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The US Threatened Ecuador, World Health Officials With Retribution Over Breastfeeding Vote
With its endless parade of corporate shills, industry flacks, cronies, and quacks, it’s become clear that there are no acts of pettiness too shabby—or grifts too cheap—for Donald Trump’s administration. Still, a Sunday report in the New York Times alleging that the US threatened Ecuador and the World Health Organization this spring over an international resolution … Continued
By Tom McKay - Tech NewsApple
Want to Appear Rich? Buy an iPhone
It’s difficult (and generally not all that productive) to guess how wealthy someone is based on appearances. But if you really need a shorthand to figure out if someone is rich or not, a new study suggests all you need to do is see what kind of phone they own. If it’s an iPhone, odds … Continued
By AJ Dellinger - io9Games
I Wish There Was a Spider-Man TV Show Like This Videogame Fan Trailer
With just the right song, and some good edits, this game footage looks like it stepped out of the Spider-Man cartoon of my dreams. The song, of course, is the classic 1967 Spider-Man cartoon theme song, and the edits are made by Ascender, who transforms Insomniac’s upcoming Spider-Man videogame into a beautifully wrought homage to … Continued
By Julie Muncy - io9Movies
This Video Thinks Through Thanos’ Big Motivation Change in Avengers: Infinity War
In the comics, Thanos is a menacing but almost tragic figure motivated by a deranged love for the personification of Death. In Infinity War, he’s a little different. In the version of Thanos that’s now become a huge pop culture sensation, the Mad Titan is a Mad Environmentalist, taking the (arguably not actually very helpful) … Continued
By Julie Muncy - Tech NewsNews
The Thai Cave Rescue Is Going Well So Far, With Four Boys Successfully Extracted
Thai authorities announced on Sunday that they have successfully extracted four of the dozen boys who, alongside their soccer coach, have been trapped on a muddy ledge in the flooded Tham Luang cave complex in northern Thailand since June 23rd. Per CNN, rescuers commenced with a daring plan to give the boys a crash course … Continued
By Tom McKay - io9Game of Thrones
Maisie Williams Shared a Bloody Tribute to Her Time on Game of Thrones
Actors are starting to wrap filming their parts on the final, long-awaited, and still a long ways off final season of Game of Thrones. Actors often post on social media commemorating those sorts of endings, but I’ve not seen anything quite like Maisie Williams’ tribute to her time as Arya. Yesterday on Instagram, Williams posted … Continued
By Julie Muncy - Tech NewsPrivacy and Security
Workout Data From Fitness App Used to Identify Government Spies and Military Personnel
In the latest incident of seemingly innocuous data sharing leading to potentially dangerous exposure, the popular fitness app and activity trackers Polar Flow has been revealing the location of military and government personnel working at sensitive locations, according to ZDNet. The report cites an investigation conducted by Dutch news site De Correspondent and Bellingcat, which … Continued
By AJ Dellinger - io9Movies
An ‘Uncut’ Version of Deadpool 2 Will Screen at San Diego Comic-Con
There’s more Deadpool coming. (In the world of comics, there’s always more Deadpool coming.) In the recently released schedule for the upcoming San Diego Comic-Con, one particular thing stands out: a screening for something called Deadpool 2: Uncut, which Fox is calling “a super duper screening” that will include “maybe some surprises,” in the very … Continued
By Julie Muncy - Tech NewsNews
Elon Musk Says He’s Building a Tiny ‘Submarine’ to Rescue Thai Soccer Team Trapped in Cave
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Saturday that he is building “a tiny, kid-size submarine” to rescue the 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach infamously trapped within the submerged Tham Luang cave complex. According to the Bangkok Post, a nine-person engineering team assembled by Musk has already begun to arrive in the … Continued
By Tom McKay - io9Movies
Hannah John-Kamen Got a Pretty Nice Recommendation for Ant-Man and The Wasp
Hannah John-Kamen, who plays Ghost in the film, got a fairly prestigious recommendation on her way to landing the part. This is sweet: in a story from the LA Times, Peyton Reed, director of the film, recalls getting a letter from Steven Spielberg, personally recommending John-Kamen for the part. “It said, ‘Dear Peyton. I’m excited … Continued
By Julie Muncy - Tech NewsNews
Get Screwed by the MoviePass Outage? You Can Get Reimbursed for Buying Your Own Ticket
MoviePass, makers of an increasingly complicated and likely unsustainable movie ticket subscription service, experienced a significant outage Friday that left users out in the cold (or if you were in California and trying to find a place with air conditioning, in the heat). Now, MoviePass subscribers snubbed by the technical difficulties can get a refund. … Continued
By AJ Dellinger - io9Toys and Collectibles
A Bunch of Props From the Power Rangers Movie are Going to Be Up for Auction Soon
If you’ve ever wanted to be a teen with attitude, now’s the time. At Prop Store, a countdown has begun to a big auction of props from the 2017 Power Rangers movie. The film, which was pretty interesting, actually, wasn’t incredibly well received, and it looks unlikely a sequel will be coming—though with Hasbro now … Continued
By Julie Muncy - Tech NewsFacebook
Facebook Stock Hits All-Time Record High Despite Ongoing Screw-Ups
Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which the social media giant gave access to the data of up to 87 million users to an app partnered with an ultra-sketchy election data firm, still isn’t totally resolved, with news breaking this week investigators from four agencies are looking into Facebook’s conduct. But all the negative attention the … Continued
By Tom McKay - Tech News
The UK Wants Its Own Version of FOSTA/SESTA That Could Push Sex Workers Off the Internet
The passage of the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) and the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA)—two well-intentioned but ultimately deeply-flawed laws—have been devastating for sex workers in the United States by pushing them off the internet. Despite the heaps of criticism, the laws have attracted, politicians in the UK are reportedly ready to … Continued
By AJ Dellinger - io9Television
An Anime Based on Ingress, the First Game by the Creators of Pokémon Go, is Coming to Netflix
Ingress: The Animation will be coming to Netflix in October. Created by animation studio Crafter, with character designs by Takeshi Honda (Neon Genesis Evangelion) and directed by CG artist Yuhei Sakuragi, Ingress: The Animation will be an adaptation of the augmented-reality game Ingress. Ingress, created by Niantic, the company behind Pokémon Go, tells the story … Continued
By Julie Muncy - ScienceSpace
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope Is Running Out of Fuel and May Not Have Much More Time
NASA’s storied Kepler Space Telescope—the craft which has discovered thousands of exoplanets since its launch in 2009—is entering the retirement phase of its lifespan. NASA announced on Friday that Kepler staff had “received an indication that the spacecraft fuel tank is running very low” and “placed the spacecraft in a hibernation-like state in preparation to … Continued
By Tom McKay - Tech NewsNews
FCC Refuses to Back Down From Plan to Strip Phone and Internet Subsidies for American Indians
Late last year, the Federal Communications Commission under Ajit Pai voted to make it harder for American Indians to receive subsidies for broadband internet service. Despite legal challenges, the commission decided this week not to reverse its position, opting instead to continue to deny expanded assistance for phone and internet access. The original 3-2 vote … Continued
By AJ Dellinger - io9Movies
This Concept Art From Deadpool 2 Gives Some Neat Insight into Cable’s Mechanical Arm
Every iteration of Cable has a few problems. Time travel disaster scenarios, a techno-organic virus, and, like, where do I put all these guns, anyway? This concept art from Deadpool 2 gives some insight into the way the film’s designers thought through those problems. In a neat piece of concept art, shared by artist Jerad … Continued
By Julie Muncy - io9Movies
Ant-Man and the Wasp‘s Director Dissects One of the Movie’s Huge Fights
Making a fight scene for a big superhero movie is complicated. Making a fight scene where the heroes are constantly shrinking and growing is even more complicated. In another entry in Vanity Fair’s excellent “Notes on a Scene” series, Peyton Reed opens up about the techniques used to blend CGI and live-action to create fights … Continued
By Julie Muncy - Tech NewsGadgets
How to Walk
A girl falls into a manhole, another lady face-plants on some stairs, and one guy almost gets mauled by a goddam bear. At this point, we’re way past ridiculous, and it’s all happening simply because people are walking around like techno zombies whose life-forces are seemingly sustained by the digital fix coming out of their … Continued