io9TelevisionStar Wars What You Need to Know About The Acolyte‘s Lightsaber-Shorting Metal The Acolyte 's latest episode gave us our first live-action look at one of the most fascinating Star Wars materials from the Expanded Universe: cortosis. By James Whitbrook Published June 27, 2024 | Comments (0)
ReviewsGaming Nobody Wants to Game on Mouse and Keyboard Anymore Steam’s metrics show controllers are all the rage, and even Valve is getting an all-new branded controller that’s—unfortunately—not a Steam Controller 2. By Kyle Barr Published June 27, 2024 | Comments (0)
io9Animation Watch Amanda Waller Absolutely Slay the Suicide Squad Anime’s Ending Song Amanda Waller dances to Mori Calliope's "Go-Getters" in a sequence to rival the opening credits of Peacemaker. By Gordon Jackson Published June 27, 2024 | Comments (0)
ScienceSpaceflight ISS Astronauts Forced to Take Shelter After Russian Satellite Mysteriously Disintegrates The defunct satellite broke apart into more than 100 pieces, raising speculation that it may be the result of an anti-satellite missile test. By Passant Rabie Published June 27, 2024 | Comments (0)
io9io9 ReviewsMovies A Quiet Place: Day One Is a Well-Intentioned Misfire Lupita Nyong'o and Joseph Quinn star in the prequel to the hit 2018 John Krasinski horror film. By Germain Lussier Published June 27, 2024 | Comments (0)
io9TelevisionFantasy Lord of the Rings‘ Barrow-Wights Are Following Tom Bombadil to Rings of Power Too Just like Tom Bombadil, another rarely adapted part of Lord of the Rings is making it into Rings of Power 's sophomore season. By James Whitbrook Published June 27, 2024 | Comments (0)
ReviewsToys Mattel Is Finally Making Your Favorite Games Colorblind Friendly These include Uno, Dos, Blokus, Phase 10, Skip-Bo, and Ker Plunk. By Dua Rashid Published June 27, 2024 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsCommerce Actually, You CAN’T Buy a Stingray on eBay to Track Your Friends and Enemies The platform recently took down a listing for a police surveillance device that had previously been listed for big money. By Lucas Ropek Published June 27, 2024 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsRobots Scientists Make ‘Living’ Skin for Smiling Robots in Horrifying Vision of the Future At least the robot uprising will have lots of smiles. By Matt Novak Published June 27, 2024 | Comments (0)
io9MoviesHorror Universal’s Latest Halloween Horror Nights House Is a Frosty Ghostbusters Fright Both the Hollywood and Orlando theme parks will feature the franchise's recent film Frozen Empire. By Sabina Graves Published June 27, 2024 | Comments (0)
io9TelevisionOther Comic Book Shows The Boys Completes Its Supernatural Infinity Stones With Jared Padalecki Jared Padelecki will finally join his Supernatural co-stars Jensen Ackles and Jeffrey Dean Morgan next season on The Boys . By Gordon Jackson Published June 27, 2024 | Comments (0)
ReviewsTech YouTube Wants to Pay Record Labels to Create Soulless Versions of Your Favorite Artists Google is apparently offering ‘lump sums’ to Sony, Warner, and Universal to supercharge its Dream Track AI voice cloning software. By Kyle Barr Published June 27, 2024 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsPrivacy and Security Identity Verification Firm Used by X, TikTok, and Uber Exposed Users’ Driver’s Licenses AU10TIX promised to keep user data safe but the company appears to have badly bungled its own security. By Lucas Ropek Published June 27, 2024 | Comments (0)
EartherEnvironmental Policy Engineers Can Build a Site to Secure Nuclear Waste for 100,000 Years. Who Will Live Nearby? The material left behind by nuclear fission remains radioactive for millennia. Safely disposing of it requires stashing it for, essentially, eternity. Austyn Gaffney, Grist Published June 27, 2024 | Comments (0)
SciencePaleontology New Research Casts Doubt on What Killed the Last Living Mammoth The last mammoths on Earth survived centuries of genetic drift before dying out some 4,000 years ago, but the ultimate cause of their demise remains unknown. By Isaac Schultz Published June 27, 2024 | Comments (0)
io9Games Bounty Hunter Is Star Wars‘ Latest Classic Gaming Remaster The 2002 Attack of the Clones prequel game is getting the updated re-release treatment this Summer. By James Whitbrook Published June 27, 2024 | Comments (0)
io9Morning Spoilers Even More Superman Set Pictures Tease Some Potential Foes Plus, Ryan Reynolds shares a cryptic, anarchic Deadpool & Wolverine tease. By Gordon Jackson Published June 27, 2024 | Comments (0)
Tech NewsNews Amazon Plans New Discount Store With Items Shipped Directly From China, Reports Say The online retail giant is trying to compete with discount offerings from Temu and Shein. By Matt Novak Published June 27, 2024 | Comments (0)
io9TelevisionHorror Vampire Hunter Van Helsing to Lead CBS’ Latest Crime Show The network behind CSI, NCIS, FBI, SWAT, and more is getting monstrous with a new project centered around Dracula's foe. By Germain Lussier Published June 26, 2024 | Comments (0)
io9Toys and Collectibles You’ll Have to Wait for The Acolyte‘s Sick-Ass Villain Helmet to Become a Sick-Ass Toy Good news! Hasbro knows the Stranger's saber-shorting mask looks cool. Bad news! It also knows you're going to have to wait to wear one of your own. By James Whitbrook Published June 26, 2024 | Comments (0)
