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Samsung’s Latest Tablet Is Trying to Out Pro the iPad

Tablets are in a tough spot nowadays. Do you go cheap and just push out something that’s essentially a big phone, or do you up the price and go for extra functionality like stylus and keyboard support? Over the past few years, Samsung has tried to make the most of Android by making tablets that…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Aug 1 '18

Lego Batman, Superman, and Emmet Star in the Best Airplane Safety Video You’ve Ever Seen

In the escalating arms race that is entertaining airline safety videos, Turkish Airlines has just dropped the equivalent of the atomic bomb on its competitors. Its new in-flight video features characters from The Lego Movie inside a fantastically detailed Lego airplane. It’s…awesome. Not only would I be more inclined to pay attention to a safety…

Movies Andrew Liszewski Aug 1 '18

Tribal Members Are Already Scrutinizing Keystone XL Environmental Review

Construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline is set to begin in 2019, but before then, the public has a chance to comment on the new environmental assessment that the State Department released Monday. And so far, some tribal members and groups aren’t loving its conclusion that the pipeline would have minimal impacts on land, groundwater,…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Aug 1 '18

This Guy Figured Out How to Turn an Old Kindle Into the Perfect Clock for Book Nerds

If that drawer full of neglected, outdated gadgets in your desk happens to include a Kindle, Jaap Meijers has come up with a clever way to put it back into service. His girlfriend, an avid reader and English literature teacher, wanted a clock for their living room, so Meijers hacked an older model Kindle to…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 1 '18

Sarah Connor Makes the Most Badass Return in the First Official Image From Terminator

Linda Hamilton with shades and a goddamn shotgun is an aesthetic. Tim Miller’s Terminator continuation has dropped its first official picture, and although we’ve seen glimpses of filming recently, it’s nice to be formally introduced to the proper return of Linda Hamilton’s legendary action heroine. Hamilton is joined by Natalia Reyes, who appears to be…

Movies James Whitbrook Aug 1 '18

Here’s What Earth’s Shadow Actually Looks Like

The 21st century’s longest lunar eclipse has passed, eclipse doomsday fever has subsided, and all that’s left are the memories and pictures, which you can find everywhere online. But one image really stood out to us—not because of the way the Moon looked, but because of how it made the Earth look. Australian amateur astronomer…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum Aug 1 '18

It’s Time for Even More Joker Casting Rumors

Could DC be making an animated Super-Pets film? Alex Kurtzman teases Star Trek: Discovery’s take on a younger Spock. Get a look at some of the returning rangers for Power Rangers’ 25th anniversary episode. Plus, what’s to come on The 100’s season finale, and the return of Fantasy Island. Spoilers now! Joker Variety reports GLOW’s…

Television James Whitbrook Aug 1 '18

How a Deeply Conservative Island Became a Poster Child For Climate Change

For over twenty years, Virginia-based journalist Earl Swift has been writing about Tangier Island, a tiny slip of land in the Chesapeake Bay several miles from mainland Virginia. Most of the island’s men make their living catching blue crab, while the women run restaurants, the inn, and the grocery store. It’s one of the most…

Environmental Justice Amy Brady Aug 1 '18

Aspiring Avengers Can Now Build Their Own Superhero Gauntlet

Released ahead of The Last Jedi, littleBits’ Droid Inventor Kit let aspiring Jedis build and customize their own astromech droids—even if they didn’t have the Force. The company’s new Avengers Hero Inventor Kit takes a similar DIY approach, but instead of robotic sidekicks, kids can design and program their own superhero gauntlet. If you’re not…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski Aug 1 '18

Google Developing Censored Search Engine For China: Report [Updated]

China has an army of internet censors who comb through the web and block information that the government doesn’t want its people to see. But the job of the censors is about to get easer if Google has its way. The tech giant is planning to release a new censored version of its search engine…

Tech News Matt Novak Aug 1 '18

Report: The SamSam Ransomware Has Extorted $5.9 Million, and One Person Might Be Behind It

A recent review by UK cybersecurity firm Sophos in partnership with cryptocurrency firm Neutrino has concluded that the crew—or possibly one extremely proficient black hat hacker—behind the SamSam ransomware attacks have rolled in at least $5.9 million in ransom payments, according to BleepingComputer. Ransomware works by encrypting a targeted system and demanding payments, usually in…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay Aug 1 '18

Six Arrested at Amazon Store Amid Anti-ICE Protest in NYC

Coinciding with a national “we won’t be complicit” day of action aimed against US Immigrations Customs and Enforcement (ICE) approximately 100 protesters gathered in Midtown to pressure tech companies, which in recently months have drawn criticism for providing infrastructural support to the agency. Beginning around 5:30 outside Microsoft’s offices across from the Port Authority, demonstrators…

Tech News Avery Ellis Jul 31 '18

DC Organizers Say Anti-Racist Rally Facebook Took Down Is Real, Not Foreign

DC organizers are angry after Facebook took down what it said were 32 pages and accounts engaged in “coordinated inauthentic behavior” on Tuesday, as one of the events was a local-backed counter-rally to the upcoming August 12th white supremacist “Unite the Right 2.0” rally in the nation’s capitol, DCist reported. The Unite the Right rally…

Social Media Tom McKay Jul 31 '18

Scientists Made a Weird System to Study the Mysteries of Photonic Crystals

When you see light, you’re looking at photons spat out by an excited atom. But what if instead of light, an excited atom released a wave of matter? That’s what a team of physicists has done—they created an experiment that spits out atoms through the same process by which atoms normally emit light, called “spontaneous…

Physics & Chemistry Ryan F. Mandelbaum Jul 31 '18

The More I See the New Doctor’s Outfit, the More I Love It

When the Thirteenth Doctor’s rainbow-accented costume was first revealed, I was admittedly a little reticent. I didn’t dislike it, per se, but there was a quirkiness to it which made it stand out much more than the typical aesthetics of Doctor Who’s modern Time Lord couture. But the more and more we see of season…

Television James Whitbrook Jul 31 '18

I Didn’t Believe in the Shazam! Hype, But Now…I Get It

As much as diehard fans of Warner Bros.’ DC movies might not want to admit it, the fact of the matter is that most of the studio’s film so far have been, well, not great. The studio’s less-than-stellar track record made it kind of difficult to get too excited for Shazam!, a property you wouldn’t…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Jul 31 '18

One of Comics’ Coolest Creators Returns Because ‘It’s So Hard to Do a Perfect Comic’

Ann Nocenti wrote some of the most inventive, daring, and pointed superhero comics of the 1980s. We’re all really lucky that she makes a triumphant return to the medium this week, with The Seeds #1. It’s not an exaggeration to say Nocenti was one of the most important comics creators of the 1980s. During her…

Books & Comics Evan Narcisse Jul 31 '18

‘Horrific Accident’ Involving Dry Ice May Have Killed 77-Year-Old Woman

An ice cream delivery driver smashed the window of his car with a rock early Friday morning last week after seeing his wife and mother unconscious inside the vehicle. He found his spouse was in critical condition and his mother was dead. The Pierce County medical examiner’s office believe the 77-year-old women died by asphyxiation,…

Health Jennings Brown Jul 31 '18

U.S. Lawmakers Call for Investigation Into Use and Abuse of Face Recognition Tech

Less than a week after a damaging report exposed substantial flaws in facial recognition technology marketed to law enforcement by Amazon, five Democratic lawmakers are calling for an investigation into the commercial and government use, and potential abuse, of the technology. In a letter Tuesday, lawmakers raised concerns about the use of facial recognition and…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron Jul 31 '18

Fare Thee Well, Space Travelers

Hey, guys—long time no talk. Managing io9 is such a full-time job that it’s been tough to communicate with you all, let alone write things, such as “Postal Apocalypse.” This has bummed me out for a long time. Which is why I’m stepping down as chief of io9. I love io9 and its tireless staff,…

io9 Rob Bricken Jul 31 '18

Samsung’s Latest Tablet Is Trying to Out Pro the iPad

Lego Batman, Superman, and Emmet Star in the Best Airplane Safety Video You’ve Ever Seen

Tribal Members Are Already Scrutinizing Keystone XL Environmental Review

This Guy Figured Out How to Turn an Old Kindle Into the Perfect Clock for Book Nerds

Sarah Connor Makes the Most Badass Return in the First Official Image From Terminator

Here’s What Earth’s Shadow Actually Looks Like

It’s Time for Even More Joker Casting Rumors

How a Deeply Conservative Island Became a Poster Child For Climate Change

Aspiring Avengers Can Now Build Their Own Superhero Gauntlet

Google Developing Censored Search Engine For China: Report [Updated]

Report: The SamSam Ransomware Has Extorted $5.9 Million, and One Person Might Be Behind It

Six Arrested at Amazon Store Amid Anti-ICE Protest in NYC

DC Organizers Say Anti-Racist Rally Facebook Took Down Is Real, Not Foreign

Scientists Made a Weird System to Study the Mysteries of Photonic Crystals

The More I See the New Doctor’s Outfit, the More I Love It

I Didn’t Believe in the Shazam! Hype, But Now…I Get It

One of Comics’ Coolest Creators Returns Because ‘It’s So Hard to Do a Perfect Comic’

‘Horrific Accident’ Involving Dry Ice May Have Killed 77-Year-Old Woman

U.S. Lawmakers Call for Investigation Into Use and Abuse of Face Recognition Tech

Fare Thee Well, Space Travelers

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