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Superman & Lois and Man of Steel Are Surprisingly Alike, and That’s Great So Far

Adapting Superman is always a daunting task. He’s the ultimate beacon of hope, to some that perfection makes him either too simplistic to be interesting or in desperate need of a flaw. Superman & Lois, the CW’s latest foray into the DC universe, straddles a line between the two that feels quite unlike anything it’s…

Television James Whitbrook Feb 24

Computer Simulations Suggest Martian Moons Were Separated at Birth More Than a Billion Years Ago

The Red Planet’s two tiny moons—Phobos and Deimos—could have formed after an ancient collision, according to new research. It’s an intriguing possibility, but not everyone is convinced by the evidence. Phobos and Deimos resemble potatoes (though this may actually be seen as an insult to potatoes). The origin of these malformed moons isn’t entirely clear,…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Feb 24

Facebook Told Us to Suck It, for a Change

Attention, haters: you have officially been put on notice by Facebook’s VP of Global Affairs Nick Clegg. This morning, Clegg unleashed a very salty, very strongly-worded rebuke to sordid charges propagated by publishers supposedly looking for a cash grab. It’s titled “The Real Story of What Happened With News on Facebook in Australia,” and reads…

Tech News Whitney Kimball Feb 24

OLED King LG Says It Will License webOS to Other TV Makers

LG will make its webOS software available to other companies. The proprietary software on LG’s own sets will be able to be licensed by outside TV brands, the company announced Wednesday. Notably, TV brands that choose to bring LG’s software to their televisions will also get its Magic Motion remote, LG’s very good cursor-like wand.…

Gadgets Catie Keck Feb 24

Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Nano Takes the Lightest Laptop Crown

As we lean into a few more months of WFH life, none of us are looking for the thinnest and lightest laptops out there. The road warriors hunting for something slightly lighter than a cinder block are stuck inside, and couch surfing is now usually done on the phone, not on some wafer-thin slab of…

Laptops John Biggs Feb 24

What to Know About Johnson & Johnson’s One-Shot Covid-19 Vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration is expected to soon grant an emergency use authorization (EUA) to Johnson & Johnson’s covid-19 vaccine, possibly as early as this weekend. That decision would make it the third such vaccine to become available to Americans. So it’s as good a time as any to go through the similarities and…

Health Ed Cara Feb 24

Jon Favreau Digs Deep Into The Mandalorian’s Krayt Dragon Sequence

One thing is for certain. Star Wars’ Anakin Skywalker and Jon Favreau do not agree about sand. Anakin says it’s coarse, rough, and gets everywhere. Favreau thinks it’s what made his season two episode of The Mandalorian work so well. Favreau writes many episodes of Disney+’s The Mandalorian but he’s only directed one, season two…

io9 Germain Lussier Feb 24

Cinefex Closes Down Thanks to the Goddamn Pandemic

It’s a tough time to run a print magazine. It’s an even tougher time to run a print magazine about the film industry. And after more than 40 years of definitive coverage of the special effects industry, Cinefex has shut down. The news came in a blog post from Cinefex’s publisher, Gregg Shay, on Tuesday.…

Tech News Rhett Jones Feb 24

YouTube Thinks It’s Cracked the Code on Appropriate Content for 9-Year-Olds

YouTube is attempting to bridge the gap between its dedicated Kids app and regular YouTube for parents with tweens and teens. YouTube announced Wednesday that it will launch a new “supervised” experience in beta that will introduce additional features and settings for regulating the types of content that older children can access on the platform.…

Internet Catie Keck Feb 24

Godzilla and King Kong Are Legends First, Monsters Second

There was plenty to like about how Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ Kong: Skull Island and Michael Dougherty’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters spent ample time playing to the visual majesties of their respective kaiju. But both movies suffered dearly whenever their focuses turned toward the human characters, whose relatively insignificant dramas were meant to somehow ground the otherwise…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Feb 24

Microsoft’s Latest Product Goes Toe-to-Toe With Squarespace

Microsoft is officially getting into the website-building biz. On Wednesday, the company’s digital marketing wing rolled out a shiny new suite of tools which promise to give businesses a quick and easy way to set up their own landing pages. And unlike some of the other site builders on the market—like, say, Squarespace or Wix—Microsoft’s…

Tech News Shoshana Wodinsky Feb 24

Groundwater Depletion Threatens 20% Of India’s Winter Farmland

In India, agriculture employs more than 50%of the country. It’s also in crisis due to climate change and groundwater loss. A new study shows how these two factors are putting the country’s farmers at risk. The study, published in Science Advances on Wednesday, specifically examined India’s winter harvests. In the fall and spring monsoon seasons,…

Environmental Justice Dharna Noor Feb 24

HP Expands Its Gaming Empire by Bringing HyperX Into the Fold

HP is already one of the biggest computer makers in the world, complete with its own line of Omen gaming systems. But today HP’s gaming empire is about to get bigger with the acquisition of HyperX. In a deal valued at $425 million, HP announced it has reached a definitive agreement to purchase Kingston’s gaming…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Feb 24

We’re Absolutely Surrounded by Double Stars, New 3D Map Suggests

A newly compiled 3D map has revealed more than 1 million binary star pairs located within 3,000 light years of Earth, highlighting the ubiquity of these celestial objects. Remember that sublime moment in Star Wars when an introspective Luke Skywalker gazes upon a double sunset on Tatooine? To our eyes, that’s some seriously exotic stuff,…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Feb 24

A Huge Red Flag Just Popped Up in a Little-Studied Region of Antarctica

Glaciers in Antarctica are turning the concept of “glacial pace” on its head. A new study of a little-observed area on the continent finds that rising heat is making ice streams flow faster, which has worrisome consequences for sea level rise. The study, published this week in Nature Communications, uses a quarter century of satellite…

Earther Molly Taft Feb 24

The Truth Behind the Kickstarter Gadget That Was Accused of ‘Child Torture’

It all started with some tweets. “I really don’t want to live here anymore… fully funded child torture device. Will no reporters cover this…” @roryreckons tweeted. Embedded in the tweet was a link to a Kickstarter page for a wearable device called NOIT. In the main picture, you can see a patch and rectangular device…

Gadgets Victoria Song Feb 24

Star Wars: The Bad Batch and Loki Get Premiere Dates

We’re still fuzzy on 2021’s ever-shifting movie release dates, but that’s not the case for series coming soon to streamers. Disney+ just released a slew of premiere dates we’re pretty sure won’t change—and the standouts come from Marvel and Lucasfilm. We already knew Marvel’s The Falcon and Winter Soldier would be debuting on March 19,…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier Feb 24

The Oil and Gas Money Behind the Republicans Who Will Help Decide Deb Haaland’s Fate

Rep. Deb Haaland just finished a historic confirmation hearing to run the Department of Interior. If her nomination is pushed through committee, she will in all likelihood be confirmed as the first Indigenous person to ever serve on a presidential cabinet. If confirmed, Haaland would be in charge of more than 500 million acres of…

Earther Brian Kahn Feb 24

Spider-Man 3 Finally Has a Real Title, and It’s Bleak

After Spider-Man’s cast trolled the internet with a series of jokey, would-be titles for the third installment of Marvel’s current web-slinging movie series, the studio has finally announced what we’ll actually be calling the next chapter in Peter Parker’s life on the big screen. Tom Holland will star in the officially titled Spider-Man: No Way Home.…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Feb 24

Your Travel Guide to the Rudderless Right-Wing Web After Trump

Moving into 2021 and forward, conservatives angry about “cancel culture,” censorship, shadowbans, or the attention of the FBI have a rich array of social destinations to choose from. We’ve prepped a travel guide for the unwitting observer who might be thinking of checking any of these conspicuous and lesser-known internet hellholes out—whether it’s to keep…

Politics Tom McKay Feb 24

Superman & Lois and Man of Steel Are Surprisingly Alike, and That’s Great So Far

Computer Simulations Suggest Martian Moons Were Separated at Birth More Than a Billion Years Ago

Facebook Told Us to Suck It, for a Change

OLED King LG Says It Will License webOS to Other TV Makers

Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Nano Takes the Lightest Laptop Crown

What to Know About Johnson & Johnson’s One-Shot Covid-19 Vaccine

Jon Favreau Digs Deep Into The Mandalorian’s Krayt Dragon Sequence

Cinefex Closes Down Thanks to the Goddamn Pandemic

YouTube Thinks It’s Cracked the Code on Appropriate Content for 9-Year-Olds

Godzilla and King Kong Are Legends First, Monsters Second

Microsoft’s Latest Product Goes Toe-to-Toe With Squarespace

Groundwater Depletion Threatens 20% Of India’s Winter Farmland

HP Expands Its Gaming Empire by Bringing HyperX Into the Fold

We’re Absolutely Surrounded by Double Stars, New 3D Map Suggests

A Huge Red Flag Just Popped Up in a Little-Studied Region of Antarctica

The Truth Behind the Kickstarter Gadget That Was Accused of ‘Child Torture’

Star Wars: The Bad Batch and Loki Get Premiere Dates

The Oil and Gas Money Behind the Republicans Who Will Help Decide Deb Haaland’s Fate

Spider-Man 3 Finally Has a Real Title, and It’s Bleak

Your Travel Guide to the Rudderless Right-Wing Web After Trump

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