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Download the iOS 12 Beta, If You Dare

The public beta for the next big release of iOS, announced by Apple at WWDC earlier this month, is finally live. That means if you’re willing to turn your iPhone into a buggy mess, you can get a taste of what’s to come with iOS 12 a good four to five months ahead of everyone…

Tech News Alex Cranz Jun 25

The Joker May Have Given Batman the Greatest Wedding Gift of All

Batman and Catwoman’s rapidly-approaching wedding has had a rough time when it comes to planning. Batman’s potential Best Men accidentally got caught up with Hush. Booster Gold’s wedding gift screwed up the timeline to hell and back. And now, the Joker’s shown up at the worst possible time—but he might have done something good in…

io9 James Whitbrook Jun 25

FDA Approves First Drug Made From Cannabis

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of Epidiolex to treat two severe forms of epilepsy, making it the first cannabis-based drug to be legalized in the United States. It’s welcome news—but patients won’t have access to the medicine until the Drug Enforcement Agency changes the Schedule 1 designation of cannabis. Epidiolex,…

Health George Dvorsky Jun 25

The Coldest Temperature Ever Observed on Earth Is Bonkers

As one might expect, the desolate and remote East Antarctic Plateau is home to Earth’s coldest temperatures. What is surprising, however, is that these bitter temps are even colder than previously thought—reaching nearly -148 degrees Fahrenheit (-100 degrees Celsius). That’s according to an updated analysis of satellite data first reported in 2013. At the time,…

Earth Science Paola Rosa-Aquino Jun 25

How a Dust Plume Turned the Sun Red

On October 16 last year, the Sun turned red over the southern United Kingdom. People across the country documented the strange phenomenon on social media. Meteorologists figured out the reason pretty quickly—plumes of dust from the Sahara desert and the Iberian Peninsula got caught in a cyclone from Hurricane Ophelia. The dust became negatively electrically…

Physics & Chemistry Ryan F. Mandelbaum Jun 25

Google Earth Now Lets You Pointlessly Measure Distances and Areas, and We Couldn’t Be Happier

It’s Monday afternoon and Google has given you a reason to waste some of your precious workday in Google Earth. The more Google improves its useful Maps service, the fewer excuses people have for screwing around on Google Earth, which they really should do more often. Today, the search giant announced a rare tweak to…

Tech News Rhett Jones Jun 25

GameStop Explains How and Why It’s Going to Start Selling Comic Books

A few weeks ago, America’s largest video game retail chain announced that it’s going to enter the comic book business. It was a move that took many by surprise. Now, we’ve got an interview with a GameStop executive who explains the thinking behind the decision. I spoke with GameStop’s director of consumer products Clint Walker…

io9 Evan Narcisse Jun 25

Orlando Police Drop Amazon’s Controversial Face Recognition Tech—For Now

The Orlando Police Department announced today it has ended its pilot of Amazon’s Rekognition face recognition software. Last month, the ACLU released hundreds of pages of documents from the Orlando Police Department and Oregon’s Washington County Sheriff’s Office detailing their use of the software, prompting backlash from civil rights groups and Amazon employees. But while…

Tech News Sidney Fussell Jun 25

Turns Out, Your Fancy Monitor Might Have a 4K Display Inside

Unsatisfied with the sharpness in your new QHD monitor? Thanks to the power of economics, that display of yours might actually have a downscaled 4K panel, one that isn’t doing your image quality or refresh rate any favors. The worst part? You can’t even upscale them. A report from display review site PRAD ProAdviser claims…

Tech News Patrick Lucas Austin Jun 25

The Makers of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Solve Some of the Film’s Big Mysteries

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is now in theaters, and if you saw it this weekend, you probably have some questions. io9 recently spoke to director J.A. Bayona as well as co-writer and producer Colin Trevorrow, and they addressed a few of film’s lingering mysteries. Why did they decide to introduce human cloning? Arguably the biggest…

io9 Germain Lussier Jun 25

We’re Almost Certainly Getting Some New AirPods—What Will They Be?

A new report from Bloomberg claims that Apple, after the runaway success of its AirPods, is working on more than one addition to its line of headphones. A new pair of higher-end AirPods are rumored to debut in 2019, along with a pair of over-ear headphones. That’s a ways away, and Apple still owes us…

Tech News Patrick Lucas Austin Jun 25

Northern California Is Burning Up Again

Destructive wildfires have lit up Northern California less than a year after 2017’s record-setting wildfire season. Three large fires are burning, serving as yet another reminder of the dangers of living in wildfire prone areas, especially as the climate changes. The fires began this weekend riding the back of hot, windy weather that almost always…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Jun 25

Buzz Aldrin Is Suing His Family for ‘Elder Exploitation’

Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, has filed a lawsuit against two of his children and a former business manager in an effort to retain control over his finances, business affairs, and legacy. Buzz Aldrin, 88, filed the Florida lawsuit on June 7, the details of which are now…

Tech News George Dvorsky Jun 25

The Avengers 4 Trailers Are Going to Have a Weird Marketing Problem

After the release of Avengers: Infinity War, everything about the Marvel Cinematic Universe was suddenly in question, with an obvious problem: How in the hell will Marvel market movies released in the future starring characters who Thanos seemingly snapped into oblivion? This weekend, io9 finally sat down with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige and got…

io9 Germain Lussier Jun 25

5 Things We Loved, and 3 We Didn’t About Luke Cage‘s Second Season

The Hero of Harlem returned last Friday for a new season of Luke Cage that shone a spotlight on the supporting players in Luke’s life in the wake of a new threat terrorizing the neighborhood. But while there was a lot to like, there were still a few things that didn’t quite ring true for…

io9 James Whitbrook Jun 25

Watch Live: You Know You Wanna Chat About the Game-Changing Westworld Ending

Westworld has ended its fascinating but confusing second season with an episode that closed a lot of doors, opened a few windows, and changed its own game entirely with a closing scene that we have to talk about. In this season’s last episode of TheoryWorld, io9’s Beth Elderkin and Gizmodo social editor Joe Tonelli chat…

io9 Beth Elderkin Jun 25

Domestic Abusers Are Increasingly Weaponizing Smart Home Tech

The rising popularity of smart home technology has given rise to something dangerous: internet-connected abuse. A new report from the New York Times reveals a disturbing trend in which smart home technology is being used as a tool for domestic abuse. While it’s not a revelation that connected devices can be exploited by bad actors,…

Privacy & Security Melanie Ehrenkranz Jun 25

Fantastic New View of Ryugu Asteroid Reveals a Distinctly Dice-Like Shape

The Hayabusa 2 spacecraft‘s latest photo of the Ryugu asteroid, taken from a distance of just 25 miles (40 km), shows for the first time surface features like boulders and craters, in addition to revealing the object’s unique dice-like appearance. Remember the Rosetta spacecraft’s first photos of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko and how it looked like a…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Jun 25

Feral Cats Are Slaughtering Australia’s Reptiles

Feral cats are an ecological scourge, wreaking havoc on wild mammal, bird, and reptile populations. That doesn’t make the impact of these rogue floof monsters on Australia’s reptile population any less astonishing, though. Every year, feral felines kill some 466 million reptiles in Australia’s natural ecosystems, according to a new paper in Wildlife Research. When…

Conservation Maddie Stone Jun 25

Face Recognition CEO Says Use of This Tech by Police Is ‘Irresponsible and Dangerous’

Face recognition will be used to harm citizens if given to governments or police, writes Brian Brackeen, CEO of the face recognition and AI startup Kairos, in an op-ed published by TechCrunch today. Last week, news broke that bodycam maker Axon requested a partnership with Kairos to explore face recognition. Brackeen declined, and writes today…

Tech News Sidney Fussell Jun 25

Download the iOS 12 Beta, If You Dare

The Joker May Have Given Batman the Greatest Wedding Gift of All

FDA Approves First Drug Made From Cannabis

The Coldest Temperature Ever Observed on Earth Is Bonkers

How a Dust Plume Turned the Sun Red

Google Earth Now Lets You Pointlessly Measure Distances and Areas, and We Couldn’t Be Happier

GameStop Explains How and Why It’s Going to Start Selling Comic Books

Orlando Police Drop Amazon’s Controversial Face Recognition Tech—For Now

Turns Out, Your Fancy Monitor Might Have a 4K Display Inside

The Makers of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Solve Some of the Film’s Big Mysteries

We’re Almost Certainly Getting Some New AirPods—What Will They Be?

Northern California Is Burning Up Again

Buzz Aldrin Is Suing His Family for ‘Elder Exploitation’

The Avengers 4 Trailers Are Going to Have a Weird Marketing Problem

5 Things We Loved, and 3 We Didn’t About Luke Cage‘s Second Season

Watch Live: You Know You Wanna Chat About the Game-Changing Westworld Ending

Domestic Abusers Are Increasingly Weaponizing Smart Home Tech

Fantastic New View of Ryugu Asteroid Reveals a Distinctly Dice-Like Shape

Feral Cats Are Slaughtering Australia’s Reptiles

Face Recognition CEO Says Use of This Tech by Police Is ‘Irresponsible and Dangerous’

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