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New Photo of Kilauea’s Eruption From Space May Be Our Best Yet

There have been a plethora of images from space documenting Kilauea’s dramatic eruption as the volcano’s lava flows create all kinds of havoc on the Big Island. But perhaps none are as awesome as this one. The image, captured by astronaut Rick Arnold aboard the International Space Station as it flew over the Pacific Ocean…

Earth Science Paola Rosa-Aquino Jun 21

Scorned US Lawmakers Press Google on Relationship with Huawei

Google faced a bunch of uproar from employees after it was revealed the company was offering its artificial intelligence tools to the Pentagon for a drone project. Now, after deciding not to renew the contract, the company is getting pressure from the other side as lawmakers are pressing Google over its relationship with Chinese telecommunications…

Tech News AJ Dellinger Jun 21

Snapchat: Still Fucked

Earlier this year, Snapchat owner Snap Inc. saw its stock plummet after a brutal first-quarter report that saw it come in over $13 million short of $244 million earnings expectations. Spoiler alert: The pain is not stopping. Per Bloomberg, shares in Snap Inc. are entering freefall again after the company’s stock had just began to…

Tech News Tom McKay Jun 21

FBI Warns of ‘Alarming’ Increase in In-Flight Sexual Assaults

Reports of in-flight sexual assaults committed by passengers against passengers are going up by double-digit margins, according to federal crime statistics, and it’s unclear why. Investigating alleged sexual assaults on airplanes falls under the jurisdiction of the FBI. Per CNN, the agency is at a loss to explain the increase in mid-flight sexual assaults, saying…

Tech News Tom McKay Jun 20

It Turns out All Kinds of Tech Companies Are Working With ICE

Days after Microsoft came under intense scrutiny for working with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a report from NBC News revealed that a number of major tech firms have been raking in millions of dollars from the government agency that has, under the advisement of the Trump administration, taken to stripping children from their…

Tech News AJ Dellinger Jun 20

Having Allegedly Failed to Gobble Up Bumble, Dating Giant Match Group Buys Rival App Hinge

Tinder’s parent company Match Group, the online dating conglomerate that owns a number of dating sites including OKCupid and Match.com, has acquired rival service Hinge. Per the Verge, that leaves women-centric Bumble as the “only notable dating app” outside Match’s control, though not for lack of trying. According to the company, the deal leaves Match…

Tech News Tom McKay Jun 20

Star Wars’ Ships Have Terrible Aerodynamic Designs

When you’re flying around in space, where there’s no air or wind resistance, aerodynamics aren’t important. That’s why the Star Trek Borg ship is just a giant cube and still works just fine. But when ships are also visiting planets with atmospheres, aerodynamics do come into play—and apparently neither the Rebels nor the Empire in…

io9 Andrew Liszewski Jun 20

Google, Unlike Apple, is Making it Easy to Cancel App Subscriptions

Mobile app subscriptions are usually a pain in the ass to cancel, but Google is doing its part to make it slightly easier to get out of the fees with its new Subscriptions Center. The feature, announced at Google I/O earlier this year, rolled out to most Android users Wednesday. Subscriptions Center puts all the…

Tech News AJ Dellinger Jun 20

Marvel Is Getting Closer to Hiring Its Black Widow Director

We’re still months away from knowing what, exactly, Marvel has planned for its film universe after Avengers 4, but chances are part of it includes Black Widow. Six months ago, news broke that Marvel Studios had hired writer Jac Schaeffer to pen a Black Widow movie, possibly even for a 2020 release. Now, Deadline reports…

io9 Germain Lussier Jun 20

This Kaiju Short Film Is Beautiful, Creepy, and Stars Puppets

Monster movies, especially Japanese ones, have had a long love affair with practical effects work. But short film Kaiju Bunraku, which made its debut at Sundance last year (and is now finally online), takes that relationship and runs with it, in a beautifully stylized story told entirely with puppets. As the name implies, Lucas Leyva…

io9 James Whitbrook Jun 20

Lawsuit: Detained Immigrant Children in Texas Forced to Take Antipsychotic Drugs

A series of heartbreaking investigative stories published Wednesday by Reveal and The Texas Tribune highlight the disturbing conditions many undocumented children have been allegedly forced to endure in privately run shelters set up to house them as they await proceedings to determine whether they can stay in the country. One of the more gruesome details includes…

Health Ed Cara Jun 20

Disney, Do You Really Want to Give Rupert Murdoch More Money Right Now?

At a time when we’re seeing more and more companies attempting to avoid soiling themselves with the stench of the belching Trump machine, Disney is actively trying to give Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch more billions. It’s a gutsy move in the age of boycotts, and it shows how shallow Disney’s carefully crafted progressive image…

Tech News Rhett Jones Jun 20

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Franchise Is Being Rebooted (Again)

Paramount just hired a writer to reboot its Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. Cowabunga? The Hollywood Reporter broke (and io9 has confirmed) the news that writer Andrew Dodge, who previously wrote the Jason Bateman movie Bad Words, has been hired to work on a script. The Platinum Dunes team (Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller)…

io9 Germain Lussier Jun 20

California Lawmakers Accused of ‘Corruption’ After Gutting Net Neutrality Bill

The effort to pass a strong open internet law in California was killed off Wednesday morning by a handful of state legislators in a process described by many net neutrality advocates as corrupt and undemocratic. Members of California’s Communications and Conveyance Committee, led by Democratic Chairman Miguel Santiago, eviscerated the text of SB 822, a…

Tech News Dell Cameron Jun 20

First Manta Ray Nursery Ever Discovered Shows Marine Protected Areas Matter

Manta rays are among the most charismatic undersea megafauna, but there’s still a lot we don’t know these flat, ginormous sea-dogs. Now, in trying to understand how their populations are connected in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists have made a wild discovery. In Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, which sits about 110 miles southeast…

Conservation Brian Kahn Jun 20

This Light-Up HAL 9000 USB Flash Drive Can’t Sing, But Probably Won’t Kill You Either

Master Replicas, makers of some of the finest lightsaber replicas in any galaxy, sadly closed its doors back in 2008. Last year, however, part of its original team opened Master Replicas Group, a new company that’s relaunching with a series of 2001: A Space Odyssey collectibles to start, including a flash drive based on one…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 20

This Powerful ACLU Animated Series Will Prepare You for an Encounter With ICE Agents

Agents from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are routinely rounding up people suspected of being undocumented, often separating them from their children, and detaining them in what are essentially internment camps—all without due process. A new animated series wants to help make sure people have some important information about these types of situations.…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Jun 20

Is There a Better Individual Season of Doctor Who Than Tom Baker’s Debut?

It feels like it’s been approximately 300 years since Doctor Who was last on the air, which has got me thinking about the classic show while waiting for the arrival of Jodie Whittaker’s new Doctor. And between Twitch’s ongoing marathon and its impending arrival on Blu-ray, I’ve been thinking: Tom Baker’s first season is bloody…

Television James Whitbrook Jun 20

‘Electronic Skin’ Allows User of Prosthetic Hand to Feel Pain

Current prosthetic limbs aren’t yet capable of transmitting complex sensations like texture or pain to the user, but a recent breakthrough by scientists at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, in which a synthetic layer of skin on an artificial hand transmitted feelings of pain directly to the user, takes us one step closer to that…

Tech News George Dvorsky Jun 20

Facebook Is Testing If You’ll Pay Actual Money for Your Favorite Groups’ Premium Content

As Facebook continues to look for ways to wring every last dollar out of its platform, the company announced today that it is rolling out a pilot program that allows Facebook group administrators the ability to offer paid monthly subscriptions. To start, subs will cost anywhere between $5 and $30; however, Facebook says this functionality…

Social Media Sam Rutherford Jun 20

New Photo of Kilauea’s Eruption From Space May Be Our Best Yet

Scorned US Lawmakers Press Google on Relationship with Huawei

Snapchat: Still Fucked

FBI Warns of ‘Alarming’ Increase in In-Flight Sexual Assaults

It Turns out All Kinds of Tech Companies Are Working With ICE

Having Allegedly Failed to Gobble Up Bumble, Dating Giant Match Group Buys Rival App Hinge

Star Wars’ Ships Have Terrible Aerodynamic Designs

Google, Unlike Apple, is Making it Easy to Cancel App Subscriptions

Marvel Is Getting Closer to Hiring Its Black Widow Director

This Kaiju Short Film Is Beautiful, Creepy, and Stars Puppets

Lawsuit: Detained Immigrant Children in Texas Forced to Take Antipsychotic Drugs

Disney, Do You Really Want to Give Rupert Murdoch More Money Right Now?

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Franchise Is Being Rebooted (Again)

California Lawmakers Accused of ‘Corruption’ After Gutting Net Neutrality Bill

First Manta Ray Nursery Ever Discovered Shows Marine Protected Areas Matter

This Light-Up HAL 9000 USB Flash Drive Can’t Sing, But Probably Won’t Kill You Either

This Powerful ACLU Animated Series Will Prepare You for an Encounter With ICE Agents

Is There a Better Individual Season of Doctor Who Than Tom Baker’s Debut?

‘Electronic Skin’ Allows User of Prosthetic Hand to Feel Pain

Facebook Is Testing If You’ll Pay Actual Money for Your Favorite Groups’ Premium Content

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