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Ben Browder Got That Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Cameo Because James Gunn Loves Farscape

It’s pretty great being a science fiction fan in general, but it’s especially awesome when you’re directing a multi-million dollar movie and can coax your favorite star into appearing in your film. A luxury clearly afforded to James Gunn. Gunn recently shared an image on Instagram of himself and Ben Browder (Farscape, Stargate SG-1) chilling…

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The Next Game of Thrones Episode Just Leaked Days After That Huge HBO Hack

Season seven, episode four of Game of Thrones is now in the wild. The leaked video comes less than a week after HBO admitted that its servers had been hacked and a large quantity of data had been stolen. We already knew that a script—or, more specifically, an outline of a script—of episode four was…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

There’s Still Hope For Constantine’s to Return to Live-Action TV

Greg Berlanti shoots down casting rumors for his Little Shop of Horrors remake. John Boyega teases speedy robots for Pacific Rim Uprising. David Ramsey promises hell for Diggle in Arrow’s next season. Plus, a new look at Syfy’s next ridiculous original movie, and new clips from this week’s Shadowhunters. Spoilers, assemble! Little Shop of Horrors…

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Something Weird Is Happening With President Trump’s Twitter

President Trump loves Twitter. It’s a direct stream-of-consciousness rant about whatever pops into his mind (or onto cable TV) at any given second. But here at Gizmodo we can’t help but notice that something is a little different this week. The president’s Twitter feed has become, dare we say, restrained? Yes, “restrained” is all relative,…

Tech News Matt Novak

Fake News of the Mexican Navy Arriving in California Started on a Boating Web Forum

On July 12th, a member from a popular boating message board posted a photo of some boats he didn’t recognize near Dana Point, a small city on the California coast halfway between LA and San Diego. Someone responded to the post with speculation that it might be the Mexican Navy. And then the internet’s game…

Tech News Matt Novak

DC’s Live-Action Titans Just Cast a Major Team Member

Fans waiting for the first piece of casting on DC’s upcoming live-action Teen Titans show, Titans, are about to have a good day. Deadline reports Australian actress Teagan Croft has just been cast as Raven on the show which will debut as part of DC’s streaming service set to launch in 2018. The show is…

Television Germain Lussier

The Independent Comic Series Black Just Got Optioned For a Movie

You may not know the under-the-rader, indie comic Black by Kwanza Osajyefo, Tim Smith 3, Jamal Igle, Khary Randolph and others. But Hollywood hopes that’ll change soon. Studio 8, which has a distribution deal with Sony, just picked up the option for the comic with the hopes to turn it into a movie. Black is…

io9 Germain Lussier

Secret Service Command Center Booted Out of Trump Tower Over Money Dispute

President Trump’s insistence on retaining direct ownership of his properties and business creates some sticky and arguably unethical situations on a regular basis. But this latest report is really over the top. The Trump Organization wanted more money for the command space that the Secret Service uses to protect the president’s home and the two…

Tech News Rhett Jones

You Won’t Need to Buy a Park Ticket For Disney’s Next Star Wars Attractions

The themed lands called Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge won’t open at Walt Disney World or Disneyland Resorts until 2019. However, later this year, Disney is giving fans a little something to hold them over. Disney just announced a virtual reality experience called Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire will open at Disney Springs in Orlando,…

io9 Germain Lussier

Good Hackers Can Do Bad Things, Too

Famed white hat hacker Marcus Hutchins—better known as “MalwareTech”—was arrested by the FBI yesterday while trying to fly home to the United Kingdom from Las Vegas. The 22-year-old security researcher gained mainstream fame earlier this year as the guy who stopped the destructive WannaCry ransomware from spreading, and had been partying with friends near the…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Here Are the Most Painful Things That a Human Can Physically Feel

Of course, there’s a level of subjectivity to pain. One person might find listening to Kid Rock to be more painful than stubbing their toe. Another person might enjoy a little bit of pain. And who can say how painful heartbreak feels? But we can still generally identify most of the worst sensations that people…

Sploid Rhett Jones

The New Darth Vader Comic Is Exploring a Much More Vulnerable Side to the Dark Lord of the Sith

Kieron Gillen, Salvador Larrocca, and Edgar Delgado’s Darth Vader series was all about reinstating Darth Vader as a relentless, unstoppable force. A Vader who, at the height of his prowess, was the most petrifying thing in the Star Wars galaxy. His new series, is diving into the character’s early years as a masked monstrosity—and in…

io9 James Whitbrook

Joe Russo Promises That Avengers: Infinity War Will Be ‘A Very Intense Experience’

We can pretty much assume that Avengers: Infinity War and the fourth Avengers film will kill off one or more superheroes.

Movies Cheryl Eddy

Uber Rented Hundreds of Faulty Vehicles to Drivers and at Least One Blew Up

Let’s all say it together: Ugh, Uber, ugh! We’re like five minutes into the company’s “180 Days of Change” apology tour and more awful Uber news is already coming out. The Wall Street Journal reports that the multi-billion dollar startup rented dangerously faulty cars to hundreds of drivers in Singapore, after the model had been…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Oh Great, Another Way Humans Are Screwing With Pollinators

On Monday, the USDA brought us some much needed good news, when it reported data suggesting that honeybees might finally be bouncing back from colony collapse disorder. Today, a team of scientists countered with some seriously bummer pollinator news. A new study published in the journal Nature indicates that artificial light pollution might be a…

Tech News Emily Lipstein

The WannaCry Ransomware Attackers Are Cashing Out Their Bitcoin at a Dangerous Time

When the WannaCry ransomware attack hit back in May, it was really good at causing chaos but not so great at generating ransom money. Some analysts said that the attackers were amateurish in their methods. If the people behind the malware are as clumsy as they seem, they should be worried, because they recently started…

Privacy & Security Rhett Jones

In the New Harley Quinn and Batman Comic, Classic Harley Gets an Important, Modern Update

Though the Batman and Harley Quinn animated movie and its tie-in comics are brand new, everything about them, from their visual aesthetic to the tone of their dialogue, feels as if they were plucked right out of Batman: The Animated Series. That fact alone made at least the first issue of the comics series fun…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

How To Block Super Annoying Website Notification Requests In Chrome

Nowadays every other goddamn site does it. You’re browsing the web, open a tab here, click a link there, and wham: Watchcartoons wants to 🔔! show notifications. YouTube wants to 🔔! show notifications. Facebook aches to—it must—🔔! show notifications. So what do you do? You block them, that’s what you do. God forbid you accidentally…

Gadgets Harri Weber

The Dark Tower Turns an Epic Fantasy Into a Shockingly Mundane Movie

The biggest problem with The Dark Tower movie is that when it ends, you don’t feel the need to see more. Unlike the epic books that inspired it, the movie is streamlined to be one complete story. Hypothetically, this should be a good thing. But with The Dark Tower, that process removes any gravitas needed…

io9 Germain Lussier

You Can Stream Thousands of Movies for Free With a New York Public Library Card

Starting Friday, anyone with a New York Public Library or Brooklyn Public Library will be able to stream thousands of awesome movies, including the entire Criterion Collection. Why? Because libraries are awesome, that’s why. Truth be told, New York is playing a bit of catch up, after Los Angeles offered its public library card holders…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Ben Browder Got That Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Cameo Because James Gunn Loves Farscape

The Next Game of Thrones Episode Just Leaked Days After That Huge HBO Hack

There’s Still Hope For Constantine’s to Return to Live-Action TV

Something Weird Is Happening With President Trump’s Twitter

Fake News of the Mexican Navy Arriving in California Started on a Boating Web Forum

DC’s Live-Action Titans Just Cast a Major Team Member

The Independent Comic Series Black Just Got Optioned For a Movie

Secret Service Command Center Booted Out of Trump Tower Over Money Dispute

You Won’t Need to Buy a Park Ticket For Disney’s Next Star Wars Attractions

Good Hackers Can Do Bad Things, Too

Here Are the Most Painful Things That a Human Can Physically Feel

The New Darth Vader Comic Is Exploring a Much More Vulnerable Side to the Dark Lord of the Sith

Joe Russo Promises That Avengers: Infinity War Will Be ‘A Very Intense Experience’

Uber Rented Hundreds of Faulty Vehicles to Drivers and at Least One Blew Up

Oh Great, Another Way Humans Are Screwing With Pollinators

The WannaCry Ransomware Attackers Are Cashing Out Their Bitcoin at a Dangerous Time

In the New Harley Quinn and Batman Comic, Classic Harley Gets an Important, Modern Update

How To Block Super Annoying Website Notification Requests In Chrome

The Dark Tower Turns an Epic Fantasy Into a Shockingly Mundane Movie

You Can Stream Thousands of Movies for Free With a New York Public Library Card

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