House of the Dragon‘s Most Enviable Couple on What Makes Their Relationship Work

Talk to each other, Best said. That was so, so hard to hold that. I wanted to say to her, Let him see how much pain youre in! Corlys (Steve Toussaint) and Rhaenys (Eve Best): the most functional couple on a series full of dysfunctional pairings.Photo: Ollie Upton/HBO You dont have to hold everything together. You dont have to do all the work. This is a two-way thing. I think that for Corlys its the same....

June 19, 2024 · 2 min · 259 words · Barbara Navarro

OnThe Acolyte, All Paths Converge on a Phantom Menace

She doesnt need Qimir and the master, if she has her sistertheres still a chance she can change. There in lies the tragedy of Day. Mae finds Kelnacca already dead, a burning gash rent across his chest. Image: Lucasfilm Sooner rather than later, the truth of what happened on Brendok will come out. Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present. Image: Lucasfilm Image: Lucasfilm Image: Lucasfilm...

June 19, 2024 · 1 min · 75 words · Scott Villa

Our First Look at the NextGame of ThronesSpinoff Is Here

Project Hail Mary continues to expand its cast. An Uncharted sequel is actually happening. The Street Fighter movie has lost its directors. Image: HBO Details on his role are currently under wraps. Uncharted 2 Varietyalso has word Uncharted 2 is officially moving forward at Sony. Totally Spies! Photo:Disney Varietyreports a live-action series based on Totally Spies! is now in development at Amazon with, of all people, comedian Will Ferrell attached to executive produce....

June 19, 2024 · 1 min · 140 words · Steven Le

Prion Disease Is Spreading in Deer. Here’s What We Know About the Risk to Humans

Time to fear the deer? CJD, CWD and other prion diseases are resulting from a misfolded version of the harmless prion protein. But once they do, death soon follows. A whitetail deer looks for food in the woods in the Wyomissing Parklands of Pennsylvania.Photo: Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle (Getty Images) The mad cow epidemic and resulting vCJD (the variant form) outbreaks wereultimately containedby improved food safety practices. They also called for more research to be done to investigate this possibility....

June 19, 2024 · 2 min · 220 words · Tina Holder

There’s NewBlueyOut There, and We Can’t Watch It!

Theres been three seasons so far, with 154 episodes made since its initial release in 2018. Countdown to Minisodes is on! Coming to ABC Kids June 16 and on@DisneyPlusand@DisneyJrJuly 3! Image: Ludo Studio As if we have the self-control to avert our eyes, people! WatchBlueyonDisney+, Disney Jr., and the Disney Channel. Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present.

June 19, 2024 · 1 min · 63 words · Brian Davis

Thousands of American Climate Corps Workers Will Deploy This Month

This story was originally published byGrist. Their swearing-in marks another step forward for the Biden administrations ambitious climate agenda. The administration is promoting the corps as a way for young people to jump-start green careers. Members of the California Conservation Corps, which has open positions with the American Climate Corps, build a levee at California’s Tulare Lake in 2023.Photo: Citizen of the Planet / UCG / Universal Images Group (Getty Images)...

June 19, 2024 · 1 min · 114 words · Anthony Thompson

Waves of Methane Are Crashing on the Coasts of Saturn’s Bizarre Moon Titan

Titans shoreline, however, is not as inviting as ours. Thefindingsare published in the journal Science Advances. News from the future, delivered to your present. An artist’s concept of what it would look like from the surface of Titan.Illustration: NASA/JPL-Caltech

June 19, 2024 · 1 min · 39 words · Brian Guerra

Who Needs a Turntable When You Can DJ With a Ball?

I love EDM and have briefly tried my hand at DJing before to, lets say, mixed results. Heres how theOdd Ballworks. Next, you browse through the apps playlist and pick a beat. Photo: Dua Rashid / Gizmodo And then you play around with the ball to add effects to the beat. Each gesture on the ball corresponds to a specific effect. The best part is that you could pair as many Odd Balls to your phone as you want....

June 19, 2024 · 3 min · 468 words · Jennifer Campbell

Yes, ThatWasWho You Thought It Was inThe Acolyte

But that doesnt mean there arent some intriguing connections… … or, some familiar faces. Beyond that, no one else we knew. Froma certain point of view. Image: Lucasfilm And you think for a moment, it cant be. But he has those yellow eyes. His hair and bear are grey and longer, but in a similar style. Screenshot: Lucasfilm This is 100 years before Phantom Menace, and he looks like a grown man here....

June 19, 2024 · 1 min · 186 words · Jacob Huber

Astronomers Witness a Supermassive Black Hole Roaring to Life

For the two decades before 2019, the galaxy was the same level of faintness in the night sky. The teams research isaccepted for publicationin Astronomy & Astrophysics. The galaxy is SDSS1335+0728 (and thats just its nicknameseriously!). An animation of the galaxy spinning and brightening over recent years.Gif:ESO/M. Kornmesser The team has yet to conduct follow-up observations to clarify the nature of the event. If it is a tidal disruption, its the longest and faintest yet seen....

June 18, 2024 · 1 min · 116 words · Ronald Moore

Call Centers Introduce ‘Emotion Canceling’ AI as a ‘Mental Shield’ for Workers

Call center employees have notoriously unpleasant jobs. They field questions from disgruntled customers all day long and can only respond with corporate-mandated jargon. Well, theyre tryingsort of. Photo: PeopleImages.com - Yuri A (Shutterstock) The voice-altering technology, dubbed SoftVoice, alters angry customer voices into calm ones. It aims to emotionally support call center employees, acting as a mental shield for operators. By 2025, the company hopes to sell the technology more broadly....

June 18, 2024 · 1 min · 145 words · Sara Walker

DC’s New Horror Anthology Knows What You Did Last Crisis

In the fractured world of Flashpoint, Professor Pyg is stalking Gotham Citys nightclubs, sniffing out victims! Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present. Photo: DC Simon Pegg Still Has Hope ForStar Trek 4 Plus, A24’sDeath Strandingmovie finds an intriguing director.

June 18, 2024 · 1 min · 45 words · Ricky Bailey

Don’t Expect a Next-Gen Apple Vision Pro Anytime Soon

Instead, the company will focus on a more affordable Vision product with fewer features. The standard Vision headset isnt having a breeze in manufacturing either. The Vision Pros allure haslost some lustersince its February debut. Photo: Dan Ackerman / Gizmodo That means a more built-out ecosystem than the work-in-progress that Vision OS has seemed like since its launch. File this one next to Applesself-driving car. News from the future, delivered to your present....

June 18, 2024 · 1 min · 81 words · James Perez