Is Avatar Ready to Be a Modern Blockbuster Franchise? @ io9

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Seven Havens and the upcoming movie trilogy have a challenge ahead of them in bringing Avatar to the modern age of IP.

DC’s Clayface Movie Will Be Molded by Director James Watkins @ io9

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The shapeshifting Batman villain now has a director to helm his solo film set to release in September 2026.

Water Chlorination Might Be Raising Our Risk of Certain Cancers @ io9

Water Faucet

A new review has found a link between chlorine byproducts in our drinking water and a greater chance of bladder and colorectal cancer.

How to Watch England vs Scotland Live Outside the UK (Six Nations) @ io9

England Vs Scotland Free Live Stream

Rugby fan? Here's how to watch the England vs Scotland match without missing a thing, even if you're abroad.

Magic: The Gathering Is Adding Avatar to Its Crossover Collection @ io9

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Hasbro is bringing Avatar to its popular card game in November, and hopefully there'll be a Cactus Juice card.

Do You Always Remember Your Dreams? Researchers May Know Why @ io9

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Factors such as age, sleeping patterns, and a tendency to daydream might impact your ability to remember dreams in the morning, according to research.

The Galaxy S25 Ultra Is Now 70% Off, Samsung Is Clearing Out Stock @ io9

Galaxy S25 Ultra

Samsung's latest deal on its website makes the Galaxy S25 Ultra the must-have smartphone for... everyone.

Nvidia’s RTX 50-Series Cards Fail to Preserve Our Favorite Games From 10 Years Ago @ io9

Nvidia Geforce RTX 5080 Inside a PC Playing games with PhysX. Nvidia dropped support for 32-bit PhysX in its 50-series GPUs.

Nvidia dropping 32-bit PhysX from the RTX 50-series' CUDA infrastructure is another sign that game preservation can't depend on those making gaming hardware.

National Park Service in Turmoil After 1,000 Staff Abruptly Cut @ io9

A stand of dead trees in Yellowstone National Park.

An advocacy group is gravely concerned about forced exits of hundreds of rangers, interpreters, and administrative staff in U.S. national parks.

Jurassic World and Shrek Lands Headline Universal Kids Resort in Texas @ io9

Universal Kids Resort (1)

In more fandom travel and lifestyle news, pop culture stars headline LA fire relief benefit MultiCon, Cinderella celebrates 75 years, and Meow Wolf holds pet adoptions.

Daredevil‘s Cast on Expanding the Netflix Show and Picking Back Up With Their Characters @ io9

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Daredevil: Born Again is nearly ready to resurrect on Disney+, and its creators are just as excited as all the Marvel fans.

The Avatar Cycle, Explained @ io9

Avatar Cycle The Last Airbender Aang

As Avatar prepares for its first new animated TV series—and a new hero—in over a decade, let's take a look back at just how the eponymous mantle works.

DOGE Staffer Known as ‘Big Balls’ Reportedly the Grandkid of a KGB Spy @ io9

Elon Musk raising an eyebrow

Sure, why not?

Somehow, This Han Solo JPG Is Still Worth $120 @ io9

Star Wars Vintage Han Crop

The Topps app Star Wars Card Trader is currently celebrating its 10-year anniversary—here's an update.

U.S. Government Removing EV Chargers From All Federal Buildings Because They Are ‘Not Mission-Critical’ @ io9

A person recharges a Tesla electric vehicle at a Tesla Supercharger station on September 23, 2024 in Pasadena, California.

The more than 8,000 charging ports available to federal workers are going away.

Tesla Dealership in Oregon Gets Shot Up, Drawing FBI Scrutiny @ io9

Photo: Brandon Bell

It's unclear who vandalized the site, or why.

Of Course Dragon Ball Daima Gave Us the SSJ4 Reveal We Really Wanted, Too @ io9

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Goku and Vegeta stans are eating good in the fanservice department as Daima nears its finale.

Winning Nature Photographs Capture the Gripping Intensity of Animal Life @ io9

Tiger pouncing on a boar

A recent photography competition captures the relentless fight for survival on land, in sea, and air.

Wheel of Time Season 3 Arrives Soon—Here’s What to Remember From Season 2 @ io9

Wheel 2 Torches

Prime Video's Robert Jordan fantasy adaptation starts streaming new episodes March 13.

Minnesota Grad Student Expelled for Allegedly Using AI Is Suing School @ io9

Chatgpt Voice Chat

The student said he believes his expulsion was a "conspiracy" by the professors.

That Viral Prison Break Video Is a Hoax @ io9

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Comedian William Banks did steal pro-Israel yard signs in Connecticut. But he hasn't been serving jail time because of it.

Apple Intelligence and ChatGPT Are Coming to the Vision Pro @ io9

Apple Vision Pro on a stand in an Apple Store. The AVP Gets New AI Features with Apple Intelligence

The Vision Pro’s visionOS 2.4 update will let you blast friends with "Genmojis," but the more useful feature is the ability to stream what your friends see inside Apple's headset.

Captain America: Brave New World Always Had a Bucky Cameo @ io9

Falcon And Winter Soldier

Director Julius Onah spoke about bringing the Falcon and the Winter Soldier back together.

This Ethiopian Volcano Just Burped a Staggering Amount of Methane @ io9

Image of Ethiopia's Mount Fentale

Mount Fentale hasn't erupted in over 200 years, but the mysterious methane emerging from it has scientists scratching their heads.

Dreo 6L Smart Humidifier Just Had Its Biggest Price Cut Ever, Only $72 on Amazon @ io9

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I’ve been watching this Amazon's best-selling humidifier, and it’s never been this low.

These Hello Kitty Smartwatches Are Criminally Adorable @ io9

Hello Kitty Smartwatch

You can now carry your favorite Sanrio characters with you everywhere you go.

Avatar: Seven Havens‘ Apocalyptic Premise Has Korra Fans Worried Their Hero Is Going to Get Slandered @ io9

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Seven Havens' plot tease has already set The Legend of Korra defenders back a decade again.

Apple Says ‘No’ to UK Backdoor Order, Will Disable E2E Cloud Encryption Instead @ io9



A backdoor into iCloud end-to-end encryption would defeat the purpose of the feature, so Apple is pulling it from the UK altogether.

48TB of Your Own Personal Cloud Storage for Under $300, Amazon’s Best-Seller Hits a New Low @ io9

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Save 15% on the UGreen NASync 2-Bay desktop to setup your own cloud storage server.

Elon Musk Rants Incoherently in Sunglasses While X Shadowbans His Pleading Baby Mama @ io9

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The world's richest man wants you to know he's having a lot of fun.

India’s ‘Human Calculator Kid’ Shatters 6 World Records in a Single Day @ io9

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One of Aaryan Shukla's world records is for mentally adding 100 four-digit numbers in 30.9 seconds.

Severance May Slowly Be Showing Where This Is All Headed @ io9

Severance Recap 206 Mark Adam Scott

"Attila" starts to bring Severance's myriad plot threads together–and might give us some major clues as to how things will go down.

The $230 MacBook Air Is Real, It’s a Steal, and It’s Flying Off the Shelves @ io9

2017 Macbook Air

A 76% off deal on this Grade A refurbished 2017 MacBook Air means you save over $750 on a genuine Apple laptop in near-mint condition.

The Latest 40-Inch Amazon Fire TV Is the Best $180 Home Upgrade You Can Make Today @ io9

Amazon Fire Tv 40 Inch 2 Series

Take advantage of Amazon's limited-time 28% off deal on this latest-gen smart TV for live shows, streaming, gaming, and more.

Musk’s Plan to Kill the ISS Early Is a Selfish, Shortsighted Move @ io9

International Space Station

The billionaire and presidential buddy is focused on Mars but ignores the many reasons why ditching the ISS too soon is a mistake.

DC Is Relaunching Batman for Only the Fourth Time in Almost 85 Years @ io9

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Mind you, it is the third time it's done so in the last 14 years, so make of that what you will.

Govee Smart LED Floor Lamp Brings 16 Million Colors at Its Lowest Price Yet @ io9

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At just $60, you can choose your favorite colors and add some much-needed hues to your home.

YouTube May Finally Offer a Cheaper Way to Get Rid of Ads @ io9

YouTube on an iPhone users may Soon be able to pay for Premium or Premium Lite subscriptions.

YouTube’s so-called ‘Premium Lite’ tier will reportedly allow you to skip ads on videos and podcasts, but not music.

Sony Soundbar Price Crashes to Just $98, Cinematic Sound Without the Price Tag @ io9

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Save 25% on the Sony S100F 2.0ch Soundbar over at Amazon for a limited time.

Marvel Just Stopped Developing a Bunch of TV Shows You Forgot It Was Developing @ io9

Ms 0221 Marvel Nova Richard Rider

Meanwhile, Charlie Cox clarifies that he's ready for more Daredevil–just in Born Again season 2, and not Avengers: Doomsday.

The Newest Ring Battery Doorbell Plus Finally Drops to Its Lowest Price, Upgrade Your Home Security @ io9

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See who darkens your doorstep without leaving your couch. This Ring Doorbell is 33% off today.

Ransomware Hackers Come for Paddington Bear @ io9

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Who will save Paddington from the hackers?

Missed the Galaxy S25 Ultra Pre-Order? Samsung Gives You a Second Chance to Save Up to $1,200 @ io9

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Receive up to $900 with an instant trade-in credit and get up to $300 in Samsung credit with the Galaxy S25 Ultra.

5 Mythical Tales That Need the Big-Screen Treatment After Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey @ io9

Hadestown, Disney Hercules Musical, Webtooon Lore Olympus

Webtoon's Lore Olympus, as well as the Hadestown and Hercules musicals, are among recent interpretations in pop culture.

Inside Out 2 Just Got Dethroned as the Highest-Grossing Animated Movie Ever @ io9

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Step aside, Pixar: China's Ne Zha 2 just made the 2024 blockbuster second-best on the all-timer list.

Revolutionary Girl Utena Is as Lynchian as Shojo Anime Has Ever Been @ io9

Revolutionary Girl Utena Retro Review

Duels are a matter of the heart in this certified classic anime series.

Twitch Announces New Storage Limits, Threatening Gamer Archives @ io9

Photo: Ralf Liebhold

Apparently preserving history only matters until it costs too much to save.

Top MAGA Lawyer Launches ‘Operation Whirlwind’ to Look Into Democrats Over ‘Threats’ Against Elon Musk @ io9

Elon Musk

A newly appointed prosecutor wants to go after those who are spreading hostile rhetoric against "public workers."

Before the Cult TV Show, the Buffy Movie Proved How Fun Slaying Monsters Can Be @ io9

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer hit theaters in 1992 with a cast that includes Kristy Swanson, Luke Perry, Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer, and Paul Reubens.

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Pumps the Breaks on AI Hype @ io9

Photo: Loren Elliott

Fears of an artificial superintelligence that could replace humans are just a distraction at a time when ChatGPT still has major shortcomings.

Apple Is Probably Planning to Make Its Own WiFi Chip For the iPhone 17 @ io9

Iphone 16 Pro Apple Event

The iPhone 16e isn't the only phone showcasing Apple's chip-making prowess.

Take a Look at Marvel’s Spider-Man Video Game Series and X-Force Figures @ io9

Hasbro Marvel Legends Marvel’s Spider Man Series

The new line-up was revealed on Hasbro Pulse's Marvel Legends Fanstream.

NASA Makes Big Update to Asteroid Potentially on Collision Course With Earth in 2032 @ io9

2024 YR4 as seen by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope.

2024 YR4 turned heads when it became the most dangerously rated asteroid earlier this week.

OpenAI’s GPT-4.5 May Arrive Next Week, but GPT-5 Is Just Around the Corner @ io9

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pointing. The company is working on a new version of GPT, GPT-4.5 and GPT-5. Photo: Markus Schreiber

The next landmark version of OpenAI's ChatGPT could use GPT-5, but don't start assuming this will have any semblance of "AGI."

Putin Dangles a Nuclear Arms Treaty While Accusing Ukraine of ‘Hysteria’ @ io9

Vladimir Putin at a meeting at the Kremlin

As the U.S. and Russia decide the future of Ukraine without Kyiv, Putin teases the world with the possibility of nuclear arms control talks.

Star Trek: Voyager‘s First Brush With Getting Home Is One of Its Best @ io9

Star Trek Voyager Eye Of The Needle Janeway R'mor

Thirty years ago today, 'Eye of the Needle' gave Voyager an impossible scenario, and gave it a perfectly Star Trek solution.

Why I’m Not Sad Apple Killed the Home Button With the iPhone 16e @ io9

Iphone Se 3

Long live the Home button, the last physical manifestation of the early days of the iPhone.

Joe Rogan Is No Longer the King of Podcasts @ io9

Joe Rogan at a UFC ceremony in Las Vegas.

MeidasTouch becomes most listened to show as Rogan keeps preaching the gospel of Elon Musk.

Kash Patel, Trump Media Board Member and QAnon Conspiracy Theorist, Confirmed as FBI Director @ io9

Kash Patel at Americafest in Phoenix, Arizona in Dec. 2022.

"We're going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens," Patel said in 2023.

The Final Destinations, Ranked @ io9

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The sixth Final Destination movie, Bloodlines, is out soon, so we're looking back at the deadly franchise.

Trump and Musk Double Down on Bogus ‘Stranded’ Starliner Astronauts Narrative @ io9

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, Boeing's Crew Flight Test Commander and Pilot respectively, inspect safety hardware aboard the International Space Station.

The president and his right-hand man baselessly accused Joe Biden of stranding Boeing astronauts on the ISS for political reasons.

Jeff Bezos Is Already Soliciting Ideas for the Next James Bond @ io9

Jeff Bezos James Bond

Amazon is now in control of the iconic spy franchise, and the man at the top is playing casting director.

It Sure Looks Like Musk’s Newfound Power Is Scaring Advertisers Back to X @ io9



Advertisers would rather throw some money at X than the draw ire of Elon Musk.

Wheel of Time Reveals the Absolutely Wild Magic Battle That Opens Season 3 @ io9

Wheeloftime

The Robert Jordan fantasy adaptation starring Rosamund Pike returns to Prime Video March 13.

Elon Musk Says He’ll ‘Fix’ Community Notes on X After It Disagreed With Him @ io9

Elon Musk meets with U.S. Air Force Academy Cadets in Mitchell Hall during a tour hosted by Superintendent Lt. Gen. Richard Clark on April 7, 2022.

The billionaire has a history of manipulating X to fit his far-right worldview.

Archaeologists Unearth the First Pharaoh’s Tomb Since Tutankhamun @ io9

The tomb of Thutmose II.

The first royal tomb discovered in over a century is shedding new light on the pharaoh who ruled before Hatshepsut.

America Hates Mark Zuckerberg @ io9

A close up of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg

It’s still learning to hate Elon Musk.

5 Security Cameras for the Price of One? Blink Outdoor 4 Now Discounted to $200, Only $40 Each @ io9

Blink Outdoor 4

5 cameras, 2-year battery, 1 low price—Blink Outdoor 4 Security Cam (5-pack) is now $200.

Apple Just Shared a First Glimpse of Its Murderbot TV Show @ io9

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Martha Wells' award-winning sci-fi book series will soon be a streaming series, co-created by Chris and Paul Weitz and starring Alexander Skarsgård.

A Lifetime of the World’s Best Learning in Bite-Sized Chunks With Headway Is Only $48 (Over 80% Off) @ io9

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Get smarter faster with unlimited lifetime access to over 1,500 book summaries and save 80% at StackSocial, plus an extra 20% with the code LEVELUP20.

The Next Avatar Series Has a New Name and a New Hero @ io9

Legend Of Korra Aang Avatar Cycle

Avatar: Seven Havens will follow the story of Aang and Korra's successor in a new 26-episode series.

Eufy’s Top Robot Vacuum Just Dropped to Nearly 50% Off, Way Cheaper Than Dyson Stick Vacuum @ io9

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This Eufy Robot Vacuum 11S Max is compact, quiet, and going for 44% off.

10 Years Later, The Order: 1886 Is Still Stupid, Compelling, and Kinda Fun @ io9

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It may a bit too much like a movie, but The Order: 1886 is a charming one-off for PlayStation's cinematic brand.

Metal Detectorist Discovers Potential 2,000-Year-Old Divination Spoon @ io9

Divination Spoon

The artifact hints to ancient rituals that may have taken place on the Isle of Man.

The Price of the Brand-New 2025 Lenovo IdeaPad 1 Laptop Just Fell Off a Cliff at Amazon, Over 50% Off @ io9

Lenovo Ideapad 1

Get this 15.6-inch IdeaPad 1 with maxed-out memory and storage for just $379 after a sudden 53% price slash.

Samsung 870 EVO Internal SSD Hits Record Low Price, Upgrade Your PC for Less @ io9

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Save up to 41% on a Samsung 870 EVO internal SSD over at Amazon for a limited time.

Nvidia’s Big Plan to Beat Back RTX 5090 Scalpers Is the Same as Everybody Else’s @ io9

Nvidia Geforce RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 have been gouged by scalpers.

Nvidia’s ‘priority access’ raffle may help you get a Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 or 5080 FE at the base price.

Best Buy Slashed JBL 5.1 Soundbar With Subwoofer to Nearly 60% Off, Cheaper Than Amazon @ io9

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Save $340 on the JBL 5.1 channel soundbar with a wireless subwoofer at Best Buy.

Amazon Gains Creative Control Over James Bond in Shocking New Deal @ io9

Daniel Craig James Bond No Time To Die

Longtime producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson have formed a new joint venture with Amazon MGM that will see them step back from creative control of the venerable spy-fi series.

Netflix in Trouble After Using AI to Clone Murder Victim Gabby Petito’s Voice @ io9



Another AI voice scandal is upon us.

Daniel Craig Is No Longer Part of DC’s Sgt. Rock Plans @ io9

Ms 0220 Sgt Rock Dc Comics

Plus, the next film in Legendary's Godzilla/Kong 'Monsterverse' has found another human star.

Alexa Built-in LG C3 OLED 65-Inch Smart TV Is $500 Off Now on Amazon, Lowest Price Ever @ io9

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A brighter, crisper screen that can handle anything you throw at it, for a great price.

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