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Boeing to Take $4.9 Billion Charge Related to Grounded 737 Max as Fallout Continues

Ahead of its earnings report next week, Boeing on Thursday said it will report an after-tax charge of $4.9 billion related to its grounded 737 Max jets. The company said in an update that the charge was related to “an estimate of potential concessions and other considerations” for its clients who have been forced to…

Tech News Catie Keck Jul 18

This Optimus Prime Ghostbusters Toy Is Too Much Fun

I have no idea whose idea it was to make Ghostbusters themed Transformers but, to that person or people, we’d like to give you an old tip of the cap. This week, one of the stand out exclusive toys coming to Hasbro’s booth at San Diego Comic-Con is the MP-10G Optimus Prime Ecto 35. Or,…

Toys & Collectibles Germain Lussier Jul 18

The His Dark Materials’ SDCC Trailer Is Grand as It Is Gorgeous

The future of the world—and possibly so much more—is at stake. And it all depends on one girl. The first full trailer for HBO and BBC’s His Dark Materials arrived at SDCC, hinting at an epic battle for freedom, faith, and a power that’s much bigger and scarier than any of them realize. The latest…

Trailers Beth Elderkin Jul 18

Instagram Will Now Warn You If Your Account Is Close to Being Yanked

Instagram’s recent rollouts of updates to its platform continues this week with two more changes around post and account take-downs, as well as a new process for appealing content deletion that it will expand in the coming months. The company announced in a blog post on Thursday that it will begin notifying users if their…

Tech News Catie Keck Jul 18

Watch the New Trailer for the Beginning of Agents of SHIELD‘s End

Today is a sad one for Agents of SHIELD fans, as they gathered to commiserate with cast and crew with the announcement that the show’s seventh season will be its last. But before we bid a final, final farewell to Daisy and friends, we got a glimpse of what to expect from the last four…

Trailers James Whitbrook Jul 18

Listen to Sarah Connor Say ‘Metal Motherfucker’ in the New Terminator: Dark Fate Featurette

Paramount’s Terminator: Dark Fate panel at San Diego Comic-Con showed Hall H some footage but didn’t release it online. Instead, they’ve gifted us a shiny new look at the latest installment of the cyborg-battling franchise in featurette form. Linda Hamilton has returned to lead yet another fight for humanity as well as Anrold Schwarzenegger. A…

Trailers Jill Pantozzi Jul 18

Your First Look at Hasbro’s Gigantic Power Rangers: Beast Morphers Ultrazord Set

You know the deal with Power Rangers. You start off with the individual zords. You combine them into a megazord. And then, as the threats get bigger and the stakes get higher, you slap on even more zords until you have a giant robot that is an unholy mess of multicolored mecha marvelousness. Beast Morphers…

Toys & Collectibles James Whitbrook Jul 18

Everything We Learned About the New Avengers Game at Marvel Games’ Comic-Con Panel

Today at San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel Games offered a closer look at what fans can expect from Square-Enix and Crystal Dynamic’s Marvel’s Avengers. Having given us a glimpse at E3 last month, we got to see a little more of just how this take on Earth’s Mightiest will deal with the seeming loss of one…

Games James Whitbrook Jul 18

Toys’R’Us Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Becoming an ‘Experience’

Tru Kids Brand, the organization that bought the rights to the Toys“R”Us name as part of the chain’s massive fire sale last year, announced today that it was bringing the toy stores back to the United States in time for the holiday season. But not as the giant warehouse stores you remember with toys stacked…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski Jul 18

In First Half of July, the Amazon Lost Nearly 400 Square Miles of Forest

The Brazilian Amazon Rainforest is experiencing serious devastation under the country’s new far-right president Jair Bolsonaro. The month of July isn’t even over, and it’s already experienced 68 percent more deforestation than the entire month of July in 2018, reports Reuters. Amazonia has lost nearly 400 square miles of forest in the first 15 days…

Conservation Yessenia Funes Jul 18

Adorable New Species of Flying Squirrel Discovered in China

A newly described species of flying squirrel is teaching researchers more about these enigmatic, tree-hopping rodents, but its threatened status means scientists will have to act fast. New research published today in ZooKeys describes Biswamoyopterus gaoligongensis, otherwise known as the Mount Gaoligong flying squirrel. Spotted in Yunnan Province, Southwest China, it’s one of only three…

Biology George Dvorsky Jul 18

The First Cats Trailer Will Haunt Your Nightmares Tonight

Yeah, yeah, we did this headline today already. But… you’re not prepared. Trust me, You are not prepared. https://gizmodo.com/the-gruesome-new-trailer-for-it-chapter-two-will-haunt-1833746695 Universal just surprised us all with a first look at Tom Hooper’s adaptation of the seminal broadway musical Cats, featuring CG fur-covered actors as titular felines. It is, as you’ll see, a choice: I should not…

Trailers James Whitbrook Jul 18

At Long Last, Our First Glimpse of The Expanse‘s 4th Season

It’s been a long road, firehawks—one that’s literally taken us from one network to, well Jeff Bezos. But we’re a step closer to getting a look at the long-awaited fourth season of The Expanse, and these new pictures are here to whet our appetite. Amazon, the new home for the show after Syfy dropped the…

io9 James Whitbrook Jul 18

So, About Your Internet Porn Habits

You might want some privacy when consuming porn online, whether that’s going in incognito mode, locking the door, putting in headphones, or all of the above. And while this certainly conceals your activity from a roommate or someone who might look at your search history, researchers have demonstrated that your intimate browsing time is an…

Privacy & Security Melanie Ehrenkranz Jul 18

Schway News, Everyone: Batman Beyond Is Finally Releasing on Blu-Ray

Welcome to the dystopian future, everyone. At least we have Batman Beyond blu-rays? Just announced at the show’s 20th Anniversary celebration panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Warner Bros. will officially release the complete Batman Beyond series, as well as the movie Return of the Joker, for the first time on Blu-Ray this October. The limited…

io9 James Whitbrook Jul 18

Verizon’s First 5G Hotspot Will Cost You $650—and You Better Watch Your Data

While 5G is still very new, we’ve already seen a handful of 5G-ready phones like the Galaxy S10 5G, LG V50 5G, and the Moto Z4 (with a 5G mod of course). So now, alongside the launch of 5G service in St. Paul, Minnesota, Verizon is announcing its first 5G hotspot: the Inseego MiFi 1000.…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Jul 18

Satellite Images Show Vast Swaths of the Arctic On Fire

Vast stretches of Earth’s northern latitudes are on fire right now. Hot weather has engulfed a huge portion of the Arctic, from Alaska to Greenland to Siberia. That’s helped create conditions ripe for wildfires, including some truly massive ones burning in remote parts of the region that are being seen by satellites. Pierre Markuse, a…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Jul 18

Health Care Workers in the UK Turned Over an Undocumented Immigrant Trafficking Victim to Police, Case Report Says

Medical professionals are getting increasingly entangled in the anti-immigrant rhetoric that has gripped the U.S. and other countries—and, predictably, it’s having horrible consequences for their patients. According to a case report published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, medical care professionals in the UK turned over a migrant sexual trafficking victim in…

Health Ed Cara Jul 18

The First Trailer for The Toys That Made Us Season 3 Makes Us Long for Plastic Ponies, Rangers, and Turtles [Updated]

Nostalgia is big business now, as is evident by all the San Diego Comic-Con exclusives inspired by ‘80s toy lines. But it turns out the stories behind those classic toys are just as satisfying as buying up all the figures you loved as a kid. The first two seasons of Netflix’s The Toys That Made…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski Jul 18

Hundreds of Astronomers Denounce Arrest of Native Hawaiians Protesting Thirty Meter Telescope

All week, opponents to the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) have been putting their bodies on the line to prevent construction from starting on top of Hawaii’s Mauna Kea. Now these opponents, who are largely Native Hawaiian, are finding allies among an unlikely group: astronomers, including those whose research would benefit from the giant new telescope.…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Jul 18

Boeing to Take $4.9 Billion Charge Related to Grounded 737 Max as Fallout Continues

This Optimus Prime Ghostbusters Toy Is Too Much Fun

The His Dark Materials’ SDCC Trailer Is Grand as It Is Gorgeous

Instagram Will Now Warn You If Your Account Is Close to Being Yanked

Watch the New Trailer for the Beginning of Agents of SHIELD‘s End

Listen to Sarah Connor Say ‘Metal Motherfucker’ in the New Terminator: Dark Fate Featurette

Your First Look at Hasbro’s Gigantic Power Rangers: Beast Morphers Ultrazord Set

Everything We Learned About the New Avengers Game at Marvel Games’ Comic-Con Panel

Toys’R’Us Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Becoming an ‘Experience’

In First Half of July, the Amazon Lost Nearly 400 Square Miles of Forest

Adorable New Species of Flying Squirrel Discovered in China

The First Cats Trailer Will Haunt Your Nightmares Tonight

At Long Last, Our First Glimpse of The Expanse‘s 4th Season

So, About Your Internet Porn Habits

Schway News, Everyone: Batman Beyond Is Finally Releasing on Blu-Ray

Verizon’s First 5G Hotspot Will Cost You $650—and You Better Watch Your Data

Satellite Images Show Vast Swaths of the Arctic On Fire

Health Care Workers in the UK Turned Over an Undocumented Immigrant Trafficking Victim to Police, Case Report Says

The First Trailer for The Toys That Made Us Season 3 Makes Us Long for Plastic Ponies, Rangers, and Turtles [Updated]

Hundreds of Astronomers Denounce Arrest of Native Hawaiians Protesting Thirty Meter Telescope

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