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Meet the M1, the First Apple-Designed Chip for Macs

Apple announced at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June that it planned to transition Macs away from Intel to an Apple-designed chip based on ARM, but we had few details on what that chip would entail—until now. The M1 chip for Macs is here, and now we know exactly what Apple has in store for…

Tech News Caitlin McGarry

This Is Apple’s New Fan-Free MacBook Air

Back at WWDC 2020, Apple announced its big plan to transition all of its computer over to custom-designed ARM-based processors, and now Apple is finally ready to announce its first batch of systems using those chips starting with this: the new MacBook Air with M1. Sporting the first of a new family of processors designed…

Tech News Sam Rutherford

Steve Bannon Caught Running a Network of Misinformation Pages on Facebook

Steve Bannon has been outed for his involvement in running a network of misinformation pages on Facebook. Who could have possibly seen this coming. Facebook has talked a big game about monitoring election misinformation, and yet the independent activist network Avaaz said it had to alert the company to the pages before it removed them…

Tech News Whitney Kimball

Nicolas Cage Fights an Alien With a Samurai Sword in This Exclusive Jiu Jitsu Clip

If the fate of humanity rested of the outcome of a sword fight, there aren’t many actors you’d believe to be up to the task. However, one of those actors is, undoubtedly, Nicolas Cage—and in his new movie Jiu Jitsu, he’ll get to do just that. Oh, with the added detail that he’s fighting a…

Movies Germain Lussier

A Dark Matter Detector Based on a Wind Chime Seems Just Weird Enough to Work

Dark matter physicists may have one of the most frustrating jobs in science. Their work deals with something that must, by almost all models of the universe, exist. But we’ve never found any direct evidence for dark matter. Where other scientists can capture their subjects in a lab and perform experiments on it, scholars of…

Physics & Chemistry Nathaniel Scharping

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Dune Gets a New Miniatures Game and Critical Role Launches a Publishing Arm in Tabletop News

Welcome back to Gaming Shelf, io9’s column all about board games and tabletop games. This time around, we’ve spotted a brand-new publishing company from the folks behind Critical Role, along with an exciting expansion for Warhammer: Age of Sigmar. Check it out! News and Releases Critical Role Launches a Game Publishing Company Critical Role has…

Games Beth Elderkin

Covid-19 Survivors Face Increased Risk of Mental Illness and Dementia, Study Suggests

A new study out this week is the latest to suggest that the effects of covid-19 can extend beyond the initial acute illness. Researchers found that about one in every five people diagnosed with covid-19 went on to be diagnosed with an episode of mental illness and/or insomnia in the three months following—a rate higher…

Health Ed Cara

Garmin Expands Reproductive Health Tracking to Pregnancy

It took a stupid long time for wearables makers to add period tracking to their devices. Now, about 18 months after Garmin introduced period tracking to its devices, the company is now allowing users to track their pregnancy as well. The feature is part of the Garmin Connect platform and will allow pregnant users to…

Gadgets Victoria Song

We’re Liveblogging Apple’s Big ARM Event Right Here

Do you feel the creeping sense of deja vu? You should! Today is Apple’s third event in as many months. If September saw the Apple Watch and iPad, and October was for iPhones, it’s likely that November is the time for Apple’s ARM-powered MacBooks. Like the last two times, today’s event will start streaming at…

Tech News Victoria Song

Amazon Hit With Multibillion-Dollar Antitrust Action in EU

Following a two-year investigation into its practices as a retailer and platform, EU regulators announced antitrust charges against Amazon on Tuesday. The European Commission said that it takes issue with what it says is Amazon’s collection of non-public data on its platform that is used to benefit its own retail business. And if that doesn’t…

Commerce Rhett Jones

Finally Some Competition! MediaTek Announces New Chips for Chromebooks and 5G Phones

5G and the pandemic are already changing the way people buy and use their devices, so to help bring more competition to affordable mobile devices, MediaTek is launching a new line of smartphone and Chromebook processors. Starting with its smartphone chip, the new MediaTek Dimensity 700 is based on a 7nm architecture and features an…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford

How to Tell if Joe Biden Is Hiring the Right People to Address the Climate Crisis

President-elect Joe Biden will enter the White House with plans to decarbonize the grid by 2035, reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, invest in communities dealing with environmental degradation, and create millions of jobs. But whether he follows through with these campaign promises could depend on who he appoints to his administration. “Even with…

Earther Dharna Noor

A New Mandalorian Spoiler May Have Galactic Implications

It’s just two weeks into the second season of The Mandalorian and we still have no idea exactly what’s happening. While some of the rumors have been true, many others have yet to materialize, leaving fans anxiously awaiting where this story is going to take us. The fact that Lucasfilm isn’t releasing any information on…

io9 Germain Lussier

Microbes Can Mine Valuable Elements From Rocks in Space

Recent experiments aboard the International Space Station have shown that some microbes can harvest valuable rare-earth elements from rocks, even when exposed to microgravity conditions. The unexpected finding shows how microbes could boost our ability to live and work in space. On Earth, some microscopic organisms have shown their worth as effective miners, extracting rare-earth…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

The Climate Test That Will Tell the World If Biden Is Serious About Change

President Donald Trump has been a boon to world leaders looking to tout their climate bonafides. A simple “hey, at least we’re not that guy” has helped other countries launder some watered-down climate goals. Now that Joe Biden is president-elect, it changes the equation. It’s not that Biden is a huge progressive climate champion (yet).…

Earther Brian Kahn

WandaVision Wants to Be a ‘Love Letter’ to the Golden Age of Television

Though we may be living through a renaissance (and glut, if we’re being honest) of prestige television, both WandaVision showrunner Jac Schaeffer and Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige envisioned something a little more classic for one of the studio’s first live-action stories set after the events ofAvengers: Endgame. In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore

Don’t Call Yourself a Batman Fan If You Won’t Pay $29,900 for This Batmobile Desk Clock

There are Batman fans who will casually collect caped crusader action figures, and then there are Batman fans who will drop $250 on a giant Lego Batmobile. Several tiers of obsessive above that you’ll find the true Batman devotees who will happily spend almost $30,000 on a desk clock that even Bruce Wayne would hesitate…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski

2020 Just Broke a 170-Year Hurricane Season Record

It’s officially the busiest Atlantic hurricane season in 170 years of record keeping. Subtropical Storm Theta formed late on Monday, taking us further into the Greek alphabet. The storm itself isn’t a particularly formidable sight to behold or even that interesting. It’s subtropical, meaning it has characteristics of both tropical storms and those that form…

Earther Brian Kahn

Somehow, There Will Be a Bloodshot 2

Andrew Koji talks about why he took on Storm Shadow for the Snake Eyes movie. A new book lets us get a close look at Black Widow’s Taskmaster. Production on The Witcher has been temporarily halted by covid-19. Victor Fresco hopes he can bring closure to The Santa Clarita Diet someday. Plus, what’s to come…

Television James Whitbrook & Gordon Jackson

The New Amazon Echo Is Round (Also It Sounds Good)

It’s round. That’s the story, folks. In all seriousness, you can’t talk about the fourth-generation Amazon Echo without acknowledging its new globular shape. Visually, it’s a significant departure from the cylindrical Echoes of yore, but it’s more than just Amazon telling you, “Oh, it’s a ball now.” It’s also a way of saying, “This one…

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Victoria Song

Meet the M1, the First Apple-Designed Chip for Macs

This Is Apple’s New Fan-Free MacBook Air

Steve Bannon Caught Running a Network of Misinformation Pages on Facebook

Nicolas Cage Fights an Alien With a Samurai Sword in This Exclusive Jiu Jitsu Clip

A Dark Matter Detector Based on a Wind Chime Seems Just Weird Enough to Work

Dune Gets a New Miniatures Game and Critical Role Launches a Publishing Arm in Tabletop News

Covid-19 Survivors Face Increased Risk of Mental Illness and Dementia, Study Suggests

Garmin Expands Reproductive Health Tracking to Pregnancy

We’re Liveblogging Apple’s Big ARM Event Right Here

Amazon Hit With Multibillion-Dollar Antitrust Action in EU

Finally Some Competition! MediaTek Announces New Chips for Chromebooks and 5G Phones

How to Tell if Joe Biden Is Hiring the Right People to Address the Climate Crisis

A New Mandalorian Spoiler May Have Galactic Implications

Microbes Can Mine Valuable Elements From Rocks in Space

The Climate Test That Will Tell the World If Biden Is Serious About Change

WandaVision Wants to Be a ‘Love Letter’ to the Golden Age of Television

Don’t Call Yourself a Batman Fan If You Won’t Pay $29,900 for This Batmobile Desk Clock

2020 Just Broke a 170-Year Hurricane Season Record

Somehow, There Will Be a Bloodshot 2

The New Amazon Echo Is Round (Also It Sounds Good)

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