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Nikon’s New CoolPix P1000 Has a Bananas 125x Zoom Lens
With a ridiculous 83x zoom, people have used the super long lens on Nikon’s Coolpix P900 to snap pics of Saturn or pull off the kind of shots you normally only see in spy movies. But apparently that wasn’t good enough, so today, Nikon is announcing the new Coolpix P1000 featuring frankly ridiculous 125x zoom, … Continued
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Microsoft Surface Go Is a Cheap, Tiny Tablet That Might Just Beat the iPad
It’s really, really hard to find a good Microsoft Windows device for under $500. There are some diamonds in the rough—devices that sacrifice display quality or form or speed to get the price way down. Yet until today there was no clear winner. Microsoft’s new Surface Go could change that. The new 10-inch Windows tablet … Continued
By Alex Cranz - io9Movies
Thanos Has Snapped His Fingers and Killed Half of a Subreddit
Perfect balance has been achieved. The r/ThanosDidNothingWrong subreddit is now better equipped to allocate its precious resources after moderators randomly banned half of its members. Was I among those culled? Well, all I can say is: I don’t feel so good right now, Mr. Stark. The subreddit—created in the wake of Avengers: Infinity War to … Continued
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Alert: Elon Now in Cave
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who this weekend announced he had directed a team of engineers to build a “tiny, kid-size submarine” (really more of an air-filled metal box) to help extract the 12 boys and coach of Thai soccer team Wild Boars stranded in the flooded Tham Luang cave complex for weeks, is … Continued
By Tom McKay - io9Movies
Billy Dee Williams Likely to Return for Star Wars: Episode IX
Hello, what have we here? The Hollywood Reporter says that Billy Dee Williams will return to the role of Lando Calrissian in J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode IX. We’ve reached out to Lucasfilm for comment and or confirmation and will update if we hear back. Lando’s whereabouts have been one of the biggest questions fans … Continued
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Lovely Children’s Book Tries to Figure Out What Scares Darth Vader (Answer: Not Much)
Lucasfilm just released a brand new Star Wars book following the adventures of Darth Vader. But this book won’t give you any insight into Jedi mythology or the man once known as Anakin Skywalker. It’s a children’s book and, in fact, the first Star Wars picture book not tied to a cinematic film. It’s called … Continued
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Apple and Google Questioned by Members of Congress Over User Tracking
Top House Republicans of the Energy and Commerce Committee sent the CEOs of Apple and Alphabet letters today, requesting they answer questions about the collection of data through their devices—such as emails, location data, and users’ voices. The letters, addressed to Apple’s Tim Cook and Alphabet’s Larry Page, are in part a response to reports … Continued
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R.L. Stine Is Working on a Creepy New Line of Graphic Novels
R.L. Stine, the master of ghoulish, goosebump-inducing kid’s horror, is making a welcome return to comics after his debut last year with the weird and sinister Man-Thing for Marvel. This time around, it’ll be a whole new series of spooky happenings, as part of a wide-sweeping new deal he has with Boom Studios. In a … Continued
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CVS Is Being Sued for Selling Bullshit Homeopathic Products
The pharmacy and retail chain CVS has been hit with a civil lawsuit over its marketing of what might be the silliest kind of pseudoscience to still enjoy a modicum of popularity. It alleges that CVS has defrauded the general public by implying homeopathic remedies sold at its stores and online are every bit as … Continued
By Ed Cara - io9Movies
Jeremy Renner Has Officially Joined the Spawn Movie
Todd McFarlane’s long-in-the-making Spawn reboot has taken another big step toward actually happening. After being rumored last week, it’s now been confirmed that Hawkeye himself, Jeremy Renner, will co-star alongside Jamie Foxx. Both the Hollywood Reporter and Deadline are reporting that Renner has signed on to Blumhouse Production’s take on McFarlane’s beloved, ‘90s-as-hell superhero. While … Continued
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Meteorite Hunters Find Remains of Last Month’s Botswana Fireball
Last month, a fireball lit up the skies over Botswana just hours after scientists first spotted the space rock hurtling toward Earth. Researchers from Botswana, South Africa, Finland, and the United States have now found pieces of the meteorite. Scientists detected the six-foot-wide asteroid, called 2018 LA, on June 2 using the Catalina Sky Survey … Continued
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Ant-Man and the Wasp Is Poking More Holes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Idea of Magic
Ant-Man and the Wasp is a fun movie, but there’s something about the time it spends in the Quantum Realm that’s been picking away at me—and maybe you, too, if you were paying very close attention. While there’s a completely different (and honestly, kind of predictable) plot in the film about Ghost’s attempt at getting … Continued
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New Higgs Boson Discovery Could Help Solve Cosmic Puzzle
Scientists can’t take pictures of the Higgs boson. But they can find proof of its existence by watching “E=mc2” play out in hundreds of millions of particle collisions per second and detecting how it decays into other particles they do know how to spot. Now, six years after officially discovering the Higgs boson, particle physicists … Continued
- Tech NewsApple
Apple’s Cop-Blocking iOS Update Is Here
It’s finally here. Apple’s long-awaited feature that is intended to keep bad actors from bypassing Apple’s encryption and breaking into your phone is now available. On Monday, the component went live in the latest iOS update and you should just go ahead and download it. The feature, dubbed USB Restricted Mode, works by shutting off … Continued
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Snapchat’s Next Big Idea Is Apparently Just Getting You to Buy More Stuff on Amazon
Snapchat’s owner Snap appears to be working on a new search tool that would give you yet another avenue to absentmindedly buy shit from Amazon. The unreleased “camera search” feature is codenamed Eagle, according to code hidden within the Snapchat Android app that was discovered by researcher Ishan Agarwal. The feature would let users “press … Continued
- EartherConservation
Spectacular Photos Reveal a Deep Sea Coral Garden off Northern Sicily
The Aeolian Islands sit right off the coast of northern Sicily. These islands are famous for their volcanic landscapes, which landed them on the UNESCO World Heritage List. But the archipelago has more than just volcanoes going for it: Underwater, it harbors colonies of coral nearly 3,300 feet deep. Scientists with the international conservation organization … Continued
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The Deadpool 2 Blu-ray Has Way More Than Just an Extended Cut
When an extended version of a film is included on a Blu-ray, obviously, that’s the main event. But Deadpool 2 has much more going for it than just an extended cut. Deadpool 2 comes to digital on August 7 and then physical disc on August 21. The release will have the theatrical cut as well … Continued
- ScienceAnimals
This Triassic Beast Paved the Way for the World’s Largest Dinosaurs
Introducing, Ingentia prima, a large, four-legged, long-necked dinosaur that lived a whopping 47 million years before giants like Diplodocus and Brontosaurus shook the Earth. Found in Argentina, its fossil is providing important new insights into the evolution of dinosaurs, and how sauropods grew to such colossal sizes. Sauropods—the largest land animals to ever appear on … Continued
- io9Television
AT&T’s Big Plan for HBO Is to Fill It With More Random Trash Like Netflix
There are many reasons that AT&T’s merger with Time Warner presented the clear possibility of harming consumers. Somewhere on the list is the possibility of turning the carefully curated, profitable, and beloved HBO into a big-data monster like Netflix. To hear AT&T’s executive in charge of the cable channel tell it, that’s exactly what’s planned … Continued
By Rhett Jones - io9Comics
Archie Is Getting Another Relaunch—and a New Creative Team
Three years to the month that Archie was radically re-invented with a hip, modern style, Riverdale’s finest is in for some changes again. And one of those changes is bringing with it a new creative team, in the form of Nick Spencer and Marguerite Sauvage. Plus, new television projects are in the works. Announced through … Continued