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In the Scifi Short Nano, a Simple App Can Wield Horrifically Dangerous Power

Nano imagines a future where nanotechnology has completely altered everyday life, and the phrase “there’s an app for that” applies to almost anything. It’s a world that’s both awesome (instantly change your eye color!) and terrifying (temporarily paralyze another person without their consent!) We’re excited to exclusively debut Nano on io9. In Nano, a high-ranking…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

This Week, Doctor Who Returned to a Middling Status Quo

After the middling Monk trilogy, Doctor Who fell back on a well-trodden house style this weekend for “The Empress of Mars,” a Mark Gatiss-penned romp. But even though this is a classic storytelling style for Who, and even though it had some interesting ideas tucked inside it, it never really strived to be anything more…

Television James Whitbrook

Classified Intel Trump Told the Russians Was Obtained By Infiltrating ISIS Bombmakers Online

Remember when President Trump spilled highly classified intelligence to Russian officials in the Oval Office? We now have a report on what kind of intelligence Trump shared. The extremely sensitive info was about ISIS plans to hide bombs in consumer electronics. And it came from Israeli cyber specialists who infiltrated a group of bombmakers in…

Tech News Matt Novak

Here’s How Complicated It Was to Bring Ghost Rider to Agents of SHIELD

In its fourth season, Agents of SHIELD’s delved into the more magical side of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe by introducing Gabriel Luna as Ghost Rider and giving him a pretty solid connection to Doctor Strange. Magic made for some of Agents of SHIELD’s most visually stunning episodes and in a new reel from CoSA VFX, we…

Television Charles Pulliam-Moore

Swearing Probably Won’t Help You Get Over Your Breakup

Do you remember being an undergrad and doing research studies for beer money? I do. Those were the best days of my life. Somewhat related, a network morning news show covered a new study and concluded that cursing can help with a broken heart. But this study of undergraduates had lots of moving pieces, and…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

An Imaginative Aerospace Engineer Turned This Classic Lego Space Shuttle Into a Flying Toy

As a follow-up to turning the classic Lego Solo Trainer set into a fully-functional RC plane, aerospace engineer Adam Woodworth is back with an even more impressive build: he somehow made this tiny 27-year-old Lego Space Shuttle actually fly. Many of us probably remember set #1682, Space Shuttle Launch, released way back in 1990. After…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski

A Spider-Man: Homecoming Character Is Hiding a Major Secret

Casting rumors swirl around X-Men: Dark Phoenix, a star has been found for the Bumblebee Transformers spinoff, and a good look at Donald Glover’s Lando Calrissian mustache. Plus, a Doctor Horrible reunion is coming to A Series of Unfortunate Events. Spoilers ahead! Spider-Man: Homecoming The novelization of Spider-Man: Homecoming has revealed Zendaya’s character, Michelle, is…

Television Gordon Jackson

Gamers Love Nostalgia, So Someone Is Bringing Back the Original Xbox’s Gigantic Controllers [Update]

Nintendo’s NES Classic Edition, which was nearly impossible to find from its initial release right up until the company stopped making it, proved gamers are hungry for nostalgia. But has 16 years been long enough for Microsoft fans to feel similarly nostalgic for the original Xbox’s gigantic controllers? Accessory maker Hyperkin is hoping so. As…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Visualize the World by Imagining It With a Population of 100 People

Just take a step back and take a look at how big, small, unequal, inexplicable, and surprising the world is, explained in numerical terms that you can wrap your head around. RealLifeLore is one of the most dependable YouTube channels around. If you just want to a big ol’ data dump accompanied by infographics, it…

Sploid Rhett Jones

Everything You Need to Know About Microsoft’s Xbox One X

After more than a year of rumors and teases and dorky Xtreme code names, Microsoft’s latest console, the Xbox One X, is finally here. It’s not actually here, here, the console will go on sale November 7. But we now have all the details about this new console, which is officially the fastest console built…

Tech News Alex Cranz

A Brief History of Steven Moffat Saying Why He Never Picked a Female Doctor Who

It looks like the new Doctor has been cast. After accepting an award at the British LGBT Awards, former Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies told Guys Like U that the next season already has its next Doctor. Davies was responding to a question about whether the new lead should be a woman, a question…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Uber CEO’s Future at the Company Hangs in the Balance at Today’s Board Meeting

The never-ending scandals at Uber have reached a point of reckoning and according to multiple reports, the ride-sharing startup’s board will be making some major decisions today. Along with a review of the long-in-the-works report on harassment, it will reportedly consider a leave of absence for Travis Kalanick and a top executive is expected to…

Tech News Rhett Jones

Myrcella’s ‘Sweet’ Death on Game of Thrones Was Originally Going to Be So Much Ickier

Myrcella Baratheon wasn’t the first non-book death we got on Game of Thrones, but it was definitely one of the most surprising— mainly because it wasn’t as gruesome as we’ve come to expect on the show. Turns out, that was on purpose, as the actor has unveiled how much worse her demise was supposed to…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Hackers Are Hijacking Verified Accounts to Spread Fake News

Security research group Access Now has discovered a clever attack being used against influential social media users as a means of disseminating fake news. The “Doubleswitch” not only involves hijacking verified accounts but makes it extremely difficult for the legitimate owner to regain control of their handle. According to the report, activists and journalists in…

Tech News Rhett Jones

Kirk and Crew Join the Star Trek VR Game With ‘Let’s Play’ Cartoon Mashup

Star Trek: Bridge Crew may not have Kirk, Spock, Uhura, or Sulu… oh wait, scratch that. They do now! YouTuber Corvine: Games has taken clips from Eurogamer’s Bridge Crew “Let’s Play” and paired it with footage from the original animated series… giving us an adventure fitting a captain. Corvine: Games started the series last month,…

io9 Beth Elderkin

The Importance of Adam West’s ‘Bright Knight’ Batman

It’s not an exaggeration to say that Adam West helped save Batman and changed what was possible with DC Comics’ Dark Knight Detective. We live in an age where high-stakes, big budget superhero movies and TV shows are an inevitability. They’ve been coming for decades and will seemingly be a staple of Hollywood’s output for…

Television Evan Narcisse

Stay Frosty in the Spoiler-Packed Doctor Who Discussion Thread

Tonight’s Doctor Who took us to Mars for a bizarre crossover between Victorian England and the Ice Warriors themselves. There were moustaches, stiff upper lips, and some very weird connections to oldschool Who, but for now, let’s talk sssssssspoilerssss, Ice Warrior style, in our weekly discussion thread! Unfortunately, “The Empress of Mars” was more about…

Television James Whitbrook

Fall in Love With Discworld All Over Again With Some Amazing Art

I have made no secret of my love of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, and I very much enjoy the work of SharksDen. On the Wyrd Sisters art, the artist noted: Yeah, some easter eggs again：P And you can also find I mixed Paul Kidbys and the BBC animated character sets in the three witches. That is not…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

How Your Mouse Movement Could Be Used to Stop Identity Theft

Most people know the “I’m not a robot” single-click version of CAPTCHA which is able to identify that a user is human by the way that they move their mouse. Researchers have now found a way to apply that principle to catching identity thieves in the act. https://gizmodo.com/google-has-finally-killed-the-captcha-1793190374 One of the biggest issues with identity…

Tech News Rhett Jones

Lawmaker Says He Didn’t Mean to Print the Screenshot With the Open Porn Tabs

When State Representative Ramon A. Perez says he didn’t mean to print a screenshot of a Wikipedia page with open porn tabs, we believe him. When he says that he didn’t realize the open porn tabs were visible when he handed out the page, we believe him. When he says that he didn’t personally take…

Tech News Rhett Jones

In the Scifi Short Nano, a Simple App Can Wield Horrifically Dangerous Power

This Week, Doctor Who Returned to a Middling Status Quo

Classified Intel Trump Told the Russians Was Obtained By Infiltrating ISIS Bombmakers Online

Here’s How Complicated It Was to Bring Ghost Rider to Agents of SHIELD

Swearing Probably Won’t Help You Get Over Your Breakup

An Imaginative Aerospace Engineer Turned This Classic Lego Space Shuttle Into a Flying Toy

A Spider-Man: Homecoming Character Is Hiding a Major Secret

Gamers Love Nostalgia, So Someone Is Bringing Back the Original Xbox’s Gigantic Controllers [Update]

Visualize the World by Imagining It With a Population of 100 People

Everything You Need to Know About Microsoft’s Xbox One X

A Brief History of Steven Moffat Saying Why He Never Picked a Female Doctor Who

Uber CEO’s Future at the Company Hangs in the Balance at Today’s Board Meeting

Myrcella’s ‘Sweet’ Death on Game of Thrones Was Originally Going to Be So Much Ickier

Hackers Are Hijacking Verified Accounts to Spread Fake News

Kirk and Crew Join the Star Trek VR Game With ‘Let’s Play’ Cartoon Mashup

The Importance of Adam West’s ‘Bright Knight’ Batman

Stay Frosty in the Spoiler-Packed Doctor Who Discussion Thread

Fall in Love With Discworld All Over Again With Some Amazing Art

How Your Mouse Movement Could Be Used to Stop Identity Theft

Lawmaker Says He Didn’t Mean to Print the Screenshot With the Open Porn Tabs

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