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Wannabe Copycat Gunman Tweets Threat of Broadway Theatre Massacre, Twitter Refuses to Cooperate with Cops (UPDATED)

Privacy policies are generally considered to be good and important, when it comes to social media platforms, with which all manner of personal details can be stored. Protecting ones identity is important and ought to be taken seriously. …Except when said identity is concealed, and said individual makes public threats of mass murder. Then you…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Google Is Just Full of Crap

You know what happens when Google announces a new product. People freak out. People claim Google is changing the world. People praise its openness and don’t be evil mantra and that the company is just SO good. And then you know what happens when that actual Google product comes out? No one cares. It doesn’t…

Tech News Casey Chan

Apple Really Doesn’t Know How to Fix Its Massive Security Exploit

When Gizmodo alumnus and wonderful human Mat Honan got hacked, the point of entry for the hackers was through Amazon and Apple’s lax security policies. Amazon immediately admitted its fault in the situation and updated its security policy accordingly. Apple? Well, Apple still doesn’t know what do yet. https://gizmodo.com/apple-and-amazon-know-about-a-massive-hack-exploit-and-5932176 You see, Apple isn’t pointing the…

Tech News Casey Chan

For $5,000, you can own a terrifying band of hillbilly robots

Hey hypothetical insane billionaire, do you have five large burning a hole in your tissue box pocket that just needs to escape? Have we got the purchase for you — a musical band of four leering animatronic yokels, courtesy of that miracle machine eBay. Mount these guys on your flatbed hovercraft and show those stuffed…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Obama’s New iPhone App Is Questionably Loose With User Data and Privacy

The new Obama for America app for iOS, released by The Democratic Party last week, is troublingly loose with certain personal information of registered voters, reports Lois Beckett for Propublica. Of particular interest and/or concern is the canvassing tool, which uses GPS location data to bring up information—age, first name and first letter of surname,…

Privacy & Security Molly Oswaks

Godzilla, Gambit, and Scott Pilgrim are coming to your comic store this week

What comic debuts are out this week? First off, we have James Stokoe’s Godzilla Half-Century War, which looks ridiculously good — we did an extensive preview of it on io9 last week, so click away. Marvel is also publishing a new Gambit series, which will probably lack the torrid sexual volcanism of my own private…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

Artificial “floating” islands could replace the sinking Maldives

A number of seaside nations are expanding their coastlines by constructing offshore artificial islands — beautifully structured land masses that are being used for tourism, the commercial sector and even residential purposes. But rising sea levels are making this a precarious proposition at best, particularly for the Maldives — a country that’s just five feet…

io9 George Dvorsky

Concept art for Disney’s Frozen movies shows off our new Snow Queen

Brand new concept art straight from Disney has us chilled for the new “evil ice queen” movie Frozen. Check out the frown on Disney’s latest evil queen — and her fabulous hat! Also in this collection, the Princess Anna and her rogue “mountain man” (also wearing a fantastic hat). Should be interesting. We love anything…

Movies Meredith Woerner

A MacBook Pro Case That’s Arguably Cooler than the MacBook Pro Itself

Seems like everyone carries the same blah monotone laptop case. But you? You like to stand out, which you can totally do with this awesome, whimsical 13-inch MacBook Pro sleeve. The $80 case is part of a collaboration between Incase and Clare Rojas, an interdisciplinary artist. Adorned with the same Native American-inspired prints that are…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Six Earth Cities That Will Provide Blueprints for Martian Settlers

If humans follow Curiosity to Mars later this century, we’ll need cities modeled on ones that already exist in extreme climates on Earth. Here are six high-tech (and a few low-tech) cities that would have a passing shot at survival in the Martian climate. Of course there are the obvious choices, like research stations in…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Bane could have been much more badly disfigured in The Dark Knight Rises

Bane has had a rough life prior to becoming Gotham’s Reckoning, in The Dark Knight Rises — but it could have been much rougher, judging from some newly released concept art and details about a deleted sequence from the film. In particular, Bane could have had horrifying scars on his back, which require a prosthetic…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Jon Stewart Is In Awe of the Mars Rover Like the Rest of Us

The Mars Rover Curiosity has been a huge success thus far, inducing cheers and high kicks across the nation. Jon Stewart is just as excited. The bits above that we cut from this episode of The Daily Show are only a fraction of the humorous riffing that Stewart engaged in last night, so follow the…

Space & Spaceflight Michael Hession

Lightspeed Presents . . . “The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species,” by Ken Liu

io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we’ll be featuring a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species” by Ken Liu. Enjoy! Photo by Chris Donia, of one of the mysterious book sculptures of Edinburgh. https://gizmodo.com/the-most-beautiful-literary-mystery-in-edinburgh-5865968 The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species…

Books & Comics Lightspeed Magazine

Get some original fantasy art from the great Kiri Moth!

Kiri Moth has been one of our favorite fantasy artists for years — we’ve featured her art before, and she also designed some banners for io9 a few years ago. It’s rare for anybody to get a chance to own an original piece of her artwork — but right now, Kiri is selling off a…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Aviiq Ready Clips USB Cables Review: Stylish But Stiff

If you frequently lug a laptop around, you know how horrible it is when your cables tangle into a homogenous mess. Aviiq’s Ready Clips USB cables solve the problem with a nice bit of style. What Is It? Portable, stylish USB cables with micro-USB, mini-USB, and Apple 30-pin connectors. Who’s It For? The gadget fiend…

Reviews Adrian Covert

Before They Were Famous: Best Science Fiction Cameos by Today’s Stars

Just about every actor who’s famous today has dabbled in science fiction early in his or her career. You can barely watch late-night reruns of science fiction shows or classic movies without spotting one of today’s A-list actors. (And it turns out Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s first genre role wasn’t Third Rock after all.) Here are the…

Movies Meredith Woerner

New Yorker: The Old Faithful Mag Lands on the iPhone

The New Yorker has been on the iPad since 2010, and now the same publication you know and love is available on the iPhone. What does it do? Conveniently delivers your read your favorite print mag in an iPhone-sized package. Why do we like it? On your iPhone, you get all the New Yorker content…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Turn Your Phone Into a PS Vita That Has Games You Want To Play

The PlayStation Vita has not exactly been the runaway success that Sony had hoped it would be. It’s partly due to a lack of compelling games, and partly due to competition from smartphones. And the GameKlip could very well be the last nail in the Vita’s coffin. The most common critique of smartphone gaming is…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Joss Whedon to direct Avengers 2 and develop a new TV show

It’s apparently official: Disney just announced that not only is Joss Whedon returning to The Avengers for a second movie — he’s also developing a Marvel TV show that is set to air on ABC. (Probably in the fall of 2013, at the soonest.) Variety’s Marc Graser tweeted: So we’re guessing that this TV show…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

9 Things You Absolutely Must Do to Keep Your Online Identity Secure

We’ve been reeling a bit ever since Mat Honan was the victim of that ruthless social hack that wiped all his devices. Sure, that was an extreme case. But it’s also one that could happen to anyone, at any time. So we put together a list of the best ways to make sure your internet…

Privacy & Security Adrian Covert

Wannabe Copycat Gunman Tweets Threat of Broadway Theatre Massacre, Twitter Refuses to Cooperate with Cops (UPDATED)

Google Is Just Full of Crap

Apple Really Doesn’t Know How to Fix Its Massive Security Exploit

For $5,000, you can own a terrifying band of hillbilly robots

Obama’s New iPhone App Is Questionably Loose With User Data and Privacy

Godzilla, Gambit, and Scott Pilgrim are coming to your comic store this week

Artificial “floating” islands could replace the sinking Maldives

Concept art for Disney’s Frozen movies shows off our new Snow Queen

A MacBook Pro Case That’s Arguably Cooler than the MacBook Pro Itself

Six Earth Cities That Will Provide Blueprints for Martian Settlers

Bane could have been much more badly disfigured in The Dark Knight Rises

Jon Stewart Is In Awe of the Mars Rover Like the Rest of Us

Lightspeed Presents . . . “The Bookmaking Habits of Select Species,” by Ken Liu

Get some original fantasy art from the great Kiri Moth!

Aviiq Ready Clips USB Cables Review: Stylish But Stiff

Before They Were Famous: Best Science Fiction Cameos by Today’s Stars

New Yorker: The Old Faithful Mag Lands on the iPhone

Turn Your Phone Into a PS Vita That Has Games You Want To Play

Joss Whedon to direct Avengers 2 and develop a new TV show

9 Things You Absolutely Must Do to Keep Your Online Identity Secure

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