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The Only Godzilla Thing I Care About Is the Return of Jet Jaguar

As a Godzilla fan, I’ve been quite excited by the upcoming giant ape-vs.-nuclear lizard rematch. But I would happily throw away the incredibly expensive Hollywood blockbuster in the garbage if it meant I got to see the glorious Jet Jaguar, star of the 1973 Godzilla vs. Megalon, in action. Thanks to Netflix’s anime series Godzilla:…

io9 Rob Bricken Feb 11

How to Survive Social Media After You’ve Been Dumped

I am unashamed to say that I don’t handle breakups well. I handle being dumped even worse. But you’d never know that from looking at my social media. The thing is, I’ve been dumped so many times I have a bonafide playbook on how to survive the social media minefield with your dignity relatively intact.…

Internet Victoria Song Feb 11

QAnon Now Getting Banned On Platforms We’ve Never Even Heard Of

QAnon, the sprawling far-right internet conspiracy theory that asserts the entire Trump presidency was secretly dedicated to waging a shadow war against an omnipresent cabal of Satan-worshipping, pedophilic Democrats, celebrities, and bankers, hasn’t exactly been the belle of the ball lately. After QAnon adherents joined riots at the Capitol that killed at least five people…

Tech News Tom McKay Feb 11

Dungeons & Dragons & Novels: Revisiting The Wyvern’s Spur

The tale of the magically created sellsword and would-be assassin Alias and her boon companion, the saurial paladin Dragonbait, continues in the second volume of the Finder’s Stone trilogy—which, wait a minute…uh…doesn’t actually feature Alias or Dragonbait? At all. But I’ll tell you what The Wyvern’s Spur does contain: the words “wyvern” and “spur.” A…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken Feb 11

Get Ready for Your Streaming Services to Merge

The emergence of a vast number of streaming services in recent years seems to be catching up to the companies who’ve launched platforms intended to take on industry titans like Netflix and Disney. Citing sources familiar with the matter, the Information reported that executives of NBCUniversal’s recently launched Peacock service have explored ways to boost…

Internet Catie Keck Feb 11

CBP Facial Recognition Scanners Failed to Find a Single Imposter At Airports in 2020

Customs and Border Protection used facial recognition tools to scan over 23 million travelers’ faces at 30-plus points of entry in 2020, and failed to turn up a single example of an individual impersonating someone else at an airport, per a Wednesday report by OneZero. The agency disclosed the statistics in its annual report for…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay Feb 11

Google Photos Is Adding New Editing Tools, but You’ll Have to Pay

For people who have been debating about whether to pay Google for extra cloud storage or not, today Google just sweetened the deal by giving new photo-editing tools to Google One subscribers. In a blog post, Google outlined the new effects that will be added to Google Photos for people with Google One subscriptions, which…

Tech News Sam Rutherford Feb 11

Lovecraft Country‘s Most Terrifying Monsters Come to Life in This Exclusive Clip

Of all the changes that differentiated HBO’s adaptation ofLovecraft Country from the horror novel it was based on, few were quite as disconcerting and genuinely messed up as Topsy and Bopsy, a pair of demonic twins summoned by racist cops to stalk and torment young Diana Freeman across Chicago. It just so happens that io9…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Feb 11

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Astronomers Found a ‘Benjamin Button’ Galaxy

Taking shape in the early universe, the galaxy ALESS 073.1 should have the chaotic look of a youthful galaxy—a fledging, diffuse group of stars and gas. Instead, this primordial starburst galaxy has a central bulge and rotating belt that makes it look billions of years older. This odd corner of the universe was recently imaged…

Space & Spaceflight Isaac Schultz Feb 11

HBO’s Game of Thrones Prequel Adds Devs‘ Sonoya Mizuno and More

The Thronesverse just expanded, thanks to HBO’s latest casting announcement. House of the Dragon, a Targaryen family-based Game of Thrones prequel, has added four new stars to its already impressive roster. Joining Paddy Constantine, Olivia Cooke, Emma D’Arcy, and Matt Smith, HBO announced today that Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Rhys Ifans, and Sonoya Mizuno are…

io9 Courtney Enlow Feb 11

Valentine’s Day Gifts to Ensure You’re Single on Feb. 15

Lovers, this is not the content you seek. Everyone else, please step right in. Not even a pandemic can free us from having to buy Valentine’s Day gifts, so friends, it is time to consider your options. This list is not for the lovebirds, those with outdoor restaurants (or takeout) already booked for Feb. 14,…

Tech News Catie Keck & Victoria Song Feb 11

How Whale Songs Can Help Us Explore the Ocean

Some whale songs can give scientists valuable information about the ocean’s geography, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science. What’s more, their songs can be used as a form of seismic testing, which uses blasts of sound to map out the ocean floor. Forms of this technology can be harmful to whales…

Earther Molly Taft Feb 11

Hello Again, Sweetie—Doctor Who‘s Alex Kingston Has Penned a River Song Novel

Doctor Who’s River Song is returning in a sci-fi noir novel that casts her as an international and interdimensional woman of mystery. Even better: our patron saint of spoilers’ new novel, The Ruby’s Curse, will be penned by Alex Kingston herself. The Ruby’s Curse follows Song and her own seemingly fictitious alter ego on a curse-laden adventure…

Books & Comics Courtney Enlow Feb 11

This App Uses Your Phone’s Camera to Automatically Count Up a Pile of Objects

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably already mastered the skill of counting. But just because something is easy doesn’t mean it’s enjoyable, so the makers of a documenting-scanning app for smartphones has added a new AI-powered feature that can automatically count up similar objects in a photo for you. This is truly a gift for…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Feb 11

Twitter Wants to Bring Tipping to the Platform

Pretty soon, you might be able to tip your favorite tweeters. Why you’d want to is anyone’s best guess. On Wednesday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey hinted that this fan-funded model is just one of the potential forms of digital payment that Twitter will be bringing on in the near future. The idea here, at least…

Social Media Shoshana Wodinsky Feb 11

Black Panther: Sins of the King Blurs the Line Between Life and Death

Though Serial Box’s Black Panther: Sins of the King audiobook is set firmly outside the continuities of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe and its comic books, the new narrative drama is coursing with the same epic, politically charged energy that first made T’Challa and the nation of Wakanda some of the most iconic myths to spring from the…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Feb 11

A Proposal for Healthier News Consumption Habits

I have a nasty habit. Maybe you have it, too. I have a drive to stay up to speed on what’s happening in the world, which is, in itself, a good thing! But this drive can quickly turn into an unhealthy tailspin of compulsive behavior wherein I am refreshing my go-to news websites over and…

Internet Brent Rose Feb 11

The Stand Ended With a Wheeze, Despite the Hand of Stephen King

From its earliest episodes, we already knew weren’t all that jazzed on CBS All Access’ new take on Stephen King’sThe Stand. But the fact that King himself penned a new prologue as part of the final episode, “The Circle Closes,” made us curious enough to stick with it. Was it worth it? Well… The Stand…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Feb 11

Apple Watch Can Detect Covid-19 a Week Early, Study Finds

In the early days of the pandemic, dozens of researchers launched studies trying to see whether wearables of all sorts could potentially identify covid-19 before symptoms began. In one such study, researchers from Mount Sinai discovered that the Apple Watch was capable of detecting the onset of covid-19 up to seven days before current testing…

Gadgets Victoria Song Feb 11

Give Cats More Meat and Playtime, Says Study Definitely Not Written by Cats

People looking to keep their outdoor cats from killing local wildlife might want to heed the findings of a new study released Thursday. It suggests that feeding your feline a diet rich in meat and playing with them regularly will help satiate their appetite for hunting. Animal researchers in the UK enlisted the aid of…

Biology Ed Cara Feb 11

The Only Godzilla Thing I Care About Is the Return of Jet Jaguar

How to Survive Social Media After You’ve Been Dumped

QAnon Now Getting Banned On Platforms We’ve Never Even Heard Of

Dungeons & Dragons & Novels: Revisiting The Wyvern’s Spur

Get Ready for Your Streaming Services to Merge

CBP Facial Recognition Scanners Failed to Find a Single Imposter At Airports in 2020

Google Photos Is Adding New Editing Tools, but You’ll Have to Pay

Lovecraft Country‘s Most Terrifying Monsters Come to Life in This Exclusive Clip

Astronomers Found a ‘Benjamin Button’ Galaxy

HBO’s Game of Thrones Prequel Adds Devs‘ Sonoya Mizuno and More

Valentine’s Day Gifts to Ensure You’re Single on Feb. 15

How Whale Songs Can Help Us Explore the Ocean

Hello Again, Sweetie—Doctor Who‘s Alex Kingston Has Penned a River Song Novel

This App Uses Your Phone’s Camera to Automatically Count Up a Pile of Objects

Twitter Wants to Bring Tipping to the Platform

Black Panther: Sins of the King Blurs the Line Between Life and Death

A Proposal for Healthier News Consumption Habits

The Stand Ended With a Wheeze, Despite the Hand of Stephen King

Apple Watch Can Detect Covid-19 a Week Early, Study Finds

Give Cats More Meat and Playtime, Says Study Definitely Not Written by Cats

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