Photographers from around the world recently submitted 20,000-odd images of bird species to the Bird Photographer of the Year contest. The showcase captures the diversity of the class Aves, as well as the dramatically different habitats the animals occupy and the ecological niche … | Continue reading
Apple may be thinking up ways to offer laptops that are cheaper and more pared down than its existing MacBook Air line. As reported by DigiTimes (via MacRumors), industry sources are speculating Apple could be working on a lower-cost version of its MacBooks that would compete in … | Continue reading
Edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr., Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology features an introduction by acclaimed horror author Stephen Graham Jones and unsettling tales by a wide range of Indigenous authors. io9 is thrilled to share one of the … | Continue reading
Less than one month after enduring public backlash over confusion about how it trains its artificial intelligence tools, Zoom says it’s prepared to plow forward with a ChatGPT-style chatbot to embed in its videoconferences and accompanying chats. Zoom believes its beefed-up AI Co … | Continue reading
Apple has officially declared it’s iPhone time. We’ve been preparing behind the scenes to bring you up-to-date coverage of what’s next. But we won’t see anything crop up until at least 10:00 A.M. PT / 1:00 P.M. ET. on Sept. 12, 2023, when Apple’s Wanderlust event officially kicks … | Continue reading
Plenty of men worldwide are carrying the human papillomavirus, or HPV, new research has found. The study estimates that about one in three men currently have at least one strain of genital HPV, while one in five have a strain known to increase the risk of certain cancers in both … | Continue reading
Remember earlier this month when Warner Bros. said that it had saved money on the strikes? Well, it seems like that may have been more than a little presumptuous. Today, Warner Bros. filed a document with the Securities and Exchanges commission that said it would be losing more m … | Continue reading
The next iPhone will be revealed on Sept. 12, 2023, thanks to an invite sent by Apple. The event, held at the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, California, will be streamed on Apple.com at 10:00 A.M. PT / 1:00 P.M. ET.Read more... | Continue reading
Adapted from Robert Jordan’s epic fantasy tales, Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time kicked off its second season last week. With three episodes out there in the world, and more coming each Friday through the eight-part season, io9 got a chance to talk to some of the show’s directors … | Continue reading
About 70,000 Burning Man attendees in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert were stuck in the mud this weekend after torrential rains this past Friday evening.Read more... | Continue reading
Meta is removing Facebook’s dedicated news tab in some European countries starting in early December, the company announced on Tuesday. The social giant claims users do not visit the platform for news and political content and claims the change will affect a limited number of use … | Continue reading
There’s a Barbie blowout celebration planned for all of September, so get your Barbies and Kens together—and all their outfits, of course—for encore fun.Read more... | Continue reading
Home invasion movies are so prevalent because it’s horror, without the horror. Each and every one of us instantly shudder as we imagine the fear and shock of strangers forcing themselves into our home. But what if that “stranger” was stranger than a normal “stranger?” What if the … | Continue reading
While we wait for Android 14's stable release, Google has decided to grace its users with an updated logo for the upcoming Android brand. The operating system has a new look, and the company is rolling out a few new features to celebrate the occasion. They include AI enhancements … | Continue reading
When we once again meet Michael Dorn’s legendary Klingon hero Worf in Star Trek: Picard’s third and final season, he’s a very different man to the one we saw across The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine—tempered by a long life of isolation as he has gone on a one-Klingon missio … | Continue reading
The Exorcist: Believer fears nothing except Taylor Swift—specifically, her surprise concert film, which nudged the horror revival’s opening date forward a week. But from the looks of its visceral latest trailer, audiences will have plenty of nightmares when David Gordon Green’s m … | Continue reading
The original Star Trek animated series turns 50 this year, and while there’s certainly at least some animation from the boldly going adventures of the Trek universe still in the works at Paramount, the network is getting into a celebratory mood in the weirdest way possible.Read m … | Continue reading
Following an eventful lunar day, India’s Chandrayaan-3 mission has been put to sleep to wait out the dreadful darkness of the Moon’s nighttime.Read more... | Continue reading
Every time I learn something new about the residual system within the streaming era I see red. This weekend it’s the fact that Eric Kripke, the man who created Supernatural, the hit show that went on for 15 seasons, at nearly 22 episodes per season, from 2005-2020, has never rece … | Continue reading
An existing medication for multiple sclerosis could possibly be retooled into a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease, new research suggests. A team of scientists has found evidence in mice and human brain tissue that the drug ponesimod can reduce the inflammation and toxic amyloid p … | Continue reading
Netflix has released the first trailer for Aardman’s next movie: a follow up to the animation studio’s beloved 2000 poultry jailbreak Chicken Run. As with all good sequels, it looks like a twist on the original—this time the Chickens have to break in to somewhere rather than brea … | Continue reading
Indonesia issued its first “Golden Visa” to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in a bid to bring in foreign investors who have impacted the country’s economic development. The visa was launched only last week and will allow recipients to live in the country for five to ten years and they’ll b … | Continue reading
Dan Aykroyd arrives in a new clip from R.L. Stine’s Zombie Town. A new Nun II clip teases Valak’s frightful return. Plus, confirmation of My Adventures With Superman’s season 2 renewal, and what’s coming on Invasion. Spoilers, away!Read more... | Continue reading
Twitter is dying, and billionaire site owner Elon Musk knows precisely where to point the finger—not at the mirror, of course, but at the Anti-Defamation League. The Jewish civil rights organization is just one of several watchdog groups that have accused Twitter of platforming a … | Continue reading
In recent years, drink chains have switched their single-use cups from plastic to paper to avoid plastic pollution and pile-ups in landfills. But according to recent research, the plastic cup that we feel good walking out of a cafe with isn’t great for the environment either.Read … | Continue reading
The new era of space exploration is opening entirely new possibilities, including the tantalizing prospect of mining for resources on the Moon and asteroids. Sounds exciting—and potentially very profitable—but the reality of the situation is that space mining is completely unchar … | Continue reading
When the Philadelphia Phillies baseball team introduced its new “Go-Ahead Entry” facial recognition authentication method last week, it was intended to decrease wait times and increase efficiency. In reality, according to Axios, it did just the opposite. Glitches in the system ac … | Continue reading
More than in recent years, 2023 has been extremely busy for video games. That even extends to the summer, as giants like Final Fantasy XVI and Street Fighter 6 have occupied a season that’s normally dry in terms of big releases. Larian’s Baldur’s Gate 3 pretty much dominated the … | Continue reading
In the run up to Disney+ series Ahsoka, there was a lot to be said about how the show will approach its titular protagonist’s relationship to the Jedi identity—what it means to be referred to as such outside of the confines of the Jedi Order, and what it can be as Star Wars more … | Continue reading
Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time brings Robert Jordan’s fantasy realm to life with striking detail. Season two, which just kicked off last week, opens the story even wider, revealing new characters who bring menace to the screen just by the fierce way they dress—and accessorize. R … | Continue reading
New footage from season two of Loki begins with the God of Mischief nearly in tears. He may as well be Marvel fans because they’ve been waiting a long, long time for him to return and bring some order back to MCU.Read more... | Continue reading
As pioneers at the forefront of immersive storytelling, Animal Repair Shop and its consumer brand Infinite Rabbit Holes are working on next-gen consumer products at the intersection of the physical and virtual world with their upcoming at-home alternate reality board game The Ark … | Continue reading
The only thing that’s predictable about the summer movie season is that it’s going to be wholly unpredictable. In the lead-up, it’s easy to pick out what you think are going to be Hollywood’s biggest stories. “Oh, that new Marvel movie is going to kill it.” “Who isn’t going to go … | Continue reading
When Jon Strahd, the evil CEO of Ravenloft Studios, was defeated, the crowd at Universal Studios gave a huge roar. A group of 500 adventurers had shown up to picket at “the worst [Hollywood] location,” and about 100 were now engaged in a existential fight with a contemporary capi … | Continue reading
New guidelines from the NLRB say that if a company opts to bust a union, that company will be forced by the Board to recognize the union. | Continue reading
Google says deleting old pages to bamboozle Search is "not a thing!" as CNET erases its history. The tech news site removed thousands of old articles in a recent bid to appease Google and improve its performance in search results over the past few months. | Continue reading
A video has surfaced which appears to feature Stanley Kubrick himself explaining the end of 1968's 2001: A Space Odyssey. Allow us to explain. | Continue reading
The device and streaming service has added a slew of content from HBO Max and Discovery+, including Westworld and Raised by Wolves. | Continue reading
India's space agency plans to launch 36 OneWeb satellites on Sunday, completing the British company's first internet constellation. Watch it live right here. | Continue reading
The conditional approval will require the Project Kuiper team to report launches on a semi-annual basis and retire satellites after seven years. | Continue reading
Twitter finally reversed the decision to make the algorithmic ‘For You’ tab default. The thing is, Twitter had already come to the same decision years ago. | Continue reading
I didn't think I could hate Dave Chappelle more. But you never know! Life is weird that way. | Continue reading
Tesla's autopilot feature is being called into question during an upcoming criminal trial, and follows various safety recalls. | Continue reading
Direct messages work a little different on the alternative to Elon Musk's Twitter. A short guide on sending them properly. | Continue reading
The former engineer shared an email downloading extension tool he believed employees could use as a form of "self-protection." | Continue reading
Oversight Board members advised Musk to adhere to a harm principle and left open the possibility of working with Twitter on content decisions. | Continue reading
As Rishi Sunak steps up to lead Britain out of its fiscal quagmire, let's all just hope he doesn't have web3 on the brain. | Continue reading
Nice social media company you've got there, it'd be a shame if something... happened to it. | Continue reading