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Breaking Down the Game-Changing Shocks of Spider-Man: Far From Home‘s New Trailer

This morning’s new look at Spider-Man: Far From Home didn’t just bring with it some major Avengers: Endgame spoilers, it flipped the lid on what we know about the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe at large. And that’s even before we really start digging into what we learned about Peter Parker’s wild vacation. There…

Movies James Whitbrook May 6 '19

A New Era of Warfare Begins as Cyberattack Leads to Airstrikes

For the first time ever, a government announced publicly that it had used immediate lethal physical force in response to a cyberattack. Israeli military officials announced on Sunday that it launched air strikes to respond to an alleged “Hamas cyber offensive against Israeli targets.” The exchange came amid a flurry of deadly violence between Israel…

Privacy & Security Patrick Howell O'Neill May 6 '19

A Hellraiser Reboot Is Coming From Batman and Superman Writer David S. Goyer

David S. Goyer has already helped reboot Batman and Superman. Next, he’ll do the same for Pinhead. Hellraiser rises, anyone? Spyglass Media Group just announced it has hired Goyer to produce and write the story for a “loyal, yet evolved reimagining” of Hellraiser, the classic 1987 horror film from Clive Barker about a mysterious puzzle…

Movies Germain Lussier May 6 '19

As World Burns, Clean Energy Growth Stalls for First Time in Nearly Two Decades

We need a lot more clean energy. And the world is not installing it fast enough. According to a report released on Monday by the International Energy Agency (IEA), installations of renewable energy plateaued in 2018 for the first time in nearly two decades of record keeping. Even if it’s just a temporary hiccup, a…

Climate Change Brian Kahn May 6 '19

Avengers: Endgame Cut a Top-Secret Character From What Would’ve Been an Emotional Scene

Remember last year when news broke that Katharine Langford, the star of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why, was cast in what would soon be titled Avengers: Endgame? Maybe you do, maybe you don’t, but either way she was cast and obviously wasn’t in the final movie. So what happened? Speaking on MTV’s HappySadConfused podcast, Endgame directors…

Movies Germain Lussier May 6 '19

AI-Powered Gun Detection Is Coming to Mosques Worldwide Following Christchurch Shootings

In March, a gunman walked into two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, opened fire, and killed dozens of worshippers. According to a police official, the suspected gunman was arrested 36 minutes after police were called to the scene. Now, a tech company believes its smart security cameras can prevent attacks like the tragedy in Christchurch,…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz May 6 '19

Turns Out Game of Thrones‘ Dragons Are Kinda Weaksauce

Game of Thrones has made an incredibly big deal out of how important Daenerys’ dragons, the last ones in existence, have been in Westeros, because of the unique advantage they’ve always afforded the Targaryen family. Over the course of the last two seasons, though, the show’s been trying to tell us something about the magical…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore May 6 '19

Newly Discovered Cousin of T. Rex Was a Pint-Sized Killer

Paleontologists have identified a previously unknown relative of T. rex that stood just below 3 feet at the hip. The discovery is shedding new light on the evolutionary origins of tyrannosaurs, while providing a glimpse of these fearsome creatures before they reached enormous sizes. New research published today in Nature Ecology & Evolution describes Suskityrannus…

Biology George Dvorsky May 6 '19

Hell Yeah, Bernie Sanders Just Endorsed a National Right-to-Repair Law for Farmers

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has officially thrown his weight behind a national right-to-repair law, adding momentum to the issue as he and the other 400 trillion Democratic presidential candidates ramp-up their White House ambitions. As part of his campaign to overhaul policies governing the agriculture and farming sector, Sanders outlined a sweeping set of initiatives…

Politics Catie Keck May 6 '19

Bill Gates Actually Made a Good Point About the Socialism Debate in America

Billionaires Bill Gates, Charlie Munger, and Warren Buffett were interviewed on CNBC this morning, and it wasn’t surprising to hear the three men defend capitalism. But it was surprising to hear Gates make a really good point about socialism. Or, at least a good point about how socialism is defined in the U.S. Gates pointed…

Politics Matt Novak May 6 '19

Microsoft Botched Its First HoloLens Demo of Build 2019

Anything can happen during a live event. Or not happen. As it just so happens, Microsoft Build 2019 opened up with a whole lot of nothing thanks to a botched HoloLens 2 demo. To kick things off, John Knoll, the chief creative officer at Industrial Light and Magic, and Andy Chaikin, a space historian and…

Tech News Victoria Song May 6 '19

Baymax and Mochi Meet Some New Friends in This Gorgeous Big Hero 6 Short

Already need a moment to destress this week? Well, we’ve got you covered with this beautiful, cute short starring everyone’s favorite (and fluffiest) Big Hero 6 stars: Baymax and Mochi the cat. To celebrate the impending arrival of the second season of Disney’s Big Hero 6 animated series—itself a continuation of the 2015 film—Disney has…

io9 James Whitbrook May 6 '19

A Mysterious Force Has Been Blocking Car Key Fobs in This Small Ohio Town

For several weeks, citizens of North Olmsted, Ohio—a small town a few miles west of a NASA research center—have been plagued by a mysterious force that has blocked their garage openers and car key fobs from functioning. But after many attempts by amateur sleuths and expert technicians to determine the source of the vexation, the…

Transportation Jennings Brown May 6 '19

Hundreds of Online Campus Stores Fall Prey to Criminal Card Skimmers

A mysterious group of cyber criminals managed to hijack an untold number of credit card numbers after sneaking their way into the websites of more than 200 campus stores, according to TrendMicro, a leading security software firm. The card-skimming group captured the raw payment details after uploading previously unknown malicious code onto a single web…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron May 6 '19

More Than 1,000 Amphibians We Barely Know Could Soon Vanish, Scientists Say

We live in a time of never-ending bad news when it comes to our natural world. The latest involves amphibians like frogs, toads, and salamanders. A new study out Monday offers further evidence of how imperiled the world’s 8,000 or so known species are. In fact, around 50 percent of them may be threatened with…

Conservation Yessenia Funes May 6 '19

Spider-Man: Far From Home‘s Latest Trailer Dropped a Major Bomb About the MCU

Spider-Man: Far From Home’s first trailer begins with a brief warning from Tom Holland because the film features major spoilers about Avengers: Endgame, a movie that (surprise) brings Peter Parker back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But interestingly, the major shocker the trailer introduces is much, much bigger than any one hero. Spider-Man: Far From…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore May 6 '19

Experimental Plane Shows Supersonic Blasts of Air Could Simplify the Way We Pilot Aircraft

The more moving parts a machine has, the more likely it is to eventually fail. It’s an especially problematic rule of thumb for aircraft given the fact that a mechanical failure during a flight can be catastrophic. To help remedy this, a British aerospace company recently tested a unique plane that replaces its wing’s adjustable…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski May 6 '19

Firefox Fixes Borked Extensions for Everyone but Legacy Users

If your Firefox add-ons were borked over the weekend, you’re not alone. Late on Friday, many Firefox users found that many extensions were suddenly useless or impossible to install after Mozilla pushed out an update to version 66.0.4 of its browser. Effectively, it left many users having to figure out their own workarounds to use…

Tech News Victoria Song May 6 '19

‘Private Post’ Means Something Slightly Different to Facebook

When you privately share something to a specific group of friends on Facebook, there’s a chance other people will read it. Reuters reports that Facebook employs a couple hundred contractors to read all Facebook posts, including the private ones, in order to train the company’s software. There’s no way to opt out of this. The…

Social Media Adam Clark Estes May 6 '19

This Exclusive Clip From the Dungeons & Dragons Art Documentary Features Jeff Easley’s Dragon Skills

Dungeons & Dragons may be a tabletop roleplaying game where much of the story and its world take place in your mind, but the series wouldn’t be what it is today without the artwork. There’s why there’s Eye of the Beholder: The Art of Dungeons & Dragons, a documentary dedicated to the artists who helped…

Movies Beth Elderkin May 6 '19

Breaking Down the Game-Changing Shocks of Spider-Man: Far From Home‘s New Trailer

A New Era of Warfare Begins as Cyberattack Leads to Airstrikes

A Hellraiser Reboot Is Coming From Batman and Superman Writer David S. Goyer

As World Burns, Clean Energy Growth Stalls for First Time in Nearly Two Decades

Avengers: Endgame Cut a Top-Secret Character From What Would’ve Been an Emotional Scene

AI-Powered Gun Detection Is Coming to Mosques Worldwide Following Christchurch Shootings

Turns Out Game of Thrones‘ Dragons Are Kinda Weaksauce

Newly Discovered Cousin of T. Rex Was a Pint-Sized Killer

Hell Yeah, Bernie Sanders Just Endorsed a National Right-to-Repair Law for Farmers

Bill Gates Actually Made a Good Point About the Socialism Debate in America

Microsoft Botched Its First HoloLens Demo of Build 2019

Baymax and Mochi Meet Some New Friends in This Gorgeous Big Hero 6 Short

A Mysterious Force Has Been Blocking Car Key Fobs in This Small Ohio Town

Hundreds of Online Campus Stores Fall Prey to Criminal Card Skimmers

More Than 1,000 Amphibians We Barely Know Could Soon Vanish, Scientists Say

Spider-Man: Far From Home‘s Latest Trailer Dropped a Major Bomb About the MCU

Experimental Plane Shows Supersonic Blasts of Air Could Simplify the Way We Pilot Aircraft

Firefox Fixes Borked Extensions for Everyone but Legacy Users

‘Private Post’ Means Something Slightly Different to Facebook

This Exclusive Clip From the Dungeons & Dragons Art Documentary Features Jeff Easley’s Dragon Skills

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