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Young Justice‘s Return Spearheads Brian Michael Bendis’ Teen-Focused DC Imprint

The beloved Young Justice animated show isn’t the only thing making a comeback—the original teen team-up comic itself is making a return to shelves, headlining a new comics imprint curated by Brian Michael Bendis. Announced today at New York Comic Con, Young Justice will spearhead Bendis’ new teen-focused DC imprint, called Wonder Comics, telling all-new,…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Oct 4

Apple and Amazon Call Bullshit on Chinese Spy Microchip Report [Update]

Hours after Bloomberg Businessweek claimed Apple and Amazon were two among many victims of an extreme Chinese espionage operation, the two companies have fired back with lengthy statements repeatedly denying Bloomberg’s report and calling the reporting itself into question Bloomberg’s report is terrifying and suggests that Apple and Amazon, the United States’ wealthiest two corporations,…

Privacy & Security Alex Cranz Oct 4

Elon, It’s Time to Log Off

And no more screen time until you finish your homework.

Tech News Avery Ellis Oct 4

Grayskull’s Honor Has a New Champion in the Dazzling First Trailer for She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

So far, all we’ve really glimpsed of Netflix and Dreamworks’ upcoming She-Ra reboot is Adora powering up as the titular heroine. Now, we’ve finally got a better look at not just Adora, but also her fellow princesses in action. The new She-Ra series will open with the young Adora as an orphan, raised by Hordak’s…

Trailers James Whitbrook Oct 4

Why Small Towns Have More Intense Surges of Flu

Whether you live in a huge metropolis or quiet small town, you’re not safe from the flu and you need to get your damn flu shot. But different U.S. cities do experience the flu differently. In the wake of the most devastating flu season seen in decades this past winter, a new study seems to…

Health Ed Cara Oct 4

Facebook Glitch Stopped Some Users With Lots of Posts From Deleting Their Accounts

For some Facebook users who posted a lot but decided they wanted to post no more, it appears a glitch prevented them from freeing themselves from the platform. According to a new report, there was a bug that inhibited users who had “a large number of posts” from deleting their Facebook accounts. VentureBeat reports that…

Social Media Melanie Ehrenkranz Oct 4

Congress Is Giving Feds the OK to Shoot Down Drones

Law enforcement could soon be able to shoot down citizen drones, thanks to a new bill that will likely be signed into law by Donald Trump within days. The U.S. Senate approved the FAA Reauthorization Act on Wednesday. The bill includes new regulations for airports and airplanes, many of which relate to passenger safety—like one…

Tech Policy Jennings Brown Oct 4

Postal Apocalypse: Is Batman Depressed?

This week’s Postal Apocalypse has some of my favorite questions ever, so let me go ahead and dump my metaphorical mailbag on the metaphorical floor so a genuinely fake but otherwise metaphorical mailman can really read some real letters. This week: Why X-wings actually aren’t called X-wings, what would have happened if Thanos had snapped…

io9 Rob Bricken Oct 4

Chris Evans Sure Makes It Sound Like He’s Done With Captain America

It’s no secret that Chris Evans is almost certainly done with playing Captain America after Avengers 4. The topic has been discussed ad nauseam for a while now. Today, though, Evans announced he’s done filming Avengers 4—and made it sound very definitive that it was the last time he’d hoist the shield. Here’s Evans’ tweet.…

Movies Germain Lussier Oct 4

Scathing Report Accuses the Pentagon of Developing an Agricultural Bioweapon

A new technology in which insects are used to genetically modify crops could be converted into a dangerous, and possibly illegal, bioweapon, alleges a Science Policy Forum report released today. Naturally, the organization leading the research says it’s doing nothing of the sort. The report is a response to a ongoing research program funded by…

Tech News George Dvorsky Oct 4

Here’s Your First Look at Krypton‘s Take on Lobo

The Main Man is here, and he’s looking…well, he’s certainly looking like a rough and ready take on DC’s wisecracking interstellar bounty hunter. Yesterday afternoon we learned that Syfy has cast Emmett J. Scanlan—already known to DC TV fans as the onetime Detective Corrigan on NBC’s Constantine show—as the galaxy’s favorite cosmic badass for the…

Television James Whitbrook Oct 4

Cassini Grand Finale Reveals Saturn’s Rings Blast the Planet With Organic Rain

The Saturn-orbiting Cassini-Huygens spacecraft died fighting—in fact, it kept gathering data right up until its final plummet into the gas giant. The daring plunge revealed incredible new things about the charismatic planet—like organic ring rain. Scientists are now releasing a truckload of results from the probe’s Grand Finale, including six papers out today in the…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum Oct 4

Thousands of North Carolina Students Are Still Missing School Weeks After Hurricane Florence

For some kids in North Carolina, the school year started only to be abruptly halted. Hurricane Florence tore through their communities three weeks ago, but the situation has yet to return to normal. Many schools remain closed due to a lack of access, as roads are impassable due to floodwaters or lingering damage. In some…

Environmental Justice Yessenia Funes Oct 4

Apple Watch Series 4 Review: A Giant Leap

No matter how skeptical we were from the very beginningthe Apple Watch is everywhere now. You see them on the wrists of all kinds of people—not just tech nerds. It is officially a thing. And as of the Series 3 last year, it was even a pretty good thing that you could buy without feeling…

Accessories & Wearables Alex Cranz Oct 4

Archaeologists Find Oldest Example of Nutmeg-Spiced Food, Just in Time for Fall

Mmmm, nutmeg. It’s the spice that adds a certain something to pumpkin pies, custards, and hot cups of coffee. We love our nutmeg to an embarrassing degree, but as a recent archaeological discovery shows, its origins date back to a very different time—and far longer ago than we realized. Neolithic humans living on the Indonesian…

Human History George Dvorsky Oct 4

Brilliant Brothers Butt Heads in This Excerpt From Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Mycroft and Sherlock

Some NBA legends become sports announcers. Other become movie stars. But only one has branched out into writing mystery novels starring Sherlock Holmes’ older brother. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s second book in this series, Mycroft and Sherlock, is out October 9, and we’ve got an exclusive sneak peek. Mycroft and Sherlock is the follow-up to 2015’s acclaimed…

Books & Comics Cheryl Eddy Oct 4

The Nokia 7.1 Is a $350 Budget Phone You Might Actually Want

No, this isn’t the wild bug-eyed Nokia phone with five rear cameras we’ve been hoping to see, but it’s something arguably just as important. That’s because the new Nokia 7.1 is simply a well-built phone with solid specs for a very reasonable price. Priced at $350, the Nokia 7.1 looks to continue HMD’s recent success…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Oct 4

U.S. Charges Seven Russians With Hacks Linked to Olympic Doping Scandal

U.S. prosecutors on Thursday announced charges against seven Russian intelligence officers accused of cyberattacks against agencies investigating Russian doping and the poisoning of a former British spy. The Russian officials carried out “persistent and sophisticated computer intrusions” worldwide, with the aim of propagating disinformation around campaigns designed to shed a light on the Russian state-sponsored…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron Oct 4

The Devilish (and Dare We Say Brilliant) Way Australia’s Feral Cats Use Fire to Hunt Down Prey

It’s hard to imagine your housecat as a particularly savvy killer. Sure, it may swat at a shoelace dangled in its face, or bunny-kick its favorite fish toy when it’s in, you know, a mood. It may even catch a bug now and then. But your cat probably spends most of the day delicately curled…

Biology Benji Jones Oct 4

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’s Magical World Holds Its Share of Secrets

Stepping onto the set of Netflix’s The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is like accepting an apple from a serpent. Dark forces offer truth, hint at stories and Easter eggs beneath the red, ripened flesh. Secrets of the show’s characters and mythos are built into every room, from the walls created with Sacred Geometry to a…

io9 Beth Elderkin Oct 4

Young Justice‘s Return Spearheads Brian Michael Bendis’ Teen-Focused DC Imprint

Apple and Amazon Call Bullshit on Chinese Spy Microchip Report [Update]

Elon, It’s Time to Log Off

Grayskull’s Honor Has a New Champion in the Dazzling First Trailer for She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Why Small Towns Have More Intense Surges of Flu

Facebook Glitch Stopped Some Users With Lots of Posts From Deleting Their Accounts

Congress Is Giving Feds the OK to Shoot Down Drones

Postal Apocalypse: Is Batman Depressed?

Chris Evans Sure Makes It Sound Like He’s Done With Captain America

Scathing Report Accuses the Pentagon of Developing an Agricultural Bioweapon

Here’s Your First Look at Krypton‘s Take on Lobo

Cassini Grand Finale Reveals Saturn’s Rings Blast the Planet With Organic Rain

Thousands of North Carolina Students Are Still Missing School Weeks After Hurricane Florence

Apple Watch Series 4 Review: A Giant Leap

Archaeologists Find Oldest Example of Nutmeg-Spiced Food, Just in Time for Fall

Brilliant Brothers Butt Heads in This Excerpt From Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Mycroft and Sherlock

The Nokia 7.1 Is a $350 Budget Phone You Might Actually Want

U.S. Charges Seven Russians With Hacks Linked to Olympic Doping Scandal

The Devilish (and Dare We Say Brilliant) Way Australia’s Feral Cats Use Fire to Hunt Down Prey

The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’s Magical World Holds Its Share of Secrets

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