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Another Tiny Slice of Doctor Who‘s Missing History Will Get an Animated Revival

So much of Doctor Who’s early past is lost to time—not in the romantic, time-travel sense, but in that old BBC archival policies meant that the original records of the earliest years of Who in the ‘60s were wiped, leaving nearly 100 episodes seemingly gone forever. But one tiny slice of vintage Who is getting…

io9 James Whitbrook

This Animated Video Explains the X-Men’s Entire Convoluted Dark Phoenix Saga in 3 Minutes

Marvel’s X-Men comics are certainly beloved, but it can be difficult to go back and read up on the publisher’s back catalog because so many of the series’ plot lines are ridiculously convoluted. Take, for example, the Dark Phoenix Saga that forever changed the X-Men and made Jean Grey one of the most controversial characters…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

FCC Tells Phone Companies to Figure Out a Way to Stop the Damn Robocalls by Next Year or Else

The United States Federal Communications Commission is calling upon the top telephone and wireless service providers to create a system to hinder the plague of illegal robocalls that is driving the majority of Americans bonkers. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai wrote a letter Monday to the telecommunications chief executives, demanding they provide a response by November…

Tech News Jennings Brown

Scientists Weighed the Earth Using Ghostly Particles From Space

Scientists have to use some roundabout methods to weigh the Earth and measure what’s inside it—typically, they’ve used sound waves and the strength of gravity to make their calculations. But one team has weighed the Earth in a whole new way: by measuring mysterious cosmic particles that pass through it. A team of Spanish researchers…

Physics & Chemistry Ryan F. Mandelbaum

The Startup That’s Trying to Make It Easier to Figure Out What the Hell You’re Actually Voting On

If you think things are messed up right now, you’re not alone: For years, polls have shown that trust in U.S. political institutions is either at rock-bottom levels or damn near close to it. And while elections are supposed to be the way Americans can push through actual, sustainable change, a lagging voting infrastructure has…

Politics Tom McKay

The Charmed Reboot Makes Its Biggest, and Darkest, Departure Yet

If you thought the Elders were ass faces on the original Charmed, oh boy, are you in for a treat. The latest episode of CW’s Charmed reboot introduced the Elders, a council of advisors that oversees the work of the Charmed Ones. And while the original Elders were kind of selfish and dumb, these new…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Washington Voters Could Pass a Historic Carbon Tax on Tuesday

Washington voters have an opportunity to make a world-changing decision on Tuesday. They could become the first voters anywhere on Earth to impose a carbon fee on polluting industries. Initiative 1631 comes at a time when it’s never been clearer that our window to limit global warming to safe levels is closing. And the dynamics…

Earther Brian Kahn

Check Out This Cool Concept Art of the Wasp in Captain America: Civil War

After teasing her arrival at the end of Ant-Man, Marvel Studios flirted with the idea of introducing the Wasp in Captain America: Civil War. Ultimately, though, it didn’t, deciding the character was too important to debut as just one of a dozen other superheroes. Instead, the Wasp (played by Evangeline Lilly) finally debuted in this year’s…

Movies Germain Lussier

Don’t Cross Revamped AirPods Off Your Holiday Wish List Just Yet

When Apple failed to provide any updates on AirPods during its most recent launch event, it seemed like fans of the ubiquitous wireless earbuds would be forced to wait until 2019 for a new model. However, based on newly granted Bluetooth SIG certifications discovered by MySmartPrice.com, it seems there’s still a chance that new AirPods…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

Amazon Starts Hiring Its Own Drivers for the Holiday Season

As the latest part of Amazon’s campaign against UPS, FedEx, and USPS, the company has been staffing up its own internal shipping service, a spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider today. The job listings for “Seasonal Delivery Associates” began appearing a few weeks back, promising between $15.50 and $17.25 an hour for “shifts up to 12…

Commerce Avery Ellis

How to Get Free and Discounted Rides to the Polls on Election Day

Have you registered to vote? Good. Now all you need to do is get to the polls on Tuesday, November 6. Thankfully, over 50 cities around the country are making that easy with free bus rides. And some private companies, like Lyft and Uber, are offering discounted rides to your polling station. Uber and Lyft…

Tech News Matt Novak

The PG-13 Deadpool 2 Has a Title, Release Schedule, and Charity Component

Concrete details on the mysterious PG-13 re-release of Deadpool 2 are finally here. It’s now officially called Once Upon a Deadpool, will be in theaters only from December 12 through 24, and $1 of each ticket sold will go to the charity Fuck Cancer, renamed “Fudge Cancer” to keep the PG-13 going. Deadline broke the…

Movies Germain Lussier

Facebook Banned That Racist Trump Ad

Don’t freak out, but the Trump campaign made a super racist television ad and successfully showed it to millions of people. Facebook just banned it, following similar bans from NBC and Fox News. (Fox News!) Election day is Tuesday. The ad in question deals with the so-called caravan of Central American refugees seeking asylum. It…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Google Chrome Will Soon Nuke Ads On Extra-Shitty Websites

Google’s Chrome browser is making further changes to eliminate annoying or malicious ad practices and punish the bottom lines of sites that use them. Early in 2017, Google’s long-term plans to clean up advertising online first began trickling out. We’ve seen the browser mute videos that autoplay with sound and incorporate some ad-blocking features to…

Tech News Rhett Jones

The Doom Patrol’s Titans Debut Promises Horrifying Things for Their Upcoming Series

Even though DC Universe’s Titans is primarily an origin story about the series’ titular outcasts, it’s also a jumping off point for the Doom Patrol, another group of superpowered social misfits, who are the stars of yet another upcoming live-action show. Last week’s episode of Titans gave us our first look at the Chief’s team…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

What We Know About the Rise and Fall of Star Wars‘ New Republic

Although it’s now been years since Disney wiped the canonical Star Wars slate clean, one of its most fascinating periods—the time between the events of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens—is still mostly left uncovered. But one section of it in particular is still fascinating: the New Republic itself as an organization. The…

Movies James Whitbrook

Scientists Made a Remote-Control Dog Using Its Love of Chasing Things

Point the red dot of a laser anywhere near a dog, and they’ll obsessively chase and stalk it for hours. So researchers at Tohoku University took that idea one step further, creating a wearable vest covered in flashlights that create targeted dots of light to direct a pup’s movements—essentially creating a remote control dog without…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Walking Dead Teaser Reveals the Long-Awaited Arrival of the Whisperers

“Wheeeeeeere aaaaaaare theeeeeeey?” With those three words, the Whisperers have finally come to The Walking Dead. A new look at the next three episodes not only shows us life post-Rick, but also gives us our first glimpse of the villains fans have been waiting years to see. It turns out that losing the main character…

io9 Beth Elderkin

NASA Hopes for Martian Wind as It Extends Efforts to Reach Opportunity Rover

Five months have passed since scientists last heard from the Opportunity rover, which went into hibernation mode after planet-wide dust storm dimmed the Martian skies. But it appears that NASA has no plans to curtail its search for the rover, at least “for the foreseeable future,” according to a release. The rover hunt is a…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Mining Bitcoin Can Be More of an Energy Drain Than Actual Mining

Cryptocurrency and precious metals share some similarities. Libertarians love them. Their values are social constructs. They’re mined. And accomplishing said mining takes a ton of energy. But a new study published on Monday in Nature Sustainability shows that crypto mining is a far more energy-intensive process than the mining of its shiny counterparts. Researchers have…

Climate Change Brian Kahn

Another Tiny Slice of Doctor Who‘s Missing History Will Get an Animated Revival

This Animated Video Explains the X-Men’s Entire Convoluted Dark Phoenix Saga in 3 Minutes

FCC Tells Phone Companies to Figure Out a Way to Stop the Damn Robocalls by Next Year or Else

Scientists Weighed the Earth Using Ghostly Particles From Space

The Startup That’s Trying to Make It Easier to Figure Out What the Hell You’re Actually Voting On

The Charmed Reboot Makes Its Biggest, and Darkest, Departure Yet

Washington Voters Could Pass a Historic Carbon Tax on Tuesday

Check Out This Cool Concept Art of the Wasp in Captain America: Civil War

Don’t Cross Revamped AirPods Off Your Holiday Wish List Just Yet

Amazon Starts Hiring Its Own Drivers for the Holiday Season

How to Get Free and Discounted Rides to the Polls on Election Day

The PG-13 Deadpool 2 Has a Title, Release Schedule, and Charity Component

Facebook Banned That Racist Trump Ad

Google Chrome Will Soon Nuke Ads On Extra-Shitty Websites

The Doom Patrol’s Titans Debut Promises Horrifying Things for Their Upcoming Series

What We Know About the Rise and Fall of Star Wars‘ New Republic

Scientists Made a Remote-Control Dog Using Its Love of Chasing Things

The Walking Dead Teaser Reveals the Long-Awaited Arrival of the Whisperers

NASA Hopes for Martian Wind as It Extends Efforts to Reach Opportunity Rover

Mining Bitcoin Can Be More of an Energy Drain Than Actual Mining

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