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Report: Apple Hopes to Replace Fingerprints With a 3D Face Scanner on iPhone 8

Yesterday, a leak from one of the most reliable Apple rumor sleuths claimed that the iPhone 8 won’t feature a fingerprint scanner integrated into the display. That feature has been expected for some time. But if a new report is correct, it seems that fingerprints are going to be replaced with 3D facial recognition. http://gizmodo.com/its-alarmingly-easy-to-hack-the-galaxy-s8s-iris-scanner-1795466164…

Tech News Rhett Jones

The First Trailer for the FLCL Sequel Is Weird, But Not in the Way I Expected

FLCL, a six-episode anime series that’s a stirring coming-of-age tale complete with great rock music, giant robots that grow out of kids’ heads, and aliens that hit people with bass guitars, was announced to be getting not one but two sequels series last year. Now we have the footage, and it looks weird… but in…

Television Rob Bricken

This Is Why Antarctic Sea Ice Crashed This Year

The disappearance of Arctic sea ice is a well-documented trend with a well-established cause. But this past summer, Earth scientists were startled to see Antarctic sea ice take a nosedive, too. Now, scientists at the British Antarctic Survey are blaming the event on a spate of freak weather, underscoring how much we still have to…

Climate Change Maddie Stone

North Korea Claims Successful Test of Intercontinental Missile

Just in time for the Fourth of July, North Korea says it has successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The country voted most likely to start WWIII says it can now strike targets anywhere in the world, but military experts believe the missile, which flew for 40 minutes, is a medium range weapon…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Nightmarish Crocodile Relative Terrorized Dinosaurs in Prehistoric Madagascar

Roughly 165 million years ago during the mid-Jurassic, Madagascar is an alien place. The famously large island has yet to fully cleave itself tectonically from India and Africa, still crammed together with the rest of the southern supercontinent of Gondwana. Primates have yet to evolve, and flowers aren’t even a thing yet. This Madagascar is…

Tech News Jake Buehler

Bee Brains May Be the Model For the Next Evolutionary Leap in Camera Technology

The beleaguered honey bee is normally championed for its vital powers of pollination but a new study shows that we could soon be thanking them for inspiring more accurate color imaging in digital photography. https://gizmodo.com/yet-another-reason-honeybees-are-screwed-your-damn-alm-1793523466 A group of researchers published the results of their investigation into how bees perceive color today in the journal Proceedings…

Tech News Rhett Jones

The War of the Spider-Man Homecoming Posters Rages On

Forrest Gump might say the posters for Spider-Man Homecoming are like a box of chocolates. We never know what we’re going to get. Let’s start with the one that was just revealed. Curated by Mondo, this beautiful poster by artist Martin Ansin will be exclusively available to patrons who see the movie in Real 3D…

io9 Germain Lussier

This Valerian Clip Shows What’s Possible When 3000 Alien Species Live Together

Though it’s easier to simply call Luc Besson’s new movie “Valerian,” that’s not the full title. The full title is “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” and a new clip from the film explains the title in detail. This clip features Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Laureline (Cara Delevingne) landing on that titular city of…

Movies Germain Lussier

Germany Is Investigating Whether Facebook’s Terms of Service Qualify As Extortion

One of the downsides of being a worldwide tech juggernaut with two billion monthly users is that day-to-day business means playing legal whack-a-mole at all times. For Facebook, one legal problem has ended and another has just begun. https://gizmodo.com/supreme-court-rules-sex-offenders-cant-be-barred-from-s-1796230497 Late on Friday, a judge in San Jose, California ruled that Facebook was not guilty of…

Social Media Rhett Jones

Here’s How the R-Rated Baby Driver Was Allowed to Use G-Rated Disney Footage

Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver is in theaters now and hopefully you have, or are planning to, see it. We recommend that. And afterwards, maybe you’ll be curious to know the real story behind arguably the film’s biggest laugh. We’ve got you covered. This is a bit of a spoiler, though, so only read if you’ve…

Movies Germain Lussier

Bats Are Good, But We Need to Leave Them Be

If you read Stellaluna as a child, chances are, you like bats. Who wouldn’t? These nocturnal cuties are full of cuddles. Sadly, they’re also teeming with disease. While we understand the impulse to snuggle a bat, it’d be in their best interest—and ours—if humans just left them alone. New research from the EcoHealth Alliance suggests…

Tech News Rae Paoletta

A New Star Wars Animated Short Is Basically a Force Awakens Deleted Scene

A brand new Star Wars animated series launched today called Forces of Destiny and the first webisode takes place in the timeline of The Force Awakens. The short features Rey (voiced by Daisy Ridley) and BB-8 fighting off a monster as they traverse the sands of Jakku. And because this show, which will continue over…

Movies Germain Lussier

The Lord of the Rings Lawsuit Comes to an End in a Decidedly Unexciting Way

After years of fighting, with twists and turns and reams of legal writing to rival the books that caused them, the legal battle between Warner Bros. and estate of J.R.R. Tolkien has been settled. The legal cases surrounding the Lord of the Rings movies is basically as never-ending as the ending of Return of the…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

Check Your Fireworks Because Thousands Have Been Recalled Nationwide

It’s Fourth of July weekend and what could be more American than manufacturing a faulty product that could injure you while you’re drunk. https://gizmodo.com/here-are-some-horrible-fireworks-related-injuries-1796532429 The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall for 36,100 units of TNT Red, White, & Blue Smoke fireworks. Three separate people have suffered injuries from the fireworks due…

Tech News Rhett Jones

Celebrate All Three Back to the Future Movies With This Delightful Triptych

Ian Glaubinger’s art is always fun, but these three pieces all capture the characters, the sets, and some famous props all with a signature colorful style. I actually think the best part of the art isn’t even the expressions on the faces up top—although they are great—it’s the details I love. The “Save the Clocktower”…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Do Dogs Know They’re Good Boys?

In the taxonomy of domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris), there are canines of all shapes and sizes, but rest assured, they are all good. A real pup enthusiast knows that within this framework, there are even more intricate strata: there are doggos, puppers, pupperinos, shoobs, shibes, shooberinos, and longboys, for example. While we know all…

Tech News Rae Paoletta

Elon Musk Announces Tesla Model 3 Will Start Delivery On Friday

When he’s not waxing poetic about floors and digging giant holes in the ground, Elon Musk runs an electric car company. Late Sunday night, he tweeted the biggest news yet in Tesla’s short history. The Model 3, a more affordable Tesla, will roll off the assembly line on Friday. https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-s-cryptic-art-suggests-unicorn-fart-powered-t-1793866821 Last week, Musk teased that…

Tech News Rhett Jones

Doctor Who‘s Season Finale Wrapped Up a Three-Year-Long Character Arc Perfectly

Doctor Who rarely does big character arcs. By its very nature it’s a transitory program: every week a new adventure, every few years a new Doctor and new companions. That means that a character, especially the Doctor, is established quickly and stays like that till they leave. But this weekend’s season ten finale put a…

Television James Whitbrook

Apparently, a Magical Circus is Important to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2

As filming begins today on the sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Warner Bros. has released summary which doesn’t tell us too much we didn’t know and a cast list that’s a bit more revealing. “Revealing” in that it includes a bounty hunter and a wizarding circus. The new synopsis restates a…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Captain Marvel Will Have Another Marvel Character as a Co-Star

Robert Downey Jr. once again teases leaving the role of Tony Stark, that live-action Jetsons you always wanted gets a producer, and a picture of Deadpool, sans suit, for Deadpool 2. Plus, images from the Doctor Who Christmas special show more than one Doctor hanging around. Spoilers ahead! Captain Marvel Treat with the usual amount…

Television James Whitbrook and Gordon Jackson

Report: Apple Hopes to Replace Fingerprints With a 3D Face Scanner on iPhone 8

The First Trailer for the FLCL Sequel Is Weird, But Not in the Way I Expected

This Is Why Antarctic Sea Ice Crashed This Year

North Korea Claims Successful Test of Intercontinental Missile

Nightmarish Crocodile Relative Terrorized Dinosaurs in Prehistoric Madagascar

Bee Brains May Be the Model For the Next Evolutionary Leap in Camera Technology

The War of the Spider-Man Homecoming Posters Rages On

This Valerian Clip Shows What’s Possible When 3000 Alien Species Live Together

Germany Is Investigating Whether Facebook’s Terms of Service Qualify As Extortion

Here’s How the R-Rated Baby Driver Was Allowed to Use G-Rated Disney Footage

Bats Are Good, But We Need to Leave Them Be

A New Star Wars Animated Short Is Basically a Force Awakens Deleted Scene

The Lord of the Rings Lawsuit Comes to an End in a Decidedly Unexciting Way

Check Your Fireworks Because Thousands Have Been Recalled Nationwide

Celebrate All Three Back to the Future Movies With This Delightful Triptych

Do Dogs Know They’re Good Boys?

Elon Musk Announces Tesla Model 3 Will Start Delivery On Friday

Doctor Who‘s Season Finale Wrapped Up a Three-Year-Long Character Arc Perfectly

Apparently, a Magical Circus is Important to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2

Captain Marvel Will Have Another Marvel Character as a Co-Star

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