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Um, Who the Heck’s Running the DOJ’s Twitter Account Right Now?

Like at most federal agencies, the Justice Department’s social media accounts went dark two weeks ago when the partial government shutdown began. The employees who distribute news and work to keep the public informed of the department’s activities via Twitter and Facebook were sent home on furlough, none serving an essential law enforcement or national…

Tech News Dell Cameron

Dave Bautista Is Headed to Arrakis for the Dune Remake

Things just got spicy for Dave Bautista. He’s reteaming with his Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve for the upcoming remake of Dune. Variety reports that the former WWE wrestler turned Guardians of the Galaxy megastar will join Timothée Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson in the upcoming film. It’s based on the classic 1965 Frank Herbert…

Movies Germain Lussier

Apple Is Looming Over CES

Apple never comes to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), but this year, of all years, the company showed up. Sort of. Looming above the monorail station at the Las Vegas Convention Center, there’s a massive black-and-white mural with the silhouette of an iPhone and a message: “What happens on your iPhone stays on your iPhone.”…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Chinese Scientist Who Created CRISPR Babies Could Face the Death Penalty, Fellow Geneticist Warns

A British geneticist is worried that He Jiankui—the Chinese scientist responsible for the birth of genetically modified human twins—could face the death penalty for corruption and bribery charges. When He Jiankui went missing back in early December, we suspected big trouble ahead for the rogue scientist, but as Sarah Knapton reports in the Telegraph, his…

Biology George Dvorsky

Of Course New Star Wars Movies Won’t Premiere on Disney+

Don’t expect Star Wars: Episode X (aka A New Return of the Oh, of Course, We’re Doing More of These After IX Strikes Back) to drop on Disney’s massive upcoming subscription service before it heads to theaters. Why would you? Disney CEO Bob Iger was asked about the possibility of seeing future film entries in the…

Movies James Whitbrook

A Major Climate Treaty to Reduce Air Conditioning Emissions Just Went Into Force—Without the U.S.

While the world was still hungover from the major climate conference in Poland last month, a game-changing climate treaty quietly went into effect. The Kigali Amendment entered into force as the calendar turned to 2019 and with it, the world began to put the clamps down on some of the most potent greenhouse gases on…

Climate Change Brian Kahn

New Yorkers ‘Have the Opportunity Seattle Didn’t’ as They Prepare for War With Amazon

New York’s growing coalition of representatives and lawmakers opposed to Amazon’s plans for a headquarters in Queens gained two new allies who know the company’s effects on metro regions better than most: Seattle Councilmembers Teresa Mosqueda and Lisa Herbold. Herbold and Mosqueda both appeared at a press event held today at the Retail, Wholesale and…

Commerce Avery Ellis

Rainn Wilson on How He Put Together the Funniest Moment of His Star Trek: Short Treks Episode

Harry Mudd’s escapades in the fourth and final Star Trek: Discovery minisode might have been the most delightful of the whole set—but aside from bringing some much-needed levity to the proceedings, for star Rainn Wilson, its climax represented a new challenge. “The Escape Artist” spends most of its runtime with Harry Mudd recalling multiple times…

io9 James Whitbrook

New Theory Suggests Charles Darwin Suffered from Lyme Disease

During his lifetime, Charles Darwin complained of so many different ailments that it’s no small miracle the pioneering evolutionary biologist got any work done. Historians have struggled to understand the exact nature of his illness or illnesses, but new research suggests one potentially obvious malady has been overlooked: Lyme disease. That Charles Darwin, born in…

Health George Dvorsky

What’s at Stake in Qualcomm’s Blockbuster FTC Antitrust Trial

On Friday, Qualcomm finally entered in a courtroom to defend itself against antitrust charges that have been in the works for years. For the chipmaker, its fundamental business model is at risk. For the Federal Trade Commission, it’s a chance to finally get an antitrust win that isn’t just a symbolic settlement and really bite…

Tech Policy Rhett Jones

Let’s Make Tomatoes Spicy With Genetic Engineering, Scientists Proclaim

Surely, someone out there has cooked up a shrimp fra diavolo and thought, “mamma mia, this would be much easier if someone genetically modified the tomatoes to be spicy,” right? Right? A team of scientists in Brazil and Ireland have published an opinion paper arguing exactly that point: that new gene editing techniques could make…

Biology Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Bemused Blogger Boggled by Baby Jack Black’s Behemoth Full-Grown Head

Eli Roth’s The House With a Clock in Its Walls has all kinds of special effects you’d expect from a big-budget project, but one of its most startling achievements was pulled off with a good, old-fashioned animatronic nightmare. As the title of the film suggests, the fantasy epic—starring Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, and Kyle MacLachlan—plays around…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

Who Doesn’t Want Trees? Lots of Detroit Residents, and They Have a Good Reason

Detroit was once known as the City of Trees: By the end of the 19th century, some 250,000 trees dotted its streets. These days, however, the Michigan city is home to tens of thousands of dead or hazardous trees. As a result, many residents don’t want new ones planted on their property. A study published…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Panasonic Returns the Technics 1200 Turntable to Its DJ Roots With the new MK7

At CES 2016, Panasonic revived the Technics 1200 turntable line which had last been updated with the MK6 back in 2008. The pricey Grand Class Technics SL-1200G was targeted at audiophiles, however, while the 1200’s biggest fanbase had been mostly DJs who loved its high-torque, direct-drive platter. Two years later, Panasonic announced the Technics SL-1200…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

This Cordless Hair Dryer Uses Infrared Light to Banish Wetness

Hair dryers have cords. It’s inescapable. If they want to be light enough to hold for 15 minutes at a time but powerful enough to push out all the heat and air necessary to dry hair then they typically need a cord to accomplish this. A battery operated hair dryer isn’t going to do the…

Reviews Alex Cranz

Leaked WikiLeaks Email: Non-Murderer Julian Assange Doesn’t Stink or Live Under the Stairs

This weekend, WikiLeaks reportedly sent journalists a “confidential” list of 140 “false and defamatory” things not to write about the organization. Now that a version of that list has leaked, WikiLeaks seems to have revised it—apparently omitting portions where it told news outlets Julian Assange isn’t a stinky cat abuser who lives under stairs. On…

Privacy & Security Jennings Brown

Bristol Myers-Squibb and Others Can’t Dodge $1 Billion Lawsuit Over 1940s Syphilis Study, Judge Rules

For the time being, pharmaceutical company Bristol Myers-Squibb and others will not be allowed to avoid a billion-dollar civil lawsuit over their alleged roles in a U.S. government-led study in the 1940s that deliberately and secretly infected Guatemalan people with syphilis. Last week, Reuters reported, a federal Maryland judge struck down an argument by defense…

Tech News Ed Cara

Uber Driver Charged With Killing Six People While on Duty Pleads Guilty

The man who was charged with shooting eight people, killing six, while on duty as an Uber driver in 2016 pleaded guilty to murder in a Michigan court this morning. The 47-year-old shooter, Jason Brian Dalton, reportedly told police he saw a “devil figure” in the Uber app that forced him to commit the killings.…

Tech News Matt Novak

io9’s Guide to All the Movies You Should Give a Damn About in 2019

Last year was one of the biggest years ever at the box office, and 2019 looks like it could easily beat that record. Why? Well, you’ll see… The year is stacked with massive films, with new entries from Star Wars and Avengers, to Men in Black and The Lego Movie. Beyond the big franchises, there…

io9 io9 Staff

This Clever Digital Compass Tells You Exactly Where Your Friends Are in a Crowd

If you’ve ever been out with a big group of friends and tried to rely on text messages to get everyone back together, you already know what an act of futility that can be. “Head to the bar!” “Which bar?” “New phone, who’s this?” The LynQ tracker promises to make rounding up your posse a…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Um, Who the Heck’s Running the DOJ’s Twitter Account Right Now?

Dave Bautista Is Headed to Arrakis for the Dune Remake

Apple Is Looming Over CES

Chinese Scientist Who Created CRISPR Babies Could Face the Death Penalty, Fellow Geneticist Warns

Of Course New Star Wars Movies Won’t Premiere on Disney+

A Major Climate Treaty to Reduce Air Conditioning Emissions Just Went Into Force—Without the U.S.

New Yorkers ‘Have the Opportunity Seattle Didn’t’ as They Prepare for War With Amazon

Rainn Wilson on How He Put Together the Funniest Moment of His Star Trek: Short Treks Episode

New Theory Suggests Charles Darwin Suffered from Lyme Disease

What’s at Stake in Qualcomm’s Blockbuster FTC Antitrust Trial

Let’s Make Tomatoes Spicy With Genetic Engineering, Scientists Proclaim

Bemused Blogger Boggled by Baby Jack Black’s Behemoth Full-Grown Head

Who Doesn’t Want Trees? Lots of Detroit Residents, and They Have a Good Reason

Panasonic Returns the Technics 1200 Turntable to Its DJ Roots With the new MK7

This Cordless Hair Dryer Uses Infrared Light to Banish Wetness

Leaked WikiLeaks Email: Non-Murderer Julian Assange Doesn’t Stink or Live Under the Stairs

Bristol Myers-Squibb and Others Can’t Dodge $1 Billion Lawsuit Over 1940s Syphilis Study, Judge Rules

Uber Driver Charged With Killing Six People While on Duty Pleads Guilty

io9’s Guide to All the Movies You Should Give a Damn About in 2019

This Clever Digital Compass Tells You Exactly Where Your Friends Are in a Crowd

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