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Oh Great, Another Way Humans Are Screwing With Pollinators

On Monday, the USDA brought us some much needed good news, when it reported data suggesting that honeybees might finally be bouncing back from colony collapse disorder. Today, a team of scientists countered with some seriously bummer pollinator news. A new study published in the journal Nature indicates that artificial light pollution might be a…

Tech News Emily Lipstein Aug 3

The WannaCry Ransomware Attackers Are Cashing Out Their Bitcoin at a Dangerous Time

When the WannaCry ransomware attack hit back in May, it was really good at causing chaos but not so great at generating ransom money. Some analysts said that the attackers were amateurish in their methods. If the people behind the malware are as clumsy as they seem, they should be worried, because they recently started…

Privacy & Security Rhett Jones Aug 3

In the New Harley Quinn and Batman Comic, Classic Harley Gets an Important, Modern Update

Though the Batman and Harley Quinn animated movie and its tie-in comics are brand new, everything about them, from their visual aesthetic to the tone of their dialogue, feels as if they were plucked right out of Batman: The Animated Series. That fact alone made at least the first issue of the comics series fun…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Aug 3

How To Block Super Annoying Website Notification Requests In Chrome

Nowadays every other goddamn site does it. You’re browsing the web, open a tab here, click a link there, and wham: Watchcartoons wants to 🔔! show notifications. YouTube wants to 🔔! show notifications. Facebook aches to—it must—🔔! show notifications. So what do you do? You block them, that’s what you do. God forbid you accidentally…

Gadgets Harri Weber Aug 3

The Dark Tower Turns an Epic Fantasy Into a Shockingly Mundane Movie

The biggest problem with The Dark Tower movie is that when it ends, you don’t feel the need to see more. Unlike the epic books that inspired it, the movie is streamlined to be one complete story. Hypothetically, this should be a good thing. But with The Dark Tower, that process removes any gravitas needed…

io9 Germain Lussier Aug 3

You Can Stream Thousands of Movies for Free With a New York Public Library Card

Starting Friday, anyone with a New York Public Library or Brooklyn Public Library will be able to stream thousands of awesome movies, including the entire Criterion Collection. Why? Because libraries are awesome, that’s why. Truth be told, New York is playing a bit of catch up, after Los Angeles offered its public library card holders…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Aug 3

It Was Bryan Fuller’s Idea for the Star Trek: Discovery Novel To Be a Prequel to the Prequel

Bryan Fuller may no longer be involved in CBS’ Star Trek: Discovery, but his legacy in building the series can still be found, even in the most unexpected ways. This includes the topic of its first tie-in novel. At the Star Trek Las Vegas convention, publisher Simon & Schuster unveiled the cover and plot details…

io9 Beth Elderkin Aug 3

Watch Metallic Birthday Balloons Touch a Power Line and Explode Like a Grenade

If a looming helium shortage isn’t enough to dissuade you from getting balloons for your next birthday party, consider the consequences if they escape from their ribbon moorings and end up brushing against some high-voltage power lines. You might be safer decorating for your kid’s party with hand grenades. This incident was filmed in Long…

Sploid Andrew Liszewski Aug 3

How to Read a Silicon Valley Diversity Report So You Don’t Get Hoodwinked

On Tuesday, Facebook released its annual diversity report with a mighty claim. For the first time in three years, the company said it actually increased its proportion of black employees, from 2 percent to 3 percent. But here’s the thing: Facebook hasn’t released the hard numbers that would actually prove that. By omitting this crucial…

Tech News Sidney Fussell Aug 3

The Trailer for the Next Telltale Batman Game Shows a Sadistic Riddler and Very Cool Surprises

Last year, Telltale Games’ episodic Batman game confidently carved its own unique interpretation of the Dark Knight mythos by shaking things up and doing the unexpected. The new trailer for the Bat-sequel teases more of the same. In the just-released promo clip, Edward Nigma—if that’s who this Riddler is—menaces Gotham’s citizens; he’s a rising threat…

io9 Evan Narcisse Aug 3

Facebook’s Latest Solution to Fake News? More Machines, Baby

Take a shot every time Facebook evades editorial accountability. On Thursday, Facebook announced that it is going to use “updated machine learning” algorithms in order to better spot and counter misinformation on its platform. The company says it will use its existing third-party fact checkers to review stories that the new algorithm flags, and their…

Social Media Melanie Ehrenkranz Aug 3

Thor: Ragnarok Has Turned the Asgardians Into Gods Again

There’s a moment in the newest Thor: Ragnarok trailer that suggests something fascinating about the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As Hela gleefully chokes the life out Thor, she takes a moment to remind him just who and what she is. She is not a queen. She is not a monster. She is the…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Aug 3

Book Purists, It’s Finally Time to Give Up and Start Watching Game of Thrones

Hello, folks! Remember how I thought I was going to turn in a mail column last week after working 10 days in a row, most of which were spent covering the San Diego Comic-Con? Oh, to be so young and naive again. Hopefully this week makes up for it by answering why Fantastic Four movies…

io9 Rob Bricken Aug 3

Scientists Just Discovered the Oldest Asteroid Family Ever

For billions of years, the Solar System’s asteroids have been involved in an endless game of bumper cars, smashing into each other and splintering into smaller bits. But get this—astronomers have just detected a clump of asteroids that has managed, quite miraculously, to stay intact since they first formed some four billion years ago. The…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky Aug 3

Physicists Prove 40-Year-Old Prediction With Incredible Neutrino Observation

Physicists make a lot of statements about stuff they hope will happen, but might not happen in their lifetimes. One physicist, for example, thought that in certain cases, the incredibly common but hard-to-detect neutrino particles would somehow make entire atomic nuclei wiggle. He thought it a silly idea to even propose, given how difficult such…

Physics & Chemistry Ryan F. Mandelbaum Aug 3

The Dark Tower TV Show Now Has a Showrunner

We’ve barely heard anything about the plans to bring Stephen King’s Dark Tower world to the small screen since it was announced, to the point that no one was sure if it was still happening. But the show has taken a big step forward today, with the announcement that The Walking Dead’s Glen Mazzara will…

io9 James Whitbrook Aug 3

Goddamn These Star Wars Sneakers Are Awesome

Few things are as unapologetically geeky as wearing pop-culture themed shoes. And if you’re into that kind of thing, Sperry just announced some super sweet Star Wars ones. Available in five different styles—including bright colors with subtle designs as well as bold, original Ralph McQuarrie concept art—there’s something for every fan. These will go on…

io9 Germain Lussier Aug 3

Incredibly Well-Preserved Fossil Changes Our Understanding of Armored Dinosaurs

On a fateful day in the Early Cretaceous, a large, four-legged armored dinosaur dropped dead on a beach in what is now modern day Alberta. The remains of this 18-foot-long beast drifted out to sea and eventually sank, where it became buried in a thick layer of mud. Over time, the dinosaur became petrified, its…

Tech News George Dvorsky Aug 3

Intel Has No Idea What to Do With VR, but It’s Fun to Watch It Try

Virtual Reality is tech’s biggest question mark. Could it become a mainstream medium, like movies or video games, or something completely different? A lot of people have tried and failed to answer that question, and while Intel’s VR Happy Hour at the New Museum on Tuesday is no exception, roleplaying as a tree and directing…

Gadgets Zach Ezer Aug 3

An Old-School Voltron Set Is Officially Coming to Lego

A little over a year after len_d69’s custom Lego Voltron set was submitted to the Lego Ideas platform, the toymaker has officially decided to put it into production after the fantastic model of the five transforming robots from the original animated series successfully received 10,000 votes of support from fans. https://gizmodo.com/lego-would-break-the-internet-if-it-made-this-voltron-s-1772526744 It always feels corny…

io9 Andrew Liszewski Aug 3

Oh Great, Another Way Humans Are Screwing With Pollinators

The WannaCry Ransomware Attackers Are Cashing Out Their Bitcoin at a Dangerous Time

In the New Harley Quinn and Batman Comic, Classic Harley Gets an Important, Modern Update

How To Block Super Annoying Website Notification Requests In Chrome

The Dark Tower Turns an Epic Fantasy Into a Shockingly Mundane Movie

You Can Stream Thousands of Movies for Free With a New York Public Library Card

It Was Bryan Fuller’s Idea for the Star Trek: Discovery Novel To Be a Prequel to the Prequel

Watch Metallic Birthday Balloons Touch a Power Line and Explode Like a Grenade

How to Read a Silicon Valley Diversity Report So You Don’t Get Hoodwinked

The Trailer for the Next Telltale Batman Game Shows a Sadistic Riddler and Very Cool Surprises

Facebook’s Latest Solution to Fake News? More Machines, Baby

Thor: Ragnarok Has Turned the Asgardians Into Gods Again

Book Purists, It’s Finally Time to Give Up and Start Watching Game of Thrones

Scientists Just Discovered the Oldest Asteroid Family Ever

Physicists Prove 40-Year-Old Prediction With Incredible Neutrino Observation

The Dark Tower TV Show Now Has a Showrunner

Goddamn These Star Wars Sneakers Are Awesome

Incredibly Well-Preserved Fossil Changes Our Understanding of Armored Dinosaurs

Intel Has No Idea What to Do With VR, but It’s Fun to Watch It Try

An Old-School Voltron Set Is Officially Coming to Lego

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