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- A Ghoulish Passenger Bedevils a Driver in Chilling Short Night Bus
- The Best Wildlife Photographs of 2021, as Chosen by the People
- ID.me Says It Will Make Facial Recognition Optional for Government Agencies
- Composer John Williams Turns 90 Today, So Enjoy 9 of His Greatest Songs
- Antihistamines Could Help Some Long Covid Patients, New Research Suggests
- Ecuador's Indigenous Groups Have New Power to Protect Their Lands from Destruction
- Mission: Impossibles 7 and 8 Might Be Tom Cruise's Last
- Coal-Loving Australia Just Hit Wind and Solar Power Records
- Great, DARPA Just Flew a Black Hawk Helicopter With Nobody In It
- Rapping FinanceTok Influencer and Husband Accused of Conspiracy to Launder $4.5 Billion in Crypto
- Leica Now Makes $14,000 Watches, Too
- A Young Warrior Tests Her Strength in This Exclusive Excerpt from Willow's Black Shield Maiden
- Mega Comet Arriving From the Oort Cloud Is 85 Miles Wide
- The Book of Boba Fett Can't Stop Treating Boba Like a Chump
- Destiny Should Be Sony's Next Big Animated Series
- Canadian Judge Orders Anti-Vax 'Freedom Convoy' Truckers to Stop F*cking Honking
- Robert Pattinson Thinks His Bruce Wayne's a Bad Batman
- The 22 Best 'Close-Up Photographer of the Year' Photos Really Get Right in There
- Douglas Trumbull, Effects Wizard Behind 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner, Has Died
- Apple Wants to Kill Square
- Peloton to Replace CEO as It Goes Full Damage-Control Mode
- Deer in New York Test Positive for Omicron, Researchers Warn of Future 'Spillback to Humans'
- Postmaster General Says Gas-Guzzling Mail Trucks Are Here to Stay Unless Congress Acts
- Environmental Activists Glue Themselves to Roadway in Berlin
- Nvidia's Blockbuster Arm Acquisition Is Officially Dead
| A Ghoulish Passenger Bedevils a Driver in Chilling Short Night Bus Posted: 08 Feb 2022 04:45 PM PST  Stuck working the midnight shift on the eve of her 30th birthday, London bus driver Natasha (the excellent Susan Wokoma of the late, great Truth Seekers) believes her vehicle is empty—until the bell starts dinging... and a cloaked figure seems to materialize in one of the upper-level rows. |
| The Best Wildlife Photographs of 2021, as Chosen by the People Posted: 08 Feb 2022 04:01 PM PST  With the 2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year in the books, it's time to let the public choose the top nature images from the past year. The contest, produced by the Natural History Museum, London, saw over 50,000 photos entered from 95 countries. For the People's Choice award, the public was asked to vote on a… |
| ID.me Says It Will Make Facial Recognition Optional for Government Agencies Posted: 08 Feb 2022 03:20 PM PST  In a major turn of events, embattled identity verification company ID.me says it will make facial recognition verification optional for all of its public sector government partners. Additionally, starting March 1, the company says all ID.me users will be able to delete their face scans. |
| Composer John Williams Turns 90 Today, So Enjoy 9 of His Greatest Songs Posted: 08 Feb 2022 03:00 PM PST  He's one of America's greatest living composers, his work scoring films has elevated cinema soundtracks as a whole and some franchises specifically. He's John Williams, and he's celebrating his 90th birthday today. So why not celebrate with him by listening to a few of his greatest songs? |
| Antihistamines Could Help Some Long Covid Patients, New Research Suggests Posted: 08 Feb 2022 02:39 PM PST  In a new case report this week, medical professionals in California say that at least two of their patients have experienced substantial and rapid relief from their long covid symptoms with the help of over-the-counter antihistamines. Importantly, the findings are only anecdotal at this point, but they may point to… |
| Ecuador's Indigenous Groups Have New Power to Protect Their Lands from Destruction Posted: 08 Feb 2022 02:29 PM PST  The highest court in Ecuador ruled last week that Indigenous communities in the country should have a stronger say over extractive projects like oil drilling and mining that affect their ancestral lands. |
| Mission: Impossibles 7 and 8 Might Be Tom Cruise's Last Posted: 08 Feb 2022 02:15 PM PST  He's jumped off buildings, hung outside airplanes, and will soon be diving off a cliff on a motorcycle. However, for his next trick, Tom Cruise might be going on his most impossible mission yet: ending the franchise. |
| Coal-Loving Australia Just Hit Wind and Solar Power Records Posted: 08 Feb 2022 02:07 PM PST  January was a banner month for renewables Down Under. According to an analyst at Rystad Energy, who shared the figures with clean energy site Renew Economy, three of Australia's six states saw new records for wind and solar power production. In total, utility-scale wind and solar produced 3,628 gigawatt hours of power… |
| Great, DARPA Just Flew a Black Hawk Helicopter With Nobody In It Posted: 08 Feb 2022 01:40 PM PST  The United States military just inched one step closer to bringing autonomous helicopters to the battlefield. Like most strange feats of advanced military technology, this one comes from The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, better known simply as "DARPA." |
| Rapping FinanceTok Influencer and Husband Accused of Conspiracy to Launder $4.5 Billion in Crypto Posted: 08 Feb 2022 01:26 PM PST  Federal authorities have arrested a DeFi investor and his finance influencer wife for allegedly having laundered billions of dollars in cryptocurrency stolen from a crypto exchange. |
| Leica Now Makes $14,000 Watches, Too Posted: 08 Feb 2022 01:10 PM PST  For more than 150 years, Leica has made a name for itself producing binoculars, microscopes, rangefinders, cameras, and other devices with high-quality optical lenses, but for the first time ever, the German-based company is expanding into high-end timepieces. Unfortunately, the new L1 and L2 watches somehow make… |
| A Young Warrior Tests Her Strength in This Exclusive Excerpt from Willow's Black Shield Maiden Posted: 08 Feb 2022 01:00 PM PST  Two young women—one an African warrior, one a Viking princess—become important allies in Black Shield Maiden, a new medieval fantasy that's the first in a new series from musician turned debut author WILLOW, co-written with Jess Hendel. io9 is excited to share a vivid first excerpt from the book today. |
| Mega Comet Arriving From the Oort Cloud Is 85 Miles Wide Posted: 08 Feb 2022 12:53 PM PST  Bernardinelli-Bernstein is officially the largest comet ever discovered, according to updated observations of the inbound object. |
| The Book of Boba Fett Can't Stop Treating Boba Like a Chump Posted: 08 Feb 2022 12:10 PM PST  He's among the most popular Star Wars characters of all time. He was a fan-favorite years before he appeared on screen in The Empire Strikes Back. He was so popular he was retroactively inserted into A New Hope and then introduced in the prequels, where he's treated with so much narrative reverence he effectively… |
| Destiny Should Be Sony's Next Big Animated Series Posted: 08 Feb 2022 11:15 AM PST  The month of January had more than its fair share of newsworthy surprises, but the end of the month certainly threw some sizable curveballs our way. In the gaming space, everyone was shocked to learn that Bungie, the original developers of Halo and currently working on the Destiny franchise, had been bought by Sony… |
| Canadian Judge Orders Anti-Vax 'Freedom Convoy' Truckers to Stop F*cking Honking Posted: 08 Feb 2022 10:50 AM PST  A Canadian judge has ordered the horde of anti-vax truckers clogging the streets of Ottawa to stop it with the goddamn horns already, according to the Ottawa Citizen. |
| Robert Pattinson Thinks His Bruce Wayne's a Bad Batman Posted: 08 Feb 2022 10:30 AM PST  Over his 80-plus year history, Batman has largely been defined by the artists creating him. Each person telling the story changes the character in some ways, and in the upcoming film The Batman, that's not just happening again, it's happening in some ways film audiences may not be ready for. |
| The 22 Best 'Close-Up Photographer of the Year' Photos Really Get Right in There Posted: 08 Feb 2022 10:00 AM PST  Good things often come better in pairs. That sentiment held true during this year's Close-up Photographer of the Year Challenge which saw contestants from around the world submit remarkable images of couples navigating the natural world. |
| Douglas Trumbull, Effects Wizard Behind 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner, Has Died Posted: 08 Feb 2022 09:40 AM PST  Science fiction cinema would not be what it is today without the work of Douglas Trumbull. Trumbull helped drive effects on films like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, each time changing the field in ways that would resonate for decades. After an incredible life and career,… |
| Posted: 08 Feb 2022 09:31 AM PST  Apple usually waits until its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in June to reveal new software features that replace products by other companies and third-party developers. But the company is kicking things off early this year with the reveal of Tap to Pay, which allows iPhones to function as standalone digital… |
| Peloton to Replace CEO as It Goes Full Damage-Control Mode Posted: 08 Feb 2022 09:05 AM PST  Peloton will replace its CEO, cut about 2,800 jobs, and revamp its leadership team as the company faces declining demand for its exercise equipment. The layoffs account for around 20% of the corporate workforce but will not affect instructors or content. |
| Deer in New York Test Positive for Omicron, Researchers Warn of Future 'Spillback to Humans' Posted: 08 Feb 2022 08:52 AM PST  The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has found its way into white-tailed deer living in New York, new research released this week has found. The results are the latest to show that deer in the U.S. have become frequent carriers of SARS-CoV-2—a phenomenon that could have important implications for the future of the… |
| Postmaster General Says Gas-Guzzling Mail Trucks Are Here to Stay Unless Congress Acts Posted: 08 Feb 2022 08:16 AM PST  After facing fierce criticism from the Biden Administration and environmental groups over its decision to prioritize new, gas-guzzling mail trucks, the United States Postal Service wants people to know it is indeed still committed to electric vehicles… if only it had more money! |
| Environmental Activists Glue Themselves to Roadway in Berlin Posted: 08 Feb 2022 07:58 AM PST  Protestors in Berlin, Germany glued themselves to a main roadway Monday morning, demanding legislation against food waste and cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from the agricultural industry. Their protest caused major traffic jams in the capital and followed actions held throughout Germany last week. More than 20… |
| Nvidia's Blockbuster Arm Acquisition Is Officially Dead Posted: 08 Feb 2022 07:45 AM PST  Nvidia's $40 billion bid to acquire Arm has officially ended, Softbank announced on Monday citing "significant regulatory challenges." |
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