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Rumor Has It Deadpool 2 Might Be Short One Villain [UPDATED]

Correction: Monday, one of the writers of Deadpool 2, Rhett Reese, took to Twitter to simply say these rumors are “Untrue.” He didn’t elaborate beyond that. Original article follows. According to rumors currently gently rocking the sleepy, sleepy crib of the internet, the upcoming Deadpool 2 might have one less villain than we thought. Amongst…

Movies Julie Muncy Apr 7

I’m Terrified Screens Are Destroying My Eyes, How About You?

Earlier this year, smack in the middle of a typical Monday afternoon, my vision started to blur and cloud like someone had thrown an exposure slider for my eyes all the way to the right. I tried to blink my way through it, but it was no use. So I shut my laptop, briefly panicked,…

Tech News Harri Weber Apr 7

I Can’t Stop Scrolling Through This Collection of Incredible Gifs From Japanese Superhero Shows

RIP My productivity, 1991-2018. Cause of death? So many good gifs. In the vein of such wonderful Twitter accounts as Batman ‘66 Labels or Swear Trek, @Tokugifs is a delightful collection of very specific joys: gifs from oodles of Tokusatsu (essentially “special filming,” a reference to the FX-heavy nature of the series) shows, whether they…

io9 James Whitbrook Apr 6

The Story Behind Furiosa’s Scream in Mad Max: Fury Road Is Just as Epic as the Moment Itself

It’s the moment that ties the movie together. The moment in Mad Max: Fury Road when Furiosa (Charlize Theron) realizes that the home she was taken from, the home she’s been racing toward, is gone. Upon learning this information, she stumbles across the desert and screams. Captured beautifully by director George Miller, it’s a major…

Movies Germain Lussier Apr 6

A Self-Hating, Animal Version of Walt Disney Goes to Art-Camp Rehab in a New Graphic Novel

A new graphic novel called Von Spatz is a trippy reminder that there was an actual man behind the mouse.

Books & Comics Evan Narcisse Apr 6

Homeland Security Wants to Build an Online ‘Media Influence Database’ to Track Journalists

The Department of Homeland Security announced a public bid for third party companies to build a “media influence database” capable of tracking more than 290,000 news sources across the globe. First spotted by Bloomberg Law, the public bid would also track journalists and bloggers, compiling their personal information and the publications for which they write.…

Tech News Sidney Fussell Apr 6

This Experimental Typeface Cleverly Combines Braille With the Latin Alphabet

Exploring the limits of type design, Tokyo-based designer Kosuke Takahashi has developed Braille Neue, an attempt to combine Braille with the English and Japanese alphabets. This is no easy feat. There are, for example, 26 different characters in the English alphabet, while in English Braille, there are as many as 250 different symbols, representing letters,…

Tech News Harri Weber Apr 6

What the Hell is Spotify Announcing This Time?

Spotify’s announcing something on April 24th in New York, and we’re not exactly sure what it is. We do, however, have a few ideas: recent developments suggest the company’s going full speed ahead in its quest to replace the humble car radio and your favorite shock jock with its own streaming service, no matter how…

Tech News Patrick Lucas Austin Apr 6

If You Haven’t Gotten Your Flu Shot Yet, Fine, You Win

If you’ve shirked your societal responsibility by not getting vaccinated against influenza and managed to avoid getting sick, congrats! You’re probably out of the woods now. The latest surveillance report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates this especially severe flu season is finally winding down. For the week ending March 31, the…

Health Ed Cara Apr 6

Dress Up Your Own Jeff Goldblum, and More of the Goldblummiest Toys of the Week

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, the regular io9 column where we rate the latest toys and merchandise out of a 10 possible Goldblums. This week: Hot Toys unleashes not one, but two Infinity War figures, Lego brings in Gold Squadron for a bombing run on your wallets, and more. Take a look! Lego Star Wars…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski Apr 6

A Surprising Movie Was Last Year’s Most Popular Digital Rental

In a change-up that acknowledges the reality of the business it’s in, the MPAA has included a breakdown of the home entertainment market in its latest annual box office report. Topping both the DVD/Blu-ray and digital rentals charts for 2017 is Ben Affleck’s weird-ass action hero/math savant flick The Accountant, and America, you chose wisely.…

Movies Rhett Jones Apr 6

Did T-Mobile Austria Really Just Admit It Stores Customer Passwords in Plaintext?

Given that password theft from major tech companies like Yahoo has become routine, most large firms now store their users’ passwords in an encrypted format. Keeping a list of users’ passwords in plaintext creates a huge risk—stealing that password database can give a hacker access to millions of accounts. And if a company’s users reuse…

Privacy & Security Kate Conger Apr 6

This Extragalactic Eye Is Hiding a Neutron Star

There’s something hiding in the center of the red ring in this colorful circle of gas and dust. But it’s only hiding if you don’t know how to look for it. In fact, at the center if this image is a tiny neutron star that is spewing out x-rays. You’re looking at 1E 0102.2-7219, the…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum Apr 6

Backpage Has Been Seized by the FBI—Case Sealed by Judge [Updated]

The popular classified ads website Backpage was seized on Friday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Gizmodo has confirmed. It remains unclear why the website was seized.”The Court has ruled that the case remains sealed and we have nothing to report today,” a Justice Department spokesperson said. Backpage’s servers were seized as part of a…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron Apr 6

An Immortal Pig and the Man Who Destroyed the Internet Are the Heroes of This Week’s Best New Comics

The stars of this week’s Pull List selections have watched as war and plagues have ravaged the world time and time again, only to see humanity come to the brink of destruction before settling back down and eventually forgetting whatever lessons that might have been gleaned from the last Major Event™. When we meet them…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Apr 6

Millennials Can’t Buy Homes, But Can They Buy That the Earth Is Flat?

Hey, there’s another reason to shake our collective heads at everyone’s favorite generational punching bag. A recently-published YouGov poll that surveyed 8,215 adults online found that a only two-thirds of young millennials, aged 18-24, are totally sure the Earth is round. Look, I love shitting on millennials to compensate for my fear of growing old…

Earth Science Brian Kahn Apr 6

You Can Finally Own an Official Replica of the Coolest Prop From Jurassic Park

Short of owning their own dinosaur, any kid who watched Jurassic Park wanted one thing: the night vision goggles. They were just the coolest. Bright colors, blinking lights, the ability to see in the dark. When John Hammond said he spared no expense, he wasn’t just talking about the ice cream. He meant these goggles,…

Toys & Collectibles Germain Lussier Apr 6

Waze Says It’s Not Its Fault If Drivers Can’t Make It Up Dangerously Steep LA Street Without Crashing

Los Angeles locals are blaming navigation app Waze for hellish driving through a dangerously steep street in the area. But despite complaints, Waze isn’t changing its service just to accommodate drivers who can’t handle a freakin’ hill. Baxter Street is not the city’s steepest street, but the Echo Park stretch has reportedly seen an uptick…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz Apr 6

When Amazing Scifi Series Have Infuriatingly Terrible Finales

The X-Files’ 11th season may very well be the show’s last, which means the frustrating, awful “My Struggle IV” could be its ultimate ending. We wish things had turned out differently for Scully and Mulder, but it wouldn’t be the first time a stellar scifi show ended with a deeply disappointing finale. Here are three…

Television Cheryl Eddy Apr 6

An Obsolete Law Prohibits SpaceX From Broadcasting Videos From Space

During the March 30 webcast of a Falcon 9 launch, video of the ascent was abruptly cut off at the nine minute mark, with SpaceX officials saying it did so to fall in line with government restrictions. Weird, right? What’s even weirder is that an obscure, decades-old law is now suddenly being enforced. So what…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Apr 6

Rumor Has It Deadpool 2 Might Be Short One Villain [UPDATED]

I’m Terrified Screens Are Destroying My Eyes, How About You?

I Can’t Stop Scrolling Through This Collection of Incredible Gifs From Japanese Superhero Shows

The Story Behind Furiosa’s Scream in Mad Max: Fury Road Is Just as Epic as the Moment Itself

A Self-Hating, Animal Version of Walt Disney Goes to Art-Camp Rehab in a New Graphic Novel

Homeland Security Wants to Build an Online ‘Media Influence Database’ to Track Journalists

This Experimental Typeface Cleverly Combines Braille With the Latin Alphabet

What the Hell is Spotify Announcing This Time?

If You Haven’t Gotten Your Flu Shot Yet, Fine, You Win

Dress Up Your Own Jeff Goldblum, and More of the Goldblummiest Toys of the Week

A Surprising Movie Was Last Year’s Most Popular Digital Rental

Did T-Mobile Austria Really Just Admit It Stores Customer Passwords in Plaintext?

This Extragalactic Eye Is Hiding a Neutron Star

Backpage Has Been Seized by the FBI—Case Sealed by Judge [Updated]

An Immortal Pig and the Man Who Destroyed the Internet Are the Heroes of This Week’s Best New Comics

Millennials Can’t Buy Homes, But Can They Buy That the Earth Is Flat?

You Can Finally Own an Official Replica of the Coolest Prop From Jurassic Park

Waze Says It’s Not Its Fault If Drivers Can’t Make It Up Dangerously Steep LA Street Without Crashing

When Amazing Scifi Series Have Infuriatingly Terrible Finales

An Obsolete Law Prohibits SpaceX From Broadcasting Videos From Space

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