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io9TrailersHugh Jackman Follows His Heart (With His Fists) in the First Trailer for Lisa Joy’s Near-Future Noir Reminiscence
A neo-noir mystery, a love story, and tech-assisted journeys through the darkest parts of the mind all factor into Reminiscence. Written and directed by Westworld co-creator Lisa Joy, the sci-fi drama stars Hugh Jackman as a man who specializes in recovering memories—until he falls for an alluring client (Rebecca Ferguson) who suddenly vanishes. Take a … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsHow to Use Your Next-Gen Console Controllers With Other Devices
The gaming controller that came with your PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S can do double-duty on other devices, too. This means you can take advantage of your next-gen controller’s ergonomics and adaptability to play games on your computer, your smartphone, your tablet, and other devices, too. Here’s how to set it … Continued
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EartherClimate ChangeWhy Can’t We Call It an Emergency?
TV newsman Bill Moyers likes to tell the story of how Edward R. Murrow, the preeminent U.S. broadcast journalist of his time, insisted on covering what became Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939. Murrow’s bosses at CBS News had other priorities; they ordered Murrow’s reporters to cover dance competitions in Hamburg, Paris, and London, explaining … Continued
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Tech NewsArtificial IntelligenceGrimes Says AI Will Give Us Communism in Confusing New TikTok Video
Grimes, the musician and romantic partner of billionaire Elon Musk, is a big believer in artificial intelligence, according to a new TikTok video she posted late Wednesday. What can AI do for humanity? Grimes insists that AI is a way to achieve Communism, something she says is good, while avoiding “collective farming,” something she says … Continued
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Tech NewsAmazon Prime Employees Allege Pervasive Gender Inequality in Letter to Execs
In a March letter to company executives, Amazon Prime employees described a workplace culture of rank misogyny and pervasive gender inequality — one that included gratuitous promotions for men that far exceeded the number of similar opportunities available to women. According to a new report from Business Insider published Monday, the memo — which was sent … Continued
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io9TelevisionNetflix’s Jupiter’s Legacy Is Finished for Now, But Its Extended Universe Isn’t
Jupiter’s Legacy premiered on Netflix just a month ago, and the streamer has already decided it’s a wrap on the superhero series based on Mark Millar and Frank Quitely’s Jupiter’s Legacy comics. But it’s not the end for this corner of the Millarverse; instead, the property is pivoting to an anthology format that will explore … Continued
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Tech NewsAMC Belongs to the People Now
We’re nearly halfway through the year and it looks like the meme stocks haven’t ended their run just yet: As of Wednesday, shares of movie theater chain AMC Entertainment were up as much as 3,200 on the heels of a newly launched initiative to provide free popcorn to shareholders. AMC’s stock price nearly doubled on … Continued
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io9MoviesMeet Firestarter‘s Adorable New Pyrokinetic Star, Ryan Kiera Armstrong
The 1984 adaptation of Stephen King’s Firestarter was only Drew Barrymore’s third film—but it, along with E.T., catapulted the 9-year-old to stardom. Those are some big, fiery shoes for a new young actor to fill, but the team behind the Firestarter remake thinks they found the right spark in Ryan Kiera Armstrong. Armstrong, who’s already … Continued
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Tech NewsNFTs Are Crashing and Who Could Have Seen This Coming Other Than Basically Anyone?
The crypto world saw a dizzying surge this year of NFTs being used to sell ownership of everything from works of online art to random tweets, though it was never clear just why NFTs were commanding such staggering prices. Bragging rights? Status symbols? Or just pure speculation driven by skyrocketing cryptocurrency prices and its attendant … Continued
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Tech NewsSpit Out That Cicada, Right Now
If you have observed the emergence of Brood X, the one-in-17-years cicada swarm, and thought, I want that in my mouth, you are not alone. The cicada consumes the plant fluids; the American consumes the cicada; the FDA warns Americans about consuming cicadas. It is the natural order. This afternoon, the FDA emphatically tweeted a … Continued
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ScienceSpace & SpaceflightExtremely Delayed James Webb Space Telescope Delayed Again, Again
The upcoming James Webb Space Telescope, already seven years behind schedule, will not launch on Halloween as planned, which is just as well, given the ominous date and this project’s history of bad luck. For once, the delay is not due to the telescope, but rather the rocket that will deliver it to space. We … Continued
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Tech NewsWhy a Mediocre Keyboard App Is Topping the App Store Charts
It’s hard to tell what will go viral online at any given time. Carp? Sure. Andrew Cuomo’s Nipples? That happened. The latest darling of the internet’s eye is less fishy and less… fleshy than both of the above, but no less bizarre: a low-grade knock-off of Apple’s Notepad app that was developed by a tiny … Continued
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io9Books & ComicsStar Wars Just Made Smuggling Han Solo’s Body a Very Complicated Business
At the end of Empire Strikes Back, Boba Fett was on cloud nine—or rather, Cloud City, thinking he’d just secured himself the bounty of the century in Han Solo’s carbonite-encased form. It turns out though that Fett couldn’t get himself straight to Jabba’s palace without some complications… and now we know those complications have huge … Continued
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ScienceHuman HistoryAn Ancient Supervolcano May Have Zapped the Ozone Layer, Exposing Early Humans to Intense Sunburns
The Toba super-eruption of some 74,000 years ago has long intrigued scientists, who remain uncertain about how the event affected humans living at the time. Now, a team of researchers suggest that the real damage from Toba came from on high, in the form of a depleted ozone layer induced by a massive release of … Continued
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Tech NewsSpotify’s ‘Only You’ Is a Glaring Reminder of Its Emotional Surveillance
In a bid to become the most Instagrammable music service, Spotify announced several new personalized playlists and features. They include the “Only You” in-app experience, similar to the year-end Wrapped playlist, and a beta feature where you can create an algorithm-infused playlist between you and a friend. You can try out Only You right now, … Continued
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ScienceSpace & SpaceflightHell Yes, We’re Going to Venus
NASA announced Wednesday that two missions will visit Venus by the end of this decade, the first direct exploration of the hot planet since 1994. One spacecraft is set to orbit Venus, mapping it and studying it from above, while the other will attempt to land on the surface, sampling the planet’s atmosphere as it … Continued
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io9TelevisionLove, Death and Robots Explains How to Make the Perfect Digital Michael B. Jordan
The second season of Netflix’s animated sci-fi anthology Love, Death and Robots contains a short titled “Life Hutch,” starring Michael B. Jordan as a space explorer who gets trapped in the titular Life Hutch along with a malfunctioning maintenance robot that tries to destroy anything that moves. But was that the real Michael B. Jordan … Continued
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