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Let’s Celebrate SNL‘s David S. Pumpkins, the New Halloween GIF

Move over, random KXVO15 weather anchor with a pumpkin on his head, you’ve been replaced as the next online Halloween classic. That honor now goes to Tom Hanks as David S. Pumpkins. The latest episode of Saturday Night Live, hosted by nine-time veteran Tom Hanks, was a fairly successful episode with some pretty memorable moments.…

io9 Beth Elderkin Oct 23 '16

This Is the Kind of Idiot That Congress Puts in Charge of Technology

Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee stopped by Wolf Blitzer’s Situation Room to drop some knowledge about Friday’s massive DDoS attack that affected large swaths of the internet. Blackburn managed to say a lot of techy-sounding things until her time was up. No one walked away feeling smarter. Blackburn sits on the House Subcommittee on Communications…

Tech News Rhett Jones Oct 23 '16

Open Channel: Who’s Dying Tonight on The Walking Dead?

The first episode of The Walking Dead season 7 will air Sunday night, after one of the series’ most sadistically ingenious cliffhangers. We’ve been waiting for months, tossing out fan theories left and right, and now we’ll finally find out who Negan killed with his “barbed bat of death” (trademark Beth Elderkin, 2016). But for…

io9 Beth Elderkin Oct 23 '16

The Batman of the Internet Hacks Russian Government Website, Demands Retribution

Holy cyber attack! The man that former FBI agents have dubbed the “Batman of the Internet” has returned. And this time he’s targeting Russia with one simple message: “I am vengeance!” The Jester is a hacker who first gained recognition for his trolling of Jihadist websites long before Anonymous started riding his cape tails. Late…

Tech News Rhett Jones Oct 23 '16

Newest Superhero ‘Farce’ Confirms There Is No Justice in the World

Amy Smart and Shawn Michaels have joined the cast of the latest superhero spoof, Avengers of Justice: Farce Wars, and the described plot of this upcoming farce of a film confirms Thanos is already here and we as a species don’t deserve to be saved from his wrath. Basically, imagine if Superhero Movie was lazier…

io9 Beth Elderkin Oct 23 '16

Oh Good, MIT Made an AI Nightmare Machine

If Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking’s foreboding pronouncements about the dangers of Artificial Intelligence don’t have you spooked enough, MIT has deliberately launched a project that is designed to make AI scary. Or, at least, to make scary images using deep learning. Using a unique deep learning algorithm, researchers have attempted to teach their artificial…

Artificial Intelligence Rhett Jones Oct 22 '16

Wesley Snipes’ Twitter Is an Oasis of Good In the Desert of Bad Internet

The internet can be a bad and scary place. Yesterday, we were offered a moment of reprieve when many websites went down, struck by a massive DDoS attack. But the internet is back today and everything is flowing just like it always has. An alt-right troll tweets a Nazi Pepe at a Jewish journalist. An…

Tech News Eve Peyser Oct 22 '16

Very Happy Man Plays Custom CRT Sets Like Bongos

Japanese artist Ei Wada specializes in turning old consumer electronics into new musical instruments. He’s rigged up old CRT TVs to simultaneously function like bongos, transformed AM/FM radios to squeal like a theremin, and converted a busted office fan into a wailing guitar. That and more, it all seems to bring him endless joy. In…

Sploid Rhett Jones Oct 22 '16

Rocky Horror Reboot Failed Because It Wasn’t Live

The Rocky Horror Picture Show reboot (aka Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do The Time Warp Again, aka RHPS: LDTTWA, aka kill me now) aired Friday night, and it definitely looks like we might’ve seen the end of Fox’s foray into TV movie musicals. The Laverne Cox-led production got about 5-million viewers, which is less…

io9 Beth Elderkin Oct 22 '16

AT&T Reaches $80 Billion Deal to Purchase Time Warner

AT&T will purchase Time Warner for over $80 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports Saturday afternoon. “According to people familiar with the plans,” the two companies will likely announce this as soon as Saturday night. AT&T will reportedly pay between $105 and $110 a share for Time Warner. According to another anonymous source, the deal is…

Tech News Eve Peyser Oct 22 '16

Desperate Publishers Are Paying Celebrities to Post Their Articles on Facebook

It seems that some publishers have found a nice little loophole to avoid violating Facebook’s terms of service for sponsored content. An entire industry has popped up around paying celebrities to share articles without indicating that the content is essentially sponsored. It’s well known that online publishers have faced a tough battle with Facebook’s ever-changing…

Social Media Rhett Jones Oct 22 '16

Doctor Strange Writer Pens Gorgeous Short Film About a Fallen Angel Hunter

Director Nikhil Bhagat has released a short film about a man who hunts and kills fallen angels, penned by Doctor Strange writer C. Robert Cargill. And damn, I think it’s high time for a Constantine reboot from these guys. The short film, As They Continue to Fall, has been in the works for a couple…

io9 Beth Elderkin Oct 22 '16

Online Countdown Clock Lets You Know How Long It’s Been Since Trump Threatened a Lawsuit

Presidential candidate Donald Trump has a penchant for lawsuits, much like another Republican convention speaker. Today Trump gave a speech in Gettysburg, where he vowed to sue the many, many women who have accused him of sexual abuse. The Republican nominee said he is fighting “the power structure,” and that his administration would not approve…

Tech News Eve Peyser Oct 22 '16

James Woods Says He Hopes Twitter User He Sued For Defamation Died Screaming His Name

Back in the summer of 2015, actor James Woods sued a semi-anonymous Twitter user for $10 million after the user called him a “cocaine addict.” The lawyers representing the Twitter user appealed to have the lawsuit thrown out, but the appeal was recently dropped because the defendant died. The response from Woods? He hopes the…

Tech News Matt Novak Oct 22 '16

The Exorcist Twist Confirms It’s a Direct Sequel to Film

A somewhat surprising reveal from the latest episode of Fox’s The Exorcist confirmed it ties directly into the events of the first film. It’s perfect if you were curious to find out what happened after the end of the original flick, and maybe want to pretend like the sequels don’t exist. The latest episode of…

Television Beth Elderkin Oct 22 '16

Map of America’s River Basins Show Our Nation’s Hidden Beauty

As the election nears, our country can at times feel like a hideous and hateful place. Let this map of the United States’ river basins made by Imgur user Fejetlenfej remind you that, at the very least, our country can be beautiful. Fejetlenfej—a geographer who sells their maps on Etsy—created the image using QGIS software,…

Tech News Eve Peyser Oct 22 '16

Being Single Is Now a Disability, According to the World Health Organization

According to the Telegraph, the World Health Organization will change its definition of disabilities to classify people without a sexual partner as “infertile.” The controversial new classifications will make it so that heterosexual single men and women, as well as gay men and women who are seeking in vitro fertilization to have a child, will…

Tech News Rhett Jones Oct 22 '16

Report: Director Tim Miller Quits Deadpool 2 Over Issues With Ryan Reynolds (Update)

Deadline is reporting that Deadpool director Tim Miller is leaving the sequel over a series of creative differences with star Ryan Reynolds. Variety confirmed the news with its own source. Miller hadn’t signed a formal deal for the next film in Fox’s franchise, based on the Marvel comic, but he was reportedly working on the…

io9 Beth Elderkin Oct 22 '16

Preacher Co-Creator Steve Dillon Dead at 54

Fan-favorite artist Steve Dillon—best known for co-creating Preacher and defining runs on The Punisher and Hellblazer—has passed away. Reports of Dillon’s death began hitting Twitter this morning, with confirmation coming from Dillon’s brother Glyn. Details as to the cause of death are yet unknown. Born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England in 1962, Dillon’s early career began…

io9 Evan Narcisse Oct 22 '16

Women Will Direct Every Episode of Jessica Jones Season 2

Jessica Jones continues to slay, both in front and behind the camera. Executive producer Melissa Rosenberg announced at Transform Hollywood that all 13 episodes of season 2 will have female directors. The first season of Jessica Jones received critical and commercial praise for its complex female protagonist, strong portrayal of female friendship, and how it…

io9 Beth Elderkin Oct 22 '16

Let’s Celebrate SNL‘s David S. Pumpkins, the New Halloween GIF

This Is the Kind of Idiot That Congress Puts in Charge of Technology

Open Channel: Who’s Dying Tonight on The Walking Dead?

The Batman of the Internet Hacks Russian Government Website, Demands Retribution

Newest Superhero ‘Farce’ Confirms There Is No Justice in the World

Oh Good, MIT Made an AI Nightmare Machine

Wesley Snipes’ Twitter Is an Oasis of Good In the Desert of Bad Internet

Very Happy Man Plays Custom CRT Sets Like Bongos

Rocky Horror Reboot Failed Because It Wasn’t Live

AT&T Reaches $80 Billion Deal to Purchase Time Warner

Desperate Publishers Are Paying Celebrities to Post Their Articles on Facebook

Doctor Strange Writer Pens Gorgeous Short Film About a Fallen Angel Hunter

Online Countdown Clock Lets You Know How Long It’s Been Since Trump Threatened a Lawsuit

James Woods Says He Hopes Twitter User He Sued For Defamation Died Screaming His Name

The Exorcist Twist Confirms It’s a Direct Sequel to Film

Map of America’s River Basins Show Our Nation’s Hidden Beauty

Being Single Is Now a Disability, According to the World Health Organization

Report: Director Tim Miller Quits Deadpool 2 Over Issues With Ryan Reynolds (Update)

Preacher Co-Creator Steve Dillon Dead at 54

Women Will Direct Every Episode of Jessica Jones Season 2

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