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Tech in Teaching: The Gear That’s Changing How Kids These Days Learn

Welcome back to Tech in Teaching, a recurring series inspired by the HP dm4 BeatsTM Edition. Over the next few months I’ll be interviewing public school teachers about how technological developments have affected the education process over the years Today’s subject, a 29-year old, Williamsburg-dwelling, special ed. math teacher, has asked to remain anonymous for…

Tech News By Rose Annis

Orion Capsule—Say Hello to the Future of Manned Space Flight

NASA didn’t completely dump the idea of manned extra-terrestrial flight. It just needed some space. Before the agency resumes its manned missions sometime in 2021, NASA will need somewhere to put the astronauts. A new generation of reusable spacecraft, capable of zipping beyond the current limits. Something like the Orion Capsule. Officially dubbed the Orion…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Tarantola

Damon Lindelof returns to TV to film the Rapture for HBO

Damon Lindelof is getting back to his television roots with Tom Perotta’s The Leftovers, a supremely wild novel about what happens to those left behind after the Rapture. The two are currently in talks to adapt this book for an HBO series. According to Vulture, Lindelof is hot to make The Leftovers a television series.…

Television Meredith Woerner

Researchers sequence fragments of the oldest human genome on Earth

An international team of researchers has sequenced fragments of DNA from a pair 7,000-year-old human skeletons. In an intriguing twist, the remains, while recovered from a cave in northeastern Spain, bear little genetic resemblance to people living in the region today. If the remains have been dated accurately, their genetic information predates that of the…

io9 Robbie Gonzalez

1600-Question Test Shows How Bad Siri Really Is

Pitting Google search against Siri using a monster 1600-question test shows how useful Siri really is: not at all. Google answered correctly 86 percent of the time. Siri achieved just 68 percent accuracy. At that point, it’s not much better than a crystal ball. We knew that Siri isn’t very good. But this intense test…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The SWAT Team Gently Reminds a Girl to Secure Her Wi-Fi Network By Raiding Her House with Flashbangs

Here’s a reminder that you should never, ever, ever have a Wi-Fi network without a password on it. Police in Indiana called up the SWAT team to raid an 18-year-old gir’s house by smashing her front window and throwing two flashbangs inside because of her open Wi-Fi network. What the hell? It all started because…

Tech News Casey Chan

A low-carb diet may not be the best for you after all

If you’re looking to lose weight, there are two major divided schools of thought. The first is that all calories are created equal, and as long as you use more energy than you take in, you’ll do fine. The other is that our body handles and uses calories from different food sources in very different…

io9 Tim Barribeau

Marvel’s next big movie Guardians of the Galaxy will set up for Avengers 2

Big Marvel movie news today! The next big Marvel feature after Iron Man 3, Thor 2, and Captain America 2 will be the space epic Guardians of the Galaxy. It’s a massive undertaking that may (or may not be) set in a future universe. But if you look at Marvel’s current movie roster, it fits…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Matias Duarte Q&A: Jelly Bean, the Nexus 7, and the Wild, Weird World of Android

Matias Duarte is the Director of Android User Experience at Google, which means he’s the artist who pretties up the green robot’s gears. We got some one-on-one time with him at Google I/O, and he opened up about the Nexus 7, Jelly Bean, and why we shouldn’t be so huffy about Android fragmentation. Giz: What…

Tech News Brent Rose

The Big Rip Theory says the universe could end in tears

Some say the universe will end with a new Big Bang. Others say the cosmos will eventually succumb to entropy. But what if neither of those things happens? A recent theory says the universe will just tear itself apart. The Big Rip Theory might be the scariest scenario for the end of everything we’ve come…

io9 Keith Veronese

It’s bloody explosions a-go-go in the first trailer for Wu-Tang rapper RZA’s kung fu flick

Witness the first, unapologetically over-the-top trailer for the RZA-directed, Quentin Tarantino-approved kung fu flick The Man With The Iron Fists. In the film — which hits theaters later this year — sees Lucy Liu killing feudal Chinese warriors with a fan, Russell Crowe moonlighting as a cowboy, and a character who appears to be a…

Trailers Cyriaque Lamar

Facebook Might Get a “Want” Button For Products You Desire

Facebook is testing a “Want” button that would allow you to mark products you’re interested in much the way you can currently like posts. Oh crap, is Facebook about to turn into Pinterest? Inside Facebook reports that developer Tom Waddington discovered the button in the Facebook Javascript SDK. It’s not currently listed on Facebook’s developer…

Social Media Mario Aguilar

Outmywindow: A Movie Studio Creates Another Photo Sharing Service?

Nestled deep inside the Warner Brothers company is what it calls a “technology” unit responsible for experimenting and developing new things which the company can use for its movies and TV shows. But now the company is rolling out a multi-platform photo sharing service called outmywindow which begs a very important question: Why Is Warner…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Did our ancient ancestors really eat tree bark?

Most of us try to get more fiber in our diet — but we’ll never get as much as some of our long-ago ancestors. Australopithecus sediba lived in Africa around two million years ago, and it looks like their diet was different from any other ancient hominin’s. While most other species were happily munching on…

io9 Tim Barribeau

Instagram Finally Gets Online Likes and Sharing

In the wake of its acquisition by Facebook, Instagram has added a very limited online interface. You can now like and comment on photos online if the photos are shared with you. Holy smokes! Is a full-fledged web app on the way? In addition to interacting with user photos, Instagram’s online interface also lets you…

Social Media Mario Aguilar

Report: RIM Might Look to Windows Phone 8 for Salvation

Despite RIM CEO Thorsten Heins’ bluster yesterday afternoon about how BlackBerry needs to stick with its own—hopelessly delayed—platform, Reuters reports that the company is indeed seeking out other options. Windows Phone 8, specifically. Which, uh, guys? Not sure how much that’s gonna help. https://gizmodo.com/rim-cutting-5-000-jobs-and-pushing-back-bb10-in-disastr-5922154 There are many wonderful things about Windows Phone 8, but financial…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Benedict Cumberbatch will make Captain Kirk grow up in Star Trek 2. Plus the latest Amazing Spider-Man clips!

The new Aunt May confirms a crucial detail about Spider-Man’s latest adventure. Rumor has it Edgar Wright has already filmed Ant-Man… well, sort of. Glen Mazzara reveals whether any happy ending is possible on The Walking Dead. Plus a new Riddick photo! It’s spoilers all the way down! Top image from The Walking Dead. The…

Television Alasdair Wilkins

Can Anyone Account for Alex’s Misbehaving iTunes Movie Playback?

Gizmodo reader Alex W. wrote in with another bugging-out MacBook question, this time concerning iTunes and its (in)ability to play movies downloaded in HD/SD. Hive mind, can we help him? Alex writes: I was wondering if you were aware of problems with iTunes (seemingly when the new retina displays were released). In the past few…

Movies Molly Oswaks

Why Is LA’s Lovely and Historic Union Station Getting Such a Modern Makeover?

Am I the only one feeling a little bit bummed about the modern makeover LA’s historic Union Station is set to receive? Union Station was build in 1939—a combination of Dutch Colonial Revival Architecture, Mission Revival and Streamline Moderne, on a grand scale that afforded it the nickname of “The Last of the Great Railway…

Tech News Molly Oswaks

Picture of the Day: June 28, 2012

WE’RE HERE TO SORT YOU OUT | “Invasion” concept art by Josh Kao, an artist who’s worked on X-Men: First Class and many of your favorite games. We’ve featured his art before. Want to read today’s io9 stories a different way? Check out our blog view. Or visit Observation Deck, our general discussion forum.

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Tech in Teaching: The Gear That’s Changing How Kids These Days Learn

Orion Capsule—Say Hello to the Future of Manned Space Flight

Damon Lindelof returns to TV to film the Rapture for HBO

Researchers sequence fragments of the oldest human genome on Earth

1600-Question Test Shows How Bad Siri Really Is

The SWAT Team Gently Reminds a Girl to Secure Her Wi-Fi Network By Raiding Her House with Flashbangs

A low-carb diet may not be the best for you after all

Marvel’s next big movie Guardians of the Galaxy will set up for Avengers 2

Matias Duarte Q&A: Jelly Bean, the Nexus 7, and the Wild, Weird World of Android

The Big Rip Theory says the universe could end in tears

It’s bloody explosions a-go-go in the first trailer for Wu-Tang rapper RZA’s kung fu flick

Facebook Might Get a “Want” Button For Products You Desire

Outmywindow: A Movie Studio Creates Another Photo Sharing Service?

Did our ancient ancestors really eat tree bark?

Instagram Finally Gets Online Likes and Sharing

Report: RIM Might Look to Windows Phone 8 for Salvation

Benedict Cumberbatch will make Captain Kirk grow up in Star Trek 2. Plus the latest Amazing Spider-Man clips!

Can Anyone Account for Alex’s Misbehaving iTunes Movie Playback?

Why Is LA’s Lovely and Historic Union Station Getting Such a Modern Makeover?

Picture of the Day: June 28, 2012

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