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For people who’ve made action-focused western animation a key part of their life, 2005 is an important year. It got…
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Just before Christmas, Paramount announced it was moving The Legend of Aang, the first animated theatrical film for Avatar: The Last…
Google May Finally Let Users Change Embarrassing Old Gmail Addresses
Google is finally introducing a way for users to change their Gmail addresses ending with @gmail.com, just in time for…
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It’s beginning to look like a lot like a flu Christmas. Surges of influenza are hitting parts of the U.S.…
Samsung Refuses to Give Up on Glasses-Free 3D Gaming Monitors
You know CES is right around the corner when tech companies announce a whole bunch of new TVs and monitors.…
The Creative, Inspiring People We Lost in 2025
Amid all of io9’s lists looking back at the year’s best books, movies, TV shows, and more, there’s always one…
The Truth About the ‘Stranger Things’ Upside Down Was in Place Back in Season 1
Stranger Things has been about the Upside Down since the very beginning. It’s the scary, twisted version of our world…
‘Zombie Stars’ Might Be a Beacon in Our Search for Dark Matter
As physicist Cumrun Vafa once told me, puzzles in science often come in pairs, each serving as the other’s solution.…
Elon Musk Says He’s Removing ‘Sustainable’ From Tesla’s Mission
Elon Musk apparently got “Joy to the World” stuck in his head and decided to change the entire mission of…
Starlink Rival Launches Its Largest Satellite Yet for Space-Based Cellular Network
Texas startup AST SpaceMobile launched BlueBird 6, the first of its next-generation satellites, this week—and boy was it a big one. BlueBird…
