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Your Binge-Watching of Netflix and Porn Is Contributing to Millions of Tons of Emissions a Year

Most days when I get home from work, I kick off my shoes and cozy up with some Netflix. Video streaming is kind of my go-to when I want to relax—and I’m far from alone. Each year, our collective video streaming results in carbon emissions equivalent to the entire country of Spain, a new report…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Jul 12 '19

Batman Gets Hushed, Alien Gets Soft, and More Exclusive Mondo Comic-Con Posters [Updated]

San Diego Comic-Con is all about doing, seeing, and buying things you can’t do, see, or buy anywhere else. However, Mondo has found a great way to keep Comic-Con attendees happy with exclusive items but also satisfying fans who aren’t in San Diego. We’re excited to exclusively debut three of the posters Mondo is bringing…

Toys & Collectibles Germain Lussier Jul 12 '19

Facebook Now Shows You Where Advertisers Get Your Data—Here’s How to See It

The next time you see Facebook ads for, say, erectile dysfunction pills or egg freezing, you can check to see why you were targeted by those brands and where the companies got your data. On Thursday, Facebook announced it is updating its Ad Preferences and “Why am I seeing this ad?” tools, which were first introduced…

Social Media Jennings Brown Jul 12 '19

Greenland Was on Fire This Week Amid ‘Unprecedented’ Arctic Burn

Two years ago, Greenland lit ablaze. It was weird, and a harbinger of things to come on our changing planet. It just didn’t seem like they would come again so soon. Satellites spotted another wildfire in western Greenland this week. The blaze first showed up on Wednesday. Though already out and not on the scale…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Jul 12 '19

DJI’s Super-Fast Robot Car Is an Absolute Blast

The DJI Robomaster S1 is the childhood toy I always wanted. Actually, it’s way better than that. Compared to junk like the Tyco Rebound I had in the 90’s, the Robomaster S1 is faster, more sophisticated, and thanks to its Mecanum wheels, much more nimble than anything my tiny kid brain could have even imagined.…

Other Gadgets Sam Rutherford Jul 12 '19

The Lost Boys Pilot Gets an Enthusiastic Update From Rob Thomas

The CW nearly put a stake in the heart of Rob Thomas’ The Lost Boys television adaptation earlier this year, asking the Veronica Mars showrunner to go back to the drawing board and redo the pilot. Now, with a mostly new cast and Scandal’s Heather Mitchell serving as showrunner, Thomas says they’re eyeing a 2020…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jul 12 '19

Google Very Angry After Contractor Leaks Over a Thousand Assistant Recordings

Just in case you were holding out any hope that Google didn’t let humans listen to voice recordings from Google Home and Google Assistant, stop doing that. One of the humans that Google hired to review voice recordings recently leaked over a thousand Assistant recordings to a Belgian news organization, which published a story and video…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Jul 12 '19

Are You Ready For an Alexa Robot to Follow You Around?

Just in case you wanted a robot butler to follow you around the house, Amazon is reportedly working on an Alexa bot with wheels that can be summoned via voice commands. The robot, reportedly codenamed Vesta, is purportedly being developed by Amazon Lab126—a research facility based in Sunnyvale, California. Vesta was initially reported on by…

Commerce Victoria Song Jul 12 '19

A Look Inside a Heroic New Collection of Magic: The Gathering Art

Magic: The Gathering might be about flinging spells and summoning creatures to also fling at your opponent—well, doing that through the medium of more delicately putting cards down on a table—but its the spell-flingers themselves, the Planeswalkers, that are the stars of this gorgeous new art book. Magic: The Gathering—Rise of the Gatewatch, set to…

Toys & Collectibles James Whitbrook Jul 12 '19

West Coast Residents Seriously Underestimate the Threat of a Catastrophic Earthquake, Survey Finds

As last week’s major earthquakes in Southern California reminded us, we humans are still at the mercy of the geologically-active planet we live on. But despite the ever-present seismic threat, there’s a lot more West Coast cities could be doing to prepare their infrastructure and citizens for disaster, like implementing stricter building codes and restrictions…

Earther Maddie Stone Jul 12 '19

Seems Like the Power Rangers Movies Are Already Being Rebooted

Don Cheadle could be joining Space Jam 2. Kristen Schaal will come from the future in Bill & Ted 3. Tim Miller has vague thoughts about Sonic the Hedgehog’s new redesign. Plus, a better look at Killer Frost’s new costume on The Flash, details on the end of iZombie, and a new adult-oriented…Flintstones? It’s spoilin’…

Television James Whitbrook Jul 12 '19

The Switch Lite Seems Nice, But What I Really Want Is a Switch Pro

Earlier this week, Nintendo finally announced the long-rumored Switch Lite and it looks good. At $200, even though it doesn’t have support for the standard model’s docking feature, the Switch Lite seems like the natural upgrade for anyone still clinging to a 3DS, and a perfect handheld companion for long car rides or plane flights.…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Jul 12 '19

Newly-Discovered ‘Vibranium’ Fish Named in Honor of Wakanda

While SCUBA diving off the coast of Zanzibar, marine biologist Luiz Rocha saw a fish he had never seen before. He sent a photograph to his collaborator Yi-Kai Tea, currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Sydney, who confirmed that it was a new species of fairy wrasse from the genus Cirrhilabrus. As a…

Earther David Shiffman Jul 12 '19

How to Take Control of Where Every Link on Your Phone or Computer Opens Up

Links make the digital world go round—links to your Twitter profile or the daily headlines or a file stored in the cloud. Being able to manage those links and open them more efficiently can be a bigger time-saver in your day than you might think… and so we’re going to outline how you can take…

Gadgets David Nield Jul 12 '19

Huawei Says Little Has Changed Despite President Trump’s Pledge to Ease Restrictions on Tech Giant

Huawei says its relationship with the U.S. is basically the same as it was a couple of months ago, despite President Donald Trump’s pledge to ease restrictions that currently bar American companies from doing business with the Chinese tech giant. “So far we haven’t seen any tangible change,” Huawei chairman Liang Hua said at a…

Tech News Matt Novak Jul 12 '19

Florida Woman Charged With Felony After Daughter Is Filmed Licking Tongue Depressor in Medical Center

A woman who reportedly shared a video to social media of her daughter licking a tongue depressor at a medical facility in Jacksonville, Florida and replacing it in a jar of unused ones was arrested this week on a felony charge. Cori Ward, 30, allegedly filmed the video at the All About Kids & Families…

Tech News Catie Keck Jul 11 '19

Brian K. Vaughan’s Time-Traveling Adventure Paper Girls Is Coming to Amazon

Bryan K. Vaughan’s time-traveling adventure Paper Girls was just given a series commitment by Amazon. According to Deadline, the streaming service has teamed up with Legendary Entertainment and Plan B to make a series based on the comic, co-created by Vaughan and Cliff Chiang. Stephany Folsom, a writer on Toy Story 4 (as well as…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier Jul 11 '19

35 Injured on Air Canada Flight to Australia After Aircraft Hits ‘Sudden Turbulence’

Dozens of passengers aboard an Air Canada flight from Vancouver to Sydney, Australia on Thursday were injured after the aircraft met “un-forecasted and sudden turbulence,” forcing the plane’s pilots to make an emergency landing in Honolulu. A spokesperson for the airline told Gizmodo in a statement by email that an estimated 35 people on flight…

Tech News Catie Keck Jul 11 '19

Infinity Train Is Finally Pulling Into the Station Next Month

We have been waiting an infinity—okay, more like three-ish years—since Owen Dennis’s original Infinity Train short came out of the Cartoon Network Artist Program and immediately dazzled us. But at long last, we now know that the full series is going to start airing on Cartoon Network next month. The network has officially announced that…

io9 James Whitbrook Jul 11 '19

An Interstellar War Looms in the Latest Trailer for Katee Sackhoff’s Sci-Fi Series Another Life

Just days after releasing the first teaser for Battlestar Galactica star Katee Sackhoff’s new sci-fi series, Another Life, Netflix has dropped a full trailer that reveals even more about the show’s crew of space explorers—as well as the mysterious (and apparently hostile) aliens that inspire their journey from Earth in the first place. Selma Blair,…

Trailers Cheryl Eddy Jul 11 '19

Your Binge-Watching of Netflix and Porn Is Contributing to Millions of Tons of Emissions a Year

Batman Gets Hushed, Alien Gets Soft, and More Exclusive Mondo Comic-Con Posters [Updated]

Facebook Now Shows You Where Advertisers Get Your Data—Here’s How to See It

Greenland Was on Fire This Week Amid ‘Unprecedented’ Arctic Burn

DJI’s Super-Fast Robot Car Is an Absolute Blast

The Lost Boys Pilot Gets an Enthusiastic Update From Rob Thomas

Google Very Angry After Contractor Leaks Over a Thousand Assistant Recordings

Are You Ready For an Alexa Robot to Follow You Around?

A Look Inside a Heroic New Collection of Magic: The Gathering Art

West Coast Residents Seriously Underestimate the Threat of a Catastrophic Earthquake, Survey Finds

Seems Like the Power Rangers Movies Are Already Being Rebooted

The Switch Lite Seems Nice, But What I Really Want Is a Switch Pro

Newly-Discovered ‘Vibranium’ Fish Named in Honor of Wakanda

How to Take Control of Where Every Link on Your Phone or Computer Opens Up

Huawei Says Little Has Changed Despite President Trump’s Pledge to Ease Restrictions on Tech Giant

Florida Woman Charged With Felony After Daughter Is Filmed Licking Tongue Depressor in Medical Center

Brian K. Vaughan’s Time-Traveling Adventure Paper Girls Is Coming to Amazon

35 Injured on Air Canada Flight to Australia After Aircraft Hits ‘Sudden Turbulence’

Infinity Train Is Finally Pulling Into the Station Next Month

An Interstellar War Looms in the Latest Trailer for Katee Sackhoff’s Sci-Fi Series Another Life

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