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Lyft Is Suing San Francisco to Keep Bike Rental Competitors Out

Ridesharing giant Lyft is fighting to retain total control of the docked and dockless bike share market in San Francisco, the Verge reported Friday, and has filed a lawsuit that its contract prohibits the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) from issuing permits to competitors. Per the San Francisco Chronicle, Motivate, which Lyft acquired for…

Tech News Tom McKay Jun 8 '19

The First Gameplay Footage From Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Takes the Rebellion to Kashyyyk [Updated]

Check out the new gameplay footage from Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, a game that is still, somehow, not about Ahsoka Tano. It’s about Cal Kestis, a young survivor of Order 66 working to fight the Empire and, in the words of Respawn Entertainment, “rebuild the Jedi Order.” The thirteen minutes of footage takes place…

Games Julie Muncy Jun 8 '19

The Good Place Will End After Its Fourth Season

Janet! I need tissues. In news that is bound to be both satisfying and heartbreaking to fans of The Good Place, NBC’s brilliant afterlife comedy/philosophy simulator, the show will be ending after its next season, the fourth. The news was announced yesterday at the show’s For Your Consideration Emmy presentation, followed by a Twitter announcement…

io9 Julie Muncy Jun 8 '19

Apple’s iOS 13 ‘Silence Unknown Callers’ Feature Is Sounding Pretty Sweet

Many of us are familiar with the uniquely infuriating hell that is robocalls, and folks, I hate to say it, but the problem isn’t getting any better. A recently announced iPhone feature arriving with iOS 13, however, might help quiet some of those unknown callers by kicking them straight to voicemail. So far, I’m loving…

Tech News Catie Keck Jun 8 '19

‘We Want YouTube to Remove Crowder’: Googlers Gear Up to Protest at Pride Events

YouTube dug a great big hole for itself earlier this week when its PR bungled its response to the ongoing harassment of a journalist by a far-right pundit. Internally, the backlash from employees at its parent company is growing as LGBTQ and allied workers mobilize to demand a satisfactory response. To recap: Carlos Maza, a…

Tech News Avery Ellis Jun 7 '19

FDA and FTC Hit Vape Companies With Warnings Over Influencer Posts on Social Media

Multiple vaping companies were sent letters by federal regulators this week over posts by social media influencers that did not include necessary warnings about the vape products. The warning letters—which were sent to Artist Liquids Laboratories, Humble Juice Co., Hype City Vapors, and Solace Technologies—stated that the posts in question were reviewed by the Food…

Tech News Catie Keck Jun 7 '19

Retsuko’s Gonna Have It All (Or at Least Try To) in the New Aggretsuko Season 2 Trailer

And if she doesn’t? Well, at least we know how she’ll blow off steam. Netflix just dropped a brief new teaser for the rapidly incoming second season of the delightful Sanrio animated series Aggretsuko, chronicling the latest adventures of the adorable, death metal-loving Red Panda who channels her workplace rage into cathartic karaoke sessions. Retsuko’s…

io9 James Whitbrook Jun 7 '19

Batman’s Got a Bat, Man, and More of the Best Toys of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round up of the coolest toys we’ve seen around the internet lately. This week: San Diego Comic-Con exclusives begin, Toy Story 4 gets some lovely new action figures, and Eleven meets Pac-Man in a very cute little Stranger Things arcade cabinet. Check it out! Toy Story 4 Interactive…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski Jun 7 '19

China Telecom Swallows Huge Amount of European Mobile Traffic For Over Two Hours

For more than two hours on Thursday, one of China’s largest internet providers forced a huge chunk of European mobile traffic to be rerouted through its own servers. China Telecom has been implicated in similar incidents before. For about 18 minutes in April 2010, roughly 15 percent of the world’s internet traffic suddenly traversed through…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron Jun 7 '19

Revolution Is a Shared Theme in This Week’s Best New Comics

Even though moments of climactic action are often what we remember best about revolutions, transformative change often starts in the quiet moments long before any of the theatrics begin. The stories featured in this week’s best new comics are all about people in the midst of rapidly-changing worlds, but what really stands out about these…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Jun 7 '19

Everything You Need to Know About Facebook’s Upcoming Cryptocurrency

In case you hadn’t heard, Facebook’s working on a cryptocurrency. There have been plenty of rumors floating around on the secretive project, codenamed Libra, for a while now, but this week we saw the floodgates open with reports of a likely official launch on June 18. So, what do we know so far? A few…

Social Media Victoria Song Jun 7 '19

Here’s What Could’ve Happened in an X-Men vs. Fantastic Four Movie

Earlier this decade, as Marvel Studios was building toward its own mega-movie crossover, Fox was doing the same thing. A new report claims the studio hired writers and even courted a director to make an X-Men vs. Fantastic Four crossover movie, and now details have emerged on what that might have looked like. The latest…

Movies Germain Lussier Jun 7 '19

NASA Is Opening the ISS to Tourists—but Don’t Worry, You Can’t Afford It

Starting as early as next year, NASA will make the International Space Station available to space tourists and other business ventures. Sounds exciting, but the associated costs are far beyond what most of us can afford. NASA doesn’t fully own the ISS, nor is the space agency currently capable of independently delivering astronauts to orbit,…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Jun 7 '19

Comcast to Pay Millions After Judge Finds It Illegally Screwed Over Customers 445,000 Times

Comcast violated the Consumer Protection Act a whopping 445,000 times, a Washington State court ruled on Thursday. The ruling stems from accusations by the state’s attorney general that the telecom giant signed up tens of thousands of customers for a shitty monthly program without their consent. King County Superior Court Judge Timothy Bradshaw’s ruling in…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz Jun 7 '19

Man Sues Jaguar Claiming Automatic Door on $96,000 Car Severed His Thumb [Graphic Photo]

Warning: This post contains graphic imagery. An 81-year-old Florida man claims he lost a portion of his thumb when the automatic door on his Jaguar XJL R closed on his finger, snapping it off. A lawsuit filed on Thursday in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey, claims that on August 7, 2018, Theodore Levy…

Transportation Jennings Brown Jun 7 '19

Watching Gwyneth Paltrow Realize in Real Time She Was in Spider-Man: Homecoming Is the Delight You Need This Friday

You know how it is, in between days of shilling scientifically dubious lifestyle methods to women and filming cameos for Marvel movie after Marvel movie. They all blur together to the point that you just don’t have a clue where you’ll eventually show up. That’s where Gwyneth Paltrow found herself during the first episode of…

Movies James Whitbrook Jun 7 '19

Jungle Cruise Director Jaume Collet-Serra Could Reunite With Dwayne Johnson on Black Adam

It must have been a very good cruise. Variety reports that The Shallows’ Jaume Collet-Serra—who of course just completed production on Disney’s Jungle Cruise movie with Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt—has entered negotiations to direct Black Adam, the Johnson/DC Comics project the former wrestler-turned-movie star has been the lone torchbearer for, for what feels like…

Movies James Whitbrook Jun 7 '19

New Campaign Is Asking Every Country on Earth to Name Distant Worlds

A new campaign headed by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) called IAU100 NameExoWorlds will allow each country in the world to name a star and its exoplanet, the IAU announced yesterday. Nearly 100 nations are all signed up and ready to go, with the next step involving national campaigns to select names and provide the…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Jun 7 '19

The Wild World Set Up By King of the Monsters‘ Ending Is the Stuff of Michael Dougherty’s Dreams

Godzilla: King of the Monsters is very often a bonkers movie, in ways that are both good and not-so-good. I mean, it is about giant monsters smashing each other’s faces in, so that’s to be expected—but the intriguing status quo it leaves in the wake of that mad carnage has some great potential. It’s also…

Movies James Whitbrook Jun 7 '19

Woman Relieved After Suspected Brain Tumor Turns Out to Be Tapeworm Egg

You wouldn’t expect that finding a tapeworm egg in your brain would be seen as good news, but such was the case for New York resident Rachel Palma this past fall. That’s because the larva found inside was the true cause of Palma’s worsening symptoms of insomnia and hallucinations, rather than a brain tumor that…

Health Ed Cara Jun 7 '19

Lyft Is Suing San Francisco to Keep Bike Rental Competitors Out

The First Gameplay Footage From Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Takes the Rebellion to Kashyyyk [Updated]

The Good Place Will End After Its Fourth Season

Apple’s iOS 13 ‘Silence Unknown Callers’ Feature Is Sounding Pretty Sweet

‘We Want YouTube to Remove Crowder’: Googlers Gear Up to Protest at Pride Events

FDA and FTC Hit Vape Companies With Warnings Over Influencer Posts on Social Media

Retsuko’s Gonna Have It All (Or at Least Try To) in the New Aggretsuko Season 2 Trailer

Batman’s Got a Bat, Man, and More of the Best Toys of the Week

China Telecom Swallows Huge Amount of European Mobile Traffic For Over Two Hours

Revolution Is a Shared Theme in This Week’s Best New Comics

Everything You Need to Know About Facebook’s Upcoming Cryptocurrency

Here’s What Could’ve Happened in an X-Men vs. Fantastic Four Movie

NASA Is Opening the ISS to Tourists—but Don’t Worry, You Can’t Afford It

Comcast to Pay Millions After Judge Finds It Illegally Screwed Over Customers 445,000 Times

Man Sues Jaguar Claiming Automatic Door on $96,000 Car Severed His Thumb [Graphic Photo]

Watching Gwyneth Paltrow Realize in Real Time She Was in Spider-Man: Homecoming Is the Delight You Need This Friday

Jungle Cruise Director Jaume Collet-Serra Could Reunite With Dwayne Johnson on Black Adam

New Campaign Is Asking Every Country on Earth to Name Distant Worlds

The Wild World Set Up By King of the Monsters‘ Ending Is the Stuff of Michael Dougherty’s Dreams

Woman Relieved After Suspected Brain Tumor Turns Out to Be Tapeworm Egg

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