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In the Game of Thrones Season Finale, Everything Happened

So let’s talk about everything. IMMEDIATELY. Everyone in Westeros had a conference meeting that went exactly like we all expected, but was nail-biting anyway. The secret at the heart of Robert Rebellion’s was revealed. Sansa and Arya got their shit together. People died. And the Wall? It came tumbling down, allowing the Night King, his…

io9 Rob Bricken Aug 27 '17

Uber Board Nears CEO Vote, With Jeffrey Immelt Out and Meg Whitman Reportedly Back in

Uber’s board was widely expected to be prepared for a vote finalizing its punishing search for a new CEO to replace Travis Kalanick, who resigned earlier this year amid a storm of allegations he oversaw a widespread culture of sexual harassment. Per Recode, the company’s board was ready to vote as early as Sunday evening—potentially…

Tech News Tom McKay Aug 27 '17

DC Hero Vixen’s Animated Series is Finally Getting the Broadcast Premiere It Deserves

In 2015, The CW premiered an animated series based on the DC hero Vixen on its online streaming platform. Now, both seasons of Vixen are getting a special broadcast showing. The twelve short episodes, bundled together as a two-hour feature, will air on The CW Wednesday night as a special presentation. Alongside the show will…

io9 Julie Muncy Aug 27 '17

Stoke the It Hype With This Inexplicably Creepy Behind-the-Scenes Footage

Early buzz for the new adaptation of Stephen King’s It is good. Really good, in fact, and if you can’t stand to wait any longer you can at least view this oddly atmospheric behind-the-scenes footage in the meantime. The footage, via the YouTube channel for pop culture site We Got This Covered, is pretty straightforward,…

io9 Julie Muncy Aug 27 '17

Donald Trump Is Impressed by Hurricane Harvey and He’s Letting Everyone Know

This weekend Category 4 storm Hurricane Harvey, the biggest natural disaster of President Donald Trump’s presidency so far, barreled into southeast Texas, whipping coastal areas with 130 miles per hour (209 kilometers per hour) winds and causing unprecedented, catastrophic flooding in the Houston/Galveston region. Trump, in predictable accordance with what has felt like decades of…

Climate Change Tom McKay Aug 27 '17

The Tick‘s Creators Split Up the New Season to Curb Binge Watching

If you’re a fan of The Tick, you might have noticed that the first season of Amazon’s new series based on the hero has been split up into two parts, with six episodes up for streaming on Amazon Prime now and six more going up later this fall. Turns out, this was a judgment call…

io9 Julie Muncy Aug 27 '17

Why Tropical Storm Harvey Is Showing Texas No Mercy

Right now, Houston is in the midst of a catastrophic flood disaster as tropical storm Harvey, which made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane on the central Texas coastline Friday night, continues to unleash torrents over the Houston/Galveston metropolitan area. Harvey is expected to drop an additional 15 to 25 inches of rainfall over the…

Tech News Maddie Stone Aug 27 '17

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Director Tobe Hooper Dies at 74

Tobe Hooper, the pioneering director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Poltergeist, died Saturday in Sherman Oaks, California. The circumstances of his death are not known at this time. The report comes via the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office. Hooper, who began his film career as a documentary cameraman in the ‘60s, gained fame as…

io9 Julie Muncy Aug 27 '17

Hurricane Harvey’s Fallout Continues With Nightmare Flooding in Houston Area

Just one day after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in southeastern Texas, historic flooding continued to wrack the city of Houston and surrounding areas. According to CNN, authorities said they have rescued more than 1,000 people from the rising waters, with more than 24 inches of water falling on the Houston area in the past 24…

Climate Change Tom McKay Aug 27 '17

How Teen Titans Go! Turned An Obscure Song Into A Billboard-Charting Hit

You might have heard “The Night Begins To Shine,” the rockin’ ‘80s-styled track that’s Cyborg’s favorite song on Teen Titans Go! Turns out, the story behind the song is almost as great as the song itself. This comes courtesy of NPR, who recently recounted the whole affair for an All Things Considered segment. Here’s the…

io9 Julie Muncy Aug 27 '17

UFC’s Fight Pass Is Melting Down During the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Conor McGregor Fight

Moments after coverage of the Las Vegas match between UFC fighter Conor McGregor and undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather was scheduled to begin at 9:00pm. Eastern on Saturday night, UFC Fight Pass pulled a real HBO Go, crashing under load and preventing many users from watching the big showdown. Twitter began blowing up with reports that…

Television Bryan Menegus & Tom McKay Aug 26 '17

Iran Has Pivoted to Video

The classic US stereotype of attempted Iranian ideological indoctrination via chants of “Death to America” and such has been old hat for quite some time. As noted by the New York Times on Saturday, in the past few years Iranian pro-government propaganda efforts have increasingly taken the form of rap videos glorifying the country’s military,…

Sploid Tom McKay Aug 26 '17

New Video Shows Man Shooting Gun Near Crowd of Counter Protesters in Charlottesville

New video has surfaced that shows a man drawing a gun and opening fire at counter protesters during the neo-Nazi protest in Charlottesville on August 12th. The man was reportedly taken into custody this morning, but many are asking why police didn’t do anything at the time. Just eight people were arrested at the notorious…

Tech News Matt Novak Aug 26 '17

Lena Dunham Plays the Woman Who Shot Andy Warhol on American Horror Story: Cult, Because Why Not

Well, this is a weird turn. We had heard a couple months back that Lena Dunham would have a role in the upcoming clowns-and-Trump smorgasbord of American Horror Story’s seventh season. Now we know who she’s playing: Valerie Solanas, a feminist writer and actress who shot Andy Warhol in 1968. The information comes from last…

io9 Julie Muncy Aug 26 '17

Hurricane Harvey Has Knocked Out 25 Percent of Gulf Gas Production

Hurricane Harvey, the Category 4 storm that barreled into southeastern Texas on Friday evening, has shut down approximately a quarter of US gas production in the Gulf of Mexico. According to Reuters, storm-related shutdowns have knocked approximately 428,568 barrels of oil per day off the US’ “roughly 1.75 million bpd pumped from the Gulf,” per…

Tech News Tom McKay Aug 26 '17

Twenty Years Later, StarCraft‘s Story is Still an Engrossing Take on Space Opera

StarCraft was unveiled to the world twenty years ago, and in the time since it’s become a legendary fixture of the competitive gaming scene. Which makes it easy to forget that it’s also a fantastic space opera. Earlier this month, Blizzard, StarCraft’s developers, released StarCraft Remastered, a face lift to the original title meant to…

io9 Julie Muncy Aug 26 '17

Bill Nye Alleges Disney Ripped Him, Fellow Science Guys Off for $28.1 Million

Bill Nye the Science Guy, whose eponymous show wrapped up two decades ago in 1997 but been airing in syndication ever since, has some unfinished business with Disney. Per the L.A. Times, Nye filed a complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday alleging Disney’s Buena Vista Television fudged the numbers on his series Bill…

Television Tom McKay Aug 26 '17

Etta Candy’s Perspective is the Only One That Matters in This New Wonder Woman Clip

Sure, Diana Prince is great and all, but we know the real star of the Wonder Woman movie was Etta Candy, Diana’s woman-at-arms and her posh guide to London customs and fashion. In a new clip promoting the upcoming Blu-Ray release of the film, Etta (Lucy Davis) gives her own perspective on things. The short…

io9 Julie Muncy Aug 26 '17

Hurricane Harvey Floods, Thrashes Southeast Texas After Making Landfall [Updating]

Hurricane Harvey smashed into the Texas Gulf Coast on Friday night and Saturday morning after being elevated to Category 4 status, wiping out buildings with 130 miles per hour (209 kilometers per hour) winds and a 12-foot storm surge. At least one person died in Rockport, Texas during the storm when their house caught fire,…

Climate Change Tom McKay Aug 26 '17

That Gigantic Death Note Omnibus is Coming to America This Fall

That Death Note movie sure was something, wasn’t it? Whether you loved it or hated it, you have to admit that the manga it’s based on is a different beast entirely. A beast you can soon own in one comically large package. This omnibus edition of the Death Note manga by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi…

Books & Comics Julie Muncy Aug 26 '17

In the Game of Thrones Season Finale, Everything Happened

Uber Board Nears CEO Vote, With Jeffrey Immelt Out and Meg Whitman Reportedly Back in

DC Hero Vixen’s Animated Series is Finally Getting the Broadcast Premiere It Deserves

Stoke the It Hype With This Inexplicably Creepy Behind-the-Scenes Footage

Donald Trump Is Impressed by Hurricane Harvey and He’s Letting Everyone Know

The Tick‘s Creators Split Up the New Season to Curb Binge Watching

Why Tropical Storm Harvey Is Showing Texas No Mercy

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Director Tobe Hooper Dies at 74

Hurricane Harvey’s Fallout Continues With Nightmare Flooding in Houston Area

How Teen Titans Go! Turned An Obscure Song Into A Billboard-Charting Hit

UFC’s Fight Pass Is Melting Down During the Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Conor McGregor Fight

Iran Has Pivoted to Video

New Video Shows Man Shooting Gun Near Crowd of Counter Protesters in Charlottesville

Lena Dunham Plays the Woman Who Shot Andy Warhol on American Horror Story: Cult, Because Why Not

Hurricane Harvey Has Knocked Out 25 Percent of Gulf Gas Production

Twenty Years Later, StarCraft‘s Story is Still an Engrossing Take on Space Opera

Bill Nye Alleges Disney Ripped Him, Fellow Science Guys Off for $28.1 Million

Etta Candy’s Perspective is the Only One That Matters in This New Wonder Woman Clip

Hurricane Harvey Floods, Thrashes Southeast Texas After Making Landfall [Updating]

That Gigantic Death Note Omnibus is Coming to America This Fall

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