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PSA: You Can Now Read the Screenplay for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Online

One of the most interesting ways of exploring the craft of a film is to read the screenplay. A good screenplay is a blueprint for the film based on it: it tells you so much of what you need to know, lets you visualize the building without actually fully encompassing it. It lets you understand…

Movies Julie Muncy Dec 29 '18

One of the Best Emulator Front-Ends May Be Coming to Xbox One, With No Jailbreak Required

The developers of RetroArch, an all-in-one emulation front-end that allows users to download emulator “cores” for a huge number of older consoles and which recently came to the Nintendo Switch, say it is coming to the Xbox One—and unlike other consoles, users might not need to risk jailbreaking their systems to set it up. The…

Games Tom McKay Dec 29 '18

Government Shutdown Could Also Impact the FTC’s Facebook Investigation: Report

The partial government shutdown now certain to stretch through into the new year will have sweeping effects, from stalling important scientific research to vast economic impacts. But according to the Washington Post, the partial shutdown could also affect an ongoing investigation by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) into social media giant Facebook in the…

Social Media Catie Keck Dec 29 '18

Aquaman Has Already Made More Globally Than Justice League‘s Entire Run

You know that cliche about how no one is impressed with Aquaman? Well, it might be time to retire it, because people apparently love Aquaman. This week, Jason Momoa and James Wan’s Aquaman film passed a hell of a super milestone this week, passing the global total of Justice League at the box office. In…

Movies Julie Muncy Dec 29 '18

Marvel’s Official Website Adds an Interesting Wrinkle to Loki’s On-Screen Character Arc

Loveable, wonderful baby brother Loki. How bad a guy were you, really? Maybe not quite as bad as we thought, according to Marvel itself. Some eagle-eyed fans have spotted something interesting, on the official Marvel website: an interesting update to Loki’s on-screen bio that confirms a notable fan theory and, in the process, makes Loki…

Movies Julie Muncy Dec 29 '18

Tesla Names Two New Directors to Board as Part of SEC Settlement With Elon Musk

Tesla announced two new additions to its board on Friday: Kellogg alum Kathleen Wilson-Thompson and Oracle co-founder and CTO Larry Ellison, who has described himself as a close pal of Elon Musk. The two join the board as part of the settlement Tesla and Musk reached with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over…

Tech News Catie Keck Dec 29 '18

FTC Warns of Sketchy Netflix Phishing Scam Asking for Payment Details

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission tweeted Friday that consumers should be on the lookout for a phishing scam disguised as a routine email from streaming giant Netflix that appears to have been making the rounds for months. FTC Consumer Education Specialist Colleen Tressler surfaced the scam in a blog post on Wednesday with a screenshot…

Tech News Catie Keck Dec 28 '18

Mark Zuckerberg: Everything Is Fine, Actually

Mark Zuckerberg appears to be taking the “this is fine” route on the way out of what was arguably the worst year in his company’s decade-plus history. In a lengthy year-in-review post on Facebook, Zuckerberg began by writing that his “personal challenge has been to focus on addressing some of the most important issues facing…

Social Media Catie Keck Dec 28 '18

Report to the Bridge for Your Crash Course in The Orville Ahead of the Season 2 Premiere

It’s been over a year since the first-season finale of The Orville, and while the sci-fi comedy doesn’t require a lot of backstory to enjoy, we still thought it’d be worth whipping together a primer so you can hit the ground running (and catch onto any inside jokes) ahead of Sunday’s season two premiere. What…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Dec 28 '18

Twitter Hackers Hijack New Accounts After Company Claims It Fixed Bug

Twitter is claiming to have resolved a bug that allowed a group of London-based security researchers to post unauthorized tweets to the accounts of British celebrities and journalists. But the hackers who initially disclosed the vulnerability says that’s rubbish. A Twitter spokesperson told reporters on Friday that it had “resolved a bug that allowed certain…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron Dec 28 '18

Google is Reportedly Rolling Out a Feature to Fight Spam in Your Texts

Everyone hates spam texts, but only some Android users are reporting they’re seeing alerts about a new spam protection feature from Google in their Messages app. According to Android Police, the update seems to be a limited rollout as it isn’t live on every single device yet. Those who do have the feature report seeing…

Tech News Victoria Song Dec 28 '18

Bad Plumbing Helped Cause a Strange Outbreak of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria at a Maryland Hospital

In 2016, a mysterious illness spread inside the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center, the U.S. government’s most prominent research hospital, in Bethesda, Maryland. Patients were somehow being sickened by an antibiotic-resistant strain of bacteria that practically never causes disease in humans. Two years later, a new study seems to finally have confirmed where this…

Health Ed Cara Dec 28 '18

Report: Scientists in China Are Losing Track of Gene-Edited CRISPR Patients

Gene therapies are very much at their preliminary stages of development, so it would make sense to keep tabs on patients whose DNA has been modified via the innovative CRISPR technique. For some scientists in China, however, this is apparently not a priority. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that an undisclosed number of Chinese…

Biology George Dvorsky Dec 28 '18

Director Sophia Takal Talks Blumhouse and Her Episode of Hulu’s Horror Anthology Into the Dark

The Hulu-Blumhouse holiday horror anthology series Into the Dark returns today with a new episode in honor of New Year’s Eve, a searing takedown of social media, toxic friendships, and wellness culture titled “New Year, New You.” It’s a suspenseful entry with an all-female cast, directed by Sophia Takal. Those who’ve been following Blumhouse news…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Dec 28 '18

‘Not the Leadership This Moment Calls For’: Progressives Blast Nancy Pelosi’s New ‘Climate Crisis’ Committee

In one of the clearest signs yet that House Democrats might try doing something, anything at all, about climate change come January, incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Friday that Congress would be establishing a new “Climate Crisis” committee, to be chaired by Florida Representative Kathy Castor. “This committee will be critical to the entire Congress’s…

Climate Change Maddie Stone Dec 28 '18

That New Black Mirror Interactive Film From Netflix Doesn’t Work on Apple TV

If you were were hoping to enjoy that new Black Mirror movie Bandersnatch on your fancy Apple TV, then apologies. You can’t. First reported by MacRumors, we’ve confirmed that attempting to watch the interactive flick on an Apple TV (we tested it with the newer, 4k version) results in a supercut of Black Mirror characters…

Tech News Alex Cranz Dec 28 '18

Runaways‘ Creators Discuss the Team’s Evolution and the Importance of Found Families

The teen heroes of Hulu’s Runaways spent an entire season working up the nerve to put their money where the show’s mouth is and actually run away. But the time that was put into actually fleshing out their characters was something the show’s co-creators Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage wanted to take in order to…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Dec 28 '18

Trump’s EPA Wants to Prove That Limiting Toxic Mercury Emissions Is a Giant Waste of Money

The Environmental Protection Agency will continue to regulate mercury spewing out of coal-fired power plants, but it’s proposed to revise the legal finding that supports that regulation in the first place, according to an announcement it released Friday. Whispers that the EPA began might roll back the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), which former…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Dec 28 '18

Dozens of Stranded Sea Turtles Rescued After Indonesian Tsunami

Volunteer rescuers working on beaches along Sundra Strait have rescued more than 30 stranded sea turtles, following the Indonesian tsunami that has killed hundreds of people, the Guardian reports. On December 22, Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau island volcano triggered a massive landslide, generating a tsunami that killed at least 430 people. With nearly 160 people still…

Biology George Dvorsky Dec 28 '18

How Hawaii’s Volcanoes Could Help Us Find Life on Saturn’s Icy Moon

Kilauea’s historically huge 2018 eruption didn’t just transform the southeastern corner of Hawaii’s Big Island. Most of the lava wound up spilling into the ocean, creating an enormous new undersea delta that hardy ocean microbes are already colonizing. That finding, along with the broader exploratory campaign that made it possible, might inform the search for…

Earth Science Maddie Stone Dec 28 '18

PSA: You Can Now Read the Screenplay for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Online

One of the Best Emulator Front-Ends May Be Coming to Xbox One, With No Jailbreak Required

Government Shutdown Could Also Impact the FTC’s Facebook Investigation: Report

Aquaman Has Already Made More Globally Than Justice League‘s Entire Run

Marvel’s Official Website Adds an Interesting Wrinkle to Loki’s On-Screen Character Arc

Tesla Names Two New Directors to Board as Part of SEC Settlement With Elon Musk

FTC Warns of Sketchy Netflix Phishing Scam Asking for Payment Details

Mark Zuckerberg: Everything Is Fine, Actually

Report to the Bridge for Your Crash Course in The Orville Ahead of the Season 2 Premiere

Twitter Hackers Hijack New Accounts After Company Claims It Fixed Bug

Google is Reportedly Rolling Out a Feature to Fight Spam in Your Texts

Bad Plumbing Helped Cause a Strange Outbreak of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria at a Maryland Hospital

Report: Scientists in China Are Losing Track of Gene-Edited CRISPR Patients

Director Sophia Takal Talks Blumhouse and Her Episode of Hulu’s Horror Anthology Into the Dark

‘Not the Leadership This Moment Calls For’: Progressives Blast Nancy Pelosi’s New ‘Climate Crisis’ Committee

That New Black Mirror Interactive Film From Netflix Doesn’t Work on Apple TV

Runaways‘ Creators Discuss the Team’s Evolution and the Importance of Found Families

Trump’s EPA Wants to Prove That Limiting Toxic Mercury Emissions Is a Giant Waste of Money

Dozens of Stranded Sea Turtles Rescued After Indonesian Tsunami

How Hawaii’s Volcanoes Could Help Us Find Life on Saturn’s Icy Moon

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