01-Nov-26
Elon Musk, a Guy Who Destroyed the Future for Millions, Advises You Not to Save Money [ 30-Oct-26 7:05pm ]
Intel Admits It's Ignored 'High-End Desktop Chips.' That May Soon Change [ 30-Oct-26 6:55pm ]
The Season Finale of 'Avatar: Seven Havens' Book One Got There in the End [ 30-Oct-26 6:15pm ]
Archaeologists at Ancient Troy Unearth a 2,700-Year-Old Bone Flute. Odysseus Never Heard It [ 30-Oct-26 5:55pm ]
How Hackers Stole $6.3 Billion From Binance in Minutes [ 30-Oct-26 5:11pm ]
The Flesh-Eating Screwworm Is Spreading—and Now Burrowing Into Cats [ 30-Oct-26 4:45pm ]
Wikimedia Foundation Tries to Save Itself From Oblivion by Brokering AI Copyright Deal [ 30-Oct-26 4:20pm ]
A Broken Nose, a Damaged Arm, and a Gruesome Grave. This Man From Roman Scotland Now Has a Face [ 30-Oct-26 4:15pm ]
The Films and Shows You Should Be Streaming in November 2026 [ 30-Oct-26 4:00pm ]
Popular Fan Fiction Site AO3 Could Be Offline for a Month Following 'Security Incident' [ 30-Oct-26 3:45pm ]
Lake Powell Is Hiding Something Spectacular—and Draining It Would Bring It Back [ 30-Oct-26 3:35pm ]
Interviewing Patrick Stewart Was a Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience [ 30-Oct-26 3:15pm ]
Paleofuture [ 1-Nov-26 3:28pm ]
Starbucks Apparently Wants to Make That 'Minority Report' Shopping Scene a Reality [ 01-Nov-26 3:28pm ]
The CEO of Starbucks said they want to "recognize participating customers as they arrive" and "present personalized digital menus."
31-Oct-26
Do You Truly Hate Liberty Biberty or Simply Yearn For Community? [ 31-Oct-26 9:23pm ]
This weeks IRL protest escalates the viral hate campaign against the car insurance mascot while raising the question: are people just lonely and bored?
Jennifer Lawrence Would Do Anything but Be Mystique Again [ 31-Oct-26 6:50pm ]
Lawrence partially made her name off playing Mystique, but she's not itching to return to those scales anytime soon.
NASA's Begging the Commercial Space Industry to Save the Doomed Hubble Telescope [ 31-Oct-26 4:26pm ]
Budget gutted and shuttles grounded, the federal agency can only appeal to the private sector for help.
The 'Avatar: Seven Havens' Team Discuss That Heavy Finale [ 31-Oct-26 4:25pm ]
Pavi and Nisha went through a lot in the first book of 'Avatar: Seven Havens,' and things only get tougher from here.
'It: Welcome to Derry' Treats You To a Surprise Halloween Episode [ 31-Oct-26 2:30pm ]
If you're looking for something new and scary to check out this Halloween, 'It: Welcome to Derry' may be what you're looking for.
What Nathan Fielder's 'You Can See Everything' Taught Me About Tech Journalism [ 31-Oct-26 2:10pm ]
Nathan Fielder's hit doc follows Elizabeth Holmes in her own home and unexpectedly opened my eyes to the problems in my own.
A Firefly Lost for 43 Years Is Back—and It's Far From the Only One Missing [ 31-Oct-26 11:30am ]
More than two dozen firefly species in the U.S. and Canada haven't been seen for at least a decade.
The Best Gadgets of October 2026 [ 31-Oct-26 11:00am ]
Techtober is over, and boy, did it bring tons of new gadgets.
Pope Leo XIV Reminds World That AIs Aren't Conscious Beings, Urges Autonomous Weapon Ban [ 31-Oct-26 3:53am ]
Leo is not the biggest fan of claims that computers have souls.
Sam Altman: All the RAM Should Belong to Me, So I Can Charge People to Use It [ 31-Oct-26 3:18am ]
Classic Sam!
Binance Reassures Users That $6.3 Billion in Stolen Crypto Is, Like, Pocket Money to Them [ 31-Oct-26 2:16am ]
Binance has managed to freeze around $3 billion in stolen tokens, and says all customers will be reimbursed for losses.
30-Oct-26
Sam Altman Reveals Internal Model Name Was 'Hold My Beer,' Pours One Out for All the Lives AI Could Destroy [ 30-Oct-26 9:20pm ]
"I'm actually probably not supposed to say this, but I will since we're drinking."
Here's What io9 Is Watching This Halloween [ 30-Oct-26 9:00pm ]
The staff picks their holiday favorites they revisit ever year, or at least just this year.
The AI Gold Rush Is Turning Into a Wall Street Bloodbath [ 30-Oct-26 8:30pm ]
Alphabet lost roughly $500 billion in market value as investors grow increasingly worried about Silicon Valley's massive AI spending spree.
The Callers Most Likely to Phone a Psychedelic Hotline Mid-Trip Weren't on Psychedelics [ 30-Oct-26 8:05pm ]
After fielding over 25,000 calls, a nonprofit has discovered that one type of drug user has been more likely than any other to call their support hotline in a state of panic or concern.
Patrick Stewart Was a Man for All Generations [ 30-Oct-26 8:00pm ]
Stewart loved doing the work and showing he could do whatever it asked of him.
You could start handing out your cash any day, man.
Intel wants to fight AMD by getting hard into gaming-ready desktop chips.
After a shaky start, the 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' sequel series finds its footing by refusing to live in Aang and Korra's shadow.
A 4,500-year-old idol head and a 2,700-year-old bone flute fragment would have been used before and after the time period usually associated with the Trojan War.
Blockchain observers say North Korea was behind the record-breaking theft, while an Ethereum upgrade helped one attacker-controlled contract drain billions in minutes.
After decades of eradication, the parasitic fly remerged in the U.S. this year.
Call it the Great Copyright Compromise.
Multiple injuries to the 1,900-year-old skeleton suggest the man faced many hardships—long before he arrived at his final, gruesome destination.
We've picked out the best horror, sci-fi, and genre titles coming to Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and more this month.
"Black October" comes for the fan fic.
As the Colorado River crisis deepens, a controversial plan to bolster water resources and restore a lost ecosystem has resurfaced.
He really was as great as you'd imagine.
Bose Sport Open Earbuds Review: Colorful, Comfortable, but Tough Clip Competition [ 30-Oct-26 2:50pm ]
Bose's Sport Open Earbuds are solid, but the competition is strong.
Apple's OLED MacBook Pro Is the Most Ambitious Screen We've Seen on a Laptop [ 30-Oct-26 2:40pm ]
'MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display' is an obnoxiously corporate name for a real interesting display.
2.8 Million Eels Keep Swarming This Underwater Mountain—and Scientists Still Don't Know Why [ 30-Oct-26 2:35pm ]
The team counted approximately 3,500 metric tons' worth of eels. Yes, tons.
The Other Upcoming 'Death Stranding' Anime Wants to Wake You Up the Hard Way [ 30-Oct-26 2:30pm ]
The studio behind 'Ninja Kamui' is expanding Hideo Kojima's post-apocalyptic world beyond the perspective of Sam Bridges.
Turns Out Ergonomic Office Furniture Is Mostly Hype [ 30-Oct-26 2:05pm ]
Scientists went looking for proof that all that pricey desk gear actually works. It didn't go well.
90 New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books Arriving in November [ 30-Oct-26 2:00pm ]
This month brings a harvest of new releases from John Scalzi, Cassandra Khaw, and many more, plus memoirs from genre favorites Andy Serkis and LeVar Burton.
James Gunn Teases New Batman Casting 'Isn't Very Far Away' [ 30-Oct-26 1:00pm ]
The DC Studios president is getting ready to bring a new Caped Crusader into the world.
'Obsession' Director Curry Barker Drops a Freaky Horror Short Just in Time for Halloween [ 30-Oct-26 12:00pm ]
Got five minutes to spare? Treat your eyes and ears to 'Mama Bear.'
Global CO2 Levels Expected to Surge Thanks to This Super El Niño [ 30-Oct-26 11:30am ]
Brutal peatland wildfires in Indonesia illustrate one of several ways El Niño raises global CO2 levels.
Karyn Kusama to Direct 'Mouthwashing' Video Game Adaptation [ 30-Oct-26 11:00am ]
'Monarch: Legacy of Monsters' is rumored to receive a complete creative overhaul in season three.
Reddit Will Force Users to Log In Soon [ 30-Oct-26 3:56am ]
Redditors are sure to take this well. /s
U.S. Military Thinks Hackers Defrosted All Its Ice Cream [ 30-Oct-26 2:20am ]
Four officials told Reuters they are investigating a suspected hack of military base commissary freezers.
29-Oct-26
Amazon's $42.4 Billion Cash Burn Delivers Final Blow In a Rough Week For AI [ 29-Oct-26 11:51pm ]
Only one of the four AI hyperscalers reported positive free cash flow in this round of earnings.
Senators Launch Inquiry Into Meta's 'Pervert Glasses' [ 29-Oct-26 11:31pm ]
Senators want answers on whether Meta conducted due diligence on potential human rights violations posed by the smart glasses.
Polymarket Temporarily Froze Trading After Hackers Reportedly Stole Millions Via Third-Party Service [ 29-Oct-26 10:38pm ]
Polymarket said all customers will be reimbursed.
Binance Investigating Possibly Massive Hack [ 29-Oct-26 10:16pm ]
"Our security teams are reviewing all relevant information with urgency," the company said.
AI Company's Stock Craters After Admitting Its Bitcoin Is Stuck on an Exchange Nobody's Heard of [ 29-Oct-26 9:30pm ]
Datavault AI disclosed it has been unable to withdraw roughly $65 million worth of bitcoin from an obscure exchange for four months.
Google Eats Its Own Tail (and Profits) With AI Summaries as Stock Price Plunges [ 29-Oct-26 8:50pm ]
The one thing that can maybe slow the roll of AI: losing money.
The World Mourns the Loss of the Great Sir Patrick Stewart [ 29-Oct-26 8:45pm ]
Fans, actors, filmmakers, and more react to losing the acting titan, who passed this week at 86.
A Woman Asked ChatGPT How to Get Off Her Seizure Meds. Her Family Says It Killed Her [ 29-Oct-26 8:40pm ]
"Bowen's death is what happens when companies race one another and ship a product faster than they can control it," the family's lawyers said Tuesday.
Did Trump Cancel a Rally to Attend the Mar-a-Lago Halloween Party? [ 29-Oct-26 8:25pm ]
The 80-year-old president will reportedly hold 20 "virtual rallies" in the final stretch of the midterm elections.