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I should have known immediately Infinity Pool, the upcoming film by David Cronenberg’s son Brandon, wasn’t going to be a simple thriller. He’s directed the sci-fi horror flicks Possessor and Antiviral, so what seems at first to be a simple tale of a privileged white guy who travels to a foreign country, hits someone…
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How to Beat Daylight Savings Time and Have a Winter of the Sun
If you, too, hate the annual switch to 4:30pm sunsets; if you dread descending into months of darkness; if January is not a month to live, but simply survive, I’m here to tell you: refuse. For keyboard warriors, time zone is a choice.
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Wikipedia Founder Indirectly Tells Elon Musk the Site 'Is Not for Sale'
Wikipedia founder, Jimmy Wales, is going head-to-head with Twitter CEO Elon Musk who has accused the encyclopedia site of having a left-leaning bias. The back and forth began following the overly dramatic release of the Twitter Files which alleged the FBI pressured social media companies to suppress information…
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The Rock's Black Adam Box Office Damage Control Is Embarrassing
A few days after Variety reported that the Dwayne Johnson-led Black Adam was looking like it was going to fail to return much of a profit—if any—Deadline has come out with a piece stating that the Variety article is wrong, actually, and Black Adamis doing just fine in the box office. The star himself has also chimed…
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Over Half the World's Energy Transition Minerals Are on Indigenous Lands
As the gears kick in for the world to shift to clean energy, it’s becoming increasingly clear that we’re going to need more of the minerals—like lithium, cobalt, and nickel—that help power our cars and form the backbone of our solar panels. And the mining industry is quickly catching on to how profitable this…
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Elon Is Thinking of Changing His Twitter Blue Sales Pitch for iPhone Users to ‘Pay $11’
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has told users on his platform to pay $8 for its Blue subscription service so many times that it’s hard to imagine him saying anything else. Yet, a week after someone apparently told him that Apple charges a 30% tax on App Store purchases, Musk may be changing his sales pitch for iOS users to…
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NASA'S ICON Space Weather Satellite Has Suddenly Gone Silent
A three-year-old NASA satellite lost touch with ground controllers two weeks ago and is now wandering through low Earth orbit without supervision. Sadly, the space agency fears the worst.
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Shadow and Bone Season 2 Will Premiere in March
Plus, get a first look at some new photos from the production as well as a sneak peek at what Alina, Mal, and the crows are up to.
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Google Releases Its Most Searched Terms for 2022
Google knows if you’ve been naughty, it knows if you’ve been nice, and the search engine’s extensive data collection and analytics allow it to regurgitate ourselves back to us, once a year. In 2022's Google Year in Search retrospective, you can find evidence of what mattered to internet users most, over the past 12…
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Satechi Portable Power Bank Wirelessly Charges Two Devices at Same Time
If you live in constant fear of your electronics dying and leaving you without a reliable source of entertainment and distraction, you need to make sure you always have a charging solution on hand. With Satechi’s new Duo Wireless Charger Power Stand, you can actually leave your charging cables at home, because it…
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Indiana AG Sues TikTok Twice as Texas Joins the Call to Ban App From State-Issued Devices
TikTok is facing growing scrutiny from various U.S. political officials. Amidst an ongoing call from state leaders to ban the app from state government devices, Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has announced that the state has filed two lawsuits against the social media platform.

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Mike Flanagan to Adapt Stephen King's Dark Tower for Amazon
In the wake of moving from an overall deal with Netflix to Amazon, writer/director Mike Flanagan and his longtime executive producer Trevor Macy have revealed that they have acquired the rights to a screen adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower. Flanagan said to Deadline in an interview that he’s already written…
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Key SpaceX Launches Back on Track After Unexplained Delays
Better late than never, but it appears that SpaceX is set to launch a batch of OneWeb internet satellites to Earth orbit and the private Japanese Hakuto-R mission to the Moon, along with a NASA water-hunting probe.
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San Francisco Investigates Twitter for Musk’s Ugly Motel-Style In-Office Bedrooms
Twitter owner Elon Musk is clearly miffed at the idea that San Francisco city officials would dare question his efforts to somehow transform the company headquarters into a quasi-motel for all the employees he’s likely exhausting.
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Did the Army's Secret Radiation Experiments Sabotage a Housing Project?
This article originally appeared in Protean Magazine, a leftist print magazine of critique, fiction, poetry, and art.

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Updates From Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, and More
Alexander Skarsgård and Mia Goth look haunting in the first look at David Cronenberg’s new horror movie, Infinity Pool. Tom Welling heads to Supernatural in new footage from The Winchesters. Plus, a new look at Syfy’s colony thriller The Ark. Spoilers, away!

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Amazon, FBI.gov, and 70,000 Other Sites Are Sending Your Data to Elon's Twitter, New Research Says
In October, Elon Musk purchased Twitter for a cool $44 billion dollars. Among a variety of other assets and headaches, the deal came with one resource that’s gone under-explored: a vast data collection network spanning the sites of more than 70,000 Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, non-profits, universities,…
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How To Undo iOS 16's Most Annoying Changes
The iOS 16 update is now firmly established on a large chunk of iPhones, but you might not be completely happy with every tweak and modification that’s been made. The good news is that at least some of the changes can be reversed by delving into the iOS Settings screen, and we’ll cover some of the most important ones…
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Apple Cancels Its Plans to Scan iCloud Photos for Child Abuse Material
Apple has officially killed one of its most controversial proposals ever: a plan to scan iCloud images for signs of child sexual abuse material (or, CSAM).
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When Warner Bros. hired James Gunn and Peter Safran to reimagine the DC Universe, everyone expected changes. But no one could have expected that one of the studio’s surefire heroes, Wonder Woman, would come under the axe. That is apparently what has happened though, as Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 3has been canceled—w…
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This Week's Willow Has a Very Surprising Cameo—Here's How It Happened
When you’re dealing with franchises as popular as the ones Lucasfilm makes, it’s not all that surprising to see hugely famous people pop up in small roles. Everyone wants to work on Star Wars or Indiana Jones so they’ll do whatever they can to get on screen. Apparently though, that also extends to Willow.
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Dyson's Air Purifying Headphones Will Cost $949
Earlier this year, Dyson revealed its first audio product, a pair of headphones that promised to not only block noise, but unwanted airborne particles as well, thanks to a built-in filtration system and mask. Today, the company revealed more details on the Dyson Zone, including when you’ll be able to buy a pair and…
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Jack to Elon: Can We Just Get the Doxxing Over With?
As the saga of the “Twitter Files” continues, the platform’s former CEO Jack Dorsey seems to be wondering why we can’t just hurry this up already and dump all of the company’s related dirt in one fell swoop.
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Judge Hands Theranos’ Other Fraudulent Exec ‘Sunny’ Balwani Near-13 Year Prison Sentence
Despite his rather chipper name, there’s not a lot that ex-startup executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani can feel happy about during his long Wednesday spent in court. A federal judge sentenced Theranos’ other big executive to 155 months, or a little less than 13 years in prison.
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Shining Girls Author Lauren Beukes Reveals Bridge, Her New Multiverse Tale
Author Lauren Beukes (Broken Monsters) has been an io9 favorite for many years, and saw her profile raised earlier this year with Apple TV+’s adaptation of her time-travel thriller The Shining Girls, starring Elisabeth Moss. Next year, Beukes will release a new spec-fiction novel, Bridge, and io9 was excited to talk…
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Taylor Swift and FTX Had $100M Sponsorship Deal Talks
Taylor Swift came close to finalizing a sponsorship deal with FTX earlier this year as the crypto company was in a downward spiral and burning through all the money it didn’t have. The deal would have brought yet another celebrity into the already-sizable FTX endorsement fold, reportedly for a price tag of $100…
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Everyone Will Be Able to Encrypt Their iCloud Backups Soon
Apple is making new efforts to increase user security. While the company has previously touted its overall privacy prowess, the new features are specifically meant to to safeguard iCloud accounts and iMessage.

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Willow's Third Episode Has Everyone Chasing Elora Danan
Elora Danan has been captured by servants of the Crone, an unspeakable evil that threatens to destroy the world. They mean to banish Elora’s soul for all eternity, completing the task the evil queen attempted in the original film. So it’s up to Willow and his friends to go after her. But first, how about a nice…
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NASA's Next Asteroid-Hunting Telescope Will Launch Later and Cost More Than Expected
NASA’s plan for an upcoming infrared asteroid-hunting telescope, called Near Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor, has officially changed. NEO Surveyor’s expected price tag has doubled from an estimated high of $600 million to a whopping $1.2 billion, while the launch has also been pushed from 2026 to June 2028.
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25 Spellbinding Photos of the Northern Lights
The Northern Lights (aurora borealis) are caused by energized particles from the Sun that collide with gases in Earth’s atmosphere. The collisions cause the dazzling light displays known as aurorae; in the southern hemisphere, they’re aurora australis.

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James Cameron Wrote 'Avatar 1.5' to Fill in the Gaps Between Films
Although we’ll likely never get a movie that takes place between Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water, James Cameron apparently knows exactly how the main characters of his first film lived their lives during that time. In fact, he’s already written it.
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Amazon Sued for Allegedly Stealing Driver's Tips, Launches New Gamified Tipping System
This holiday season, Amazon says it will pay its delivery workers an extra $5 every time a customer tells their Alexa smart speaker to thank their driver. That sounds like a nice gesture until you realize Amazon’s allegedly spent years redirecting or stealing tips intended for many of those very same drivers.
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Renewable Energy Set to Overtake Coal Power Globally by 2025
On this fine Wednesday, may I present you with a rare bit of positive climate news: Sustainable energy is on the rise. Globally, the amount of renewable energy from sources like wind and solar is set to increase as much in the next five years as it did over the past 20, according to a new report from the International…
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A Book Detailing Elon Musk's Twitter Fiasco Is Already in the Works
A book detailing Elon Musk’s chaotic Twitter takeover is already in the works. Ben Mezrich, the author of “The Accidental Billionaires” which became the inspiration for the film “The Social Network,” announced he will be publishing his new book “Breaking Twitter” next year.
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The New Mayfair Witches Trailer Wants to Cast a Spell on You
AMC+ has released another trailer for Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches, the second installment in Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe. Mayfair Witches arrives in January, following up the the wildly successful and critically acclaimed Interview with the Vampire. Watch the new trailer below.
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Big Oil Is Once Again Throwing Money at Sucking Carbon From the Sky
Big Oil has a fancy new piece of climate technology to sink money into. As Bloomberg reported on Monday, both Shell and Norwegian oil giant Equinor have helped a new Israeli direct air capture startup, called RepAir, raise a cool $10 million in funding—despite the company only having a shoebox-size prototype for a…
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Jenna Ortega Had Covid While Filming Wednesday's Dance Scene
Reviews of Netflix’s Addams Family spin-off Wednesday have been mixed, but there’s one thing everyone could agree on: Jenny Ortega’s unapologetically goofy dance scene was amazing. Unfortunately, notice I said “could”—your enthusiasm might wane upon learning she filmed the scene while having the coronavirus.

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Telegram Is Selling Fake Telephone Numbers for Crypto
Telegram is not yet done finding new ways to monetize access to its platform. On Tuesday, the encrypted messaging app announced users will be able to sign up for its services without needing access to a SIM card. How, you may ask? By buying up a phone number with crypto, of course.

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Sore Loser Bezos Is Hoping for a Second Chance to Build NASA's Lunar Lander
Blue Origin is once again making a pitch to build a lunar lander for NASA’s Artemis program. The space company is partnering with Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Astrobotic Technology, Honeybee Robotics, and Draper in hopes of building a second lander, Blue Origin announced on Tuesday.
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Sigourney Weaver’s character in the first Avatar movie—Dr. Grace Augustine—is dead. During a press conference for Avatar: The Way of Water on Tuesday, both James Cameron and Weaver wanted to make that explicitly clear. But Weaver was such an integral part to Cameron’s vision that he brought her back for the Avatar…
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What the Hell Is ‘Goblin Mode’?
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It Turns Out Meta Won’t Shut Down the News After All
Meta and an assortment of public advocacy groups, normally at odds on just about everything, joined forces this week to oppose a major piece of legislation ostensibly aimed at giving news publications the power to collectively bargain with social media companies for more ad money. Flexing its muscle, Meta threatened…
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Check Your List Twice: Fandom Gift Ideas From Marvel, DC, Wednesday, Jurassic World, and More
If you’re still hunting for holiday presents, we’ve got you covered with the latest pop culture drops to add to your cart—but don’t delay; shipping cut-offs loom at various places online, like ShopDisney for its Marvel and Star Warsgoods. Some mall favorites, like Box Lunch, Target, and Hot Topic, may also offer “…
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Rising Temperatures Are Threatening America's Latest Fruit Craze
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A New M3GAN Trailer Is Here to Bring Pint-Sized Terror to Your Day
After achieving instant meme-ability in her first trailer—which kind of came out of nowhere, and elevated an “ugh, not another killer-doll movie” situation to “OMG WHEN CAN I SEE THIS” status—M3GAN’s overprotective, alarmingly powerful plaything has returned for another tease.

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NASA's Latest Artemis 1 Moon Images Are Truly Jaw-Dropping
Orion’s most recent accomplishments include a new distance record, a close flyby of the Moon, and a trajectory correction maneuver that sent the uncrewed capsule on its journey back to Earth. Not surprisingly, these milestone events made for some excellent photo opportunities.
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San Francisco Reverses Vote to Let Police Use Killer Robots After Fierce Backlash
In a hasty retreat, San Francisco lawmakers have reversed a vote allowing local police to use remote-controlled robots equipped with lethal explosives in extreme situations. The move comes after a wave of backlash from the community and activist organizations.

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Germany Arrests Dozens in QAnon-Inspired Plot to Overthrow the Government
German authorities dismantled what’s being called a far-right terrorist group that was behind alleged plans to overthrow the government. Police arrested 25 suspected conspirators who had set up and communicated on several channels on the platform Telegram to plan the coup that authorities believe would have likely …
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This Privacy Ruling Against Facebook and Instagram Could Spell the End of Targeted Ads
Privacy regulators in the European Union have ruled that Meta, parent company of Facebook and Instagram, can’t make giving up data for targeted ads a condition of joining the social networks, according to reports published Tuesday in the Wall Street Journal and Reuters. The decision threatens to upend the social…
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Uber Robotaxis Come to Las Vegas, but the Driverless Vehicles Still Have Drivers
For the first time, Uber customers will be able to hail a third-party autonomous vehicle in the company’s app—at least in Las Vegas. The rideshare service is partnering with autonomous vehicle company Motional to offer robotaxi rides in the Nevada city.

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TV shows getting canceled are never fun, particularly when they’re at Netflix. The streamer puts out so much content that it’s hard to know what their metrics are for success—at least, until they vaguely allude to these supposed success stories—and it turns, it’s all the easier for shows to get the axe out of nowhere.

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WB Had a Batman Beyond Movie in the Works, Now That's on Ice
The still fairly recent hiring of James Gunn and Peter Safran to head up Warner Bros.’ DC Films arm has sent some ripples through the already turbulent air of DC movies. Wonder Woman’sthird movie was put on ice ahead of Gunn and Safran’s pitch to WB for their overall plan, sequels for Superman and Black Adam may have…
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The Best Alarm Clock Apps To Keep You From Hitting the Snooze Button
Let’s face it: bed is one of the best places to be. It’s somewhere we feel warm, and safe, and comfortable, so it’s perhaps no surprise that getting up in the morning can be such a chore. If you’re finding that you’re hitting the snooze button once too often after waking up, there are a selection of apps you can pick…
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Photos: Devastating Drought Upends Life in the Andes
A lagoon in the southern part of the Andes has dried up completely as the mountain region and the people living in it are struggling through a years-long drought.

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This Week's Toy News Will Not Go Back to the Shadow
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of all things wonderful and plastic. This week, Lego returns to Lord of the Rings with some unlikely new sets, Hasbro’s Power Rangers Lightning Collection goes ninja-mad, and our first look at Transformers: Rise of the Beasts toys rolls in. Check it out!

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How The Last Airbender Inspired Lisette Olivera
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10 Unexpected Characters That Got A Christmas Carol-ed
Is there any story more adapted by other entertainment than Charles Dickens’ beloved novella A Christmas Carol? It’s possible, but go check out TV Tropes’ page for Yet Another Christmas Carol, which lists more than a hundred shows, movies, comics, etc. that retold, adapted, or parodied the story. It’s a classic…
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Andor's Funeral March Is the Kind of Spiritualism Star Wars Needs More Of
Andor is the rare Star Wars property where the Jedi and the Force are wholly absent, literally and metaphysically. Even its chronological predecessor Rogue One was deeply enmeshed in the idea of the Force as a connective, religious entity. And yet, with nary a telekinetic wave or the snap-hiss of a laser sword, its…
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Twitter Will Tell You If You've Been Shadowbanned, Elon Says
Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced Friday that a new software update was in the works to inform users if their accounts has been “shadowbanned.” The new feature would explain why a user had been shadowbanned, meaning a profile is difficult to find or your posts are invisible to other Twitter users, even followers, and…
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NASA Wants Self-Care Products Designed Specifically for Astronauts
Getting into space is only half the battle—the other half is keeping yourself clean. Colgate-Palmolive Company announced this week that the company has signed the Space Act Agreement with NASA to research new ways to keep astronauts clean in space.

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The Internet Has Crowned Marvel Star Tenoch Huerta 'Agua Papi'—Let Us Show You Why
If you log into Twitter and search “Agua Papi Namor,” you will see account after account thirsting after Black Panther: Wakanda Forever star-antagonist Tenoch Huerta. For anyone who requires a translation, “Aqua Papi” means “Water Daddy”—which, well, let io9 show you why this nickname is so fitting.
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String of Child Deaths from Strep A Alarm Health Officials
A common bacterial infection known as Strep A has likely killed over a dozen children in the UK in recent months. On Friday, health officials reported yet another fatality linked to the bacteria, which can, in rare cases, cause a more invasive and life-threatening infection. There are likely several reasons why the…
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Oil Companies Are Doing Great, Thanks For Asking
Several oil giants released their capital expenditure budgets for the year ahead this week, including Exxon Mobil and Chevron, the U.S.’s two biggest oil companies. The budgets are an interesting insight into how the industry is going to move forward with the spoils of their banner year—and as the clock increasingly…
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Satellite Image Shows Saudi Arabia's Sci-Fi Megacity 'The Line' Is Actually Being Built
Saudi Arabia’s bizarre new megacity, “The Line,” is going full steam ahead. While construction began on the project in October, new satellite images have revealed how much ground the project has covered, the scale of the city’s length, and the layout of its construction site.

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The Twitter Files, Part Two, Explained
Late Thursday night, Substack journalist Bari Weiss tweeted a batch of screenshots detailing how Twitter limited the visibility of the accounts of several people popular among the online right.

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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Is a Darker, More Emotional Spin on the Classic Tale
To say that Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is unlike any Pinocchio story you’ve ever seen seems pretty obvious. Going by del Toro’s previous work, it’s also pretty obvious to assume the movie is darker and more messed up than previous dark and messed-up versions of the story have been. What might be less obvious,…
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NASA Selects Collins Aerospace to Design New Spacesuits for the ISS
Astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) are overdue for some new threads, but NASA is hoping to upgrade its spacesuits soon. The space agency awarded Collins Aerospace a $97.2 million contract to develop a spacewalking system to use outside the space station, NASA announced on Thursday.
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Take a Peek Inside Wing’s Autonomous Delivery Drone Command Center
Alphabet owned autonomous delivery drone company Wing on Friday released footage of a first of its kind delivery drone command center. The space resembles a military war room but rather than monitor Predator drones dropping bombs over villages, Wing technicians will watch Uber like GPS routes to ensure flying Doritos…
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Which Endless Would Kirby Howell-Baptiste Be?
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The Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Trailers at the Game Awards
Last night the Game Awards dumped a veritable bevy of teases (and hastily announced winners, because who shows up to the Game Awards for those, apparently?) of what’s to come in the near future for video games—and there was a lot of cool sci-fi and fantasy storytelling on the cards. Here’s the genre highlights you…
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All good things come to an end, including NASA’s wildly successful Artemis 1 mission to the Moon and back. At least, it’s been successful so far, as Orion must still perform a harrowing reentry through Earth’s atmosphere. You can follow the action live right here.

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The Muppet Christmas Carol Extended Edition Is Now on Disney+
It’s a big day for Muppet fans with a Disney+ subscription. As previously reported, the service has just added the “full-length version” of Brian Henson’s 1992 film, The Muppet Christmas Carol. However, unlike some of the other new releases this weekend, it’s not that easy to find. So let us help out.
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Researchers Managed to Transfer Twice the Global Internet Traffic in a Single Second
Six months after researchers from Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) set a new data transfer record of 1.02 petabits per second, a team of researchers from the Technical University of Denmark and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden has shattered that record, hitting…
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Photos: Mauna Loa Eruption Continues on Hawaii's Big Island
Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began erupting in Hawaii in late November for the first time since 1984. Eruptions have continued for nearly two weeks, creating spectacular, slow-moving lava flows that so far have not threatened any local communities.

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New Texas Bill Could Ban Social Media for Anyone Under 18
Texas has it out for social media. A new bill proposed by Texas Representative Jared Patterson is interested in restricting social media access to those under 18 years of age.

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Christmas Bloody Christmas Unleashes Plenty of Ho-Ho-Horrors
What if The Terminatorwas recreated as a black-light painting, and instead of a killer robot from the future, the scrappy heroine had to battle a killer robot Santa Claus? No need to wonder: that’s basically Christmas Bloody Christmas, a holiday slasher propelled by style, many F-bombs, and nifty practical effects.

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Sam Bankman-Fried Agrees to Testify Before Congress
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried agreed to testify before the House Financial Services Committee next week in an attempt to uncover what caused the cryptocurrency company’s downfall. Bankman-Fried, who often goes by “SBF” posted a tweet on Friday saying he is “willing” to testify but says he won’t bring much to the…
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An Oil Spill in Kansas Has Shut Down the Keystone Pipeline
An oil spill in northern Kansas has shut down a major pipeline that transports crude oil from Canada to Texas.

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Don't Worry, Human Drummers, Your Jobs Are Safe... For Now
Just a few months after its debut in August, Xiaomi is looking for ways to show off the unique capabilities of its humanoid robot, CyberOne. Instead of putting it to work on an assembly line, Xiaomi propped it up behind a digital drum kit and let it bang out a rhythm, but Ringo Starr, Dave Grohl, and Chad Smith don’t…
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Japanese Billionaire Taps DJ Steve Aoki and 7 Others for Trip Around the Moon
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa has revealed the eight-person crew that will join him on a trip around the Moon.

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The Archie Gang Vs. Krampus? Yep, the Archie Gang Vs. Krampus
If you thought Archie Comics’ horror series was running out of ridiculous monsters for its stars to battle, well, the publisher has a little Christmas present for you. Namely, an upcoming one-shot titled Happy Horror Days, which features three tales of holiday mayhem, and io9 has a special preview of all three.

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FCC Orders Telecoms to Block Annoying Scammers Targeting Student Loan Forgiveness Seekers
U.S. telecom providers, under a new FCC order, will have to take “all necessary steps” to block calls from a shady communication company engaged in a mass robocall scam praying on people seeking student loan forgiveness.
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Stephanie Hsu Put Everything Into Her Everything Everywhere Audition
Stephanie Hsu rocked my world earlier this year when she exploded (literally) onto screens as the intra-dimensional being of ultimate power, Jobu Tupaki. As Everything Everywhere All at Once became a critical darling and is now starting to attract Oscar attention, A24 has released Hsu’s audition for Joy Wang/Jobu…
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Here’s What Will Happen Once NASA’s Orion Splashes Down on Sunday
Should all go as planned, NASA’s Orion spacecraft will splash down off the coast of Baja, California, on Sunday, December 11 at 12:40 p.m. ET. As the uncrewed capsule bobs up and down in the open ocean, a crack team will spring into action and attempt to pull off a carefully choreographed recovery operation. Here’s…
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You Can 3D-Print This Game Boy Blaster That Fires Foam Darts From Swappable Cartridges
The Game Boy was a groundbreaking device when it debuted over thirty years ago, and is still influencing the design of similar devices even today. But while the Lame Boy looks like a very deliberate knock-off of the handheld, it’s actually a cleverly designed dart blaster that anyone with a 3D printer, and some basic…
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New Acolyte Set Pictures Tease the High Republic's Live-Action Debut
A party gathers to venture forth in the new Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves poster. Get a look at Syfy’s mysterious new space series The Ark. The Flash teases the beginning of the end. Plus, new footage from Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. Spoilers get!

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The Best, Most Clever Geeky Christmas Tree Ornaments
Decorating a Christmas tree can be a creative way to express your individuality: you can go the traditional route with shiny baubles and decades-old hand me downs, or express your fandom with sci-fi and pop culture-themed ornaments. You can also go full geek, and deck your halls with gadgets, gizmos, and ornaments…
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Wall Street’s Biggest Names Are Backing Off Their Climate Commitments
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NASA's Odd Flying Observatory, SOFIA, Will Go on Display at Arizona Museum
NASA’s flying observatory SOFIA is scheduled to make one last flight to its final resting place. The jumbo jet will be spending its retirement years at the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, Arizona, where it will be on display for its adoring fans.

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Forever 21 Took Cute 'Metaverse Fashion' and Made It Into Very Boring IRL Clothes
I’ve been hearing about how metaverse fashion is the future for a long time now. I’m not convinced, but I was intrigued when I received an email about Forever 21's first-ever “metaverse-inspired” IRL collection. I may not be willing to fork over my own money for virtual clothes yet, but real clothes inspired by…
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The Best Retro Gaming Handhelds and Gifts
The ‘80s was considered a golden era of marketing to kids, and several decades later, those kids who spent their childhoods with Saturday morning cartoons and 8-bit consoles are fully-grown adults with jobs and responsibilities, maybe looking to recapture some of the joy of their youth. Nostalgia is now a big…
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The DJI Mini 3 Sacrifices Crash Avoidance, Gets $260 Cheaper
The cost of everything from gas to groceries is endlessly rising, but DJI seems to be the only company tackling inflation head-on, by releasing more affordable versions of its most popular drones. First it was the DJI Mavic 3 Classic: a cheaper version lacking the original Mavic 3's telephoto lens, and now it’s the…
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2022's Greatest Hacks and Leaks, Ranked
Well, it’s that time of year folks. Yes, as we inch into December and towards 2023, the time has finally come to tally up the greatest (read: worst, most unfortunate, most ridiculous) hacking episodes of the year. As far as cybersecurity disasters go, 2022 wasn’t quite as bad as other recent years. There were fewer…
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Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of hedge fund Alameda Research and crypto platform FTX, was a frequent guest on both mainstream financial news and more niche crypto podcasts. And while digging through his media appearances over the years, Gizmodo has stumbled upon a very weird analogy from SBF, as he was often known,…
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Mario Heads to the Mushroom Kingdom In the First Super Mario Bros. Movie Clip
At tonight’s Game Awards, Keegan Michael-Key (the voice of Toad in the Mario movie) introduced the world to the first extended clip from The Super Mario Bros. Movie, giving us a taste of Illumination’s take on the lands of the Mushroom Kingdom.

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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor's New Trailer Tries to Ignite a Fire Across the Galaxy
The last time we saw Cal Kestis, he barely survived an encounter with the Dark Lord of the Sith, and decided to keep the Force-sensitive children of the galaxy safe from the Empire’s wrath rather than recruit them to build a new Jedi Order. Now, we’ve finally got a look at what he’s up to next.

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How to Uncurse Your Dice Before Game Night
Earlier this week, while preparing for a tabletop role playing game, I was perusing my dice, trying to pick out a set of polyhedral dice (which consist of seven dice: a D4, D6, D8, two D10s, D12, and a D20) that would best fit my Dragonborn Monk, Teimuraz. I found a set still in its packaging—my red-and-silver Crimson…
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James Cameron Reveals His True Feelings About Thanos
Unlike certain other high-profile directors, James Cameron is a professed fan of Marvel and DC movies. But in a new interview for Avatar: The Way of Water, he weighed in on the VFX used to create Marvel villain Thanos, versus the VFX that brings his Avatar characters to life. And you won’t be surprised which he favors.
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The FTC's Effort to Block Microsoft's Activision Acquisition Will Test Biden's Antitrust Legacy
It’s official. After months of rumors, the Federal Trade Commission this week voted 3-1 in favor of suing to block Microsoft’s estimated $69 billion acquisition of video game giant Activision Blizzard.
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Los Angeles Votes to Ditch Styrofoam With Citywide Ban
Los Angeles officials voted to ban styrofoam and other single-use plastics on Thursday in a move to become a “zero waste” city. The 12 city council members who were present at the meeting voted unanimously in favor of the ban, prohibiting the distribution and sale of expanded polystyrene products, more commonly known…
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10 Horror Movies That Will Make You Rethink Attempting Any Winter Sports
Cold-weather horror is a much-loved genre, with sub-categories that include holiday horror, “trapped in this weather with killers and/or ghosts” horror (think The Shining), and even—as this list explores—horror movies that work winter sports into their plots. Exercise can be deadly, so proceed with caution!

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Uber filed a lawsuit against the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission (TLC) on Friday to block a mandatory price hike for ride-share drivers in New York City. The TLC submitted the proposal in August and according to Uber, the law that passed last month will result in an increase in the per-minute rate for…
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The 20 Best Tabletop Roleplaying Games of 2022
It’s been an incredible year for tabletop roleplaying games, from both large publishers and indie outfits. Crowdfunding has firmly established itself in the ecosystem, and both small indie games and massive core rulebooks are making the most of the model.

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NASA Hid These Easter Eggs for Space Nerds on the Artemis 1 Orion Capsule
Following its trip to the Moon and back, NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashed down into the Pacific Ocean on Sunday. The inaugural flight for the Artemis program may have been uncrewed, but Orion carried five souvenirs to honor a legacy of lunar exploration.
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Scientists Capture the Spray From a Flushing Toilet in All Its Disgusting Glory
If “toilet plumes” aren’t already on your list of reasons to avoid public restrooms, well, scientists at University of Colorado Boulder are doing their best to change that. They used green lasers and basic cameras to reveal what sprays up when you flush a typical commercial toilet.

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Musk, the Anti-Censorship Crusader, Allegedly Shadowbanned an Account Tracking His Private Jet
The owner of a Twitter account that’s spent the past two years tracking billionaire Elon Musk’s flight location says his account is being “shadow banned.” That accusation comes despite recent public assurances from Musk that he wasn’t taking action against the account.
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See the Best Images from the Thrilling Artemis 1 Splashdown
A fully intact and toasty-hot Orion spacecraft came home on Sunday from its trip around the Moon, splashing down off the coast of Baja, California. The historic mission ended as it began, with a fiery trip through Earth’s atmosphere, and with NASA pulling off one daring accomplishment after another.
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Look Into the Eyes of Star Wars Icons in Mondo's New Series
Pop culture art fans have been patiently waiting for this moment—and now, io9 can reveal it’s finally here. Mondo and Acme Archives are teaming up with artist Jason Edmiston for an ongoing series of Star Wars prints in the style of Edmiston’s popular “Eyes Without a Face” series. The first two, from the recent show …
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The Fisher-Price Toy Controller Now Actually Works, Thanks to Clever Hack
Every parent excitedly awaits the day when they can share their interests with their child, even gamers. But when that day arrives and your five-year-old is reaching for an expensive wireless controller with peanut butter-covered fingers, you can either let the idea of a pint-sized player two die, or turn a…
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Everything Everywhere All at Once Leads the Genre Charge at the Golden Globes
The nominees for the 2023 Golden Globes have been announced, and the Daniels’ multiversal story of love, family, and Michelle Yeoh kicking ass is leading the charge for genre entertainment at the show next year.

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Kit Harrington Says Jon Snow Is Having a Really Bad Time, Actually
Snow, the working title of the Jon Snow-centered Game of Thrones spin-off coming from HBO, is already getting a lot of attention. George R.R. Martin confirmed on his blog that the series was happening in June 2022, saying that it was star Kit Harrington himself that brought the idea to him. Over the weekend, at the …
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On the Lam Terra Founder Do Kwon Reportedly Traced to Serbia
The once-famed and now notorious crypto founder Do Kwon’s “totally unprompted” world tour now has him holed up in Serbia, according to reports citing the South Korean prosecutor’s office tasked with arresting the 31-year-old.
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The Joker Returns in a New Folie à Deux Photo
Amid all the Golden Globe nominations this morning, we’ve got your daily roundup of nerdy news and geeky content. A lot of rumors and sequels are in the works as the industry prepares for the happiest time of the year: awards season. Get your ballots out, because spoilers are in the mix!
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PG&E Lays Off Inspectors, Tree Trimmers Ahead of Winter Wildfire Maintenance
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Is This Product Actually Vegan?
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This E Ink 'Phone' Is Actually a Pocket-Sized Screen That Wirelessly Connects to Your Real Smartphone
Although E Ink’s electronic paper technology thrives on devices like e-readers and e-notes, it’s less ideal for devices designed for far more than just reading and note-taking. So while Dasung’s new Link might look like a phone, it’s actually a pocket-friendly E Ink screen that’s designed to occasionally connect to a…
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AMD’s Radeon RX 7900 Series Punches Well Above Its Price Point
After a surprising pre-announcement tease and the official reveal event on November 3rd, AMD’s long-awaited RDNA 3, Radeon RX 7900 series GPUs are here… starting tomorrow. While you might not be able to press a buy button today, we have our full review ready to share with you, including our results for thermal…
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Man Accused of 1988 Airplane Bombing That Killed 270 People Now in U.S. Custody
A Libyan man accused of building the bomb that exploded on a civilian plane over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988, killing 270 people, has been transferred to U.S. custody, according to a report from the Associated Press.

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Elon Musk Gets Viciously Booed by Stadium Crowd at Dave Chappelle Show
Elon Musk, the billionaire who wants nothing more in life than to be adored by legions of fans, was loudly booed by a crowd in San Francisco on Sunday night after he was invited onstage by comedian Dave Chappelle. And the footage is pretty rough, even if you don’t particularly like Musk.

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Marvel Snap's Music Video is a Superhero Shipper's Delight
Though Marvel has been making a big name for itself in the console games space with fairly recent hits like Guardians of the Galaxyand Insomniac’s Spider-Man saga, the comics publisher still has a foot in the mobile game market. It’s Second Dinner’s Marvel Snapthat’s currently won over the hearts of fans following…
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Smile's Parker Finn Talks Marketing Campaign, Sequel Ideas
Of the many movies that took over the world this year, Smilewas one of the more pleasant surprises. After an initial showing at Fantastic Fest led to strong reviews and word of mouth, the film went on to fuel Paramount’s pretty impressive run of theatrical releases this year. For a film that was originally meant to…
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Dragon Age: Absolution Gives BioWare's Franchise a Vitality Boost
Ever since 2009, BioWare’s Dragon Agefranchise has managed to carve out its own space in the fantasy genre. As much as the RPG series cribs from the classics to inform its own universe, there’s a unique flair that gives it an identity all its own. Even though the series has been, game wise, on ice since Dragon Age…
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Orion Splashes Down in Pacific, Ending NASA’s Historic Artemis 1 Moon Mission
The uncrewed Orion spacecraft performed a flawless splashdown in the Pacific Ocean earlier today, in what is a very promising and exciting start to the Artemis era of lunar missions.

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ILM and Star Wars Sculptor Richard Miller Has Passed Away
Richard Miller, a sculptor at Industrial Light & Magic, died earlier in the week at the age of 80, a handful of days after his birthday. Per the Hollywood Reporter, he passed after an extended stay in hospice care. Fon H. Davis, one of Miller’s colleagues, later confirmed the news on Instagram, writing that he was “…
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Open Channel: Pitch a DC Movie/Show That'll Inevitably Get Canceled
The past week has been eventful for fans of DC movies. Between a debut poster for Blue Beetle, everything going on with Dwayne Johnson and Black Adam, and varying movies getting put on hold or maybe straight up gone, things are looking...kinda weird as James Gunn and Peter Safran begin to settle on what the next few…
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Over the decades, animation featuring Batman has taken the Dark Knight down some interesting avenues. Beyond seeing him at best and most green, we’ve seen him get out of his relative comfort zone by singing or becoming a ninja. For his next animated venture, he’ll be winding back the clock all the way back to the…
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Cameron Monaghan Teases Cal Kestis' Growth in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
During the late 2010s, when it seemed like Star Wars video games would become more notable for their controversies rather than the games themselves, Respawn Entertainment released Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. That game resonated with audiences that it both let EA create more Star Wars games (and other studios take a…
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WB Had a Batman Beyond Movie in the Works, Now That's on Ice
The still fairly recent hiring of James Gunn and Peter Safran to head up Warner Bros.’ DC Films arm has sent some ripples through the already turbulent air of DC movies. Wonder Woman’sthird movie was put on ice ahead of Gunn and Safran’s pitch to WB for their overall plan, sequels for Superman and Black Adam may have…
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The Best Alarm Clock Apps To Keep You From Hitting the Snooze Button
Let’s face it: bed is one of the best places to be. It’s somewhere we feel warm, and safe, and comfortable, so it’s perhaps no surprise that getting up in the morning can be such a chore. If you’re finding that you’re hitting the snooze button once too often after waking up, there are a selection of apps you can pick…
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Photos: Devastating Drought Upends Life in the Andes
A lagoon in the southern part of the Andes has dried up completely as the mountain region and the people living in it are struggling through a years-long drought.

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This Week's Toy News Will Not Go Back to the Shadow
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of all things wonderful and plastic. This week, Lego returns to Lord of the Rings with some unlikely new sets, Hasbro’s Power Rangers Lightning Collection goes ninja-mad, and our first look at Transformers: Rise of the Beasts toys rolls in. Check it out!

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How The Last Airbender Inspired Lisette Olivera
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10 Unexpected Characters That Got A Christmas Carol-ed
Is there any story more adapted by other entertainment than Charles Dickens’ beloved novella A Christmas Carol? It’s possible, but go check out TV Tropes’ page for Yet Another Christmas Carol, which lists more than a hundred shows, movies, comics, etc. that retold, adapted, or parodied the story. It’s a classic…
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Andor's Funeral March Is the Kind of Spiritualism Star Wars Needs More Of
Andor is the rare Star Wars property where the Jedi and the Force are wholly absent, literally and metaphysically. Even its chronological predecessor Rogue One was deeply enmeshed in the idea of the Force as a connective, religious entity. And yet, with nary a telekinetic wave or the snap-hiss of a laser sword, its…
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Twitter Will Tell You If You've Been Shadowbanned, Elon Says
Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced Friday that a new software update was in the works to inform users if their accounts has been “shadowbanned.” The new feature would explain why a user had been shadowbanned, meaning a profile is difficult to find or your posts are invisible to other Twitter users, even followers, and…
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NASA Wants Self-Care Products Designed Specifically for Astronauts
Getting into space is only half the battle—the other half is keeping yourself clean. Colgate-Palmolive Company announced this week that the company has signed the Space Act Agreement with NASA to research new ways to keep astronauts clean in space.

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The Internet Has Crowned Marvel Star Tenoch Huerta 'Agua Papi'—Let Us Show You Why
If you log into Twitter and search “Agua Papi Namor,” you will see account after account thirsting after Black Panther: Wakanda Forever star-antagonist Tenoch Huerta. For anyone who requires a translation, “Aqua Papi” means “Water Daddy”—which, well, let io9 show you why this nickname is so fitting.
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String of Child Deaths from Strep A Alarm Health Officials
A common bacterial infection known as Strep A has likely killed over a dozen children in the UK in recent months. On Friday, health officials reported yet another fatality linked to the bacteria, which can, in rare cases, cause a more invasive and life-threatening infection. There are likely several reasons why the…
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Oil Companies Are Doing Great, Thanks For Asking
Several oil giants released their capital expenditure budgets for the year ahead this week, including Exxon Mobil and Chevron, the U.S.’s two biggest oil companies. The budgets are an interesting insight into how the industry is going to move forward with the spoils of their banner year—and as the clock increasingly…
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Satellite Image Shows Saudi Arabia's Sci-Fi Megacity 'The Line' Is Actually Being Built
Saudi Arabia’s bizarre new megacity, “The Line,” is going full steam ahead. While construction began on the project in October, new satellite images have revealed how much ground the project has covered, the scale of the city’s length, and the layout of its construction site.

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The Twitter Files, Part Two, Explained
Late Thursday night, Substack journalist Bari Weiss tweeted a batch of screenshots detailing how Twitter limited the visibility of the accounts of several people popular among the online right.

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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Is a Darker, More Emotional Spin on the Classic Tale
To say that Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is unlike any Pinocchio story you’ve ever seen seems pretty obvious. Going by del Toro’s previous work, it’s also pretty obvious to assume the movie is darker and more messed up than previous dark and messed-up versions of the story have been. What might be less obvious,…
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NASA Selects Collins Aerospace to Design New Spacesuits for the ISS
Astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) are overdue for some new threads, but NASA is hoping to upgrade its spacesuits soon. The space agency awarded Collins Aerospace a $97.2 million contract to develop a spacewalking system to use outside the space station, NASA announced on Thursday.
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Take a Peek Inside Wing’s Autonomous Delivery Drone Command Center
Alphabet owned autonomous delivery drone company Wing on Friday released footage of a first of its kind delivery drone command center. The space resembles a military war room but rather than monitor Predator drones dropping bombs over villages, Wing technicians will watch Uber like GPS routes to ensure flying Doritos…
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Which Endless Would Kirby Howell-Baptiste Be?
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Last night the Game Awards dumped a veritable bevy of teases (and hastily announced winners, because who shows up to the Game Awards for those, apparently?) of what’s to come in the near future for video games—and there was a lot of cool sci-fi and fantasy storytelling on the cards. Here’s the genre highlights you…
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The Muppet Christmas Carol Extended Edition Is Now on Disney+
It’s a big day for Muppet fans with a Disney+ subscription. As previously reported, the service has just added the “full-length version” of Brian Henson’s 1992 film, The Muppet Christmas Carol. However, unlike some of the other new releases this weekend, it’s not that easy to find. So let us help out.
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Researchers Managed to Transfer Twice the Global Internet Traffic in a Single Second
Six months after researchers from Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) set a new data transfer record of 1.02 petabits per second, a team of researchers from the Technical University of Denmark and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden has shattered that record, hitting…
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Photos: Mauna Loa Eruption Continues on Hawaii's Big Island
Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, began erupting in Hawaii in late November for the first time since 1984. Eruptions have continued for nearly two weeks, creating spectacular, slow-moving lava flows that so far have not threatened any local communities.

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New Texas Bill Could Ban Social Media for Anyone Under 18
Texas has it out for social media. A new bill proposed by Texas Representative Jared Patterson is interested in restricting social media access to those under 18 years of age.

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Gods will be killed on Prime Video. That’s where Kratos and Atreus, the stars of the popular God of War video game franchise, will soon hang their weapons as Sony and Amazon have announced a live-action TV show based on the series is on the way. The news was first teased back in March but now it’s official.

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7 Things We Learned From NASA’s Wildly Successful Artemis 1 Mission
NASA’s Artemis 1 mission concluded with Orion’s immaculate splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday. Seemingly a billion years—and most assuredly a few billion dollars—in the making, the mission ended far too quickly for space junkies like me. But in those short few weeks, it managed to nail all its primary…
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There Were 15 Million Excess Deaths Worldwide in First 2 Years of Pandemic, WHO Estimates
The covid-19 pandemic caused far more death and destruction in its first two years than official numbers indicate, a new study from the World Health Organization has found. The authors estimate that there were about 15 million excess deaths linked to the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, with a likely majority of these…
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Russian Trolls Are Using Under-Moderated Right-Wing Sites Like Truth Social to Post Manipulating Content
New research finds Russian groups targeted former President Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social during the 2022 midterm elections. The report, conducted by the Stanford Internet Observatory and Graphika, found that Russian groups have moved on from Facebook and Twitter, where they are largely blocked, to…
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Why Google Isn’t Rushing Forward With AI Chatbots
The success this year of powerful new generative artificial intelligence models like Open AI’s ChatGPT and Stability AI’s Stable Diffusion, have laid the groundwork for a new era of AI tech set to explode even further in 2023. Google, though equipped with its own powerful (but definitely not sentient) LaMDA AI chatbot…
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Scream VI Heads to the Big City in Its First Teaser
Fun fact: The Ghostface mask, best known as the headwear of whoever decided to kill people in the various Scream movies, was created several years before the first Scream debuted in 1996. So it’s entirely plausible that a multitude of people on a subway car would be wearing Ghostface masks on what I have to assume is…
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YouTube Will Tell You if You're Being Too Mean in Comments
YouTube wants you to stop being mean. As YouTube comments continue to serve as a place to harbor negativity and bad tempers, the platform is rolling out a way to let you know if your comment is too rude.

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Space Man Adam Driver Fights Dinosaurs—That's It, That's the Movie
I have never been more quickly sold on anything in my life than watching Adam Driver pick up a sci-fi assault rifle, pointing it at a T.Rex, and opening fire.

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Jack Dorsey Takes the Blame for Even Building Twitter's Moderation Tools
Twitter co-founder and ex-CEO Jack Dorsey has not had it easy the past few weeks. After being hounded on the internet by mobs of Elon Musk fans wanting his blood for what’s been presented in the so-called “Twitter Files,” Dorsey finally came out late Tuesday not to apologize for banning former President Donald Trump,…
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Updates From Deadpool 3, The Flash's Final Season, and More
Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania producer Stephen Broussard teases the stakes of the film. Warrior Nun is no more at Netflix. Plus, you’ll be waiting a while for Marvel to return to Echo. Spoilers get!

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Super Nintendo World Opens This February at Universal Studios Hollywood
Prepare to level up at Universal Studios Hollywood in 2023 with the opening of Super Nintendo World on February 17. The video game-inspired land finally makes its United States debut after the opening of the first Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan back in 2021, and in advance of the release of …
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Free Speech Warrior Elon Musk Bans Twitter Account That Tracked His Private Jet
Twitter has permanently banned @ElonJet, the popular bot account that tracked CEO Elon Musk’s plane, days after the account’s owner accused the social media platform of shadowbanning it.
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ChatGPT Wrote a Terrible Gizmodo Article
ChatGPT, the machine-learning fueled chatbot, has been widely acclaimed for its ability to interact with users and generate “human-like” text. Since its launch by OpenAI on Nov. 30, more than a million people have signed up to use the program, marveling at its talent for spinning up short stories, rap lyrics,…
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Smucker's Goes After Small Business Making Crustless Sandwiches for Trademark Infringement
J.M. Smucker Co. has issued a warning against a small business in Minnesota that’s selling peanut butter and jelly sandwiches without a crust, according to a new report from the Star Tribune. The food giant alleges a crustless sandwich called Gallant Tiger infringes on the trademark protections of its Uncrustables…
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Patty Jenkins Clears Up Wonder Woman 3 and Rogue Squadron Rumors
Patty Jenkins has been in the news a lot over the last few months. First with the removal of her Star Wars movie, Rogue Squadron, from Disney’s schedule, and then the even more shocking news that Wonder Woman 3 had been canceled by DC.
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Mega-Popular Board Game Gloomhaven Polymorphs Into an RPG
If you’re one of the nearly 5,000 backers of the 2017 smash-hit board game Gloomhaven—or one of the more than 83,000 backers of its sequel, Frosthaven—you should probably be aware that the tabletop board game is moving to, uh, a different table, I guess. Game designer Isaac Childres has announced Gloomhaven will soon…
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Bugs Bunny Finally Wins His First Emmy
The legendary figurehead of Looney Tunes, the one and only Bugs Bunny, just celebrated 80 years—and he’s just received his first Emmy. Bugs’ current voice performer, Filipino Canadian and proud animation fanboy Eric Bauza, won the Children’s and Family Emmy Award for “Outstanding Voice Performance in an Animated…
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More Spider-People Revealed in Across the Spider-Verse Concept Art
The latest trailer for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is jam-packed with Spider-People—but don’t worry, there are more. In addition to the awesome, emotional trailer for the highly anticipated sequel, Sony released a few concept images of other characters coming to the multiverse who are not in the trailer, and…
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Massive Winter Storm Sweeps Across the U.S.
A large winter storm hit the western U.S. this weekend and is expected to continue its icy tirade across the rest of the nation, bringing blizzards, tornadoes, and flooding along with it.

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This Oddly Polite Chatbot Will Fight With Comcast Support So You Don't Have To
If odd digital interpretations of classic movie posters and strangely sexual selfie photo collages on Instagram still haven’t convinced you of generative artificial intelligence’s merits, maybe saving a few bucks will. That’s part of the idea behind a new ChatGPT chatbot from the company DoNotPay, which it says can…
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From Liftoff to Splashdown: NASA Releases Supercut Video of Artemis 1 Highlights
After traveling more than 1.4 million miles (2.2 million kilometers) on a historic journey to the Moon and back, NASA’s Orion capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday following its near-perfect test flight.
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Researchers working with a microphone aboard the Perseverance rover have managed to record sounds of a passing dust devil. The audio data was enough for them to determine the physical characteristics of the Martian whirlwind, which crossed right over the NASA rover.
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We Finally Have an Update on The Nevers and It's Not Great News
If you watched The Nevers, HBO’s 2021 drama about women in Victorian London who suddenly manifest superpowers, there’s likely part of you still wondering if we’d ever get the promised second half of the season—with, like, some follow-through all the batshit stuff that happened in the finale. The answer is here, and…
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14 Must Have Items From Twitter's Office Supply Fire Sale
“Does this spark joy?” So asked the famed Japanese organizing consultant Marie Kondo as a way of thinking about decluttering crowded living spaces. The best way to know what “sparks joy,” Kondo said, is to feel the item in your hand, and then know whether you feel uplifted just by that simple act.
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Apple Update Day: What to Expect With iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch
Apple Watch and iPhone users, it’s update day. The iOS 16.2 update is currently rolling out to the iPhone 14 and all other compatible devices. The update includes Advanced Data Protection for iCloud data like Notes and Photos, just as Apple teased at WWDC earlier in the year. Apple says the encryption applies to 23…
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Exclusive Clip: NYC-set Folk-Horror Tale Nanny
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Airbnb Removes 4,000 Accounts for Violating Its Non-Discrimination Policy
Airbnb announced on Tuesday it has removed nearly 4,000 accounts globally from its platform this year, after finding those users had violated its non-discrimination policy. The report was published by Project Lighthouse, an initiative Airbnb launched in 2020, and found that the number of accounts removed decreased…
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Breaking Down the Multiversal Madness of the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Trailer
The new Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse trailer is here, and Miles Morales’ multiverse is about to get so much bigger and more dangerous. But what secrets can we find alongside many, many, many Spider-People in this trailer? Let’s take a closer look.
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U.S. Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Ban TikTok Nationwide
As more and more states across the country pile on to ban TikTok from state-owned devices, Republican Senator Marco Rubio from Florida along with Republican Representative Mike Gallagher from Wisconsin and Democrat Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi from Illinois have taken the move to the next level by proposing a…
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How To Fix Your Phone's Broken Charger Port
Our phones are now pretty essential when it comes to getting through everyday life—so it can be disconcerting when one of these ever-present pocket companions refuses to charge up as normal. It’s a common problem, and it’s one that needs to be fixed as soon as possible. But before you turn your handset over to the…
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New mRNA Cancer Vaccine Passes Important Human Trial
An experimental mRNA cancer-fighting vaccine jointly developed by Moderna and Merck has reportedly succeeded in a Phase II trial. According to the companies, melanoma survivors who received the vaccine in combination with immunotherapy were 44% less likely to have their cancer return or to die than those who only took…
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Meta Shares Tool to Detect Terrorist Content Online
Meta is introducing a new counter-terrorism tool. The news comes as the company will become chair of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT)’s Operating Board next month. The GIFCT was founded by Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and YouTube in 2017 and has since become a non-governmental organization (NGO)…
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Back to the Future and Jurassic World Come to Life at Universal Orlando's Great Movie Escape
Experience your own Amblin cinematic adventure at the Great Movie Escape at Universal Orlando Resort. io9 was invited to try out the new interactive escape rooms inspired by Jurassic Worldand Back to the Futureat CityWalk and chat with Universal Creative about its collaboration with two of Universal Pictures’…
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Elon Promises Twitter Blue Subscribers Will See Half the Ads Normies Do
Twitter may be the one place online where you might be seeing fewer ads in the future—assuming you cough up $8 a month. Elon Musk tweeted late Monday that Twitter Blue subscribers “will have half the number of ads,” and said the company will offer an even more expensive tier for the site that’s totally ad-free in…
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Get Santa a Raincoat: The New Arctic Is Wetter and Warmer
Climate change is rapidly transforming the Arctic into an almost unrecognizable new region, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s annual Arctic Report Card has found.

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Space Startup Wants to Build a Manufacturing Platform in Low Earth Orbit
ThinkOrbital has big plans for low Earth orbit, designing an orbital platform that could be used to manufacture products in space, as well as remove and recycle space debris.
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An Invisible Layer of Gold Could Be the Secret to Glasses That Never Fog Up
Although foggy lenses have been plaguing glasses wearers for as long as glasses have existed, they happen more frequently to those still masking. Researchers from ETH Zurich in Switzerland may have finally come up with a permanent solution to the problem that works whether someone’s wearing a mask, or even if they’ve…
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'Plain Old-Fashioned Embezzlement:' Searing House Testimony Paints Picture of FTX’s Collapse
The House Financial Services Committee began one of its most dramatic hearings in recent memory Tuesday, while its main subject, disgraced crypto exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried, sat behind bars in a cell nearly 1,000 miles away.
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The Best Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror io9 Rewatched in 2022
io9 added “best rewatches” to our year-end coverage during the height of the pandemic—a time when new movies and TV felt mighty scarce. With Hollywood back in full swing, there’s now plenty of new content to consume, but that doesn’t mean we don’t find ourselves sneaking back into the past on occasion.

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Midwest Soil Is Eroding Faster Than Ever. Modern Farming Could Be to Blame
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What to Know About the DOE's Big Nuclear Fusion Announcement
The U.S. Department of Energy announced Tuesday morning that scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved net energy gain in a fusion reaction, a vaunted goal in humankind’s quest for a reliable, zero-carbon energy source.

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The New Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Trailer Will Blow Your Mind
We thought we were ready, but after watching this trailer, we may not be. Sony just released the next trailer for the highly anticipated follow-up to its Oscar-winning, all-time magnificent superhero movie and we are freaking out over how awesome it looks. We’re talking about Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the…
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Avatar: The Way Of Water Is Overwhelming But Wonderful
Few movies in history have come to theaters with the weight and expectations of Avatar: The Way of Water. Its director, James Cameron, has made four narrative sequels in his career and two of those, Aliensand Terminator 2: Judgment Day, are inarguably two of the best sequels of all-time. Avatar, though, is on a whole…
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Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, announced it’s pausing withdrawals of the USDC stablecoin following a spike in user activity that resulted in $1.9 billion in withdrawals in the last day. That spike, according to CoinDesk, comes amid possible red flags revealed in its recent proof-of-reserve report.

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Twitter Disbands Its Trust and Safety Council
Twitter disbanded its Trust and Safety Council on Monday, effectively dissolving the volunteer group of about 100 people that was responsible for moderating content including hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, and self-harm, among others, according to the archived version of the Trust and Safety page.
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A Nightmare Comes to Life in This Eerie Clip From Nanny
If you missed Nanny during its theatrical run, here’s another chance to catch Nikyatu Jusu’s haunting tale of an immigrant mother struggling with the tough but necessary choices she’s had to make in her life. The first horror movie to win Sundance’s coveted Grand Jury Prize arrives on Prime Video this week, and io9…
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11 Science Gifts for Your Favorite Kid or Kid-at-Heart
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Looking for a wholesome gift for a science-loving kid (or nerdy adult) in your life? We’ve got you covered with educational kits, desktop toys, books, and fun projects. Prices here range from $10 to $227, so there are options for every budget. Enjoy!
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The Best Holiday Gifts for Dungeons & Dragons Players
The fantasy tabletop roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons is nearly 50 years old, but it’s experiencing the biggest boom in its history, with millions of old players returning to the table, and new ones picking up polyhedral dice for the very first time. That means lots of new products—both from the game’s publisher, …
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Holiday Gift Ideas for the Doomsday Preppers in Your Life
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It never hurts to be prepared. And with climate disasters only becoming more common, it’s wise to stock up on emergency gadgets and tools, like solar-powered phone chargers and first aid kits. These may not be the most jolly gifts you give this holiday, but they’ll definitely be useful—and they might even end up…
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Hayao Miyazaki's Potentially Final Film Will Release in 2023
After a ten-year hiatus from feature films, Hayao Miyazaki is returning to the director’s chair with How Do You Live. Miyazaki has “retired” and then returned to direct another film many times over the past thirty years. Thank goodness he did, as he announced his first retirement a year before he decided to make …
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Update: Feds Charge FTX's Bankman-Fried With Letting Alameda Run Away With Customers' Funds
As more evidence comes to light about the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s darling two-headed child—one face being the crypto exchange FTX and the other the hedge fund Alameda Research—recent allegations about SBF’s multi-billion crypto empire makes it clear his baby had been force-fed a diet of user funds, all sinking…
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A few weeks ago, right here on io9, readers got their first look at the cover for Christopher Paolini’s newest Fractalverse novel, Fractal Noise. Almost immediately, people could see something was off about the artwork used on the cover.
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HTC Gives First Look At Its Lightweight Meta Quest Pro Competitor
According to The Verge, which was provided with a render of the new hardware, HTC is planning to reveal yet another consumer-focused virtual reality and augmented reality headset at CES 2023 next month, with features that will potentially rival the recently-announced Meta Quest Pro, including full-color passthrough…
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An Audacious Plan to Study a 'Pristine' Comet Is Taking Shape
The European Space Agency announced yesterday that it had signed a contract with private space company OHB to build the Comet Interceptor, a spacecraft to study a yet-to-be identified pristine comet from the Oort cloud, due for launch in 2029.
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Across the Spider-Verse's Spider-Woman Doesn't Need Defending
Any footage of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Versewas going to get folks talking, and the newest trailer from earlier in the week introduced a whole plethora of Spiders for folks to instantly fall in love with. While the trailer primarily focuses on the original Spider-Verse trio of Miles Morales, Gwen Stacy, and…
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Elon Bans Mastodon Links as Twitter Purge Continues
Twitter’s locking the hatches to keep users from jumping off its sinking ship.
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Texas Republicans Want Even More Fossil Fuels on the Grid
Texas Republicans are messing with the state’s grid to fulfill their political ambitions. Again.
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A Lot of Influencer PR Packages Are Extremely Wasteful
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The Burning Questions We Have After Avatar: The Way of Water
Avatar: The Way of Wateris the rare film where we know, without a doubt, there will be at least one sequel. We know this because director James Cameron has already filmed Avatar part three, and it’ll be here in two years. So at the end of this movie, while the main story has almost certainly been completed, there are…
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Strike From a Space Rock May Have Caused Soyuz Coolant Leak at the ISS
Ground teams are investigating the cause of an upsetting coolant leak that erupted yesterday on the Russian Soyuz Ms-22 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station (ISS). Experts are now saying that a micrometeorite may have been responsible.
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Bad Bunny Asked to Perform Free Concert in Mexico After Ticketmaster Bungles Sales
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has asked popular reggaeton singer Bad Bunny, whose legal name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, to perform a free concert in Mexico City after hundreds of fans reportedly purchased fake tickets on Ticketmaster.
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This 27-Inch Digital Art Frame Is Actually an LG Air Conditioner
Home electronics were once status symbols and often the center of the living room, but consumers now tend to prefer gadgets and gizmos that camouflage themselves into an Instagram-friendly space. That now includes wall-mounted air conditioners, which LG is keeping out of sight behind an LCD art screen.
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The Best Photos From Mars in 2022
The Red Planet is desolate, freezing, and has an atmosphere 1% as dense as our own. Its winds blow in great gusts that kick up global dust storms that make and break Mars missions that rely on solar energy for power.

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Pokémon Will End Ash and Pikachu's Journey Next Year
The end of an era is upon us. The Pokémon Company has announced that January will see the beginning of the end for its long-running Pokémon anime as we know it, with the legendary hero and perpetual 10-year-old Satoshi, better known across the world as Ash Ketchum, bowing out as the protagonist of the series.

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Amazon’s Plastic Waste Soared in 2021, Report Finds
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Company That Was Supposed to Tell Us if Binance Is Stable Calls It Quits
After over a week of repeatedly trying to dampen concerns over the crypto exchange Binance’s financial viability, CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao now has his work cut out for him as the company conducting a targeted audit of his company exploded with hardly a word to anyone.
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Call James Cameron: Two Distant Planets Could Be Filled With Water
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed two exoplanets that may be examples of a long-hypothesized planetary classification: a water world.
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James Gunn Teases His DC and Marvel Plans
Patrick Stewart talks about Picard and Crusher in the final season of Star Trek: Picard. A Mythic Quest spinoff is on the way. The Twister sequel has found its director. Plus, a new Fear Street is coming, and get a look at the return of Superman & Lois. Spoilers now!

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Republicans Want to Make Tech Censorship and Biden 'Collusion' Top Priorities in 2023
Senior Republican leadership gave the public a sneak peek into their priorities and plans for tech legislation in the coming year, and it essentially all revolves around two words: conservative censorship. Yeah, here we go again.
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World's Largest Free-Standing Aquarium Bursts, Dumps 1,500 Fish and 264,000 Gallons of Water
The AquaDom, the world’s largest cylindrical aquarium, burst on Friday morning in Berlin, releasing more than 264,000 gallons of water (a million liters) onto the premises, which also house a hotel, museum, and cafes. On Twitter, the Berlin police said that there had been “unbelievable maritime damage.”
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The Barbie Trailer Goes Full Kubrick and We're Here For It
Did you have the first trailer for a Barbie movie parodying 2001: A Space Odyssey on your Bingo card? If so, you’re a winner, because that’s exactly what you’re about to see.

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2022 Was A Great Year for Lego Collectors (and a Bad One for Their Wallets)
One of the world’s most popular toys has actually been entertaining kids for over 60 years, putting Lego in a unique position to not only cater to new generations, but also those who grew up with the building toy and never stopped loving it. But as 2022 demonstrated, it’s getting harder and harder to be a…
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From long-awaited rocket launches to an unprecedented asteroid encounter, the past 12 months in spaceflight have been a doozy. The events of 2022 will be shaping space exploration and commercialization for years to come.
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Elon Musk Kills Twitter Audio Feature After Bizarre Talk With Journalists
Twitter Spaces, the audio feature that allows people to participate in group chats using the social media platform, has been disabled and it’s not clear whether it will ever return. The move comes after Elon Musk joined a group chat hosted by BuzzFeed reporter Katie Notopoulos on Thursday night, where the Twitter CEO…
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Elon Musk Bans Several Journalists From Twitter After Reinstating Literal Nazis [Updated]
Elon Musk banned at least nine journalists from Twitter on Thursday night in a mass purge by arguably the pettiest man on the planet. And while the journalists haven’t been told what caused the bans, many had tweeted about the Twitter account that tracked Elon’s private jet using publicly available information.

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Henry Cavill's New Dream Gig Is a Warhammer 40K Series at Amazon [Updated]
Henry Cavill’s certainly had an up-and-down-and-up-and-oh-my-god few months, but the former Superman and about-to-be-former Witcher star is about to land another dream role: the lead in a series adaptation of the world of Warhammer 40,000.

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Side Quest to Lost Spirits, a Literary-Themed Distillery in Las Vegas
Just off the hustle and bustle of the bright lights on the Las Vegas Strip is a destination for the experiential-themed adventure seeker and drinker. Lost Spirits, a rum distillery inspired in part by Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, can be found at Area 15, an array of eclectic dining and interactive holes…
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It's Been 25 Years Since Pokémon Accidentally Gave Hundreds of People Seizures
December 16, 1997 saw the broadcast of the 38th episode of the legendary Pokémon anime in Japan—and the last time it was ever broadcast at all, thanks to a scene that changed broadcast TV in the country for a generation.

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Trump’s Badly Photoshopped NFTs Appear to Use Photos From Small Clothing Brands
Over the last 24 hours, fans of ex-President Donald Trump have sat huddled in their chairs, waiting with bated breath for a supposed announcement the once tweeter-in-chief promised would blow their socks off. He posted a video to his Truth Social page showing an image of him in a kind of superhero garb, sporting pecs…
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Night of the Living Dead Is Getting a New Sequel Because Zombies Never Die
George A. Romero’s 1968 Night of the Living Dead is one of the most influential movies ever, though these days its reverberations are most often felt in unrelated works that continue to explore the zombie-powered ideas it popularized. A new project from an exciting new director, however, will have a more direct link…
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Pioneering Methane-Fueled Rocket Fails to Reach Orbit After Launch From China
The Zhuque-2 rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert on Wednesday, leaving behind an unusual purplish trail—a product of its unique methane fuel. The rocket managed to take flight, but it failed to reach orbit and deliver the 14 satellites that were on board.
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M3GAN Is Terrifying Even While Delivering a Movie Theater PSA
There’s nothing more annoying than a moviegoer who can’t stay off their phone—and there’s nothing more terrifying than M3GAN, title star of next year’s killer-doll sci-fi horror tale, which is already at the top of our must-see list for 2023. What happens when these two antagonists meet? Imminent bloodbath!
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Here Are the 128 Songs That Reached Spotify's 'Billions Club' This Year
Spotify is one of the premiere music services of the 21st century, and modern music consumption favors streaming over nearly all formats. In 2021, Spotify unveiled the Billions Club, which consists of every song that has accrued at least one billion streams on the platform since their respective date of upload. So…
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Dell's Concept Luna Modular Laptop Comes Apart in Seconds
Dell, one of the world’s major PC makers, is working on bringing more user-friendly repairability to its laptops. It teased us last year with an early version of Concept Luna, which promised to use fewer screws and more sustainable materials in its build. Now that concept build is headed toward full modularity.

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Jupiter's Moon Io Is Glowing With Volcanoes in New Image From NASA Probe
The latest image from NASA’s Juno mission reveals Jupiter’s moon Io in infrared, showing the volcanic hotspots that pepper its surface and fuel Jupiter’s auroras.

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Things to Remember Before Seeing Avatar: The Way of Water
Despite the fact James Cameron’s original Avatar is the highest-grossing film of all time, there’s a good chance you haven’t seen it in a while. It’s a film many, many of us saw upon release, and even a good amount of people saw earlier this year for the re-release, but it’s not on TV all that much and, as a result,…
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A Bite From a Kitten Led to a Man's Death Four Years Later, Family Says
An unlucky kitten bite appears to have led to a Danish man’s death four years later. He reportedly contracted a serious infection following the bite that hospitalized him for a month, caused the amputation of his finger, and left him in ever-declining health. The man’s family disclosed his recent death in hopes of…
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Weird-Ass Video Game Death Stranding to Become Presumably Weird-Ass Movie
In a world where cinematic adaptations of video games are still having a tough time, the announcement that Hideo Kojima’s ambitious, bizarre 2019 game Death Stranding will be turned into a movie from Barbarian executive producer Alex Lebovici is baffling. Unless you think audiences are ready for a post-apocalyptic…
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Big Tech Companies Join Linux in Effort to Kill Google Maps
Some of Google’s biggest rivals are coming together in a kind of rogues gallery with the hopes of creating new open source services to knock Google Maps from its mapping throne.
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History of the Occult Investigates a Conspiracy of Doom
History recalls 1980s Argentina as a time of unease and tragedy exacerbated by power-mad leaders. Cristian Ponce’s unsettling indie History of the Occult revisits that tumultuous time and asks: what if the government was doing it all in the name of black magic?

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FTX's Own Executive Tipped Off Bahamian Regulators to Possible Fraud
As the news of FTX’s collapse keeps rolling in, the twists keep coming. We’re now learning that one of the once wildly popular cryptocurrency exchange’s executives—Ryan Salame—turned on the company by tipping off Bahamian regulators about the potential of fraud according to recently unsealed court documents.
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Astronauts Need a Better Diet, Scientists Say
Long stints on the International Space Station take a toll on the human body, and it doesn’t help that the food up there is limited by what can be reasonably sent and stored in space. To improve conditions for astronauts, a team of scientists devised and tested a food plan specific to the space environment, resulting…
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A team of researchers from the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, have used a protein called talin, which functions as “the cell’s natural shock absorber,” to create a new shock-absorbing material capable of stopping projectiles traveling at supersonic speeds without destroying them in the process.
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Henry Cavill's Superman Exit Won't Change The Witcher's Recast Plans
Last night James Gunn casually tweeted the shocking news that, just months after it was announced that Henry Cavill’s Superman was back in action, he now... isn’t. The hierarchy of power changing in the DC Universe, however, doesn’t mean one thing some fans are hoping: that the lack of Cavill’s DC return could mean a…
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DOJ Seizes Dozens of Websites as Part of Global Cyberattack-for-Hire Scheme
The Department of Justice announced on Wednesday it took down 48 internet domains and charged six people who allegedly offered cyberattack-for-hire services. The defendants are each charged with allegedly offering booter services and operating at least one website that offered distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)…
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Photos: Deadly Tornadoes Pummel Louisiana
A powerful storm system that charged through the Western and Southern United States this week has left a particularly aggressive trail of destruction in Louisiana and Mississippi. At least three people are dead as the storm makes its way towards the East Coast. More than 50 tornadoes were reported across Oklahoma,…
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Colorado Wants More EVs on the Road, Without a Gas Car Ban
Colorado wants to phase out gas-powered cars by 2050, but unlike trendsetting California, which announced that no new gas-powered car be sold there by 2035, Colorado wants more EVs on the road without a similar ban.
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MacBook Air or MacBook Pro: Which Was 2022’s Best Laptop? | TechModo
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Antimatter Could Travel Through Our Galaxy With Ease, Physicists Say
A team of physicists determined that enigmatic ‘antinuclei’ can travel across the universe without being absorbed by the interstellar medium. The finding suggests we may be able to identify antimatter that is produced by dark matter in deep space.
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The Characters That Got Us Through 2022
Another year’s end is nearly upon us—we’ve almost made it to the next 12 months of trials and tribulations! But for now, the io9 staff is rejoicing at mostly getting through the last 12 months in one piece, thanks to a few of our favorite new characters of the year. Here’s who we want to thank for getting us through…
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James Cameron Thinks Terminator: Dark Fate Didn't Work Because Old People
Although the latest film in the Terminator franchise, 2019's Dark Fate, appears to have recouped its $185 million budget, it didn’t exactly light the world on fire. Producer James Cameron, who originated the franchise and was heavily involved with the film, believes he knows why the movie bombed, and it’s because it…
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