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How Hurricane Irma Became Such a Monster

Meteorologists were at a loss for words yesterday as Hurricane Irma intensified into a enormous, record-smashing Category 5. Packing “catastrophic” and “life-threatening” winds of 185 miles per hour (300 km/h), the storm now bearing down on Puerto Rico and the US Virgin islands is officially the strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded north of the Caribbean…

Tech News Maddie Stone Sep 6

Why the Hell Would Anyone Use a Trackball Mouse?

With its big rolypoly ball and huge hand rest, the venerable trackball mouse looks like a holdover from 1996.

Accessories & Wearables Alex Cranz Sep 6

Write a Short Story About the Economics of the Future and You Could Win $12,000

The best science fiction works revolve around deep-seated ideas that can speak to humanity as a whole. Having enough money to get what you need to live—or what happens when you don’t—is one of those fundamental ideas, and the focus of a new writing contest sponsored by the Economic Security Project. We at io9 are…

io9 Io9 Staff Sep 6

Lobbyists Sure Love Trump’s Expensive Golf Courses for Some Reason

President Trump never properly separated himself from his businesses, giving anyone with enough money an opportunity to influence the US government. And a new investigation by USA Today pulls back the curtain on who’s buying their way into Trump’s golf courses using some clever investigative techniques: Reporters at the paper used social media and public…

Tech News Matt Novak Sep 6

A Religious Site Game of Thrones Filmed at Can’t Bear the Crushing Weight of the Show’s Fans

An iconic filming location has become a tourism mecca for fans of Game of Thrones, changing the focus of a long-standing religious shrine from John the Baptist to Jon the Bastard. Spanish newspaper El Pais reported on the tourism spike at San Juan de Gaztelugatxe in Basque, Spain, the location for Dragonstone in Game of…

io9 Beth Elderkin Sep 6

France Wants to Ban All Fossil Fuel Production By 2040

In what would be a world first, the government of President Emmanuel Macron wants to phase out all oil and gas exploration and production in France and its overseas territories by 2040. Sounds dramatic, but the EU nation has very little to lose as it sets its sights on a greener future. As The New…

Climate Change George Dvorsky Sep 6

There’s a Kingsman Comic All About… Brexit?

Today the next chapter in the Kingsman saga, The Red Diamond, begins at Image Comics. But before that, your next taste of the comic book adventures of Eggsy come from a far weirder source… and comes with an even weirder premise. The short story, by Red Diamond writer Rob Williams and with art by Ozgur…

io9 James Whitbrook Sep 6

Intriguing New Rumors About the Opening of the Next Bond Movie

Guy Ritchie’s Aladdin casts a mysterious new character. Rian Johnson talks Kylo Ren’s adolescent anger in The Last Jedi. Get a look at Frank Castle’s past in a new Punisher image. Plus, Supergirl is getting some flashbacks next season, and clips from Inhumans and the season finale of Preacher. To me, my Spoilers! Bond 25…

Television James Whitbrook Sep 6

Hurricane Irma Now ‘Potentially Catastrophic’ With Winds Hitting at Least 185 Miles Per Hour

Category 5 Hurricane Irma is currently barreling through the Atlantic Ocean and is now considered the strongest recorded storm in the Atlantic basin outside of the Caribbean Sea or Gulf of Mexico, the Weather Channel reported Tuesday night. “I am at a complete and utter loss for words looking at Irma’s appearance on satellite imagery,”…

Climate Change Tom McKay Sep 5

FCC Extends Comment Deadline on Ajit Pai’s Proposal to Slash Broadband Standards

Senate Democrats are resisting the Federal Communications Commission and its Donald Trump-appointed chief Ajit Pai’s proposals to radically change national standards governing access to and the quality of home broadband, Ars Technica reported, but it’s unclear whether they will be able to do more than stall him. Pai’s proposal would change Barack Obama-era standards implemented…

Tech News Tom McKay Sep 5

In 1977, George Lucas Said He Wanted to Direct the Last Star Wars Movie

With Colin Trevorrow no longer directing Star Wars: Episode IX, everyone has begun speculating like crazy about who could take over. J.J. Abrams? Ava DuVernay? Rian Johnson? Well, one pretty prominent director called it 40 years ago: George Lucas. In 1977, a few months after the first Star Wars was released and became a massive…

io9 Germain Lussier Sep 5

Twins Hide a Terrible Secret in the Gloriously Goth Trailer for The Lodgers

The atmospheric trailer for Irish horror film The Lodgers recalls films like The Others and Crimson Peak, with siblings living alone in a dusty mansion that is most definitely haunted, both by the secrets of the past and supernatural forces. Whether or not the twins are good or evil—or who, exactly, the title refers to—are…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Sep 5

How Batman: The Animated Series Changed the Way We Think About Superhero Adaptations

It’s not an exaggeration to say that, 25 years ago, a cartoon about Batman transformed the boundaries of what was considered possible when bringing a comic-book hero to a new medium. A quarter of a century ago, on this date, Batman: The Animated Series made its debut on TV screens across the world. I remember…

io9 Evan Narcisse Sep 5

Man Behind Crowdfunded Submarine Now Says He Intentionally Sunk Ship After Journalist’s Death

On Monday, reporters were allowed to hear Peter Madsen’s version of the events that led to the death of the journalist Kim Wall aboard crowdfunded submarine, the UC3 Nautilus. At a court hearing in Copenhagen, Madsen claimed that Wall was accidentally struck on the head by a heavy hatch and he maintains that he is…

Tech News Rhett Jones Sep 5

Colin Trevorrow Is No Longer Directing Star Wars Episode IX (UPDATED)

Lucasfilm just announced that Colin Trevorrow is no longer directing Star Wars: Episode IX. The following was posted onto StarWars.com Lucasfilm and Colin Trevorrow have mutually chosen to part ways on Star Wars: Episode IX. Colin has been a wonderful collaborator throughout the development process but we have all come to the conclusion that our…

io9 Germain Lussier Sep 5

The Director of Kong: Skull Island Gives Some Harsh, Funny Criticisms of His Own Film

We love it when filmmakers admit they’ve made mistakes, but none have done it quite like this. Jordan Vogt-Roberts, the director of Kong: Skull Island, got a lot of recognition last month when he went on a multi-day Twitter rant against the YouTube channel CinemaSins. It produced a nearly 20-minute video about his movie, and…

io9 Germain Lussier Sep 5

The Boston Red Sox Have Finally Found a Good Reason to Own an Apple Watch

Smartwatches have long felt like a gadget in search of a purpose. However, it seems the Boston Red Sox have finally discovered one thing they are actually good at: cheating. According to complaint filed by New York Yankees’ general manager Brian Cashman and later corroborated by Major League Baseball, it seems the Boston Red Sox…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford Sep 5

Zika Virus Kills Brain Cancer Cells in Mice

The Zika virus played the role of 2016’s worst health story. At the center of that story was the virus’ heartbreaking link to microcephalic babies when it infected their pregnant mothers. But sometimes, the worst vectors can still be used for good. A team of researchers in the United States found that the Zika virus…

Health Ryan F. Mandelbaum Sep 5

What’s Your Favorite Original Title, Before It Got Changed?

Not every TV show, book, or movie starts with the name we eventually come to know it as. We didn’t see The Vengeance of Khan in movie theaters, and Nowhere didn’t come to puzzle us in the way it did as Lost would. Title changes are a weird world of what might have been—so tell us…

io9 James Whitbrook Sep 5

Bram Stoker’s Great-Grand Nephew Is Writing a Dracula Prequel Movie

When you think of Count Dracula, one of the first things that comes to mind is blood—so it’s only fitting that the latest Dracula movie is being written by a man who shares some with the character’s creator. Dacre Stoker, the great-grand nephew of Dracula author Bram Stoker, is co-writing a Dracula prequel movie called…

io9 Germain Lussier Sep 5

How Hurricane Irma Became Such a Monster

Why the Hell Would Anyone Use a Trackball Mouse?

Write a Short Story About the Economics of the Future and You Could Win $12,000

Lobbyists Sure Love Trump’s Expensive Golf Courses for Some Reason

A Religious Site Game of Thrones Filmed at Can’t Bear the Crushing Weight of the Show’s Fans

France Wants to Ban All Fossil Fuel Production By 2040

There’s a Kingsman Comic All About… Brexit?

Intriguing New Rumors About the Opening of the Next Bond Movie

Hurricane Irma Now ‘Potentially Catastrophic’ With Winds Hitting at Least 185 Miles Per Hour

FCC Extends Comment Deadline on Ajit Pai’s Proposal to Slash Broadband Standards

In 1977, George Lucas Said He Wanted to Direct the Last Star Wars Movie

Twins Hide a Terrible Secret in the Gloriously Goth Trailer for The Lodgers

How Batman: The Animated Series Changed the Way We Think About Superhero Adaptations

Man Behind Crowdfunded Submarine Now Says He Intentionally Sunk Ship After Journalist’s Death

Colin Trevorrow Is No Longer Directing Star Wars Episode IX (UPDATED)

The Director of Kong: Skull Island Gives Some Harsh, Funny Criticisms of His Own Film

The Boston Red Sox Have Finally Found a Good Reason to Own an Apple Watch

Zika Virus Kills Brain Cancer Cells in Mice

What’s Your Favorite Original Title, Before It Got Changed?

Bram Stoker’s Great-Grand Nephew Is Writing a Dracula Prequel Movie

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