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Someone Please Buy Twitter, Please, Please, Please, Please

Twitter stock crashed this morning, falling nine-percent, amidst reports from Re/code that Google and Disney—who were previously suspected buyers—will not be making bids for the company. That still leaves Salesforce in the running, with CEO Marc Benioff saying earlier this week that “data is the currency in software’s new world order.” Benioff also called Twitter…

Tech News Eve Peyser Oct 6 '16

Batwoman Is Getting Her Own Comic Series Again, and It’s About Time

Good news, Bat-fans: If you’ve been enjoying Kate Kane kicking ass and taking names in the pages of Detective Comics recently, there’s more where that came from. Batwoman is now getting her own ongoing monthly comic, beginning early next year. https://gizmodo.com/how-s-it-feel-to-be-the-damsel-batman-1785294298 Revealed by The Hollywood Reporter this morning, Batwoman, penned by Marguerite Bennett and with…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Oct 6 '16

This Smartphone Microscope Lets You Play Games With Microbes

Introducing the LudusScope, a 3D-printed, open-sourced system that lets you control and play games with living microbes on your smartphone. Tormenting single-celled organisms has never been so much fun. LudusScope was developed by Stanford engineer Ingmar Riedel-Kruse, and he envisioned it as a new way of interacting and learning about common microbes. It’s meant for…

Tech News George Dvorsky Oct 6 '16

Samsung Buys AI Startup From the Creators of Siri

You may soon see a Siri-like virtual assistant on Galaxy phones. Samsung announced Thursday that it’s buying the artificial intelligence startup Viv Labs Inc., a company built by the same people who created Siri. Viv is advertised as a more powerful version of Siri by co-founders Dag Kittlaus, Adam Cheyer, and Chris Brigham. The company…

Gadgets Michael Nunez Oct 6 '16

More New Details For the Next Wolverine Movie, Logan

Chiwetel Ejiofor discusses Mordo’s role in Doctor Strange. Bruce Campbell talks about his hopes for Ash vs. Evil Dead’s future. Aardman Animation teases its next movie. Plus, stepping up the action on Arrow, and new looks at Westworld and the return of Salem. To me, my Spoilers! Logan Following yesterday’s reveal of Wolverine 3 as…

Television James Whitbrook Oct 6 '16

How to Build Your Own Private Netflix

Movies and TV shows come and go on Netflix on a regular basis, which means you might be half way through your favorite flick when it gets yanked from the service. The solution? Buy all your own content and set up your own private cloud-based streaming service you can get at from any computer or…

Gadgets David Nield Oct 6 '16

Gary Johnson Wants to Fight for Your Right to Vape

Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson has a simple message for American vapers: Let me be your hero. The Johnson campaign recently became the first to openly champion vapers’ rights, issuing a statement criticizing last week’s suspiciously vape-less presidential debate. “What you’ll never hear from those candidates is how the economy is being killed by excessive regulation,”…

Tech News Hudson Hongo Oct 5 '16

Theranos Is Raining Blood

In an open letter to investors on Wednesday, Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes announced that the company was shuttering all of its labs and wellness centers, “impacting” around 340 employees—presumably by putting them out of work. “We are profoundly grateful to these team members, many of whom have devoted years to Theranos and our mission, for…

Tech News Hudson Hongo Oct 5 '16

That Time a Mexican Filmmaker Turned Batman Into a Female Wrestler

Some of our favorite heroes have been the subject of very weird foreign remakes over the years—who can forget Toei’s Spider-Man—but one of the weirdest has to be La Mujer Murciélago, Mexico’s take on the 1966 Batman show… only with a female lead who happened to be a Luchadora. We’ve written about the less-than-official adventures…

io9 James Whitbrook Oct 5 '16

BASE Jumping Off a Balcony of a Skyscraper Above the Clouds Is Pure Crazy

The 75-story Sulafa Tower skyscraper in the Dubai Marina is so tall that it’s essentially above the clouds. So this guy is not just BASE jumping off a super high balcony, he’s also jumping straight into a cloud of fog below. That thick blanket of mystery basically covers the world, hiding everything that’s underneath it…

Sploid Casey Chan Oct 5 '16

Be a Part of the Museum of Science Fiction’s Awesome First Take-Home Exhibit

The Museum of Science Fiction is building off the success of its Journal of Science Fiction by launching a new publication that’s less academic in nature: Catalysts, Explorers & Secret Keepers: Women of Science Fiction, an anthology highlighting the important roles women have played in scifi—be they authors, readers, or characters. And you can be…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Oct 5 '16

Universal and Microsoft are Moving Ahead With a Gears of War Movie

Making a movie out of the hit video game Gears of War has always sounded like a no-brainer. However, despite multiple attempts over the past decade, it’s never come to fruition. Now, Universal and Microsoft have announced they’re once again going to try and bring the scifi action franchise to the big screen. The announcement…

Movies Germain Lussier Oct 5 '16

T-Mobile CEO Says He’ll Send Someone to Mars If He Gets 1 Million Retweets

John Legere, the CEO of T-Mobile, has promised to give away a trip to Mars if this tweet gets a million retweets by October 11th. That’s right, the CEO of a major American company is promising something that doesn’t exist using the tactics of a common chain letter. Remember chain letters? We used to get…

Tech News Matt Novak Oct 5 '16

Three More Actresses Are Vying For the Female Lead in the Han Solo Movie

Variety reports Creed’s Tessa Thompson, X-Men First Class’ Zoe Kravitz, and Power Rangers’ Naomi Scott are currently testing for the female lead in the 2018 Han Solo Star Wars movie. According to the report, this is the second round of tests for the mystery role, so there’s no guarantee any of these women will end…

Movies Germain Lussier Oct 5 '16

Why Marvel’s Youngest Avengers Are Turning Their Backs on Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in Champions

Marvel’s Champions are back, with a brand-new series from writer Mark Waid and artist Humberto Ramos. It’s a challenging position for Waid, who has to forge a new path for his young heroes while also acknowledging their past—not to mention the paths taken by other well-known Marvel characters. We spoke to him about what’s next.…

Books & Comics Evan Narcisse Oct 5 '16

There’s a Crazy Amount of Crossover Comics Coming Out This Week

Apparently, October 5 is unofficial ‘Wacky Comic Crossover Day.” This week, a few notable mashups in the comics world began, bringing together disparate heroes for zany new adventures. We had a read of all the crossover series out today to let you see which team-ups were worth your time. He-Man/Thundercats (DC) Leaning a little more…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Oct 5 '16

Why the Heck Does This Hummingbird’s Face Look Like a Shiny Purple Octopus?

Man, this Costa’s hummingbird legitimately looks like it has a shiny purple baby octopus attached to its face like the facehugger in Alien. I mean, look at how wacky it looks, it almost seems as if the octopus was digitally slapped onto the face. But it’s not. It looks that way because male Costa’s hummingbirds…

Sploid Casey Chan Oct 5 '16

Hurricane Matthew Triggers Large-Scale Evacuations on the East Coast

As rescue workers begin to grapple with the destruction in Haiti following the nation’s worst hurricane in fifty years, Matthew is now steering a course directly for the southeastern United States, prompting widespread evacuations. Matthew weakened somewhat during its trek over mountainous Haiti and eastern Cuba yesterday, but it remains a powerful, Category 3 storm…

Tech News Maddie Stone Oct 5 '16

Riverdale, the Show Based on Archie Comics, Is Getting an Archie Comic

To be fair to Riverdale, it’s not like its reimagining is actually anything like the Archie comics most people remember. Plus, the TV series starts right after a murder, so a prequel comic makes some sense. The one-shot will be a prequel, of course, but the hope is to turn it into a full series…

Television Katharine Trendacosta Oct 5 '16

Astronomers Spot a Massive Black Hole That’s Gone Rogue

Using the Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have found evidence of a “wandering” black hole on the outskirts of a distant galaxy. It’s too far away to cause us any trouble, but the discovery of this homeless ball of gravitational despair affirms a long standing theory about the existence of such objects. A massive black hole…

Physics & Chemistry George Dvorsky Oct 5 '16

Someone Please Buy Twitter, Please, Please, Please, Please

Batwoman Is Getting Her Own Comic Series Again, and It’s About Time

This Smartphone Microscope Lets You Play Games With Microbes

Samsung Buys AI Startup From the Creators of Siri

More New Details For the Next Wolverine Movie, Logan

How to Build Your Own Private Netflix

Gary Johnson Wants to Fight for Your Right to Vape

Theranos Is Raining Blood

That Time a Mexican Filmmaker Turned Batman Into a Female Wrestler

BASE Jumping Off a Balcony of a Skyscraper Above the Clouds Is Pure Crazy

Be a Part of the Museum of Science Fiction’s Awesome First Take-Home Exhibit

Universal and Microsoft are Moving Ahead With a Gears of War Movie

T-Mobile CEO Says He’ll Send Someone to Mars If He Gets 1 Million Retweets

Three More Actresses Are Vying For the Female Lead in the Han Solo Movie

Why Marvel’s Youngest Avengers Are Turning Their Backs on Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in Champions

There’s a Crazy Amount of Crossover Comics Coming Out This Week

Why the Heck Does This Hummingbird’s Face Look Like a Shiny Purple Octopus?

Hurricane Matthew Triggers Large-Scale Evacuations on the East Coast

Riverdale, the Show Based on Archie Comics, Is Getting an Archie Comic

Astronomers Spot a Massive Black Hole That’s Gone Rogue

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