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The New Shadow of War Trailer Throws a Tolkienesque Kitchen Sink at Middle-Earth

The first game in Warner Bros’ latest Lord of the Rings franchise, Shadow of Mordor, tried to position itself as something that could have ostensibly happened in between The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings. It played with, but respected, the canon of Middle-Earth. Its sequel, on the other hand, is tossing that out the…

Trailers James Whitbrook

Humans Heading to Mars Could Face a Disturbingly High Cancer Risk

Practically everyone who likes space and has lots of money is trying to get to Mars in the near future. But before anyone reaches the Red Planet, there are plenty of concerns to mull over, most notably that our bodies were not built to live in a barren litter box with a thin atmosphere. But…

Space & Spaceflight Rae Paoletta

The Things You Need to Remember About Orphan Black Before the Final Season Begins

The sestry are back! Orphan Black is returning for its fifth and final season on June 10, this Saturday, and there’s a lot to unpack. Season four was all about the show getting the clones back to their roots, and bringing them together as a family. But this year, it’s all about their futures… which,…

io9 Beth Elderkin

Can Fetuses Recognize Faces When They’re Still in the Womb? [Updated]

We don’t remember what it was like to be a fetus. We don’t remember what we heard or smelled, and we certainly don’t remember what we saw. So fetuses, their development, and their experiences are a natural curiosity. When and how do fetuses start taking part in the human experience? Can they recognize faces from…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

We’ve Got More Details About Stranger Things’ New Monster

The last few days have revealed a number of details about the monster we saw menacing Hawkins in the season two Stranger Things trailer—including what sounds like the ominous name the cast used for it on the set. This week has already had somewhat contradictory messages about how the monster will show up in season two. Co-showrunner…

Television Katharine Trendacosta

Mr. President, Now Is the Time to Tweet

Former FBI director James Comey has been testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee for over an hour. Twitter is aflame with reporters tweeting quotes and idiots telling jokes. It is hot, hot, hot. But it is not enough. Washington Post reporter Robert Costa reported on Tuesday that President Trump might “live tweet if he feels…

Tech News Libby Watson

The DuckTales Reboot Reveals More of Its Returning Characters, and a Brand-New One

Well, it can’t just be Scrooge and the family palling around, can it? Disney has revealed a veritable duck-blur of supporting characters that will be part of the DuckTales reboot, and it’s a mix of familiar faces from the classic show and new characters—and the series’ voice casting continues to be amazing. Debuted by Entertainment…

io9 James Whitbrook

Digital Footprints Paint an Eerily Accurate Picture of Europe’s Refugees

Using search data collected by Google, researchers at the Pew Research Center have reconstructed the journeys taken by refugees flowing into Europe from the Middle East. It represents a new way of tracking migration patterns—but the technique could eventually lead to misuse. In 2015 and 2016, some 2.5 million refugees left Syria and Iraq in…

Tech News George Dvorsky

You Probably Don’t Know All the Ways Facebook Tracks You

We’re all aware of the deal we make when we sign up with Facebook: we get somewhere to post vacation photos and stalk friends, and Mark Zuckerberg gets to sell your passion for fishing trips to fishing equipment retailers. What you might not realize is how deep or extensive the tracking goes—so let’s shed some…

Gadgets David Nield

Apple Sure Has Some Weird New Hobbies

Forget the HomePod or the latest version of iOS. The big news out of WWDC was related to something that Apple, and most consumers, don’t really care about: Virtual Reality. In between Kaby Lake refreshes and Siri voice demos, Tim Cook announced a wide range of software and hardware changes that will finally bring VR…

Tech News Alex Cranz

Breaking: Star Wars Rebels‘ Ahsoka Has Not Suddenly Transformed Into a Giant Wolf

Yes, Rebels head honcho Dave Filoni has seemingly confirmed some very important news about Ahsoka Tano’s role in the fourth and final season of Star Wars Rebels. Mainly that for the love of god no, she’s not a wolf. Confused? You absolutely should be. Buut allow us to explain… Ever since Star Wars Celebration a…

io9 James Whitbrook

Fired FBI Director James Comey Reports to the Senate About Trump

Fired FBI Director James Comey arrived on Capitol Hill Thursday to deliver what’s been billed as the most highly anticipated congressional testimony in history and that’s hardly an embellishment. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-watch-james-comeys-testimony-about-president-tru-1795893347 Much of what Comey has to say is described in his written testimony: President Trump urged him to kill an investigation into the conduct of…

Tech News Dell Cameron

These Are the Ghostbusters Toys We Should Have Gotten 33 Years Ago

Although Playmobil has existed for over 40 years, it’s only recently that the toy line has expanded to include licensed properties. That’s not necessarily a bad thing; we just wish the company’s new Ghostbusters line had existed 33 years ago when we were originally obsessed with the movie and desperate for ghost-busting toys as wonderful…

Movies Andrew Liszewski

Brazen Thief Uses Backhoe in Attempted ATM Burglary

Here’s the thing about ATMs: The machines are designed to take a pretty severe beating and still leave the box of cash out of a would-be thief’s reach. A Maryland man recently learned this lesson the hard way when he stole a backhoe, drove it five miles, and then attempted to excavate some cash out…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes

A Few Wonder Woman Favorites Will Return for Justice League

Ant-Man and The Wasp casts a mysterious “key” role. Donald Glover discusses playing Lando in the Han Solo spinoff. Stranger Things reveals Sean Astin’s new character. Plus, even more Transformers footage, teases of a special regeneration on Doctor Who, and more! Spoilers get! Justice League Wonderful news! Robin Wright and Connie Nielsen have confirmed to…

Television James Whitbrook

How to Watch James Comey’s Testimony About President Trump, No Cable Required

President Trump fired James Comey as FBI Director on May 9th. Ever since, the American people have been wondering what Comey knows about the Trump regime and its possible collusion with Russia. Today we finally get some answers. And thankfully there are a lot of ways to watch online. Comey’s testimony to the Senate Intelligence…

Social Media Matt Novak

Apple’s Upgrades to Location and Photo Privacy Features Are Pretty Great

Apple is making changes to the way apps get information about users’ location and photos, giving users more control over what data they share and when they share it. These are the changes that are coming in iOS 11: all apps that use location data will be required to offer an “only when using” option,…

Tech News Kate Conger

Russian Hackers Testing Malware With Britney Spears’s Instagram

In an impressive bit of cyber-sleuthing, security researchers have discovered that a nasty piece of malware was being tested by a Russian-speaking hacker group and it was using the comment section of Britney Spears’s Instagram as a way to call home. Turla is a hacking group that specializes in using malware for the purposes of…

Tech News Rhett Jones

Scott Pruitt Wants Some Kind of Strange Climate Change Showdown

EPA head Scott Pruitt has spent the last week insisting that the Trump administration never discussed climate change when debating the decision to withdraw from the Paris Accord on climate change. But now that we’ve withdrawn from that agreement, he thinks it’s a great time to have a public debate in what sounds like some…

Climate Change Rhett Jones

The New Darth Vader Comic Gives Us a Much Better Version of Revenge of the Sith‘s Infamous “Noooo!”

The moment Anakin Skywalker reawakens as the armor-clad Darth Vader in Revenge of the Sith should be one of the most horrifying and tragic moments in Star Wars history. Instead, it’s one of the most infamously mocked moments of the prequels. Today’s new Darth Vader comic though, revisits the moment do finally do it justice.…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

The New Shadow of War Trailer Throws a Tolkienesque Kitchen Sink at Middle-Earth

Humans Heading to Mars Could Face a Disturbingly High Cancer Risk

The Things You Need to Remember About Orphan Black Before the Final Season Begins

Can Fetuses Recognize Faces When They’re Still in the Womb? [Updated]

We’ve Got More Details About Stranger Things’ New Monster

Mr. President, Now Is the Time to Tweet

The DuckTales Reboot Reveals More of Its Returning Characters, and a Brand-New One

Digital Footprints Paint an Eerily Accurate Picture of Europe’s Refugees

You Probably Don’t Know All the Ways Facebook Tracks You

Apple Sure Has Some Weird New Hobbies

Breaking: Star Wars Rebels‘ Ahsoka Has Not Suddenly Transformed Into a Giant Wolf

Fired FBI Director James Comey Reports to the Senate About Trump

These Are the Ghostbusters Toys We Should Have Gotten 33 Years Ago

Brazen Thief Uses Backhoe in Attempted ATM Burglary

A Few Wonder Woman Favorites Will Return for Justice League

How to Watch James Comey’s Testimony About President Trump, No Cable Required

Apple’s Upgrades to Location and Photo Privacy Features Are Pretty Great

Russian Hackers Testing Malware With Britney Spears’s Instagram

Scott Pruitt Wants Some Kind of Strange Climate Change Showdown

The New Darth Vader Comic Gives Us a Much Better Version of Revenge of the Sith‘s Infamous “Noooo!”

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