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This $590,000 iPhone Robbery Sounds Like the Craziest Heist Movie

A year-long manhunt ended last weekend, when police arrested a gang of five Romanian stunt thieves near a large collection of Van Gogh paintings in the Netherlands. In their hideout, the cops found $590,000 worth of iPhones that the suspects allegedly lifted off the back of a truck—while it was barreling down a highway. Dutch…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Blade Runner 2049 Will Be Missing One Much-Hated Element From the Original

Joe Mangianello is very close-lipped about The Batman. Some Marvel concept has been revealed to the world at large. And news about when Misha Collins will return to Supernatural. Spoilers ahead! Blade Runner 2049 In an interview with Collider, Denis Villeneuve confirmed there will be no narration in the film. That’s a joke I made…

Television James Whitbrook and Gordon Jackson

William Shatner Attacks Snowflakes, Social Justice Warriors, and Misandrists

William Shatner, perhaps best known as the narrator of the 1963 film Operation Bikini, is at it again. This time he’s taken aim at the snowflakes, misandrists, and social justice warriors (SJWs) that have annoyed him so much on Twitter. Despite his notable work on Operation Bikini, Shatner is also known to a small, cult…

Tech News Matt Novak

That Viral Photo of Theresa May With The Scream Painting is Totally Fake

Have you seen that photo of Theresa May and her fellow Tories in front of the Edvard Munch painting, The Scream? It’s going viral on Twitter at the moment. But sadly, it’s completely fake. The photo actually dates back to September 2016 and shows British Prime Minister Theresa May with 27 cabinet members. The photo…

Tech News Matt Novak

Game of Thrones Finally Gave Us the Moment We’ve All Been Waiting For

Man, I wish I hadn’t used the word “satisfying” to describe last week’s episode, because good lord, tonight—tonight was the night Game of Thrones fans (to say nothing of A Song of Ice and Fire fans!) have been looking forward to since the series began. Ice and Fire finally met in Dragonstone, and it was…

io9 Rob Bricken

Travis Kalanick Is Already Plotting His Return to Power at Uber

Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is down, but he somehow does not yet consider himself out, according to a Sunday report in the New York Times. Kalanick, who resigned in June amid widespread reports he let a culture of sexual harassment run rampant at the company and lawsuits by angry drivers, has apparently injected himself…

Tech News Tom McKay

Watch Your Childhood Crumble as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reenact Seinfeld‘s ‘Contest’

You’ll never think of teenage turtles the same way again. On the latest episode of Nerdist’s Talkin’ Toons, host and voice actor Rob Paulsen reunited with his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles buddies to voice the infamous “The Contest” scene from Seinfeld, where the four characters bet money to see who could go the longest without…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Yeah, Maybe Don’t Use This App That Supposedly Identifies Poison Mushrooms

While Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are busy debating whether a malevolent, future AI could dispatch machine-gun toting drones to kill us all, a current-day “revolutionary AI” could get you killed right now. Truffle, previously Mushroom, is an app that claim it can “identify any mushroom instantly with just a pic.” Mushrooms are famously hard…

Tech News Tom McKay

Open Channel: What Black Mirror Episodes Should Get a Sequel?

Black Mirror may be an anthology containing isolated episodes about our rising dependence on technology, but that doesn’t mean the stories we’ve already seen are over. In fact, co-creator Charlie Booker is open to continuing some of Black Mirror’s most iconic stories with sequels. The question is: Which episodes should they be, and how would…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Russia Retaliates Against US For Hacking Sanctions, Orders Removal of 755 Diplomatic Staff [Updated]

Russian President Vladimir Putin retaliated against new US sanctions legislation widely expected to be signed by President Donald Trump, announcing on Sunday he would expel or have the US otherwise cut 755 US diplomatic staff. The sanctions in question were designed to punish Russia following US intelligence agencies’ universal conclusion Russian operatives interfered in the…

Tech News Tom McKay

A Hacker’s Guide to Protecting Your Privacy While Dating

Love makes people do dumb stuff. But there are practical, easy steps we can take to maintain our privacy during romantic relationships, and changing one simple behavior now could keep us safe later on if the relationship ends badly. While plenty of the tens of thousands of hackers who descend on Las Vegas every year…

Privacy & Security Kate Conger

This Hellish Tower of Flame Forced the Evacuation of Over 22,000 People From Barcelona’s Tomorrowland Festival

Over 22,000 fans were evacuated from the Tomorrowland music festival in Barcelona on Saturday after an unspecified “technical malfunction” caused the stage to burst into a towering inferno straight out of hell. According to German broadcaster Deutsche Welle, local authorities suspect a malfunctioning pyrotechnics display was to blame for the massive blaze, which started on…

Sploid Tom McKay

Lawsuit Against CIA Psychologists Who Compared Themselves to Nazi Gas Manufacturer Headed to Trial

A lawsuit against two former Air Force psychologists who developed the CIA’s post-September 11, 2001 “enhanced interrogation” torture techniques, James Mitchell and John “Bruce” Jessen, appears to be all set to go to trial after the defendants ignored repeated exhortations to settle—including from the judge. Mitchell and Jensen earned $81 million from the CIA between…

Tech News Tom McKay

Answers to Old Man Rick on The Walking Dead Will Come Sooner Than You Think

The latest trailer for the next season of The Walking Dead left fans with a ton of questions—mainly, what the hell was going on at the end of it? Fans of the original comic have a clue what’s going on, and soon the rest of us will too…by the end of the first episode. https://gizmodo.com/what-the-hell-does-the-end-of-this-walking-dead-season-1797136656…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Gorgeous Illustration Brings Us Back to Game of Thrones‘ Most Tragic Reunion (So Far)

This latest season of Game of Thrones is all about bringing all our beloved characters together—you know, before the White Walkers drive them apart again with boatloads of death. One of the most anticipated reunions of the season (if not the series) also ended up being one of its most heartbreaking. And now it’s been…

io9 Beth Elderkin

James McAvoy Is Sick of Looking Like a ‘Skinhead’ to Keep Making X-Men Movies

James McAvoy is once again bare-headed for his upcoming role in X-Men: Dark Phoenix, his fourth X-Men film. Unlike Patrick Stewart, who’s always big, bald, and beautiful, McAvoy is getting fed up with the look. In an interview with PEOPLE, McAvoy shared the woes of going bald for the role of Charles Xavier in the…

io9 Beth Elderkin

McDonald’s Is Bringing Back Rick and Morty‘s Beloved Szechuan Sauce From Another Dimension [Updated]

McDonald’s Szechuan Sauce, the limited edition dipping sauce that was briefly available in the summer of 1998 as promotion for Disney’s Mulan, is Rick Sanchez’s singular reason for traversing the multiverse. Just in time for the show’s third season return, a McDonald’s chef has brought the sauce back. At this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, Rick…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

Court Rules the FAA Has to Come Up With a Less Bullshit Reason Not to Regulate Airplane Seat Sizes

It’s no secret that airline travel is more miserable than ever, with increasing lengths of time spent on the tarmac, “family fees,” lines to pass through security growing and growing, and the increasing prospect of being manhandled by said security. If you manage to avoid any of those problems, you’re still virtually guaranteed to be…

Tech News Tom McKay

Spawn Won’t Be the Star In His Own Film Reboot

Those looking forward to the (hopeful) big screen return of Todd McFarlane’s Spawn might be interested to know that, surprisingly, Spawn himself won’t be the central character. Instead, the honor will be shared with Twitch. In an interview with Comicbook.com, creator Todd McFarlane said that the story will focus on both Spawn and Detective Maximilian…

io9 Matthew Hawkins

Canada’s Tech Sector is Trying to Cash in on Donald Trump’s Hardline Immigration Policies

Hey, it looks like actions have consequences! The Canadian tech sector is trying to cash in on President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies with a pilot program to slash waiting times for work permits and temporary resident visas from a year to just two weeks, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Canadian program just…

Tech News Tom McKay

This $590,000 iPhone Robbery Sounds Like the Craziest Heist Movie

Blade Runner 2049 Will Be Missing One Much-Hated Element From the Original

William Shatner Attacks Snowflakes, Social Justice Warriors, and Misandrists

That Viral Photo of Theresa May With The Scream Painting is Totally Fake

Game of Thrones Finally Gave Us the Moment We’ve All Been Waiting For

Travis Kalanick Is Already Plotting His Return to Power at Uber

Watch Your Childhood Crumble as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reenact Seinfeld‘s ‘Contest’

Yeah, Maybe Don’t Use This App That Supposedly Identifies Poison Mushrooms

Open Channel: What Black Mirror Episodes Should Get a Sequel?

Russia Retaliates Against US For Hacking Sanctions, Orders Removal of 755 Diplomatic Staff [Updated]

A Hacker’s Guide to Protecting Your Privacy While Dating

This Hellish Tower of Flame Forced the Evacuation of Over 22,000 People From Barcelona’s Tomorrowland Festival

Lawsuit Against CIA Psychologists Who Compared Themselves to Nazi Gas Manufacturer Headed to Trial

Answers to Old Man Rick on The Walking Dead Will Come Sooner Than You Think

Gorgeous Illustration Brings Us Back to Game of Thrones‘ Most Tragic Reunion (So Far)

James McAvoy Is Sick of Looking Like a ‘Skinhead’ to Keep Making X-Men Movies

McDonald’s Is Bringing Back Rick and Morty‘s Beloved Szechuan Sauce From Another Dimension [Updated]

Court Rules the FAA Has to Come Up With a Less Bullshit Reason Not to Regulate Airplane Seat Sizes

Spawn Won’t Be the Star In His Own Film Reboot

Canada’s Tech Sector is Trying to Cash in on Donald Trump’s Hardline Immigration Policies

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