Its a strong stand for the First Amendment and against arbitrary censorship. Im asking companies not to let TikTok stay dark! I would like the United States to have a 50% ownership position in a joint venture. © Getty By doing this, we save TikTok, keep it in good hands and allow it to say up. Without U.S. approval, there is no Tik Tok [sic]. With our approval, it is worth hundreds of billions of dollarsmaybe trillions, Trump wrote....

On Friday,Nintendo Lifefirst hit upon accessory makerNacons early peripherals. These include a steering wheel with docks for the new JoyCons. This is likely another rig designed around specs sent to peripheral makers before Nintendo could announce its Switch sequel. © Image: Nacon / Gizmodo Nacon also has a few silicon-inserted JoyCon covers, some external Switch 2 covers, and a carrying case. Nacons peripherals fuel fans suspicion that were finally due a sequel to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe....

Magic Kingdom Happy 50th Birthday Space Mountain The iconic attraction turned 50 this week. This room gives spaceship cruise vibes. Alas, Glinda and Elphaba meet and greets are no more. © Screenshot: YouTube/Wani We need them back! LA Fires Relief Vidiots x Neon For more informationvisit here. LA Fire Relief Disney Screenings at the historic El Capitan theater More infohere. © Universal Studios Florida LA Fire Relief Paramount Pictures x AMC TheatersSonic 3screenings Want more io9 news?...

Their findings reveal a higher level of artistic skill in pre-Columbian Peru than previously thought. Now recognized for their textiles, they were ultimately absorbed into the Incan Empire. News from the future, delivered to your present. Ancient Peruvian tattoos photographed under white light, in infrared images, or in LSF images to highlight the additional details visible in the latter.© Kaye et al., PNAS (2025) You May Also Like Neanderthal Faces Were Bigger Than Ours....

But people who actually listened to the audio heard something that readers didnt get to learn. Apparently, Andreessen thinks Hillary Clinton was actually president from 2017 until 2021 rather than Donald Trump. Douthat:But wait, the federal government is run by Donald Trump in this period, right? © Steve Jennings (Getty Images) Andreessen:Not really. Youve got the activists coming at you. And then youve got the government coming at you. So this is, I mean, this is the peculiar thing about the narrative, right?...

The students tried, but every single link turned up the same page: a picture of a padlock. None of it was available to us, Aleeza said. The site was completely blocked. © Patrick T. Fallon/Getty Images She said her teacher scrambled to pivot and fill the 90-minute class with other activities. That investigation found school districts blocking access to sex education and LGBTQ+ resources, including suicide prevention. It also found routine blocking of websites students seek out for academic research....

The spectrograph will collect light across the visible and some of the near-infrared ranges. The telescope will improve the telescopes ability to observe spectra from distant light sources. The spectrograph team will launch a large-sky survey that will take place over approximately the next five years. The Subaru telescope.Photo: Sasquatch / Wikimedia Commons The Subaru Telescope keeps busy. Subarus new compound eye will build on the telescopes legacy and give it runway to create more history....

With production underway, more actors have signed up to be potential snake chow for the upcoming film. Perthe Hollywood Reporter,Westworlds Thandiwe Newton andSilos Steve Zahn are joining the newAnaconda. Their journey takes themand Blacks wife, played by Skyeto the rainforest, where Mello plays an animal wrangler. © WB/HBO Daniela Melchior, previously ofFast XandRoad House,has also been cast in an undisclosed role. Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present....

The way the light filtered through the trees on the morning drive was unbeatable, he said. The Forest Service people have been super, super happy to have us, Zampaglione said. Theyre always saying, Without you guys, this would have taken months. Conservationists at work.© American Climate Corps Then he saw an ad on YouTube for the Forest Corps and applied through the AmeriCorps site. The people who were responsible for coordinating it have left office or are leaving office....

Fluoride is once again in the news, and not for a great reason. Historically, fluoride has been added to our water to strengthen our tooth enamel, which helps prevent cavities. The review,publishedinJAMA Pediatrics, isnt the only recent study to throw some shade at fluoride. Is fluoride in tap water dumbing us down? We asked the experts.© Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty The scientific debate over fluorides positives and negatives isnt one-sided, however....

This interview has been edited for length. What inspired the idea of adding that element toNocturnes story? Of course, then, you need characters to dramatize this. © Netflix Nyoni:What I found interesting was that conversation about where the line between fiction and reality is. Im a history buff. Weve seen those hairstyles a bunch, and theyre not historically accurate. © Netflix We can be fresh with that and keep it in history....

Scientists may have just taken the first step toward making it a reality. The researchers built the material on a nanoscale level, meaning its individual components are measurable in nanometers. Examples of polymers include proteins, cellulose, and nucleic acids. The x-shaped monomers in the mechanically bonded 2D polymer.© Mark Seniw, Center for Regenerative Nanomedicine We made a completely new polymer structure, said study co-author William Dichtel of Northwestern University in a universitystatement....

Im terrified of how its going to be received, because its not theTrekpeople want. So this is going to come along and its not going to feel like anyTrekthat theyve ever seen. In Our Man Bashir, spycraft is sexy, elegant, and filled with action. © Paramount Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present. © Paramount © Paramount