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DOJ Charges Chinese Companies With Stealing Trade Secrets from Micron

We’re finally getting some concrete movement in the confusing cold war between the Chinese and American tech worlds. On Thursday, the Justice Department unsealed charges against a Chinese state-owned company and its Taiwanese subsidiary that allege they stole intellectual property from U.S. chipmaker Micron. China has been accused of stealing trade secrets from companies in…

Tech News Rhett Jones

Winter Is Coming, So Here Are All the Best New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books Out This November

Halloween is over, and you’ve got a brief window of time before holiday-related activities take over all your free time. Now is the time to pounce on new books by George R.R. Martin (alas, not the one we’re all waiting for), M.R. Carey, and many others. Here’s our list of November releases to look out…

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy

Alex Jones Sued By Yet Another Parent of a Sandy Hook Shooting Victim

A wave of deplatforming efforts earlier this year did a great deal to deflate conspiracist and MAGA windbag Alex Jones of Inforwars infamy. But if there’s one thing he still excels at, it’s getting taken to court. This time the plaintiff is one Scarlett Lewis, the mother of a victim in 2012’s tragic Sandy Hook…

Tech News Avery Ellis

Showtime Is Bringing Back Penny Dreadful in a Whole New Time Period

Two years after Showtime shockingly cancelled Penny Dreadful, it’s bringing it back—but it’s going to be very different show than you remember. THR reports that Showtime and Penny Dreadful showrunner/creator John Logan are reuniting for Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, a new series set to begin production in 2019. Described as a “spiritual descendant” to…

io9 James Whitbrook

Palau Becomes First Nation to Ban Sunscreens That Harm Corals

Sunscreen is essential for any tropical trip. After all, no one’s trying to return home with red, burnt skin. Your favorite brand may soon be illegal, however, if you’re headed to Palau, a 500-island archipelago in the Pacific. Why? Because some sunscreens contain chemicals that are harmful to coral. On Thursday, the island nation passed…

Conservation Yessenia Funes

Self-Transforming Robot Takes Us a Step Closer to Actual Transformers

The path toward humanoid robots capable of transforming themselves into trucks, dinosaurs, and airplanes is now a bit shorter, thanks to the invention of a modular robot that can alter its physical form to match the needs of a situation. Introducing MSRR, a “modular self-reconfigurable robot” designed and built by researchers at Cornell University and…

Tech News George Dvorsky

The 12 Coolest Horror References We Spotted in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is a bewitching series based on a popular comic book, but it also pays homage to the horror genre as a whole. Here are a few of the best horror references we came across during the first season, as well as a few special Easter eggs from behind the scenes.…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Exclusive: Netflix’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Is Premiering Sooner Than You Think

This November, Netflix’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is set to retell the classic story of how Princess Adora discovers that she’s destined to become a legendary magical warrior. Surprisingly, though, it turns out that you won’t have to wait quite as long to get back to Planet Etheria. She-Ra and the Princesses of…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

Watch a Famous Supernova Change Over 25 Years

Perhaps the most important supernova of the modern era is SN 1987A, the closest supernova to Earth since the invention of the telescope. Scientists have been observing the explosion’s remnants since the 1987 event. Scientists led by University of Toronto graduate student Yvette Cendes have presented a new report showing the 25 years of radio…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Ewan McGregor Joins the DC Universe as Black Mask in Birds of Prey

We’re already insanely excited for DC’s upcoming Birds of Prey film, which stars Margot Robbie, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. And now that excitement increases with the casting of everyone’s favorite Jedi Master. That is, of course, Obi-Wan Kenobi himself, Mr. Ewan McGregor. According to The Wrap, and confirmed by io9, McGregor is in…

Movies Germain Lussier

Postal Apocalypse: Why Doesn’t George R.R. Martin Just Release Shorter Books?

JoHalloa, my friends, and also any foes who have nothing better to do! We’ve got a hell of a mailbag this week, so let’s get right to it: Is it worth returning to The Walking Dead if you rage-quit last season? Could Luke Cage and Iron Fist’s cancellations open the door for a Heroes for…

io9 Rob Bricken

Massive Google Walkout Over Sexual Misconduct Marks Tech’s ‘Time’s Up’ Moment

On Thursday, an estimated thousands of Google employees around the world walked out of their offices to protest the company’s mishandling of sexual harassment and assault cases, in what is likely the largest collective demonstration among technology workers. The walkouts started in Tokyo, with demonstrations also happening at offices in Singapore, Berlin, Zurich, Dublin, London,…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz

Vizio’s Fancy New TV Is a Hell of a Spectacle

Many people know Vizio as the cheap flatscreen TV they owned in college. And indeed, the company has always sold very decent displays for very low prices. That formula is evolving with the new P-Series Quantum. This $2,200 65-inch 4K LED TV is undoubtedly out of reach for most students. But, Vizio claims, the P-Series…

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Adam Clark Estes

How Robocall Spam and Cheap Tech Are Screwing With Political Polls

If you’re lucky, you’ll only receive a few spam calls this week. Billions of robocalls are made to cell phones and landlines every month. Many of these are spoofed to look like they’re coming from the target recipient’s area. So it’s no surprise we have collective trust issues preventing us from answering our phone when…

Politics Jennings Brown

Game of Thrones Will End With the Biggest Battle Ever Seen on Film or TV

Game of Thrones’ final season starts with an arrival long in the making and ends with a battle bigger than any ever seen in film or television. That’s according to new details revealed in Entertainment Weekly’s epic coverage of the highly anticipated and even more secretive final season of HBO’s award-winning hit show There are no…

io9 Germain Lussier

Hawaiian Supreme Court Okays Controversial Planned Telescope

The Hawaiian Supreme Court ruled that the Thirty Meter Telescope project can build on Mauna Kea, clearing the legal way for construction despite protests from the Native Hawaiian community. As we’ve reported, there’s been a bitter battle between the 180-foot-tall telescope’s backers and a group of Native Hawaiians. In 2014 and 2015, protesters blocked construction…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Basically Just Leaked the Trailer for Avengers 4

Well, Marvel did ask the world to name a more ambitious crossover event in history. It’s only fair that Nintendo replies. Nintendo just unveiled a ton of new information about the latest entry in its iconic crossover fighting game series, Super Smash Bros.. New characters, new modes, and a ton of other delights that you…

Games James Whitbrook

The House of the Future in 1945 Included a Rotisserie and Built-In Waffle Maker

“What’s tomorrow going to be like?” the opening of this 1945 newsreel asked. For many Americans who were watching, the answer was “a better life than my parents had.” World War II was winding down, the postwar boom was just around the corner, and planners were promising incredible things ahead—incredible things like affordable and efficient…

Tech News Matt Novak

Wyden Unveils Plan to Protect Private Data, Restore ‘Do Not Track,’ and Jail Reckless CEOs

By the time it was clear the fallout from the Equifax breach reached roughly three-fourths of adult Americans, Washington lawmakers were already tripping over themselves to churn out a law that they hoped would, in some future, analogous disaster, hold accountable the negligent hoarders of Americans’ personal, private data. By the time Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron

Sorry, But Your iPhone 5 Just Became Obsolete

Sometime in the flurry of news surrounding the new iPad Pro and the new MacBook Air, Apple quietly added the iPhone 5 to its list of “vintage and obsolete products” in the United States. There it sits, alongside the Apple III, the Newton MessagePad, and the first four generations of iPhone, as a thing that…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

DOJ Charges Chinese Companies With Stealing Trade Secrets from Micron

Winter Is Coming, So Here Are All the Best New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books Out This November

Alex Jones Sued By Yet Another Parent of a Sandy Hook Shooting Victim

Showtime Is Bringing Back Penny Dreadful in a Whole New Time Period

Palau Becomes First Nation to Ban Sunscreens That Harm Corals

Self-Transforming Robot Takes Us a Step Closer to Actual Transformers

The 12 Coolest Horror References We Spotted in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Exclusive: Netflix’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Is Premiering Sooner Than You Think

Watch a Famous Supernova Change Over 25 Years

Ewan McGregor Joins the DC Universe as Black Mask in Birds of Prey

Postal Apocalypse: Why Doesn’t George R.R. Martin Just Release Shorter Books?

Massive Google Walkout Over Sexual Misconduct Marks Tech’s ‘Time’s Up’ Moment

Vizio’s Fancy New TV Is a Hell of a Spectacle

How Robocall Spam and Cheap Tech Are Screwing With Political Polls

Game of Thrones Will End With the Biggest Battle Ever Seen on Film or TV

Hawaiian Supreme Court Okays Controversial Planned Telescope

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Basically Just Leaked the Trailer for Avengers 4

The House of the Future in 1945 Included a Rotisserie and Built-In Waffle Maker

Wyden Unveils Plan to Protect Private Data, Restore ‘Do Not Track,’ and Jail Reckless CEOs

Sorry, But Your iPhone 5 Just Became Obsolete

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