Author Greg Bear has passed away, reports his wife Astrid. The 71-year-old novelist underwent surgery earlier in the month, and following the successful process, doctors discovered he’d had a stroke from clots that had been building in his body since surgery he had in 2014. He remained unconscious until November 18,…
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Open Channel: What Have Been Your Favorite Walking Dead Moments?
After 11 years, 176 episodes, and some lawsuits, the original Walking Deadseries is coming to an end tonight. What was originally a simple adaptation of the popular Image comic from Charlie Adlard, Tony Moore, and Robert Kirkman has grown into a pop culture juggernaut with six spinoffs (at time of writing), an…
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How a 'Playboy' Centerfold Became Part of the Creation of the JPEG
In her new book, How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex: An Unexpected History, Samantha Cole traces the twisting history of the “Lena Centerfold,” an image from Playboy that became an international standard for training computers to recognize images. The image, taken in 1972, persisted for decades…
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The Walking Dead is Shambling to TTRPGs and Actual Play
The Walking Deadshow has been around for over a decade, and in that time has grown to a media franchise that nearly eclipses the comics that the TV series is based on. Beyond Telltale’s critically acclaimed video game saga, there’ve been multiple board and card games, a theme park ride, and novels that have expanded…
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Meet Mads Mikkelsen's NASA Nazi for Indiana Jones 5
The first real information rollout for Indiana Jones 5 has begun ahead of the untitled film’s June 2023 release. What’s intended to be the for real sendoff for Harrison Ford’s treasure hunter has some new faces showing up, including Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Mads Mikkelsen. It didn’t take long for folks to suspect that …
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Who the Hell Was Whedon's Justice League For?
There’ve been so many superhero movies that have come out since 1998 that nearly every one of them has someone go to their defense. Think of whatever’s considered the worst MCU movie, or the worst movie in the X-Men or Spider-Manfranchises, and you can probably name someone who would tell you that those entries are…
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Chris Hemsworth's Taking an Acting Break, and Maybe a Permanent Thor Break
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has managed to catapult several actors to stardom, and Chris Hemsworth is one of its best poster boys. Previously best known for playing Kirk’s dad in the opening minutes of Star Trek’s 2009 reboot, the first Thormovie from 2011 supercharged his career like a bolt of lightning, to the…
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Fired SpaceX Employees Made a List of Elon Musk's 25 Worst Tweets
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s tweets are once again being used in as evidence in a case filed with federal regulators. This time, the parties citing his tweets are former SpaceX employees, who are claiming that the company fired them in retaliation for circulating an open letter criticizing Musk’s behavior and his tweets.
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10 Holiday Tech Gifts With Hidden Privacy Problems
Tech companies are making a list and checking it twice, and if you’re not careful with your holiday gift giving, your friends and family will be on it.

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14 Meme Templates to Use on Twitter While You Still Have the Chance
As Twitter under Elon Musk keeps orbiting the edge of a black hole that could bring about the social media platform’s inevitable demise, we can still have a little bit of fun.

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A Broken Twitter Means Broken Disaster Response
As Twitter goes through an upheaval and rumors of its potential demise—or likely malfunction—spread, millions of people are starting to imagine a world without Twitter. While many folks may think the platform has nothing to do with them, there are countless systems that have drastically changed in the 16 years since…
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How a #MeToo Facebook Post Is Testing the Limits of SCOTUS’ 60-Year-Old Defamation Decision
Defamation, an umbrella term encompassing both libel and slander, is a legal doctrine that allows a plaintiff to recover damages if the defendant makes a false statement about them to others, harming their reputation and esteem in the community. However, different rules apply when the statements involve public figures…
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Cloud Gaming Services, Ranked
Cloud gaming is here, and it’s taking off. Everything from your streaming box to your Chromebook can play AAA games from the cloud, so long as you have the internet speed to handle it. But not all the cloud-gaming services offer the same thing—or even the same gaming libraries.
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Disenchanted's Sparkle Is Uneven, But Its Heroines Nearly Save the Day
Disenchanted, the direct-to-Disney+ sequel for the best Disney live-action fairy tale film, is held together by the magic that is Amy Adams. The story, unfortunately, lacks enough of its own magic to feel completely satisfying.
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Does Mali Elfman Believe in Ghosts? | Next Exit
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Crack a Smile for the Toy News of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the latest and greatest in toy news. This week, Lego gives you a much smaller Eiffel Tower than the five-foot monster it recently revealed, Nerf’s armory grows ever weirder, and a new Gandalf figure comes to us at the turn of the tide. Check it out!

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Taylor Swift: Antitrust Hero
Taylor Swift’s legion of rabid fans might just be able to accomplish something decades of legal scholars, millions in political lobbying, and the Biden administration couldn’t: implement meaningful antitrust reform.
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Elon Musk Says Twitter Shadowbans Are the New Law of the Land
Things are really going off the rails at Twitter, as Elon Musk pushes forward in a hostile takeover that seems liable to ensure he’s eventually the only one left at the social media platform. In the latest set of deeply confusing declarations from the multi-CEO and “Chief Twit,” Musk reinstated Twitter accounts for…
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Elizabeth Holmes Sentenced to 11 Years and 3 Months in Prison for Theranos Fraud
Elizabeth Holmes, the Stanford dropout, startup founder, and Theranos CEO who lied over and over about her blood testing startup, can expect time behind bars in the near future. Holmes was sentenced to 11.25 years in prison and 3 years of supervised release in San Jose federal court on Friday. The sentence came down…
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Why Was it Important to Introduce Riri Williams? | Black Panther 2 Interview
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