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Failed Robot Toy Jibo Tells Users Goodbye: ‘I’ve Really Enjoyed Our Time Together’

Once the vanguard of a new age of consumer bots, the cute but doomed “social robot” Jibo is now marching toward obsolescence in the most friendly way possible: By politely informing owners that their time together is coming to an end. Jibo owners have taken to social media to post videos of their bots saying…

Tech News Victoria Song Mar 4 '19

Hundreds of Exotic Turtles and Tortoises Wrapped in Duct Tape Found in Airport Luggage

The Indian star tortoise native to parts of India has been declining in the wild since at least 2000. Why? People want them as pets. A stark reminder of this fact came on Sunday, after authorities in the Philippine’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport found some 1,500 live turtles and tortoises inside four abandoned suitcases that…

Conservation Yessenia Funes Mar 4 '19

8 Recent Horror Remakes That Don’t Actually Suck

We recently posted about the few good sci-fi remakes out there. Now we’re turning our attention to horror—the most remade genre, and the one with the most disappointing results. These eight remakes (all from the last 20 years) don’t best their originals, but at least most will make you shriek in terror rather than disgust.…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Mar 4 '19

Get to Know What We Do in the Shadows‘ New Vampires in the Show’s Latest Teaser

Even though FX’s upcoming adaptation of What We Do in the Shadows appears to borrow heavily from Taika Waititi’s original feature film, the TV series is keeping things fresh by introducing a new group of vampires living in modern-day New York City as opposed to Wellington, New Zealand. Being so similar in premise to its…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 4 '19

Amazon May Finally Have to Start Paying Taxes (in France)

A newly unveiled French tax proposal targets American internet companies like Amazon, a company notorious for paying zero federal taxes in the United States on multibillion-dollar annual profits. The French proposal promises to end tax avoidance at a time when Silicon Valley’s tax practices and tax avoidance schemes are coming under a close microscope around the…

Commerce Patrick Howell O'Neill Mar 4 '19

Opioid Maker Purdue Is Reportedly Considering Bankruptcy

The bottom may be falling out for Purdue Pharma, the drug company most synonymous with the opioid crisis. Sources reportedly told Reuters that Purdue is considering filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a decision that would help the company better take on a growing swarm of lawsuits filed against it for deceiving the public about its…

Health Ed Cara Mar 4 '19

Supergirl Fought a Death Ray Aimed at the White House by a Militant Pro-Alien Cabal

Okay, Supergirl is finally back from hiatus. For real this time. Honest. After two months of intermittent airings, Supergirl finally kicked off the second half of its fourth season with a Super Friends vs. the Elite throw down—a pleasant reminder that when this show wants to go full comic book, it can really do so…

Books & Comics Alex Cranz Mar 4 '19

‘Elixir of Immortality’ Uncovered in 2,000-Year-Old Chinese Tomb

A yellowish liquid found in a bronze pot dating back some 2,000 years is not wine, as Chinese archaeologists initially thought. It’s actually an “elixir of immortality” concocted during ancient times. The bronze pot was discovered last October by archaeologists working at the tomb of a noble family in the Henan Province of central China.…

Human History George Dvorsky Mar 4 '19

How to Protect Your Facebook Without Giving It Your Phone Number to Do Creepy Shit

Over the weekend, Facebook users were freaked out to learn that the social network allows “Everyone” to look them up with the phone number they provided for two-factor authentication (2FA) by default. This sneaky ad-targeting method disguised as a privacy tool really has no privacy benefits, but there’s still a way to protect yourself. The…

Social Media Rhett Jones Mar 4 '19

Luke Perry Has Died at the Age of 52

Luke Perry, star of Beverly Hills 90210 and Riverdale, has passed away at the age of 52. The actor had a massive stroke last week and had been under observation in the hospital ever since. TMZ and other outlets all confirmed his passing Monday morning. “He was surrounded by his children Jack and Sophie, fiancé…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier Mar 4 '19

Nearly All U.S. Coal Plants Are Contaminating Groundwater, Report Finds

When Hurricane Florence slammed into North Carolina last year, concerns grew over whether the flood waters would breach a coal ash pond and contaminate drinking water. Turns out that the state has a much more widespread groundwater contamination issue than that event presented, according to a report out Monday. In fact, all of the United…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Mar 4 '19

Yes, Apple. Siri Is Extremely Terrible

Apple is hiring an analyst, but not just any old analyst. It’s hiring someone to sift through the social media hellscape and parse just how customers really feel about its voice assistant Siri. The posting went live on March 1 and was initially reported by VentureBeat. In it, Apple says it’s looking for someone to…

Tech News Victoria Song Mar 4 '19

China Plans to Launch Its Own Mars Probe Next Year

China’s space agency plans to launch a probe to Mars next year, following its recent successful landing on the Moon’s far side, according to a statement from one of the country’s prominent space scientists. The announcement came ahead of the meeting of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, essentially a governmental advisory group of representatives…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum Mar 4 '19

China Says Two Canadian Citizens Are Spies as Extradition of Huawei Exec Moves Forward

The Chinese government has formally accused two Canadian citizens, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, of spying and stealing “state secrets,” according to a new report in the Washington Post. The charges come on the heels of a Canadian court’s ruling on Friday that an executive for Huawei who’s been charged with fraud can be extradited…

Tech News Matt Novak Mar 4 '19

Batman Makes a Soft Cameo in the Latest Shazam Trailer

It’s a very interesting time for Batman in Warner Bros. and DC’s big-budget, live-action movies. Batfleck is no more, and as it stands now, the upcoming Batman solo movie has yet to find its titular hero, but that doesn’t mean the DCEU doesn’t already have another Dark Knight waiting in the wings. The latest Shazam trailer…

Trailers Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 4 '19

InSight Lander’s Drill Got Stuck on a Rock During Its First Dig Into Mars

The drilling instrument on NASA’s Insight was put through its first test last week, but the inaugural digging session fell far short of expectations due to some potentially problematic rocks directly beneath the Mars lander. When InSight landed on Mars back in November, we were thrilled that the probe ended up in an area free…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Mar 4 '19

How to Make Sure Important Emails Stay Out of Your Spam Folder

The algorithms guarding our inboxes have now developed to the stage that spam is usually kept at bay, but these auto-sorting processes aren’t perfect yet—if you’re not regularly opening up your spam folder to check on your email provider’s accuracy, you could well be missing some genuinely useful messages that you need to see. While…

Conservation David Nield Mar 4 '19

Into the Spider-Verse Has the Most Improbable, Serendipitous Connection to Legion

Creating an animated film like Sony’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is an intensely collaborative, painstaking process that requires the collective energies and hundreds of hours of work from huge teams of talented people. One does not simply “change” a scene in a movie like this at the drop of a hat, and yet, as any…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Mar 4 '19

Game of Thrones‘ Biggest Battle Ever Will Basically Be a Super Smash Bros. Bloodbath

Everyone is here. But also? There’s a good chance that a good chunk of them is also very dead. Entertainment Weekly has just dropped a new cover story for Game of Thrones’ final season, detailing the biggest battle the show has ever done—and one of the biggest battles ever committed to film, full stop. Directed…

io9 James Whitbrook Mar 4 '19

Hey OnePlus, Are You Sure About This?

When whispers started swirling that OnePlus was going for a fully bezel-less design on its next major phone, the immediate question became: How would the company do it? Will the OnePlus 7 get a punch-hole selfie cam like the Galaxy S10? Or would OnePlus go for a more low-tech solution like the manual slider found…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Mar 4 '19

Failed Robot Toy Jibo Tells Users Goodbye: ‘I’ve Really Enjoyed Our Time Together’

Hundreds of Exotic Turtles and Tortoises Wrapped in Duct Tape Found in Airport Luggage

8 Recent Horror Remakes That Don’t Actually Suck

Get to Know What We Do in the Shadows‘ New Vampires in the Show’s Latest Teaser

Amazon May Finally Have to Start Paying Taxes (in France)

Opioid Maker Purdue Is Reportedly Considering Bankruptcy

Supergirl Fought a Death Ray Aimed at the White House by a Militant Pro-Alien Cabal

‘Elixir of Immortality’ Uncovered in 2,000-Year-Old Chinese Tomb

How to Protect Your Facebook Without Giving It Your Phone Number to Do Creepy Shit

Luke Perry Has Died at the Age of 52

Nearly All U.S. Coal Plants Are Contaminating Groundwater, Report Finds

Yes, Apple. Siri Is Extremely Terrible

China Plans to Launch Its Own Mars Probe Next Year

China Says Two Canadian Citizens Are Spies as Extradition of Huawei Exec Moves Forward

Batman Makes a Soft Cameo in the Latest Shazam Trailer

InSight Lander’s Drill Got Stuck on a Rock During Its First Dig Into Mars

How to Make Sure Important Emails Stay Out of Your Spam Folder

Into the Spider-Verse Has the Most Improbable, Serendipitous Connection to Legion

Game of Thrones‘ Biggest Battle Ever Will Basically Be a Super Smash Bros. Bloodbath

Hey OnePlus, Are You Sure About This?

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