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The Pixel 3 Is Proof That Google Doesn’t Care About Hardware

After a rocky start with the Pixel 1 (which remains one of the ugliest phones made this decade), a big—but still not fully realized—improvement on the Pixel 2, the Pixel 3 came out and finally made good on Google’s homegrown phone initiative. And unlike phones from Samsung or Huawei, the Pixel 3 achieved this not…

Reviews Sam Rutherford Dec 18

Charter Will Pay Customers Up to $150 Each in Record $174 Million Fraud Settlement

Charter has agreed to pay a record $174.2 million to settle fraud charges brought by the New York Attorney General’s Office. As a part of the settlement, the telecommunications company will have to refund $62.5 million to more than 700,000 customers because it allegedly promised speedier and more reliable internet service than it actually provided…

Tech Policy Jennings Brown Dec 18

First-Ever Oil Drilling Project in US Arctic Waters Just Got Slammed With a Lawsuit

Environmental groups have come for the first oil and gas project in federal Arctic waters. The Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Defenders of Wildlife, and Pacific Environment filed a lawsuit Monday with the help of Earthjustice alleging that the Liberty Project, an oil project President Donald Trump approved in October in…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Dec 18

Doctor Who Saves Christmas (Again) in This Adorable Holiday Short

We may not be getting a Doctor Who Christmas special this year, but Jodie Whittaker and her festive friends aren’t leaving us empty handed. Doctor Who’s Twitter account has shared a cute animated holiday short telling the story of how the Doctor (voiced by Whittaker) helped save Christmas once again this year. Narrated by Bradley…

io9 Beth Elderkin Dec 18

Former NASA Engineer Builds Impressive Glitter Bomb to Make Life Hell for Package Thieves [Updated]

Mark Rober really loves to build things. So when this home electronics tinkerer discovered that some neighborhood thieves were ripping off Amazon packages from his porch, he did what any self-respecting former NASA engineer would do: He built a glitter bomb made to look like a boxed-up Apple HomePod, and he built it to capture…

Sploid Matt Novak Dec 18

NAACP Calls for Facebook Boycott After Report Details Russian Trolls Targeted Black Communities

Starting today, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is calling for users to log out of Facebook and other Facebook-owned social media and chat apps like Instagram and WhatsApp. The weeklong boycott is in response to two reports released on Monday detailing how Russian hackers specifically targeted African Americans in the 2016…

Social Media Victoria Song Dec 18

This Is the Instant Camera You Should Buy

Though the medium almost died in the mid-Aughts, instant cameras are now more advanced and more affordable than ever. Some even have Bluetooth. It’s still hard to take a perfect photo with one of them, but that’s part of the fun. For the record, you no longer need to shake Polaroids. You do need to…

Reviews Adam Clark Estes Dec 18

New York’s Nunchuck Owners Can Finally Step Out of the Shadows

In 1974, Bruce Lee had just passed away and the popularity of kung fu films was exploding. Nervous lawmakers in New York foresaw an urban hellscape terrorized by teenaged street toughs swinging nunchucks and decided to ban the ancient weapons. Now, a federal court has ruled that ban unconstitutional. Since he was arrested for possession…

Tech News Rhett Jones Dec 18

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Is Getting Another Two Seasons

Looks like the spell worked. The second season hasn’t even arrived yet, but Netflix has already announced that Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is getting another 16 episodes, spread across two more seasons. Hail Satan! Netflix revealed on Twitter that Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, which is currently preparing for its second 10-episode season, has been renewed…

io9 Beth Elderkin Dec 18

Stargirl Recruits Another Member of the Justice Society

James Wan won’t produce the Resident Evil reboot after all. Thomas Mann teases what to expect from the live-action Lady and the Tramp adaptation. Gotham teases more death and destruction in its final season. Plus, a few more new snippets from Bumblebee, and what’s coming on Young Justice. Spoilers now! Resident Evil Bloody-Disgusting reports James…

Television James Whitbrook Dec 18

The Unbearable Maleness of the UN Climate Talks

KATOWICE, POLAND—Women are underrepresented at UN climate conferences, and this year was no exception. With COP24 concluding on Saturday, it’s impossible to ignore the fact that yet another major round of global decision-making was conducted largely by men. That’s a problem, given that it’s women who already suffer the most from the impacts of climate…

Earther Sophie Yeo Dec 18

Skull Soup, Viking Tech, and More: The Wildest Archaeological Discoveries of 2018

Archaeologists dug up a lot of cool stuff in 2018, but they dug up a lot of weird, disgusting, and disturbing stuff as well. Here are the strangest archaeology stories the year had to offer. No doubt, 2018 was a banner year for archaeology. It was a year that witnessed the discovery of a 50,000-year-old…

Reviews George Dvorsky Dec 18

Why You’ll Still Need Wifi When 5G Is Everywhere, According to the Wi-Fi Alliance

Good news for fans of getting stuff fast—all of us, then—because a new version of wifi is just around the corner. Wi-Fi 6 is going to be better than current wifi in every regard, and the body behind it just published a paper extolling its virtues, emphasizing that, yes, we will still need good old…

Tech News David Nield Dec 18

Drone Delivers Vaccines for Baby in Island-Nation of Vanuatu in Historic Flight

A 1-month-old named Joy Nowai became the first person to ever get inoculated by vaccines delivered via drone yesterday. The baby lives on the island-nation of Vanuatu, where 1 in 5 children aren’t fully immunized and delivering vaccines can be difficult due to the terrain. Vanuatu’s Ministry of Health partnered with UNICEF to get the…

Health Matt Novak Dec 18

We Finally Have Some Hard Data on How Much Twitter Sucks

Nine months after Amnesty International called on Twitter to be more transparent about abuse on its platform, the organization has published another study indicating that—brace yourself—Twitter still has a damning online abuse problem, and it overwhelmingly affects women of color. While the findings are hardly surprising if you’ve even half-tuned into the platform’s discourse over…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz Dec 18

Endor Comes to Life in Jock’s Mondo Poster for Return of the Jedi

You can bring the forest moon of Endor to your wall this week, thanks to Mondo and Jock. For its final poster for 2018, Mondo is releasing “I Am a Jedi, Like My Father Before Me,” the third in a Star Wars poster series by famed artist Jock. Plus, it’s available in two editions: one…

Toys & Collectibles Germain Lussier Dec 17

IDW’s Next Hasbro Comic Will Celebrate the Toys Loved By Women and Girls

The next Hasbro comic from IDW is a mashup of toy franchises from across the toymaker’s vast swathe of universes—but this time, it’s a celebration of the toys and heroes that were beloved by young girls and women who grew up inspired by them. Polygon reports that IDW and Hasbro have announced Synergy: A Hasbro…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Dec 17

You Can Now Stream Both of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse‘s Sensational Soundtracks

Update your playlists, people—there’s some hot new Spider-Jams in town. There are many things to love about Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (short answer: all of it. Long answer? Aaaaallllllll ooooofffffff iiiiiiiiiiiiit), and one such thing is its soundtrack. It’s a seamless blend of licensed work featuring songs from artists like Post Malone and Lil Wayne,…

Movies James Whitbrook Dec 17

RIP Super Cute BB-8 Toy: Sphero Calls Quits On Licensed Bots

Alas, Sphero’s BB-8, R2-D2, and other Disney-licensed robots will bleep and bloop no more. The Verge reports that Sphero has decided to clear out its remaining inventory of licensed toys—and no, it won’t be restocking any more. In a statement to The Verge, Sphero CEO Paul Berberian said that while the toys did well soon…

Tech News Victoria Song Dec 17

Twitter Alerts Some Users to ‘Unusual’ Data Leak

Today Twitter alerted select users affected by a November bug with one of its support forms. So far the company has declined to provide an estimate for how many accounts potentially had data exposed. Unlike that big Facebook breach, and the Facebook photos bug, and the Google+ bug, and then the second Google+ bug, and…

Tech News Avery Ellis Dec 17

The Pixel 3 Is Proof That Google Doesn’t Care About Hardware

Charter Will Pay Customers Up to $150 Each in Record $174 Million Fraud Settlement

First-Ever Oil Drilling Project in US Arctic Waters Just Got Slammed With a Lawsuit

Doctor Who Saves Christmas (Again) in This Adorable Holiday Short

Former NASA Engineer Builds Impressive Glitter Bomb to Make Life Hell for Package Thieves [Updated]

NAACP Calls for Facebook Boycott After Report Details Russian Trolls Targeted Black Communities

This Is the Instant Camera You Should Buy

New York’s Nunchuck Owners Can Finally Step Out of the Shadows

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Is Getting Another Two Seasons

Stargirl Recruits Another Member of the Justice Society

The Unbearable Maleness of the UN Climate Talks

Skull Soup, Viking Tech, and More: The Wildest Archaeological Discoveries of 2018

Why You’ll Still Need Wifi When 5G Is Everywhere, According to the Wi-Fi Alliance

Drone Delivers Vaccines for Baby in Island-Nation of Vanuatu in Historic Flight

We Finally Have Some Hard Data on How Much Twitter Sucks

Endor Comes to Life in Jock’s Mondo Poster for Return of the Jedi

IDW’s Next Hasbro Comic Will Celebrate the Toys Loved By Women and Girls

You Can Now Stream Both of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse‘s Sensational Soundtracks

RIP Super Cute BB-8 Toy: Sphero Calls Quits On Licensed Bots

Twitter Alerts Some Users to ‘Unusual’ Data Leak

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