Dear Niantic, you could’ve done better.
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http://gizmodo.com/the-greatest-tragedy-of-the-olympics-is-athletes-cant-p-1784611249 Olympic Athletes Are Complaining They Can’t Play Pokémon Go And It’s So Sad
Dear Niantic, you could’ve done better.
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http://gizmodo.com/the-greatest-tragedy-of-the-olympics-is-athletes-cant-p-1784611249 Olympic Athletes Are Complaining They Can’t Play Pokémon Go And It’s So Sad
Space may be called the “final frontier” but what about unexplored areas that are on our very own Earth?
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http://gizmodo.com/watch-a-robot-possibly-discover-weird-shit-on-the-ocean-1784579659 Watch A Robot Possibly Discover Weird Shit on The Ocean Floor
The night is dark and full of terrors, also sadness. HBO has confirmed that Game of Thrones’ eighth season will be its last.
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http://io9.gizmodo.com/its-official-game-of-thrones-will-end-after-season-8-1784580304 It’s Official: Game of Thrones Ends After Season 8
The Uncharted film’s new writer, Joe Carnahan, is looking for a little creative help in bringing the video game to life, so he’s reaching out to the source.
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http://io9.gizmodo.com/uncharted-writer-joe-carnahan-wants-naughty-dogs-help-o-1784609768 Uncharted Writer Joe Carnahan Wants Naughty Dog’s Help on Film
I’m pretty sure we’re all aware that Suicide Squad is a thing and, yes, it looks like it could be awesome. But what if it were brought to you by the one-and-only Quentin Tarantino? Well, then I think it would be too awesome and we would all explode in a giant fireball of awesomeness.
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http://io9.gizmodo.com/tarantinos-suicide-squad-is-the-greatest-team-up-well-n-1784577075 Tarantino’s Suicide Squad is the Greatest Team-Up We’ll Never See
Samsung’s robotic vacuum, Kindle ebooks, and a Lodge skillet lead off Sunday’s best deals.
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http://deals.kinja.com/sundays-best-deals-robotic-vacuum-kindle-ebooks-lodg-1784608252 Sunday’s Best Deals: Robotic Vacuum, Kindle Ebooks, Lodge Skillet
It’s an exciting weekend to be a Harry Potter fan, but it might also be a depressing one. Author J.K. Rowling has confirmed (or “confirmed,” as I’m gonna put it) that the story of our beloved Boy Who Lived has come to an end.
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http://io9.gizmodo.com/j-k-rowling-says-harry-potter-is-done-after-cursed-chi-1784610411 J.K. Rowling Says Harry Potter is Done After Cursed Child
It’s a Choose Your Own Adventure of wizarding proportions.
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http://io9.gizmodo.com/open-channel-whats-your-harry-potter-verse-job-1784577898 Open Channel: What’s Your Harry Potter-verse Job?
It feels like we’ve been waiting for HBO’s Westworld forever. The science fiction western/Firefly with robots was originally supposed to come in 2015, then 2016, then maybe 2017. We recently learned it was definitely coming in October 2016, but now we know exactly when. HBO has unveiled its fall release calendar and here’s when Westworld premieres this year: Sunday, Oct. 2.
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http://io9.gizmodo.com/hbos-westworld-finally-gets-a-release-date-1784579423 HBO’s Westworld Finally Gets a Release Date
In the latest “surprise no surprise” revelation about Suicide Squad’s Joker, turns out the actor behind him has the most predictably unpredictable taste in books.
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http://io9.gizmodo.com/jared-leto-loves-atlas-shrugged-because-of-course-he-d-1784585348 Jared Leto Loves Atlas Shrugged, Because Of Course He Does
In a news report that could easily be the plot of a cult horror movie, an anthrax outbreak has swept the remote Yamalo-Nenets district of western Siberia, killing 1,500 reindeer since Sunday. According to NBC News, authorities think the outbreak began when some zombie anthrax thawed out of an infected reindeer corpse and woke up.
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http://gizmodo.com/the-horrifying-reason-siberia-is-dealing-with-an-anthra-1784540317 The Horrifying Reason Siberia Is Dealing With an Anthrax Outbreak
Have you ever wondered what your brain is really doing as you sweat your way through a math test? Now you can see for yourself, thanks to a new brain imaging study from Carnegie Mellon University that captured the brain activity of people in the act of solving math problems.
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http://gizmodo.com/these-are-the-four-stages-of-your-brain-on-math-1784543158 These Are the Four Stages of Your Brain on Math
An ex-con and his adopted brother are on the run from the authorities, an evil criminal, and enhanced soldiers. Outnumbered, the only way they’ll survive is by finding a mysterious, ancient weapon in Kin, an upcoming scifi film by Josh and Jonathan Baker.
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http://io9.gizmodo.com/james-franco-and-dennis-quaid-join-the-intriguing-scifi-1785947649 James Franco and Dennis Quaid Join the Intriguing Scifi Film Kin
You wouldn’t think a play in book form would be the most-anticipated novel of the year, and yet here we are. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts 1 & 2, the printed script of the West End play, debuts at midnight Sunday and the world is going nuts.
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http://io9.gizmodo.com/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-book-comes-out-tonigh-1784575062 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Book Comes Out Tonight And Everyone’s Freaking Out
The CEO of Soylent is disrupting neighborhoods now, and the neighbors aren’t too happy. Rob Rinehart founded Soylent because he wanted to create a product that would provide coders with an easy meal replacement. But his latest product is getting some unwanted attention from the police.
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http://gizmodo.com/ceo-of-soylent-charged-for-building-trash-filled-exper-1784527431 CEO of Soylent Charged For Building Trash-Filled ‘Experimental Living Facility’ in LA
A fantastic DJI Phantom bundle, cooking gloves, and a drop biscuit pan lead off Saturday’s best deals.
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http://deals.kinja.com/saturdays-best-deals-biscuits-dji-phantom-bundle-cha-1784575259 Saturday’s Best Deals: Biscuits, DJI Phantom Bundle, Charging Cables, Knives
WikiLeaks has hit rock bottom. Once dedicated to careful vetting and redaction—sometimes too much redaction—the “whistleblower site” is now gleefully basking in its dump of thousands of emails hacked from the Democratic National Committee—most of which are full of personal, non-newsworthy information—published with the express intent of harming Hillary Clinton’s political campaign. In this latest release, there is no brave whistleblower in sight, just an anonymous hacker believed by the FBI and U.S. intelligence community to be a front for Russian intelligence services. The WikiLeaks project has fallen far from the lofty heights of its founding a decade ago, when Julian Assange promised to “facilitate safety in the ethical leaking movement.”
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http://gizmodo.com/what-happened-to-wikileaks-1784455507 What Happened to WikiLeaks?
It looks like Killer Croc originally had some steep competition to be on the Suicide Squad. If things had been different, we would’ve gotten an entirely different monster on the team.
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http://io9.gizmodo.com/turns-out-killer-croc-wasnt-suicide-squads-first-choice-1784574198 Turns Out Killer Croc Wasn’t Suicide Squad’s First-Choice Monster
Rumbling about a movie based on the hit game series Uncharted have come and gone over the years. So it’s no surprise that now, hot off the heels of the latest game, the film adaptation is gearing up once again.
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http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-uncharted-movie-is-once-again-being-charted-with-a-1784539030 The Uncharted Movie Is Once Again Being Charted With a Brand New Writer
Most Overwatch characters are not related to each other, but as far as the community is concerned? The roster might as well be a big ‘ol family. Soldier 76, with his grumpy gruffness and ample experience in the field, is of course the dad.
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http://kotaku.com/overwatch-fans-have-turned-soldier-76-into-a-dad-1784531869 Overwatch Fans Have Turned Soldier 76 Into A Dad
Rarely do characters go through as dramatic a change as Stephen Strange will in the upcoming Marvel movie, Doctor Strange. He’ll go from being a highly clinical, science-based surgeon to an ethereal, mystical being. Speaking with io9, actor Benedict Cumberbatch explained why that was so crucial and exciting.
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http://io9.gizmodo.com/benedict-cumberbatch-says-a-journey-from-fact-to-faith-1784547857 Benedict Cumberbatch Says a Journey From Fact to Faith Is at the Heart of Doctor Strange
In a promo entitled “We’re back, idiot hookers,” Scream Queens assures one and all that nuclear-strength mean-girl mojo will still be a major part of the Ryan Murphy horror comedy’s second season—even if circumstances have changed for the catty trio since leaving their killer-plagued sorority house.
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http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-chanels-are-back-and-bitchy-as-ever-in-this-new-scr-1784543270 The Chanels Are Back and Bitchy as Ever in This New Scream Queens Promo
The previous episode of Mr. Robot finally gave us an origin story for the F Society, specifically where the group got its weird, Monopoly Man-inspired mask that has become its symbol and it comes from a fake 1980s horror film that you can watch online.
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http://io9.gizmodo.com/you-can-watch-8-minutes-of-that-cheesy-mr-robot-horror-1784560291 You Can Watch 8 Minutes Of That Cheesy Mr. Robot Horror Film Online
Once again, the geekiest of destinations, ThinkGeek, is having a massive sale. If you didn’t stock up on everything geekdom has to offer, now’s your chance. Grab up to 65% off all your geek essentials, like a Pac-Man Ghost lamp, Star Trek pajamas, even a Han Solo in Carbonite rug.
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http://deals.kinja.com/thinkgeek-brought-back-their-summer-sale-with-up-to-60-1784526864 ThinkGeek Brought Back Their Summer Sale with Up to 60% Off
The surface of Mars is lined with mysterious deep-carved trenches. A long-standing theory suggesting that the were left long ago by flowing rivers was just debunked. So where did these trenches come from?
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http://gizmodo.com/these-deep-trenches-on-mars-arent-what-we-thought-they-1784527089 These Deep Trenches on Mars Aren’t What We Thought They Were