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China Bans Peppa Pig Videos on Social Media for Being Associated With Gangster Culture

Few people would think of the British cartoon character Peppa Pig as a subversive icon. But don’t tell that to the Chinese government. China has started to ban Peppa Pig from social media for being too “gangster,” deleting over 30,000 videos of the cartoon pig on one platform alone. The Peppa Pig TV show first…

Tech News Matt Novak May 1

Disney is Livestreaming the Sunrise at Magic Kingdom and Honestly It’s Just What I Need Today

Disney is currently broadcasting a livestream of the sunrise at the Magic Kingdom theme park in Florida. I have no idea why Disney is doing this, but it’s honestly just what I needed this morning. The livestream started at 6:00am local time (ET) and sunrise is scheduled for around 6:45am. Again, Disney hasn’t issued a…

Tech News Matt Novak May 1

Report: At Least 103 Uber Drivers Have Been Accused of Sexually Assaulting or Abusing Passengers

Uber’s seemingly never-ending series of scandals could fill several books, but perhaps the most awful and damaging stories have been reports of the ridesharing service’s drivers sexually harassing or assaulting passengers. A CNN investigation released on Monday shows how huge the scale of that problem is, with at least 103 Uber drivers in 20 major…

Tech News Tom McKay May 1

Apple Posts, Deletes Job Listing That Sounds Suspiciously Like It’s for Making In-House iPhone Modems

Apple put up, and then took down, a job posting that suggested the company is preparing to give up on wireless chips manufactured by Qualcomm—a supplier it is currently in a contentious legal battle with—and is possibly cutting out Intel as well for future generations of iPhones. According to a report in Cult of Mac,…

Tech News Tom McKay Apr 30

WhatsApp Co-Founder Jan Koum Quits After Internal Battle With Facebook Over User Privacy

Jan Koum, the billionaire CEO of Facebook subsidiary WhatsApp, is leaving the company following disputes over “the popular messaging service’s strategy and Facebook’s attempts to use its personal data and weaken its encryption,” the Washington Post reported on Monday. Koum will additionally step down from Facebook’s board, and was in the process of informing other…

Social Media Tom McKay Apr 30

Infinity War Puts Adam West’s Batman in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Just Hear Me Out

With the recent worldwide release of Avengers: Infinity War, many comic book fans spent the weekend processing the movie’s grand implications on the larger Marvel universe. Perhaps the most surprising revelation of all, however, isn’t being discussed in forum posts or on social media. Hidden among the movie’s numerous crossover characters is one passing cameo…

io9 Hudson Hongo Apr 30

Losing an Arm Really Gives This Captain Picard Bust Something to Facepalm About

It easily ranks as one of the most useful and ubiquitous memes on the internet, and now that facepalming-Picard has been turned into a display-ready bust, Star Trek: The Next Generation’s beloved captain has all the more reason to disappointingly hold his head after awkwardly losing one of his arms. It’s certainly the norm for…

io9 Andrew Liszewski Apr 30

Google Is Going to the Supreme Court Over a Bonkers Settlement Case That Mostly Enriched Lawyers

We’ve become accustomed to seeing high-profile class action lawsuits result in paltry payouts for plaintiffs, but this is ridiculous. On Monday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments over a privacy case that Google settled in 2013. The search giant agreed to pay out millions, but that money largely went to the plaintiffs’ attorneys and…

Tech News Rhett Jones Apr 30

How to Watch Facebook Pretend Everything Is Absolutely, Totally Fine

Facebook’s annual developer conference, kicking off Tuesday at 10am Pacific, will be one to remember, at least for Mark Zuckerberg. The completely human CEO has had a whirlwind of a month, what with the two days he spent testifying in front of a very confused U.S. Congress, the controversy surrounding his company’s data-sharing practices, and…

Social Media Patrick Lucas Austin Apr 30

Michael B. Jordan’s Next Comic Book Project Is Headed to Netflix

Hot off his stellar turn in Black Panther, Michael B. Jordan has another superhero project in the works—one that is now heading to Netflix. Deadline reports that the streaming service has successfully bid for the rights to an adaptation of the Vault Comics scifi thriller Failsafe. Created by F.J. DeSanto, Todd Farmer, and Federico Dallochio,…

io9 James Whitbrook Apr 30

Facebook Investigating Claim That Employee Used ‘Privileged Access’ to Cyber-Stalk Women

An unnamed Facebook security engineer is accused of using data accessible to them at work to stalk women online—and Facebook says it is investigating the situation. The allegations surfaced yesterday in a tweet from Jackie Stokes, the founder of Spyglass Security. “I’ve been made aware that a security engineer currently employed at Facebook is likely…

Privacy & Security Kate Conger Apr 30

Male Brown Widow Spiders Prefer Cannibalistic Older Females for No Apparent Reason

Scientists in Israel have observed a strange behavior among brown widow spiders: When given the choice, the males of this species prefer to have sex with older females even though they’re less likely to bear offspring. More problematically, these older females are also more inclined to devour their partners after mating, making the males’ preference…

Biology George Dvorsky Apr 30

Thanos’ Motivations in Avengers: Infinity War Have Much Stronger Comic Connections Than You Think

Thanos’ quest for the Infinity Stones comes to a head in Avengers: Infinity War, but the movie also finally gives us the reason why the Mad Titan has spent six years’ worth of post-credits teasers gathering such vast cosmic power. And, perhaps surprisingly, those motivations have deep roots in the comics. Going into Avengers: Infinity…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Apr 30

Amazon Fulfillment Center in Virginia Catches Fire, Cause Unknown

A blaze swept through Amazon Fulfillment Center RIC1 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia this morning, overwhelming the building’s internal fire suppression systems. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that calls to local fire departments came in just before 10am, and six nearby departments responded according to Mark Tenia, a reporter for WRIC. The RIC1 facility, which opened in…

Commerce Avery Ellis Apr 30

Great, Even Buying a Home Is Creepy Now That House Sellers Are Spying on You With Wifi Cameras

Realtors have a new warning for prospective homeowners: you’re being watched. When realtors show houses to buyers, homeowners are now relying on an array of cheap, wifi-enabled cameras to keep an eye on them as they move through the homes, according to USA Today. From simpler nanny cams to more expensive Nest home camera systems,…

Tech News Sidney Fussell Apr 30

James Cameron’s New TV Show Explores Science Fiction Through a Modern Pop Culture Lens

James Cameron has a lot of thoughts on science fiction. This shouldn’t be a surprise, considering he made The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, and Avatar. But in a new series debuting tonight on AMC, he and some friends will be exploring the genre in a much deeper way than those films ever could. “What was…

io9 Germain Lussier Apr 30

Amazon Is Building a New Tech Hub Inside an Old Post Office

In another stunning display of its might, Amazon will be transforming an old post office building into a new Amazon office building. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau just announced that the Seattle-based online retailer will open a new tech hub on the site of a historic Canada Post building in Vancouver. The massive expansion is…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Apr 30

How Are Marvel’s Television Shows Going to Address Infinity War‘s Devastating Ending?

The Avengers finally went up against Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War and set events in motion that could change the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. Which means, of course, that Marvel’s television shows are going to have to address what happened in Infinity War. Right? Infinity War’s very first scene makes it crystal clear that Thanos…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Apr 30

Kids Raised on Farms Are Healthier in Two Important Ways

Scientists have long speculated that the “dirtier” the environment we grow up in—with lots of germs from different people and even animals—the better off our immune system and physical health ultimately will be. A new study published Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science provides early evidence that a dirty world might even…

Health Ed Cara Apr 30

The Hellboy Tabletop Board Game Will Turn You Into a Member of the B.P.R.D.

It’s neither easy nor advisable to become a member of Hellboy’s Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense, given the unique set of skills it takes to face the kinds of otherworldly threats handled by the organization. But if you’ve got your heart dead set on investigating the things that go bump in the night, then…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Apr 30

China Bans Peppa Pig Videos on Social Media for Being Associated With Gangster Culture

Disney is Livestreaming the Sunrise at Magic Kingdom and Honestly It’s Just What I Need Today

Report: At Least 103 Uber Drivers Have Been Accused of Sexually Assaulting or Abusing Passengers

Apple Posts, Deletes Job Listing That Sounds Suspiciously Like It’s for Making In-House iPhone Modems

WhatsApp Co-Founder Jan Koum Quits After Internal Battle With Facebook Over User Privacy

Infinity War Puts Adam West’s Batman in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Just Hear Me Out

Losing an Arm Really Gives This Captain Picard Bust Something to Facepalm About

Google Is Going to the Supreme Court Over a Bonkers Settlement Case That Mostly Enriched Lawyers

How to Watch Facebook Pretend Everything Is Absolutely, Totally Fine

Michael B. Jordan’s Next Comic Book Project Is Headed to Netflix

Facebook Investigating Claim That Employee Used ‘Privileged Access’ to Cyber-Stalk Women

Male Brown Widow Spiders Prefer Cannibalistic Older Females for No Apparent Reason

Thanos’ Motivations in Avengers: Infinity War Have Much Stronger Comic Connections Than You Think

Amazon Fulfillment Center in Virginia Catches Fire, Cause Unknown

Great, Even Buying a Home Is Creepy Now That House Sellers Are Spying on You With Wifi Cameras

James Cameron’s New TV Show Explores Science Fiction Through a Modern Pop Culture Lens

Amazon Is Building a New Tech Hub Inside an Old Post Office

How Are Marvel’s Television Shows Going to Address Infinity War‘s Devastating Ending?

Kids Raised on Farms Are Healthier in Two Important Ways

The Hellboy Tabletop Board Game Will Turn You Into a Member of the B.P.R.D.

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