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New Quick Charge Tech Promises 5 Hours of Phone Battery in 5 Minutes

Leaving the house only to realize you’ve got next to zero charge on your phone is an awful feeling. Which is why phone companies have been jamming bigger and better batteries into their phones. They’ve also been using quick charging technology, which can shove hours of battery life into a phone in a matter of…

Tech News Alex Cranz Nov 17 '16

This Short Stop-Motion Clay Animation Is Fantastically Fluid

I’ve always thought that one of the appeals of stop-motion claymation was the imperfections in the animation, how things never quite moved as fluidly as real life. After watching this short from Guldies, I now realize that it’s because no one is a master of stop-motion claymation like he is. The animation is really simple—it’s…

Sploid Casey Chan Nov 17 '16

Incredible! Domino’s Completes First Delivery of Terrible Pizza by Drone

On Wednesday, Domino’s achieved a major milestone in automation when it successfully completed the first commercial delivery of a sad pizza you instantly regret ordering by drone. By partnering with UAV delivery service Flirtey, the company was able to make the once fantastic dream of having a flying robot bring you a physical manifestation of…

Tech News Hudson Hongo Nov 17 '16

The Biggest, Baddest Ape is Back in the New Kong: Skull Island Trailer

Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, John Goodman, and Samuel L. Jackson have a problem. They’re on Skull Island and don’t know they’re about to meet the Eighth Wonder of the World himself. But we do, and now we’ve gotten an even better look at him, because the new trailer for Kong: Skull Island is here. John…

Trailers Germain Lussier Nov 16 '16

Kim Jong Un Gets New Mean Nickname After Chinese Censors Block Fat Jokes

An attempt at silencing critics of North Korea instead showcased the adaptability of written Chinese when internet users in China found a clever workaround for a banned nickname for Kim Jong Un. Last week, Chinese web users began reporting that searches for “Fatty Kim the Third” (a widely used epithet referring to weight of Kim,…

Tech News Hudson Hongo Nov 16 '16

Independence Day Producer Dean Devlin’s Next Project Is About a Boy, His Father, and NASA

Dean Devlin, writer of Stargate and producer of Independence Day, is going to produce and direct Countdown, about a boy who turns to NASA to save his dying father. Countdown has a script from Steve Altiere (Dinotrux) and revolves around a young kid who—like many kids—is obsessed with space, and who tries to save his…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta Nov 16 '16

Neil Gaiman Is Producing a TV Show About a Multiverse Skyscraper

When a group of people realizes they’re in a building that is continually moving through alternate dimensions, they’ll have to rescue their friends before they never see them again. That’s plot of The Building, a new TV show co-produced by legendary writer Neil Gaiman (American Gods, Coraline). Gaiman will join several other producers on the…

io9 Germain Lussier Nov 16 '16

Fake News Stories ‘Outperformed’ Real Ones on Facebook in Weeks Before Election: Report

According to a new Buzzfeed report, the top stories from fake news sources attracted more engagement on Facebook than the top stories from legitimate news organizations in the weeks leading up to the election, generating more shares, comments and reactions on the social network. On the websites it tracked, Buzzfeed found four of the five…

Social Media Hudson Hongo Nov 16 '16

Google Earth VR Is Like Taking a Vacation That Gives You a Headache

Let’s be real: It’s been a pretty stressful year. The tragedies never seem end. Harambe was shot dead in front of children. David Bowie and Prince died unexpectedly. Oh yeah, and we elected a screaming giant cheese wedge to be the next president. All of this bad news might want to make you just runaway…

Tech News Michael Nunez Nov 16 '16

Kung Fu Panda Director Working on Movie Adaptation of Classic All-Ages Graphic Novel Bone

It’s one of the best-loved graphic novel series of the last decade and winner of some of the biggest awards in comics. Now Bone is headed to the silver screen with a director who might actually get what makes cartoonist Jeff Smith’s creation so special. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kung Fu Panda director Mark…

Movies Evan Narcisse Nov 16 '16

Robert Downey Jr. Is Either Making a Scifi Show or a Cheesy Dad Comedy, You Decide

Or maybe it’s both! Today, news broke that one of the most popular actors in Hollywood, Robert Downey Jr., has signed a first-look deal for his production company, Team Downey Productions. That means he and his wife, Susan Downey, will team up with Sonar Entertainment to start making scripted and television for TV and digital.…

Television Germain Lussier Nov 16 '16

There’s at Least One Robot Humanity Doesn’t Have to Fear

As robots get larger, smarter, faster, stronger, and more agile, there’s good reason for humanity to be a little worried about the day they eventually turn on us. Unless all robots end up like UCLA’s BALLU which is really nothing more than a pair of skinny robot legs attached to a helium balloon. BALLU—which stands…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Nov 16 '16

The First Big Story Details For the CW/DC Crossover Event Are Here

We’ve had a few sneaky peeks at the big alien invasion event that is bringing together Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow, and Flash at the end of the month, but the CW just released new extended synopses for the event, giving us some intriguing details about how it all comes together. The four synopses for…

Television James Whitbrook Nov 16 '16

China on Donald Trump’s Claim It Invented Global Warming: Nah

Think back, if you will, to the halcyon days of 2012, when Donald Trump hadn’t yet strangled the presidency with his small, grubby orange hands. “The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive,” he tweeted on November 6 of that year. Today—almost exactly four…

Climate Change Sophie Kleeman Nov 16 '16

Mars Has Its Own Plaid Pattern

It will be a while before we can actually colonize Mars (no matter what Elon Musk says). But when we get there, an official tartan will be ready for the outfits. As spotted by Twitter account MarsToday, the official Scottish Register of Tartans now has an official tartan dedicated to Mars exploration. The tartan was…

Tech News Christina Warren Nov 16 '16

Arrival Is the Science Fiction Film I Desperately Needed to See

If the last week is any indication, America’s in for a very weird, fractious four years. The country feels split by lava-filled fault lines and any path forward feels like it’s going to be tough to endure. Good thing a great science fiction movie all about finding ways to talk to alien lifeforms just came…

Movies Evan Narcisse Nov 16 '16

This $5 Device Can Take Over a Computer—Even If It’s Locked

Samy Kamar just released his latest hacking creation, and it is terrifying. Dubbed “Poison Tap,” Kamar’s new home brew device allows someone to plant a backdoor on a computer in just one minute, even when the device is locked. Kamar’s method for installing the backdoor is unconventional and totally ingenious. Poison Tap targets the victim’s…

Privacy & Security William Turton Nov 16 '16

Valiant Comics’ First TV Show Dr. Mirage Is Coming to the CW (UPDATED)

Update 7:23pm EST: A source close to the project has told io9 that the plans for a Dr. Mirage series aren’t as solid originally reported—while a series is in the works, there’s so far only been preliminary talks between Valiant and interested parties. The original story is as follows. Remember when the CW said it…

Television James Whitbrook Nov 16 '16

Sesame Street Wants to Spread the Word About Monsters on Twitter

Monsters probably outnumber everyone else on Twitter at this point, Sesame Street. This tweet was actually meant to promote the official accounts of Sesame Street characters, judging by the follow up tweet: But there is no way the person who sent this out didn’t know what kind of reaction they’d get to that very open…

Television Katharine Trendacosta Nov 16 '16

Here Are King Arthur and His Knights Chilling on the Transformers 5 Set

Here’s what we know so far about Transformers: The Last Knight. It has King Arthur, Nazis, and Stonehenge. Oh, and presumably some giant transforming robots will make an appearance. That seems like a lot of things to have in one movie. In a new featurette touting Michael Bay’s use of IMAX cameras in the making of…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta Nov 16 '16

New Quick Charge Tech Promises 5 Hours of Phone Battery in 5 Minutes

This Short Stop-Motion Clay Animation Is Fantastically Fluid

Incredible! Domino’s Completes First Delivery of Terrible Pizza by Drone

The Biggest, Baddest Ape is Back in the New Kong: Skull Island Trailer

Kim Jong Un Gets New Mean Nickname After Chinese Censors Block Fat Jokes

Independence Day Producer Dean Devlin’s Next Project Is About a Boy, His Father, and NASA

Neil Gaiman Is Producing a TV Show About a Multiverse Skyscraper

Fake News Stories ‘Outperformed’ Real Ones on Facebook in Weeks Before Election: Report

Google Earth VR Is Like Taking a Vacation That Gives You a Headache

Kung Fu Panda Director Working on Movie Adaptation of Classic All-Ages Graphic Novel Bone

Robert Downey Jr. Is Either Making a Scifi Show or a Cheesy Dad Comedy, You Decide

There’s at Least One Robot Humanity Doesn’t Have to Fear

The First Big Story Details For the CW/DC Crossover Event Are Here

China on Donald Trump’s Claim It Invented Global Warming: Nah

Mars Has Its Own Plaid Pattern

Arrival Is the Science Fiction Film I Desperately Needed to See

This $5 Device Can Take Over a Computer—Even If It’s Locked

Valiant Comics’ First TV Show Dr. Mirage Is Coming to the CW (UPDATED)

Sesame Street Wants to Spread the Word About Monsters on Twitter

Here Are King Arthur and His Knights Chilling on the Transformers 5 Set

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