Online threats are all around us. Then, there are annoying geo-restrictions that ruin the party. While enjoyable most of the time, the internet can be really annoying. © Gizmodo.com However, we shouldnt be so pessimistic when theres NordVPN. Sounds like a combo from dreams? Well, wait until you discover more, including NordVPNs Birthday offer. © NordVPN Using a VPN seems to alleviate most of these annoyances. NordVPN, which is the most popular VPN worldwide, is known for256-bit AES encryption....

The poems first stanzas seemed unremarkable, but the ones that followed would be familiar to most English majors. Thats because Veronese had stumbled upon a rare, undocumented copy of one of Shakespeares most famous sonnets. In his defense, the two versions of the sonnet are quite different. The recently discovered Sonnet 116.© University of Oxford Smith was not involved in the study. In addition to a different beginning, the adaptation also has a different ending and extra lines....

Toy Fair is a placeto celebrate all things toysand the 2025 edition just finished in New York City. And not just random stuff. Geeky stuff.The newStar Warstoys,the new Marvel toys,the newTransformerstoys. Just a few of the coolest toys we saw at New York Toy Fair 2025.Photos: io9/Gizmodo All that good stuff. First up, here are some of our favorite upcoming Marvel toys on display at Toy Fair. Next, here are some of theStar Warstoys that were there....

It wasnt a complete list. Starting this month, that changes. What follows isnt a list of all the best stuff streaming on all the big streaming services. Daredevil, Wicked, and the original Nosferatu demand your streaming attention this month.Images: Marvel, Universal, Shudder Some are new,some are old, but either way, well tell you why you should care. Or at least joke about it. Predator(2004), andAliens Vs. Aliens. Image: 20th Century Fox...

Inprevious seasons, Mat tangled with a magical dagger that spoke to him in a nefarious way. Hes now one of the Heroes of the Horn and is linked to its legacy. As we see in season three, it also means hes now fluent in the Old Tongue. Mat (Dónal Finn), Nynaeve (Zoë Robins), and Min (Kae Alexander) in season three.© Julie Vrabelova/Prime One of them being Naomi Joy Todd, who is our dialect coach for accent work....

One of the most singularly impactful people in the world has just passed away. Australian Red Cross LifebloodannouncedHarrisons death over the weekend. His blood plasma contained a rare antibody that doctors use to prevent a life-threatening complication in high-risk pregnancies. James Harrison making his final blood donation surrounded by mothers and their children in 2018 at the age of 81. Harrison reportedly died in his sleep on February 17.© Subel Bhandari/picture alliance via Getty...

The air floating up from Apples spaceship headquarters is starting to smell like fan-less laptop exhaust. The timing is right, consideringApple launchedtheM3 MacBook Air 13 and 15last March. Recent reports from Bloombergs Mark Gurman hinted that wed see a MacBook Air reveal soon. © Photo: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo This week.pic.twitter.com/uXqQaGNkSk Tim Cook (@tim_cook)March 3, 2025 Apple may have more Airs in store. Just dont assume well get the rumorediPhone 17 Air....

So much for ending inflation. High-end SUVs with significant content from Mexico would see a nearly $9,000 increase. The research comes from the Anderson Economic Group, an automotive consultancy in Michigan. Car prices could rise by as much as $12,000 in the United States as tariffs go into effect on March 4.YouTube - Unsolicited Opinions Acers most expensive laptop, a$3,000 gaming beast, will soon cost $3,300. Ford CEO Jim Farley said the tariffs willblow a holein the US industry that we have never seen....

In a first, a team of researchers modeled water in the primordial universe. Only very simple nuclei survived theBigBang hydrogen, helium, lithium and trace amounts of barium and boron. Both events form water-enriched clumps of gas that waft through the cosmos. An artist’s impression of a galaxy in the early universe.Illustration: ESO/M. Kornmesser These dense, dusty cores are also likely candidates for protoplanetary disk formation. News from the future, delivered to your present....

Zeta Gundamlaunched in a very different context than that of its predecessor six years prior. With a sophomore series, there was a potential for Sunrise andGundamcreator Yoshiyuki Tomino to play things safe. Perhaps theres no better wayZetaexamines this than how it handles Amuro himself. © Bandai Namco Filmworks/Crunchyroll And its boldest move may just be how the series wraps itself up. Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present....

Step aside, Santa Monica. It seems that Mars once had beaches that would give the Californian coast a run for its money. Their work bolsters previous research suggesting that Mars once hosted large bodies of water and a potentially habitable environment. A Martian landscape, photographed by NASA’s Curiosity rover.© NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA Standard Licence We found evidence for wind, waves, no shortage of sanda proper, vacation-style beach. Were seeing that the shoreline of this body of water evolved over time, Cardenas added....

Theres just something about building your own PC. Whether its your very first build or your umpteenth, its just magic. It can also be a time-consuming, nerve-racking process. ©Photo: Charles Anthony Davis/DreamSmith LLC (Did you ensure youre grounded before you touch anything??) You know, that one GPU thats currentlyflying off the shelves. The CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme is a prime candidate for gamers looking for convenience and power. ©Photo: Charles Anthony Davis/DreamSmith LLC...

If youre one of those people, Legos got something for your nostalgia. All-in-all, it seems to be a pretty cool set. (Knowing the animation side of that and Marvels communities, thats probably already being planned.) © Lego LegosAvengers: Endgame Final Battleset will release on May 1 for $100. Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present. © Lego © Lego © Lego © Lego © Lego...