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- Listen to Charlie Jane Anders Read From Her Inspiring New Book on Writing
- This Engineer Has Come Closer to Creating Real-Life Spider-Man Web Shooters Than Anyone
- Spotify's Wear OS App Will Finally Support Offline Downloads
- Twitch Responds to #TwitchDoBetter Movement, Says It Will Do Better
- Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender Has Found Its Heroes (and Villain)
- Supply Shortage Causes AT&T's Fiber Internet Expansion to Hit a Snag
- Star Wars' Ahsoka Show Is on the Hunt for a Familiar Rebels Hero
- Cleverly Complex 3D-Printed Adapter Turns an Xbox Controller Into a Flight Simulator Joystick
- 10 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do With Your GoPro
- Flying Taxi Company Joby Aviation Goes Public While Touting Itself as 'Uber of the Air'
- Anti-Vax Nurse Allegedly Injects 8,600 People With Salt Water Instead of Covid-19 Vaccine
- NASA Refines Threat Posed by Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Bennu
- MyPillow CEO's Cyber Symposium Is Already a Deranged Circus
- Candyman's Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Has a Hell of a Few Years Coming Up
- A New Bipartisan Bill Aims to Crack Apple and Google's 'Ironclad Grip' on App Stores
- Marvel's Chloe Bennet Leaves the Live-Action Powerpuff Girls Series
- 'Hey Sonos,' Do We Really Need a New Voice Assistant?
- Tucker Carlson Will Vilify NSA's Watchdog No Matter What It Finds
- Third Moderna Shot Boosts Transplant Recipients' Immune Response, Canadian Trial Finds
- Scorching Heat in Sicily May Be Highest Recorded Temperature in Europe's History
- Abandoned by Trump, Giuliani Is Shilling Dirt Cheap Cameo Videos
- The Cryptocurrency Lobby Is a New Major Climate Enemy
- Netflix's Kid Cosmic Is Blasting Off for 2 More Seasons Beginning This Fall
- Labor Unions Want the FTC to Block Amazon’s Acquisition of MGM
- This Color-Changing Robo-Chameleon Is Cool Because Now Robots Can Hide From Us
| Listen to Charlie Jane Anders Read From Her Inspiring New Book on Writing Posted: 12 Aug 2021 08:15 AM PDT  When Charlie Jane Anders was still here at io9—she co-founded the site with Annalee Newitz back in 2008—she wrote several popular posts offering advice and inspiration to both aspiring and veteran authors of sci-fi and fantasy. Those posts gained even more value after she herself became a best-selling fiction author,… |
| This Engineer Has Come Closer to Creating Real-Life Spider-Man Web Shooters Than Anyone Posted: 12 Aug 2021 08:00 AM PDT The last time we checked in with JT from the YouTube channel Built IRL they had successfully created a working version of Batman's grappling gun. But the Dark Knight wasn't the only superhero they wanted to emulate, and this time they've managed to recreate Spider-Man's web slingers. They're not quite a perfect… |
| Spotify's Wear OS App Will Finally Support Offline Downloads Posted: 12 Aug 2021 07:50 AM PDT  Now that Samsung's Galaxy 4 watches are here, you can bet we'll start seeing some long-overdue updates to third-party Wear OS apps—and Spotify is kicking things off. The popular music streaming app has announced that it's rolling out the ability to stream and download offline music and podcasts to Wear OS smartwatches. |
| Twitch Responds to #TwitchDoBetter Movement, Says It Will Do Better Posted: 12 Aug 2021 07:40 AM PDT  In a response to an outcry from marginalized streamers who say they've become the targets of harassment and hate speech on the platform, live streaming giant Twitch said Wednesday that it was rolling out new protections for its most vulnerable users, effective immediately. |
| Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender Has Found Its Heroes (and Villain) Posted: 12 Aug 2021 07:30 AM PDT  News about Netflix's live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender show stalled for some time after co-creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko announced they were jumping ship for Nickelodeon's new Avatar Studios, which is also working on even more stories about elemental benders. For a time, it seemed as if the… |
| Supply Shortage Causes AT&T's Fiber Internet Expansion to Hit a Snag Posted: 12 Aug 2021 07:10 AM PDT  The global chip crunch is already affecting multiple sectors including PCs, consoles, and the automotive industry, and now it's wreaking havoc on AT&T's fiber-to-the-home plans after the company announced a slowdown in fiber installations affecting around 500,000 homes. |
| Star Wars' Ahsoka Show Is on the Hunt for a Familiar Rebels Hero Posted: 12 Aug 2021 06:25 AM PDT  David Bruckner teases his Hellraiser movie. Tom Hardy's already looking forward to a third Venom. Get a look at Amazon's I Know What You Did Last Summer TV series. Plus, what's to come on Stargirl, and a snifter of new Shang-Chi footage. To me, my spoilers! |
| Cleverly Complex 3D-Printed Adapter Turns an Xbox Controller Into a Flight Simulator Joystick Posted: 12 Aug 2021 06:01 AM PDT Microsoft Flight Simulator has finally come to the Xbox, and if you've already taken to the skies you've probably realized two things: the Xbox controller isn't the best tool for flying, and there are no affordable wireless flight sticks available for the console. Instead of tearing up their pilot's license, Akaki… |
| 10 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do With Your GoPro Posted: 12 Aug 2021 05:00 AM PDT  If you're looking for a compact filming device that you can take just about anywhere, GoPro action cameras are still a go-to—they're a lot easier to mount to a helmet or a surfboard than a smartphone, after all. Whether you're just getting started with your GoPro or you've used it extensively, these tips should help… |
| Flying Taxi Company Joby Aviation Goes Public While Touting Itself as 'Uber of the Air' Posted: 12 Aug 2021 03:00 AM PDT  Joby Aviation made its debut Wednesday as a publicly trade company on the New York Stock Exchange surging over 25% after opening at a price of $10.62. Joby is currently promising air taxi service for the public by 2024, an ambitious plan for its electric vertical-take-off and landing vehicles, known as eVTOL. |
| Anti-Vax Nurse Allegedly Injects 8,600 People With Salt Water Instead of Covid-19 Vaccine Posted: 12 Aug 2021 02:00 AM PDT  A nurse in Germany has been accused of giving at least 8,600 people saline solution when she was supposed to be administering the covid-19 vaccine, according to a report from the Guardian. The nurse reportedly posted anti-vaccine conspiracy theories on social media around the same time she was working for the Red… |
| NASA Refines Threat Posed by Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Bennu Posted: 11 Aug 2021 05:57 PM PDT  Data gathered during the years NASA's OSIRIS-REx spent zipping around asteroid Bennu has allowed scientists to update the risk posed by this potentially hazardous near-Earth object. |
| MyPillow CEO's Cyber Symposium Is Already a Deranged Circus Posted: 11 Aug 2021 04:30 PM PDT  Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, has launched a three-day "cyber symposium" aimed at providing incontrovertible evidence that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump by an evil cabal of hackers and politicos. |
| Candyman's Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Has a Hell of a Few Years Coming Up Posted: 11 Aug 2021 04:00 PM PDT  In the horror film Candyman, the killer appears when you say his name five times. In real life, though he's not a villain, you will definitely be seeing the upcoming film's star, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, many more times than that. In a fascinating new profile in the Hollywood Reporter, the busy Abdul-Mateen details what… |
| A New Bipartisan Bill Aims to Crack Apple and Google's 'Ironclad Grip' on App Stores Posted: 11 Aug 2021 03:30 PM PDT  In the latest chapter to the ongoing reckoning over Apple and Google's tight-gripped app store practices, two senators introduced a bipartisan bill on Wednesday that seeks to loosen the stranglehold these companies have over the major app ecosystems. |
| Marvel's Chloe Bennet Leaves the Live-Action Powerpuff Girls Series Posted: 11 Aug 2021 03:10 PM PDT  The jury's still out on whether the world wants or needs a live-action version of Craig McCracken's beloved Cartoon Network series The Powerpuff Girls—especially one that casts the li'l superheroes as resentful twentysomethings. But when and if the CW pilot for Powerpuff makes it to the airwaves, it'll be without one… |
| 'Hey Sonos,' Do We Really Need a New Voice Assistant? Posted: 11 Aug 2021 02:45 PM PDT  Apple has Siri, Amazon has Alexa, and Google has its Assistant. Even Samsung has Bixby, which for whatever reason it's still very much committed to. It doesn't seem that far off, then, that Sonos, the company behind a popular line of connected premium speakers and other home entertainment accessories, would create a… |
| Tucker Carlson Will Vilify NSA's Watchdog No Matter What It Finds Posted: 11 Aug 2021 02:31 PM PDT  The National Security Agency's internal watchdog confirmed Tuesday an investigation into the conspiratorial claims of Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who in June alleged a "whistleblower" had come forth to disclose a plot by the Biden administration to sabotage his career—purportedly by leaking materials obtained via an… |
| Third Moderna Shot Boosts Transplant Recipients' Immune Response, Canadian Trial Finds Posted: 11 Aug 2021 02:00 PM PDT  A randomized clinical trial in Canada has found that three doses of the Moderna vaccine are effective at boosting organ transplant recipients' immune response to the coronavirus, suggesting they would be better protected from illness and infection. The finding could result in the expedited approval of third jabs for… |
| Scorching Heat in Sicily May Be Highest Recorded Temperature in Europe's History Posted: 11 Aug 2021 01:58 PM PDT  An Italian weather station in Syracuse, Sicily recorded an air temperature of nearly 120 degrees Fahrenheit on Wednesday. If certified by the World Meteorological Association, the temperature reading could be the highest in recorded European history. |
| Abandoned by Trump, Giuliani Is Shilling Dirt Cheap Cameo Videos Posted: 11 Aug 2021 01:50 PM PDT  Rudy Giuliani, waxwork dredged from Madame Tussaud's overheated closet of disgraced celebrities, has joined Cameo. The venue is a decided step up from the right-wing misinformation outlets where he's struggled to make sense of his own nonsensical conspiracy theories on the fly. |
| The Cryptocurrency Lobby Is a New Major Climate Enemy Posted: 11 Aug 2021 01:30 PM PDT  The United States Senate on Tuesday approved the weak $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package after negotiating for weeks. It will now head to the House of Representatives for final approval. Tucked into the end of the bill are provisions on cryptocurrencies that became a major sticking point in the waning hours… |
| Netflix's Kid Cosmic Is Blasting Off for 2 More Seasons Beginning This Fall Posted: 11 Aug 2021 01:00 PM PDT  At the end of Kid Cosmic's first season, Kid and the rest of the Local Heroes made a shocking series of discoveries that drastically changed their perspective on the battle they'd been waging against a race of alien "invaders." After coming to their senses and deciding to do what's right, the Local Heroes found… |
| Labor Unions Want the FTC to Block Amazon’s Acquisition of MGM Posted: 11 Aug 2021 12:25 PM PDT  In a 12-page letter, four major unions on Wednesday called upon Holly Vedova, the acting director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition, to block Amazon's plans to acquire Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. |
| This Color-Changing Robo-Chameleon Is Cool Because Now Robots Can Hide From Us Posted: 11 Aug 2021 12:15 PM PDT Creatures like chameleons and cuttlefish can effortlessly change the colors and patterns of their skin to match their surroundings, but recreating that clever camouflaging trick on a robot required some impressive engineering from a team of South Korean researchers who have now given robots the power to hide from us.… |
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