X, formerly called Twitter, launched its “Not a Bot” beta Tuesday, which charges new accounts a $1 annual fee to tweet and retweet. The initial test applies to new accounts created in New Zealand and the Philippines to allegedly “combat bots and scammers on X,” the company said o … | Continue reading
The marketplace of the internet has turned into a game of Russian roulette as platforms providing everything from household goods to airline tickets are becoming less trustworthy with the rise of fake reviews. Now, the heavy hitters of online commerce are joining forces to put an … | Continue reading
Hear a little more from Rick and Morty’s new stars in another teaser for the latest episode. Get a look at Marvel’s Werewolf By Night, now... in color! Plus, What’s coming on Krapopolis, and more. Spoilers, away!Read more... | Continue reading
OpenAI’s world-famous chatbot is free to rummage through the internet’s darkest corners. The company declared Tuesday that the “Browse with Bing” feature is ready for prime time for those ChatGPT users paying for Plus or Enterprise editions. This lets ChatGPT access up-to-date in … | Continue reading
Hitting the snooze button on your wake-up alarm might just be fine, new research out this week suggests. In a pair of studies, scientists found evidence that a majority of people regularly hit snooze and that the habit doesn’t seem to noticeably harm our sleep. It could even help … | Continue reading
Actor and author Nick Offerman tells io9 his love of the fantasy series. His book Where the Deer and the Antelope Play is now available in paperback. | Continue reading
Ridley Scott is no stranger to seeing new talent step into franchises he created—he did it with Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, a movie he recently said he regretted not directing himself. The veteran filmmaker is still going strong at 85 with Napoleon and Gladiator 2 on th … | Continue reading
There is nothing weirder than going to a feature panel at New York Comic Con focusing on a single actor and hearing them talk about… well… nothing. From Ewan McGregor evaluating the relative merits of New York bagels, to David Tennant discussing Shakespeare, to Chris Evans only s … | Continue reading
Tesla issued yet another recall for thousands of its Model X vehicles following a safety issue report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The report found that 54,676 of Tesla’s 2021-2023 Model X cars may fail to detect low brake fluid and will not disp … | Continue reading
There’s very little that’s surprising about Elon Musk’s flailing X anymore. Now, a year after he finally purchased the platform, the data is in and the outcome is to be expected: X is not doing so hot.Read more... | Continue reading
The Lucy spacecraft is on a 12-year journey to visit eight different asteroids, and it’s almost caught up with the first space rock on its checklist. Read more... | Continue reading
io9 asked New York Comic Con attendees if they had superhero fatigue from the movies and shows and what they want to see in live action. | Continue reading
Despite a heap of rumors and speculation, Tuesday came and went without any new iPad news. Apple usually waits a few weeks after releasing its latest smartphones to share news about its tablets. Apple fans have been waiting for a fair bit to see the next tablet, but according to … | Continue reading
The annual Orionid meteor shower, known for its bright and swift meteors, is set to peak on October 22, 2023. These meteors create a celestial display that you won’t want to miss, and our guide will prepare you for this astronomical display.Read more... | Continue reading
Google announced Tuesday a slew of new ways to help those with a wide range of disabilities use its products.The company added a new business attribute icon to its Maps and Search products allowing businesses to self-identify as disabled-owned. The icon adds to Google’s growing l … | Continue reading
Gunmakers reveled in the success of major first-person shooters as it gave them the chance to market guns to a market that was escaping them, namely kids. New documents show Activision Blizzard signed a deal with gunmaker Remington Arms more than a decade ago to feature its guns … | Continue reading
Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender made a big impression back in 2005 and continues to be fondly remembered to this day. Fans of the show love the larger cast of characters, and they definitely have their favorites—particularly when it comes to the members of the Fire Natio … | Continue reading
Quiz time: If you or your friends were given the following string of text during a party, would anyone in the room confidently be able to guess or infer any personal attributes of the text’s author? Give yourself a few seconds.Read more... | Continue reading
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The animated, mega-cameo-filled short film Once Upon a Studio is now streaming on Disney+ to celebrate Disney’s 100-year anniversary.Read more... | Continue reading
Misinformation about an imaginary Hamas plot allegedly pushed Joseph Czuba, a Chicago-area landlord, to murder 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume. Czuba was reportedly motivated by conspiracy theories started on social media about an "international day of jihad." | Continue reading
Netflix is touting its new series The Netflix Cup as its “first-ever live sports event,” which sounds at first like a retreat of sorts from the streamer’s assurance in late 2022 that it wouldn’t be adding sports packages to its offerings. But if you look a little closer, this is … | Continue reading
Frank Herbert’s sci-fi classic Dune ends with an intense showdown between Paul Atreides and Feyd-Rautha, two sides of an epic war that’ll decide the fate of a trade, a planet, and a galaxy. In the film adaptation, Dune: Part Two, Atreides is once again played by Timothée Chalamet … | Continue reading
After a more widespread rollout this week of its tirade against ad blockers, YouTube began its roll out of dozens of new features for its mobile app Tuesday.Read more... | Continue reading
This weekend, SAG-AFTRA and NAVA—the National Association for Voice Actors—teamed up for a panel at New York Comic Con about AI in entertainment. Moderator Lindsay Rousseau, who is also a voice actress, introduced the panel by explaining that “right now there are no legal or legi … | Continue reading
Around 11 miles above Earth’s surface, leftover bits from rockets and spacecraft are lingering in our planet’s atmosphere that could potentially have a lasting effect on the climate.Read more... | Continue reading
Snapchat introduced two new features Tuesday for users to embed content on their profiles or stories into a website. The social media platform added web embeds for its Lenses, Spotlight videos, public stories and public profiles for users to share an article or website with their … | Continue reading
The ensemble for Miyazaki's upcoming Studio Ghibli film includes Christian Bale, Florence Pugh, Mark Hamill, Dave Bautista, and more. | Continue reading
The Biden administration laid out new restrictions on Tuesday to limit the primary and secondary sale of United States-made chips to China, according to a CNBC report. The move is an effort to limit the nation’s technological and military progress.Read more... | Continue reading
Like all big superheroes, Spider-Man has been played and voiced by a variety of different people over the decades. There’s a certain art to the wallcrawler that a number of voice actors have managed to perfect in recent years, and among those is longtime performer Yuri Lowenthal. … | Continue reading
Blue Origin revealed plans for a new spacecraft platform with the potential to reshape in-space logistics, offering unprecedented maneuverability and a host of advanced capabilities.Read more... | Continue reading
Nearly 60 years to the day that Doctor Who began airing, next month, the BBC will launch an unprecedented collection of over 800 episodes from the show’s distant and not-so-distant past on its streaming platform, iPlayer—the first of its kind from the corporation. But it turns ou … | Continue reading
The days of Terminator and The Matrix could be closer to reality as the artificial intelligence wave continues to crash. A U.S. think tank released a report arguing that the AI that guides the likes of ChatGPT and those dystopian influencers from Meta could be used to create a ne … | Continue reading
What, you thought Tiffany Valentine, queen of tawdry glam, would drab herself down like any other inmate? Relish her jailhouse style in this exclusive clip from Chucky’s third episode, which sees Lexy (Alyvia Alyn Lind) visiting Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly), hoping she’ll provide som … | Continue reading
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday he is rolling out an Artificial Intelligence Action Plan in light of the growing “risks” of the technology. Adams said at a press conference that he hopes to use AI responsibly “to improve quality of life for New Yorkers.”Read more. … | Continue reading
The upcoming Gaganyaan demo is a big deal for India, laying the groundwork for ambitious crewed missions and setting sights on lunar astronaut landings by 2040. | Continue reading
President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign launched its account on former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform on Monday. The reason? They thought it would be funny, according to an X post. Read more... | Continue reading
Apple’s Newsroom announced the new Apple Pencil on Tuesday. It’s more affordable than its predecessors and offers some new features.Read more... | Continue reading
General Motors’ autonomous vehicle company Cruise can’t shake the safety scrutiny over its driverless robotaxis. Now the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is digging into whether or not these AVs are safe for the pedestrians being forced to live with them.Rea … | Continue reading
Director Emma Tammi talks about working with the FNAF creator on the film's story—and her own gateway horror inspirations. | Continue reading
New York Comic Con 2023 is at an end, and with it the book is closed on one of the most peculiar versions of the show in a long while—with the long shadow of Hollywood’s summer of labor reckonings and the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike making for an event with some severely constrained … | Continue reading
One of Disney’s darkest shows may soon get a live-action revival. James Wan, the man who helped reinvent horror with Saw and Insidious (and made the mega-blockbusters Furious 7 and Aquaman) is teaming up with frequent collaborator Gary Dauberman to turn the 1990s Disney cartoon G … | Continue reading
Critical Role’s panel at New York Comic Con was full of questions about the popular web series—including its guest stars, recurring villains, and Matt Mercer’s uncanny ability to bring NPCs back from the dead. Or out of the shadows, whatever suits the story at any given time. Rea … | Continue reading
Back in August, Netflix announced it would be continuing to build out its gaming realm—introduced with 2021's rollout of mobile games—by testing bringing games to any device where people watch Netflix, including TVs and computers. Now, that plan is inching closer to reality.Read … | Continue reading
It’s a rough day for tech workers, with layoffs at both LinkedIn and the recently-sold Bandcamp. Stack Overflow, the go-to Q&A forum for programmers, says it’s cutting about 28% of its staff.Read more... | Continue reading
LinkedIn, the business social networking platform owned by Microsoft, announced Monday it is laying off 668 employees, amounting to more than 3% of its staff, as part of its alleged organizational restructuring efforts. The decision marks the second round of mass layoffs at Linke … | Continue reading
Goosebumps is back, and it’s offering a fresh take on R.L. Stine’s collection of YA horror for a new age.Read more... | Continue reading
Over the weekend, rumors circulated that Signal, one of the most trusted encrypted chat apps on the web, had a pretty bad zero-day vulnerability. The claims, which have now been all but debunked, swiftly caused a panic in the infosec community. Read more... | Continue reading