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The Expanse Season Finale Finds Humanity Teetering on the Brink of Annihilation

The Expanse bid farewell to Syfy (ahead of its season-four shift to Amazon) with a two-part finale that contained everything that’s made the show so fantastic over three seasons: killer space action, tense human conflict, and some perfectly-calibrated doses of hope, wonder, and mystery. Technically speaking, “Congregation” and “Abbadon’s Gate” were separate episodes that Syfy…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Jun 28

Lego’s Voltron Set Is the Giant Brick Robot of Our Dreams

We’ve been quivering with anticipation ever since Lego officially confirmed it would be adding Voltron—the universe’s premiere lion-based defender—to its range of fan-petitioned Lego Ideas products. But now, we finally have our first look at the final set and it’s even better than we had imagined. Based on a design submitted by Lego Ideas user…

io9 James Whitbrook Jun 28

A Familiar Legends of Tomorrow Hero Is Returning for Season 4

Sony confirms Tom Holland’s exclusive leak about Spider-Man: Far From Home. Drew Goddard talks Cloverfield and balancing the drama of X-Force with the comedy of Deadpool. Original Blue Ranger David Yost wants to stage a Power Rangers reunion. Plus, what’s to come on Humans and The 100. Spoilers, away! Spider-Man: Far From Home Sony has…

io9 James Whitbrook Jun 28

Neat Experiment Suggests Crows Are Even Better Toolmakers Than We Thought

New research shows that crows can recreate tools from memory, a capacity previously thought impossible for birds. Crows are super smart—we knew that already. In addition to understanding causality and analogies, they can remember human faces, plan ahead, and hide their food from others. But crows are also known for their amazing tool-building skills, which…

Biology George Dvorsky Jun 28

Canada Reassures Citizens There Will Be Enough Weed For Everyone on October 17th

On October 17th, recreational use of marijuana will be legal in Canada. But some people are worried that there won’t be enough federally licensed weed shops to meet demand on opening day. The government says not to worry. There will be plenty of weed to go around on October 17th. When weed becomes legal in…

Tech News Matt Novak Jun 28

Salesforce CEO Says It Won’t Sever Ties With Customs and Border Protection

Earlier this week, news broke that hundreds of employees at Salesforce had signed an open letter to CEO Marc Benioff protesting the company’s relationship to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, one of the government agencies enforcing President Donald Trump’s much-maligned “zero tolerance” immigration policy that resulted in authorities cruelly separating thousands of children from their…

Tech News Tom McKay Jun 28

Pornhub Adds Closed Captions For the Hearing Impaired and Stenographer Fetishists

Pornhub, the internet’s favorite smut factory, announced Wednesday that it is introducing a new feature to its massive collection of adult videos. The streaming service is adding closed captions to some of its videos to extend its offerings to people who are deaf or hard of hearing. According to the company, it will start its…

Tech News AJ Dellinger Jun 28

Report: Jack Dorsey on Futile Quest to Make Angry Republicans Less Angry, At Least At Him

Right-wingers have long been obsessed with the notion Silicon Valley liberals are conspiring to censor them on social media. But it’s reached a fever pitch recently, with Republicans decrying Google’s fact-checking modules and its firing of workplace sexist James Damore, pretty much anything Facebook does to slow down right-leaning hoaxes and propaganda, and purges of…

Tech News Tom McKay Jun 28

Personal Information of 340 Million People and Businesses Leaked By Florida Marketing Firm

A little-known, Florida-based marketing firm called Exactis may be responsible for a significant amount of personal data being exposed. According to a report from Wired, the firm left 340 million individual records on a publicly accessible server that any person could have gotten ahold of. The leak was discovered earlier this month by security researcher…

Privacy & Security AJ Dellinger Jun 27

The Space Between Stars Is Full of Greasy, Possibly Toxic Carbon

The space between stars may look pretty empty—and for most mundane intents and purposes, it is—but it’s actually full of electromagnetic radiation and vast clouds of matter, together collectively known as the interstellar medium. Some of it is aliphatic carbons that leak from stars, and a new study from University of New South Wales (UNSW)…

Space & Spaceflight Tom McKay Jun 27

FTC’s New Head of Consumer Protection is a Major Corporate Shill

At this point when a new person joins the Trump administration as a regulator, the question isn’t if they are a corporate shill, it’s how big of one are they? In the case of Andrew Smith, the new head of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission, he is truly a shill’s…

Tech News AJ Dellinger Jun 27

Rescued Computer Hardware Performs a Near-Perfect Rendition of the ’80s Airwolf Theme

Paweł Zadrożniak’s Floppotron, a desktop orchestra that uses old computer components as musicians, performs one of the greatest ‘80s TV show earworms ever aired with a thrilling rendition of the Airwolf theme. I’m also going to award bonus points for using the clicking sound of a wall of disk drives to recreate the sounds of…

io9 Andrew Liszewski Jun 27

Nicolas Cage Hunts ‘Crazy Evil’ in the First Trailer for Mandy

These days, when you think of Nicolas Cage, you think crazy. You think over-the-top. You think manic. And now, from the looks of it, you’ll think Mandy. That’s the title of his latest movie and it looks like everything you think about Cage rolled into one wild performance. Honestly, this is one of those trailers…

io9 Germain Lussier Jun 27

Boots Riley Explains How He Made Sorry to Bother You the Year’s Most Surprising Scifi Movie

As Sorry to Bother You steadily popped up at festivals and small screenings across the United States, there’s been a near-universal audience reaction: “Holy shit, what did I just watch?!” It’s a movie that goes places. Written and directed by Boots Riley—known to millions as part of activist hip-hop group the Coup—Sorry to Bother You…

io9 Evan Narcisse Jun 27

Ticketmaster Discloses Breach That Impacts Nearly 5 Percent of Its Customers

Ticketmaster on Wednesday disclosed a data breach reportedly caused by malware infecting a customer support system outsourced to an external company. In a statement, Ticketmaster said some of its customer data may have been accessed by an unknown intruder. Email notifications were sent to customers who purchased tickets between February and June 23, 2018, the…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron Jun 27

Faking My Westworld Fandom Was So Easy, I Almost Forgot I Was a Fraud

Reading The Ringer’s recent review of Hereditary’s Wikipedia page, I thought I’d found another opportunity to do my favorite thing. Everyone’s favorite thing. The activity that the internet seems to have been designed for: acting self-righteous. “I have read the Wikipedia plot summary for Hereditary multiple times, which is the only way I will ever…

Tech News Sidney Fussell Jun 27

Forest Fires and Dank Weed Are Pushing These Cuties Toward Extinction

The Humboldt marten was once a denizen of vast swaths of old growth forests in Northern California and Southern Oregon. But rampant logging has shrunken its habitat, pushing the objectively adorable little predator into small isolated populations and amplifying other threats, like cannabis growth and wildfires. On Tuesday, conservation groups petitioned Oregon for both state…

Conservation Paola Rosa-Aquino Jun 27

BoJack Horseman‘s Fifth Season Is Hitting Netflix Sooner Than You Think

It feels like it’s been a hot second since we last caught up with BoJack Horseman—who, in the Netflix series’ fourth season, finally seemed to be on the verge of getting his life together once and for all. Fans’ll be glad to hear that the show’s due back much sooner than you might think. Today,…

Television Charles Pulliam-Moore Jun 27

AT&T Slipped an Extra $1.23 Onto Your Wireless Bill, and It Stands to Make a Fortune

Earlier this week, former employees called out AT&T for unethical business practices that pushed customers to sign up for various streaming TV packages, sometimes without their knowledge or explicit consent. But now, it seems things may have gotten even worse thanks to a sneaky tactic that could allow AT&T to rake in an extra $800…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Jun 27

NASA Delays James Webb Space Telescope Yet Again, ‘Commits’ to a 2021 Launch

Following an independent review, NASA’s planned James Webb Space Telescope has received yet another delay in its mission schedule. This time, NASA has moved the target launch from May 2020 to March 2021. If you’re feeling a touch of déjà vu, that’s because this telescope has been subject to nearly annual delays and budget increases…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum Jun 27

The Expanse Season Finale Finds Humanity Teetering on the Brink of Annihilation

Lego’s Voltron Set Is the Giant Brick Robot of Our Dreams

A Familiar Legends of Tomorrow Hero Is Returning for Season 4

Neat Experiment Suggests Crows Are Even Better Toolmakers Than We Thought

Canada Reassures Citizens There Will Be Enough Weed For Everyone on October 17th

Salesforce CEO Says It Won’t Sever Ties With Customs and Border Protection

Pornhub Adds Closed Captions For the Hearing Impaired and Stenographer Fetishists

Report: Jack Dorsey on Futile Quest to Make Angry Republicans Less Angry, At Least At Him

Personal Information of 340 Million People and Businesses Leaked By Florida Marketing Firm

The Space Between Stars Is Full of Greasy, Possibly Toxic Carbon

FTC’s New Head of Consumer Protection is a Major Corporate Shill

Rescued Computer Hardware Performs a Near-Perfect Rendition of the ’80s Airwolf Theme

Nicolas Cage Hunts ‘Crazy Evil’ in the First Trailer for Mandy

Boots Riley Explains How He Made Sorry to Bother You the Year’s Most Surprising Scifi Movie

Ticketmaster Discloses Breach That Impacts Nearly 5 Percent of Its Customers

Faking My Westworld Fandom Was So Easy, I Almost Forgot I Was a Fraud

Forest Fires and Dank Weed Are Pushing These Cuties Toward Extinction

BoJack Horseman‘s Fifth Season Is Hitting Netflix Sooner Than You Think

AT&T Slipped an Extra $1.23 Onto Your Wireless Bill, and It Stands to Make a Fortune

NASA Delays James Webb Space Telescope Yet Again, ‘Commits’ to a 2021 Launch

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