- Tech News
YouTube TV Totally Screwed Fans Trying to Watch the World Cup
Smack in the middle of the World Cup semi-finals, YouTube TV totally fucked over fans of England and Croatia alike. The live TV streaming service, Google’s big solution for people tired of paying for cable, offered its “sincere apologies” on Twitter after its World Cup stream got borked: “The timing is horrible but we’re working … Continued
By Harri Weber - io9Toys and Collectibles
The Most Awesome Toys and Collectibles That Will Destroy Your Wallet at San Diego Comic-Con 2018
If you’ve heard a rumbling sound recently, it’s probably the tumultuous herald announcing that, oh god, San Diego Comic-Con is next week. That doesn’t just mean new trailers, crazy cosplay, and wild panels, though; it means there will be so many cool and expensive toys you can try and get. Here’s a few (dozen) of … Continued
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Thai Boys Were Reportedly Sedated and in a Semi-Conscious State During Rescue
On Tuesday, the remaining five boys were rescued from the Tham Luang Nang Non cave complex where 12 members of a soccer team and their coach were trapped for more than two weeks. The rescue mission spanned three days, and, according to new details, involved drugging the boys prior to the extraction. The news comes … Continued
- ScienceAnimals
Horses Make This Funny Sound When They’re Happy
When horses are happy, they snort, according to new research published today in PLoS One. The finding could help improve treatment of these domesticated animals, the authors say. The snorts are just as cute as I had hoped. Take a listen: The research comes from scientists at the University of Rennes in France, who noticed … Continued
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ARM Takes Down Boneheaded Website Attacking Open-Source Rival
ARM, the incredibly successful developer of CPU designs, appears to be getting a little nervous about an open-source rival that’s gaining traction. At the end of June, ARM launched a website outlining why it’s better than its competitor’s offerings and it quickly blew up in its face. Realizing the site was a bad look, ARM … Continued
By Rhett Jones - io9Television
The Y: The Last Man TV Show Sets Its Main Cast Including Yorick, Hero, and Agent 355
Holy shit, it’s finally happening. After years of Y: The Last Man adaptation reports, Agent 355, Hero, Yorick, and the gang are officially being brought to life. According to Variety, FX has begun casting its pilot adapting Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra’s brilliant series, Y: The Last Man. Barry Keoghan (Dunkirk) is Yorick, the … Continued
- Tech NewsGadgets
Sonos Speakers Finally Get the Airplay 2 Support We’ve Been Waiting For
After its somewhat premature announcement of Airplay 2 support, Sonos is finally updating a few of its speakers to actually support Airplay 2. That means your iOS device can now bring the music management and multi-room audio feature to a few more of its smart speakers, including its newest Beam soundbar. With Airplay 2 on … Continued
- io9Comics
Ms. Marvel Writer G. Willow Wilson Is Taking Over Wonder Woman
Another Marvel writer is teaming up with DC Comics to write one of their biggest heroes: G. Willow Wilson, who has spent the last few years shepherding the adventures of Kamala Khan for Marvel, has just been announced as the new writer of DC’s ongoing Wonder Woman series. Revealed on DC All Access today, Wilson … Continued
- Tech NewsPrivacy and Security
Buying ‘Access’ to a Major Airport’s Security System Apparently Costs Just $10
Security researchers discovered that, for just $10 on the dark web, it appears someone could essentially buy their way into an international airport’s security system. This finding from McAfee’s team of researchers signals how a weak link can undermine systems that may otherwise seem thoroughly secured, even as billions of dollars are put towards locking … Continued
- EartherClimate Change
The Arctic’s Metabolism Is Speeding Up, and That’s Bad
The Arctic tundra keeps an enormous amount of carbon in check in its soils, but as the region warms, that carbon could start leaking back into the atmosphere in a big way. A new study adds fuel to this concern by showing that at the longest-monitored site in the Arctic, our planet’s metabolism is speeding … Continued
By Maddie Stone - EartherConservation
Salamanders May Not Be as Screwed as We Thought
Hidden throughout Southern Appalachia is the world’s most diverse salamander population. But while these small amphibians have long been considered vulnerable as climate change shrinks suitable habitats, new research suggests that in at least some parts of the salamander capital of the world, the creatures may be able to hack their way into surviving a hotter … Continued
- io9Movies
RoboCop Will Ride Again in RoboCop Returns From Director Neill Blomkamp
Yes, you read that right, there’s another RoboCop movie coming. Deadline reports that MGM has hired District 9 director Neill Blomkamp to make a film called RoboCop Returns, a sort of sequel/reboot to the original 1987 Paul Verhoeven film, and unrelated to the 2014 remake. The hope is for this to reinvigorate the franchise. Justin … Continued
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Engineer Faces Prison for Stashing Navy Drone Secrets on His Dropbox
An electrical engineer secretly uploaded onto his personal Dropbox account thousands of files containing sensitive information about the unmanned underwater vehicles his company was developing for the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research. A Connecticut federal jury on Monday found Jared Sparks of Ardmore, Oklahoma, guilty of multiple counts of theft of trade secrets and … Continued
- EartherConservation
Some Coral Reefs Need Poop, Study Finds
Bird turds can tell you a lot about an island. For instance, is it smelly or not? But also, how are the coral reefs doing? Research published on Wednesday in Nature shows that at least for one archipelago, the shittier the island the healthier the reefs and fish around them. That insight is crucial for conservationists … Continued
By Brian Kahn - ScienceArchaeology
Discovery of Stone Tools in China Shows Early Humans Left Africa Over 2 Million Years Ago
Archaeologists working in the Shangchen region of China have uncovered dozens of stone tools, the oldest of which date back 2.1 million years, making them the earliest known evidence of a human presence outside of Africa. Ancient humans, likely a form of Homo erectus, occupied what is now the Shangchen region of China some 2.1 … Continued
- Tech NewsPrivacy and Security
Who Will Police Police Drones?
The Police Foundation doesn’t want the police to call drones “drones.” Because of the public’s association with “military-style weapons like the Predator,” the organization’s 311 page report reads, the term “drone” is “a major obstacle to law enforcement’s ability to convince the public” that police drone programs “could actually increase public safety, not jeopardize it.” … Continued
- ReviewsWearablesSmartwatches
This Body Heat-Powered Smartwatch Gets One Thing Very Right
One of the most interesting gadgets I’ve tested in the past few years was the Matrix PowerWatch: a fitness-tracking timepiece powered only by the wearer’s body heat. The battery-free technology was neat, but the watch’s limited functionality wasn’t. Matrix Industries’ new PowerWatch X promises to be a more useful and capable wearable, but even with … Continued
- Tech NewsPrivacy and Security
‘Mega’ Data Breaches Cost Companies a Staggering Fortune, IBM Study Finds
IBM Security on Wednesday released its latest report examining the costs and impact associated with data breaches. The findings paint a grim portrait of what the clean up is like for companies whose data becomes exposed—particularly for larger corporations that suffer so-called “mega breaches,” a costly exposure involving potentially tens of millions of private records. … Continued
By Dell Cameron - io9Movies
Shazam! Cuts Loose in the First Official Photo of Zachary Levi in Costume
Despite the fact that we’ve seen set pictures of it, Zachary Levi’s defense of it, and terrible-quality Instagram pictures, this is finally our first official look at Warner Bros.’ latest cinematic DC Comics superhero… and his love of cola, apparently. Entertainment Weekly just dropped the first official still from David F. Sandberg’s Shazam!, giving us … Continued
- ScienceSpace
New Analysis of Potentially Habitable Exoplanet Makes Us Hungry for Better Telescopes
Eleven light-years from Earth, orbiting a dim red star, there’s an exoplanet called Ross 128b that, as we recently reported, has some the best prospects for life of any known distant world. New results may help astronomers figure out what the planet is made of—and they offer more evidence that it might be inside its … Continued