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Hillary Clinton Just Released a Truly Joyless Mobile Game

The youth vote is crucial in any election, and while Trump is busy crafting Facebook-ready attack ads based on Pokémon Go, Hill is appealing to the youngs with a game of her own. It is profoundly, jaw-droppingly dull. Hillary 2016, which launched late yesterday, puts the player in the appropriately grim surroundings of their own…

Tech News Avery Ellis Jul 25 '16

Nintendo’s Stock Plummets Because It’s Not Making Enough Money Off of Pokémon Go

Earlier last week, Nintendo was basking in a dewey post-Pokémon Go glow, its stock doubling in value because of the game’s wild success. But what goes up must come down—thanks, Newton—and after the market closed on Friday, Nintendo revealed in a press release that “the game’s financial impact will be ‘limited’ and that it doesn’t…

Tech News Eve Peyser Jul 25 '16

Top Republican Lawmaker in Illinois Resigns Over ‘Cyber Security Issues’

State Rep. Ron Sandack, a top Republican lawmaker in Illinois, announced his resignation when he issued a statement to the political blog Capitol Fax (in a password-protected post) early Sunday evening. According to the Associated Press and the Daily Herald, Sandack resigned due to “cyber security issues,” raising the question, What is this dude hiding?…

Tech News Eve Peyser Jul 24 '16

Verizon to Buy Yahoo For Chump Change

Tomorrow morning, Verizon will announce its plan to buy Yahoo’s core assets for a pitiful $4.8 billion according to “two people with direct knowledge of the situation,” Bloomberg reports. Considering that at the peak of its success, Yahoo was valued at $125 billion, this is yet another benchmark moment in the company’s fall from grace.…

Tech News Eve Peyser Jul 24 '16

Amazing Job Opportunity: Be Hillary’s Security Engineer!

If the Democratic party needs two things right now: to up their email game—seriously, how are there zero results for “harambe”—and better cybersecurity. Now you, dear reader, have the opportunity to guard the secrets of our potential next president by applying to be Hillary’s new Security Engineer!! They’re looking for someone to start right away,…

Tech News Eve Peyser Jul 24 '16

Joss Whedon Wants to Direct a Black Widow Movie, But Should He?

It’s a great time for girl (super)power. We’ve finally seen tangible proof that Wonder Woman is starring in her own movie, and Marvel has cast the incredible Brie Larson as its first solo female lead, Captain Marvel. Unfortunately, there’s still that little spider in the corner of the room who’s never stopped spinning her own…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jul 24 '16

Maybe It’s Time To Actually Digitize That NASA Viking Data

We can’t believe it’s been 40 years since NASA’s Viking mission became the first to successfully land a spacecraft on Mars. It took us only slightly less time to get the Curiosity Rover up there so we could get a closer look at our planet. https://gizmodo.com/the-first-successful-mars-landing-happened-35-years-ago-5822736 However, most of the data is on microfilm rolls,…

Space & Spaceflight Carli Velocci Jul 24 '16

Disney’s Guardians of the Galaxy Ride Is Just the Beginning of Its Marvel Plans

Disney has announced its first Marvel-themed theme park ride for Disney California Adventure, Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT! That wasn’t me exclaiming for joy, the theme park ride literally has all caps and an exclamation point. Still, I can’t help but get a little hyped. At San Diego-Comic Con on Saturday, Disney promised…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jul 24 '16

Lucifer Meets His Most Fearsome Adversary Yet in this First Peek at Season Two

Lucifer will return to Fox on Sept. 19, and as the season one finale promised, the devil himself will be facing off with a mighty opponent this season: his mother. (We only get a glimpse in this season one recap/season two mini-preview, but she’s played by Tricia Helfer.) In addition, the steamy tension between Lucifer…

Television Cheryl Eddy Jul 24 '16

Now You Can Make Your Selfies More Interesting With Prisma On Android

If you’ve been seeing selfies of your friends that look like paintings, don’t worry. Your friends haven’t magically become artists overnight (most likely). Prisma—an app that turns your photos into paintings—has been blowing up over the past couple weeks on Apple devices, and it’s now available for Android. The app was in beta for only…

Tech News Carli Velocci Jul 24 '16

A California Brush Fire Made The L.A. Sky Look Like It Was The End of Days

If you were in the Los Angeles area on Saturday and looked up into the sky, you might have thought there was a storm rolling in, or that the bright, glowing red sun was an omen for Armageddon. The brown, smoky sky apparent throughout the county and in surrounding areas was the direct result of…

Tech News Carli Velocci Jul 24 '16

Superman Went Incognito to Get Suicide Squad Star Will Smith’s Autograph

Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice star Henry Cavill decided to ditch the signature Clark Kent disguise so he could meet-and-greet Suicide Squad at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday. Sporting a Guy Fawkes mask from V For Vendetta, Cavill hung out at Comic-Con during his downtime before his panel for The Justice League. The masked…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jul 24 '16

Turns Out Ezra Miller’s Flash Has Excellent Taste in TV

We already liked Ezra Miller’s Flash when he appeared in last night’s Justice League Comic-Con trailer, but now? We’re ready to be BFFs, because it turns out the (Movie’s) Fastest Man Alive is a big Rick & Morty fan. See the shot above of Bruce Wayne visiting Barry Allen’s lair? Eagle-eyed Twitterer George caught the…

io9 Rob Bricken Jul 24 '16

DNA Resolves 80-Year-Old Mystery Behind Belgian King’s Death

Controversy has long surrounded the presumed accidental death of Belgium’s King Albert I in 1934, with conspiracy theorists crying murder. Now, 80 years later, forensic geneticists have successfully matched DNA from blood found at the scene of his death with that of two of the late king’s distant relatives, hopefully resolving the mystery once and…

Tech News Jennifer Ouellette Jul 24 '16

We Saw a Glimpse of Thor: Ragnarok, But Learning What Thor Did During Civil War Was Even Better

When comedic director Taika Waititi was hired to make the third Thor film, Thor: Ragnarok, most people didn’t know what to expect. About 7,000 of those people now know what to expect as Marvel played a video Waititi directed at Comic-Con, showing Thor and Hulk’s whereabouts during Captain America: Civil War. The piece was shot…

Movies Germain Lussier Jul 24 '16

Use This Predictive Text Generator To Write The Best Internet Fanfiction

“Batman isn’t paid to destroy crime corners. He is actually attracted to the crimes and also The Penguin.” This is a line from the internet story “Batman Loves Him a Criminal,” which may at first glance seem like a poorly written piece of fanfiction, but in actuality was created by a predictive text generator. It…

Tech News Carli Velocci Jul 24 '16

Suicide Squad Finally Gives Us a Glimpse of Harley Quinn’s Classic Outfit

It’s the jumpsuit that started it all. We’ve been hearing rumors that Harley Quinn’s classic jester outfit had been made for the Suicide Squad film, but we didn’t know whether they actually used it. Well, B-roll footage released at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday has given us the answer, and it’s a resounding “Hell yes!”…

Movies Beth Elderkin Jul 24 '16

Rogue One Writer Signs On For TV Adaptation Of Sinatoro

Modern “comic of the dead” Sinatoro isn’t even on shelves yet and already it looks to be heading to the small screen. Filmmakers Chris and Paul Weitz announced at San Diego Comic-Con that they’re teaming up with author Grant Morrison and Universal Television to adapt the comic book for television. While the comic hasn’t secured…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jul 24 '16

The Most Amazing Cosplay of San Diego Comic-Con, Day Three

Yesterday was a huge day for Comic-Con—and that meant it was a day for even more incredible Cosplay all over the place. Here’s our favorites from what we saw walking the convention floor on day three. Want to see even more cosplay goodness? Be sure to check out our galleries for day one and day…

io9 James Whitbrook Jul 24 '16

There Will Be No Blanket Ban on Russian Athletes at the Rio Olympics

The shitstorm that’ll likely be the Rio Olympics is almost here and it was possible that Russia, an entire nation with a huge presence at Olympic games, wouldn’t be able to participate due to allegations of widespread doping before, during, and after the Sochi games in 2014. On Monday, the Worldwide Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) released…

Tech News Carli Velocci Jul 24 '16

Hillary Clinton Just Released a Truly Joyless Mobile Game

Nintendo’s Stock Plummets Because It’s Not Making Enough Money Off of Pokémon Go

Top Republican Lawmaker in Illinois Resigns Over ‘Cyber Security Issues’

Verizon to Buy Yahoo For Chump Change

Amazing Job Opportunity: Be Hillary’s Security Engineer!

Joss Whedon Wants to Direct a Black Widow Movie, But Should He?

Maybe It’s Time To Actually Digitize That NASA Viking Data

Disney’s Guardians of the Galaxy Ride Is Just the Beginning of Its Marvel Plans

Lucifer Meets His Most Fearsome Adversary Yet in this First Peek at Season Two

Now You Can Make Your Selfies More Interesting With Prisma On Android

A California Brush Fire Made The L.A. Sky Look Like It Was The End of Days

Superman Went Incognito to Get Suicide Squad Star Will Smith’s Autograph

Turns Out Ezra Miller’s Flash Has Excellent Taste in TV

DNA Resolves 80-Year-Old Mystery Behind Belgian King’s Death

We Saw a Glimpse of Thor: Ragnarok, But Learning What Thor Did During Civil War Was Even Better

Use This Predictive Text Generator To Write The Best Internet Fanfiction

Suicide Squad Finally Gives Us a Glimpse of Harley Quinn’s Classic Outfit

Rogue One Writer Signs On For TV Adaptation Of Sinatoro

The Most Amazing Cosplay of San Diego Comic-Con, Day Three

There Will Be No Blanket Ban on Russian Athletes at the Rio Olympics

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