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Your March Horoscope Is Here, And Our AI Astrologer Is Getting Smarter

Welcome to AIstrology. With the help of research scientist Janelle Shane, we built a bot to generate monthly horoscopes. Each horoscope below is a prediction based on a wealth of predictions for each sign; a distillation of what the stars have in store for you this month. Its natural language faculties should improve the longer…

Tech News Divination Bot Mar 1 '19

Rare AT&T Videophones From the 1970s Go Up for Auction This Month

Two videophones from the early 1970s that were produced by AT&T/Bell Labs and the now-defunct Western Electric will go up for auction this month. And while they might not seem very special to kids of the 21st century, these videophones were the most futuristic things around for people who grew up watching movies like 2001:…

Tech News Matt Novak Mar 1 '19

The Fake Sex Doctor Who Conned the Media Into Publicizing His Bizarre Research on Suicide, Butt-Fisting, and Bestiality

Based on the information available online, Sendler could be one of the most accomplished 28-year-olds in medicine. But he’s not. Those are all lies.

Health Jennings Brown Mar 1 '19

Jessica Chastain Teases a Bloody Good Time in It: Chapter 2

Alas, Lupita Nyong’o probably won’t be in Bond 25. Patton Oswalt will lend his voice to the mighty MODOK. Clark Gregg hints that Agents of SHIELD’s recent renewals will really be its last. Plus, what’s to come on the cavalcade of CW/DC TV shows, and everyone wants to rule the world in new Game of…

Television James Whitbrook Mar 1 '19

Jay Inslee Enters 2020 Presidential Race, and Climate Change Is His Top Priority

The presidential candidate running in the name of climate change has arrived, and his name is Jay Inslee. The public’s been expecting the Washington state governor to announce his candidacy, so this comes as no surprise. Inslee finally shot his shot Friday morning when he released a video on Twitter that highlighted the governor’s long…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes Mar 1 '19

Twitter Is ‘Experimenting’ With a Hide Tweet Feature to Help Make the Site Less Awful

Twitter’s quest to fix its platform continues, this time with an experimental replies moderation feature. The “Hide Tweet” feature will be a public experiment, but it’s not clear yet who will have access to it. Security researcher Jane Manchun Wong shared a screengrab of the tool on Thursday, writing that the Hide Tweet feature will…

Tech News Catie Keck Mar 1 '19

The New Red-Band Hellboy Trailer Is as Gleeful as It Is Gory

The second trailer for Neil Marshall’s R-rated Hellboy reboot is here, and like the first trailer in December, it features glimpses at the main characters (especially David Harbour as you-know-who), and it’s gory and full of monsters. But this trailer’s also got way more of Milla Jovovich’s sinister sorceress, and—since this is a red-band trailer—some delightfully…

Trailers Cheryl Eddy Mar 1 '19

HBO Chief Richard Plepler, Who Greenlit Game of Thrones, Steps Down Amid AT&T Takeover

The chief executive and chairman of HBO, Richard Plepler, is leaving the company amid changing tides following a recent AT&T takeover of HBO’s parent company, Variety reported Thursday. His departure will mark the end of a nearly 30-year career with HBO, during which time the admired company head spearheaded and greenlit several of HBO’s defining…

Tech News Catie Keck Feb 28 '19

Not Even a Wild Original Series Connection Could Save Star Trek: Discovery From Itself

In a hard swerve from the first season, Star Trek: Discovery’s sophomore outing has been a lot happier to leave its overarching story with Spock simmering in the background as it focused on mostly standalone, classically Star Trek tales. It’s worked great so far, but tonight’s episode tried to have it both ways, and it…

io9 James Whitbrook Feb 28 '19

Report: Amazon Cuomo Is Giving Jeff Bezos the Full Say Anything Treatment

Amazon may have left New York’s governor high and dry weeks ago, but Andrew “Amazon” Cuomo appears no closer to letting it go. The New York Times reported Thursday that Cuomo “is furiously working” to sweet talk the company back into a deal with New York for its HQ2 headquarters after Amazon dipped earlier this…

Commerce Catie Keck Feb 28 '19

How a Batman Book That Never Was Gave Birth to Mister Miracle

Mister Miracle was one of the best comics on shelves last year—but the first reunion between Sheriff of Babylon partners Tom King and Mitch Gerads at DC almost took place much closer to home than that the cosmic Fourth World. It started, as a lot of things at DC Comics do, with the Batman. Speaking…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Feb 28 '19

This Back to the Future Poster Is Heavy on the References, Just How We Like It

Back to the Future is one of those film series that’s just filled with great scenes. There are so many, in fact, that if you were making a poster for the movie, settling on just one would be difficult. Artist Scott Campbell went the opposite way. He threw them all together and the results are excellent.…

Toys & Collectibles Germain Lussier Feb 28 '19

A New Spider-Verse Deleted Scene Serves Up Some Gourmet Spider-Man

New content from the Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is addictive. We kind of just want it injected into our eyeballs. Thankfully, the film is now on digital download so we can do just that—but, if you haven’t plopped down the cash yet, another of the film’s deleted scenes just came online. Not only is…

Movies Germain Lussier Feb 28 '19

Exclusive: A Glimmer of Hope Rises in the Dystopian World of Level 16

In Level 16, young girls are taught to be “clean.” To be perfect little ladies. Whatever the hell that means. It’s the kind of thing you’d only participate in if you were brainwashed at an early age, which suggests there’s something sinister afoot. That early brainwashing is why everyone in writer-director Danishka Esterhazy’s new film…

Movies Germain Lussier Feb 28 '19

Plagued by Predators, YouTube Is Disabling Comments on Most Videos Featuring Children

YouTube has a genuine crisis on its hands after it was revealed that comments on its site were being used to organize a child exploitation network. Major advertisers are dropping like flies. In response, YouTube on Thursday announced that it is disabling comments on almost all videos that feature minors. The controversy began earlier this…

Tech News Rhett Jones Feb 28 '19

Australia Just Sweated Through Its Hottest Summer Ever

In case you haven’t heard, it’s been hot in Australia. So it comes as no great shock that the Australian government has officially declared the summer of 2018-19 the country’s hottest on record. “It won’t come as a surprise to many that this summer will be our warmest on record,” Andrew Watkins, manager of long-range…

Climate Change Maddie Stone Feb 28 '19

The Huawei Mate X Is Even More Exciting Than You Think

By now, anyone even remotely interested in tech has probably heard about the Mate X—Huawei’s fantastically expensive bendable phone that despite launching second, somehow managed to steal the spotlight from Samsung’s Galaxy Fold. The Mate X even managed to turn some skeptics into bendy phone believers. But not me, I’ve always been bullish about flexible…

Reviews Sam Rutherford Feb 28 '19

The Orville Season 2 Has Been All About the Characters, and the Show’s Never Been Better

The Orville’s first season obviously spent time introducing us to its quirky ensemble, but it also focused a lot on the crew’s wild and often perilous space adventures. Season two, by contrast, has devoted far more energy to developing its characters—and it’s really paid off in rewarding ways for the series. In case you’re not…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Feb 28 '19

Google Workers’ Fight to End Forced Arbitration Heads to D.C.

In a bustling room inside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday afternoon, a group of survivors wearing black pins stand behind a podium that reads #EndForcedArbitration. They are all waiting to share their stories—of sexual harassment, of sexual assault, of racial discrimination, of unfair labor practices, of consumer exploitation. The common thread connecting these disjointed individuals…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz Feb 28 '19

Honestly, Momo Scares the Shit Out of Me

Last night I woke up at 3:00 a.m. heaving and sweating. A bug-eyed, banged and beaked entity was haunting my mind’s eye. Online, she’s just known as Momo. Heart pounding, I tossed and turned, unable to get her grody face out of my head. I’d think the image had passed and, boom, my brain would…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum Feb 28 '19

Your March Horoscope Is Here, And Our AI Astrologer Is Getting Smarter

Rare AT&T Videophones From the 1970s Go Up for Auction This Month

The Fake Sex Doctor Who Conned the Media Into Publicizing His Bizarre Research on Suicide, Butt-Fisting, and Bestiality

Jessica Chastain Teases a Bloody Good Time in It: Chapter 2

Jay Inslee Enters 2020 Presidential Race, and Climate Change Is His Top Priority

Twitter Is ‘Experimenting’ With a Hide Tweet Feature to Help Make the Site Less Awful

The New Red-Band Hellboy Trailer Is as Gleeful as It Is Gory

HBO Chief Richard Plepler, Who Greenlit Game of Thrones, Steps Down Amid AT&T Takeover

Not Even a Wild Original Series Connection Could Save Star Trek: Discovery From Itself

Report: Amazon Cuomo Is Giving Jeff Bezos the Full Say Anything Treatment

How a Batman Book That Never Was Gave Birth to Mister Miracle

This Back to the Future Poster Is Heavy on the References, Just How We Like It

A New Spider-Verse Deleted Scene Serves Up Some Gourmet Spider-Man

Exclusive: A Glimmer of Hope Rises in the Dystopian World of Level 16

Plagued by Predators, YouTube Is Disabling Comments on Most Videos Featuring Children

Australia Just Sweated Through Its Hottest Summer Ever

The Huawei Mate X Is Even More Exciting Than You Think

The Orville Season 2 Has Been All About the Characters, and the Show’s Never Been Better

Google Workers’ Fight to End Forced Arbitration Heads to D.C.

Honestly, Momo Scares the Shit Out of Me

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