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Listen to Tom Cruise Scream Aimlessly in The Mummy Trailer Without Its Music or Sound Effects

When the first trailer for The Mummy dropped a few weeks ago, it was, like most action movie trailers, a cacophony of sound and fury… but thanks to a delightful IMAX goof, now we sort of can imagine what it sounds like during filming, which it turns out is kind of silly. Overnight IMAX accidentally…

Movies James Whitbrook Dec 20 '16

Our Next Trip to Saturn Will Be to Search for Alien Life

As the Cassini spacecraft executes its final daredevil maneuvers, scientists on both sides of the Atlantic are already thinking about the next mission to Saturn. But this time around, nobody’s talking about studying the gas giant itself. They’re talking about hunting for life in Saturn’s rings. Two Saturnian moons—Titan, a world of frigid methane seas,…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone Dec 20 '16

Dick Van Dyke Will Be in Mary Poppins Returns

Please let him be doing the accent, please let him be doing the accent. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter for a series called “Creative Until You Die”—about people still working in creative fields even though they’re over 90—Van Dyke said, “This one supposedly takes place 20 years later and the kids are all grown up.…

Movies Katharine Trendacosta Dec 20 '16

Another Major Planet Hulk Connection In Thor: Ragnarok Has Been Revealed

A crazy rumor about an original Power Ranger appearing in the new movie has emerged. Vincent D’Onofrio wants his own Marvel Netflix show. Plus, new looks at Wonder Woman and A Monster Calls, and big storylines are on the way for Castiel in Supernatural. To me, my Spoilers! Thor: Ragnarok Taika Waititi confirmed that at…

Television James Whitbrook Dec 20 '16

How to Safely Delete Private Data Forever

If you’re erasing sensitive files from a computer, you probably want them gone forever and far beyond the reach of data recovery tools. Unfortunately, that’s not what happens all of the time. Here are some simple steps you can take to make sure your files are deleted permanently. When you hit delete on a file, in…

Gadgets David Nield Dec 20 '16

Families of Orlando Victims Sue Google, Facebook and Twitter for Giving ISIS ‘Material Support’

Six months after a gunman walked into Orlando’s Pulse nightclub and opened fire, families representing three of his victims have sued the world’s biggest social media sites, accusing them of providing ISIS with “material support.” According to the lawsuit, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube (which is owned by Google) all “provided the terrorist group ISIS with…

Tech News Hudson Hongo Dec 19 '16

Tim Cook on Why He Went to That Awkward Trump Meeting

Under normal circumstances, business leaders meeting with America’s future President would just be business as usual. When those leaders represent the liberal stronghold of Silicon Valley and that future President is Donald Trump, however, it’s anything but. https://gizmodo.com/tech-god-arrives-to-kneel-at-trump-s-throne-updating-1790091201 So after Tim Cook and other top tech executives met with the President-elect last week, the Apple…

Tech News Hudson Hongo Dec 19 '16

A Slasher Crashes an Ugly Sweater Party in Holiday Horror Short Do You See What I See?

When a high-maintenance hostess throws an ugly Christmas sweater party, the worst things that can happen are paralyzingly banal small talk and a broken glass of eggnog. That is, until a masked killer with mysterious motivations suddenly starts carving up the guests. Co-directed by Justin McConnell and Serena Whitney, Do You See What I See?…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Dec 19 '16

The First Script for Rogue One Had a Completely Different Ending

If you’ve seen Rogue One, you probably noticed that much of what’s in the trailers is not in the movie. That’s because the movie took a lot of time reshooting and reworking its third act. However, none of that comes close to how different the ending of the original script was. An ending that was…

Movies Germain Lussier Dec 19 '16

The Power Rangers Movie Is Already Getting a Sequel in Comic Book Form

Presumably, this one isn’t counted in the seven actual sequels Lionsgate is hoping it can make after the movie. https://gizmodo.com/lionsgate-wants-to-make-up-to-seven-power-rangers-movie-1778914263 Boom Studios has announced a brand new graphic novel, due out the week after Power Rangers hits theaters in March. Power Rangers Aftershock, while not offering any details about the movie itself, will be written…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook Dec 19 '16

Six New Lego Batman Movie Posters Just Make It Look Better and Better

Only two more months remain until The Lego Batman Movie is here, and if it’s half as good as The Lego Movie, it’ll end up being one of the best Batman movies yet. Ranking Batmen aside, Warner Bros. has released six characters posters for the film, which contain a little quip and reminder of the…

io9 Germain Lussier Dec 19 '16

Mark Zuckerberg’s Custom Smart Home Is Just as Stupid as the Rest of Them

Mark Zuckerberg is known to start each year by setting aggressive personal goals for himself. This year, he announced he was going to build an artificial intelligence (AI) that would help him control things around his smart home, like turning on the lights, starting home appliances, and playing music on various speakers. He named the…

Social Media Michael Nunez Dec 19 '16

The Wet Hot American Summer People Are Making a ‘Love Boat, But in Space’ TV Show

The team behind Wet Hot American Summer is making a comedy called Moon Cruise about, well, a cruise ship in space. Around the moon, presumably. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the new show will air on TBS and star Michael Ian Black and he’ll executive produce along with Michael Showalter, Jonathan Stern, and David Wain.…

Television Katharine Trendacosta Dec 19 '16

There’s More to The Man in the High Castle’s Alternate Universes Than You Realize

Man in the High Castle season two is going all-in on the presence of alternate universes. The show came back on Friday, and it used alternate universes to create parallels between characters in ways you wouldn’t expect. Following season one, there was a lot of speculation on who the titular man would be. In season…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Dec 19 '16

Justice League Action Gives Us the Batman-Superman Fight We Actually Wanted

Batman v Superman might have gone the darker, Martha-laden route for its scrap between the Man of Steel and the Dark Knight, but Justice League Action goes for a much more fun one: DC Comics by the way of Street Fighter. We saw a little bit from the front of this clip before Justice League…

io9 James Whitbrook Dec 19 '16

Ordinary People Are the Best Part of Rogue One

It’s long been a fact of life that the Force-wielders in the science-fiction saga created by George Lucas pull more attention than other characters in the fiction. The flashy powers and mythic architecture surrounding Jedi and Sith scratch the itches for action and metaphor most handily. But the bulk of the people fighting for freedom…

io9 Evan Narcisse Dec 19 '16

Rare Footage of a Deep Sea Ghost Shark is Creepy as Hell

Remotely operated vehicle surveys off the coast of California and Hawaii have produced several observations of a large deep sea ghost shark known as a “pointy-nosed blue chimaera.” The resulting video footage is the first-ever recorded of this elusive species in its natural habitat. Ghost sharks, or what marine biologists call chimaeras, are a family…

Tech News George Dvorsky Dec 19 '16

Dead Bodies, Forbidden Romance, and Tears Abound in the Riverdale Trailer

I have no idea what version of Archie this show is supposed to be based on, but I’m kind of in love with how balls-to-the wall bananas they’ve gone with it. It’s meant to be all Twin Peaks-y and atmospheric, but instead it’s like every teen drama ever made threw up into the same puddle.…

Television Katharine Trendacosta Dec 19 '16

How the Casting of Jennifer Lawrence Transformed Passengers

All movies go through a lot of changes before they hit the screen. There are rewrites, recastings, edits, studio notes—but one of the biggest changes that the upcoming scifi film Passengers went through is when the most famous and recognizable actress on the planet, Jennifer Lawrence, decided to join the project. When writer Jon Spaihts…

Movies Germain Lussier Dec 19 '16

How To Care For Your Cast Iron Skillet With Science

The cast iron skillet: for the untrained, that big greasy thing you wish your roommate would put away, and for the expert, virtually the only pan that really matters. One source of controversy among skilleteers is how to actually care for the slimy metal hunk. The folks over at the American Chemical Society’s Reactions channel…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum Dec 19 '16

Listen to Tom Cruise Scream Aimlessly in The Mummy Trailer Without Its Music or Sound Effects

Our Next Trip to Saturn Will Be to Search for Alien Life

Dick Van Dyke Will Be in Mary Poppins Returns

Another Major Planet Hulk Connection In Thor: Ragnarok Has Been Revealed

How to Safely Delete Private Data Forever

Families of Orlando Victims Sue Google, Facebook and Twitter for Giving ISIS ‘Material Support’

Tim Cook on Why He Went to That Awkward Trump Meeting

A Slasher Crashes an Ugly Sweater Party in Holiday Horror Short Do You See What I See?

The First Script for Rogue One Had a Completely Different Ending

The Power Rangers Movie Is Already Getting a Sequel in Comic Book Form

Six New Lego Batman Movie Posters Just Make It Look Better and Better

Mark Zuckerberg’s Custom Smart Home Is Just as Stupid as the Rest of Them

The Wet Hot American Summer People Are Making a ‘Love Boat, But in Space’ TV Show

There’s More to The Man in the High Castle’s Alternate Universes Than You Realize

Justice League Action Gives Us the Batman-Superman Fight We Actually Wanted

Ordinary People Are the Best Part of Rogue One

Rare Footage of a Deep Sea Ghost Shark is Creepy as Hell

Dead Bodies, Forbidden Romance, and Tears Abound in the Riverdale Trailer

How the Casting of Jennifer Lawrence Transformed Passengers

How To Care For Your Cast Iron Skillet With Science

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