While this originally started as a list of alternative Trading Card Game deck builders, it quickly spun out into a list of games that use unique decks of cards. Some of these are deck builders, where you create a custom deck of cards from a pre-made selection to play against other people (Magic: The Gathering, for…
Twenty-two civil rights groups including the American Civil Liberties Union, Demand Progress, and theElectronic Frontier Foundation have signed a letter accusing the Pentagon and the executive branch of exploiting a legal loophole to surveil Americans absent congressional oversight or approval from the courts.
Sep 30th 2022, 22:00, by Andrew Liszewski and James Whitbrook
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round-up of the latest toy news on the internet. This week, Hot Toys' Star Wars shelf grows with a little help from The Mandalorian's finest sheriff, the best Metroid suit gets an incredible action figure, and Hasbro rings in the season with some Star Wars cheer. Check it out!
The consequences for Pacific Gas & Electric's negligent involvement in the ignition of multiple deadly wildfires across California continue to mount. A group of 20 former executives at the utility company reached a $117 million settlement regarding the 2017 North Bay fires and 2018 Camp fire Thursday, the Los Angeles…
I've never been more distracted than when I wasn't using Focus Mode on my corral of smartphones. Phones are my thing here at Gizmodo, and since I tend to run a handful of devices concurrently, you can imagine that most of my work days are peppered with random choruses of vibrating aluminum. It makes it so that I can't…
Can you hear that diabolical cackle? Chucky returns soon! The hit horror series continues the killer doll's reign of terror that began with Child's Play back in 1988 with a sly, campy sense of humor and a remarkable ability to evolve with the times. At a recent Chucky press day, io9 got a chance to learn more about…
The history of consumer electronics is dotted with failures, like the vastly superior Betamax tape format, or 3D TVs, but one device that's been especially difficult to convince consumers to buy has been robots. The technology at our disposal still hasn't caught up to what everyone expects a bot to be able to do for…
Ever since Robert Eggers announced his arrival on the auteur filmmaking scene with 2015's The Witch, he's let it be known that he intended to tackle an adaptation of vampire classic Nosferatu. That project is finally ramping up, with a killer cast announced today.
Ever since Amazon launched Astro—its stout, doe-eyed, autonomously mobile robot—its been a curious sight to behold. When first unveiled last summer, a wealth of tech journos rushed to call the bot "cute" while others, myself included, found it creepy. All of us, however, were basically left wondering what the point of…
Welcome back to io9's monthly Nerd's Watch, where we pare down the enormous lists of new films and television shows arriving on all your favorite streaming services into the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles we think you'll like most.
Molly Russell, a 14-year old from London who died of self-inflicted injuries in 2017, didn't die by suicide, according to a senior British coroner who examined her.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg can't duck and weave the jabbing questions that he's responsible for buying out the entire arena for a major UFC show this Saturday. The rolling speculation has even started to claim that the Z-man himself wants to hop into the Octagon and test his mettle against a live opponent.
The Sanderson Sisters are back! Hocus Pocus 2is now streaming on Disney+, just in time for pumpkin spice season and repeat viewings in the lead-up to Halloween. io9 recently participated in the press conference for the film with the cast and creative team to discuss the making of the movie and why it t00k 29 years to…
The oil and gas industry may be seriously undercounting its greenhouse gas emissions. A technique used to burn off methane during production may be getting rid of less of the greenhouse gas than previously thought, a new study finds—which could mean that emissions from flaring could be as much as five times higher…
It's been a little over a year since Elon Musk trotted a person in a spandex suit out on stage and paraded them around like a prototype robot, before saying "the Tesla bot will be real." Now, he's teasing that we'll actually get to see one of his many, many promises escape the vapor at tonight's Tesla AI Day. Or, at…
The one true mark of success in Hollywood is money, and to that end Jurassic World Dominion was a massive success. However, while the general consensus as to its quality was, let's say, much less successful, apparently some of the choices made leading to that were made in service of the future of the franchise.
Tens of thousands of tech employees in jobs previously thought to be secure and high-paying have had to pack their bags in recent months. They're seeking out new positions as a downturn in the wider economy hits the tech industry especially hard. SoundCloud, one of the leading music streaming platforms favored by…
New York City council members are getting serious about bike lanes. A new proposal would allow citizens to submit photographic evidence of blocked bike lanes—and they'll be rewarded with a percentage of the subsequent ticket.
This month's new sci-fi, horror, and fantasy books bring authors you'll recognize—including Veronica Roth, Alan Moore, Terry Brooks, and George R.R. Martin (no, not that book). But there are also plenty of potential new favorites among these 56 titles. It's spooky season this month, but it's always reading season!
People's cancers are apparently playing host to their very own fungi. A pair of studies this week have documented the unique neighborhoods of fungal species that can live inside our tumors. It's possible that these microbes may even influence how cancers grow or manage to fend off certain treatments.
NASA's Juno spacecraft completed its close flyby of Jupiter's moon Europa on Thursday, and the first images from the maneuver have now arrived on Earth for your viewing pleasure.
Scientists have been arguing for years about ambiguous radar scans of Mars' south pole. Do they reveal underground lakes of liquid water? Or something else? Two new papers out this week have added even more intrigue to the controversy.
Bruce Willis is selling his face. The veteran actor has agreed to sell the rights to his likeness so a digital twin can be created using deepfake technology. Willis previously announced his retirement from acting following an aphasia diagnosis.
Security researchers from Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto said on Thursday they found fatal flaws in a massive network of 885 fake websites that they have "high confidence" were previously used by the Central Intelligence Agency for covert communications.
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