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ACLU Is Suing the Federal Government for Information About Social Media Surveillance Practices

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California against the federal government on Thursday over its social media surveillance practices, specifically relating to the Trump administration’s controversial immigration policy known as “extreme vetting.” The lawsuit filed under the Freedom of Information Act accuses seven federal agencies—including the Justice…

Tech News Catie Keck Jan 17

Seeing M. Night Shyamalan’s Split Was One of My Most Memorable Moviegoing Experiences

Imagine sitting down for a movie. You don’t know what that movie is but when it’s over you realize you’ve been watching a secret sequel to one of your favorite movies of all time. That’s what happened to me when I first saw M. Night Shyamalan’s Split, and it was one of the best experiences…

Movies Germain Lussier Jan 17

Fast Color‘s First Trailer Finds a Family of Superheroes Living in a Dying World

In Julia Hart’s Fast Color, to be born with special abilities like the movie’s hero Ruth is to be both powerful and misunderstood, and it’s something that puts Ruth’s life and the fate of the world in dire circumstances. In Fast Color’s first trailer, we meet Ruth (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), a young woman who can tap…

Trailers Charles Pulliam-Moore Jan 17

Sixty Percent Of Us Chose the Frosties and More Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Stats

Admit it: As you moved your way through Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, you wondered what your friends chose. Now, Netflix has begun to let us know. Several official Netflix Twitter and Black Mirror Twitter accounts went mad this evening, listing a bunch of random facts, which you can now read here: “On the biggest day of…

io9 Germain Lussier Jan 17

Court Rejects FCC Motion to Postpone Net Neutrality Lawsuit Over Shutdown

Shutdown or no, the consolidated lawsuits facing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over its 2017 rules that wiped out net neutrality protections nationwide will go forward on Feb. 1, a three-judge panel in the D.C. Circuit ruled Thursday. Earlier this week, the FCC sought to postpone oral arguments in the case, which are set to…

Tech Policy Dell Cameron Jan 17

How to Stop Worrying About Every ‘Mega’ Password Breach That Comes Along

News of this week’s so-called “mega breach” might deeply trouble you. If so, that means it’s a perfect time to take control of your personal security. Yes, every company should be held responsible for practicing sloppy security, allowing your sensitive data to get into the wrong hands. But at this point, there’s really no reason…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron Jan 17

Kevin Hart in Talks to Star in the Monopoly Movie Nobody Asked For

For reasons that can only be explained by Milburn Pennybags, Hasbro is reportedly moving forward with its plans for a Monopoly feature film directed by Tim Story, and the project’s found its first lead actor. Deadline reports that, despite the recent wave of backlash he’s received for making homophobic comments in the past, Kevin Hart…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore Jan 17

World’s Oldest Known Periodic Table Found During Cleanup of Scottish Lab

A classroom chart bearing an early version of the periodic table of elements has been discovered in a University of St. Andrews chemistry lab. Dating back to the 1880s, the chart is thought to be the world’s oldest. The storage room of the chemistry department at the Scottish university hadn’t been properly cleaned since the…

Human History George Dvorsky Jan 17

MSI’s Latest Laptops Are Smaller, Sturdier, and Some Even Vibrate

When MSI released the GS65 last year, it took a risk. Instead of making something massively powerful like the GT75, MSI swapped out its typical red-and-black color scheme and focused on a thin-and-light to create a more portable, but still fast all-rounder. And as a result, the GS65 became the company’s best selling laptop of…

Reviews Sam Rutherford Jan 17

Twitter CEO: We’d ‘Talk About’ Banning Trump If He Told Followers to Kill Journalists

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey thinks the company’s “protocol” for politicians who seem to violate the site’s rules is clear. So clear, in fact, that he refused to say if Twitter would ban the president should he explicitly ask his followers to do a bunch of murders. In a new interview, Huffington Post reporter (and former…

Politics Hudson Hongo Jan 17

Maybe Now Google Can Stop Dragging Its Dang Feet on a Pixel Watch

Google announced plans today to acquire a portion of Fossil’s smartwatch technology for $40 million. As part of the deal, Google will also get a portion of Fossil Group’s research and development team. It’s not exactly clear at this moment what specific tech Google is shelling out for—but the acquisition paradoxically both makes a lot…

Tech News Victoria Song Jan 17

Riverdale Is Doing a Musical Episode of Heathers

We love that Riverdale is so regularly bonkers that at any point, the show can just up and do a musical episode. Last year, it was Carrie. This year, we now know it’s Heathers. Heathers, of course, is a 1988 cult film starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater that satirizes the cutthroat world of high-school…

Books & Comics Germain Lussier Jan 17

Twitter Oopsie: Bug Made Some Android Users’ Private Tweets Public

Twitter shared some unsettling news for Android users today. For more than four years, a bug affecting Twitter’s Android app made some users’ private tweets public. Twitter says the bug was triggered when users turned on the “Protect your Tweets” setting and made seemingly unrelated changes to their accounts, like updating their email addresses. The…

Privacy & Security Harri Weber Jan 17

The U.S. Government Was Supposed to Tell Us How Hot 2018 Was Today, But, the Shutdown

If you’re wondering exactly how warm it was in 2018, you may have to wait for the U.S. government to start functioning again. Every year around this time, NASA and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) release their annual checkup on Earth’s climate. Independent climate nonprofit Berkeley Earth also puts out its annual report, as…

Earther Maddie Stone Jan 17

In This Week’s Star Wars Comic, Jar Jar Binks Gets to Be a Bit of a Badass

This is something that should probably be described as Bombad. Perhaps even muy Bombad. Jar Jar Binks has had a bad rap in Star Wars pretty much ever since he was first introduced. He quickly transformed from comic relief character to the butt of all jokes, and when it wasn’t Star Wars fandom cracking the…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Jan 17

Ebola, HIV, Antivaxxers: The World Health Organization Names 2019’s Global Health Threats

The World Health Organization has firmly set its sights on the anti-vaccination movement. In a post this week, WHO listed vaccine hesitancy as one of the world’s top health threats to combat in 2019, right alongside other major problems like HIV, Ebola, and climate change. The new inclusion (it wasn’t on WHO’s 2018 list) is…

Health Ed Cara Jan 17

Someone Turned Their Apartment Into an Immersive Sound and Light Show for the Fireball Island Board Game

Back in early 2018, Restoration Games revived Milton Bradley’s Fireball Island board game through a Kickstarter campaign that not only succeeded, but has also already shipped out to backers like YouTube’s andyk. To take his copy of the game to the next level, he turned his entire apartment into an immersive, interactive experience that includes…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski Jan 17

Saturn’s Rings Could Have Formed During the Dinosaur Age, New Analysis Suggests

Saturn’s rings might have formed relatively recently—like, in the past hundred million years or so—according to new research. A team of scientists analyzed Saturn’s gravitational field and the mass of its rings, based on data from the Cassini mission, which ended in 2017. Their measurements led to insights about the planet’s composition and the rings’…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum Jan 17

The Frequency of Asteroid Impacts Jumped Just Before the Dinosaur Age, New Research Suggests

By comparing the age of impact craters on the Moon to those on Earth, researchers say they have discovered a surge in the rate of asteroid strikes starting around 290 million years ago—a finding that runs contrary to scientific convention. And indeed, not everyone is convinced by the evidence. Scientists who study ancient impact craters…

Earth Science George Dvorsky Jan 17

Jon Snow Must Die

I don’t say this lightly: Jon Snow must die. I like Jon, and way back in the ‘90s it was a vision of him—decked out in black, with a raven on his arm and a giant white wolf by his side—that inspired me to pick up that first A Song of Ice and Fire novel.…

io9 Alex Cranz Jan 17

ACLU Is Suing the Federal Government for Information About Social Media Surveillance Practices

Seeing M. Night Shyamalan’s Split Was One of My Most Memorable Moviegoing Experiences

Fast Color‘s First Trailer Finds a Family of Superheroes Living in a Dying World

Sixty Percent Of Us Chose the Frosties and More Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Stats

Court Rejects FCC Motion to Postpone Net Neutrality Lawsuit Over Shutdown

How to Stop Worrying About Every ‘Mega’ Password Breach That Comes Along

Kevin Hart in Talks to Star in the Monopoly Movie Nobody Asked For

World’s Oldest Known Periodic Table Found During Cleanup of Scottish Lab

MSI’s Latest Laptops Are Smaller, Sturdier, and Some Even Vibrate

Twitter CEO: We’d ‘Talk About’ Banning Trump If He Told Followers to Kill Journalists

Maybe Now Google Can Stop Dragging Its Dang Feet on a Pixel Watch

Riverdale Is Doing a Musical Episode of Heathers

Twitter Oopsie: Bug Made Some Android Users’ Private Tweets Public

The U.S. Government Was Supposed to Tell Us How Hot 2018 Was Today, But, the Shutdown

In This Week’s Star Wars Comic, Jar Jar Binks Gets to Be a Bit of a Badass

Ebola, HIV, Antivaxxers: The World Health Organization Names 2019’s Global Health Threats

Someone Turned Their Apartment Into an Immersive Sound and Light Show for the Fireball Island Board Game

Saturn’s Rings Could Have Formed During the Dinosaur Age, New Analysis Suggests

The Frequency of Asteroid Impacts Jumped Just Before the Dinosaur Age, New Research Suggests

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