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This Is the Worst Lie Your Computer Tells You

A watched pot never boils, and a watched download never finishes. Honestly, I’d rather my laptop just say “hey, chill, working on it” than give the kind of false hope it seems to specialize in. [Doghouse Diaries]

Books & Comics Brian Barrett

Trash Fights Back: The scariest monsters made of garbage!

Is there anything scarier than a garbage monster? If you even survived a trash-monster attack, you’d have to take one continuous shower for a week to feel clean afterwards. Plus some garbage monsters contain a lot of rusty metal. The only way to protect yourself from a garbage monster attack is to know how to…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

All-Star Superman: You will believe a man can make you cry

Zack Snyder only dreams he could make a Superman movie as stunning, as fun and as moving as All-Star Superman, the direct-to-DVD movie that hit stores yesterday. This is how you make Superman relevant again: with great storytelling. Spoilers ahead… All-Star Superman is an adaptation of a twelve-issue miniseries of the same name by Grant…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The Legend of Koizumi: Japanese Politics, Mahjong Action and Space Nazis

In Dragon Ball, probably the most famous action manga of all time, the characters fighting those deadly-serious battles have names like Vegeta, Trunks, Freeza and Kiwi. There’s no deep meaning behind naming the characters after vegetables, clothes and food – it’s just silly puns, and a mnemonic device to create names that Japanese 14-year-olds taking…

io9 Jason Thompson

Mark Zuckerberg Is the Hero in His Own Comic Book

Blue Water Comics just released a biographical comic about Mark Zuckerberg. Seriously. The intent of the comic is to paint a fair portrait of the Facebook founder. What? Like The Social Network wasn’t fair?! [Mashable]

Social Media Casey Chan

Graphic.ly Comics Brings Marvel Comics to Android for the First Time

Graphic.ly is a comic book reader app (already available on iOS) that has just made its way over to the Android Market. Along with offering 2,000 comic books from 150 different publishers, Graphic.ly is bringing Marvel comics—Spiderman, X-Men, Hulk etc—to Android for the first time. Reading is made easy with the ‘Graphic.ly View’ which let…

Books & Comics Casey Chan

Why We Don’t Deserve Flying Cars

Sure, we all want flying cars—and may actually be closer than you think to flriving them—but honestly, first can’t we take a minute and appreciate how awesome everything is already? [xkcd] https://gizmodo.com/faa-exemption-moves-flying-car-closer-to-road-ready-5573552

Books & Comics Brian Barrett

R.I.P. Dwayne McDuffie, the man who helped save superheroes from irrelevance

Dwayne McDuffie’s work is a huge reason why many of us still care about superheroes, and comics generally. He reportedly died today, of unknown causes. He co-founded Milestone Comics, which gave us a diverse group of superheroes and other heroes — but also made superheroes fascinating and relevant, at a time in the early 1990s…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Batman

You think you know Batman? The Caped Crusader’s mysteries are much deeper than you’ve ever fathomed. Over 60-odd years, in an assortment of media, Batman has gone in some incredibly weird directions. Here are 10 Bat-facts you didn’t know. [io9]

Movies io9

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Batman

You think you know Batman? The Caped Crusader’s mysteries are much deeper than you’ve ever fathomed. Over 60-odd years, in an assortment of media, Batman has gone in some incredibly weird directions. Here are 10 Bat-facts you didn’t know. 1) Batman only met Hitler once. At least during World War II. While other superheroes were…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Comic Wednesday brings us Orange Lanterns and an Infinity Gauntlet

Comic book Wednesday always delivers the most prescient fashions. Who wouldn’t want to sport a dapper Orange Lantern (your friends will be so envious!) or a gem-encrusted Infinity Gauntlet (that Soul Gem is 24 carat!). Let this week’s comic haul teach you that superheroes wear more than spandex. First Issues If burly, super-manly dudes are…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Fantastic Four family tree teaches that all roads lead to Galactus

After creating a family tree for Marvel’s merry mutants, Joe Stone has now drawn up a similar diagram for the Fantastic Four. This one’s a little tougher, what with your Skrulls and heralds of Galactus and extended Richards clan. Click on the lower right-hand corner to expand. https://gizmodo.com/x-men-family-tree-breaks-down-mutant-mating-habits-with-5735116 [Spotted on Bleeding Cool]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Alex Trebek and Watson Tear Up Las Vegas

Poor Watson. He just wanted to play some Blackjack and that mean old dealer wouldn’t let him. If not for a cool-headed Trebek, we’d be looking at thermonuclear war. A defused punchline awaits… [Joy of Tech]

Books & Comics Jack Loftus

Wasting Time Online Is Strong In This One

Sometimes you switch the targeting off of your computer because you trust in the force. But most of the time it’s to make yourself stop lurking on Reddit, already. [XKCD]

Social Media Brian Barrett

A Jeopardy! Board That Would Bring Watson To Its Knees

Man, that Watson supercomputer must be feeling pretty good about itself after last night’s rout of humanity’s finest. But at least when we’re in our robot-proof bunkers, huddled over our last can of cold beans, we’ll be able to take comfort in our human ability to decide which kitteh is cutest. [Hijinx Ensue via The…

Books & Comics Brian Barrett

The 10 clichés of the comic book mega-event

With DC and Marvel’s big summer events, Flashpoint and Fear Itself, shaping up and getting hyped, it’s time to ponder the ten most common bromides of the modern comic book mega-event. And no, we don’t mean “hologram covers.” 10.) The High-Profile First Act Death To establish that The Event Is A Very Big Deal, the…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Wednesday’s comics = insectoid alien mayhem and housewives with guns

What’s new in the shops this week? New squabbles with Orson Scott Card’s Formics, a superheroic look at Bill Willingham’s Fables, and graphic novels a-go-go! What first issues do we have this week? Planet Hulk writer Greg Pak tackles the Silver Surfer (Marvel)in the Sentinel of the Skyways’ new series, and Garth Ennis writes Jennifer…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Why don’t we see more stories about how technology can set us free?

We’ve all seen proof that technology can bring people together and change the world. People are crediting Facebook with helping to organize the Egyptian protests that led to the resignation of Hosni Mubarak. It turns out that our faith in technology’s ability to empower people wasn’t misplaced after all. So where are all the stories…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Read a 6-page preview of the Dollhouse comic — it’s the Rossum apocalypse all over again!

Dark Horse Comics has given us a preview of the Dollhouse one-shot comic that hits stands March 30. The comic is written by Dollhouse writers Maurissa Tancharoen and Jed Whedon (“Epitaph One”) and acts a precursor to Dark Horse’s upcoming Dollhouse series. The one-shot takes place just as Rossum’s machinations make the world go to…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Cobra Commander’s Starscream, Death Star Gift Sets, And Other Standouts from Hasbro’s Toy Fair

Where else can you see Cobra Commander ride a Transformer? Toy Fair, of course! Today marked the first day of the giant toy convention in New York, and we were there at Hasbro’s big toy reveal. Here’s a collection of the best toys and exclusives that caught our eye! First up, our favorite little toy…

io9 Meredith Woerner

This Is the Worst Lie Your Computer Tells You

Trash Fights Back: The scariest monsters made of garbage!

All-Star Superman: You will believe a man can make you cry

The Legend of Koizumi: Japanese Politics, Mahjong Action and Space Nazis

Mark Zuckerberg Is the Hero in His Own Comic Book

Graphic.ly Comics Brings Marvel Comics to Android for the First Time

Why We Don’t Deserve Flying Cars

R.I.P. Dwayne McDuffie, the man who helped save superheroes from irrelevance

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Batman

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Batman

Comic Wednesday brings us Orange Lanterns and an Infinity Gauntlet

Fantastic Four family tree teaches that all roads lead to Galactus

Alex Trebek and Watson Tear Up Las Vegas

Wasting Time Online Is Strong In This One

A Jeopardy! Board That Would Bring Watson To Its Knees

The 10 clichés of the comic book mega-event

Wednesday’s comics = insectoid alien mayhem and housewives with guns

Why don’t we see more stories about how technology can set us free?

Read a 6-page preview of the Dollhouse comic — it’s the Rossum apocalypse all over again!

Cobra Commander’s Starscream, Death Star Gift Sets, And Other Standouts from Hasbro’s Toy Fair

The Best Pop Culture Art Gallery In the World Is No More

Artemis 2 Live Updates: Countdown to the Moon 🔴

Forget Apple’s Magic Keyboard, Logitech MX Keys for Mac Refuses to Go Back to Full Price After Amazon Spring Sale

Google’s Next Fitbit Sounds Exactly Like a Whoop Clone

Amazon eero WiFi 7 Router (3-Pack) Keeps Its Spring Sale Price, Covering Up to 120 Devices Across 6,000 Sq. Ft.

72 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books Arriving in April

A Cosmic ‘Dead Zone’ for Black Holes Is Real, New Evidence Suggests

Nothing Might Get Into Smart Glasses at the Worst Possible Time

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

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Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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