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Weird-Looking Marsupial Found Alive After 6,000 Years of Alleged ‘Extinction’
Field researchers call them “Lazarus taxa,” species once presumed extinct that suddenly…
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The Curious Case of the Block ‘AI Layoffs’
Last week, Block CEO and ayahuasca enthusiast Jack Dorsey announced that he was cutting 40% of his company’s staff because AI tools have reduced the company’s need for people. While…
Please Just Let the Metaverse Go
If you’ve been busy dancing on the grave of Meta’s failed metaverse, I’m going to have to ask you to…
‘Girl Dinner’ Takes on a Deliciously Grisly New Meaning in This Speculative Short Story
io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue.…
‘One Piece’ Straw Hat Pirates, Ranked
If One Piece is a testament to anything, it’s that you can’t choose your family, but you can for damn…
Study on Alt-Med Breast Cancer Treatments Finds a Grim Side Effect: Death
Cancer treatment is often a difficult process, thanks in no small part to the many side effects it can cause. A study out this week, however, shows the perils of…
PlayStation Doesn’t Want to Fail the Same Way as Xbox
The largest console makers can no longer ignore hardware. Xbox put its entire business on the brink of collapse chasing…
This Eye-Catching Solar EV Startup Just Got Closer to Hitting Production
A solar EV company says it’s getting closer than ever to putting its unique sun-powered vehicles on the road. Aptera…
Wizards of the Coast Is Officially Calling It ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ 5.5E, Would Like You to Not Read Anything Into That
Almost four years ago when Wizards of the Coast began unveiling its plans for what would become the first major…
Bill Gates’ TerraPower Finally Has A Permit for a Nuclear Reactor, but No Reliable Way to Fuel It
By unanimous vote, TerraPower, a Nuclear Power company founded and chaired by Bill Gates, just reached a major milestone by…
A Little More Colorful and a Little Less Good
If you want Nothing’s only pair of over-ear wireless headphones, but you don’t want to spend $300, you now have…
AI Agents Love to Hodl Bitcoin and Spend Stablecoins, Study Finds
Use of crypto by AI agents is a potential use case that has been touted by the industry for years,…
6-Million-Year-Old Meteorite Strike Created a Massive Field of Natural Glass in Brazil
Scientists uncovered a vast field of tektites in Brazil—a rare type of natural glass forged in the aftermath of meteorite…
‘The Bride!’ Is a Mad Monster Party
The Bride! arrives this week, and the delay in its release—it was originally slated for fall 2025—makes perfect sense. That’s…
How the War in Iran Is Hitting Crypto
Many analysts had written off bitcoin’s “digital gold” narrative after its poor performance when compared to real, physical gold over…
Google’s Chatbot Told Man to Give It an Android Body Before Encouraging Suicide, Lawsuit Alleges
In the days before 36-year-old Jonathan Gavalas took his own life, he was allegedly directed by Google Gemini to carry…
