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One of the Writers Behind Jason Bourne Is Now Helping With Rogue One

In the latest entry in Rogue One reshootgate, anonymous sources from the production and Lucasfilm have spoken up. Along with an attempt to calm the waters, there was also the revelation that Jason Bourne series veteran Tony Gilroy has been brought on board. The story appears in Entertainment Weekly, where sources say that Gilroy is…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

Oh Man, Someone Is Finally Going Inside NASA’s Inflatable Space House

No need to panic, just because a frail human body—made up of eminently breakable bone, skin, and sinew—is about to step into the vacuum of space, protected only by a reinforced bouncy castle. EVERYTHING IS FINE. After finally getting its inflatable space house up and running on the second try, NASA is about to hit…

Space & Spaceflight Ria Misra

What Happened With That Anti-Semitic Chrome Extension? [Updated]

Earlier this week, Mic reported that members of the alt-right had created a Google Chrome extension which surrounded the names of people suspected of being Jewish with “echo” parenthesis. For example, Bryan (((Menegus))). The extension, named Coincidence Detector, has now been banned from the Chrome store. Prior to being banned, the extension had approximately 2,500…

Tech News Avery Ellis

I Need to Ride This Totally Trippy Slide Right Now

You could get on this water slide completely sober and emerge feeling like you went on the wildest acid trip ever. The Aqua Racer slide on the Norwegian Escape cruise ship packs multiple levels that offer visual stimulation in so many ways. The slide’s colorful, twirly LEDs make it feel like you’re in a space…

Sploid Casey Chan

Chicago Actually Did Something Good For Police Transparency

Today, Chicago’s Independent Police Review Authority released video, audio, and other material from 101 cases of police shootings and other officer-related incidents. The database, which is searchable by incident type, incident date, and keyword, comes with a “viewer discretion advised” warning. The cases, which are still being investigated, concern officer-involved shootings (whether a person was…

Tech News Sophie Kleeman

Young Fish Get Hooked on Plastic Microbeads

European researchers have discovered that larval fish love to gobble-up plastic microbeads, which stunts their growth and makes them more vulnerable to predators. It’s yet another reason to ban these awful materials and to limit the amount of plastic entering into our lakes and oceans. As reported in a new Science study, developing fish that…

Tech News George Dvorsky

Movies With Numb3rs in the T1tl3, Ranked

Somewhere between refusing to put numbers in a sequel’s title and the perfectly acceptable and normal Whatever 2, there are the films that randomly insert numbers where they do not belong. Some are worse than others, so we’ve ranked them. 15) Saw 3D/Piranha 3 These aren’t sequels—neither of these movies are the third in their…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta

Working at Facebook Sounds Like Joining a Cult

Vanity Fair got its hands on a kind of insane first-hand account of working at Facebook, adapted from a book by a former employee. It makes working at Facebook sound a lot like a messianic sect circle-jerk. After comparing Mark Zuckerberg to Thomas Jefferson, Napoleon and…uh… L.Ron Hubbard, former Facebook product manager Antonio Garcia Martinez…

Social Media Michael Nunez

Tony Fadell Quits Nest After Loads of Problems

When Google bought Nest in 2014, it seemed like a good bet. After all, the company put out an amazingly successful smart thermostat and followed up that with the awesomely designed Nest Protect smoke alarm. But after months of reports of shoddy leadership, Fadellis saying goodbye. Fadell says Marwan Fawaz will take over the ship…

Tech News Darren Orf

How to Use Vinegar to Make Your Cocktails Taste Amazing

Vinegar is probably the last thing you’d think to reach for when you want to make a refreshing drink. But with a little sugar, a handful of past-its-prime fruit, and about a week in the fridge, vinegar can transform into one of the most complex, mixologist-approved flavors to ever grace your cocktails. Welcome to Gizmodo’s…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Did You Notice All the Crazy Foreshadowing In The World’s End?

Like all Edgar Wright films, The World’s End is a good movie to start with, and it gets even better on subsequent viewings. A lot of that is because of the care the director puts into setting up things that pay off subtly later in the movie. What do we mean? Well, Youtube user The…

Movies Germain Lussier

Gillian Anderson Is the Newest Addition to American Gods‘ Intriguing Cast

The TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods has added another star to its roster: Gillian Anderson. This isn’t the most shocking news ever, since Anderson previously worked with American Gods executive producer Bryan Fuller on the late, great Hannibal. But it is awesome news, because GILLAN ANDERSON! According to Variety, Anderson will play a…

Television Cheryl Eddy

Watch an Awesome Tree House Get Built in This Time Lapse

Any type of tree house rules. Throw a shanty on a tree trunk and the world immediately becomes a beautiful place. This tree house, though? This tree house is legitimately awesome. In the woods and next to the water, it has a bridge, windows, a deck, and basically everything you ever wanted in a tree…

Sploid Casey Chan

Marvel’s Civil War Comics Live Up to Their Name in the Worst Way

I know it’s called Civil War II but repeating the exact same dumb-ass story beat as in the original Civil War a decade ago is a bad move. What the hell, guys? The last time Marvel Comics did a Civil War event, they killed a black superhero character. Ten years later, they’ve done the same…

io9 Evan Narcisse

A Camera Lens Breakthrough Could See Smartphones Outperforming DSLRs

If you’ve ever held a high-quality camera lens, the first thing you notice is the weight. Thanks to layers and layers of thick glass hunks inside, they end up being very heavy. However, thanks to research being done at Harvard on something called metalenses, one day those mgiant glass-filled lenses might be obsolete. The curved…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

Apparently It’s Possible to Live in an Apartment With Too Good of a View

A building boom of supertalls in New York City is resulting in some of the highest residential units in the world—we’re talking apartments that are at a dizzying 90 stories and higher. So where does that leave the people who live in the former-tallest residential buildings? Don’t worry, they’re just fine in their 80th floor…

Tech News Alissa Walker

This Voltron Art Gallery Is the Perfect Way to Prepare for the New Netflix Show

Voltron fans have been waiting to see their favorite property resurrected for a long time. Rumors of movies have come and gone, but finally, on June 10, a new show is coming to Netflix. To celebrate, Voltron is coming to another new medium: an art gallery. The Dreamworks Voltron Legendary Defender Art Showcase opens Saturday…

io9 Germain Lussier

Could Chiwetel Ejiofor Have Been Doctor Who‘s First Black Doctor?

Each time Doctor Who’s titular Time Lord has regenerated in the modern series, fans have called for the next actor to take on the role to defy the white-male tradition—whether that’s calls for a Female Doctor or a non-white male actor. We know that black actors have been offered the part before, but now we…

Television James Whitbrook

Raise Your Glass to the Gif Party

It’s that time again, folks. It’s Friday and it’s time for the gif party.

io9 Katharine Trendacosta

Anthony Hopkins Has Joined Transformers 5, and Yes You Read That Correctly

This just in: Sir Anthony Hopkins, Oscar winner and veteran thespian of stage and screen, has joined the cast of Michael Bay’s fifth Transformers movie, which is titled Transformers: The Last Knight. Since his joining the cast is all we know, we’re just going to go ahead and make the obvious stupid conclusion … The…

io9 Cheryl Eddy

One of the Writers Behind Jason Bourne Is Now Helping With Rogue One

Oh Man, Someone Is Finally Going Inside NASA’s Inflatable Space House

What Happened With That Anti-Semitic Chrome Extension? [Updated]

I Need to Ride This Totally Trippy Slide Right Now

Chicago Actually Did Something Good For Police Transparency

Young Fish Get Hooked on Plastic Microbeads

Movies With Numb3rs in the T1tl3, Ranked

Working at Facebook Sounds Like Joining a Cult

Tony Fadell Quits Nest After Loads of Problems

How to Use Vinegar to Make Your Cocktails Taste Amazing

Did You Notice All the Crazy Foreshadowing In The World’s End?

Gillian Anderson Is the Newest Addition to American Gods‘ Intriguing Cast

Watch an Awesome Tree House Get Built in This Time Lapse

Marvel’s Civil War Comics Live Up to Their Name in the Worst Way

A Camera Lens Breakthrough Could See Smartphones Outperforming DSLRs

Apparently It’s Possible to Live in an Apartment With Too Good of a View

This Voltron Art Gallery Is the Perfect Way to Prepare for the New Netflix Show

Could Chiwetel Ejiofor Have Been Doctor Who‘s First Black Doctor?

Raise Your Glass to the Gif Party

Anthony Hopkins Has Joined Transformers 5, and Yes You Read That Correctly

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