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Watch the Pawn Stars Undervalue Some Classic Superman Memorabilia

On an episode of Pawn Stars, which airs on the History Channel for some reason, the starring pawn proprietors got a chance to check out some amazing pieces from the 1978 Superman film. But they weren’t all that impressed. The clip, recently posted on YouTube from the sixth episode of the show’s 14th (14th?!) season…

Television Julie Muncy

Puerto Rico Has Put Itself in the Running for Amazon’s HQ2

Puerto Rico, which is still in shambles after it took an infrastructure-shattering direct hit from Hurricane Maria in September, has submitted a long-shot bid to host Amazon’s second headquarters. According to Bloomberg, Economic Development and Commerce Department spokesman Ivan Caraballo Ortiz confirmed the commonwealth had proposed Amazon build its new facility at the site of…

Commerce Tom McKay

Georgia Rep. Betty Price Ponders Whether State Could Just ‘Quarantine’ People With HIV

Georgia State Rep. Betty Price—spouse of former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, who recently left his role in Donald Trump’s administration after taking a few too many taxpayer-funded charter flights—casually asked a state epidemiologist whether it would be more cost-effective to just force HIV-positive people into quarantine. Per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Price’s phrasing…

Health Tom McKay

Arnold Schwarzenegger Thinks Last Action Hero Bombed Because of Bill Clinton

Remember Last Action Hero, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1993 heavily meta action comedy with a frenetic, Shane Black sensibility to it? Though it’s reached cult status in the years since, it didn’t do too hot upon initial release. And over twenty years later, its star has a theory about why. It’s quite a theory. The action star…

Movies Julie Muncy

If Dark Tower TV Series Happens, It’ll Be ‘Complete Reboot’, Says Stephen King

The movie based on King’s The Dark Tower novel series did not do well. It did not do well at all. Also, it was pretty bad. But the TV series maybe, maybe has a chance at seeing the light of day. If it happens, though, it won’t be following up on the movie. That information…

Television Julie Muncy

Tech Writer Robert Scoble Accused of Sexual Harassment, Assault by Multiple Women

Over the course of the past few weeks, the media world has been experiencing a bit of a wake-up call about rampant sexual harassment throughout the industry after an anonymously sourced list of allegations circulated on Google Drive. At the same time, growing numbers of women have been using the hashtag #MeToo to talk about…

Tech News Tom McKay

Thor: Ragnarok Director Taika Waititi Responding to Internet Commenters is a Pure Joy

Cementing his role as one of the most fun, charismatic directors working right now, Taika Waititi took to YouTube to respond to some absurd, combative internet comments. After watching Waititi for a couple of minutes, it’s easy to see where Thor: Ragnarok’s anarchic humor comes from. This video comes from IGN, who brought the New…

Movies Julie Muncy

This Sesame Street Parody Showcases the Tastiest Zombie Apocalypse

Next time on The Walking Dead: cookies. Delicious, delicious cookies. Sesame Street, over its decades of existence, has always had a knack for pop culture parody. In trying to entertain and inform children (and the parents who end up watching kids’ TV shows), the show has long pulled from pop culture for jokes, lessons, and…

io9 Julie Muncy

NFL Superstar Marshawn Lynch Ad-Libbing Classic Star Wars Lines Is a Thing You Didn’t Know You Wanted

Beast Mode brought a little bit of Oakland to the Empire, making the man who used to be Anakin Skywalker sound a whole lot different than he usually does. Now playing for the Raiders, All-Pro running back Marshawn Lynch got to visit the Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound offices during an episode of…

Movies Evan Narcisse

Super Typhoon Lan Is the Strongest Storm on Earth and It’s Heading Toward Japan

After undergoing rapid intensification on Friday, Super Typhoon Lan has emerged as a force to reckoned with in the northwest Pacific. Lan is forecast to strafe Okinawa, Japan’s southernmost prefecture on Sunday night local time, before making a run at the densely populated corridor between Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo early next week. The storm has…

Earth Science Brian Kahn

Ad Tech CEO Arrested for Battery, Attempted Murder, and Child Abuse [Updated]

Zainali Jaffer, the co-founder and CEO of ad tech platform Vungle, has been placed on indefinite leave after being arrested for a litany of crimes. According to inmate information from the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office, Jaffer is being held on charges of child abuse, lewd act upon a child, “oral copulation of a person…

Tech News Avery Ellis

In Star Wars, Droids Can Also Find Love

Star Wars has droids for everything: translation, repairs, services, what have you—but, apparently, those droids do much more than we ever thought. In issue #20 of the Marvel’s Poe Dameron comic, it was revealed that BB-8 has some kind of love interest. No. Really. Here are the two pages in question. Apparently Poe’s personal X-Wing…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier

Watch the Orionid Meteor Shower Peak This Weekend

The Earth is once again passing through the debris left behind by Halley’s Comet, producing the Orionid meteors that peak this weekend. Go outside! Look at space! The Orionids produce a shower annually, peaking at around 20 to 25 meteors per hour. As with all meteor showers, they’re named for the constellation they appear to…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

A King Kong-Godzilla-Pacific Rim Movie Is Within the Realm of Human Possibility

There was a time when the Godzilla, King Kong, and Pacific Rim movies all shared the same home. A time when a crossover between those three worlds didn’t just seem probable, it seemed inevitable. That time has since passed—but the director of the upcoming Pacific Rim Uprising doesn’t want to dash all hopes and dreams…

Movies Germain Lussier

Twitter Hasn’t Done Enough to Fix Its Propaganda Problem

Twitter couldn’t drop the ball any harder this year if it tried. Death threats, continual harassment, and now this. The company has, by all indications, taken a half-hearted, if not careless approach to handling the information wars rampant on social media. Although Twitter has long stood with users against intrusive government surveillance—severing the access of…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron

Marvel’s Explanation About Why Avengers Tower Doesn’t Appear on Netflix Shows Is Bullshit

I like Jeph Loeb. Nice guy. Knows how to work up a crowd and you can tell that he truly loves working as the head of Marvel’s television arm and will defend it to the death. But when Loeb was recently pressed about some of Marvel TV’s… weaker elements, he balked and gave one of…

Television Charles Pulliam-Moore

Biggest Study of Police Body Cams Yet Finds No Change in Use of Force or Citizen Complaints

A landmark new study following officers in the nation’s capital has found no evidence that body cameras reduce allegations of police misconduct or officer use of force. More than 2,000 officers participated in the study, making it the largest of its kind in the US. Tracked over several months, Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers with…

Tech News Sidney Fussell

The World Anti-Doping Agency Is Cracking Down On Gene-Editing In Sports

The promise of gene therapy has the potential to drastically limit the impact of human disease by altering the make-up of the body’s cells to fight back against deadly invaders. If used recreationally, though, gene therapy could also expand the physical limits of human strength and endurance. Like high-tech steroids, gene therapies could one day…

Health Kristen V. Brown

Some Very Lovely Giant Robots, and More of the Most Wonderful Toys of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s round up of all the delightful toys hurtling around the internet demanding our attention this week. This time, everything is giant! (Except for the very tiny lightsaber remote!) But apart from that, if you want large robots, large dinosaurs, and large Jason Momoas, we’ve got the toys for you.…

io9 James Whitbrook

Dogs Make Facial Expressions, But Only When They’ve Got an Audience

Some dog owners claim to be able to read the face of their cuddly canine like a book, but it’s completely possible they’re just projecting. New research suggests it’s not just their imagination, and that dogs really do switch on the puppy eyes —but only in the presence of a captive audience. Research published in…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Watch the Pawn Stars Undervalue Some Classic Superman Memorabilia

Puerto Rico Has Put Itself in the Running for Amazon’s HQ2

Georgia Rep. Betty Price Ponders Whether State Could Just ‘Quarantine’ People With HIV

Arnold Schwarzenegger Thinks Last Action Hero Bombed Because of Bill Clinton

If Dark Tower TV Series Happens, It’ll Be ‘Complete Reboot’, Says Stephen King

Tech Writer Robert Scoble Accused of Sexual Harassment, Assault by Multiple Women

Thor: Ragnarok Director Taika Waititi Responding to Internet Commenters is a Pure Joy

This Sesame Street Parody Showcases the Tastiest Zombie Apocalypse

NFL Superstar Marshawn Lynch Ad-Libbing Classic Star Wars Lines Is a Thing You Didn’t Know You Wanted

Super Typhoon Lan Is the Strongest Storm on Earth and It’s Heading Toward Japan

Ad Tech CEO Arrested for Battery, Attempted Murder, and Child Abuse [Updated]

In Star Wars, Droids Can Also Find Love

Watch the Orionid Meteor Shower Peak This Weekend

A King Kong-Godzilla-Pacific Rim Movie Is Within the Realm of Human Possibility

Twitter Hasn’t Done Enough to Fix Its Propaganda Problem

Marvel’s Explanation About Why Avengers Tower Doesn’t Appear on Netflix Shows Is Bullshit

Biggest Study of Police Body Cams Yet Finds No Change in Use of Force or Citizen Complaints

The World Anti-Doping Agency Is Cracking Down On Gene-Editing In Sports

Some Very Lovely Giant Robots, and More of the Most Wonderful Toys of the Week

Dogs Make Facial Expressions, But Only When They’ve Got an Audience

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