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Watch a Brand New Pixar Short From the Comfort of Your Computer

Usually, the only way to see a new Pixar short is before a new Pixar feature in the theaters. But, thanks to a new initiative called SparkShorts, the computer-animation juggernaut is bringing some smaller films to smaller screens. “The SparkShorts program is designed to discover new storytellers, explore new storytelling techniques, and experiment with new…

Movies Germain Lussier Feb 4

Gig Workers Unknowingly Helped Google and the Pentagon Build AI for Drones: Report

The future of artificial intelligence and war sounds dizzyingly high-tech, but that’s not always the case. The truth, for at least one multimillion-dollar San Francisco startup and its customers Google and the U.S. military, is that building cutting-edge AI apparently involves a group of old-fashioned human beings grinding through mountains of data, often with no…

Tech News Patrick Howell O'Neill Feb 4

Irish Government Investigating Alleged Leak of Abortion Patient’s Information: Report

Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner and public health services agency are reportedly investigating how the private data of a patient who had an abortion may have landed in the hands of a harasser. In an anonymous Facebook post, a woman from Ireland said that after she had a medical abortion and an internal scan at the…

Privacy & Security Melanie Ehrenkranz Feb 4

InSight’s Marsquake Detector Gets a Nifty Dome to Protect It From the Harsh Martian Environment

A dome placed over InSight’s seismometer will now protect the sensitive device from Martian wind and extreme temperature fluctuations. Since NASA’s stationary InSight lander made it to Mars on December 19, mission controllers have been steadily deploying its various instruments. During the past several weeks, the team has been adjusting the Seismic Experiment for Interior…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Feb 4

Newly Empowered, Democrats Demand Ajit Pai Stop Withholding Documents

A few months after Trump’s inauguration, an attorney appointed by the president to a top post at the Justice Department produced a memo in which he outlined the administration’s views on congressional oversight. The memo stated simply that, because Democrats were in the minority, they had no legal authority to conduct oversight of, or demand…

Tech Policy Dell Cameron Feb 4

The Mandalorian Will Feel Like the Original Star Wars Trilogy

Even though Taika Waititi is one of the directors working on The Mandalorian, don’t expect the series to take a different tone than what Star Wars fans are used to. Speaking at the Television Critics Association Monday, Waititi was asked if he was going to be able to put his own stamp on The Mandalorian—similar…

io9 Germain Lussier Feb 4

Marlon James Talks Superheroes, the Joy of Fantasy, and His Stunning New Book Black Leopard, Red Wolf

Marlon James is already a big deal; he won the prestigious Man Booker Prize in 2015 for his crime novel A Brief History of Seven Killings. But Black Leopard, Red Wolf—the first entry in his Dark Star fantasy trilogy, which the Jamaican-born author himself dubbed “the African Game of Thrones”—levels up in a huge way.…

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy Feb 4

Samsung’s Next Smartwatch Better Not Look Like This

Samsung’s Unpacked Event is coming up in less than three weeks, so naturally, a number of leaks have started trickling out and alongside the new Galaxy S10, it seems Samsung is also prepping to release a new Galaxy wearable. But strangely, a new leaked image of the alleged Galaxy Sport shows a device that appears…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Feb 4

The Walking Dead Shambles Into a Season 10 Renewal

In not-so-shocking news, AMC has announced that The Walking Dead is coming back for a 10th season. It was revealed in the form of a creepy post on Twitter. As you can see, the 10th season will begin in October 2019, which has been the usual pattern for the show. Odds are, that means we’ll…

io9 Germain Lussier Feb 4

Doctors Zap the Brains of Awake Brain Surgery Patients to Make Them Laugh and Have Fun

Some forms of brain surgery require patients to be awake and responsive—a rather unsettling proposition for even the bravest among us. Neuroscientists have now devised an ingenious way of reducing fear and anxiety during these delicate procedures by electrically stimulating a part of the brain that triggers laughter and good feelings. A distinct pathway in…

Health George Dvorsky Feb 4

‘A Humanitarian Crisis’: Brooklyn Jail That Left Inmates Without Heat During Extreme Cold Gets Hit With Lawsuit

The lights are finally on at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, New York. The federal jail had been housing some 1,654 female and male inmates with limited power—and allegedly little heat—for at least a week, including during the polar vortex-induced cold snap that delivered subzero chills to New York City. Power was restored…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Feb 4

Firefox Will Soon Free You From Autoplay Hell

Few things are more annoying when surfing the internet than some random video autoplaying in one of your 10,000 open tabs. Thankfully, Firefox users will finally be able to automatically disable autoplay starting next month. According to Mozilla, the feature will go live on March 19, once Firefox 66 launches on both desktop and Android.…

Tech News Victoria Song Feb 4

New Star Map Reveals the Milky Way Is Warped

A new analysis of pulsing stars has revealed the Milky Way’s twisted shape. Scientists have known since the 1950s that the spiral-shaped Milky Way’s disk is warped, bending by thousands of light-years at its outskirts. Now, researchers have created a map of stars called Cepheid variables in order to create a 3D map of our…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum Feb 4

FX’s Y: The Last Man Series Gets a First Look and Series Order

In 2020, all men will be wiped off the face of the Earth in FX’s live-action adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra’s Y: The Last Man series. All men, that is, except for one Yorick Brown. Today, FX announced that it’s moving forward with plans for a first season of Y: The Last…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Feb 4

Legion Will Come to an End After 3 Seasons

The mindbending adventures of David Haller are coming to a close this year. Just confirmed at FX’s panel at the Television Critics Association press tour (via the Hollywood Reporter), Legion’s third and final season will debut in June 2019. Season two saw David’s battles with Amahl Farouk, the Shadow King, take a toll on not…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Feb 4

The First What We Do in the Shadows Trailer Introduces the Most Terrifying Monsters of All

Have you ever found yourself having a conversation with an abnormally dull person, and then suddenly realized how physically exhausted you are? FX’s new What We Do in the Shadows series has a name for these beings which are, in fact, demons that more people need to be on the lookout for. For all their…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Feb 4

Climate Change Is Causing Earth’s Oceans to Change Color

Climate change is turning the planet into something alien. As a striking case in point, a new study predicts that the surface color of at least half of the world’s oceans will change by the end of the 21st century. This alchemy will be driven by phytoplankton; surface-drifting, sunlight-gobbling microbes that form the base of…

Earther Robin George Andrews Feb 4

FBI Sting on Huawei Ends With a Meeting Over Burgers, a Raid, and No Charges Currently

In what sounds like a half-baked movie script about corporate espionage, an FBI sting conducted in collaboration with a specialized glass maker (and watched from a gelato stand by a reporter from Bloomberg) led investigators to a meeting at a burger joint in Vegas during CES. However, despite getting enough evidence to obtain a warrant…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Feb 4

These Are the Sci-Fi and Horror Films Likely to Break Out of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival

Besides being great genre films, what do The Blair Witch Project, Saw, Get Out, Memento, Donnie Darko, Hereditary, and 28 Days Later have in common? They all premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Each year Sundance gives the world its first glimpse at some of the best films the rest of the year will offer…

Movies Germain Lussier Feb 4

Programmer at Chinese Bank Jailed After Reportedly Finding a Secret Way to Withdraw $1 Million

A software chief of a Chinese bank reportedly found a loophole in his company’s system and managed to stealthily withdraw seven million yuan ($1.03 million USD) over the course of 14 months. When he was caught, he explained he was testing the system. Huaxia Bank bought it, but the authorities didn’t. The South China Morning…

Privacy & Security Jennings Brown Feb 4

Watch a Brand New Pixar Short From the Comfort of Your Computer

Gig Workers Unknowingly Helped Google and the Pentagon Build AI for Drones: Report

Irish Government Investigating Alleged Leak of Abortion Patient’s Information: Report

InSight’s Marsquake Detector Gets a Nifty Dome to Protect It From the Harsh Martian Environment

Newly Empowered, Democrats Demand Ajit Pai Stop Withholding Documents

The Mandalorian Will Feel Like the Original Star Wars Trilogy

Marlon James Talks Superheroes, the Joy of Fantasy, and His Stunning New Book Black Leopard, Red Wolf

Samsung’s Next Smartwatch Better Not Look Like This

The Walking Dead Shambles Into a Season 10 Renewal

Doctors Zap the Brains of Awake Brain Surgery Patients to Make Them Laugh and Have Fun

‘A Humanitarian Crisis’: Brooklyn Jail That Left Inmates Without Heat During Extreme Cold Gets Hit With Lawsuit

Firefox Will Soon Free You From Autoplay Hell

New Star Map Reveals the Milky Way Is Warped

FX’s Y: The Last Man Series Gets a First Look and Series Order

Legion Will Come to an End After 3 Seasons

The First What We Do in the Shadows Trailer Introduces the Most Terrifying Monsters of All

Climate Change Is Causing Earth’s Oceans to Change Color

FBI Sting on Huawei Ends With a Meeting Over Burgers, a Raid, and No Charges Currently

These Are the Sci-Fi and Horror Films Likely to Break Out of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival

Programmer at Chinese Bank Jailed After Reportedly Finding a Secret Way to Withdraw $1 Million

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