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So Long, Quiz Daddy—HQ Trivia Replaces Scott Rogowsky

If you’re one of the folks who for some reason still plays HQ Trivia, you may have been wondering where “quiz daddy” Scott Rogowsky’s been these past few weeks. Well, the short answer is simply this: He’s been replaced. TMZ initially reported that negotiations between Rogowsky and HQ broke down after the host wanted to…

Tech News Victoria Song Apr 12 '19

Meet the Wild Creatures That Roamed Ancient Texas

A comprehensive analysis of thousands of fossils collected during the Great Depression in Texas has revealed a remarkable diversity of ancient wildlife. With elephant-like gomphotheres, rhinos, antelopes, and camels, the Lone Star State was once a very Serengeti-like place. From 1939 to 1941, the United States Works Progress Administration (WPA) funded the State-Wide Paleontologic-Mineralogic Survey—a…

Biology George Dvorsky Apr 12 '19

Public Wi-Fi Kiosks in the UK Are Turning Into Public Censorship Machines

A telecommunications company, free Wi-Fi service, police departments, and local councils in the UK have developed and deployed a new system that aims to identify suspicious behavior on free Wi-Fi kiosks in the nation and then automatically block related calls. According to a press release published on Friday by BT—the largest mobile network operator and…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz Apr 12 '19

Gravitational Wave Detectors Spot Two Potential Black Hole Collisions in a Week

Less than two weeks after the gravitational wave detectors turned back on, they’ve already seen evidence of two pairs of colliding black holes. Scientists are no longer hoping just to discover gravitational waves, the ripples through space first predicted by Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity. Since they first detected the waves in 2015, they’ve…

Physics & Chemistry Ryan F. Mandelbaum Apr 12 '19

A Brief Guide to Shazam‘s Surprising Mid-Credits Character

Like all modern superhero movies, getting the full effect of Warner Bros.’ Shazam requires that you sit through a few minutes of credits in order to see a scene featuring hints about things that might come to pass in future sequels or other films set in the shared universe. Interestingly, both of the Shazam scenes that…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Apr 12 '19

Homeless Man at Center of $400,000 GoFundMe Scam Sentenced

The man at the center of the bizarre GoFundMe campaign conspiracy, which grifted $400,000 out of armchair Good Samaritans, was sentenced on Friday to five years of probation. Johnny Bobbitt Jr. became famous overnight in October 2017, when Kate McClure started a GoFundMe campaign to raise money for him. McClure claimed that Bobbitt used his…

Crime Jennings Brown Apr 12 '19

American Museum of Natural History Event Honoring Brazil’s Rainforest-Hating President Sparks Uproar [UPDATED]

A museum dedicated to conserving nature and Brazil’s far right wing president intent on opening the Amazon rainforest to mining, logging, and fossil fuel exploration while kicking indigenous groups off their land may seem like odd bedfellows. And yet New York’s American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is slated to host an event next month…

Conservation Brian Kahn Apr 12 '19

Our First Impressions of Vader Immortal, the New Star Wars Story Told in VR—Plus the Trailer!

Darth Vader needs your help. But are you worthy? That’s the set up for Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series—Episode I, a new VR experience developed by ILMxLab for Oculus platforms telling a canon story set between Episodes III and IV. io9 got a chance to demo the product at Star Wars Celebration in…

Movies Germain Lussier Apr 12 '19

‘Big Brother is Watching’: Facebook Accidentally Left Hidden Jokes in Thousands of Oculus Controllers

Facebook—a company that is equally known for surveilling an enormous swath of people, and for accidentally exposing their data in one way or another—shipped “tens of thousands” of its Oculus Touch controllers with some fun hidden messages written inside them, like “Big Brother is Watching.” Haha. It’s a joke. About surveillance. From that book? And…

Social Media Avery Ellis Apr 12 '19

400-Year-Old Sacrificed Guinea Pigs Wearing Colorful Earrings and Necklaces Discovered in Peru

An intriguing new discovery in Peru shows ritually sacrificed guinea pigs were decorated with colorful earrings and necklaces by 16th-century Incas—a finding that comes as a complete surprise to archaeologists. New research published in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology describes an extraordinary discovery at the Tambo Viejo site in southern Peru. The Incas constructed several…

Human History George Dvorsky Apr 12 '19

Amazon Shareholders Set to Vote on a Proposal to Ban Sales of Facial Recognition Tech to Governments

Amazon shareholders will vote in May on a proposal to ban the sale of facial recognition technology to governments after beating an attempt by Amazon itself to quash the proposal before it got to a vote. Earlier this month, a group of prominent industry and academic AI researchers urged Amazon in an open letter to…

Commerce Patrick Howell O'Neill Apr 12 '19

MoviePass Cofounder Says the Unlimited Deal Was Only Supposed to Be a ‘Promotional Thing’

MoviePass thrived and nearly died by the $10 per month unlimited movie-viewing plan it introduced in 2017, and it’s not out of the woods yet. But the radical pricing plan that brought the company national recognition and millions of subscribers, then infamy and customer fury, was only supposed to be a temporary deal, according to…

Movies Jennings Brown Apr 12 '19

6 Great Hellboy Comics You Should…Probably Read Instead of Seeing Hellboy, Honestly

Good news! The Hellboy reboot is out today. Bad news! It’s apparently not great. Acceptable compromise news: If all the fuss got you interested in Big Red, then there’s plenty of great comics runs with the character that you can check out instead of making a disappointing trip to the movie theater. Here’s a few…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Apr 12 '19

One of the Amazon Workers Behind the Push to Get Jeff Bezos to Address Climate Change Speaks Out

Rebecca Sheppard is a 28-year-old senior product manager at Amazon. She’s been working for the Seattle tech giant for two and a half years. It’s a good job, in a field she likes. But this month, along with a couple dozen other employees, she has risked that stability to help to launch what the New…

Commerce Brian Merchant Apr 12 '19

As Death Toll Rises In Ebola Outbreak, WHO Declines to Declare Global Health Emergency

The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided not to declare a global health emergency in response to the Ebola outbreak that’s currently taking place in Africa, despite large numbers of people dying every day. The outbreak started in August of 2018 and is so far the second deadliest Ebola outbreak in history. As of today,…

Tech News Matt Novak Apr 12 '19

In the Jawdropping First Trailer For Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the End of a Saga Begins

The force has awoken. The last of the Jedi has relit the spark for a new generation beyond him. And now it’s time for the Skywalker Saga to come to a close with The Rise of Skywalker, 42 years after we first stepped into the galaxy far far away—and we finally have our first look…

Trailers James Whitbrook Apr 12 '19

Washington State Commits to Running Entirely on Clean Energy by 2045

If you’re depressed by the climate politics of Washington, D.C., may I suggest checking out the other Washington. On Thursday, the state legislature officially passed one of the most ambitious clean energy bills in the nation. Washington is now committed to making the state’s electricity supply carbon neutral by 2030 and 100 percent carbon-free by…

Climate Change Brian Kahn Apr 12 '19

Apple News+ Is a Total Mess

It’s been three weeks since Apple announced News+, an ambitious service that offers hundreds of magazines and a handful of newspaper subscriptions for $10 a month. This is the first of two major new paid services Apple plans to launch this year, as part of a major effort to revitalize its business in the face…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Apr 12 '19

6,000 Amazon Employees, Including a VP and Directors, Are Now Calling on Jeff Bezos to Stop Automating Oil Extraction

On Monday, a group of Amazon employees began circulating an open letter that calls on CEO Jeff Bezos and the board of directors to adopt a companywide plan to address climate change. By Wednesday, over 3,500 Amazoners had signed on. By Friday, that number had surpassed 6,000—meaning a number equivalent to about 1/10th of the…

Commerce Brian Merchant Apr 12 '19

io9’s Star Wars Celebration Chicago Liveblog Is Right Here [Updated]

We’ve finally made the long-awaited journey to that galaxy far, far away, to learn everything we can about the past, present, and future of Star Wars. This year’s Star Wars Celebration in Chicago is now at hand, and we’re expecting to finally learn the title of Episode IX (and maybe even get a trailer!). Watch…

Movies Beth Elderkin Apr 12 '19

So Long, Quiz Daddy—HQ Trivia Replaces Scott Rogowsky

Meet the Wild Creatures That Roamed Ancient Texas

Public Wi-Fi Kiosks in the UK Are Turning Into Public Censorship Machines

Gravitational Wave Detectors Spot Two Potential Black Hole Collisions in a Week

A Brief Guide to Shazam‘s Surprising Mid-Credits Character

Homeless Man at Center of $400,000 GoFundMe Scam Sentenced

American Museum of Natural History Event Honoring Brazil’s Rainforest-Hating President Sparks Uproar [UPDATED]

Our First Impressions of Vader Immortal, the New Star Wars Story Told in VR—Plus the Trailer!

‘Big Brother is Watching’: Facebook Accidentally Left Hidden Jokes in Thousands of Oculus Controllers

400-Year-Old Sacrificed Guinea Pigs Wearing Colorful Earrings and Necklaces Discovered in Peru

Amazon Shareholders Set to Vote on a Proposal to Ban Sales of Facial Recognition Tech to Governments

MoviePass Cofounder Says the Unlimited Deal Was Only Supposed to Be a ‘Promotional Thing’

6 Great Hellboy Comics You Should…Probably Read Instead of Seeing Hellboy, Honestly

One of the Amazon Workers Behind the Push to Get Jeff Bezos to Address Climate Change Speaks Out

As Death Toll Rises In Ebola Outbreak, WHO Declines to Declare Global Health Emergency

In the Jawdropping First Trailer For Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the End of a Saga Begins

Washington State Commits to Running Entirely on Clean Energy by 2045

Apple News+ Is a Total Mess

6,000 Amazon Employees, Including a VP and Directors, Are Now Calling on Jeff Bezos to Stop Automating Oil Extraction

io9’s Star Wars Celebration Chicago Liveblog Is Right Here [Updated]

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