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No, the FCC Did Not Post a Statement Trashing Ajit Pai

Parts of Twitter lit up on Wednesday evening with the news the Federal Communications Commission, which is now headed by Donald Trump appointee and unflinching net neutrality opponent Ajit Pai, had posted a statement insulting the chairman in the grossest possible terms. The message—which is not real—is hosted on the FCC website, and purported to…

Tech News Tom McKay

New Nest Thermostat Pretty

For the first time ever, Nest has redesigned its iconic smart thermostat. The new Nest Thermostat E basically does the same stuff the old thermostat did, but it’s not black and steel any more. It’s all white, like the front half of a classic iPod. Very pretty! The new Nest Thermostat E, like its predecessor,…

Gadgets Adam Clark Estes

A Time Traveler Evades the Law Again and Again in Scifi Short Echo/Back

In Tristram Geary’s Echo/Back, a strange virus strikes that enables the infected to time travel, but only in very short bursts—mere seconds into the past or future. The results are mostly chaotic, both for the world at large and the film’s protagonist, a thief who uses his strange ability to outmaneuver police in an extended…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

Hurricane Harvey Has Left a Chemical Plant Near Houston Ready to Detonate [Update: Two Explosions Reported]

As Hurricane Harvey’s floodwaters begin to slowly recede from Houston, leaving behind at least 23 dead, residents and authorities alike are only beginning to assess the surreal extent of the damage throughout the region. That includes the country’s largest refining and petrochemical complex, which experts have warned for years would be a serious hazard if…

Climate Change Tom McKay

War for the Planet of the Apes Will Be Getting a Serious Awards Push

Matt Reeves’ latest film, War for the Planet of the Apes, is something of an anomaly. On the surface, it’s a big-budget summer blockbuster. But when you actually watch it, it feels much more like a poignant, bleak movie with Oscar potential. And now, its studio is going to push it as the latter. Deadline is…

io9 Germain Lussier

The First Teaser For J.K. Simmons’ New Scifi Show Couldn’t Have Less Scifi in It

The pitch is exciting: Oscar winner J.K. Simmons, an amazing actor we’d pay to see in anything, stars in an espionage show that takes place across parallel universes. Boom, done, sign us up, right? Wrong. That’s the pitch for a new Starz show called Counterpart. Now, there’s every chance that when the show actually airs…

io9 Germain Lussier

If Grandma Has a Pacemaker, Please Take Her in For a Firmware Update

The Food and Drug Administration announced today that 465,000 pacemakers installed in the US have a security vulnerability that could be exploited to make the device operate too quickly or deplete its batteries, and these devices need firmware updates to keep them from getting hacked. Yikes. The vulnerability affects devices made by Abbott’s (formerly St.…

Privacy & Security Kate Conger

Killer Ants Snap Their Spring-Loaded Jaws 700 Times Faster Than You Can Blink

Below the tangle of vines and branches of the East Malaysian rainforest, a small contingent of ants scuttles frenetically along the shaded leaf litter. But these are no mere picnic pests—these are Myrmoteras trap-jaw ants, fearsome predators armed with long, spiky, widely-agape mandibles—and they are on the hunt. Suddenly, an insect-like springtail comes into the…

Biology Jake Buehler

Uber’s Embattled Ex-CEO Finally Passes The Torch

Uber held an all-hands meeting on Wednesday to welcome its new CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi. The new hire was joined by board member Arianna Huffington and former CEO Travis Kalanick in what was mostly a drama-free induction of the new leader to the company—a company that Khosrowshahi claims he will take public in as few as…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz

Samsung’s New Water-Resistant Wearables Will Get You Laughed Out of the Pool

Not content just to let the Galaxy Note 8 make waves, Samsung is pushing out three new fitness minded wearables this holiday season: the Gear Icon X 2018 wireless earbuds, the Gear Sport smartwatch and the Gear Fit 2 Pro fitness band. Now none of these devices are exactly new (or attractive). What we’re really…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford

At This Moment, I Know the Perfect Amount About The Last Jedi

Recently I was sitting around thinking about Star Wars: The Last Jedi, as I tend to do, and had a profound realization. I realized that even though I think I know a lot about the movie, I really don’t know anything at all. And that realization made me incredibly happy. It’s perfect, really. A feeling…

io9 Germain Lussier

Biggest X-Ray Laser Gun on Earth Opens in September

Even if you haven’t seen any James Bond films, you’re probably aware that the space laser battle depicted in Moonraker ranks among the stupidest scenes in the franchise’s history. But there’s a new laser gun in town that’s actually good and opening up for business. It is not a weapon. The European X-ray Free Electron…

Physics & Chemistry Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Why Does Fitbit’s New Watch Skip a Feature Fans Were Clamoring For?

I’m a big Apple Watch user, and every time I strap on a Fitbit, I run into the same problem. Instead of opening the Fitbit app to look at my heart rate and sleep cycle, I open Apple Health and then am immediately disappointed because none of the data from my Fitbit actually syncs with…

Gadgets Alex Cranz

Hurricane Harvey Stalls Repair Facilities for Apple, Dell

As Texas recovers from the battering winds and record-setting rainfall of Hurricane Harvey, Apple and Dell customers elsewhere in the US are learning the storm may have some unforeseen consequences. “I got a call from an Apple employee at the Genius Bar saying that all of their laptop repairs go through Houston. I was told…

Gadgets Avery Ellis

Trump Administration Hires Former DeVry Dean to Run Unit Inspired by DeVry’s Bad Behavior

Let’s imagine you’re the Trump administration’s secretary of education, Betsy DeVos. Sure, people don’t like you. They really don’t like you. But you’ve got an opportunity to hire an official who will stand up for working class Americans and crack down on for-profit schools that exploit their students. What would you do? Well, to be…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Tiny Pennywise Will Make You Want to Float Too

If you’re scared of clowns, it’s probably thanks to It. The Stephen King book and miniseries made an entire generation terrified of painted faces and oversized red shoes. The fear is so bad that the upcoming reboot is apparently putting real clowns out of work. But none of them have met the scariest Pennywise of…

io9 Beth Elderkin

A Fascinating Potential Link Between Gut Bacteria and Health

These days, you can’t throw a rock without hitting some start-up trying to boost our microbiomes. For the health-obsessed, microbiome has become the buzzword of the day. That’s because it’s becoming ever-clearer that all the trillions of microorganisms that inhabit our bodies, and particularly our gut, play an important role in our overall health. But…

Health Kristen V. Brown

This Doomsday Clock Cover Is Almost Certainly Alan Moore’s Worst Nightmare

Alan Moore’s distaste for DC’s ownership of his and Dave Gibbons’ work on Watchmen is widely known at this point—and considering the fact that neither Moore or Gibbons were contacted for the characters’ use in Rebirth, that distaste is still very real today. This new comic cover is unlikely to help smooth things over for…

io9 James Whitbrook

Will Your Next Taco Contain This Secret Ingredient?

There’s some crazy meat industry propaganda video waiting to be made where an All-American jock takes a bite out of a hamburger served by a polite waiter, who then rips off a mask to reveal the demented face of someone from the mushroom industry shouting “that burger is 50 percent mushrooms,” after which the customer…

Health Ryan F. Mandelbaum

The Many, Many, Many New Comic Book Series Coming This Fall

Let’s be real: Comics are kind of a year-round thing. But you know what fall has that the rest of those lousy seasons don’t? Perfect comic book reading weather. So it’s a good thing that there’s tons of new comics on the way! Here’s our picks of the wonderful new books you’ll want to get…

io9 James Whitbrook

No, the FCC Did Not Post a Statement Trashing Ajit Pai

New Nest Thermostat Pretty

A Time Traveler Evades the Law Again and Again in Scifi Short Echo/Back

Hurricane Harvey Has Left a Chemical Plant Near Houston Ready to Detonate [Update: Two Explosions Reported]

War for the Planet of the Apes Will Be Getting a Serious Awards Push

The First Teaser For J.K. Simmons’ New Scifi Show Couldn’t Have Less Scifi in It

If Grandma Has a Pacemaker, Please Take Her in For a Firmware Update

Killer Ants Snap Their Spring-Loaded Jaws 700 Times Faster Than You Can Blink

Uber’s Embattled Ex-CEO Finally Passes The Torch

Samsung’s New Water-Resistant Wearables Will Get You Laughed Out of the Pool

At This Moment, I Know the Perfect Amount About The Last Jedi

Biggest X-Ray Laser Gun on Earth Opens in September

Why Does Fitbit’s New Watch Skip a Feature Fans Were Clamoring For?

Hurricane Harvey Stalls Repair Facilities for Apple, Dell

Trump Administration Hires Former DeVry Dean to Run Unit Inspired by DeVry’s Bad Behavior

Tiny Pennywise Will Make You Want to Float Too

A Fascinating Potential Link Between Gut Bacteria and Health

This Doomsday Clock Cover Is Almost Certainly Alan Moore’s Worst Nightmare

Will Your Next Taco Contain This Secret Ingredient?

The Many, Many, Many New Comic Book Series Coming This Fall

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