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Zika Might Have Been in Brazil Longer Than We Originally Thought

While the Zika Virus outbreak has been raging across Central America, new studies suggest that the virus might have arrived in Brazil much earlier than previously thought: in 2013. First detected in May 2015, experts believed that the virus might have arrived with an increase in travelers coming to the 2014 World Cup or Va’a…

Tech News Andrew Liptak

This New Horror Movie Says You Were Right To Be Afraid of the Dark

It’s something we’ve all experienced. A jolt of terror when you turn out the lights. Well filmmaker David F. Sandberg has taken his popular short film with that concept and, with the help of producer James Wan, made it into what looks like a terrifying feature. Here’s the trailer for Lights Out. Wan, along with…

Trailers Germain Lussier

DC Comics Just Unveiled the Titles and Creative Lineup Behind Rebirth

Today at WonderCon, DC comics unveiled the creative team rebooting their entire universe in their Rebirth overhaul. DC last rebooted their universe with The New 52 comics five years ago, and this new series will hit comic book shelves on May 25th, and will last for two years. DC took to Twitter during the live…

Books & Comics Andrew Liptak

The Latest Trailer for The Conjuring 2 Is Creeping Us Out

Today at WonderCon, Warner Brothers dropped a new trailer for The Conjuring 2, and it looks genuinely creepy. The film picks up again with paranormal investigators Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine (Vera Farmiga) Warren, who were featured in 2013’s The Conjuring. This time, they head to Enfield, England, to investigate poltergeist activity that’s been haunting…

Trailers Andrew Liptak

The Mysterious Code 8 Film Is An Intriguing Crowdfunding Teaser

A couple of weeks ago, we wrote about Code 8, a mysterious project from Robbie and Stephen Amell. Now, the project has been unveiled, and it looks like an intriguing film project. We speculated that the project was going to be released On Demand, but it turns out that the short film was just a…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Meteorologist Drops 20 DC Puns During Weekend Forecast

Channel 5 meteorologist Sian Welby went a bit viral when she had some fun with the forecast around the time The Force Awakens hit theaters. To honor Batman v Superman, she’s dropped DC 20 puns into her latest forecast this weekend. [5 News]

io9 Andrew Liptak

Watch How Superman and Batman Evolve In These Retrospectives

We’ve been enjoying Burger Fiction’s in-depth videos on film, and in light of Batman v Superman’s release this weekend, they’ve released a pair of videos looking at the evolution of each character. Here’s the one for Superman: Here’s the one for Batman: It’s really interesting to see just how the two characters have evolved cinematically…

Movies Andrew Liptak

You Can Use Google Street View To Explore Batman’s Lair

Google has partnered up with Warner Brothers to help promote Batman v Superman. In what’s a pretty drastic lapse in security, you can now explore Batman’s lair through Google Street View. I’m not sure what Bruce Wayne would think of this, but it’s a pretty cool way to explore a film set. As The Verge…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Tesla Is Discontinuing Its 10 Kilowatt Powerwall

Earlier this week, Tesla pulled their listing for the 10 kilowatt Powerwall device, leaving only its 6.4 kwh battery listed for sale. In a statement to GreenTechMedia, the company confirmed that the option has been discontinued. The company noted that while the device has been extremely popular, there has been far more demand for the…

Tech News Andrew Liptak

Here’s What Arseface Looks Like on AMCs Preacher

One of the more anticpated main characters of AMC’s upcoming show Preacher is Arseface, the son of an abusive sheriff who had survived a suicide attempt, resulting in his horrific appearance. Now, Seth Rogan has shared what the character looks like on Twitter. Seth Rogan released the picture on Twitter in advance of the release…

Television Andrew Liptak

The Evolution of Canned Food and Drink In 38 Pictures

Canned foods made their debut on store shelves in the 19th century, and they’ve only become more common ever since. From your local deli to supermarkets, you can find pretty much anything—from tuna to pineapple—in canned form. But how did we get here? The history of canned food is more intricate than you’d think, and…

Tech News Attila Nagy

Ramez Naam’s Apex Is The Winner Of The Philip K. Dick Award

Ramez Naam’s Nexus trilogy has been one really intriguing series of books, focusing on the intersection between humanity and cybernetics. Now, it’s taken home one of the genre’s major awards: the Philip K. Dick Award! https://gizmodo.com/an-exclusive-look-at-the-first-chapter-of-ramez-naams-a-1702059957 The award is handed out by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, for “distinguished science fiction published in paperback original…

io9 Andrew Liptak

You Can Now Use Your Amazon Echo To Control Your Nest

Google might be working on a competitor for Amazon’s Echo, but that doesn’t mean that they’re not willing to play along with the consumer giant. You can now use Alexa to control your Nest thermostat. Nest has opened up compatibility for the Amazon Echo, Fire TV, Tap and Echo Dot, and provided a list of…

Tech News Andrew Liptak

Batman v Superman Fails In All the Ways That Man of Steel Succeeded

Three years ago, Superman got his own Christopher Nolan-influenced movie reboot, full of brooding portents and Kryptonian politics. Man of Steel was a pretty good movie, albeit one with serious flaws. Now the sequel is out, and it deals with a lot of the same ideas and themes. And fumbles them completely. Minor spoilers ahead.…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

‘Red Mars’ TV Series Now On Hold After Showrunner Suddenly Departs

Soon after finding a director in Emmy winner and Children of Dune helmer Greg Yaitanes, Spike TV’s much-anticipated adaptation of Kim Stanley Robinson’s classic Mars Trilogy has lost its executive producer and showrunner, Peter Noah. That doesn’t mean Red Mars is kaput, but it does mean a major delay. https://gizmodo.com/the-director-of-children-of-dune-will-helm-spike-tvs-re-1764810326 As Deadline reports, Spike TV…

Television Cheryl Eddy

It Really Sucks to Be Named Jennifer Null

Once upon a time, the worst names to be named were things like Hugh Jass and I.P. Freely. But that all changed when we started living our lives on the internet. A BBC story looks into some names that you don’t want to have in our hyperconnected world, and topping them all is the name…

Tech News Alissa Walker

Major Logging Will Begin in the Last Primeval Forest in Europe

In depressing news, about 180,000 cubic meters of wood will be taken from the last of Europe’s primeval forests. The environmental minister in Poland declared that the Bialowieza Puszcza will be logged over the next decade. The Bialowieza Puszcza was always famous to environmentalists and naturalists, but it became well known to everyone due to…

Tech News Esther Inglis-Arkell

It’s 2026 and Anyone in This Room Could Be a Hologram

Holoportation is now a thing, so start slapping everyone in arm’s distance to make sure they’re real. This new technology by Microsoft Research uses 3D motion capture and Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed reality hardware to “holoport” people from one place to another, which is definitely going to contribute to a universal feeling of paranoia in the…

Tech News Avery Ellis

The View Across the Ocean Is Not What You Think

As a kid I spent a lot of time on the Maryland shore. Squinting out across the endless blue expanse, I could have sworn I saw the edge of Portugal once or twice. I was shocked recently to learn that my childhood imagination had it all wrong. (Truly, a first.) With telescopic vision, I wouldn’t…

Tech News Maddie Stone

New Camera Tech Snaps Reflection-Free Photos Through Windows

Taking photos through windows is annoying because light bounces off it and ruins the picture. But scientists at MIT just developed new technology that could fix the pesky reflections. Members of MIT’s Media Lab have developed tech that detects how long it takes flash to bounce back off nearby objects (like, say, a window) and…

Tech News Bryan Lufkin

Zika Might Have Been in Brazil Longer Than We Originally Thought

This New Horror Movie Says You Were Right To Be Afraid of the Dark

DC Comics Just Unveiled the Titles and Creative Lineup Behind Rebirth

The Latest Trailer for The Conjuring 2 Is Creeping Us Out

The Mysterious Code 8 Film Is An Intriguing Crowdfunding Teaser

Meteorologist Drops 20 DC Puns During Weekend Forecast

Watch How Superman and Batman Evolve In These Retrospectives

You Can Use Google Street View To Explore Batman’s Lair

Tesla Is Discontinuing Its 10 Kilowatt Powerwall

Here’s What Arseface Looks Like on AMCs Preacher

The Evolution of Canned Food and Drink In 38 Pictures

Ramez Naam’s Apex Is The Winner Of The Philip K. Dick Award

You Can Now Use Your Amazon Echo To Control Your Nest

Batman v Superman Fails In All the Ways That Man of Steel Succeeded

‘Red Mars’ TV Series Now On Hold After Showrunner Suddenly Departs

It Really Sucks to Be Named Jennifer Null

Major Logging Will Begin in the Last Primeval Forest in Europe

It’s 2026 and Anyone in This Room Could Be a Hologram

The View Across the Ocean Is Not What You Think

New Camera Tech Snaps Reflection-Free Photos Through Windows

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