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You’ve Probably Been to Null Island

A few hundred miles off the coast of Ghana is Null Island—the point of zero longitude and zero latitude. It’s not a real island in the physical sense, but data, photos, and whole people have been there, if only for a little while. How they got there comes down to shoddy programming. As Tom Scott…

Sploid Avery Ellis Jul 8 '16

DC Comics Smashes Its Toys Together for a He-Man/Thundercats Team-up Series

By the power of Grayskull, and also nostalgia! The Masters of the Universe are joining forces with the Thundercats for a brand new comic book miniseries later this year—a concentrated dose of ‘80s nostalgia so powerful, it might as well be time-travel. Revealed by Comic Book Resources today, He-Man/Thundercats will be a six-part miniseries in…

io9 James Whitbrook Jul 8 '16

The New Ghostbusters Ad-Libbed a Scene to Address Its Haters

The new Ghostbusters movie has attracted a veritable shitstorm of reactions—whether that’s based on the gender of its cast, its rebooting of a beloved franchise, or basically just existing. The end result? A scene in the movie where titular ‘busters address their haters in both the film and in reality. According to Yahoo UK, there…

io9 James Whitbrook Jul 8 '16

It’s Going to Be Tougher to Find Drinkable Water on Mars Than We Thought

Explorers hoping to find easily accessible liquid water on Mars may be out of luck. A new study questions the source of recently discovered surface water on the Red Planet, a revelation that may force Martian colonists to settle in the arctic regions where ice is plentiful. So here’s the problem: Scientists recently detected dark…

Tech News George Dvorsky Jul 8 '16

Lift Your Spirits With the Gif Party

Whatever else might be going on, it is at least a Friday, which means it’s time for the gif party. It cures what ails you. With gifs.

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Jul 8 '16

A Vast Underwater Forest Is Roasting to Death

One of the largest kelp forests on Earth is dying because of climate change. Australia’s Great Southern Reef has lost 100 kilometers of coastline to a series of extreme heatwaves from 2011 to 2013, according to research published this week in Science—and the problem is getting worse. You probably haven’t heard of the Great Southern…

Climate Change Maddie Stone Jul 8 '16

23 Years of Power Rangers Uniforms, Ranked (Part Two)

Over two decades of Power Rangers shows have brought us some amazing superhero costumes… and some less amazing ones. As dedicated followers of Ranger fashion, we’re embarking on a mad quest to rank them all, from best to worst—and that quest continues right now! Last week we brought you our top 8 Power Rangers costumes,…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta and James Whitbrook Jul 8 '16

No, Now This Is Officially the Hottest Earth Has Ever Been [CORRECTION]

It’s getting pretty hard to keep track of all the heat records we’ve been breaking recently, isn’t it? Don’t worry, we’re here to help. NOAA’s latest data reveal we just wrapped up the hottest winter the U.S. has ever seen—just like last summer (which also broke its season record), last year (another record-smasher), the year…

Climate Change Ria Misra Jul 8 '16

Sleepy Hollow‘s Fourth Season Won’t Even Be Set in Sleepy Hollow

In season three of Sleepy Hollow, the show lost not only one of its two main leads, but also the Headless Horseman, the supernatural villain at the heart of the Sleepy Hollow legend. Now, in the upcoming season four, it will even lose the setting that gives the show its name. In the wake of…

io9 Carly Lane Jul 8 '16

Dallas Police Used a Bomb Robot to Kill Suspect After Shootings

According to Dallas Police chief David Brown, after hours of negotiations failed with a cornered suspect at the El Centro College in Dallas, officers sent in a robot to detonate a bomb and kill the suspect. This is what Brown said during a Friday morning press conference: We saw no other option but to use…

Tech News Darren Orf Jul 8 '16

Did Pokémon Go Put a Gym in an Actual Graveyard? [Update]

Pokémon Go has been available in the US for a couple of days now, and by any measure it’s a runaway success. My only complaint so far is that the game keeps making me walk to weird places, and I’m not the only one. YouTuber Beware The Flood was driving around with his girlfriend looking…

Sploid Avery Ellis Jul 8 '16

Simon Pegg Responds to George Takei: Adding a New Gay Character to Star Trek Would Have Been Worse

It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster ever since the news that Hikaru Sulu, the character originally portrayed by George Takei in the original Star Trek show and played in the current movies by John Cho, would be gay in Star Trek Beyond. And now, the writer of the film, Simon Pegg, has his say.…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta Jul 8 '16

Facebook Blew It on Messenger Encryption

Facebook says it’s going to implement end-to-end encryption into its extremely popular Messenger app. Unfortunately, the company is going about it all wrong. The encryption will be require that users opt-in to use the security measure, which bows to the the FBI’s wishes, and flies in the face of what experts consider best practices. Encryption,…

Social Media William Turton Jul 8 '16

Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Banned From Operating a Lab for Two Years

The hammer has finally dropped on blood-testing startup Theranos and its beleaguered CEO Elizabeth Holmes. US federal health regulators have announced their decision to ban Holmes from operating a lab for two years, while withdrawing regulatory approval for its California lab. In a statement issued late Thursday, Theranos announced that it had received notice from…

Tech News George Dvorsky Jul 8 '16

The Walking Dead Season 7 Has Big Plans for Four Familiar Characters

Tom Holland shares the world’s coolest Spider-selfie from the set of Spider-Man Homecoming. The Lego Movie sequel gets some input from the man behind BoJack Horseman. Sleepy Hollow gains a new regular, but loses two. Plus, new pictures from Suicide Squad, and Jim Gordon battles a weird creature on the set of Gotham. Spoilers Now!…

io9 James Whitbrook Jul 8 '16

Snapchat Sued For Showing Kids Sexually Explicit Content Against Their Will

Snapchat is advertised as for ages 12 and up, but are 14-year-olds ready to see content like “10 Things He Thinks When He Can’t Make You Orgasm”? Not if you’re the anonymous 14-year-old (and his mother) who filed a class-action lawsuit claiming the material in Snapchat’s Discover section is too sexual. Unlike personal snaps sent…

Tech News Angela Chen Jul 8 '16

Spotify Wants You to Discover Music From People’s Out-Of-Office Emails

Do you remember those birthday cards that played a song when you opened them? Do you remember how they were sort of cool, but everyone closed the card immediately out of embarrassment? That is how I feel about Spotify’s new feature, which lets you create a personalized playlist to go with your out-of-office email. The…

Tech News Angela Chen Jul 8 '16

Charity Finally Discovers Venmo Loophole That Lets Everyone Spam Us

It was only a matter of time before spam came to Venmo and, frankly, it’s astonishing that it took so long to figure out the marketing secret: You can message anyone on Venmo, so long as you send them as little as one cent. Or, perhaps other companies figured it out much earlier and decided…

Tech News Angela Chen Jul 8 '16

Report: Police, Not ‘Technical Glitch’ to Blame for Removal of Philando Castile Video from Facebook

Though Facebook blamed the removal of a video showing the shooting of Philando Castile on a “technical glitch,” a new report suggests the “glitch” may have been deliberate police intervention. On Wednesday, Diamond Reynolds posted live footage of the shooting of the 32-year-old Castile, her boyfriend, to Facebook, where it quickly went viral before disappearing.…

Social Media Angela Chen Jul 8 '16

The Lines in This Trippy Illusion Aren’t Actually Moving Around

I’m not blind, I can totally see that the square is moving. First, it tilts to the right side and then it tilts to the left side, like a seesaw of sorts. But it’s actually a mind-bending illusion that makes you think it’s moving. The parts that make up the lines are actually just “drifting,”…

Sploid Casey Chan Jul 7 '16

You’ve Probably Been to Null Island

DC Comics Smashes Its Toys Together for a He-Man/Thundercats Team-up Series

The New Ghostbusters Ad-Libbed a Scene to Address Its Haters

It’s Going to Be Tougher to Find Drinkable Water on Mars Than We Thought

Lift Your Spirits With the Gif Party

A Vast Underwater Forest Is Roasting to Death

23 Years of Power Rangers Uniforms, Ranked (Part Two)

No, Now This Is Officially the Hottest Earth Has Ever Been [CORRECTION]

Sleepy Hollow‘s Fourth Season Won’t Even Be Set in Sleepy Hollow

Dallas Police Used a Bomb Robot to Kill Suspect After Shootings

Did Pokémon Go Put a Gym in an Actual Graveyard? [Update]

Simon Pegg Responds to George Takei: Adding a New Gay Character to Star Trek Would Have Been Worse

Facebook Blew It on Messenger Encryption

Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Banned From Operating a Lab for Two Years

The Walking Dead Season 7 Has Big Plans for Four Familiar Characters

Snapchat Sued For Showing Kids Sexually Explicit Content Against Their Will

Spotify Wants You to Discover Music From People’s Out-Of-Office Emails

Charity Finally Discovers Venmo Loophole That Lets Everyone Spam Us

Report: Police, Not ‘Technical Glitch’ to Blame for Removal of Philando Castile Video from Facebook

The Lines in This Trippy Illusion Aren’t Actually Moving Around

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