the federal government stemming from allegations it “improperly sold video surveillance software with known vulnerabilities to U.S. federal and state governments,” Reuters reported on Wednesday. According to Reuters, the case began eight years ago and underlying claims related to the settlement were unsealed on Wednesday.…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay Jul 31

Jeffrey Epstein Sure Had Some Extremely Disturbing Thoughts on Science

Jeffrey Epstein—the billionaire investor facing charges of sex trafficking dozens of underage girls and who hobnobbed with the rich and powerful including multiple presidents—sure had a lot of thoughts about science. Specifically, disturbing ones concerning the viability of a plan to “seed the human race with his DNA” by impregnating women at a ranch he…

Tech News Tom McKay Jul 31

Can Marvel Crossovers Ever Escape the Infinity Saga?

This month, nearly a decade to the month after the release of its predecessor, Nintendo released Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, a return to the beloved ARPG Marvel gaming series that takes comic book crossover mania to a team-based beat ‘em up conclusion. But it also serves as a reminder that…god, things were so different back…

Games James Whitbrook Jul 31

AMC’s NOS4A2 Has a Secret Weapon That Has Nothing to Do With Vampires

The marketing for AMC’s NOS4A2 pegs it as “a different kind of vampire story”—and indeed, its Christmas-obsessed villain survives not by drinking blood, but by kidnapping children into his very special Rolls-Royce Wraith and draining their souls. But the story has another distinction that sets it apart: unusually complex female characters. NOS4A2 is based on…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Jul 31

Chris Morgan Talks Dark Universe Mistakes and Fast and Furious Crossovers

The idea was sound: to create a shared universe of Universal Monster properties. Cast massive stars, recruit top-notch talent, and build a massive franchise. If it worked, it would have been epic. Then the first movie, Tom Cruise’s The Mummy, was released…and the Dark Universe ended before it could begin. One of the people responsible…

io9 Germain Lussier Jul 31

Another U.S. City Moves to Ban Face Recognition, Citing Threats to Free Speech and Civil Rights [Corrected]

On Tuesday, the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts moved one step closer to prohibiting local government from using facial recognition. Three other cities in the country have already instituted such bans over concerns that the technology is biased and violates basic human rights. In December of last year, the Cambridge City Council passed the Surveillance Technology…

Privacy & Security Melanie Ehrenkranz Jul 31

The Mind Behind Neon Genesis Evangelion Is Helping to Make a New Ultraman Movie

Hideaki Anno gave us one of the most interesting Godzilla films in years with Shin Godzilla. Now, he’s turning his attentions toward another Tokusatu icon: the legendary size-changing superhero Ultraman. Tsuburaya Productions and Toho, alongside animation studio Khara, have just formally announced Shin Ultraman, a new movie project re-imagining the Ultraman mythos in a similar…

Movies James Whitbrook Jul 31

How the Smithsonian Prevents Neil Armstrong’s Spacesuit From Slowly Destroying Itself With Harmful Gases

Short of entombing it in a giant resin block like a prehistoric mosquito trapped in amber, the Smithsonian’s conservators can’t stop Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit from slowly breaking down over time. But, as Adam Savage discovered, they have come up with a clever way to slow down the degradation. It’s not obvious to museum visitors, but…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jul 31

Read Game of Thrones’ Finale Script for a Glimpse at Some Bullshit

There were a lot of interesting ideas in Game of Thrones’ final episode, albeit ones dramatically rushed into, with disregard for actually setting them up over the course of a season (or several seasons) of television. Now, you can see some of the processes behind getting to where we got at the end of all…

io9 James Whitbrook Jul 31

Population of Critically Endangered Vaquita Porpoises Now Less Than 19 Individuals

There are now less than 19 individual vaquita porpoises left in the wild, according to an alarming new survey. Scientists say immediate measures are now required to save this enigmatic species from extinction. If fishing nets continue to be used illegally off the coast of Mexico, vaquita porpoises (Phocoena sinus) will likely become extinct within…

Conservation George Dvorsky Jul 31

The Inventor of Those Eco-Friendly Hipster Bulbs Is Getting Ready to Sue Everyone

Edison-style LED bulbs have become a real hit, and often seen in places like trendy restaurants and bars. Like typical LED bulbs, these bulbs offer increased energy efficiency and last longer than traditional incandescent bulbs while maintaining a stylish old-world appearance. However, the continued availability of these LED Edison bulbs could be in question now…

Tech Policy Sam Rutherford Jul 31

Thunderstorms, 70 MPH Winds Could Affect Up to 52 Million People in the Northeast Today

Powerful storms are roaring into the Northeast on Wednesday afternoon, bringing with them the threat of lightning, flash floods, and winds up to 70 mph or more. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued severe thunderstorm warnings and watches from Boston to Washington, D.C., until 9 p.m. ET. Logan Airport in Boston has already recorded…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Jul 31

Dark Phoenix‘s VFX Supervisor Opens Up About the Astonishing Jean Grey That Could Have Been

Simon Kinberg’s Dark Phoenix will go down in history as one of the most perplexing of Fox’s X-Men films. It was a movie that didn’t seem to know what it wanted to be—or even who the X-Men are, frankly. One minute, the X-Men are jetting off into space to have a literally out-of-this-world adventure that…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Jul 31

The ‘Love Hormone’ Helps Some Starfish Turn Their Stomach Inside Out To Eat

Here’s a reminder that biology is oftentimes more complicated than headlines can make it out to be. Scientists in the UK have found evidence that the so-called “love hormone” oxytocin plays a very different role in starfish than it does in humans and other animals. In starfish, an oxytocin-type molecule seems to help them turn…

Biology Ed Cara Jul 31

An Exxon-Owned Houston Chemical Plant Is on Fire

A mere four months after a Houston chemical plant fire made headlines, another Houston area plant has exploded into flames. The ExxonMobil Baytown Complex caught on fire Wednesday morning despite being one of the “most technologically advanced refining and petrochemical complexes in the world,” as Exxon describes it. That’s why the city of Baytown—located about…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Jul 31

Oh My God Stop It With the Fake Moon Names What the Hell Is a ‘Black Moon’ That Isn’t Anything

An easy way to grab someone’s attention is by telling them that something is different about the Moon. The Moon, you see, is our night sun, and thus holds an important place in our minds and hearts. That being said, the “black moon” or “black supermoon” currently generating headlines is an embarrassingly bad concept that…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum Jul 31

FTC: You’ll Probably Get Almost Nothing From the Equifax Settlement

Ever the parade-rainer, the Federal Trade Commission announced today that with so many Equifax breach victims opting for cash payments instead of free credit monitoring, each one of them will likely only get “a small amount of money.” Given the amount of data the company managed to mishandle in 2017, $125 per victim is an…

Tech News Avery Ellis Jul 31

We Tested Intel’s Ice Lake i7 CPU, and It Packs a Pleasant Surprise

Jeff Bezos Cashes in $1.8 Billion of Amazon Stock, Will Keep $1.4 Billion After Taxes

Lyft Yanks 1,000 Electric Bikes in San Francisco After Two Battery Fires

Cisco to Pay $8.6 Million in Settlement Over Vulnerabilities in Video Surveillance Software It Sold to Feds, States

Jeffrey Epstein Sure Had Some Extremely Disturbing Thoughts on Science

Can Marvel Crossovers Ever Escape the Infinity Saga?

AMC’s NOS4A2 Has a Secret Weapon That Has Nothing to Do With Vampires

Chris Morgan Talks Dark Universe Mistakes and Fast and Furious Crossovers

Another U.S. City Moves to Ban Face Recognition, Citing Threats to Free Speech and Civil Rights [Corrected]

The Mind Behind Neon Genesis Evangelion Is Helping to Make a New Ultraman Movie

How the Smithsonian Prevents Neil Armstrong’s Spacesuit From Slowly Destroying Itself With Harmful Gases

Read Game of Thrones’ Finale Script for a Glimpse at Some Bullshit

Population of Critically Endangered Vaquita Porpoises Now Less Than 19 Individuals

The Inventor of Those Eco-Friendly Hipster Bulbs Is Getting Ready to Sue Everyone

Thunderstorms, 70 MPH Winds Could Affect Up to 52 Million People in the Northeast Today

Dark Phoenix‘s VFX Supervisor Opens Up About the Astonishing Jean Grey That Could Have Been

The ‘Love Hormone’ Helps Some Starfish Turn Their Stomach Inside Out To Eat

An Exxon-Owned Houston Chemical Plant Is on Fire

Oh My God Stop It With the Fake Moon Names What the Hell Is a ‘Black Moon’ That Isn’t Anything

FTC: You’ll Probably Get Almost Nothing From the Equifax Settlement

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