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Sam Nunberg: This Entire Meltdown Is Because I Didn’t Want to Manually Search My Email Inbox

Sam Nunberg, formerly an aide on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, launched an hours-long, barely comprehensible tear through the media involving numerous back-to-back TV interviews as well as phone calls to local media on Monday. Nunberg is very upset that special counsel Robert Mueller has issued him grand jury summons as well as a subpoena for…

Tech News Tom McKay

Listen to Characters From It, Thor, and Wonder Woman Croon a Parody Song Written for the Oscars

It’s no secret that blockbuster movies rarely get a lot of love on Oscar night. So, this year, producers tried to remedy that by hiring comedy songwriters the Lonely Island to tackle the subject. However, the resulting idea was deemed “financially and logistically impossible” and cut from the show. That didn’t stop the Lonely Island,…

Movies Germain Lussier

Spotify Is Blocking Subscribers Who Used Hacked Apps to Get Premium Features

Spotify is cracking down on subscribers who are using “unauthorized” apps to enjoy paid features at freemium prices. First reported by TorrentFreak, Spotify is sending users the following email about “abnormal activity.” It’s not clear which apps are being targeted, but TorrentFreak points out that there are numerous versions of Spotify that enable non-paying users…

Tech News Rhett Jones

Turns Out Black Cat Is One Hell of a Troll

DC Comics’ Catwoman has been in the news lately thanks to her glitzy engagement to the Dark Knight. But when it comes to cat-themed super-thieves, who’s going to question Felicia Hardy herself stealing the spotlight for a knowing wink at Gotham City’s newest power couple? Last week’s Spectacular Spider-Man #300 continued the ongoing insanity of…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Ancient Baby Bird Was Only the Size of a Cockroach

Scientists have discovered a nearly complete skeleton of a baby bird only about the size of a cockroach—perhaps the smallest baby bird fossil ever found from the dinosaur era, according to a new paper. Not everything was big during the time of the dinosaurs. Among the gargantuan beasts were some of the smallest beings you…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Danger, Will Robinson, You’re About to Get Spammed

If your name is Will Robinson, be careful—Netflix will find you. The Lost in Space Twitter account is teasing out the show’s next trailer by spamming hundreds of people who go by the name Will Robinson. Danger, indeed. The second trailer for Netflix’s Lost in Space is set to arrive tomorrow, but the first hint…

Television Beth Elderkin

Moviepass CEO Brags App Tracks Your Location Before and After Movies

Under late capitalism, date night is now data night. Mitch Lowe, the CEO of Moviepass, told an audience last week that the app tracks user location, both before and after the movie. In his imaginatively titled keynote speech at the Entertainment Finance Forum, “Data is the New Oil: How will MoviePass Monetize It?” Lowe boasted…

Tech News Sidney Fussell

Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories Is Coming to Comics

Neil Gaiman’s collection of weird and haunting short fiction, Likely Stories, made the leap to TV recently, with a UK adaptation that aired on Shudder last year. Now, it’s making the leap back to print—but in the form of a new graphic novel adaptation courtesy of Fables artist Mark Buckingham. The news was announced by…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Georgetown Lawyers Sue NYPD to Reveal Its Secret Face Recognition Programs

Researchers at the Georgetown Center of Privacy and Technology have filed suit against the NYPD for more details on the department’s highly secretive face recognition program. In 2016, the researchers sent Freedom of Information Act requests to the NYPD as they prepared to release the Perpetual Lineup, a landmark report by the university on law enforcement…

Tech News Sidney Fussell

After a Few Hiccups, All Bets Are on CRISPR Again

A letter published in a scientific journal last year challenged the safety of promising gene-editing tool CRISPR, unnerving researchers and investors alike. Now, a smattering of recent studies have redeemed the technology by showing how CRISPR can more precisely target disease. The stocks of biotech firms invested in CRISPR tumbled last May after scientists published…

Biology Kristen V. Brown

The io9 History of The Shape of Water, From the Earliest Rumors to Its Academy Award Win

Last night, Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water became the first science fiction film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. And whether you believe the film deserved the award or not, it was a landmark moment for genre films. To celebrate the victory, we’ve gone back through our archives to see where…

Movies Germain Lussier

This 14-Year-Old Standing Rock Activist Got a Spotlight at the Oscars

The Oscars are always a little political, but it’s not often that the awards shine a literal spotlight on an activist in anti-pipeline movement. Grammy-award winning rapper Common and singer Andra Day really turned it up Sunday evening with their performance of “Stand Up for Something,” an Oscar-nominated song for the movie Marshall. As they…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes

This Super-Sharp Knife Made From Pasta Probably Cuts Better Than It Tastes

Any kitchen innovation that reduces the number of dishes you have to clean is always welcome, and that’s exactly why we love this functional knife made from dried pasta. Not only can it be used to slice up tomatoes for a sauce, it can also be boiled and eaten as the main course. If you’re…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

A Wave of Dead Sea Creatures Has Turned England’s Beaches Into a Horror Show

Pour one out for the sea creatures along the English coast. First, cold waters ushered in by the “Beast from the East” storm last week weakened aquatic life. Then stormy weather finished them off, turning North Sea beaches into a scene out of an aquatic Dunkirk. Beachgoers reported ankle-deep pileups of dead starfish, crabs, and…

Conservation Brian Kahn

David Bowie’s Music, Art, and Legend Get Celebrated at This Intense Museum Exhibit

A traveling art exhibit celebrating the late David Bowie has made its final stop, giving all the Diamond Dogs, Earthlings, and Space Oddities one more chance to celebrate the artistic legacy of the Chameleon of Rock. For those who can’t make the trek out to Brooklyn, New York, io9 has a look inside the exhibit.…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Boyvillain Martin Shkreli Ordered to Forfeit Coveted Wu-Tang Album

Martin Shkreli, the damp stack of Saltines who positioned himself into brief fame as the most hated man in America, was ordered by a judge to part with “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin,” the one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album he bought for $2 million. The mind strains to imagine a less sympathetic comeuppance. For those…

Tech News Avery Ellis

Six More Big Internet Companies Join the Legal Fight Against the FCC’s Net Neutrality Rollback

Six major tech companies, joining the legal battle over net neutrality, announced plans on Monday to sue the Federal Communications Commission. Foursquare, Etsy, Expa, Shutterstock, Kickstarter, and Automattic, which owns WordPress.com, said they would challenge the FCC’s new order overturning net neutrality protections in court. Under a nonprofit called the Coalition for Internet Openness, the…

Tech News Dell Cameron

This Impressive Star Wars Rebels Fan Video Weaves Together the Wider Saga

Last week’s penultimate episodes of Star Wars Rebels introduced us to a wild new concept within the current canon of the galaxy far, far away—one filled with references to Star Wars’ past and future. This neat edit of a few key scenes makes those references explicit in a pretty satisfying way. And, obviously, if you’re…

Television James Whitbrook

Cool, Cool; Another Nor’easter Is Going to Hit the East Coast This Week

Coastal communities in Massachusetts are still cleaning up from last week’s potent nor’easter. They may want to put those efforts on hold, though. Another storm is set to impact the region by midweek. The coastal flooding won’t be nearly as bad, but colder air means snow is expected to pile up across the Mid-Atlantic and…

Earth Science Brian Kahn

This Dizzying Video Shows What You Can Buy on Amazon With However Much Is in Your Bank Account

What’s most impressive about Daniel Mckee’s videos is the filmmaker’s ability to organize thousands of images and then assemble them into an animated montage that’s both frantic and fascinating. With Amazon Rise, he’s edited three minutes of random Amazon products together based on their ascending prices, and I just want it to go on and…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Sam Nunberg: This Entire Meltdown Is Because I Didn’t Want to Manually Search My Email Inbox

Listen to Characters From It, Thor, and Wonder Woman Croon a Parody Song Written for the Oscars

Spotify Is Blocking Subscribers Who Used Hacked Apps to Get Premium Features

Turns Out Black Cat Is One Hell of a Troll

Ancient Baby Bird Was Only the Size of a Cockroach

Danger, Will Robinson, You’re About to Get Spammed

Moviepass CEO Brags App Tracks Your Location Before and After Movies

Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories Is Coming to Comics

Georgetown Lawyers Sue NYPD to Reveal Its Secret Face Recognition Programs

After a Few Hiccups, All Bets Are on CRISPR Again

The io9 History of The Shape of Water, From the Earliest Rumors to Its Academy Award Win

This 14-Year-Old Standing Rock Activist Got a Spotlight at the Oscars

This Super-Sharp Knife Made From Pasta Probably Cuts Better Than It Tastes

A Wave of Dead Sea Creatures Has Turned England’s Beaches Into a Horror Show

David Bowie’s Music, Art, and Legend Get Celebrated at This Intense Museum Exhibit

Boyvillain Martin Shkreli Ordered to Forfeit Coveted Wu-Tang Album

Six More Big Internet Companies Join the Legal Fight Against the FCC’s Net Neutrality Rollback

This Impressive Star Wars Rebels Fan Video Weaves Together the Wider Saga

Cool, Cool; Another Nor’easter Is Going to Hit the East Coast This Week

This Dizzying Video Shows What You Can Buy on Amazon With However Much Is in Your Bank Account

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