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Fresh to Death Luke Skywalker Is Finally Tactile

I still get goosebumps when I think about it: the first time a fresh-from-the-barber Luke Skywalker showed up on Crait to save the Resistance in The Last Jedi. He looked great and he was ready to fight—and, of course, we eventually find out it’s all an illusion. In the pivotal scene, Luke Skywalker wasn’t real. He…

Toys & Collectibles Germain Lussier

Your First Look at The Mandalorian Is Here, Plus a List of Episode Directors

And there it is: Our first look at the star of the upcoming live-action Star Wars TV show, The Mandalorian. StarWars.com revealed the photo along with a list of directors for the show. They include Star Wars alum Dave Filoni, who’ll direct the first episode, as well as Deborah Chow (Jessica Jones), Rick Famuyiwa (Dope),…

io9 Germain Lussier

Draco Malfoy Goes to Space in the New Trailer for YouTube’s Origin

Upcoming YouTube series Origin has a very familiar premise. A group of people with diverse backgrounds decide to leave Earth to start fresh on another planet. When they’re mysteriously awakened from stasis before the long journey is complete, they realize most everyone is gone. And something is killing people. With shades of Alien, Battlestar Galactica, Passengers,…

Trailers Germain Lussier

From Black Panther to Jurassic Park, Here Are Some Amazing Limited Posters From New York Comic Con

New York Comic Con is upon us and, as usual, its aisles are filled with all kinds of nerdy merchandise and collectables. A few of our favorite poster producers are also there, and we’ve got just a handful of their offerings to share in case you can’t make it to NYC to check them out.…

Toys & Collectibles Germain Lussier

Young Justice‘s Return Spearheads Brian Michael Bendis’ Teen-Focused DC Imprint

The beloved Young Justice animated show isn’t the only thing making a comeback—the original teen team-up comic itself is making a return to shelves, headlining a new comics imprint curated by Brian Michael Bendis. Announced today at New York Comic Con, Young Justice will spearhead Bendis’ new teen-focused DC imprint, called Wonder Comics, telling all-new,…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Apple and Amazon Call Bullshit on Chinese Spy Microchip Report [Update]

Hours after Bloomberg Businessweek claimed Apple and Amazon were two among many victims of an extreme Chinese espionage operation, the two companies have fired back with lengthy statements repeatedly denying Bloomberg’s report and calling the reporting itself into question Bloomberg’s report is terrifying and suggests that Apple and Amazon, the United States’ wealthiest two corporations,…

Privacy & Security Alex Cranz

Elon, It’s Time to Log Off

And no more screen time until you finish your homework.

Tech News Avery Ellis

Grayskull’s Honor Has a New Champion in the Dazzling First Trailer for She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

So far, all we’ve really glimpsed of Netflix and Dreamworks’ upcoming She-Ra reboot is Adora powering up as the titular heroine. Now, we’ve finally got a better look at not just Adora, but also her fellow princesses in action. The new She-Ra series will open with the young Adora as an orphan, raised by Hordak’s…

Trailers James Whitbrook

Why Small Towns Have More Intense Surges of Flu

Whether you live in a huge metropolis or quiet small town, you’re not safe from the flu and you need to get your damn flu shot. But different U.S. cities do experience the flu differently. In the wake of the most devastating flu season seen in decades this past winter, a new study seems to…

Health Ed Cara

Facebook Glitch Stopped Some Users With Lots of Posts From Deleting Their Accounts

For some Facebook users who posted a lot but decided they wanted to post no more, it appears a glitch prevented them from freeing themselves from the platform. According to a new report, there was a bug that inhibited users who had “a large number of posts” from deleting their Facebook accounts. VentureBeat reports that…

Social Media Melanie Ehrenkranz

Congress Is Giving Feds the OK to Shoot Down Drones

Law enforcement could soon be able to shoot down citizen drones, thanks to a new bill that will likely be signed into law by Donald Trump within days. The U.S. Senate approved the FAA Reauthorization Act on Wednesday. The bill includes new regulations for airports and airplanes, many of which relate to passenger safety—like one…

Tech Policy Jennings Brown

Postal Apocalypse: Is Batman Depressed?

This week’s Postal Apocalypse has some of my favorite questions ever, so let me go ahead and dump my metaphorical mailbag on the metaphorical floor so a genuinely fake but otherwise metaphorical mailman can really read some real letters. This week: Why X-wings actually aren’t called X-wings, what would have happened if Thanos had snapped…

io9 Rob Bricken

Chris Evans Sure Makes It Sound Like He’s Done With Captain America

It’s no secret that Chris Evans is almost certainly done with playing Captain America after Avengers 4. The topic has been discussed ad nauseam for a while now. Today, though, Evans announced he’s done filming Avengers 4—and made it sound very definitive that it was the last time he’d hoist the shield. Here’s Evans’ tweet.…

Movies Germain Lussier

Scathing Report Accuses the Pentagon of Developing an Agricultural Bioweapon

A new technology in which insects are used to genetically modify crops could be converted into a dangerous, and possibly illegal, bioweapon, alleges a Science Policy Forum report released today. Naturally, the organization leading the research says it’s doing nothing of the sort. The report is a response to a ongoing research program funded by…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Here’s Your First Look at Krypton‘s Take on Lobo

The Main Man is here, and he’s looking…well, he’s certainly looking like a rough and ready take on DC’s wisecracking interstellar bounty hunter. Yesterday afternoon we learned that Syfy has cast Emmett J. Scanlan—already known to DC TV fans as the onetime Detective Corrigan on NBC’s Constantine show—as the galaxy’s favorite cosmic badass for the…

Television James Whitbrook

Cassini Grand Finale Reveals Saturn’s Rings Blast the Planet With Organic Rain

The Saturn-orbiting Cassini-Huygens spacecraft died fighting—in fact, it kept gathering data right up until its final plummet into the gas giant. The daring plunge revealed incredible new things about the charismatic planet—like organic ring rain. Scientists are now releasing a truckload of results from the probe’s Grand Finale, including six papers out today in the…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Thousands of North Carolina Students Are Still Missing School Weeks After Hurricane Florence

For some kids in North Carolina, the school year started only to be abruptly halted. Hurricane Florence tore through their communities three weeks ago, but the situation has yet to return to normal. Many schools remain closed due to a lack of access, as roads are impassable due to floodwaters or lingering damage. In some…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

Apple Watch Series 4 Review: A Giant Leap

No matter how skeptical we were from the very beginningthe Apple Watch is everywhere now. You see them on the wrists of all kinds of people—not just tech nerds. It is officially a thing. And as of the Series 3 last year, it was even a pretty good thing that you could buy without feeling…

Accessories & Wearables Alex Cranz

Archaeologists Find Oldest Example of Nutmeg-Spiced Food, Just in Time for Fall

Mmmm, nutmeg. It’s the spice that adds a certain something to pumpkin pies, custards, and hot cups of coffee. We love our nutmeg to an embarrassing degree, but as a recent archaeological discovery shows, its origins date back to a very different time—and far longer ago than we realized. Neolithic humans living on the Indonesian…

Human History George Dvorsky

Brilliant Brothers Butt Heads in This Excerpt From Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Mycroft and Sherlock

Some NBA legends become sports announcers. Other become movie stars. But only one has branched out into writing mystery novels starring Sherlock Holmes’ older brother. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s second book in this series, Mycroft and Sherlock, is out October 9, and we’ve got an exclusive sneak peek. Mycroft and Sherlock is the follow-up to 2015’s acclaimed…

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy

Fresh to Death Luke Skywalker Is Finally Tactile

Your First Look at The Mandalorian Is Here, Plus a List of Episode Directors

Draco Malfoy Goes to Space in the New Trailer for YouTube’s Origin

From Black Panther to Jurassic Park, Here Are Some Amazing Limited Posters From New York Comic Con

Young Justice‘s Return Spearheads Brian Michael Bendis’ Teen-Focused DC Imprint

Apple and Amazon Call Bullshit on Chinese Spy Microchip Report [Update]

Elon, It’s Time to Log Off

Grayskull’s Honor Has a New Champion in the Dazzling First Trailer for She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Why Small Towns Have More Intense Surges of Flu

Facebook Glitch Stopped Some Users With Lots of Posts From Deleting Their Accounts

Congress Is Giving Feds the OK to Shoot Down Drones

Postal Apocalypse: Is Batman Depressed?

Chris Evans Sure Makes It Sound Like He’s Done With Captain America

Scathing Report Accuses the Pentagon of Developing an Agricultural Bioweapon

Here’s Your First Look at Krypton‘s Take on Lobo

Cassini Grand Finale Reveals Saturn’s Rings Blast the Planet With Organic Rain

Thousands of North Carolina Students Are Still Missing School Weeks After Hurricane Florence

Apple Watch Series 4 Review: A Giant Leap

Archaeologists Find Oldest Example of Nutmeg-Spiced Food, Just in Time for Fall

Brilliant Brothers Butt Heads in This Excerpt From Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Mycroft and Sherlock

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