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Why a Single Infinity War Set Picture Has Everyone Pondering Tony Stark’s Future

Ridley Scott is already teasing the next Alien movie. Get another look at that absurd Tom & Jerry/Willy Wonka mashup film. A new Last Jedi trailer is on the way. Plus, even more Spider-Man: Homecoming footage, and new Game of Thrones posters. Spoilers, assemble! Avengers: Infinity War Benedict Wong has joined the cast of Avengers:…

Television James Whitbrook and Gordon Jackson

I Can’t Wait to Play This Nintendo Switch Battery

The Nintendo Switch is a tiny console with tiny controllers all powered by tiny batteries with tiny capacities. Charging is just part of life with the Switch, which is why it’s spawned hundreds of power accessories, including this portable battery that looks like the most boring Switch game you can play. But while Bionik’s Power…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Robot Journalist Accidentally Reports on Earthquake from 1925

Yesterday, the Los Angeles Times reported on a 6.8 earthquake that struck Santa Barbara at 4:51pm. Which might be surprising to the people of Santa Barbara who didn’t feel anything. The big problem with the story? The earthquake happened in 1925. How could reporters get something so wrong? Well, the “reporter” who wrote yesterday’s news…

Tech News Matt Novak

Confederate Group Fights For Possession of Time Capsule Found in Monument to Losers

In 1911, a monument was erected in Orlando, Florida in honor of the Confederate traitors who fought to uphold slavery in the South. This week that monument was moved from its prominent position (despite protests from local losers) to a nearby cemetery, but the controversy hasn’t died away yet. A local chapter of the Daughters…

Tech News Matt Novak

Jack Ma Predicts People Will Work Just 16 Hours Per Week by 2047

Jack Ma, the billionaire businessman and chairman of the Alibaba Group, believes that automation will help workers of the future enjoy more leisure time. In fact, he sees a future where people will be working just 16 hours per week by 2047. “I think in the next 30 years, people only work four hours a…

Tech News Matt Novak

Mylan Sells Asthma Treatments While It Quietly Invests in Coal

Mylan is one of the most loathsome companies on Earth. Usually, they are hated for charging people with life-threatening allergies extortionate amounts of money for the only drug on the market that can help them. But a new report points out that there are many other reasons hate the company. Namely contributing to air pollution…

Tech News Rhett Jones

BBC News Program Experiences the Most Awkward Glitch

Viewers of BBC’s News at Ten were entranced last night when a glitch in its system produced over four minutes of surreal beauty. As the program began, the usual opening rush of clips from around the world accompanied by dramatic music played. A breaking news graphic flew up onscreen and then there was silence. The…

Tech News Rhett Jones

With New Context, These Old Quotes About the Han Solo Movie Speak Volumes

Even before co-directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were fired from the Han Solo movie, they didn’t talk about the film in public a lot. One place they did was at last year’s Star Wars Celebration, and reading the quotes now is very weird. For example, here’s a quote from Lord, when talking about the…

Movies Germain Lussier

It Looks Like the Senate’s Health Bill Is Almost as Vile as the House Bill

Mitch McConnell and his tiny cabal of fellow senators are finally ready to unveil their plan to take away health insurance from millions of people. The official presentation of the new bill will happen tomorrow morning but some outlets received a preview of what it contains on Wednesday. It sounds ever so slightly less “mean”…

Tech News Rhett Jones

A Rookie Teacher Fights the Forces of Evil in Winning Comedy Horror Short The Sub

A substitute teacher who’s young enough to vividly remember the horrors of adolescence finds another reason to fear high school when she realizes there’s something very strange about her new gig. The teachers are secretive and weird—and the kids are oddly obsessed with “the curriculum.” Dan Samiljan’s horror comedy short The Sub is worth watching just…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

This Groundbreaking Comics Shop Owner Wants To Help Writers and Artists Break Into the Industry

Ariell Johnson made history in 2015 with her Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse, becoming the first black woman to open a comics shop on the East Coast. Now, with the help of a $50,000 grant from the Knight Foundation, Johnson has her sights set on changing the comics industry from the ground up. Johnson initially opened…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

The Predator Set Was a Bug-Filled Hell for the Naked

The Hollywood Reporter just posted a great, in-depth oral history of Predator. But what stuck out the most was just how bad things got for Richard Chaves, who played Poncho. Specifically, he spoke about his run-ins with nature, which he shared using perhaps too much detail. First up is a lesson to never, ever sit…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

You Need Food and Water in Order to Live

A bunch of news outlets reported that a “breatharian” couple survives on air alone. I’m not wasting my time debunking this shit. [via CNN]

Health Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Paragliding at the Bottom of a Narrow Canyon Is Scarier Than Any Roller Coaster on Earth

At some point in time humanity got its wires crossed and parachutes, an invention designed to save lives, became a tool for risking life and limb. Instead of gracefully floating down the side of a mountain, paraglider Joseph Innes skimmed along the bottom of a narrow canyon, just inches away from breaking an ankle, and…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

Ultimates 2 Is Turning Galactus and Ego the Living Planet Into Cosmic Superheroes

There are certain comic book characters whose characterizations are so canonically static that it becomes difficult to imagine them ever changing in a significant way. Take Galactus for example. Since he was first introduced in Fantastic Four #48, he’s has done little else than threaten to devour planets. Recently, that all changed. In issue #2 of…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore

Physicists Think They Know How to Stop Your Rolly Suitcase From Tipping Over

Imagine: You’re at an airport with your fancy new bag rolling behind you. You have spent a little too much time deciding which plane snack will both taste good and doesn’t have too many calories, and now must sprint to catch your plane. You make a turn and suddenly, your bag begins to wobble. No…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

This Snack Machine Conspiracy Is the Greatest Operation in CIA History

There’s more than one moment in the 2006 thriller The Good Shepherd, when any rational movie watcher thinks, “Shit, does Matt Damon know what he’s doing, setting up the CIA as the most powerful spy agency in the world?” Those doubts, however, seem quaint thanks to the recent revelation that a crew of CIA contractors…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

Jason Isaacs Looks So Uncomfortable in His Star Trek: Discovery Uniform

We have our very first look at Jason Isaacs as Captain Gabriel Lorca on the bridge of the USS Discovery, and my god does nothing about this look comfortable. Not the chair, not the costume, not his posture. It feels oddly appropriate. The picture comes from Entertainment Weekly, and it’s a bit nostalgic. The Next…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Breaking Down All the Secrets and Surprises of the New Game of Thrones Trailer

It may be the first day of summer in the real world, but winter has come to Westeros in the form of a brand new trailer for Game of Thrones’ penultimate season. It’s jam-packed with footage that lines up with all the rumors we’ve been hearing about the show over the last year, so let’s…

Television James Whitbrook and Beth Elderkin

How Does X-Men‘s Charles Xavier Leave His Own House?

It’s not a trick question. Based on various depictions of the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters, Professor X—a paraplegic mutant telepath with a supposedly genius-level intellect—somehow forgot to add wheelchair ramps to his own home. So we asked artists who have worked on X-Men titles over the years how the franchise’s patriarch leaves his own…

io9 Avery Ellis

Why a Single Infinity War Set Picture Has Everyone Pondering Tony Stark’s Future

I Can’t Wait to Play This Nintendo Switch Battery

Robot Journalist Accidentally Reports on Earthquake from 1925

Confederate Group Fights For Possession of Time Capsule Found in Monument to Losers

Jack Ma Predicts People Will Work Just 16 Hours Per Week by 2047

Mylan Sells Asthma Treatments While It Quietly Invests in Coal

BBC News Program Experiences the Most Awkward Glitch

With New Context, These Old Quotes About the Han Solo Movie Speak Volumes

It Looks Like the Senate’s Health Bill Is Almost as Vile as the House Bill

A Rookie Teacher Fights the Forces of Evil in Winning Comedy Horror Short The Sub

This Groundbreaking Comics Shop Owner Wants To Help Writers and Artists Break Into the Industry

The Predator Set Was a Bug-Filled Hell for the Naked

You Need Food and Water in Order to Live

Paragliding at the Bottom of a Narrow Canyon Is Scarier Than Any Roller Coaster on Earth

Ultimates 2 Is Turning Galactus and Ego the Living Planet Into Cosmic Superheroes

Physicists Think They Know How to Stop Your Rolly Suitcase From Tipping Over

This Snack Machine Conspiracy Is the Greatest Operation in CIA History

Jason Isaacs Looks So Uncomfortable in His Star Trek: Discovery Uniform

Breaking Down All the Secrets and Surprises of the New Game of Thrones Trailer

How Does X-Men‘s Charles Xavier Leave His Own House?

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