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Facebook’s ‘Maximum Penalty’ in UK for Cambridge Analytica Is Chump Change
Facebook, the social media giant that recently clocked in at a total valuation of nearly $600 billion, may soon face the maximum penalties UK authorities have available to punish the company for its role in the Cambridge Analytica data-sharing scandal. And—drumroll, please—it’s $664,000. Or, as calculated by the New York Times’ Kevin Roose, less than … Continued
By Tom McKay - io9Movies
These Are Two of the Best Aliens Posters We’ve Ever Seen
There’s no shortage of beautiful posters when it comes to the Alien franchise. From the original one-sheets and fan art, up through the work by Mondo and others, it’s a series bustling with great visual representations. And yet, these may be two of the best. Below you’ll find two posters for James Cameron’s Aliens by … Continued
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9 of the Best Worst Horror Movies Ever Made
If your horror-movie enjoyment requires high production values, plots delivered without yawning holes, and dialogue that always makes sense, well, best move along. If, however, you delight in horror that’s so “bad” it’s gone all the way back to good—and is genuinely entertaining—have we got a fun list for you. 1) Blood Feast In the … Continued
By Cheryl Eddy - io9Games
Wizards of the Coast Is Making a Transformers Card Game
The company behind Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering is adding another card game to its tabletop roster, only it’s slightly less weird than fantastical loot-happy heroes or elemental-plane-hopping monsters summoners. It’s about those giant robots in disguise that you know and love. Today Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast officially revealed the appropriately … Continued
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The Joaquin Phoenix Joker Movie Is Happening
What once was rumored is now actually happening. Joaquin Phoenix has closed a deal to play the Joker in a spinoff origin film that’s separate from the other DC Universe films. According to the Hollywood Reporter, and independently confirmed by io9, the film will start shooting in New York in September. Todd Phillips (The Hangover) … Continued
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Crafting One of Marvel’s Most Visual Villains to Date: The Ghost in Ant-Man and the Wasp
Most superheroes come prepackaged. Comic book history has long dictated their origins, powers, and adversaries, and most superhero movies simply follow suit. A rare exception comes in the form of Ant-Man and the Wasp’s villain. The character’s origins are muddy and their powers are rather malleable. So director Peyton Reed used those mysteries to craft … Continued
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Former Apple Engineer Reportedly Charged With Stealing Autonomous Car Secrets
Imagine being an engineer at Apple, one of the most coveted positions in tech. On top of it, you work in the ultra-secret autonomous car division. And you blow it all by leaving for a startup in China and stealing Apple’s trade secrets on the way out the door. That’s what authorities believe one man … Continued
By Rhett Jones - io9Comics
What Could Possibly Be Scarier Than a Smarter Hulk?
Marvel’s new Immortal Hulk series already delivered a chilling opening story, re-introducing us to a Bruce Banner who’s starting to feel like he’s simply along for the ride with a Hulk that’s more vindictive and dangerous than ever. But its sophomore issue has thrown an intriguing wrench into the mix that makes Bruce’s plight even … Continued
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Snapchat Is Making It Easier to Find Users’ DIY Lenses Like This Sick Pot Leaf Crown
Today Snapchat announced its newest feature, Lens Explorer, which makes the social network a little more communal by letting users easily access Snap’s repository of user-created Lenses. While the variety is nice, incorporating user-generated content has its downsides: More often than not, it sucks. Snap introduced Lens Kit in 2017, a tool that lets creative … Continued
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The Great Thing Steven Universe and Dragon Ball Z Have in Common
There comes a point in every Dragon Ball Z fan’s life when you take stock of all of Goku’s friends and family, and realize that most of them were originally villains hellbent on killing the Saiyan hero before eventually coming to love him. In a lot of ways, the same is true of Steven Universe, … Continued
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Amazon and Orlando Cops’ Controversial Face Recognition Pilot Isn’t Over
Contrary to earlier reports, Orlando police confirmed Monday they will renew a contract with Amazon to pilot its controversial face recognition software, Rekognition—a move that is sure to reignite concerns of privacy and civil liberties advocates who have pushed back against law enforcement’s use of the technology. The American Civil Liberties Union released emails in … Continued
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The Head Writer of Avatar: The Last Airbender Is Working on a New Fantasy Series For Netflix
We were already pretty sold at “new show by head writer of Avatar: The Last Airbender,” but hey, this poster looks damn gorgeous, so sign us all the way up. Revealed through Netflix’s official newswire account on Twitter, See What’s Next, The Last Airbender’s Aaron Ehasz has teamed up with former Naughty Dog director Justin … Continued
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Listen to the Sound of Saturn’s Electromagnetic Energy
Sound and light have way more in common than you think, which is why it’s easy to turn light data, like radio waves, into sound. This can make for some pretty incredible science communicating tools—just look up Jupiter’s whistlers, falling bomb sounds caused by the planet’s lightning; or the chirp of LIGO’s gravitational wave detection, … Continued
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Disney Shuffles the Release Dates for Marvel, Indiana Jones, and More
As expected, Indiana Jones 5 has now officially been moved to a 2021 release date. But that’s just one of several premiere shifts Disney announced today, which include a Marvel movie, live-action adaptations, and more. Mary Poppins Returns has moved up a few days, from December 25 to December 19 of this year, while Jungle … Continued
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Scorching Heat Wave Reveals Signs of Ancient Civilization in the UK
Weeks of extreme heat and drought have baked Welsh fields to a crisp. But amidst the desiccated remains of crops, bizarre circles of green have emerged. While I would like to tell you it’s aliens, it’s definitely not aliens. It’s the remains of ancient settlements emerging from centuries of slumber. These are crop marks, the … Continued
By Brian Kahn - io9Movies
Why Does Ant-Man and the Wasp Care So Little About Hope and Her Mom?
Ant-Man and the Wasp is a decent summer movie. It’s got great action, funny quips, and a giant Hello Kitty Pez dispenser that knocks a guy off his motorcycle. Unfortunately, I left the theater disappointed. The movie focused so much on physical feats, both gargantuan and microscopic, that it forgot all about a very specific … Continued
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These Bizarre Glasses Promise to Cure Your Motion Sickness—But At What Cost
The engineers at Citroën have apparently thrown almost 100 years of French design refinement out the window with a new product you don’t drive, but will improve your motoring experience. The carmaker’s new Seetroën glasses won’t win you any style points, but Citroën claims the glasses will eliminate any motion sickness you’re feeling after wearing … Continued
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DC’s Shazam! Enlists Marvel’s Djimon Hounsou for a Classic Comic Character
While it was initially thought that This Is Us star Ron Cephas Jones was the frontrunner to join Warner Bros.’ upcoming Shazam! as a key DC Comics character who plays a pivotal role in Billy Batson’s journey to becoming a hero, it turns out that that’s probably not the case. According to Entertainment Weekly, Guardians … Continued
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Vaping May Not Help People Quit Smoking After All
One of the biggest arguments in favor of vaping is that it can help people ease themselves away from their addiction to tobacco smoking. But a new study published this week in PLoS One seems to offer a strong rebuttal to that line of thought. It suggests that people who use both tobacco and e-cigarettes … Continued
By Ed Cara - ScienceSpace
Russian Cargo Ship Reaches Space Station in Record Time
A Russian-built spacecraft has reached the International Space Station in less than four hours, making it the fastest supply mission to space in history. At 5:51pm ET on July 9, a Progress 70 supply freighter blasted off aboard a Soyuz-2 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A mere three hours and 40 minutes later, … Continued