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Falcon and The Winter Soldier‘s First Trailer Is an Explosive Reunion Between Heroes and Villains

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is coming on March 19. The date, and a first trailer, were shared during today’s Disney event.

Trailers Charles Pulliam-Moore Dec 10

Alien Is Coming to TV…and Earth

The rumors are true: Alien is coming to TV. Shortly before all the Star Wars news overtook today’s Disney newsapalooza came the announcement that FX is working with Noah Hawley (Fargo, Legion) to create a series based on Ridley Scott’s blockbuster sci-fi horror franchise. The big news, besides the fact that this is even happening, is that…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Dec 10

Here’s Where SpaceX Has Promised to Provide Starlink Internet

The Federal Communications Commission recently announced the winning bidders of its Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Phase 1 auction, revealing SpaceX’s Starlink won a massive $885 million to provide high-speed internet to underserved and unserved rural areas of the U.S. The agency’s report provided information on how much money every ISP won and in what states,…

Internet Joanna Nelius Dec 10

Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine Wins Crucial Vote, Now One Step Away From FDA Authorization

The covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech is one big step closer to reaching the American public. On late Thursday afternoon, a group of outside experts assembled by the Food and Drug Administration largely voted to recommend the vaccine for emergency use in people ages 16 and older. The vote will likely soon be…

Health Ed Cara Dec 10

Patty Jenkins Will Direct the Next Star Wars Movie, Rogue Squadron

It’s going to be some time before we see a new Star Wars movie in theaters but, now, at least we know what that’s going to be. On Disney’s 2020 Investor Day Thursday, it was announced that Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins would direct Rogue Squadron, scheduled for release December 22, 2023. It’s described as…

Movies Germain Lussier Dec 10

Star Wars: Bad Batch‘s First Trailer Shows the Fall of a Republic

The Clone War may be over. But Clone Force 99’s war is only just about to begin. Today at the Disney Investor Day livestream, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy revealed the first look at what to expect from the Clone Wars continuation based around the elite Clone force introduced in Clone Wars’ seventh and final season.…

Trailers James Whitbrook Dec 10

Huge Star Wars Updates: Andor Teaser, Obi-Wan Timeline, Lando Show, and The Acolyte

Star Wars and Disney+ will continue to get cozy even when The Mandalorain isn’t around. At Disney’s 2020 Investor’s Day event, significant updates were given on the other Star Wars official shows we knew were coming to Disney+. First up, the Diego Luna-starring Cassian Andor series Andor will be released in 2022 and began filming…

io9 Germain Lussier Dec 10

Parler’s Downloads Fell Off a Cliff

Parler, the social media platform where Ted Cruz is free to dance naked under the cursed moon in the realm of the possessed, may not be the right-wing free speech utopia of the future. Despite offering a perfectly fine refuge for conservatives bitching about Facebook and Twitter and YouTube’s moderation policies, downloads of the app…

Tech News Whitney Kimball Dec 10

Google Will Let You Limit the Alcohol and Gambling Ads You See

It’s not very often that Google shows care for anything besides its bottom line these days, but on Thursday, the company made a small step in the right direction by announcing a new setting that lets people limit the alcohol- and gambling-related ads they come across. Per the announcement, the feature will first roll out…

Tech News Shoshana Wodinsky Dec 10

The Mandalorian‘s Ahsoka Tano and New Republic Will Receive Their Own Spinoffs

Two new Mandalorianspinoffs are coming—one for Clone Wars and Rebels legend Ahsoka Tano, and another focusing on the New Republic that replaced the overthrown Empire. Rangers of the New Republic and Star Wars: Ahsoka will be set in the post-Return of the Jedi timeline, with the former telling a story that ultimately culminates in a…

io9 James Whitbrook Dec 10

Batwoman‘s Javicia Leslie Suits Up in the First Season 2 Trailer

Gotham’s got a new sheriff, and she’s not messing around. Batwoman has revealed the first look at season two.

Trailers Beth Elderkin Dec 10

Google Is Now Calling on You to Help Develop Its Enigmatic Fuchsia OS

While it’s never been officially called a replacement for Android or Chrome OS, Fuchsia is an operating system Google has been working on for the last five years, and this week, Google announced that now it’s opening up Fuchsia to public contributions. In a post on the Google Open Source Blog, Fuchsia developer advocate Wayne…

Tech News Sam Rutherford Dec 10

Star Wars, Marvel, and More: Here’s Your Disney Investor’s Day 2020 Live Blog

San Diego Comic-Con, Star Wars Celebration, New York Comic-Con—covid-19 robbed us of them all and more during 2020. And though several of events went digital, the usual avalanche of news was brought to a relative standstills. We think that might change today though, at least in terms of one company in particular: Disney. Today brings…

Movies Germain Lussier Dec 10

Make the T-Shirt Designs of Your Dreams With the Brother ScanNCut DX

As we’re all crafting this holiday season, the Brother ScanNCut DX offers endless possibilities for DIY decorations. The ScanNCut is a CNC-style cutting machine designed to create shapes in paper, vinyl, and even thin wood. It also includes a small spatula for removing the stickers from the mat. The device consists of a sharp stylus…

Other Gadgets John Biggs Dec 10

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The Best Pop Culture We Caught Up On in 2020

It has been a year of weirdness, especially when it comes to wrangling the kinds of media we’ve been watching. Though there’s been new things to read, watch, listen to, and play, 2020 has seen many of us revisit familiar favorites as well as things we missed when they first came out. Here’s the media…

io9 Io9 Staff Dec 10

Mastercard, Discover, and Visa Dump Pornhub [UPDATE]

Following an opinion piece in the New York Times which called out both Pornhub for hosting nonconsensual and often illegal material, and the credit card companies for enabling the site to profit from it, Mastercard has terminated its relationship with Pornhub. For now though, Mastercard will continue to do business with parent company Mindgeek, which…

Tech News Whitney Kimball Dec 10

The Watch Begins in a New Trailer for the Discworld-Inspired Show

Wanna watch The Watch? Well the time is almost here. The Watch is a new BBC America show based on characters from Terry Pratchett’s expansive Discworld universe. It follows the Ankh-Morpork’s City Watch (originally from the book Guards! Guards!), who are a diverse, unlikely group of ragtag heroes who must come together to stop an…

Trailers Germain Lussier Dec 10

Tasmanian Devils May Overcome Transmissible Cancer That Nearly Wiped Them Out

A new study out Thursday suggests that Tasmanian devils are starting to adapt to one of the strangest diseases known in nature: a contagious cancer spread by biting. The study has found evidence that the disease is spreading more slowly and becoming endemic in the devil population, rather than the very fatal and rapidly spreading…

Earther Ed Cara Dec 10

We’re Finally Starting to See Some Great MagSafe Accessories, but They’re Not Coming from Apple

One of the more interesting features of the new iPhone 12 lineup is the return of the MagSafe power connector. It doesn’t only make wireless charging easier, as Apple demonstrated with a $60 wallet, it can also expand the usefulness of the device that’s always in your pocket. But MagSafe has even more potential than…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Dec 10

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Space Station Spiders Found a Hack to Build Webs Without Gravity

Experiments on the International Space Station suggest spiders can weave normal-looking webs in space—they just need a surprising resource. Spiders are capable of building typical webs in microgravity, so long as they have access to a light source, according to new research published in Science of Nature. In the absence of gravity, and hence a sense…

Biology George Dvorsky Dec 10

Falcon and The Winter Soldier‘s First Trailer Is an Explosive Reunion Between Heroes and Villains

Alien Is Coming to TV…and Earth

Here’s Where SpaceX Has Promised to Provide Starlink Internet

Pfizer’s Covid-19 Vaccine Wins Crucial Vote, Now One Step Away From FDA Authorization

Patty Jenkins Will Direct the Next Star Wars Movie, Rogue Squadron

Star Wars: Bad Batch‘s First Trailer Shows the Fall of a Republic

Huge Star Wars Updates: Andor Teaser, Obi-Wan Timeline, Lando Show, and The Acolyte

Parler’s Downloads Fell Off a Cliff

Google Will Let You Limit the Alcohol and Gambling Ads You See

The Mandalorian‘s Ahsoka Tano and New Republic Will Receive Their Own Spinoffs

Batwoman‘s Javicia Leslie Suits Up in the First Season 2 Trailer

Google Is Now Calling on You to Help Develop Its Enigmatic Fuchsia OS

Star Wars, Marvel, and More: Here’s Your Disney Investor’s Day 2020 Live Blog

Make the T-Shirt Designs of Your Dreams With the Brother ScanNCut DX

The Best Pop Culture We Caught Up On in 2020

Mastercard, Discover, and Visa Dump Pornhub [UPDATE]

The Watch Begins in a New Trailer for the Discworld-Inspired Show

Tasmanian Devils May Overcome Transmissible Cancer That Nearly Wiped Them Out

We’re Finally Starting to See Some Great MagSafe Accessories, but They’re Not Coming from Apple

Space Station Spiders Found a Hack to Build Webs Without Gravity

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