A new Gallup survey found more than half of teenagers in the U.S. spend an average of 4.8 hours on social media each day. The responses came from 1,591 people ages 13-19 years old, and the survey’s findings show that as teens got older, they stayed on social media even longer.Rea … | Continue reading
In 2018, Wizards of the Coast made a major change to the way Magic: The Gathering was sold when it split the then-standard booster pack of cards into two different varieties: Draft Boosters, focused on the game’s build-and-play formats, and Set Boosters, aimed at people looking t … | Continue reading
Apple’s iPhone lost its top spot among Chinese smartphones, according to a Jefferies analyst note originally reported by CNBC. A lackluster release of the iPhone 15 allowed Huawei to replace the iPhone as the number one spot for market share.Read more... | Continue reading
It’s Taylor Swift’s world, and we’re all just living in it. In an economy racked with corporate greed-induced hyperinflation and a population evermore saddled with student loan debt, younger generations are apparently more interested in shelling out for experiences over at-home t … | Continue reading
Bethany Jacobs’ debut novel, These Burning Stars, hits shelves tomorrow—but io9 has the first chapter here for you to read today. Do you like sci-fi tales of revenge, dark secrets from the past that threaten to re-emerge, and thieves plotting schemes on forgotten planets? Read on … | Continue reading
The Moon took a big chomp out of the Sun this weekend, and photographers across the Americas were ready to capture the celestial feast. Dive into our slideshow to experience the mesmerizing moments of this annular eclipse.Read more... | Continue reading
There’s a calamity on the horizon if you believe Gary Gensler, Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). America’s top Wall Street watchdog has issued a dire warning about artificial intelligence: if regulators don’t act now, Gensler said it’s “nearly unavoidab … | Continue reading
There are fewer than 100 wild ocelots left in Texas, and it’s no wonder: their habitats have been broken up by highways and other human infrastructure. Conservationists in the state set up gated areas along the busy State Highway 100 in hopes of protecting these special cats, and … | Continue reading
NASA is considering reducing the budget for the Chandra X-Ray Observatory and Hubble Space Telescope as the space agency grapples with its spending for the upcoming year.Read more... | Continue reading
With near seamlessness, Ian Cardoni and Harry Belden have taken over the voices of Rick and Morty. Justin Roiland, the co-creator of the show and the former voice actor for both characters, was fired last year after accusations of domestic abuse and engendering a toxic workplace. … | Continue reading
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. This story is the second in a four-part Grist series examining how climate change is destabilizing the global insurance market. It is published in partnership with the Economic Hardship Repo … | Continue reading
Meta’s new version of its VR/AR headset might be this holiday's perfect gaming gift. | Continue reading
Apple is making progress on a cheaper version of the Vision Pro according to Bloomberg’s reliable leaker Mark Gurman. We also got some new rumors about the upcoming M3-based MacBook Pro and MacBook Air as well as the possibility that the release of the Apple Pencil 3 is imminent. … | Continue reading
Matthew Vaughn, the guy who brought us comic book adaptations like X-Men: First Class, Kick-Ass and Kingsmen: The Secret Service, has a new movie that seems akin to Stranger Than Fiction if it were directed by, well, Matthew Vaughn. At least, that’s what it seems on its face.Read … | Continue reading
Australia’s eSafety commissioner fined X, formerly called Twitter, on Sunday for failing to meet the country’s Online Safety Act requirements. Australia accused the social media platform of not taking the necessary steps to tackle child sexual exploitation content on X, including … | Continue reading
Goldman Sachs’ third-quarter earnings may be the final straw for the Apple Card as the Wall Street giant faces internal pressure to exit the consumer-lending space. The Apple partnership has long been seen as a distraction from Goldman’s core business, the Wall Street Journal rep … | Continue reading
Sequels often have a scope problem, especially superheroic ones. Your hero’s been established, they’ve come into their own, and now the temptation is that to test them you have to throw everything and the kitchen sink at them almost immediately. Go big or go home! Marvel’s Spider … | Continue reading
New York Comic Con just wrapped, and we’ve got updates from The Changeling, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, and Scott Pilgrim Takes Off. There was also some absolutely epic cosplay, so you should check out our slideshows of some of the great costumes we saw during the three days w … | Continue reading
Close to 15 years after its release, Minecraft is more popular than ever. The game is already one of the highest-selling games of all time, but on Monday the Microsoft-owned company Mojang declared it crossed the threshold of 300 million copies sold.Read more... | Continue reading
Meta’s flirtation with innovation has been, at best, poorly panning out and, at worst, delightfully creepy. The latter best describes the case of the tech company’s new foray into AI with machine-generated personas.Read more... | Continue reading
You can add supernova spotting to the laundry list of accolades attributed to artificial intelligence. This week, a collaboration of astronomers led by Northwestern University said they have developed the world’s first AI-assisted, fully automatic supernova detection, identificat … | Continue reading
In space, no one can hear you tinkle. But just to be sure, Space Perspective has designed a luxuriously private bathroom experience on board its balloon-propelled capsules.Read more... | Continue reading
I’ve tried them both, and the new Meta Quest 3 is no Apple Vision Pro. At least as far as presenting a hyper-realistic mixed reality experience that overlays virtual objects and experiences into the real world while preventing you from bumping into the furniture. And for $500, ve … | Continue reading
Halloween isn’t for another two weeks, but that doesn’t matter when it’s New York Comic-Con. All weekend, we’ve been sharing cool cosplay that we’ve seen on the show floor, and we’ve got one final showcase to close things out.Read more... | Continue reading
Matthew Vaughn has been in the filmmaking game since 1996, but he’s perhaps best known for 2010's Kick-Ass and 2014's Kingsman: The Secret Service. His upcoming movie Argylle has made sure to put the latter movie front and center for its marketing, and it’s likely there are dieha … | Continue reading
In the same way that Marvel Comics has imprints for stories featuring alternate universe versions of its characters, DC Comics has that in Elseworlds. But that line disappeared after 2010, and was semi-replaced with similar enough imprints like Earth One (which was similarly shor … | Continue reading
Since 2009, Archer has been a reliable (sometimes award-winning) staple of adult animation and FX’s larger TV lineup. Having gone through multiple reinventions and status quo changes, it’s almost hard to imagine the show actually ending—which it did just a few days ago.Read more. … | Continue reading
During its New York Comic-Con panel for its upcoming shows, Prime Video revealed the full cast for its animated musical series, Hazbin Hotel. Based on the popular 2019 YouTube video from creator Vivienne Medrano, the streamer first teased the A24-backed series at the end of Septe … | Continue reading
If you’re behind on what’s happening with the robot uprising, have no fear. Here’s a quick look at some of the weirdest and wildest artificial intelligence news from the past week. Also, don’t forget to check out our weekly AI write-up, which will go into more detail on this same … | Continue reading
New York Comic Con is here, and Netflix came ready to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Scott Pilgrim comics next year with the latest look at its new animated adaptation of Brian Lee O’Malley’s seminal series.Read more... | Continue reading
It’s that time of year once again, folks, where New York becomes filled with fans and cosplayers due to New York Comic-Con. And as io9 likes to do, we’ve got a slideshow featuring some of the coolest-looking cosplay seen on the show floor.Read more... | Continue reading
Marvel Comics likes to use either of the two big yearly Comic-Cons to reveal their big plans for the following year. 2023's been an eventful time for the publisher, and that momentum will be continuing throughout 2024 in some big ways—mainly as it pertains to the X-Men and the re … | Continue reading
The first season of Invincible was a fun, delightful little show about young Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun) coming into his own as a superhero and trying to live up to the legacy of his father Omni-Man (JK Simmons). It was also extremely violent right out the gate, in ways that often … | Continue reading
Ever since Mortal Kombat 9, NetherRealm Studios has thrown in a crossover character or three into their fighting games. The Injustice games have had Hellboy and the Ninja Turtles, for example, but the Mortal Kombat games have been especially cameo-heavy in this regard: Mortal Kom … | Continue reading
“LaKeith [Stanfield] came into The Changeling with such dedication,” said Jonathan Van Tulleken, an executive producer/director on The Changeling. “I think it’s very rare to see an actor who brings his level of commitment to the set, and who is always digging through sort of the … | Continue reading
Dragon Ball Super’s anime adaptation ended over five years ago, and though the franchise has been kept alive with various games, movies, and a web series, there hasn’t had a proper mainline anime installment since. Fortunately, that’s about to change in a big way with the release … | Continue reading
Over the decades, there’ve been various interpretations of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in film and TV. Some stories play things fairly straight, but others offer some kind of new (and often humorous) take on the titular monster: what if the monster were one of Dracula’s best frie … | Continue reading
Author Victor LaValle and showrunner Kelly Marcel spoke to io9 at a press line after the panel for Apple TV+’s adaptation of The Changeling, talking about how to work within the confines of the novel, and when to push the boundaries of what’s on the page.Read more... | Continue reading
The first season of Daryl Dixon, a Walking Dead spinoff featuring Norman Reedus’ incredibly popular character, was primarily filmed in France. This is a far cry from the Senoia, Georgia locale where The Walking Dead had been filmed for nearly a decade. When the team landed in Eur … | Continue reading
Over 15 years ago, the original The Strangers movie became a cult classic horror film for its atmosphere and simple premise of a couple being terrorized by a trio of masked invaders. While it eventually got a sequel in 2018's The Strangers: Prey at Night, Lionsgate wants the gap … | Continue reading
Research out this week appears to show the potential longevity of transplanted organs from genetically engineered pigs. Scientists gave monkeys kidneys from these animals, finding that some were able to live for one to two years. Many of the genetic changes evaluated in this stud … | Continue reading
A new report from Politico suggests a “billionaire-backed network” of Silicon Valley-linked AI “advisors” are working to control the regulatory agenda in Washington D.C. Boy, I sure wish stuff like that were illegal instead of just business-as-usual. Read more... | Continue reading
Remember the Whole Earth Catalog? If you’re a fan of the anarcho-libertarian magazine that helped usher in a popular interest in all things tech and internet culture, there’s good news: a nearly complete collection of the publication’s archive has been digitized and uploaded to t … | Continue reading
The Changeling (adapted from the novel by Victor LaValle) wrapped its first season on Apple TV+ today with a finale that had more than its fair share of cliffhangers... literally. Check out this exclusive clip to see what we mean.Read more... | Continue reading
It’s October, which basically means it’s Halloween, which basically means it’s Thanksgiving, which basically means it’s Christmas. So yes, it’s Christmas time, and that means it’s also time to pick out the geekiest holiday ornaments Hallmark has in store for 2023.Read more... | Continue reading
Did you check out V/H/S/85, the latest entry in the long-running found-footage horror anthology series, when it hit Shudder last week? A hell of a lot of people did: it was the most-watched film premiere of the year for Shudder and AMC+. It comes as no surprise that a seventh V/H … | Continue reading
Google says it will defend users in a legal setting if copyright issues arise with their generative artificial intelligence. It joins the ranks of other big tech players who have done the same.“Put simply: if customers are challenged on copyright grounds, we will assume responsib … | Continue reading
The game Five Nights at Freddy’s gained an immense cult following not just for its jump scares, as popularized by the then-burgeoning “let’s play” YouTube channels back in 2014, but for the swath of theories and hidden lore behind the series’ murderous animatronics and the histor … | Continue reading