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What’s Slack Doing With Your Data?

More than six million people use Slack daily, spending on average more than two hours each day inside the chat app. For many employees, work life is contingent on Slack, and surely plenty of us use it for more than just, say, work talk. You probably have a #CATS and a women-only channel, and you’ve…

Privacy & Security Melanie Ehrenkranz

War In Africa Is Killing More Than People

Populations of large, wild herbivores aren’t doing that great. Some 60 percent of large herbivore species are threatened with extinction thanks to overhunting, poaching, and the depletion suitable habitat. Now, researchers have zeroed in on another human-driven source of trouble for these animals: armed conflict. In Africa, wildlife populations living in regions frequently embroiled in…

Conservation Jake Buehler

io9’s Greatest TV Shows of the Past 10 Years

We may be in a Golden Age of television, but it wasn’t always so shiny. Back in 2008, when io9 first started, things were rough. The Writers Guild of America’s strike had just ended, leading to a slough of bad series, reruns, and reality TV. There were some decent shows, but it really wasn’t until…

Television io9 Staff

Mysterious Intergalactic Radio Bursts Come From a Truly Alien Environment

First detected in 2002, Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are quick, high-energy pulses originating from galaxies billions of light years away. Scientists still don’t know the true nature of these bursts or what’s causing them, but new observations of the only known repeating FRBs are providing details about the extreme environments in which these pulses are…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

What the Hell Is Going on With This Comet?

There’s already a strange story behind comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák, or just 41P: It took almost 100 years to identify and occasionally flares. And now, its spin is rapidly slowing down. Scientists across the world observed 41P when it approached Earth in 2017—it was close enough and bright enough to see with binoculars. One team of scientists,…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

New ‘Cybersecurity Office’ Would Oversee Companies Like Equifax and Dole Out Fines for Slipshod Security

A bill introduced by Senate Democrats on Wednesday would establish new cybersecurity regulations for credit reporting agencies and impose strict fines for those whose security is found wanting. It would also create a new cybersecurity office within the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) tasked with ensuring that consumers are notified when their personal data is compromised—specifically…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron

Sales of a Radiation Drug Got a Big Bump After Trump’s Big Button Tweet

Conservatives are defending President Trump’s decision to taunt the leader of North Korea on Twitter as a stroke of genius intended to scare the dictator away from launching nuclear weapons against the US. But if the sales of a radiation drug treatment are any indication, it seems that Trump’s tweet also scared the bejesus out…

Tech News Rhett Jones

First Teen Titans Go! To the Movies Trailer Loves Wonder Woman and Fart Jokes

And it throws some serious shade at Aquaman. While there are a lot of superhero movies coming in 2018, none are quite like Teen Titans Go! To the Movies, a big screen adaptation of the popular animated TV series. It’s directed by Aaron Horvath and Peter Rida Michail, and here’s the first trailer. Though this…

Trailers Germain Lussier

Lin-Manuel Miranda, a Saga Musical Is in Your Court, Make It Happen

The creators of Image Comics’ Saga say there are no plans to make a movie or TV show based on their iconic series, despite fan demand and Thor: Ragnarok actor Tessa Thompson’s desire to be its star. In fact, there are no plans for any kind of adaptation—unless, of course, Lin-Manuel Miranda wants to put…

Books & Comics Beth Elderkin

You, Too, Can Live Like Royalty and Delete All Your Social Media Accounts

As first reported by People yesterday, actress Meghan Markle has axed her personal Instagram and Twitter accounts ahead of her planned wedding to Prince Harry later this year. The move puts her in line with the rest of Britain’s royal family, whose social media presence is limited to tidy official group accounts. But here’s a…

Tech News Hudson Hongo

The Biggest Scifi Movie Milestones of 2018

There are a lot of amazing new movies coming in 2018, but there’s also a long list of classic, iconic films that will be celebrating significant anniversaries this year. Here are the biggest science fiction, fantasy, and genre movie milestones happening in 2018. (You should probably be prepared to feel old.) 50-Year Anniversaries (Films Released…

Movies Germain Lussier

Brazil’s Federal Police Says it Will ‘Punish’ Creators of ‘Fake News’ Ahead of Elections

On Tuesday, Brazil’s Federal Police used Twitter to announce a new censorship program to “identify and punish the authors of ‘fake news’” ahead of the country’s upcoming presidential election. The announcement echoes French President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to introduce legislation that could involve blocking entire websites, ostensibly to stop the spread of misinformation during election…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz

Keep Track Of Who Facebook Thinks You Know With This Nifty Tool

Facebook is constantly watching you. Now, you can watch Facebook back. Gizmodo Media Group’s Special Projects Desk is releasing a tool for people who want to study the friend recommendations Facebook chooses to give them. It’s called the “People You May Know Inspector.” To use the tool: Download the app installer on a Mac computer.…

Social Media Kashmir Hill

Razer and Phillips Team Up to Enhance Your Gaming Session With Rave Lighting

I have simple, if expensive, needs. I want to achieve, in 2018, the kind of immersive glow that the Philips Ambilight, a product last updated in 2007, provided the TV obsessive a decade ago. I can drop $150 on the Dreamscreen backlight, but I’d much rather use the eight Philips Hue lights already in my…

Gadgets Alex Cranz

WhatsApp Security Design Could Let an Infiltrator Add Members to Group Chats [Updated]

A team of crytopgraphers from Germany’s Ruhr University Bochum say they have uncovered flaws in WhatsApp’s security that could limit the benefits of the messaging service’s vaunted end-to-end encryption in group chats. Their newly published paper, “More is Less: On the End-to-End Security of Group Chats in Signal, WhatsApp, and Threema,” claims that anyone who…

Tech News Sidney Fussell

Florida Gov. Rick Scott Is Pretending to Care About the Environment Again

Florida governor and environmental savior Rick Scott has done it again—made a decision based primarily on his concern for the environment. Actually, strike that and replace with the opposite. Politically expedient and climate change denying Gov. Scott made a calculation that pushing back against offshore drilling along Florida’s coastlines—which the Trump administration threatens to do…

Conservation Ari Phillips

Patty Jenkins Had Two Demands When Making Wonder Woman

Directors have a lot on their plates when making a major Hollywood film. It’s basically a juggling act. But there were two key elements of Wonder Woman that Patty Jenkins continued to “hammer home” throughout the entire production, and they made all the difference for the end product. In an interview with Vanity Fair, Jenkins…

Movies Beth Elderkin

I Can’t Stop Watching These Soap Bubble Snow Globes Get Made

The news can be pretty depressing these days. Sometimes it feels like you need to just wash your brain out with soap. And have I got the brain soap for you: There’s a guy in Regina, Saskatchewan who’s really good at making outdoor snow globes out of bubbles. I could watch him make these all…

Sploid Matt Novak

After Trying the New Wireless Vive Pro, There’s No Going Back

When the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive came out in 2016, we entered a new era of virtual reality. No longer would people think of half-assed fever dreams like Lawnmower Man, or ambitious but profound failures like Nintendo’s Virtual Boy anytime VR gets mentioned. Even so, modern VR still hasn’t caught on. It’s awkward, it’s…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford

Why Some Fans Watch Anime at Double Speed

Some have called it a myth. Others say it’s an elaborate trolling campaign. And the handful of mega-otakus who claim to actually engage in it don’t quite understand what all the fuss is about; yet, every now and then, you’ll see it crop up again and again on anime forums all across the internet, drawing…

Tech News Steven T. Wright

What’s Slack Doing With Your Data?

War In Africa Is Killing More Than People

io9’s Greatest TV Shows of the Past 10 Years

Mysterious Intergalactic Radio Bursts Come From a Truly Alien Environment

What the Hell Is Going on With This Comet?

New ‘Cybersecurity Office’ Would Oversee Companies Like Equifax and Dole Out Fines for Slipshod Security

Sales of a Radiation Drug Got a Big Bump After Trump’s Big Button Tweet

First Teen Titans Go! To the Movies Trailer Loves Wonder Woman and Fart Jokes

Lin-Manuel Miranda, a Saga Musical Is in Your Court, Make It Happen

You, Too, Can Live Like Royalty and Delete All Your Social Media Accounts

The Biggest Scifi Movie Milestones of 2018

Brazil’s Federal Police Says it Will ‘Punish’ Creators of ‘Fake News’ Ahead of Elections

Keep Track Of Who Facebook Thinks You Know With This Nifty Tool

Razer and Phillips Team Up to Enhance Your Gaming Session With Rave Lighting

WhatsApp Security Design Could Let an Infiltrator Add Members to Group Chats [Updated]

Florida Gov. Rick Scott Is Pretending to Care About the Environment Again

Patty Jenkins Had Two Demands When Making Wonder Woman

I Can’t Stop Watching These Soap Bubble Snow Globes Get Made

After Trying the New Wireless Vive Pro, There’s No Going Back

Why Some Fans Watch Anime at Double Speed

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