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Ash Faces His Most Terrifying Opponent Ever on Ash vs Evil Dead

“Ashes to Ashes” brought Ash back to where it all began at last: the Evil Dead cabin in the woods. It was a not-so-sweet homecoming—as Ash’s past came back to haunt him (literally), and some of his worst fears came true. Spoilers! Ok. No Ruby in this one. But we do get a very important…

Television Cheryl Eddy

The Force Awakens Obliterated Box Office Records In Its First Weekend

Star Wars: The Force Awakens was always destined for a huge box office debut. The question has been how much of a huge opening would it have? The answer came this weekend: A staggering $238 million in North America and $517 million globally. The film is now well on its way towards the billion dollar…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Digging Deeper Makes The Case For The Lost World’s Relevance In The Jurassic Park Franchise

Digging Deeper has impressed us before with some interesting analysis on Joss Whedon’s Serenity, and now, they’ve gone and taken an in depth look at The Lost World, making us look at it in a bit of a different light. https://gizmodo.com/this-video-shows-why-joss-whedons-serenity-was-a-unique-1743966629 These guys make the case for The Lost World being a notable installment of…

io9 Andrew Liptak

In 1983, If You Wanted To Pirate A Movie, You Needed A Gun

Welcome to this week’s Reading List, where you’ll find the best popular culture and science fiction stories on the internet assembled in one delightful package. This week: We look at hidden comic book stores, how movies were pirated in 1983, drugs in science fiction, bookselling and radio dramas. Joseph Koch’s Comic Book Warehouse has one…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Tonight’s SpaceX Launch Has Been Scrubbed

Space X was supposed to launch its most powerful rocket this weekend, but has just scrubbed their launch. The reason? They want to stick the landing this time. Elon Musk took to twitter earlier today and noted that mission planners felt that they’d have a better opportunity to land the rocket this time: This comes…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Liptak

When Enceladus And Tethys Align, Fantastic Pictures Happen

The Cassini spacecraft has snapped one brilliant picture: Saturn’s moons Enceladus and Tethys in alignment above their parent planet’s rings. The picture was snapped on September 24th, as Enceladus drifted in front of Tethys. At the time of the moon transit, Cassini was 1.3 million miles (2.1 million kilometers) from Enceladus and 1.6 million miles…

Tech News Andrew Liptak

A Mission To Venus Goes Poorly In Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet

For this weekend’s Weekend Matinee, we’re going back to 1965, with Curtis Harrington’s Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet. In it a crew of astronauts land on Venus and are attacked by its inhabitants. This is another example of a film that came from the Soviet Union, and which was dubbed and adapted for US audiences.…

io9 Andrew Liptak

This Winter, Remember That Mistletoe Is A Vampire Plant

Welcome to this week’s Reading List, where you’ll find the best science and technology stories on the internet assembled in one delightful package. This week: Housing in Silicon Valley, Mistletoe, restaurant hype, chocolate and shirts. As housing prices in Silicon Valley have risen, poorer residents have been forced out, with nowhere to go. [New Republic]…

Tech News Andrew Liptak

Tales From The Loop Is A Stunning Book Of Alternate Nostalgia

We’re enormous fans of Simon Stålenhag’s artwork around here, ever since we first came across him in 2013. His work mixes high-tech futurism with scenes from every day Sweden. Now, he’s released a brilliant art book, Tales from the Loop. Tales from the Loop isn’t a novel, and it isn’t quite an art book either.…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Weather Presenter Makes 12 Star Wars Puns In 40-Seconds

Weather Forecaster Sian Welby for Channel 5 had some fun on her broadcast last Tuesday, dropping 12 Star Wars puns in just 40 seconds. This takes some serious skill, and it’s completely awesome. [Some ECards]

io9 Andrew Liptak

Wait, [Redacted] Appeared In The Force Awakens?

Now that The Force Awakens is now out in theaters, we’re learning even more about the little details of the film, including a couple of surprise cameos. Spoilers ahead. According to Entertainment Weekly, there’s some surprising voice cameos that appeared: Frank Oz, Alec Guinness and Ewan McGregor all appeared: As Rey touches [Luke’s Lightsaber], she…

io9 Andrew Liptak

3.3 Million Hello Kitty Accounts Exposed In Database Breach

A database for the Hello Kitty community sanriotown.com containing 3.3 million accounts has been discovered online in an apparent breach. According to CSO Online, researcher Chris Vickery discovered the breach: The records exposed include first and last names, birthday (encoded, but easily reversible Vickery said), gender, country of origin, email addresses, unsalted SHA-1 password hashes,…

Tech News Andrew Liptak

Watch California Transform Through Time With This Incredible Satellite Dataset

If you have’t taken a moment to appreciate the fact that hundreds of Earth-orbiting satellites are photographing our planet right now, and that this is a goddamn technological wonder, here’s your opportunity. Meet Open California: a new project unveiled this month by Planet Labs, a team of ex-NASA scientists dedicated to imaging the entire world…

Tech News Maddie Stone

Check Out This Amazing Feature To Explore Saturn’s System

This is really cool: the New York Times has put together a really astounding interactive feature that lets you explore Saturn and its moons through NASA’s probes. You can click and drag the surfaces of a bunch of the moons, including Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan, and Iapetus, which shows off their features. [NY…

Tech News Andrew Liptak

Game Of Thrones Creators: The Outcry To Last Season’s Rape Scenes Has Had An Influence

In the last season of Game of Thrones, there was some pretty horrific moments depicting rape, which has added on a level of scrutiny to the HBO show and its depiction of sexual assault. Now, it looks like showrunners are reacting to the criticism for the upcoming season. (Warning for those who need it: discussion…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Wait, [Redacted] Was Supposed To Die In The Force Awakens?

Now that The Force Awakens has awoken in theaters, various details are emerging about some of the directions NOT taken in the latest Star Wars film. Among them? One character that was supposed to perish after a short amount of screen time. Potential spoilers ahead. Who’s the character? Poe Dameron, according to an interview with…

io9 Andrew Liptak

Hillary Clinton Says She Wants a Manhattan Project for Encryption. The Fuck?

Hillary Clinton suggested that tech companies work together with the government to create a “a Manhattan-like project” at tonight’s Democratic national debate. The Manhattan Project, if you a need a refresher, was a research and development collaboration between the US, UK, and Canada to develop weapons during World War II, culminating in the development of…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs

Bernie Sanders Apologizes to Hillary Clinton About Data Breach

It didn’t take long for the moderators at tonight’s Democratic primary debate to get into the data breach that occurred earlier this week—Bernie Sanders received the first question of the night about it. “Our staff did the wrong thing,” Sanders said. https://gizmodo.com/a-quick-guide-to-the-bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-cam-1748890290 Before apologizing, Sanders emphasized that his campaign had also discovered Clinton campaign data…

Tech News Kate Knibbs

This Physicist Makes Dazzling Snowflakes in his Laboratory

You might say Ken Libbrecht is into snowflakes. In fact, he’s made a career of studying them in his lab at Caltech. He’s even got a high-tech snowflake machine, which he uses to grow dazzling designer flakes of all shapes and sizes. No two snowflakes are precisely alike, and Libbrecht is trying to figure out…

Physics & Chemistry Maddie Stone

Open Channel: How Many Times Have You Seen The Force Awakens?

Time to ‘fess up. How many times have you seen the film? I’ve only seen it once so far: a repeat visit is in store this week!

io9 Andrew Liptak

Ash Faces His Most Terrifying Opponent Ever on Ash vs Evil Dead

The Force Awakens Obliterated Box Office Records In Its First Weekend

Digging Deeper Makes The Case For The Lost World’s Relevance In The Jurassic Park Franchise

In 1983, If You Wanted To Pirate A Movie, You Needed A Gun

Tonight’s SpaceX Launch Has Been Scrubbed

When Enceladus And Tethys Align, Fantastic Pictures Happen

A Mission To Venus Goes Poorly In Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet

This Winter, Remember That Mistletoe Is A Vampire Plant

Tales From The Loop Is A Stunning Book Of Alternate Nostalgia

Weather Presenter Makes 12 Star Wars Puns In 40-Seconds

Wait, [Redacted] Appeared In The Force Awakens?

3.3 Million Hello Kitty Accounts Exposed In Database Breach

Watch California Transform Through Time With This Incredible Satellite Dataset

Check Out This Amazing Feature To Explore Saturn’s System

Game Of Thrones Creators: The Outcry To Last Season’s Rape Scenes Has Had An Influence

Wait, [Redacted] Was Supposed To Die In The Force Awakens?

Hillary Clinton Says She Wants a Manhattan Project for Encryption. The Fuck?

Bernie Sanders Apologizes to Hillary Clinton About Data Breach

This Physicist Makes Dazzling Snowflakes in his Laboratory

Open Channel: How Many Times Have You Seen The Force Awakens?

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