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Lab-Grown Livers Might Save Lives Sooner Than You Think

Since at least the first time a man got on stage at a TED talk and 3D-printed a human kidney, the idea that one day we might simply grow new body parts to replace our old, out-of-service ones has existed in the collective consciousness as the pinnacle of biomedical achievement. But what if you didn’t…

Tech News Kristen V. Brown Jul 19

River Song Takes the Lead in a New Doctor Who Comic Special

In Titan Comics’ upcoming special Doctor Who: The Lost Dimension, the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Doctors will work together in order to do battle with The Void, the vacuous space between all dimensions that’s consuming the multiverse. But when the Doctors face the Void this fall, they won’t be alone. Today, Doctor Who comics…

Books & Comics Charles Pulliam-Moore Jul 19

Baltimore Cop Plays Himself by Seemingly Planting Drugs in Front of Body Cam [UPDATED]

On Tuesday, Baltimore news outlets shared footage from a January drug bust where an officer appeared to record himself planting drugs he would later say belonged to a suspect. The video, posted by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton, is staggering: While on, Axon body cameras enter “buffering” mode, allowing them to save up to 30…

Tech News Sidney Fussell Jul 19

Scientists Just Observed an Effect of Gravity on Tiny Particles For the First Time

Bad news: Humans will probably never explore the area around a black hole, at least while you’re alive. That’s mostly because most black holes are too far away, and even if we could travel to them, it’s unlikely we’d survive their gravitational pull. That means that if we want to study the wacky effects extreme…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum Jul 19

The Coolest Details From Steven Universe‘s Gorgeous New Art Book

The world of Steven Universe is jam-packed with details fans have been dying to know about the series for years, whether its about the series’ wonderful world-building or behind-the-scenes tales of how the show became the phenomenon it is today. The recently released Steven Universe: Art and Origins has given us our first real taste of…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook and Charles Pulliam-Moore Jul 19

Telltale’s Next Batman Game Pits the Dark Knight Against the Riddler

Telltale Games is returning to Gotham, and sooner than you think—alongside new games based on their ongoing The Walking Dead series and their Fables adaptation, The Wolf Among Us, the game developer has confirmed a new Batman series is beginning this summer, pitting Bruce against the Riddler. Beginning August 8, Batman: The Enemy Within sees Riddler,…

io9 James Whitbrook Jul 19

Luke and Rey Are the First Star Wars: The Last Jedi Action Figures

It’s nearly time for a new Star Wars movie, which means we’re even closer to emptying our wallets all over some new Star Wars toys in the run up—and the show for The Last Jedi is kicking off a little early at Comic-Con with the change to get not one, but two new figures from…

io9 James Whitbrook Jul 19

Check Out How Samsung Describes Its Male and Female Bixby Assistants [UPDATED]

After months of delays, Samsung’s much ballyhooed voice assistant Bixby is here—and users on social media are already noticing the company’s loaded, sexist characterizations of its female and male voices. Inside Bixby’s “language and speaking style” menu, Samsung describes its female voice as “chipper” and “cheerful,” while the male voice is described as “confident” and…

Gadgets Alejandro Alba Jul 19

Something Fishy Is Going On in the First Trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water

The first trailer has arrived for Guillermo del Toro’s latest adult fairy tale, The Shape of Water, promising a gorgeous and intense spectacle about a deaf woman’s unlikely friendship (and possible romance) with an imprisoned fish-man. Dive in. The Shape of Water stars Sally Hawkins as Elisa, a deaf woman who works as a cleaning…

Trailers Beth Elderkin Jul 19

Stop Reading Into Tropical Storms Don and Hilary

Meteorologists are currently tracking a pair of weather systems, a tropical storm named Don that appears to be on its way out, and an emerging system that will be dubbed Hilary should it continue to gain strength. While the names given to these storms might seem deliberate, they’re actually the product of a naming convention…

Tech News George Dvorsky Jul 19

Controversial Treatment Appears to Reverse Brain Damage in Drowned Toddler

Fifteen minutes beneath 41-degree Fahrenheit water is a crippling experience, and possibly death sentence for a two-year-old. These are just not conditions that children generally survive. But a controversial treatment may have played the role in saving Eden Carlson’s life. The girl fell into her family’s pool in February 2016, according to Newsweek, and showed…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum Jul 19

It’s Worth Buying T2 Again For This Fantastic Terminator Arm Replica

It sucks having to re-buy your favorite movies every time a new format comes out. But this new Terminator 2 box set not only gets you one of the greatest action movies of all time in glorious 4K, it also comes with a limited edition metal T-800 endoskeleton arm that brings you one step closer…

Movies Andrew Liszewski Jul 19

This LSD-Fueled Rick and Morty Trailer May Actually Give You a Contact High

With Rick and Morty being just days away from its third season premiere, Justin Roiland and Cartoon Network have been dropping a series of weird, unsettling shorts to get everyone back in the mood, as it were. This new trailer for the show’s upcoming third season, however, takes it about 1800 steps further. In it,…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Jul 19

Samsung Galaxy S8’s Killer Feature Lands Months Late

Samsung’s AI assistant Bixby is finally available in the US—months late. But, hey, at least it doesn’t explode. Akin to Google’s Assistant and Amazon’s Alexa, Bixby is a voice service that lives inside the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus smartphones. It was first announced in March and was supposed to arrive by the end of…

Gadgets Alejandro Alba Jul 19

Our First Look at the Han Solo Movie’s Take on Lando Calrissian

Ant-Man and the Wasp adds a mysterious new star. Silver and Black could be recruiting some very obscure Marvel heroes. Rian Johnson revealed a word from Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s opening crawl. Plus, tons and tons of Comic-Con posters, glorious new images from Black Panther, and Aquaman starts building a lighthouse. Spoilers now! Han…

Television James Whitbrook and Gordon Jackson Jul 19

Lawsuit: Over 99 Percent of Uber’s NYC Cars Inaccessible to People With Disabilities

Getting rid of CEO Travis Kalanick has apparently not magically resolved all of ride-hailing giant Uber’s many, many problems, with the company now facing a lawsuit in New York over its near-total lack of cars accessible to people with wheelchairs. Disability Rights Advocates filed a lawsuit in the State Supreme Court on Tuesday on behalf…

Tech News Tom McKay Jul 18

White House Endorses FCC Chair Ajit Pai’s Quest to Murder Net Neutrality

In between reeling from the catastrophic failure of the Republican plan to repeal Obamacare and hiding climate scientists from Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump’s administration found time on Tuesday to signal FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s bullshit plan to destroy net neutrality has its full backing. Deputy White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters they…

Tech News Tom McKay Jul 18

Relive All of RoboCop With This Single Poster

Scott Park’s art is always notable for its careful indexing of everything you could ever want to see of a given subject. Want to see pop culture’s most famous cars in Mad Max’s world? The badass women of film? How about every Star Wars vehicle, to scale? Well now, Park has illustrated all the moments…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Jul 18

Apple’s Patented iPhone Panic Button Might Not Make You Much Safer

Could future iPhones come with a built-in panic button to discreetly summon the cops? It’s certainly a possibility, judging by Apple’s recent patent filings. According to a patent granted to Apple on Tuesday for “Biometric Initiated Communication,” the panic button could operate from a number of inputs including “a particular finger or finger sequence,” “a…

Tech News Tom McKay Jul 18

Russian Government Investigating Fidget Spinners, a ‘Political Technology’ That ‘Controls Children’

In America, we regularly endure news reports about some sort of War on Christmas, so don’t feel too smug. But in Russia, there’s currently an effort to paint fidget spinners as a devious plot by the opposition to “zombify” kids using “political technologies.” https://gizmodo.com/we-regret-to-inform-you-that-fidget-spinners-are-now-ex-1796513329 The man saying those silly quotes is Ruslan Ostashko, the editor…

Tech News Rhett Jones Jul 18

Lab-Grown Livers Might Save Lives Sooner Than You Think

River Song Takes the Lead in a New Doctor Who Comic Special

Baltimore Cop Plays Himself by Seemingly Planting Drugs in Front of Body Cam [UPDATED]

Scientists Just Observed an Effect of Gravity on Tiny Particles For the First Time

The Coolest Details From Steven Universe‘s Gorgeous New Art Book

Telltale’s Next Batman Game Pits the Dark Knight Against the Riddler

Luke and Rey Are the First Star Wars: The Last Jedi Action Figures

Check Out How Samsung Describes Its Male and Female Bixby Assistants [UPDATED]

Something Fishy Is Going On in the First Trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water

Stop Reading Into Tropical Storms Don and Hilary

Controversial Treatment Appears to Reverse Brain Damage in Drowned Toddler

It’s Worth Buying T2 Again For This Fantastic Terminator Arm Replica

This LSD-Fueled Rick and Morty Trailer May Actually Give You a Contact High

Samsung Galaxy S8’s Killer Feature Lands Months Late

Our First Look at the Han Solo Movie’s Take on Lando Calrissian

Lawsuit: Over 99 Percent of Uber’s NYC Cars Inaccessible to People With Disabilities

White House Endorses FCC Chair Ajit Pai’s Quest to Murder Net Neutrality

Relive All of RoboCop With This Single Poster

Apple’s Patented iPhone Panic Button Might Not Make You Much Safer

Russian Government Investigating Fidget Spinners, a ‘Political Technology’ That ‘Controls Children’

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