Elizabeth II

Just one week after Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, apologized for editing a photo of herself and her children on Mother’s Day, the UK royal family is in hot water again over another family portrait—which coincidentally is connected to Middleton.Getty Images Wants AI to Stop Copying ThemGetty Images, one of the world’s largest photo agencies, alerted the public to the second manipulated image on Monday when it placed an editor’s note on a photo of the late Queen Elizabeth II surrounded by her grandchildren and…

Social media was flooded Monday with claims that King Charles III has died, with some people pointing to a video of a flag at Buckingham Palace being flown at half-mast. Others passed around an official announcement made to look like the king passed away on Sunday. But they’re all fake. The king is alive, as far as we can tell.Do We Have to Send Humans to Mars for Exploration?“Flag is half mast in Buckingham palace. News circulating either King Charles or Kate Middleton is no more,” one common tweet from a blue checkmark…

It’s said that artists are painstakingly dedicated to their craft, so I have no other option than to take off my imaginary hat for the pilot that toiled for six hours to draw a penis with the word “see ya” in the sky. Huzzah!Dave Bautista Opens Up About His Relationship With Denis VilleneuveThe NSFW art was created by a pilot flying a Diamond DA 42 plane and spotted by FlightRadar24, an online flight tracking service. According to FlightRadar24, the plane took off at 8:47 p.m. on Saturday night and landed at 2:47 a.m. on…

When Queen Elizabeth II died September 2022, her son Charles III became the new king of England. Immediately, headlines advised on how he could brand himself as the climate king. Publications lauded him as the potential “activist king” or recalled his works as the “climate prince.”Lower Drought Conditions In California | Extreme EarthIt’s true that, compared to other public figures or wealthy celebrities, Charles has a pretty impressive resume of caring about the environment. He’s been championing environmental causes…

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular round up of the latest in toy news. This week: Lego goes big for Star Wars day with new sets and special gifts, Super7 lifts the lid on more Star Trek figures, and there’s a whole new line of adorable Pokémon plushes ready to thundershock your wallet. Check it out!This Week's Toys Are Straight From a Multiverse of Marketing MadnessImage: LegoLego Star Wars: The Mandalorian Fang Fighter vs. TIE InterceptorSeason three of Star Wars: The Mandalorian is complete, and you can relive the…

Beast Wars: Transformers - The End of Optimus Primal | Transformers OfficialAny Transformers fan worth their Energon cubes knows that Beast Wars takes place on Earth in between the crash-landing of the original Transformers, such as Optimus Prime and Megatron, and their eventual awakening in the modern-day. But when they first arrived on the prehistoric planet, they had no idea because there were two moons overhead. Eventually, it was revealed the second “moon” was secretly an alien superweapon, which Optimus Primal gave…

Charles gestures to a servant while declaring himself King in a ceremony at St. James Place in London on September 10, 2022.Gif: BBCThe British royal family has given broadcasters in the UK a deadline of today to pick just one hour of footage they would like to keep for future use from the Queen’s funeral and the King’s proclamation ceremony, despite the fact that millions of people already saw it all livestreamed on several platforms, according to a new report from the Guardian. And since the UK lacks any constitutional…

Even in death, Queen Elizabeth II is still making headlines and commanding attention. According to online flight tracker Flightradar24, more than five million people tracked the Royal Air Force plane carrying the late Queen’s coffin, making it the most tracked flight in the site’s history. Brian Baumgarten | First FandomsOn Wednesday of this week, the late Queen’s coffin was flown from Edinburgh, Scotland to RAF Northolt near London on a flight that lasted one hour and 12 minutes. Within the first minute of the plane’s…

The queue to see the queen lying in state.Photo: David Ramos (Getty Images)It’s a well-known fact that British people love queueing – and millions of them are expected to try to tackle the boss level of queueing as Queen Elizabeth II lies in state in the Palace of Westminster in London today.02:49Guess How Much Crypto's Been Stolen Lately? Part 2Today 10:45AMHowever, in the less than three hours that a government livestream of the queue for the London vigil has been online, the listed end of the lying in state line was…

Professor Uju Anya has said her job at Carnegie Mellon University is safe.Photo: Ronny Hartmann / AFP (Getty Images)Carnegie Mellon professor Uju Anya, who unleashed a social media storm last week when she wished the late Queen Elizabeth II “excruciating pain” in death in a tweet, is back on Twitter. In an update, she thanked the people who supported her, and assured them that nothing was going to happen to her job at the university. 02:49Guess How Much Crypto's Been Stolen Lately? Part 2Today 10:45AMAnya had been locked…