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Trump Assumes ‘This Is Fine’ Stance as PR Fire Over SolarWinds Hack Rages On

A slew of companies and federal agencies including the Departments of Homeland Security, Energy, State, Commerce, and Treasury as well as the National Institutes of Health are among the many reported victims of the SolarWinds hacking scandal so far, but don’t worry guys, the president says it’s no big deal. “The Cyber Hack is far…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

Here Are a Bunch of People Getting the Covid-19 Vaccine

The U.S. vaccine campaign has begun, as you can see in these optimistic photos.

Health Jody Serrano

Millie Bobbie Brown Will Be Helming a New Science Fiction Movie Directed by the Russo Brothers

And it’s an adaptation of a graphic novel! Classic stuff. As reported by Entertainment Weekly, Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things) is attached to star in an adaptation of The Electric State, based on the graphic novel of the same name by Simon Stålenhag. Set in an alternate version of the future where robots and humans…

Movies Julie Muncy

Here’s How the Mysterious Twitter ‘Carp’ Meme Came to Be

For a brief moment on Friday night, spectacularly bored and homebound Twitter users marveled in delight at a strange phenomenon on the social network: Everyone was tweeting the word “carp.” Questions abounded. What? Why? Huh? I’m missing something, right? Now, hundreds of thousands of tweets and at least one dumb joke blog later, we have…

Tech News Andrew Couts & Shoshana Wodinsky

Yeah, This Marvel Holiday Short Is a Toy Ad, But It’s Still Pretty Good

Listen, good stop-motion is good stop-motion, even if it’s just trying to get you to buy some Hasbro toys. That’s my best pitch for “Merry Mayhem,” a short and adorable stop-motion Christmas-themed cartoon put out by Marvel HQ, starring a number of the Hasbro Marvel Bend and Flex Figures. Starring Spider-Man, Black Panther, and Venom…

Toys & Collectibles Julie Muncy

Locke & Key Has Been Renewed for a Third Season

If you’re a big fan of Locke & Key’s first season, get excited, because there’s even more coming than you thought. As reported by Deadline, Locke & Key, Netflix’s adaptation of the comic by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez, has been renewed for a third season just as production is wrapping on the second. That means…

io9 Julie Muncy

George Clooney Still Isn’t Down With the Critical Reappraisal of Batman and Robin

It’s been a couple decades, now, I think we can all just admit it: for a certain version of Batman, Joel Schumacher’s Batman and Robin kind of rules. A cheesy fever dream, it’s an incredible exercise in ‘90s Blockbuster excess and the sort of Batman that fans of Adam West’s ‘60s series would recognize and…

Movies Julie Muncy

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Gifts for the Unrepentant Luddite

You know that special person in your life, the one who thinks technology is all around us. Who can taste the stink of it, as it were, and worries they’ll be infected by it? The result? Their anger at modernity creates a sense of absolute horror at what the world has become, and, worse, makes…

Gadgets John Biggs

Zoom Exec Accused of Conspiring with Chinese Government to Surveil, Censor Video Calls

An executive at the videoconferencing company Zoom schemed with Beijing officials to leak user data and squash video meetings discussing the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre earlier this year, according to federal prosecutors. The Justice Department’s case races a fresh wave of concern about Zoom’s security after the company spent the summer months muzzling…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

Carp

Carp. This is a developing story.

Tech News Andrew Couts

A Faulty Algorithm Screwed Residents Out of Stanford’s Vaccine Distribution Plan

Medical residents flooded Stanford Hospital on Friday in protest after executives there reportedly used a faulty algorithm to triage its first wave of vaccinations and overwhelmingly left out caregivers working on the front lines of the covid-19 pandemic. Of Stanford Medicine’s roughly 1,300 residents, just seven were chosen to be among the first 5,000 employees…

Health Alyse Stanley

13 Christmas Movie Elves, From Naughty to Nice

Santa Claus runs a pretty tight ship up at the North Pole, so it’s reasonably safe to assume most of his elves belong on the nice list. But as Christmas movies over the years have shown us, sometimes the holidays bring out some awfully naughty behavior, too. Here’s how 13 of Santa’s cinematic elves stack…

Movies Cheryl Eddy

FDA Authorizes Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use

On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of a covid-19 vaccine developed by the Massachusetts-based biotech company Moderna. It’s the second such good news in as many weeks, following the FDA’s authorization of Pfizer and BioNTech’s similar mRNA vaccine. Both vaccines look to be highly effective. This emergency use authorization, which…

Health Ed Cara

The Adventure Zone: Bureau of Balance Is a Fantastic Gateway to Roleplaying Games

Way up in the stars, there’s a secret moon base called the Bureau of Balance. It’s a place where anything can happen—including a visit to a Fantasy Costco. It’s here that we set the stage for The Adventure Zone: Bureau of Balance, a card and board game that might be one of the most accessible…

Games Beth Elderkin

At Last, Mandalore’s Rightful Heir Gets the Figure She Deserves

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round up of all the coolest nerd merch around the internet. This week, Wonder Woman 1984‘s glorious golden armor enters the Bandai Figuarts line, the finest Jurassic Park homeware arrives, and we’re all going to start rhythmically chanting about Star Wars eggs. Check it out! Hot Toys Star…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski & James Whitbrook

Space Force Personnel Will Be Called ‘Guardians’ Because Sure, Whatever

Outbound Vice President/gynophobe-in-chief Mike Pence announced at a press conference on Friday that enlisted personnel in the Space Force will be referred to as “Guardians.” I have a lot of questions here. Pence apparently means “guardians” in the sense that Army troops are called soldiers, Naval enlisted are called sailors, Air Force personnel are called…

Space & Spaceflight Tom McKay

Apparently Microsoft Wants to Design Its Own ARM Chips

Seems like Microsoft isn’t going to sit back and let Apple take all the glory with its new M1 processor. According to The Verge (via Bloomberg News), Microsoft is reportedly designing its own ARM processor for its Azure cloud servers and possibly even a future Surface device. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard rumors…

Tech News Joanna Nelius

The Best Gifts for Chicken Nerds

This year, we have to find the silver linings wherever we can. One of those glimmering plus-sides is a sudden rise in chicken ownership—at least, I’d call that a silver lining. Chickens are great! (Salmonella outbreaks aside, of course.) And plenty of others seem to think so, too. According to My Pet Chicken, which sells…

Gadgets Andrew Couts

The DOJ’s Antitrust Suit Against Google Is Probably On Hold Until 2023

We finally have an idea of when the DOJ’s antitrust suit against Google will actually head to trial, and it’s… going to be a bit of a wait. Per CNBC, both Google and US District Judge Amit Mehta—who was assigned the historic case when it was announced in October—agreed in a Friday status hearing that…

Tech News Shoshana Wodinsky

What We Know So Far About the SolarWinds Hacking Scandal

After infiltrating a Texas-based software company, an elite group of hackers turned its most widely used product into a Trojan horse. Their plan couldn’t have worked better. At least a half dozen government agencies (so far) and an untold number of America’s wealthiest corporations led them heedlessly right through the gates. Virtually no one outside…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron

Trump Assumes ‘This Is Fine’ Stance as PR Fire Over SolarWinds Hack Rages On

Here Are a Bunch of People Getting the Covid-19 Vaccine

Millie Bobbie Brown Will Be Helming a New Science Fiction Movie Directed by the Russo Brothers

Here’s How the Mysterious Twitter ‘Carp’ Meme Came to Be

Yeah, This Marvel Holiday Short Is a Toy Ad, But It’s Still Pretty Good

Locke & Key Has Been Renewed for a Third Season

George Clooney Still Isn’t Down With the Critical Reappraisal of Batman and Robin

Gifts for the Unrepentant Luddite

Zoom Exec Accused of Conspiring with Chinese Government to Surveil, Censor Video Calls

Carp

A Faulty Algorithm Screwed Residents Out of Stanford’s Vaccine Distribution Plan

13 Christmas Movie Elves, From Naughty to Nice

FDA Authorizes Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use

The Adventure Zone: Bureau of Balance Is a Fantastic Gateway to Roleplaying Games

At Last, Mandalore’s Rightful Heir Gets the Figure She Deserves

Space Force Personnel Will Be Called ‘Guardians’ Because Sure, Whatever

Apparently Microsoft Wants to Design Its Own ARM Chips

The Best Gifts for Chicken Nerds

The DOJ’s Antitrust Suit Against Google Is Probably On Hold Until 2023

What We Know So Far About the SolarWinds Hacking Scandal

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