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Dyson’s New Electric Car Manufacturing Plant in Singapore Scheduled to Open in 2021

Dyson is best known as a company that makes high-end vacuum cleaners, but it’s looking to cars for the future. The company announced back in September of 2017 that it was planning to get into the electric car business, and today Dyson gave the world a peek at how it’s going to make that happen…

Transportation Matt Novak

iPhone XR Review: Affordability Done Right

Apple does not typically do budget devices, but as they go, the iPhone XR comes pretty close. While hardly cheap (a budget phone should be under $400, not $750!), it represents a calculated attempt at creating a more affordable device that isn’t a tremendous compromise. Something powerful enough that you can enjoy the perks of…

Smartphones Alex Cranz

Bomb Squad Detonates Suspected Explosive Device Placed in George Soros’ Mailbox

Staff discovered what appeared to be an explosive device in a mailbox at the Westchester County, New York home of billionaire George Soros on Monday, the New York Times reported, with a police bomb squad later destroying the device. According to the Times, law enforcement officials confirmed that the suspected bomb had not detonated on…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay

Amazon, Super Micro Join Apple in Demanding Retraction of Bloomberg Story on Hacked Server Boards

A report earlier this month from Bloomberg Businessweek alleging 17 unnamed sources had confirmed Chinese spies infiltrated the supply chain of microchip manufacturer Super Micro, installing tiny espionage chips that allowed them to wiretap systems belonging to almost 30 U.S. companies, has earned denials from Homeland Security, Apple, and Amazon. Now executives from Super Micro…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay

Report: One of Mohammed bin Salman’s Top Advisers Ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s Death Via Skype

The Saudis have admitted Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist in self-imposed exile and frequent critic of Saudi Arabia’s heir to the throne Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed after entering their consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. They’ve insisted Khashoggi’s death happened by accident during a struggle with over a dozen Saudi officials positioned…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay

Get in the Halloween Spirit With The Nightmare Before Christmas Theme Played on Spooky Decorations

It’s the perfect time of year to curl up with your favorite festive films as the holidays arrive, staring with Halloween. What’s your favorite spooky flick? A classic horror movie, or something lighter? Leslie Wai clearly has an infinity for the latter, as he’s created a wonderful tribute to Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas…

io9 Andrew Liszewski

Netflix Renews Disenchantment for Another 2-Part Season

The kingdom of Dreamland will remain open. Netflix has announced that Matt Groening’s fantasy series Disenchantment has been renewed for another 20-episode season, which means we’ll be getting new episodes through at least 2021. As revealed on Twitter, Netflix has given Disenchantment another season. But that renewal actually guarantees two more years of the series.…

io9 Beth Elderkin

LeBron James Could Be Responsible for the Resurrection of Jason Voorhees

The next time Jason Voorhees rises from the grave, it might be because of basketball superstar LeBron James. Since moving to the Los Angeles Lakers, James and his SpringHill Entertainment company have been getting their hands on a lot of movie and TV projects. The most famous of course is Space Jam 2, but there…

Movies Germain Lussier

Gotham’s Version of Bane Looks Like a Mortal Kombat Character Puked Up a Terminator

One of the most intriguing additions coming to the fifth and final season of Gotham is Batman’s longtime comic book nemesis, Bane. Well, the first look at the character has now been officially revealed, and what can we say? It’s a choice. Here’s the image of Bane, played by Shane West, thanks to Entertainment Weekly.…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier

Oh My God, Supergirl’s Agent Liberty Is Just Trump

Just to be clear, before we get into a pretty spoilery rundown of what happened on Supergirl last night, Agent Liberty—who we know to be played by the very chiseled Sam Witwer—did not whip off his goofy bronze mask to show the even more bronzed visage of the 45th President of the United States. Please…

Books & Comics Alex Cranz

4 Things We Liked (and 4 We Didn’t) About Daredevil‘s Third Season

Daredevil made its grand return this past weekend, setting up a fallen Matt Murdock against his grand nemesis from the first season, the Kingpin

Television James Whitbrook

This Weirdly Geometric Iceberg Is Freaking Us Out

Well here’s something you don’t see everyday: an iceberg so unbelievably geometric in shape you’d think it was deliberately carved with a gigantic chainsaw. Scientists have documented this sort of thing before, but this latest ‘berg, which recently split from Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf, happens to be a rather extraordinary example. What you’re looking…

Earth Science George Dvorsky

Oculus Co-Founder’s Departure Could Mean Bad Things for Facebook VR

Facebook made a splashy entrance into VR when it purchased fledgling startup Oculus back in 2014 for $2.3 billion. However, even after putting out the first consumer-ready Oculus Rift in 2016, which was followed up by this year’s Oculus Go and the upcoming Oculus Quest, today’s departure of Oculus co-f0under and former CEO Brendan Iribe…

Social Media Sam Rutherford

Wonder Woman 1984 Has Been Pushed Back 7 Months

When you woke up Monday morning, the release of Wonder Woman 1984 was just about a year away. Now it’s much longer than that. Gal Gadot herself took to Instagram to reveal that the Patty Jenkins-directed film, originally scheduled for release November 1, 2019, will now be out on June 5, 2020. To answer your…

Movies Germain Lussier

Saudi Arabian Conference Website Apparently Hacked to Highlight Murdered Journalist

A day ahead of Saudi Arabia’s controversial “Davos in the Desert” investment conference, it appears its website has been vandalized by hackers. The conference has been the topic of intense debate as high-profile attendees have dropped out following the scandal surrounding the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The website for the Foreign Investment Initiative (FII)…

Tech News Rhett Jones

Let’s Talk About the Ending of the New Halloween

The new Halloween was a big success this weekend, grossing an estimated $77.5 million over its first weekend. It’s the 11th film in the Halloween franchise, but only the second in the story it’s telling, and that story has an explosive ending that we’re excited to dissect now that the film is out. So at…

Movies Germain Lussier

Solo Helped Give Star Wars Resistance a Little Extra Drama This Week

If “Fuel for the Fire,” the most recent episode of Star Wars Resistance, felt oddly familiar, that’s completely natural. It contained an intriguing connection to Solo: A Star Wars Story. First of all, the episode featured Elijah Wood’s debut in the Star Wars saga as Rucklin, a mysterious pilot on the Colossus who, at one…

io9 Germain Lussier

Some Supplements Are Full Of Untested, Experimental Stimulants, Study Finds

Doctors have criticized the Food and Drug Administration recently for its inaction on supplements that contain potentially dangerous prescription drug ingredients. But new research published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests the FDA’s track record is even worse than that. The agency doesn’t seem great at removing supplements that have experimental and untested drugs from…

Health Ed Cara

Austin Issues Unprecedented Boil-Water Order in Wake of Extreme Flooding

Rain has been messing with central Texas. And in an effort to make sure it doesn’t mess with residents’ guts, Austin issued an order for the entire city to boil its water on Monday. The city didn’t say when it expects the ban to end, and that coupled with the unprecedented nature of the city-wide…

Climate Change Brian Kahn

Demand for Chocolate Labs Is Making Them Sick and Prone to Early Death

New research shows that chocolate Labrador retrievers are more likely to experience health problems and die younger compared to their black and yellow canine compatriots. A likely reason, say scientists, is a tightening genetic bottleneck caused by consumer demand. Chocolate-colored Labrador retrievers have a 10 percent shorter lifespan than black or yellow Labradors, according to…

Biology George Dvorsky

Dyson’s New Electric Car Manufacturing Plant in Singapore Scheduled to Open in 2021

iPhone XR Review: Affordability Done Right

Bomb Squad Detonates Suspected Explosive Device Placed in George Soros’ Mailbox

Amazon, Super Micro Join Apple in Demanding Retraction of Bloomberg Story on Hacked Server Boards

Report: One of Mohammed bin Salman’s Top Advisers Ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s Death Via Skype

Get in the Halloween Spirit With The Nightmare Before Christmas Theme Played on Spooky Decorations

Netflix Renews Disenchantment for Another 2-Part Season

LeBron James Could Be Responsible for the Resurrection of Jason Voorhees

Gotham’s Version of Bane Looks Like a Mortal Kombat Character Puked Up a Terminator

Oh My God, Supergirl’s Agent Liberty Is Just Trump

4 Things We Liked (and 4 We Didn’t) About Daredevil‘s Third Season

This Weirdly Geometric Iceberg Is Freaking Us Out

Oculus Co-Founder’s Departure Could Mean Bad Things for Facebook VR

Wonder Woman 1984 Has Been Pushed Back 7 Months

Saudi Arabian Conference Website Apparently Hacked to Highlight Murdered Journalist

Let’s Talk About the Ending of the New Halloween

Solo Helped Give Star Wars Resistance a Little Extra Drama This Week

Some Supplements Are Full Of Untested, Experimental Stimulants, Study Finds

Austin Issues Unprecedented Boil-Water Order in Wake of Extreme Flooding

Demand for Chocolate Labs Is Making Them Sick and Prone to Early Death

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